Rhodians, the Venetians of antiquity, i. 195 Rice, the soul of the, in the first sheaf cut, ii. 239 Ridgeway, Professor W., on the marriage of brothers with sisters, ii. 216 _n._ 1 Rites of irrigation in Egypt, ii. 33 _sqq._; of sowing, 40 _sqq._; of harvest, 45 _sqq._ Ritual, children of living parents in, ii. 236 _sqq._; of the Bechuanas at founding a new town, 249 —— of Adonis, i. 223 _sqq._ Rivers as the seat of worship of deities, i. 160; bathing in, at Midsummer, 246, 248, 249; gods worshipped beside, 289 Rivers, Dr. W. H. R., as to Melanesian theory of conception in women, i. 97 _sq._; on the sacred dairyman of the Todas, ii. 228 Rizpah and her sons, i. 22 Robinson, Edward, on the vale of the Adonis, i. 29 _n._ Roccacaramanico, in the Abruzzi, Easter ceremonies at, i. 256 _n._ 2 Rock-hewn sculptures at Ibreez, i. 121 _sq._; at Boghaz-Keui, 129 _sqq._ Rockhill, W. Woodville, on dance of eunuchs in Corea, i. 270 _n._ 2 Rohde, E., on purification by blood, i. 299 _n._ 2; on Hyacinth, 315 Roman deities called “Father” and “Mother,” ii. 233 _sqq._ —— emperor, funeral pyre of, i. 126 _sq._ —— expiation for prodigies, ii. 244 —— financial oppression, i. 301 _n._ 2 —— _genius_ symbolized by a serpent, i. 86 —— gods, the marriage of the, ii. 230 _sqq._; compared to Greek gods, 235 —— law, revival of, i. 301 —— marriage custom, ii. 245 —— mythology, fragments of, ii. 235, with _n._ 6 Romans adopt the worship of the Phrygian Mother of the Gods, i. 265; correct the vague Egyptian year by intercalation, ii. 27 _sq._ Rome, high-priest of Cybele at, i. 285; the celebration of the resurrection of Osiris at, ii. 95 _n._ 1 Romulus cut in pieces, ii. 98; the birth of, 235 Roper River, in Australia, i. 101 Roscoe, Rev. John, on serpent-worship, i. 86 _n._ 1; on the rebirth of the dead, 92 _sq._; on potters in Uganda, ii. 135; on the religion of the Bahima, 190 _sq._; on the worship of the dead among the Baganda, 196; on Mukasa, the chief god of the Baganda, 196 _sq._; on massacres for sick kings of Uganda, 226 Rose, the white, dyed red by the blood of Aphrodite, i. 226 Rosetta stone, the inscription, ii. 27, 152 _n._ Roth, W. E., on belief in conception without sexual intercourse, i. 103 _n._ 2 Rotomahana in New Zealand, pink terraces at, i. 207, 209 _n._ Rugaba, supreme god in Kiziba, ii. 173 Rules of life based on a theory of lunar influence, ii. 132 _sqq._, 140 _sqq._ Rumina, a Roman goddess, ii. 231 Runes, how Odin learned the magic, i. 290 Russia, annual festivals of the dead in, ii. 75 _sqq._ Russian Midsummer custom, i. 250 _sq._ Rustic Calendars, the Roman, ii. 95 _n._ 1 Sabazius, mysteries of, i. 90 _n._ 4 Sacrament in the rites of Attis, i. 274 _sq._ Sacred harlots in Asia Minor, i. 141