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
Cappadocia, volcanic region of, v. 189 _sqq._;
fire-worship in, v. 191 _sq._;
the fire-walk at Castabala in, xi. 14
Capri, feast of the Nativity of the Virgin in, x. 220 _sq._
Capricorn, Tropic of, vii. 125;
time when the sun enters the, xi. 1
_Caprificatio_, ii. 314 _n._ 2
Caprification, the artificial fertilization of fig-trees, ix. 257.
_See_ Fig-tree
_Caprificus_, the wild fig-tree, ii. 314 _sq._, ix. 258
Caps of clay worn by Australian widows in mourning, iii. 182 _n._ 2;
worn by Aino mourners, x. 20
Captives killed and eaten, iii. 179 _sq._;
unbound in house of Flamen Dialis, iii. 316
Car Nicobar, charm to make sunshine in, i. 314;
exorcism in, v. 299 _n._ 2;
annual expulsion of devils in, ix. 201 _sq._
Carabas and Barabbas, ix. 418 _sq._
Caramantran, death of, on Ash Wednesday in Provence, iv. 226
Carayahis, tribe of Brazilian Indians, dialectical differences in the
speech of men and women among the, iii. 348 _sq._
Carberry Kinncat, king of Ireland, misfortunes of his reign, i. 367 _sq._
Carcassone, hunting the wren at, viii. 320 _sq._
Carceri, Father S., on the sacred king of the Nubas, iii. 132 _n._ 1
Carchemish, Hittite capital on Euphrates, v. 123, 137 _n._ 2, 138 _n._
Carchi, a province of Ecuador, All Souls’ Day in, vi. 80
Cardiganshire, Hallowe’en in, x. 226
Carew, R., on a Cornish custom, iv. 154 _n._ 1
Caria, Zeus Labrandeus in, v. 182;
poisonous vapours in, v. 205 _sq._
Carian Chersonese, viii. 85
Carians, their mournings for Osiris, vi. 86 _n._ 1
Caribou, taboos concerning, iii. 208
Caribs, war custom of the, i. 134;
difference of language between men and women among the, iii. 348;
their worship of the moon in preference to the sun, vi. 138;
woman’s share in agriculture among the, vii. 120;
their belief in the homoeopathic magic of animal flesh, viii. 139 _sq._;
young warriors among the, ate the heart of a bird of prey to acquire
courage, viii. 162;
their theory of the plurality of souls, xi. 221
Carinthia, Green George in, ii. 75, 343;
bride-race in, ii. 304;
ceremony at the installation of a prince of, iv. 154 _sq._;
harvest custom in, vii. 224 _sq._;
new fire at Easter in, x. 124
Caripunas Indians of Brazil, use of bull-roarers among the, xi. 230 _n._
Carley, the last bunch of corn at harvest in Antrim, vii. 144
Carlin or Carline, “the Old Woman,” female figure formed out of the last
corn cut at harvest, vii. 140
Carlyle, Thomas, on the execution of the astronomer Bailly, v. 229 _n._ 1
Carman (Wexford), the fair of, iv. 100, 101
Carmichael, Alexander, on need-fire, x. 293 _sqq._;
on snake-stones, xi. 311
Carmona, in Andalusia, annual ceremony observed by disguised boys at, ix.
173
Carn Brea, in Cornwall, Midsummer fires on, x. 199
Carna, nymph, won by Janus, ii. 190, vi. 235 _n._ 6
Carnac, in Egypt, temples at, vi. 124;
sculptures at, vi. 154.
_See also_ Karnak
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