Lakhubai, an Indian goddess, i. 243 Lakor, theory of earthquakes in, i. 198 Lamas River in Cilicia, i. 149, 150 Lamentations of Egyptian reapers, i. 232, ii. 45; of the savage for the animals and plants which he eats, 43 _sq._; of Cherokee Indians “after the first working of the crop,” 47; of the Karok Indians at cutting sacred wood, 47 _sq._ Laments for Tammuz, i. 9 _sq._; for dead kings of Judah, 20; for Osiris, ii. 12 Lampblack used to avert the evil eye, ii. 261 Lamps lighted to show the dead the way, ii. 51 _sq._; for the use of ghosts at the feast of All Souls, 72, 73 Lancashire, All Souls’ Day in, ii. 79 Landen, the battle of, i. 234 Lane, E. W., on the rise of the Nile, ii. 31 _n._ 1 _Lantana salvifolia_, ii. 47 Lanterns, the feast of, in Japan, ii. 65 Lanzone, R. V., on the rites of Osiris, ii. 87 _n._ 5 Larnax Lapethus in Cyprus, Melcarth worshipped at, i. 117 Larrekiya, Australian tribe, their belief in conception without cohabitation, i. 103 Lateran Museum, statue of Attis in the, i. 279 Latham, R. G., on succession to husband’s property among the Kocchs, ii. 215 _n._ 2 Laurel, gold wreath of, worn by priest of Hercules, i. 143; in Greek purificatory rites, ii. 240 _sq._ —— -bearing, a festival at Thebes, in Boeotia, ii. 241 Leake, W. M., on flowers in Asia Minor, i. 187 _n._ 6 Leaping over Midsummer fires to make hemp or flax grow tall, i. 251 Leaves and flowers as talismans, ii. 242 _sq._ Lebanon, the forests of Mount, i. 14; Aphrodite of the, 30; Baal of the, 32; the charm of the, 235 Lech, a tributary of the Danube, ii. 70 Lechrain, feast of All Souls in, ii. 70 _sq._ Lecky, W. E. H., on the influence of great men on the popular imagination, ii. 199 Legend of the foundation of Carthage and similar tales, ii. 249 _sq._ Lehmann-Haupt, C. F., on the historical Semiramis, i. 177 _n._ 1 Lent, the Indian and Fijian, i. 90 Leo the Great, as to the celebration of Christmas, i. 305 Leonard, Major A. G., on sacrifices to prolong the lives of kings and others, ii. 222 Leprosy, king of Israel expected to heal, i. 23 _sq._ Lepsius, R., his identification of Osiris with the sun, ii. 121 _sq._ Leti, theory of earthquakes in, i. 198 Letopolis, neck of Osiris at, ii. 11 Letts, their annual festival of the dead, ii. 74 _sq._ Lewis the Pious, institutes the feast of All Saints, ii. 83 Leza, supreme being recognized by the Bantu tribes of Northern Rhodesia, ii. 174 Licinius Imbrex, on Mars and Nerio, ii. 232 Lightning thought by Caffres to be caused by the ghost of a powerful chief, ii. 177 with _n._ 1; no lamentations allowed for persons killed by, 177 _n._ 1; “Lights of the dead” to enable the ghosts to enter houses, ii. 65 ——, three hundred and sixty-five, in the rites of Osiris, ii. 88