Index. (continued 2)
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Frazer, James George
Life in the blood, 241, 250
Limbs, amputated, kept by the owners against the resurrection, 281
Lion-killer, purification of, 176, 220
Lions not called by their proper names, 400
Lithuanians, the old, their funeral banquets, 238
Liver, induration of the, attributed to touching sacred chief, 133
Lizard, soul in form of, 38
Loango, taboos observed by kings of, 8, 9;
taboos observed by heir to throne of, 291
—— king of, forbidden to see a white man's house, 115;
not to be seen eating or drinking, 117 sq.;
confined to his palace, 123;
refuse of his food buried, 129
Locks unlocked at childbirth, 294, 296;
thought to prevent the consummation of marriage, 299;
as amulets, 308, 309;
unlocked to facilitate death, 309
—— and knots, magical virtue of, 309 sq. See also Keys
Lolos, the, 43
Look back, not to, 157
Loom, men not allowed to touch a, 164
Loss of the shadow regarded as ominous, 88
Lovers won by knots, 305
Lucan, 390
Lucian, 270, 382
Lucina, 294, 398 sq.
Lucky names, 391 n.1
Lycaeus, sanctuary of Zeus on Mount, 88
Lycosura, sanctuary of the Mistress at, 227 n., 314
Lying-in women, dread of, 150 sqq.;
sacred, 151
Mack, an adventurer, 19
Macusi Indians, 36, 159 n.
Madagascar, names of chiefs and kings tabooed in, 378 sqq.
Magic wrought by means of refuse of food, 126 sqq.;
sympathetic, 126, 130, 164, 201, 204, 258, 268, 287;
homoeopathic, [pg 437] 151, 152, 207, 295, 298;
contagious, 246, 268, 272;
wrought through clippings of hair, 268 sqq., 275, 277, 278 sq.;
wrought on a man through his name, 318, 320 sqq.