INDEX
395
Iddah, king of, asserts that he is god, i. 41, 42
Ihlozi, the, of the Zuhis, ii. 332
Incarnate gods, i. 30-54
Incarnation, temporary and permanent, i. 32, 37-42
Incas of Peru revered as gods, i. 49; preservation of cut hair and parings of the nails of the, i. 203; restrictions upon the prince who is to become Inca of Peru, ii. 225; ceremony for the expulsion of diseases, etc. by the, ii. 167-169
Indersdorf, harvest custom in, ii. 17, 18
India, devil dancer drinks sacrificial blood in Southern, i. 34; human gods in, i. 41, 42; marriage of shrubs and trees in, i. 60; sin eating in, ii. 155, 156; iron used as a charm in, i. I75, 176; harvest custom in the Central Provinces of, i. 371, 372; custom during cholera in Central Provinces of, ii. 189; offerings of first-fruits in, ii. 374, 375
Indians of Alaska, preservation of cut hair by the, i. 201, 202
—— of Arizona offer human sacrifices, i. 251
—— of Guayaquil sacrifice human beings at seed time, i. 381
—— of Guiana, treatment of girls at puberty by the, ii. 232-234
—— of Peru and their fish gods, ii. 118, 119
—— of Virginia, initiatory ceremony amongst the, ii. 348, 349
Influenza, ii. 190
Initiatory rites, simulation of death and resurrection at, ii. 342-358
Innuit of Alaska, custom after a death amongst the, i. 177
Inspiration, i. 33; by blood drinking, i. 34, 35; by use of sacred tree, i. 35; 36
Inspired men, i. 36, 37
—— victims, i. 36
Irayas of Luzon, offerings of first-fruits by the, ii. 377
Ireland, May Day in the south-east of, i. 94; hunting the wren at Christmas in, ii. 142, 143; midsummer fires in, ii. 263, 264
Iron, superstitious aversion to, i. 172-174 ; as a charm, i. 175
Iron-Beard, Dr., i. 249, 257
Iroquois, ceremony at the festival of dreams by the, ii. 165, 166; scapegoat used by the, ii. 194, 195; time of licence amongst the, ii. 204
Isis, a corn goddess, i. 310, 311; named the moon by the aboriginal inhabitants of Egypt, i. 311; as a cow, ii. 61
Isle of Man, wind selling in the, i. 27; hunting the wren at Christmas in the, ii. 142; midsummer bonfires, ii. 263
Issapoo, the cobra capella the guardian deity of the negroes of, ii. 94, 95
Istar, legend concerning the goddess, i. 287
Italones, cannibalism by the, ii. 88
Italy, tree worship in ancient, i. 58, 59; custom of “sawing the old woman” in, i. 261, 262; gardens of Adonis in, i. 294; midsummer fires in, ii. 266; oak the sacred tree in, ii. 291; the external soul in Italian stories, ii. 307, 308
Itonamas, the, and the soul, i. 123
Itzgrund, harvest custom in, i. 338
Ivy girl, i. 344
Jack-in-the-green, i. 88, 89, 247
Jambi, temporary kings in, i. 231, 232
Japanese, expulsion of evil spirits by the, ii. 176
Jarkino, belief in animate trees in, i. 61
Javanese and rice bloom, i. 60, 61; ceremony at rice harvest, i. 355; Javanese and the soul, i. 124, 125
Jerome of Prague, i. 24
Jeypur, scapegoat used in cases of smallpox in, ii. 190, 191
Jubilee, i. 225
Jupiter represented by an oak on the Capitol at Rome, ii. 291
Kaffa, worship of human god in, i. 42
Kafir boys at circumcision, i. 171; New Year festival, ii. 74; elephant hunters, ii. 113, 114; burying of cut hair and nails by the Kafirs, i. 202, 203
Kakian Association, ii. 354-357
Kakongo, king of, not allowed to touch certain European goods, i. 160; not seen eating, i. 162
Kalamba, ceremonies on a visit to, by subject chiefs, i. 159
Kalmucks, consecration of the white ram by the, ii. 136
Kamant tribe do not allow a natural death, i. 217
Kamtchatkans excuse themselves before killing land or sea animals, ii. 110, 111; respect the seal and sea lion, ii. 111
Kânagrâ, spring custom in, i. 276, 277
Kángrá, custom at, on the death of a Rajah, i. 232; sin eaters in, ii. 156
