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
Campbell, Rev. John, on Bechuana superstition as to trees and rain, ii.
49;
on refusal of Bechuanas to tell stories before sunset, iii. 384;
on Coranna treatment of the sick, xi. 192, 192 _n._ 1
Campbell, Major-General John, on Khond human sacrifices, vii. 248, 250
Campbell, Rev. J. G., on the Harvest Old Wife in the Highlands of
Scotland, vii. 140, 165 _sq._;
on _deiseal_, x. 151 _n._
Campe, near Stade, the Fox in the corn at, vii. 296
Camphor, taboos observed in search for, i. 114 _sq._;
telepathy in search for, i. 124 _sq._;
special language employed by searchers for, iii. 405 _sqq._;
custom observed in the search for, viii. 186 _n._
Camphor-trees, ceremonies at cutting down, iii. 406
Campo di Giove, in the Abruzzi, Easter candles at, x. 122
—— Santo at Pisa, contest between angels and devils in the, ix. 175
Camul, custom as to hospitality in, v. 39 _n._ 3
Canaanite kings of Jerusalem, v. 17
Canaanites, their custom of burning their children in honour of Baal, iv.
168
Canada, Indians of, their belief that winds are caused by a fish, i. 320;
capture of souls by wizards among the, iii. 73;
kept their names secret, iii. 326;
their ceremony for mitigating the cold of winter, iv. 259 _sq._;
kept the bones of beavers from dogs, viii. 239 _sq._;
would not eat the embryos of elks from fear of offending the
mother-elks, viii. 243
Cañar (Cuenca), in Ecuador, human sacrifices at harvest in, vii. 236
Canarese of South India, their euphemisms for a tiger, iii. 402
Canarium nuts, first-fruits of, offered to ghosts in Solomon Islands,
viii. 126
Canary Islands, rain-making in the, by beating the sea, i. 301
Canathus, Hera’s annual bath in the spring of, v. 280
Cancer, Tropic of, vii. 125
Candaules, king of Lydia, murdered by Gyges, ii. 281;
descended from Hercules, ii. 282;
and the double-headed axe, v. 182, 183
Candle sent by Fire King to the King of Cambodia, ii. 5 _sq._;
virginity tested by flame of, ii. 240, x. 139 _n._;
the Easter or Paschal, x. 121, 122, 125;
divination by the flame of a, at Hallowe’en, x. 229;
the Yule or Christmas, x. 255, 256, 260;
external soul in a, xi. 125 _sq._
_See also_ Candles
—— and apple, biting at, a Hallowe’en sport, x. 241, 242, 243, 245
Candlemas (February 2nd), dances at, to make flax grow tall, i. 138;
Bridget’s bed on the night before, ii. 94, 242;
pea-soup and pigs’ bones eaten at, vii. 300;
dances for the crops at, ix. 238;
Lord of Misrule at, ix. 332, 333;
in the Armenian church, bonfires at, x. 131;
the Yule log at, x. 256 _n._
—— candles, x. 264 _n._ 4
Candles, Catholic practice of dedicating, i. 13;
magical, used by burglars to cause sleep, i. 148, 149;
made of human tallow and used by thieves, i. 236;
lighted, tied to sacred oak, ii. 372;
twelve, on Twelfth Night, ix. 321 _sq._;
burnt at the Feast of Purim, ix. 394;
used to keep off witches, x. 245
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