Index. (continued 1)
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Frazer, James George
Sultan of, 120
Dassera, festival of the, 316
Daughter-in-law, her name not to be pronounced, 338
David and the King of Moab, 273
Dawson, J., 347 sq.
Dead, sacrifices to the, 15, 88;
taboos on persons who have handled the, 138 sqq.;
souls of the dead all malignant, 145;
names of the dead tabooed, 349 sqq.;
to name the dead a serious crime, 352;
names of the dead not borne by the living, 354;
reincarnation or resurrection of the dead in their namesakes, 365 sqq.;
festivals of the, 367, 371
—— body, prohibition to touch, 14
Death, natural, of sacred king or priest, supposed fatal consequences of, 6, 7;
kept off by arrows, 31;
mourners forbidden to sleep in house after a death, 37;
custom of covering up mirrors at a, 94 sq.;
from imagination, 135 sqq.
Debt of civilisation to savagery, 421 sq.
Defiled hands, 174. See Hands
De Groot, J. J. M., 390
Demons, abduction of souls by, 58 sqq.;
of disease expelled by pungent spices, pricks, and cuts, 105 sq.;
and ghosts averse to iron, 232 sqq.
Devils, abduction of souls by, 58 sqq.
Dido, her magical rites, 312
Diet of kings and priests regulated, 291 sqq.
Dieterich, A., 369 n.3
Difference of language between husbands and wives, 347 sq.;
between men and women, 348 sq.
Diminution of shadow regarded with apprehension, 86 sq.
Dio Chrysostom, on fame as a shadow, 86 sq.
Diodorus Siculus, 12 sq.
Dionysus in the city, festival of, 316
Disease, demons of, expelled by pungent spices, pricks, and cuts, 105 sq.
Disenchanting strangers, various modes of, 102 sqq.
Dishes, effect of eating out of sacred, 4;
of sacred persons tabooed, 131. See Vessels
Disposal of cut hair and nails, 267 sqq.