The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 06 of 12)Frazer, James George
Religion
The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 06 of 12)
Frazer, James George
Magic; Mythology; Religion; Superstition
Frodsham, Dr., on belief in conception without sexual intercourse, i. 103
_n._ 3
Fruit-trees, worshippers of Osiris forbidden to injure, ii. 111
Fulgora, a Roman goddess, ii. 231
Funeral custom in Madagascar, ii. 247
—— pyre of Roman emperor, i. 126 _sq._
—— rites of the Egyptians a copy of those performed over Osiris, ii. 15;
of Osiris, described in the inscription of Denderah, 86 _sqq._
Furies, their snakes, i. 88 _n._ 1
Furness, W. H., on the prostitution of unmarried girls in Yap, ii. 266
Gaboon, Mpongwe kings of the, ii. 104;
negroes of the, regulate their planting by the moon, ii. 134
Gad, Semitic god of fortune, i. 164, 165
Gadabursi, a Somali tribe, ii. 246
Gades (Cadiz), worship of Hercules (Melcarth), at, i. 112 _sq._;
temple of Melcarth at, ii. 258 _n._ 5
Galelareese of Halmahera, as to human sacrifices to volcanoes, i. 220
Gallas, their worship of serpents, i. 86 _n._ 1
Galli, the emasculated priests of Attis, i. 266, 283
Galton, Sir Francis, on the vale of the Adonis, i. 29
Game with fruit-stones played by kings of Uganda, ii. 224
—— law of the Njamus, ii. 39
Garden of Osiris, ii. 87 _sq._
Gardens of Adonis, i. 236 _sqq._;
charms to promote the growth of vegetation, 236 _sq._, 239;
in India, 239 _sqq._;
in Bavaria, 244;
in Sardinia, 244 _sq._;
in Sicily, 245;
at Easter, 253 _sq._
Gardens of God, i. 123, 159
Gardner, Professor E. A. on date of the corn-reaping in Greece, i. 232
_n._
Garstang, Professor J., on sculptures at Ibreez, i. 122 _n._ 1, 123 _n._
2;
on Hittite sculptures at Boghaz-Keui, 133 _n._, 135 _n._;
on Arenna, 136 _n._ 1;
on Syrian god Hadad, 163 _n._ 3
_Gathas_, a part of the _Zend-Avesta_, ii. 84 _n._
Gaul, worship of Cybele in, i. 279
Gazelle Peninsula, New Britain, conduct of the natives in an earthquake,
i. 201;
the Melanesians of the, ii. 242 _sq._
Gazelles sacrificed at Egyptian funerals, ii. 15
Gebal, Semitic name of Byblus, i. 13 _n._ 3
Geese sacrificed at Egyptian funerals, ii. 15
Gellius, Aulus, his list of old Roman deities, ii. 232
Gellius, Cnaeus, on Mars and Nerio, ii. 232
Geminus, Greek astronomer, on the vague Egyptian year, ii. 26
Genital organs of Osiris, tradition as to the, ii. 10, 102;
of dead man used to fertilize the fields, 102 _sq._
_Genius_, Roman, symbolized by a serpent, i. 86
Geographical and climatic conditions, their effect on national character,
ii. 217
German peasants regulate their sowing and planting by the moon, ii. 135
Germans, the ancient, their regard for the phases of the moon, ii. 141
Germany, harvest custom in, i. 237;
leaping over Midsummer fires in, 251;
feast of All Souls in, ii. 70 _sqq._;
popular superstition as to the influence of the moon in, 133, 140 _sq._,
149
Gezer, Canaanitish city, excavations at, i. 108
Gezo, King, i. 68
Ghineh, monument of Adonis at, i. 29
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