Ceos, the rising of Sirius observed in, ii. 35 _n._ 1; rule as to the pollution of death in, 227 Cereals cultivated in ancient Egypt, ii. 30 Ceremonies, magical, for the regulation of the seasons, i. 3 _sqq._ Ceres married to Orcus, ii. 231 Ceylon, _beena_ marriage in, ii. 215 Chadwick, Professor H. M., ii. 81 _n._ 3; on the dismemberment of Halfdan the Black, 100 _n._ 2; on a priest dressed as a woman, 259 _n._ 2 Change in date of Egyptian festivals with the adoption of the fixed Alexandrian year, ii. 92 _sqq._ Chants, plaintive, of corn-reapers in antiquity, ii. 45 _sq._ Charlemagne compared to Osiris, ii. 199 Charm, to protect a town, ii. 249 _sqq._ Charon, places of, i. 204, 205 _Charonia_, places of Charon, i. 204 Chastity, ceremonial, i. 43; ordeal of, 115 _n._ 2 Chent-Ament (Khenti-Amenti), title of Osiris, ii. 87 Chephren, King of Egypt, his statue, ii. 21 _sq._ Cherokee Indians, their myth of the Old Woman of the corn, ii. 46 _sq._; their lamentations after “the first working of the corn,” 47 Cheshire, All Souls’ Day in, ii. 79 Chewsurs of the Caucasus, their annual festival of the dead, ii. 65 Cheyne, T. K., on lament for kings of Judah, i. 20 _n._ 2 Chief, ancestral, reincarnate in snakes, i. 84 Chiefs in the Pelew Islands, custom of slaying, ii. 266 _sqq._ ——, dead, worshipped, ii. 175, 176, 177, 179, 181 _sq._, 187; thought to control the rain, 188; human sacrifices to, 191; spirits of, prophesy through living men and women, 192 _sq._ “Child-stones,” where souls of dead await rebirth, i. 100 Childbirth, primitive ignorance of the causes of, i. 106 _sq._ Childless women expect offspring from St. George, i. 78; resort to Baths of Solomon, 78; receive offspring from serpent, 86; resort to graves in order to secure offspring, 96; resort to hot springs in Syria, 213 _sqq._ Children bestowed by saints, i. 78 _sq._; given by serpent, 86; murdered that their souls may be reborn in barren women, 95; sacrificed to volcano in Siao, 219; sacrificed at irrigation channels, ii. 38; sacrificed by the Mexicans for the maize, 107; presented to the moon, 144 _sqq._ —— of God, i. 68 —— of living parents in ritual, ii. 236 _sqq._; apparently thought to be endowed with more vitality than others, 247 _sq._ Chili, earthquakes in, i. 202 Chimaera, Mount, in Lycia, perpetual fire on, i. 221 China, funeral of emperor of, i. 294 Chinese author on disturbance of earth-spirits by agriculture, i. 89 —— character compared to that of the ancient Egyptians, ii. 218 Chios, men sacrificed to Dionysus in, ii. 98 _sq._ Chiriguanos Indians of Bolivia, their address to the sun, ii. 143 _n._ 4 Chiriqui, volcano, i. 181 Chittim (Citium) in Cyprus, i. 31 Chnum of Elephantine identified with the sun, ii. 123 Choctaws, their annual festival of the dead, ii. 53 _sq._ Christ crucified on March 25th, tradition, i. 306