Abyssinia, priest of Alfai, 17; Paganism in, 42 Accra, king's father's spirit causes earthquakes, 177; consequent sacrifices, 178 Acts of worship, 184 Africans regulate conduct by faith, 207 Ancestors, worship of, 36 Animals, sacred, making compact by, 179 Ashantee, annual festivals of, 76; messengers to spirit land, 77; dances and abrogation of law, 78 Athens, 2 Australians, 9 Austrian, 9 Balaam, 100 Babylonia, temporary king crucified, 61 Bacchus worship, 47 Balac, 100 Balder, death of, 56 Bantama, festival, 79; mausoleum of kings, 79; messages to spirit land, 80 Baralongs, subjects, persons the king's, 14; oracles, 163 Barber's art, its dangers, 94 Bards sing of valour, 204 Baris, no clothing, 209 Bavaria, tree worship, 41 Bedouins, fighting wind, 9 Bible, 224 Black art, votaries cast no shadow, 30 Bodio, house of sanctuary, 177 Bongo, expulsion of demons, 124; oracle, 163 Borgie, mermaid of, 191 Brahmanism, 167 Breton, fighting wind, 9 Brüd's bed, making, 141 Buddhism, 167 Bulgarians, making rain, ix Bullfights, 137 Bullom, oracles, 162 Burmah, woman's position, 196 Calicut, king killed every twelfth year, 29 Cannibalism, acquired taste, 208 Cattle-killing, mania, 69 Ceremonial, purity, 90 Circumcision, 44; not performed with knife, 46, 90 Clothing, influence of, 219 Corn spirit, killed, 144 Courtesies, 204 Dahomey, king's name not mentioned, 14; priest descends to lower regions, 81; king enters lower world in state, 82; demons driven out wholesale, 105; bestowing wives, 183 Dakota, gods of mortal, 96 Dances, moon, 42; Ashantee, 76; warrior, 138 Death and sleep same, 34 Deification of king, 6 Demons, enter animals, 102, expelled by magicians, 102; by guile, 103 Devils, doctrine of, 81; "laid," 108; "raised," 109; driven out by girls, 111; incarnate, 116; water, 218 Divine man, killed to prevent loss of god spirit, 28 Diviner, incantations, fear of, 161 Dinka, guarding against evils, 86; expel demons by guile, 103 Doctor, witch, 118; rain, to Dodola, 11 Dongolowa belle, how sought in marriage, 174 Dream, Kaffir, 65 Dress, Monbutto, 209 Drinking, King Chop, 178 Druids, Midsummer fires, 57 Egbo, concealed in an ark, 25 Engai, creator of men, 13 Ergamenes, killed priests, 29 Executioners, how they procure sacrificial victims, 75 Fairies, 130 Festivals, yam, 136; Pondo, 136 Fetish, human skulls, 47; power, 49 Finns, girls drive out devil, 111 Fire, sacred, not kindled, 211 Fladda, 9 Funerals, mock, cheating the devil, 155; Congo, Uganda, killing of wives, 156 Gallas, kill the king every eight years, 26; priests, snake mother of men, 40; sacrifices, 41 sacred animals, 42; gods, 42; expel demons by horse-whipping, 104 Gingane, high priest, 14 God man, 229 Gods, compounding with, 71 Gomba, sacrifice paraded, 76 Gondokoro, food bewitched, 87 Gowane marriage, 219 Grass, king, 41 Greeks, 11; legend, 197; ruled thought, 227 Guilds, secret, 158; priestly, 159 Hannah, her prayer, 73 Harvest festivals, maiden, 140-143 Head, sanctity of, 93; sanctity of hair, 94 Headless Hugh, story of, 187 Hebrews, prophets of, 150 Hili, river spirit, calls souls, 35 Hlubies, 10 Hos, customs, 138 Hospitality, king responsible for, 205 Hottentots, 9; sacrifices, 117 Hunt, 5 Incanti, river spirit, 35 Incarnation, of founders of religion, 167 Inferno, descent to, 81 Iron, its dangers, 90; utility, 91; smelting, 210 Jaggas, king of, divine, 13; spit on guests, 176 Jews, building temple, 91; sacred books, 226 Kangomba, god of Mount Socki, 133 Kanjangeyerne, 73 Khonds, 40 Killimanjaro, 14; witchcraft, 86 King, 2; divine monarchs, 17; delicacy of organism, 20; refusing divinity, 26 Kings, departmental, 17; of fire and water, 18 Kordufan marriages, 201 Kra, kings’ spies or souls, 131 Kuda Lubare, head wife of great harems, 73 Lakonga, succession law, 16 Laongo, king worshipped called God, 16; his restrictions, 25; may not be seen eating, 87 Lightning, doctor of, 149 Lithuania, tree worship, 41 Loch Aline, 5 Loma, God of Bongo, 50 Lubare, 11; person possessed by Makusa, 