Index. (continued 5)
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Frazer, James George
Turtle catching, taboos in connexion with, 192
Tusks of ivory, souls in, 70
Twelfth Night, 396
Twins, water poured on graves of, 154 sq.
—— father of, taboos observed by the, 239 sq.;
his hair shaved and nails cut, 284
Tycoons, the, 19
Tying the soul to the body, 32 sq., 43
Tylor, E. B., on reincarnation of ancestors, 372 n.1
Uganda, 84, 86, 112, 145, 164 n.1, 239, 243, 254, 263, 277, 330, 369.
See alsoBaganda
Ulster, kings of, 12
Unclean and sacred, correspondence of the rules regarding the, 145
Uncleanness regarded as a vapour, 152, 206;
of manslayers, of menstruous and lying-in women, and of persons who have handled the dead, 169;
of whalers, 191, 207;
of lion-killer, 220;
of bear-killers, 221
Uncovered in the open air, prohibition to be, 3, 14
Unyoro, king of, his custom of drinking milk, 119;
cowboy of the king of, 159 n.;
diet of the king of, 291 sq.
Vapour thought to be exhaled by lying-in women and hunters, 152, 206;
supposed, of blood and corpses, 210 sq.;
supposed to be produced by the violation of a taboo, 212
Varuna, festival of, 217
Veiling faces to avert evil influences, 120 sqq.
Venison, taboos concerning, 208 sq.
Vermin from hair returned to their owner, 278
Vessels used by tabooed persons destroyed, 4, 131, 139, 145, 156, 284
—— special, employed by tabooed persons, 138, 139, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 160, 167, 185, 189, 197, 198
Victims, sacrificial, carried round city, 188
Vine, prohibition to walk under a, 14, 248
Virgil, the enchantress in, 305;
on rustic militia of Latium, 311
Vow, hair kept unshorn during a, 261 sq., 285
Wabondei, the, 272
Wadai, Sultan of, 120
Wakan, mysterious, sacred, taboo, 225n.
Wakelbura, the, 31