Sabazian mysteries, 585
Sabazius, in form of snake, 586
Sacrifice (see also Human Sacrifice), 335 ff.;
at launching of ship, 266;
at laying foundation-stone, 264;
at opening of quarry, 265;
at weddings, 326;
human, 262 ff.;
to genii, 276;
to genii, Slavonic influence upon, 268
Sacrifices, classification of, 338
Sacrificial omens, 319
Saints, functions of, 55;
functions suggested by names of, 56;
offerings made to, 58;
sometimes reputed immoral or malign, 56;
substituted for ancient gods, 43;
with titles denoting locality, function, etc., 55;
worship of, 42
S. Artemidos, cures children 'struck by the Nereids,' 44;
successor to Artemis, 44
'Saint Beautiful,' 164
S. Catharine, 303
S. Demetra, at Eleusis, 80;
Eleusinian legend of, 80
S. Demetrius, successor to Demeter, 44
S. Dionysius, successor to Dionysus, 43
S. Elias, responsible for thunder, 52;
successor to Helios, 44
S. Elmo's light, 286
S. George, displacing Theseus or Heracles, 45;
legend concerning, 261
'S. John of the Column,' 58
S. John the Baptist, 37, 304
S. Luke, as painter, 301
S. Michael, successor to Hermes, 45
S. Nicolas, 340;
patron of sailors, 287;
superseding Poseidon, 75
Salt-cake, 303
Salt, dissolving of, as magical ceremony, 388 f.
Satan, delivering persons unto, 406
Saturnalia (in Greece), 221
Satyrs and Centaurs, closely related, 236
Satyr-dances, 229
Scylla, replaced by modern Gorgon, 188;
parentage of, 173
Scyros, faith-cure at, 62
Sea-nymphs, 146
'Seizure,' by Nymphs, 142
Serpents, as incarnations of heroes, 274
Shadow, as genius, 289
Shadow-victims, 265
'She-devils,' Nereids so called, 149
Sheep-dogs, 32
Shooting-stars, 286
Shoulder-blade of sheep, used for divination, 321 ff.
Sieve, employed to detain Callicantzari, 196-7
Sieves, divination from, 331
Sileni, 230
Silicernium, 535
Sins, deadly, 409 f., 425 ff.
Sirens, 187
Slavonic immigrations, 26;
influence on belief in vampires, 376 ff.
Sleep and Death, 543
Sleeping in churches, 61
Small-pox, personified, 22
Snake, as genius of Acropolis, 260;
auspicious in house, 328;
bearded, 274;
unlucky to meet on road, 307
Snakes, as manifestations of deities, 275
Snake-form, assumed by genii (see Genii)
Sneezing, as omen, 330
Socrates' familiar spirit, 291
Sophocles, popular form of imprecation utilised by, 419
Sorcery, punishment of, 409
Sosipolis, story of, 272
Souls (see Ghosts)
Soul and body, relations of, 361 ff., 526 ff.;
re-union of, 538
Soul-cult, Rohde's theory of, 529, note 1
Soul, emancipation of, 515 f.;
Homeric conception of, 517 f.;
Socrates' teaching concerning, 516
Spitting, to avert malign influences, 14, 307
Stars, baneful influence of, 10, 11
Stoat, unlucky to meet, 307
Striges, 179-184, 211;
Italian origin of, 180;
intercourse of devils with, 416;
precautions against, 181;
prey upon children, 181;
stories concerning, 182-3
Strigla, 282
Sucking-pig, as victim, 483
Suicides, 408
Sun, relics of worship of, 44
Surrogate Victims, 355
Swallow-song, 35
Sympathetic magic, 264
Taboo, 87, 357
Taenarus, descent to Hades at, 45
Tartarus, 98
Telonia, 284;
local usages of name, 287
Temples, as treasuries, 96;
converted to churches, 45
Tenos, Church of Annunciation at, 45, 58;
faith-cures at, 60;
miraculous icon of, 301
Thargelia, 356
'The Beautiful One of the Earth,' 97
'The Great Lady,' 163
'The Lady Beautiful,' 163
'The Lamia of the Sea,' 171
'The Lamia of the Shore,' 171
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