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
Incantations for growth of crops, i. 100
Incas, the, i. 310
India, the last sheaf of corn in, 222 _sq._;
doctrine of the transmigration of souls in ancient, ii. 298 _sq._
Indian Archipelago, the, i. 124
Indians of British Columbia, their cannibal orgies, i. 18 _sq._;
of South America, women’s agricultural work among the, 119 _sqq._
Indonesian ideas of rice-soul, i. 181 _sq._
Indra, Indian god, ii. 120
Ingiald, son of King Aunund, ii. 146
Inoculation with moral and other virtues, ii. 158 _sqq._
Inscription, Eleusinian, dealing with first-fruits, i. 55 _sq._
Intercalation in Greek calendar, i. 81
Invulnerability, ii. 160
Iowa Indians, ii. 217
Irayas, the, of Luzon, ii. 124
Ireland, hunting the wren in, ii. 319 _sq._
Iron axe, use of, forbidden, ii. 248
Iroquois, their sacrifice of a white dog, ii. 258 _n._ 1
_Isilimela_, the Pleiades, i. 316
Isis, i. 262;
dirge of, 215;
at Tithorea, festivals of, ii. 18 _n._ 1;
in relation to cows, 35
Islay, harvest customs in, i. 141 _sq._
Isle de France, harvest customs in, i. 221, 226
Isle of Man, hunting the wren in the, ii. 318 _sq._
Isocrates, on Demeter’s gift of the corn, i. 54 _sq._
Isowa or Aïsawa, order of saints in Morocco, i. 21
Israelites, their brazen serpent, ii. 281
Isthmian games, i. 86
Italy, vintage custom in, ii. 133
Ivy Girl, i. 153
Jabme-Aimo, the abode of the dead, ii. 257
Jackal, transmigration of sinner into, ii. 299
Jackal’s heart not eaten, ii. 141
Jacob, the wrestling of, ii. 264
—— of Edessa, 280 _n._
Jaguars eaten to inspire courage, ii. 140;
souls of dead in, 285, 286
Ja-luo, the, Nilotic negroes, ii. 142
Jankari, a god, i. 244
Japan, rice-god in, i. 297
Japanese deities of the Sun, i. 212
_Jatakas_, ii. 299 _n._ 5
Java, use of winnowing-basket in, i. 6;
ceremony at rice-harvest in, 199 _sqq._
Jawbones of slain beasts propitiated by hunters, ii. 244 _sq._
Jebel-Nuba, ii. 221
Jewish high priest, ii. 27
Jews, their attitude to the pig, ii. 23 _sq._;
their ablutions, 27
Jochelson, W., ii. 232
Johnson, Dr. Samuel, ii. 322
Jukos, the, of Nigeria, ii. 160
_Julbuck_ in Scandinavia, ii. 327
Jumping over a woman, ceremony of, ii. 64, 70 _n._ 1, 253
Jupiter, lamb sacrificed to, at vintage, ii. 133
Kachins, the, of Upper Burma, ii. 120
Kai, the, of German New Guinea, i. 99 _sqq._, 313, ii. 33;
their belief in transmigration, 296
Kaimani Bay, i. 123
Kalamantans of Borneo, ii. 293 _sq._
Kalmucks, their consecration of a white ram, ii. 313 _sq._
Kamilaroi, the, of New South Wales, ii. 151, 162;
burial custom of the, 99 _sq._
Kamtchatka, ii. 195
Kamtchatkans, the, i. 315, ii. 257, 268;
their propitiation of slain animals, 222
_Kamui_, ii. 180, 198
Kandhs or Khonds. _See_ Khonds
Kangean archipelago, ii. 278
Kansas Indians, ii. 149
Karels of Finland, the, ii. 258 _n._ 2
Karens of Burma, i. 10;
their ceremonies to secure the rice-soul, 189 _sq._
Karo-Bataks of Sumatra, i. 196
Karoks of California, ii. 255
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