Index. (continued 2)
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Frazer, James George
kept unshorn at certain times, 260 sqq.;
offered to rivers, 261;
of children unshorn, 263;
magic wrought through clippings of, 268 sqq., 275, 277, 278 sq.;
cut or combed out may cause rain and thunderstorms, 271, 272, 282;
clippings of, used as hostages, 272 sq.;
infected by virus of taboo, 283 sq.;
cut as a purificatory ceremony, 283 sqq.;
of women after childbirth shaved and burnt, 284;
loosened at childbirth, 297 sq.;
loosened in magical and religious ceremonies, 310 sq.
—— and nails of sacred persons not cut, 3, 4, 16
—— and nails, cut, disposal of, 267 sqq.;
deposited on or under trees, 14, 275 sq., 286;
deposited in sacred places, 274 sqq.;
stowed away in any secret place, 276 sqq.;
kept for use at the resurrection, 279 sqq.;
burnt to prevent them from falling into the hands of sorcerers, 281 sqq.
—— -cutting, ceremonies at, 264 sqq.
Hands tabooed, 138, 140 sqq., 146 sqq., 158, 159 n., 265;
food not to be touched with, 138 sqq., 146 sqq., 166, 167, 168, 169, 174, 265;
defiled, 174;
not to be clasped, 298
Hanun, King of Moab, 273
Hawaii, 72, 106;
customs as to chiefs and shadows in, 255
Head, stray souls restored to, 47, 48, 52, 53 sq., 64, 67;
prohibition to touch the, 142, 183, 189, 252 sq., 254, 255 sq.;
plastered with mud, 182;
the human, regarded as sacred, 252 sqq.;
tabooed, 252 sqq.;
supposed to be the residence of spirits, 252;
objection to have any one overhead, 253 sqq.;
washing the, 253
—— -hunters, customs of, 30, 36, 71 sq., 111, 166 sq., 169 sq.
Headache caused by clipped hair, 270 sq., 282
Heads of manslayers shaved, 177
Hearne, S., quoted, 184 sqq.
Hebesio, god of thunder, 257
Hercules and Alcmena, 298 sq.