Index. (continued 4)
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Frazer, James George
custom of going with one shoe on and one shoe off, 311 sqq.
Shoulder-blades, divination by, 229
Shuswap Indians, the, 83, 142
Siam, kings of, 226, 241;
names of kings of, concealed from fear of sorcery, 375
Siamese children, ceremony at cutting their hair, 265 sqq.
—— view of the sanctity of the head, 252 sq.
Sick man, attempts to prevent the escape of the soul of, 30 sqq.
Sick people not allowed to sleep, 95;
sprinkled with pungent spices, 105 sq.
—— -room, mirrors covered up in, 95
Sickness explained by the absence of the soul, 42 sqq.;
caused by ancestral spirits, 53
Sierra Leone, priests and kings of, 14 sq., 18
—— Nevada of Colombia, 215, 216
Sigurd and Fafnir, 324
Sikhim, kings of, 20
Silkworms, taboos observed by breeders of, 194
Simpson, W., 125 n.3
Sin regarded as something material, 214, 216, 217 sq.
Singhalese, 297; their fear of demons, 233 sq.
Sins, confession of, 114, 191, 195, 211 sq., 214 sqq.;
originally a magical ceremony, 217
Sisters-in-law, their names not to be pronounced, 338, 342, 343
Sit, Egyptian god, 68
Sitting on the ground prohibited to warriors, 159, 162, 163
Skull-cap worn by girls at their first menstruation, 146;
worn by Australian widows, 182 n.2
Skulls of ancestors rubbed as a propitiation, 197;
of dead used as drinking-cups, 372
Slain, ghosts of the, fear of the, 165 sqq.
Slave Coast, the, 9
Slaves, runaway, charm for recovering, 305 sq.
Sleep, absence of soul in, 36 sqq.;
sick people not allowed to, 95;
forbidden in house after a death, 37 sq.;
forbidden to unsuccessful eagle-hunter, 199
Sleeper not to be wakened suddenly, 39 sqq.;
not to be moved nor his appearance altered, 41 sq.
Smallpox not mentioned by its proper name, 400, 410, 411, 416