The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 12 of 12)Frazer, James George
Religion
The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 12 of 12)
Frazer, James George
Magic; Mythology; Religion; Superstition
Bodos, the, of Assam, mourners shaved among the, iii. 285
Bodroum in Cilicia, ruins of, v. 167
Body-without-soul in a Ligurian story, xi. 107;
in a German story, xi. 116 _sq._;
in a Breton story, xi. 132 _sq._;
in a Basque story, xi. 139
Boedromion, an Attic month, vii. 52, 77, viii. 6 _n._
Boemus, Joannes, on the “carrying out of Death,” iv. 234;
on the King of the Bean, ix. 315 _n._
Boeotian festival of the Great Daedala, xi. 77 _n._ 1
—— sacrifice to Hercules, viii. 95 _n._ 2
Bogadjim, in German New Guinea, belief in wind-making at, i. 322;
charm to attract fish at, viii. 251
Boghaz-Keui, Hittite capital, excavations of H. Winckler at, v. 125 _n._;
situation and remains of, v. 128 _sqq._;
the gods of, v. 128 _sqq._;
rock-hewn sculptures at, v. 129 _sqq._
Bogle, George, envoy to Tibet, his account of a Tibetan New Year ceremony,
ix. 203
Bogomiles, a Russian sect, worship each other as embodiments of Christ, i.
407 _sq._
Bogos of East Africa allow no fire in a house after a death, ii. 267 _n._
4;
women of the, will not mention their husbands’ names, iii. 337
Bogota, capital of the Chibchas, i. 416;
rigorous training of the heir to the throne of, x. 19
Bohemia, customs as to children’s cast teeth in, i. 180;
contagious magic of footprints in, i. 210 _sq._;
Midsummer-tree burned in, ii. 66;
throwing Death into the water on the fourth Sunday in Lent in, ii. 73
_sq._;
Whitsuntide King in, ii. 85;
girl called Queen on fourth Sunday in Lent in, ii. 87;
the soul as a white bird in, iii. 34;
belief as to stepping over a child in, iii. 424;
belief as to falling stars in, iv. 66;
“burying the Carnival” in, iv. 209;
Whitsuntide mummers in, iv. 209 _sqq._;
“Carrying out Death” in, iv. 237 _sq._;
bringing in Summer in, iv. 246;
May-pole or Midsummer-tree in, v. 250;
Feast of All Souls in, vi. 72 _sq._;
harvest customs in, vii. 138, 145, 149, 150, 225 _sq._, 232, 286, 289;
fox’s tongue as amulet in, viii. 270;
snake’s tongue cut on St. George’s Eve confers eloquence in, viii. 270;
custom as to mice in, viii. 279, 283;
the Shrovetide or carnival Bear in, viii. 325 _sq._;
sticks or stones piled on scenes of violent death in, ix. 15;
precautions against witches on Walpurgis Night in, ix. 161;
“Easter Smacks” in, ix. 268, 269;
the Three Kings of Twelfth Day in, ix. 330 _sq._;
the Festival of Fools in, ix. 336 _n._ 1;
water and fire consecrated at Easter in, x. 123 _sq._;
bonfires on May Day in, x. 159;
Midsummer fires in, x. 173 _sqq._;
need-fire in, x. 278 _sq._;
charm to make corn grow high in, x. 340;
offering to water-spirits on Midsummer Eve in, xi. 28;
simples gathered on St. John’s Night in, xi. 49;
divination by means of flowers on Midsummer Eve in, xi. 52 _sq._;
mugwort at Midsummer in, xi. 59;
elder-flowers gathered at Midsummer in, xi. 64;
wild thyme gathered on Midsummer Day in, xi. 64;
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