Index. (continued 2)
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Frazer, James George
King not to be overshadowed, 83
—— of the Night, 23
King's Evil, the, 134
Kings, supernatural powers attributed to, 1;
beaten before their coronation, 18;
forbidden to see their mothers, 86;
portraits of, not stamped on coins, 98 sq.;
guarded against the magic of strangers, 114 sq.;
forbidden to use foreign goods, 115;
not to be seen eating and drinking, 117 sqq.;
concealed by curtains, 120 sq.;
forbidden to leave their palaces, 122 sqq.;
compelled to dance, 123;
punished or put to death, 124;
not to be touched, 132, 225 sq.;
their hair unshorn, 258 sq.;
foods tabooed to, 291 sq.;
names of, tabooed, 374 sqq.;
taboos observed by, identical with those observed by commoners, 419 sq.
Kings and chiefs tabooed, 131 sqq.;
their spittle guarded against sorcerers, 289 sq.
—— fetish or religious, in West Africa, 22 sqq.
Kingsley, Miss Mary H., 22 n.3, 71, 123 n.2, 251
Kiowa Indians, 357, 360
Klallam Indians, the, 354
Knife as charm against spirits, 232, 233, 234, 235
Knives not to be left edge upwards, 238;
not used at funeral banquets, 238
Knot, the Gordian, 316 sq.
Knots, prohibition to wear, 13;
untied at childbirth, 294, 296 sq., 297 sq.;
thought to prevent the consummation of marriage, 299 sqq.;
thought to cause sickness, disease, and all kinds of misfortune, 301 sqq.;
used to cure disease, 303 sqq.;
used to win a lover or capture a runaway slave, 305 sq.;
used as protective amulets, 306 sqq.;
used as charms by hunters and travellers, 306;
as a charm to protect corn from devils, 308 sq.;
on corpses untied, 310
—— and locks, magical virtue of, 310, 313