Ablutions, at weddings and at funerals, 555
Aborigines, regarded as wizards, 248;
their relations with invaders, 244
Absolution, and dissolution, 401;
of the dead, 396 ff.
Achaeans, religion of, 521 f.
Adonis, story of, 582;
story of, how interpreted, 580;
as type of the initiated, 582
Aeschylus, popular beliefs utilised by, 437 ff., 459 f.;
religious sympathies of, 523
Aetolus, story of, 273
Agamemnon, as revenant, 438
Alastor, application of word, 465 ff.;
as proper name (in Homer), 473;
as term of abuse, 477;
derivation of word, 471;
development of meaning of word, 475 f.;
meaning of, 476;
original meaning of, 472
Alastores, 462 ff.;
not originally deities, 467 ff.
Allatius, on vrykolakes, 364 ff.
Amorgos, oracle of, 332
Amulets, 12-13, 21, 140
Amymone, story of, 593
Ancient language, attempted revival of, 30
Angels, exorcism of, 68;
good and bad, 288;
worship of, 42
Animals, unlucky species of, 307
Anointing, of the dead, 557
Anthropomorphic conception of God, 52
Antigone, as 'bride of Acheron,' 551
Antiphon, on blood-guilt, 443
Aphrodite, 117-120;
'eldest of the Fates,' 120;
mystic rites of, 580
Apis, story of, 459
Apollonius of Tyana, 257
Apostasy, 409
Apple, symbolic usage of, 558
'Arabs' (a class of demons), 211, 276 f.;
identified with vrykolakes (q.v.), 277
Ariadne, story of, how represented on sepulchral monuments, 598
Aristomenes, 76
Arrogance of Greeks, 29
Art, in relation to religion, 1
Artemidorus, on death and marriage, 553 ff.
Artemis, 163-171;
as huntress, 165;
as the Moon, 165;
bathing of, 164-5;
displaced by S. Artemidos, 44;
modern character of, 169;
offerings to, 170
Asclepius, in serpent-form, 274 f.;
re-incarnation of, in mock-mysteries, 589
Ass-centaurs, 235 and 237 f.
Athene, and the owl, 207;
succeeded by Virgin Mary, 45
Athenians, religious sympathies of, 523
Attis, 586
Augury (see Auspices)
August, certain days sacred to Nymphs, 152
Auspices, 308 ff.;
affected by number, 313;
from any movement of birds, 311;
from cry of birds, 311;
from flight of birds, 311;
from posture of birds, 311;
modified by position of observer, 312
Avengers, dead persons as, 438
Avengers of Blood, ancient names for, 462 ff.;
their resemblance to modern vrykolakes, 458
Axe, double-headed, as religious symbol, 72
'Baboutzicarios,' 217
Bacchic rites, 38
Baptism, exorcisms at, 15;
neglect of, 409
Beast-dances, 224 ff.
Bed-chambers, in temples, 587
Beehive tombs, original use of, 94
Bells, worn at popular festivals, 224 ff.
'Binding' and 'loosing,' 397
Binding-spells, 19;
means of loosing, 19
Birds, as messengers, in modern ballads, 316 f.;
as messengers of particular gods, 309;
colloquial application of word, 315;
in popular ballads, 315;
still acknowledged as messengers of heaven, 315;
which classes observed for auspices (q.v.), 308 f.;
why selected for divination, 308
Black-handled knife, as charm, 286
Blessing the waters, 197
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