Index. (continued 4)
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Frazer, James George
Smearing blood on the person as a purification, 104, 115;
on persons, dogs, and weapons as a mode of pacifying their souls, 219
—— bodies of manslayers with porridge, 176
—— porridge or fat on the person as a purification, 112
—— sheep's entrails on body as mode of purification, 174
Smith, W, Robertson, 77 n.1, 96 n.1, 243 n.7, 247 n.5
Smith's craft regarded us uncanny, 236 n.5
Snakes not called by their proper names, 399, 400, 401 sq., 411
Snapping the thumbs to prevent the departure of the soul, 31
Snares set for souls, 69
Son-in-law, his name not to be pronounced, 338 sq., 344, 345
Sorcerers, souls extracted or detained by, 69 sqq.;
make use of cut hair and other bodily refuse, 268 sq., 274 sq.;
278, 281 sq. See also Magic
Soul conceived as a mannikin, 26 sqq.;
the perils of the, 26 sqq.;
ancient Egyptian conception of the, 28 sq.;
representations of the soul in Greek art, 29 n.1;
as a butterfly, 29 n.1, 41, 51 sq.;
absence and recall of the, 30 sqq.;
attempts to prevent the soul from escaping from the body, 30 sqq.;
sickness attributed to the absence of the, 32, 42 sqq.;
tied by thread or string to the body, 32 sq., 43, 51;
conceived as a bird, 33 sqq.;
absent in sleep, 36 sqq.;
in form of mouse, 37, 39 n.2;
in form of lizard, 38;
in form of fly, 39;
caught in a cloth, 46, 47, 48, 52, 53, 64, 67, 75 sq.;
identified with the shadow, 77 sqq.;
identified with the reflection in water or a mirror, 92 sqq.;
supposed to escape at eating and drinking, 116;
in the blood, 240, 241, 247, 250;
identified with the personal name, 319;
of rice not to be frightened, 412
Souls, every man thought to have four, 27, 80;
light and heavy, thin and fat, 29;
transferred to other bodies, 49;
impounded in magic fence, 56;
abducted by demons, 58 sqq.;