Religious customs, persistency of, 31 ideas, modification of, 196 uniqueness of Israelites exaggerated, 31 f. Rhythm, 6 f. Rhythmic instinct, 7 Rite, original meaning of forgotten, 200 Rites, intermingling of, 217 Romans, ecstatic dance among, 126 funeral processions among, 207 f. influenced by oriental cults, 127 national temperament of the, 76 sacred dancing among the, 73 ff. Roro-speaking tribes of New Guinea, 168 f. Royal state of bridal couples, 29 Royalty of bridal pair, 184 Running round newly born infants, 99 Russian Tapps, procession round corpse of, 201 _Sābab_, 44, 46, 92, 93 Sacred Dance a means of bringing back the dead, 214 a means of a fruitful marriage, 29 of obtaining food, 1, 4, 29, 103, 131 aiding the sun to run his course, 27 among Assyrians, 6 Bedouin Arabs, 6 f., 144 Greeks, 63 ff., 97 ff., 119 ff., 146 ff., 207 ff. Jews of all periods, 184 Romans, 73 ff., 100 f., 119 ff., 149 ff. Semites, 31 ff., 54 ff., 88 ff., 107 ff., 140 ff., 159 ff. uncultured races, 77 ff., 101 ff., 128 ff., 151 ff., 167 ff., 184 ff., 209 ff. appeasing wrath of departed, 214 f. as a marriage rite, 1, 28 f., 41 f., 177 ff. as a mourning and burial rite, 29 f., 42, 194 ff. assisting warriors in battle, 28, 167 ff. contagious, 38 departed personated in, 214 for magical purposes, 103, 148, 151 ghost of deceased driven away by, 217 f. in honour of supernatural powers, 22, 209, 218 in the Old Testament, 8 f., 33 ff., 89, 107 ff., 140 ff. introduced in Rome from Etruria, 75 led by Theseus, 70 many forms included under, 6, 35 f. objects of the, 3, 19 ff. origin of the, 13 ff. round tree, 99 sources of information regarding the, 9 ff. taught by animals, 18 unconsciousness brought about by the, 25 union brought about with god by the, 24, 32 Sacrifice, circuit round, 94 of pigs, 102 Sacrificial victim, 24 St Barbe, 97 St Paul, 32 _Salii_, the, 27, 150 Sanctuaries, limping dance performed at, 111 Sanctuary, circuit round, 94 Sarāwak, Kayans of, 28, 102 Satan dancing, 46 Saturn, 150 Satyrs, 64, 208 Saul among the prophets, 109 f. _Sed_ festival, 146 Self-laceration, 38 Sennacherib, 58 Sephardic Jews, 198, 199 f. burial of, 200 Serpent worship, 133 Seven circuits round a corpse, 200 Sevenfold circuit, 93 f. _Shabuôth_, 140 Shaman, 128 Shiloh, 142 “Showing off”, 22 f. _Sicinnis_, 64 _Sileni_, 208 Siloam, 157 Sinaitic Peninsula, Arabs of the, 95 Singers and dancers at funerals, 202 Sioux, funeral dances among, 214 Indians, 102 Sisera, 163 _Sistrum_, 52, 60 “Sixteen Women,” the, 124 _Skēnē_, 147 Speech, laudatory at burials, 198 Spirit of dancing, possessed by, 130 of the departed kept in grave, 216 indwelling, 16