SUBJECT INDEX
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Westermarck, Edward
”BAD,” analysis of the concept, i. 134
Badger-baiting, ii. 509
Bananas, abstinence from, ii. 321
Banishment, as a punishment, i. 46, 58, 172, 173, 224, 225, 227, 228, 267, 287, 312, 424, 601, ii. 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 74, 123 n. 1, 331, 424, 425, 452, 475 n. 10, 478, 525
Baptism, i. 55, 411, 416, 417, 666, ii. 295, 417, 721–723
Barrenness of a wife, human sacrifices offered in cases of, i. 457 sq.; a cause of polygyny, ii. 388
Bear-baiting, ii. 508–510
Beating, as a religious rite, ii. 294, 357– 359
Beef, abstinence from, ii. 327, 330
Bees, prohibition of killing, ii. 490
Beliefs, as subjects of moral judgments, i. 215sq.
Benefit of Clergy, i. 491
Benevolence, ch. xxxiii. (ii. 153–185). See Charity, Hospitality
Bestiality, i. 253sq., ii. 409, 749
Birds, defending their nests, ii. 51; paternal care among, ii. 189 sq.; the duration of conjugal unions among, ii. 192
—— of night, abstinence from eating, ii. 333
—— of prey, prohibition of eating, ii. 321
Blasphemy, ii. 639, 640, 719
Blessings, materialistic conception of, i. 98, 562; pronounced by recipients of gifts, i. 561–565; gods appealed to in, i. 562, 564 sq., ii. 686, 731; of strangers, i. 581–584, ii. 446; of parents, i. 621–627; of old persons, i. 626; in salutations, ii. 151
Blood, effusion of, at funerals, i. 26, 27, 476, ii. 544, 545, 547; abstinence from, i. 187, ii. 334 sq.; as a religious rite, i. 470 sq., ii. 294, 557; pollution of, i. 225, 232, 233, 375–382, ii. 256 sq. n. 2, 262, 714; shedding of, prohibited in sacred places, i. 380, ii. 635; offered to the dead, i. 475 sq.; drunk or licked in blood-revenge, i. 483 sq.; as a conductor of curses, i. 586, 587, 591, ii. 69, 118–121, 208, 209, 566, 567, 618–622, 687–689; primitive ideas concerning, i. 664 n. 1; oaths taken upon, ii. 118–121, 621, 622, 687–689; supernatural or medicinal effect ascribed to the partaking of human, ii. 564 sq. See Cannibalism
—— -covenant, the, ii. 206–209, 566 sq.
—— -money. See Compensation for homicide
—— -revenge, i. 477–492, ii. 748; collective responsibility in, i. 24, 25, 30–36, 43; vow of, i. 58; restricted to the actual culprit, i. 71; a cause of social disturbance, i. 182 sq.; in cases of accidental injury, i. 217, 218, 231 sq.; taken upon animals, i. 251–253, 255 256, 258; upon lunatics, i. 271; connection between inheritance and, ii. 54 sq.; between the system of tracing descent and, ii. 211
Bodily integrity, the right to, ch. xxii. (i. 511–525); of the dead, ii. 516 sq.; of gods, ii. 602, 610
Boundaries. See Landmarks
Brother, killing of a, ii. 256 sq. n. 2. See Fraternal affection, duties
—— the elder, allowed to inflict corporal punishment upon the younger one, i. 515; respect for, i. 605, 606, 614; curses of, i. 626, ii. 703
Buffaloes, abstinence from the flesh of, ii. 320, 322; prohibition of killing, for food, ii. 330
Buildings, human sacrifices offered at the foundation of, i. 447 n. 5, 461–465; animals sacrificed at the foundation of, ii. 617
Bull-baiting, ii. 509sq.
Burglary, i. 187, 312, ii. 58, 633
Burial, ii. 521–523, 525–527. 542, 543, 546–548, 704; depending on the mode of death, i. 26, ii. 238–240, 246, 248, 252, 255 sq.; denied to suicides, ii. 238, 250, 549; to murdered persons, ii. 239, 549; to persons struck by lightning, ii. 2 39, 549; to persons who have killed a parent, brother, or child, ii. 256 sq. n. 2; of criminals, ii. 694
Butchers, regarded as unclean, ii. 493; despised, ii. 498
Butter, abstinence from, ii. 326
CALUMNY, ii. 140–142; against dead persons, ii. 519, 552
Calves, abstinence from slaughtering, ii. 331
Camels, revenge in, i. 37sq.; abstinence from the flesh of, ii. 332, 334 n. 2
Cannibalism, ch. xlvi. (ii. 553–581); old persons victims of, i. 390, ii. 554, 568 sq.; practised for medicinal purposes, i. 401, ii. 562, 564 sq.; the firstborn a victim of, i. 458 sq., ii. 562; as a punishment, ii. 4, 367, 554, 558 sq.; considered polluting, ii. 538, 575 sq.
Carelessness, i. 210–212, 305–310, 317 sq.
Castes, intermarriage between different, ii. 379. See Rank