Index. (continued 1)
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Frazer, James George
magic wrought by means of refuse of, 126 sqq.;
taboos on leaving food over, 127 sqq.;
not to be touched with hands, 138 sqq., 146 sqq., 166, 167, 168, 169, 174, 203, 265;
objection to have food over head, 256, 257
Foods tabooed, 291 sqq.
Foot, custom of going with only one foot shod, 311 sqq. See also Feet
Footprint in magic, 74;
of Buddha, 275
Forgetfulness, pretence of, 189
Forks used in eating by tabooed persons, 148, 168, 169, 203
Fors, the, of Central Africa, 281
Foundation sacrifices, 89 sqq.
Fowl used in exorcism, 106
Fowlers, words tabooed by, 393, 407 sq.
Foxes not to be mentioned by their proper names, 396, 397
Frankish kings, their unshorn hair, 258 sq.
Fresh meat tabooed, 143
Fumigation as a mode of ceremonial purification, 155, 177
Funerals in China, custom as to shadows at, 80. See also Burial, Burials
Furfo, 230
Gabriel, the archangel, 302, 303
Gangas, fetish priests, 291
Garments, effect of wearing sacred, 4
Gates, sacrifice of human beings at foundations of, 90 sq.
Gatschet, A. S., 363
Gauntlet, running the, 222
Genitals of murdered people eaten, 190 n.2
Getae, priestly kings of the, 21
Ghost of husband kept from his widow, 143;
fear of evoking the ghost by mentioning his name, 349 sqq.;
chased into the grave at the end of mourning, 373 sq.
Ghosts, sacrifices to, 56, 247;
draw away the souls of their kinsfolk, 51 sqq.;
draw out men's shadows, 80;
as guardians of gates, 90 sq.;
kept off by thorns, 142;
and demons averse to iron, 232 sqq.;
fear of wounding, 237 sq.;
swept out of house, 238;
names changed in order to deceive ghosts or to avoid attracting their attention, 354 sqq.