INDEX
399
Sweden, ii. 367; gathered at mid-summer and Christmas, ii. 367
Mithraic mysteries, ii. 358
Mnevis, the bull, ii. 60, 61
Moa, expulsion of diseases to sea by the, ii. 192
Mock executions, i. 261
—— human sacrifices, i. 250-253
Mole, Le, i. 5
Moluccas, festivals in the, i. 40; treatment of clove-trees in blossom in the, i. 60; soul abduction in the, i. 133, 134; ceremony in the, after a journey, i. 158
Mondard, the great, ii. 40
Mongolians, stuffing the skin of a sacrificed animal by the, ii. 124
Mongols, the, and the soul, i. 128
Monomotapa, precautions taken for the king of, i. 159
Montalto, Mid Lent custom in, i. 262
Mooris, custom at births by the, ii. 329
Moosheim, fire festival at, ii. 278
Moqui Indians, belief in the transmigration of human souls into turtles held by the, ii. 98, 99; totem clans of the, ii. 99
Moresby, Captain, at Shepherd’s Isle, i. 152, 153.
Morocco, iron a protection against demons in, i. 175; ants eaten in, ii. 87; diverting evil spirits in, ii. 151
Mother-cotton, the, i. 353
—— of the maize, i. 350-352
Motumotu theory of storms, i. 27
—— , the soul believed to be in the reflection by the, i. 145
Mowat, the chief of, supposed to have power of affecting crops, etc., i. 46; boys beaten to make them grow in, ii. 216
Mozcas, weather kings of the, i. 44
Muato Jamwo, a capital offence to see him eat, i. 162
Mundaris, sacred groves of the, i. 63; superstition concerning the felling of sacred groves, i. 67; harvest festival, ii. 172
Mundas, ceremony at the planting of the rice by the, i. 288, 289
Munster, rain fountain in, i. 19
Münsterland, Easter fires in, ii. 252, 253
Murrain, cure for the, ii. 191
Murrams of Manipur, restrictions of food among the, i. 208
Muyscas, weather kings of the, i. 44
Nagual, the, of the Indians of Guatemala, ii. 333, 334
Nails, cutting the, i. 195, 196; burying the first cuttings of a child’s, i. 201; cuttings of, preserved, i. 202-205
Namaquas, foods eaten and rejected by the, ii. 86
Nanumea, precautions against strangers in the island of, i. 151
Narrinyeri and their totems, i. 165, 166
Nass River, Indians of the, and the recall of the soul, i. 140, 141
Natchez, harvest festival by the, ii. 382-384
Nature, kings of, i. 52; dependence of, upon the divine king, i. 109
Nauders, sacred larch-tree at, i. 61, 62
Naudowessies, initiatory ceremony amongst the, ii. 350
Navarre, rain-making in, i. 15
Ndembo, the, ii. 345
Need fires, ii. 269, 293
Negro idea of the soul, i. 125
Nemi, lake of, i. i; tree within the sanctuary, i. 4; priest of, i. 249, 253, ii. 223; unchanged, ii. 370, 371
Nerechta, Whitsuntide customs in, i. 96
Neuautz, custom at barley sowing in, ii. 28
Neuhausen, harvest custom in, i. 370
Neusaass, harvest custom in, i. 337
New Britain, rain-making in, i. 13, 14; wind-charm, i. 26; driving away evil in, ii. 158; expulsion of devils in, ii. 203; initiation ceremony in, ii. 352, 353.
New Caledonia, rain-making in, i. 16; charm for making sunshine in, i. 22-24
New fruits etc. eaten sacramentally, ii. 68-79
New Guinea, seclusion of girls in, ii. 228, 229
New Ireland, seclusion of girls in, ii. 226-228
New South Wales, ceremony of initiation in, i. 163; first-born eaten in, i. 236
New Year’s Day customs, ii. 170, 171, 179, 193, 194, 272, 273
New Zealand, sacredness of blood in, i. 183; superstition concerning the head, i. 192; hair cutting in, i. 197, 199; clippings from the hair buried in, i. 200; effects of sacred contagion in, ii. 55; gods, ii. 89
Nias, the people of, and the soul, i. 122, 138; precautions against strangers in, i. 154; succession in, i. 238; slaves sacrificed at the funeral
