GENERAL INDEX
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Lawson, J. C. (John Cuthbert)
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