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Frazer, James George
taboos observed after the killing of, 207 sq., 209, 213
Seclusion of those who have handled the dead, 138 sqq.;
of women at menstruation and childbirth, 145 sqq., 147 sqq.;
of tabooed persons, 165;
of manslayers, 166 sqq.;
of cannibals, 188 sqq.;
of men who have killed large game, 220 sq.
Secret names among the Central Australian aborigines, 321 sq.
Sedna, an Esquimau goddess, 152, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 213
Semangat, Malay word for the soul, 28, 35
Semites, moral evolution of the, 219
Seoul, capital of Corea, 283
Serpents, purificatory ceremonies observed after killing, 221 sqq.
Servius, on Dido's costume, 313
Seven knots in magic, 303, 304, 308
Sewing as a charm, 307
Shades of dead animals, fear of offending, 205, 206, 207
Shadow, the soul identified with the, 77 sqq.;
injury done to a man through his, 78 sqq.;
diminution of shadow regarded with apprehension, 86 sq.;
loss of the, regarded as ominous, 88;
not to fall on a chief, 255
Shadows drawn out by ghosts, 80;
animals injured through their, 81 sq.;
of trees sensitive, 82;
of certain birds and people viewed as dangerous, 82 sq.;
built into the foundations of edifices, 89 sq.;
of mourners dangerous, 142;
of certain persons dangerous, 173
Shamans among the Thompson Indians, 57 sq.
—— Buryat, their mode of recovering lost souls, 56 sq.
—— Yakut, 63
Shark Point, priestly king at, 5
Sharp instruments, use of, tabooed, 205
—— weapons tabooed, 237 sqq.
Shaving prisoners, reason of, 273
Sheep used in purificatory ceremony, 174, 175;
shoulder-blades of, used in divination, 229
Shetland fishermen, their tabooed words, 394
Shoe untied at marriage, 300;