SUBJECT INDEX (continued 1)
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Westermarck, Edward
Cooking, abstained from after a death, ii. 304–306
Corporal punishment, ii. 520–525
Cosmopolitanism, ii. 176–179, 182– 185
Courage, admiration of, i. 16, 117, ii. 16, 58, 273, 590; the duel regarded as a test of, i. 509; suicide regarded as a test of, ii. 251, 261 sq.; approved of by the supreme being, ii. 679; the future state of a warrior supposed to be determined by his, ii. 698
Couvade, the, ii. 205
Covenanting rites, i. 334 sq., ii. 622–624, 686. See Blood-covenant
Cowardice, forgiveness of enemies regarded as a sign of, i. 73, 74, 485, ii. 145; the secret commission of offences despised as, ii. 58, 96 sq.; lying a sign of, ii. 113; suicide regarded as an act of, ii. 240, 262
Cow-dung, a means of purification, i. 54, ii. 353, 545; suicide committed in, ii. 244
Cows, contact with, regarded as purifying, i. 54; prohibition of eating the flesh of, ii. 327, 330; the killing of, abstained from or prohibited, ii. 330, 331, 497; reverence for, ii. 332. See Cattle
Coyness, female, ii. 435
Cremation, i. 476, ii. 522, 523, 526, 527, 542, 543, 546–548; of suicides, ii. 256 sq.
Criminals, absence of remorse in, i. 90 n. 1; punished in public, i. 191 sq.; detection of, i. 193; sacrificed, i. 439, 440, 467, 471 sq., ii. 651; enslaved, i. 518, 675, 676, 681, 682, 685, 688–691, ii. 7, 8, 12, 13, 74; eaten, ii. 4, 367, 554, 558 sq.; their blood partaken of, ii. 464 sq.; treatment of the bodies of, ii. 527, 528, 549. See Asylums, Punishment
Crops, robbery of, i. 287, ii. 14sq.; human sacrifices offered for the purpose of securing good, i. 443–451; unchastity supposed to injure the, ii. 417, 747
Cross, the, ii. 256 n. 2
Cross-roads, i. 502, ii. 256, 256 sq. n. 2
Crown, miraculous virtue attributed to the royal, ii. 608 n. 4, 753
Crucifixion, ii. 256 n. 2
Cruelty to animals, ii. 496, 508–510
Curiosity, ii. 109, 110, 135, 149, 595, 597
Curses, materialistic conception of, i. 57–61, 70, 233 sq., ii. 583. 584, 703; holiness not allowed to be defiled by, i. 58, 625, ii. 638; of parents, i. 58, 538, 621–627, ii. 703, 715, 716 n. 2, 732; of the poor, i. 561–565; of magicians and priests, i. 563; of saints, i. 563, 622; of dying persons, i. 563, 626, ii. 245; of dissatisfied guests, i. 584–594, ii. 715, 732; of dissatisfied refugees, i. 585, 587 sq., ii. 636–638; of old persons, i. 622, 626; of husbands, i. 626; of elder brothers and sisters, i. 626, ii. 703; of superiors, i. 626 sq., ii. 703; of women, i. 668; of slaves, i. 716; of their masters, ii. 703; of kings, ii. 703; personified and elevated to the rank of supernatural beings, i. 60, 379, 482, 561, 585, 623, 624, 626, ii. 68, 116, 715, 732; transformed into attributes of gods, i. 379, 561, 562, 585, 624, ii. 68, 116, 715; supernatural beings appealed to in, i. 561, 564 sq., ii. 66–68, 120–123, 658, 686–690, 699, 731; supernatural beings exposed to men’s, i. 564, 566, 585, ii. 584, 585, 618–624, 636, 638, 656–659, 700; conducted by various vehicles, i. 586–594, ii. 121, 151, 208, 209, 567, 622–624, 687–690; by blood, i. 586, 587, 591, ii. 69, 118–121, 208, 209, 618–622, 687–689; by human blood or flesh, ii. 566 sq.; in reception ceremonies and salutations, i. 590 sq., ii. 151; pronounced on thieves or as a means of protecting property, ii. 62–69, 703; sacrifices to gods as a means of transferring, ii. 618–624, 658; method of protecting the king against criminals, ii. 637; prayers assuming the character of, ii. 656– 659; contained in ordeals, ii. 687–690;
influencing men’s state in the future life, ii. 692, 693, 708, 709, 715 sq. See L-ʿâr
