INDEX.
N.B.—Where there are several references the most important is placea first.
Ablution, 259, 83, 271. See Lustration, misogi.
Abstinence, 271, 273. See Imi.
Abstractions, Gods of, 62, 169, 186
Abstractions, few in Japanese, 35
Accession announced to Gods, 324
Acupuncture, 334
Adoption, 45
Adultery, 91, 244, 246
Adzuki. See Bean.
Adzusa bow, 206, 335
Agamono, 261, 306. See Ransom.
Agnostic, 13, 78
Ahidono, 227
Agriculture in Shinto, Preface, 86, 102, 121, 164, 172
Ahiname or Ahimbe, 278
Ainus, 160, 193, 252
Akitsu Kami, 41
Aliases of deities, 22
Allen, Grant, 36
Altar, 217, 218, 227. See Kamidana.
Altro intende, 77
Amagatsu, 263
Ama no hohi, no, 258, 274
Ama no sagume, 109
Amaterasu, 125
Ame (heaven), 96, 142
Ame no hashidate, 95
Ame no hiwashi, 136
Ame no kagase wo, 142
Ame no minaka nushi, 69, 85, 142, 375
Ame yudzuru, 85
Ame waka hiko, 108
Amulet, 258. See Talisman.
Ancestor-worship, 44, 36, 95, 116, 177, 279, 374
Ancestor and ancestress of the Mikado, 271, 296
Animals, 63
Animal sacrifices, 212, 213
Animal food, offerings of, 196, 205
Animal„ food,„ impure, 253
Anthropomorphism, 17
Ara-mitama, 31, 33, Addenda. See Nigitama.
Ascetic, 203
Ashinadzuchi, 103
Aso, Mount, God of, 147
Asuha no Kami, 146
Atago, 159, 365, 369. See Fire-God.
Augury, 344
August Grandchild. See Sovran Grandchild.
Augustine, St., Addenda, 198
Avatar, 361, 186
Avoidance of uncleanness. See Imi.
Axe, sacred, 289
Baelz, Dr., 358
Bakemono (ghost), 49
Bakin, 328, 362
Baldness unclean, 253
Bargain with Gods, 212. See also Do ut des.
Bashô, 48
Batchelor, 295
Be (Government corporation), 112, 183
Bean, 190, 165, 193, 309, 312, 313, 342
Beneficent character of Gods, 6, 15, 129
Bestiality, 300
Bewitchment, 300
Birushana, 361
Biso, 48
Black animals offered for rain, 287
Blessing of the Palace, 287
Blood, 213
Bosatsu, 178, 325, 368
Bow as offering, 314
Bow as a stringed musical instrument, 238
