The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 08 of 12)Frazer, James George
Religion
The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 08 of 12)
Frazer, James George
Magic; Mythology; Religion; Superstition
Harrison, Miss J. E., i. 5 _n._ 4, 60 _n._ 1, 62 _n._ 6
Harte, Bret, ii. 171 _n._ 1
Hartland, E. S., i. 143 _n._ 1, 224 _n._ 4
Harvest, festival of the dead at the close of, ii. 110;
in Greece, date of, i. 48
—— -child, i. 151
—— -cock, i. 276, 277
—— -crown, i. 221, 277
—— -customs and spring customs compared, i. 167 _sqq._
—— -goat, i. 282, 283
—— -man, i. 221
—— -mother, i. 135
—— -Queen, i. 146 _sq._
—— -supper, i. 134, 138, 156, 157, 159 _sq._, 161 _sq._, 297;
sacramental character of, 303
—— -woman, i. 145
—— -wreath, i. 283
Harvesters, athletic competitions among, i. 76 _sq._;
wrapt up in corn-stalks, 220 _sqq._
_Hawkie_, i. 146, 147 _n._ 1
Hawks, revered by the Aino, ii. 200
Hay, Sir John Drummond, i. 179
Head of horse, ii. 42, 43 _n._ 1, 337
—— -hunting, human, i. 240 _sqq._;
practice of, 256
Headlam, Walter, i. 2 _n._ 1
Heads shaved, ii. 161
Heart of Dionysus, the sacred, i. 13, 14, 15;
of human victim torn out, ii. 92;
of lion or leopard eaten to make the eater brave, 142 _sq._;
of water-ousel eaten in order to acquire wisdom and eloquence, 144;
of bear eaten to acquire courage, 146;
of serpent eaten to acquire language of animals, 146;
of wolf eaten to acquire courage, 146;
regarded as the seat of intellect, 149
Hearts of men sacrificed, i. 236;
of crows, moles, or hawks eaten, ii. 143;
of men eaten to acquire their qualities, 148 _sqq._
Heaven-herds among the Zulus, ii. 160
Hebrews forbidden to reap corners of fields and glean, last grapes, i. 234
_sq._
Heckewelder, Rev. J., quoted, ii. 205 _sq._
Hedgehog, transmigration of sinner into, ii. 299
Hemithea, sanctuary of, ii. 85
Hen, heart of, not eaten, ii. 142, 147;
hens not eaten, ii. 140
Henna, image of Demeter at, i. 65
Hephaestius, a Greek month, i. 46 _n._ 2
Heraeon, a Greek month, ii. 7
Heralds and tongues, ii. 271
Hercules and Busiris, i. 259
Hercules and Lityerses, i. 217
—— and Syleus, i. 258
—— and Zeus, ii. 172
—— surnamed Locust, ii. 282
Hermes, tongues of victims assigned to, ii. 270
Herrick, i. 147 _n._ 1
Herring, superstitions as to, ii. 251 _sq._
Hertfordshire, “crying the Mare,” in, i. 292 _sq._
Hervey Islands, i. 312
Hesiod on time for ploughing, i. 45;
on time of vintage, 47 _n._ 2;
on the farmer’s calendar, 53
Hierapolis on the Euphrates, ii. 23
Hierophant at Eleusis, i. 55, 65
Highlands of Scotland, beating the cow’s hide in the, ii. 322 _sqq._
Hill-Tout, C., ii. 80 _sq._, 134
Himerius, on the gift of the corn, i. 58
Hindoos, sacrifice of first-fruits among the ancient, ii. 119 _sq._
Hippolytus and Virbius, ii. 40
—— on mysteries of Eleusis, i. 38
Hippopotamus, ceremony after killing a, ii. 235
Hippopotamuses, souls of dead in, ii. 289
_Hockey_ cart, i. 147 _n._ 1
Hodson, T. C., i. 109 _n._ 2
Hoeing, rites at, i. 96;
done by women, 113 _sq._
Hoensbroech, Count von, ii. 94
Hoes used by women in agriculture, i. 114, 115, 116, 118, 119
Hoggan, Frances, i. 267
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