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
Caul-fat extracted by Australian enemies, iii. 303;
human, rubbed on body as a magical ointment, viii. 162
“Cauld airn,” a protective charm, iii. 233
Cauldron, the magical, which makes the old young again, v. 181
Cauls bought by advocates, i. 199
Caunians of Asia Minor, their expulsion of foreign gods, ix. 116
Causal sequences in nature, recognition of, i. 374
Cauxanas, Indian tribe of the Amazon, kill all their first-born children,
iv. 185 _sq._
Cava, preparation and drinking of, viii. 131
Cavan, County, legendary idol in, iv. 183
Cave, spirit of, worshipped, i. 302;
human god in, i. 394 _sq._;
of Apollo at Hylae, i. 386;
spirit of reindeer in, viii. 245;
initiation of medicine-men by spirits in, xi. 237 _sqq._
_See also_ Caves
Cave of Cruachan, the “Hell-gate of Ireland,” x. 226
Caverns of Demeter, v. 88
Caves, prehistoric paintings of animals in, i. 87 _n._ 1;
in which ceremonies for producing rain are performed, i. 301 _sq._;
limestone, v. 152;
in Semitic religion, v. 169 _n._ 3
_See also_ Cave
Cavo, Monte, in the Alban Hills, i. 2
Cawthorne, in Yorkshire, May garlands (hoops) at, ii. 62 _sq._
Caxton, in Cambridgeshire, ii. 71 _n._ 1
Cayeli, in Buru, sacrifice of girl to crocodile in, ii. 152
Cayenne, the Indians of, their belief in the transmigration of human souls
into fish, viii. 285
Cayor, in Senegal, king of, not allowed to cross the river or the sea,
iii. 9
Cayzac, P., on confession among the Akikuyu, iii. 214
Cazembe, the king of, not to be seen drinking, iii. 118
Cazembes, the, of Angola, their dread of contact with their king, iii. 132
_sq._
Cecrops, first king of Attica, married the daughter of his predecessor,
ii. 277;
said to have instituted marriage, ii. 284;
half-serpent, half-man, iv. 86 _sq._;
father of Agraulus, v. 145;
father of Pandion, vii. 70;
institutes the festival of Cronus, ix. 351
Cedar, sacred, in Gilgit, ii. 49, 50 _sq._;
smoke of, inhaled as mode of inspiration, i. 383 _sq._
—— sprung from the body of Osiris, vi. 110
Cedar-bark, ornaments of, worn in dances, ix. 376;
red, used in ceremonies of a secret society, xi. 271
—— forests of Cilicia, v. 149, 150 _n._ 1
—— tree, girl annually sacrificed to, ii. 17;
Osiris interpreted as a cedar-tree god, vi. 109 _n._ 1
—— wood burned as a religious rite, ii. 130
Ceklinj, in Crnagora, divination on St. George’s morning at, ii. 345
Celaenae in Phrygia, skin of Marsyas shown at, v. 288;
home of Lityerses, vii. 217
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