Customs, and laws as expressions of moral ideas, ch. vii. (i. 158– 201); rules of duty, i. 118–122, 159–162; their relations to laws, i. 163–166; stronger than law and religion combined, i. 164; the variety of, i. 327 sq.; the rigidity of ancestral, ii. 519, 520, 541; transgressions of, punished by gods, ii. 670, 728; instituted by the supreme being, ii. 671
DARK, prohibition of eating in the, ii. 309
Daughters, committing suicide on the death of their parents, i. 473. See Children
Days, tabooed, ii. 283–289, 747
Dead, regard for the, ch. xlv. (ii. 515–552); human sacrifices to the, i. 26–28, 472–476, 486, ii. 234, 450, 451, 518; vindictiveness of murdered, i. 232, 372, 375, 376, 378, 379, 406, 476, 481 sq., ii. 559 sq.; the property of the, i. 399, ii. 44, 518, 539 sq., see Inheritance, Wills; the treatment of old persons influenced by beliefs regarding the, i. 620 sq.; interred in the field belonging to the family, ii. 66 n. 1; charms made from the bodies of the, ii. 204, 546; offerings to the, ii. 302, 303, 400–404, 517, 518, 524, 539, 547 550, 692, 700, 701, 704, 708, cf. Alms; polluting influence attributed to the, ii. 303, 537 sq.; marriages of the, ii. 400; self-regarding pride attributed to the, ii. 519; beliefs as regards the character and activity of the, ii. 528–535, 693; fear of the, ii. 535–546, 548–550, 576; believed to be easily duped, ii. 548; worship of the, ii. 591, 596; revenge taken by the living upon the, ii. 692 sq.; supposed to be taken by the dead upon other, ii. 693 sq. See Annihilation, Burial, Cannibalism, Cremation, Funeral rites, Future life, Future state, Mourning, Scalping, Suicide, Transmigration, Vampires
Death, attributed to the influence of magic, i. 24, 29, ii. 534, 651; self-mutilation after a, i. 26, 27, 476, ii. 524, 528, 544, 545, 547; work suspended after a, ii. 283, 284, 306; polluting influence ascribed to, ii. 283, 302–307, 416, 536–539, 544 sq.; to self-inflicted, ii. 257 n. 5, 262; to natural, ii. 416, 609; fasting after a, ii. 298–308, 524, 544; abstinence from cooking after a, ii. 304–306; abstinence from sexual intercourse after a, ii. 306; fear of, ii. 535 sq.
Debtors, enslaved, i. 422, 675, 677, 680, 684, 688, 689, 691; creditors starving themselves to death before the doors of their, ii. 245
Debts, the owing of, ii. 93, 705
Deceit. See Truth, regard for
Deformed persons, religious veneration of, ii. 590
Deodand, i. 262–264, 308
Descent, the social influence of a common, ii. 198, 201–206, 220, 224, 227, 748; congruity or discrepancy between the principle of local proximity and the principle of, ii. 202, 219 sq. See Kinship
——, the system of tracing, connection between the authority over children and, i. 597 sq.; supposed connection between the position of women and, i. 655 sq.; the rules of inheritance influenced by, ii. 44–47, 54; the influence of local connections on, ii. 203, 368 sq.; difference between the notion of actual blood-relationship and, ii. 205 sq.; connection between the blood-feud and, ii. 211, 748
Despotism, a cause of the severity of criminal codes, i. 193–196, 198; a cause of deceitful habits, ii. 89, 130 sq.; politeness engendered by, ii. 152; love of youths considered inimical to, ii. 478 sq.
Determinism, i. 320–322, 325 sq.
Dharna, the custom of sitting, ii. 245
Diet, restrictions in, ch. xxxvii, sq. (ii. 290–345). See Food
Disease, cured by contact with a saint, i. 63; transference of, i. 64 sq.; supposed to be caused by supernatural beings, i. 392 sq., ii. 592–594; by the dead, ii. 535; the future state of persons who have died of, i. 392, ii. 238 n. 3, 698; human flesh or blood partaken of as a remedy against, i. 401, ii. 562, 564 sq.; human sacrifices offered for the purpose of curing, i. 446, 447, 454–457; cured at cross-roads, ii. 256 n. 2. See Epidemics, Sick persons
Disinterested antipathies. See Antipathies