—— marriage of priest and priestess as representing god and goddess, i. 46 _sqq._; represented in the rock-hewn sculptures at Boghaz-Keui, 140; in Cos, ii. 259 _n._ 4 “—— men” (_kedeshim_), at Jerusalem, i. 17 _sq._; and women, 57 _sqq._; in West Africa, 65 _sqq._; in Western Asia, 72 _sqq._; at Andania, 76 _n._ 3 —— prostitution, i. 36 _sqq._; suggested origin of, 39 _sqq._; in Western Asia, alternative theory of, 55 _sqq._; in India, 61 _sqq._; in West Africa, 65 _sqq._ —— slaves, i. 73, 79 —— stocks and stones among the Semites, i. 107 _sqq._ —— women in India, i. 61 _sqq._; in West Africa, 65 _sqq._; in Western Asia, 70 _sqq._; at Andania, 76 _n._ 3 Sacrifice of virginity, i. 60; of virility in the rites of Attis and Astarte, 268 _sq._, 270 _sq._; other cases of, 270 _n._ 2; nutritive and vicarious types of, ii. 226 Sacrifices to earthquake god, i. 201, 202; to volcanoes, 218 _sqq._; to the dead distinguished from sacrifices to the gods, 316 _n._ 1; offered at the rising of Sirius, ii. 36 _n._; offered in connexion with irrigation, 38 _sq._; to dead kings, 101, 162, 166 _sq._; to ancestral spirits, 175, 178 _sq._, 180, 181 _sq._, 183 _sq._, 190; of animals to prolong the life of kings, 221; without shedding of blood, 222 _n._ 2 Sacrifices, human, offered at earthquakes, i. 201; offered to Dionysus, ii. 98 _sq._; at the graves of the kings of Uganda, 168; to dead kings, 173; to dead chiefs, 191; to prolong the life of kings, 220 _sq._, 223 _sqq._ Sadyattes, son of Cadys, viceroy of Lydia, i. 183 Saffron at the Corycian cave, i. 154, 187 Sago, magic for the growth of, ii. 101 Sahagun, B. de, on the ancient Mexican calendar, ii. 28 _n._ St. Denys, his seven heads, ii. 12 St. George in Syria, reputed to bestow offspring on women, i. 78, 79, 90; festival of, and the Parilia, 308, 309 St. John, Sweethearts of, in Sardinia, i. 244 _sq._ St. John, Spenser, on reasons for head-hunting in Sarawak, i. 296 St. John’s Day or Eve (Midsummer Day or Eve), custom of bathing on, i. 246 _sqq._ —— Midsummer festival in Sardinia, i. 244 _sq._ —— wort gathered at Midsummer, i. 252 _sq._ St. Kilda, All Saints’ Day in, ii. 80 St. Luke, the festival of, on October 18th, ii. 55 Saint-Maries, Midsummer custom at, i. 248 S. Martinus Dumiensis, on the date of the Crucifixion in Gaul, i. 307 _n._ St. Michael in Alaska, ii. 51 St. Simon and St. Jude’s day, October 28th, ii. 74 St. Vitus, festival of, i. 252 Saintonge, feast of All Souls in, ii. 69 Saints as the givers of children to women, i. 78 _sq._, 91, 109 Sais, the festival of, ii. 49 _sqq._ Sakkara, pyramids at, ii. 4 _Sal_ tree, festival of the flower of the, i. 47 Salacia and Neptune, ii. 231, 233 Salamis in Cyprus, human sacrifices at, i. 145; dynasty of Teucrids at, 145 Salem, Melchizedek, king of, i. 17 Salii, priests of Mars, rule as to their election, ii. 244