Asia Minor, pontiffs in, i. 47; the Yourouks of, ii. 43; priestly dynasties of, v. 140 _sq._; subject to volcanic forces, v. 190; subject to earthquakes, v. 202; the Caunians of, ix. 116; use of human scapegoats by the Greeks of, ix. 255; rapid diffusion of Christianity in, ix. 420 _sq._; the Celts in, xi. 89; cure for possession by an evil spirit in, xi. 186; creeping through rifted rocks in, xi. 189 Asiatic goddesses of love and fertility, their lewd worship, i. 37; served by eunuch priests, v. 269 _sq._ Asin, Indian month, iv. 279 Asongtata, an annual ceremony performed by the Garos of Assam, ix. 208 Asopus, the river, ii. 140, 141, v. 81 “A-souling,” custom of, in England, vi. 79 Aspalis, a form of Artemis, v. 292 Aspens, fevers transferred to, ix. 57; mistletoe on, xi. 315 _Aspidium filix mas_, the male fern, superstitions as to, xi. 66 _sq._ Ass in rain-making ceremony, i. 282 _n._ 4; son of a god in the form of an, iv. 124 _sq._; the crest or totem of a royal family, iv. 132, 133; in cure for scorpion’s bite, ix. 49 _sq._; introduced into church at Festival of Fools, ix. 335 _sq._; triumphal ride of a buffoon on an, ix. 402 _sq._; child passed under an, as a cure for whooping-cough, xi. 192 _n._ 1 _See also_ Asses Assam, viii. 116; the hill tribes of, taboos in respect of food observed by headmen and their wives among, iii. 11; taboos observed by warriors among, iii. 165; concealment of personal names among, iii. 323; _genna_ in, vii. 109 _n._ 2; agriculture in, vii. 123; head-hunting in, vii. 256 Assam, the Khasis of, i. 194, ii. 114 _n._ 1, 294, v. 46, vi. 202 _sqq._, ix. 173, xi. 146; the Garos of, i. 291, viii. 43 _n._ 1, 116, ix. 208 _sq._; the Miris of, ii. 39, 267 _n._ 4, vii. 123, viii. 145; the Padams of, ii. 39; the Mundaris of, ii. 46; the Bodos of, iii. 285; the Dhimals of, iii. 285; the Kacha Nagas of, iii. 333; the Kukis of, iii. 333; the Zemis of, iii. 333; the Tangkul Nagas of, vi. 57 _sqq._, ix. 177; the Nagas of, viii. 100, 290, ix. 177; the Kochs of, viii. 116; the Kacharis of, ix. 93; the Lushais of, ix. 94, xi. 185 _sq._; the Tangkuls of, ix. 177 “Assegai, child of the,” iv. 183 Assembly of the gods at the New Year in Babylon, ix. 356 Asses crowned at Vesta’s festival in June, ii. 127 _n._ 2; excluded from sanctuary of Alectrona, viii. 45; transmigration of sinners into, viii. 299, 308. _See also_ Ass —— and men, redemption of firstling, among the Hebrews, iv. 173 Assiga, tribe of South Nigeria, xi. 204 Assimilation of rain-maker to water, i. 260 _sqq._; of Egyptian kings to gods, ii. 133; of victims to gods, vii. 261 _sq._; of men to their totems or guardian animals, viii. 207 _sq._; of human victims to trees, ix. 257, 259 _n._ 3 Assiniboins, their propitiation of slain bears, viii. 225 Assinie, West African kingdom, custom as to eating the new yams in, viii. 63