15; offerings to, 74 Luck, 5 Magician, 78; Manganga can soar in air, detect by divination, 177 Maiden, Scottish, 140; Lochaber, 141; Dantiz, 142; Bavaria, 143 Makusa, spirit of Nyanza, 15 Man-god, 3; sacrificed, 62; substitution, 63 Mariners, 8 Marriage, earth, 40; Dongolowa, 174; Kordufan, 201; price of wives, 203 May-pole, a survival, 51; ceremonies, 60 Meriah, sacrifice to Tari, 51; how offered, 52 Mermaid, descendant of, 191 Mikado, descent of, 21; sanctity of clothes, 88; of food, 89; not to touch ground, 196 Ministers, prejudice against, 170 Mirrors, dread of, 35 Mitto, burial, signs, 195 Mlungu, 50; ancestor, god, 132 Monbuttu, king divine, 12; women aggressive, 199; no domestic animals, cannibalism, 208 Morality, 201 Morema, Bechuana god, cunning, 38 Moreo, king of, 150 Moses, teaching, 228 Mtesa, his ancestors’ tombs, 74; his generosity, 200 Muansa, earth divinity, 43 Murder, compounding for, 71 Nanna, wife of Balder, 56 Nende, 73 Neptune, 9 New Briton, 8 New Zealand, superstition of, 87 Niam-Niam, no religion, 125; burial custom, 175 Niass, 5 Old Town, king's soul kept in grove, 178; devotion, 185 Omens, Zulu, Wagogo, 70 Oracles, Bongo, Bullom, 162; Gallas, Baralong, Wayao, 163 Ovaons, tree worship, earth marriage, 41 Palaver, witch, woman, sauce, 126 Perthshire, messages to spirit land, 80 Peruvians, 139 Pig, 5 Pondo, abrogation of law, 78; festivals, 136 Priest, 7 Prophetess, detective of wizards, 122; Wanika, 176; may direct Lubare, 199 Prophets, God-possessed, 65; ghostly counsellers, 66; growth of order, 146; rivalry, 148; functions, 148; Jewish, 150; false, 150; foretelling events, 153, 160; practising augury, 154; duty to dead, 154; wise men of nation, 169; prejudice against, 170 Purra, processions of, 13 Queen, spring, of Bohemia, 59 Rab, Galla custom, 26 Reforms, works, blankets, Bibles, 215 Religion, 1; none, 125; acts of, 126; ordinary life, 181 Rice, mother, Peruvian, 139 Rome, 2 Roots, magic, 123 Ruhea, little leaf man of, 59 Russia, 10 Sacred Animals, 38 Sacred horn, 182 Sacrifice, human. 39; animal, 66; thank-offering, 67; Gomba, 76; Hottentot, 117 Samson, 189 Second sight, 153 Senjero, women only sold as slaves, 39; iron pillar, 39; slave drowning, 45 Servians, rain-making, 11 Shark Point, king of, secluded, 23 Shoa, worship of king of, 14 Shony, Celtic god, 58 Siamese, 195 Sleep and death same, 34 Sogomoso, heir secluded, 196 Sorcery, expulsion of soul, 36 Soul, stolen or strayed, 28, 35; journeying, 34; selling, 36; expulsion, 36; danger of, 185: safe keeping, 186; in pearl, 188; in parrot, 189; in egg, 189 Spirits, worship of, 36; inhabiting rivers, 37; evil, 37 St. Paul, 230 Stimulant, 217 Substitutes, sought by kings, 31 Swazies, 10 Talisman, for witchcraft, 130 Tari, goddess of Khonds, 51 Tein egin, customs connected with, 212 Theft, prevention, 42 Thunder, 7 Toad-day, 50 Tornado, 7 Tradition, persistency of, 170 Transformation to animals, 127 Trees may not be cut, 210; customs of Scotland, 215 Tyrolese legend, 197 Uganda, funerals, 156; succession, 157 Unyoro, king killed by his wives, 29; claimants fight for succession, 175 Urine, 7 Vedic, religion, 167 Waganda, omens, 154; clothing, 219 Wakamba, steal brides, 176 Waneka, expel devils by music, 104; arrival at manhood, 176; prophetess, 176; entering council, 178 Wanyoro, bewitched by footmarks, 87 War, enemies’ heart eaten, 68; odour of sacrifice inhaled by gods, 69 Warrior, dance, 138 Wathen, Druid offerings, 57 Wayao, oracles, 163 Wazeramas, expel demons by music, 103 Witchcraft, causing death, 70; punishment, 70; dangers of, 84 Witches, 8; who were? 115; doctors, 118; palaver, 126; trial, 212 Wizard, 9; discovered, 115, 120 Woman, palaver, 126, 194; regents, war doctor, may represent god-life, 195; danger of blood, 196 Work, panacea for ills, 217 Yam Festivals, Ashantee, 136; laws abrogated, 140 Yatuk, 8 Yoruba, evil spirits kept outside gates, 86 Zenana, 202 Zulus, 10; subjects’ persons the king's, 14; dread of reflecting surfaces, 35; omens, 72; girls, 196