Index. (continued 4)
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Frazer, James George
Standard of conduct shifted from natural to supernatural basis, 213
Stepping over persons or things forbidden, 159 sq., 194, 423 sqq.;
over dead panther, 219.
See alsoJumping
Stone knives and arrow-heads used in religious ritual, 228
Stones on which a man's shadow should not fall, 80
Storms caused by cutting or combing the hair, 271, 282
Strange land, ceremonies at entering a, 109 sqq.
Strangers, taboos on intercourse with, 101 sqq.;
suspected of practising magical arts, 102;
ceremonies at the reception of, 102 sqq.;
dread of, 102 sqq.;
spells cast by, 112;
killed, 113
String or thread used to tie soul to body, 32 sq., 43, 51
Strings, knotted, as amulets, 309.
See alsoCords, Threads
“Strong names” of kings of Dahomey, 374
Sulka, the, 151, 331
Sultan Bayazid and his soul, 50
Sultans veiled, 120
Sumba, custom as to the names of princes in the island of, 376
Summer, myths of gods and spirits not to be told in, 385 sq.
—— and winter, personal names different in, 386
Sun not allowed to shine on sacred persons, 3, 4, 6
—— -god draws away souls, 64 sq.
Sunda, tabooed words in, 341, 415
Supernatural basis of morality, 213 sq.
Supernatural beings, their names tabooed, 384 sqq.
Superstition a crutch to morality, 219
Swaheli charm, 305 sq.
Sweating as a purification, 142, 184
Swelling and inflammation thought to be caused by eating out of sacred vessels or by wearing sacred garments, 4
Sympathetic connexion between a person and the severed parts of his body, 267 sq., 283
—— magic, 164, 201, 204, 258, 268, 287
Synonyms adopted in order to avoid naming the dead, 359 sqq.;
in the Zulu language, 377;
in the Maori language, 381
Taboo of chiefs and kings in Tonga, 133 sq.;
of chiefs in New Zealand, 134 sqq.;