SUBJECT INDEX (continued 2)
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Westermarck, Edward
“Justice,” analysis of the concept, i. 141–145
Justice, the sense of, among savages, i. 124, 126–129; loved by gods, ii. 675, 684, 686, 699, 700, 73, 74. 732
Karma, ii. 711
Killing, in self-defence, i. 288–290; of foreigners, i. 331–334, 337–34, 370, 371, 373; of enemies, i. 331–333, 373, ii. 693; of slaves, i. 378, 421–429, 696, 707; of infants by their parents, i. 378, 394–413, 633, ii. 562; of human embryos, i. 378, 408, 409, 413–417, ii. 705; of parents by their children, i. 383–386, 522, ii. 256 sq. n. 2; or abandoning of aged parents, i. 386–390, 606, 607, 612, 620; or abandoning of sick persons, i. 391–393, ii. 542; of grown-up children by their parents, i. 393 sq., ii. 256 sq. n. 2; of wives by their husbands, i. 418, 419, 631; of women, i. 418–421; of husbands by their wives, i. 419 sq.; of freemen by slaves, i. 429, 430, 491 n. 5; of chiefs, i. 430; of the firstborn child, i. 458–460, ii. 562; of the firstborn son, i. 458–461; of departed souls, ii. 516 sq.; of divine beings, ii. 602–610, 753 sq.; of disappointing magicians, ii. 609. See Blood-revenge, Compensation for homicide, Duel, Head hunting, Homicide, Human sacrifice, Manslaughter, Manslayers, Punishment of death, Suicide, War
Killing of animals, ch. xliv. (ii. 490–514); in consequence of harm done by them, i. 26, 27, 251–260; of sacred animals, i. 227, ii. 603–606, 609; of totem animals, ii. 210, 603, 604, 606; of vermin, i. 26, 27, 251; dogs, i. 381 n. 6, ii. 501; monkeys, ii. 329, 490, 513; buffaloes, ii. 330; sheep, ii. 330; cattle, ii. 330, 493 sq.; cows, ii. 330, 331, 497; the ploughing ox, ii. 330, 331, 493, 494, 504; calves, ii. 331; bees, ii. 490; pigeons, ii. 490; storks, ii. 490; swallows, ii. 490; ravens, ii. 491; toads, ii. 491; fish, ii. 497 sq. See Sacrifice
King, the, tied by custom, i. 161sq.; the poor and the weak protected by, i. 180 sq.; the right of pardon a prerogative of, i. 192, 196, 226; an object of religious veneration, i. 194, ii. 606–610, 754; homicide committed by the command of, i. 285; strangers protected by, i. 338; homicide regarded as an injury inflicted upon, i. 374; sacrificed, i. 443, 466; human sacrifices offered for the purpose of saving the life of, i. 454–457, 466; proprietary rights of, ii. 33; loyalty to, ii. 180, 182; suicide regarded as an offence against, ii. 240, 263 n. 1; taboos imposed upon, ii. 287 sq., 407, 418; the custom of shutting up doors used by, ii. 538 n. 2; cannibalism as a duty incumbent upon, ii. 558; killing of, ii. 606–610, 753 sq.; his burial place an asylum, ii. 630; his house an asylum, ii. 636; his person an asylum, ii. 636 sq.; swearing on the life of, ii. 637; criminals prevented from cursing, ii. 637; curses pronounced by, ii. 703
Kinship, mutual assistance imposed as a duty by, i. 538–540; the social influence of, ii. 198, 201–206, 220, 224, 227, 748. See Descent
Knots, magic, ii. 585, 619, 652
Knowledge, regard for, ii. 131–136; of religious truth, influencing the future state, ii. 132–134, 719–721, 725–727
Known concomitants of acts, i. 212–214, 249
LABOUR, ii. 268–283; the division of, between the sexes i. 633–637, ii. 271; property acquired by, ii. 41–43, 53, 69–71; suspension of, on various occasions, ii. 283–289; temporarily forbidden to men who have eaten human flesh, ii. 575
L-ʿahd, ii. 623sq.
Lamentations at funerals, ii. 524, 528, 541 sq.
Landmarks, removing of, i. 186, ii. 60, 61, 67–69, 703, 714, 717
Language, as a communicator of moral emotions, i. 115–117; as an expression of moral concepts, i. 131–133; the influence of a common, ii. 167, 170, 181; as an emblem of nationality, ii. 224 sq.
L-ʿâr, i. 57, 58, 566, 586, 587, 591, ii. 584–586, 618–620, 623, 638
Laws, customs and, as expressions of moral ideas, ch. vii. (i. 158– 201); their relations to customs, i. 163–166
Lent fast, ii. 295, 308 sq.
Levirate, the, i. 528
Lex talionis. See Equivalence, the rule of
Libel, i. 522, ii. 96, 141
Lightning, persons struck by, i. 26, ii. 239, 544, 549, 697sq.
Likings, disinterested, i. 117, ii. 16, 58, 185, 227, 261, 262, 266, 267, 744–746
Limbus, ii. 722
Lions, their fear of strange phenomena, ii. 583
Love. See Affection, Free love, Homosexual love
Loyalty, ii. 180, 182
Lunacy, attributed to demoniacal possession, i. 270, 274sq., ii. 593; to malignant magical agency, i. 317, ii. 531 sq.; regarded as a divine punishment, i. 274 sq.; as a punishment inflicted by a saint, ii. 628
Lunatics, injuries committed by, i. 189, 269–277, 298, 299, 316, 317, 319; objects of religious reverence, i. 270 sq., ii. 590; burned as witches, i. 273
Luxury, ii. 266
Lying. See Truth, regard for
Lynching, i. 91
MADNESS. See Lunacy
Magic, regarded as a cause of death, i. 24, 29, ii. 534, 651; as a cause of lunacy, i. 317, ii. 531 sq.; expertness in, attributed to strangers, i. 584; to old persons, i. 619 sq.; to women, i. 620, 666–668; the position of slaves influenced by the dread of, i. 716; fasting in connection with, ii. 293 sq.; definitions of, ii. 584, 753; attitude of religion towards, ii. 649, 650, 652, 753; its influence on moral ideas, ii. 696; supposed to influence the future state of men, ii. 700, 701, 706, 709, 710, 712. See Blessings, Blood, Charms, Cross, Cross-roads, Curses, Evileye eye, Knots, L-ʿahd, L-ʿâr, Magicians, Oaths, Ordeals, Prayer, Purificatory ceremonies, Sacrifice, Sexual intercourse (as a magical or religious rite), Spitting, Transference, Witchcraft