INDEX
391
Dieyerie of South Australia, rain-making by the, i. 20; tree superstition amongst the, i. 62
Dingelstedt, harvest custom at, i. 371
Dionysus, marriage of, i. 104; titles of, i. 320, 321; myth of, i. 322-325; rites of, i. 324, 329; ii. 43-46, 90; rites of, similar to those of Osiris, i. 319, 320; as an animal, i. 325-327, ii. 34-38; association of, with Demeter and Proserpine, ii. 37
Diseases sent away in boats, ii. 185-189, 192 sq.
Divine beasts, i. 48
—— king, dependence of nature upon the, i. 109
—— kings, i. 49; care taken of, i. 115; cease to govern, i. 118, 119
—— kings and priests, burdensome observances placed upon, i. 110-118; effects of these burdens, i. 118-120
—— Man as scapegoat, ii. 201, 205
—— persons, seclusion of, ii. 242, 243
—— spirit, transmigration of, i. 42-44
Divining rods made from the mistletoe, ii. 367
Dog, the corn-spirit as a, ii. 3-7; the flesh of the, eaten, ii. 87; resurrection of the, ii. 123; used as a scapegoat, ii. 194. 195
Domalde, King of Sweden, sacrificed, i. 47
Douai, annual procession at, ii. 280
Dreams, festival of, ii. 165, 166
Druids, oak-worship of the, i. 58
Dublin, May Day custom in, i. 101
Duk-duk, the, ii. 352 sq.
Duke of York Island, fishing ceremony by the natives of, ii. 120
Dulyn, i. 15
Dunkirk, annual procession at, ii. 280, 281
Dust columns, i. 30
Dutch criminals, cutting the hair of, to enforce confession, ii. 328
Dyaks, belief in the souls of trees amongst the, i. 59, 60; abduction of the soul, i. 132, 133; restoration of the soul, i. 138; harvest custom, i. 68, 69, 353, 354; the Dyaks and bad omens, ii. 151; custom in epidemic, ii. 84; may not eat venison, ii. 86, 87; spare the crocodile, ii. 109; Dyaks and the palm-tree, ii. 329; festival of first-fruits, ii. 376
East Indian Islands, supposed cure for epilepsy in the, ii. 148, 149
Easter customs, i. 272, 276, 334; ii. 29, 181, 216, 217
—— fires, ii. 251, 252
—— Islanders, blood of an animal not shed by the, i. 182, 183 ; offerings of first fruits, ii. 381
Eating animals to get their qualities, ii. 85-89
—— the god, ii. 67-90
—— and drinking, precautions taken at, i. 160-162
Edersleben, midsummer fire festival in, ii. 262
Efugaos, cannibalism by the, ii. 88
Egeria, i. 5
Egypt, beasts responsible for the course of nature in Upper, i. 48; Egyptian kings deified, i. 49, 50; Egyptian kings blamed for failure of crops, i. 50; ancient Egyptian kings did not drink wine, i. 184, 185; temporary rulers in Upper Egypt, i. 231; custom of burning red-haired men by the ancient Egyptians, i. 307; religion of ancient Egypt, i. 313; Egyptians and the pig, ii. 52, 53, 56, 57; the bulls Apis and Mnevis worshipped, ii. 60; sacred cattle in Egypt, ii. 60, 61; sacrifice of the ram in, ii. 92, 93; Egyptian type of sacrament, ii. 134-136; Egyptian scapegoat, ii. 200; the external soul in Egyptian story, ii. 315-318
Eifel mountains, fire festival in the, ii. 247, 248; harvest omens in the, ii. 271
Eisenach, ceremony of bringing back summer in, i. 263; ceremony of carrying out death in, ib.
Elan, regard for the, ii. 117, 118
Elephant, ceremony at the killing of an, ii. 113-115
Eleusis, mysteries of, ii. 37
Elk, regard for the, ii. 117, 118
Ellwangen, harvest ceremony in, ii. 17
Emin Pasha’s reception in a Central African village, i. 155
Emu wren, ii. 336, 337
Encounter Bay tribe, their dread of women’s blood, i. 186
English tradition concerning the killing of the wren, ii. 140, 141
Entlebuch, human scapegoat in, ii. 199
Entraigues, hunting the wren in, ii. 144
Epidemic, ceremony in time of, i. 36; ii. 84, 187-189
Epilepsy, supposed cure for, ii. 14S, 149
Erfurt, harvest custom in, i. 336
Ertingen, midsummer custom in, i. 89
Erzgebirge, Shrovetide custom in the, i. 244
Eskimos, charm for lulling the wind, i. 28; Eskimos and the soul, i. 122; reception of strangers, i. 155; Eskimo women, i. 170
