Sir James George Frazer (1854–1941). The Golden Bough. 1922.
Subject Index
Greece, priestly kings in, 9; ceremony performed by persons supposed to have been dead, 15; homoeopathic magic in, 16, 34; sacrifice of pregnant victims to ensure fertility in, 28; contagious magic in, 44; rain-making in, 69, 77; sanctity of kings and chiefs in Homeric, 89; forests of, 110; tree worship in, 111; custom as to foundations of new buildings in, 191; custom as to man-slayers in, 216; names of the priests of the Eleusinian mysteries not to be mentioned in, 259; the eight years’ cycle in, 279; human sacrifices in, 290; mode of ridding the fields of mice in, 530; scapegoats in, 541, 578; Midsummer fires in, 631; stories of the external soul in, 670
Greek belief that the sun rode in a chariot, 79; calendar, 279; charms, 31, 32; Church, ceremonies on Good Friday in the, 345; divinities who died and rose again, 386; maxim not to look at one’s reflection in water, 192; maxim not to wear rings, 243; mythology, Adonis in, 325, 327; ritual of expiatory sacrifices, 473; sanctuaries, iron not to be brought into, 224; superstitions as to certain woolen garments and stones, 32
Guinea, priestly kings in, 169; belief of negroes in dreams, 182; human sacrifices in, 433; annual sacrifice of oxen at Great Bassam, 467; expulsion of the devil in, 554; seclusion of girls at puberty in, 597
Hair, used in magic, 13, 233–235; charms, 28, 29, 32; tabooed, 231; disposal of cut, 233; external soul in, 670; strength bound up with, 680; of criminals, wizards, and witches shorn, 681
Hallowe’en, 609; fires, 632–636; divinations at, 634; witches, fairies, and hobgoblins let loose at, 634; and Beltane, the two chief fire festivals of the British Celts, 656
Head, prohibition to touch the, 207, 230, 231; regarded as sacred, 230; tabooed, 230–231; supposed to be the residence of spirits, 230; of horse in Roman sacrifice, 478. See also Heads
Headache, caused by clipped hair, 234, 237; transferred to animal, 540
Heads, of lac gatherers not to be cleansed, 21; of man-slayers shaved, 215; of dead kings removed and kept, 295. See also Head
Heart, of Dionysus, 388, 389; of jackal not eaten lest it make the eater timid, 495; of lion or leopard eaten, 495; of waterouzel eaten to acquire wisdom and eloquence, 496; of wolf and of bear eaten to acquire courage, 496
Hearts, of men and animals offered to the sun, 79, 589; of dead kings eaten by their successors, 295; of men sacrificed, 431; of men eaten to acquire their qualities, 497
Heaven, between, and earth, 592–607; fire of, 644; Queen of, 711
