[50] Frazer, _Taboo_, pp. 166-174. These ceremonies consist of hitting
shields, shouting, bellowing and making noises with various instruments,
etc.
[51] Frazer, _Taboo_, p. 166, according to S. Mueller, _Reisen en
Onderzoekingen in den Indischen Archipel_. (Amsterdam, 1857).
[52] For these examples see Frazer, _Taboo_, p. 165-170, “Manslayers
Tabooed.”
[53] Frazer, _Taboo_, p. 132. “He must not only be guarded, he must also
be guarded against.”
[54] Frazer, _The Magic Art_, I, p. 368.
[55] _Old New Zealand_, by a Pakeha Maori (London, 1884), see Frazer,
_Taboo_, p. 135.
[56] W. Brown, _New Zealand and Its Aborigines_ (London, 1845) _Frazer_,
_l.c._
[57] _Frazer_, _l.c._
[58] Frazer, _Taboo_. _The Burden of Royalty_, p. 7.
[59] _l.c._, p. 7.
[60] Kaempfer, _History of Japan_, see in Frazer, _l.c._, p. 3.
[61] Bastian, _The German Expedition to the Coast of Loango_ (Jena
1874), cited by Frazer, _l.c._, p. 5.
[62] Frazer, _l.c._, p. 13.
[63] Frazer, _l.c._, p. 11.
[64] A. Bastian, _The German Expedition on the Coast of Lonago_, cited
by Frazer, _l.c._, p. 18.
[65] _l.c._, p. 18. According to Zwefel et Monstier, _Voyage aux Sources
du Niger_, 1880.
[66] Frazer, _The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings_, 2 vols., 1911
(_The Golden Bough_).
[67] Frazer, _Taboo_, p. 148, etc.
[68] W. Mariner, _The Natives of the Tonga Islands_, 1818; see _Frazer_,
_l.c._, p. 140.
[69] The same patient whose ‘impossibilities’ I have correlated with
taboo (see above, p. 47) acknowledged that she always became indignant
when she met anybody on the street who was dressed in mourning. “Such
people should be forbidden to go out!” she said.
[70] Frazer, _l.c._, p. 353.
[71] Frazer, _l.c._, p. 352, etc.
[72] Frazer, _l.c._, p. 357, according to an old Spanish observer 1732.
[73] Frazer, _l.c._, p. 360.
[74] Stekel, _Abraham_.
[75] Frazer, _l.c._, p. 353, cites the Tuaregs of the Sahara as an
example of such an acknowledgment.
[76] Perhaps this condition is to be added: as long as any part of his
physical remains exist. Frazer, _l.c._, p. 372.
[77] _On the Nikobar Islands_, Frazer, _l.c._, p. 382.
[78] Wundt, _Religion and Myth_, Vol. II, p. 49.
[79] _The Origin and Development of Moral Conceptions_, see section
entitled “Attitude Towards the Dead,” Vol. II, p. 424. Both the notes
and the text show an abundance of corroborating, and often very
characteristic testimony, e.g., the Maori believed that “the nearest and
most beloved relatives changed their nature after death and bore
ill-will even to their former favourites.” The Austral negroes believe
that every dead person is for a long time malevolent; the closer the
relationship the greater the fear. The Central Eskimos are dominated by
the idea that the dead come to rest very late and that at first they are
to be feared as mischievous spirits who frequently hover about the
village to spread illness, death and other evils. (Boas.)
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