GENERAL INDEX
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Lawson, J. C. (John Cuthbert)
various branches of, 298
Dog howling at night, significance of, 328
Dogs, 32
Donkey, ill-omened, 307
Dragons, as guardians of buried treasure, 281;
in folk-story, 82;
popular conception of, 280;
story of, 281 f.
Drama, primitive, 224–6;
restrictions of, 429;
rudiments of, 35
Dreams, 300 ff.;
deliberately induced, 303;
ecclesiastical use of, 301
Dress, at weddings and at funerals, 557
‘Drumlike’ (as description of dead bodies) (see τυμπανιαῖος), 370
Drunkenness, when permissible, 303, 533
Dryads, 151
Eagle, 309
Easter, 575 f.;
celebration of, 572 ff.
Ecstasy, in ancient religion, 37;
religious, 294 f., 576
Eleusinian mysteries (see Mysteries of Demeter)
Eleusis, excavations in cemetery at, 495
Empusa, 174, 175
Entrails, inspection of victim’s, 320, 325
Ephialtes, 21 (note 2)
Epiphany, observance of, 197;
superstitions concerning, 221
Equality of men and gods, 604
Erinyes (see Furies)
Eros, 118–120
‘Eternal drunkenness,’ 39
Ethical influence of Christianity, 39
Eudaemonia, as goddess, 602
Eumaeus, reception of Odysseus by, 32
Euphemistic names for deities, 69, 70
Euripides, popular form of imprecation utilised by, 418
Evil Eye, amulets against, 13;