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Mystery, New Testament use of the term, 1101
Mythology, relation of, to culture, 951 ff.
Myths, borrowing of, 823 ff.; educational value of, 862; Indo-European, character of, 960 ff.; persistence of, 881; purification of, 1157; savage origin of, 822
Nabonidus, centralizing effort of, 751
Nagual, meaning of, 672
Names, demonic, 691; divine, magical power of, 899; divine, Persian, 743; proper, of gods, 646
Nana, goddess, nature of, 761; carried off, 888
Nandi, the, grain of, blessed by the god, 220; months how named by, 213
Natchez, the, sun-cult of, 710
Naturalism, 1158
Navahos, the, creative beings of, 639, 645
Nazirite, the, restrictions on, 597
Ndengei, other-world god, 680
Necessity, Plato's conception of, 1001
Necromancy, Hebrew, 377
Neith, inscription in temple of, 729
Nemi, priest of, 274
Neptunus, 802
New Testament, Satan in, 689
Nicknames, supposed origin of totemism, 557
Nightmare, as ghost, 61 n. 4
Nikkal, Panjab god, 337
Niobe, relation of, to stone-cult, 288
Nose, the, boring through septum of, 151
Obelisks, Egyptian, function of, 299
Odin, humanization of, 358; self-immolation of, 1048
Offerings, cannibal, 1027; unbloody, placatory virtue of, 1038
Officer, French, worshiped after death, 351
Ogboni, the, police role of, 531
Old Testament, the, conception of sacrifice in, 1037; kings in, not deified, 343; stars and planets in, 716
Olympus, as council-house, 305
On, seat of worship of Ra, 727
Ophites, the, 693
Optimism, religious, ethical value of, 1173
Oracles, 927 ff.; Sibylline, Jewish, 939 f.
Ordeals, 308, 924 f.
Order, Chinese stress on, 747
Organization, churchly, Hindu approach to, 1118; nontotemic, 526; religious, Jewish capacity for, 995; social, of animals, 242; theistic, Greek, 997
Osiris, death of, 283; myth of, 958; mythical biography of, 728
Paintings, totemic, 117
Palmistry, 917
Pan, development of, 773 f.
Panbabylonianism, 866 f.
Pantheism, ethical, difficulties of, 1005; Hindu, 705
Pantheon, Greek, 767; Roman, 796; Yoruban, 678
Paradise, earthly, 835
Parentalia, the, 374
Patriarch, the, jealousy of, 432
Patron, divine, of individual, 550
Pausanias, local cults described by, 651
Pele, nature of, 890
Pelews, the, theistic material of, 484
Persecution, religious, 1163
Persia, abstract gods of, 763; Babism in, at the present day, 1120
Peru, cult of, compared with Chinese, 993; functions of priests in, 1075; gods of, 665; negation of religious freedom in, 1117; sun-cult of, 711
Pesah, Hebrew ceremony of, 144
Peter, Apocalypse of, future punishment in, 86
Phallicism, 388 ff.
Pharmakos, the, expulsion of, 143
Philo, allegorical interpretation of, 863; combination of Platonism and Judaism by, 1104; description of the Therapeutae by, 1124
Philosophers, Greek, attitude of, toward divination, 941 n. 1; theistic views of, 1000 f.
Philosophy, Greek, not ecclesiastical, 1104
Phimosis, supposed prevention of, 157
Phoenicia, deities of, 764
Photographs, suspicion of, 22 n. 2
Phratry, the, origin of, 423 f.
Phrygia, cults of, 414
Piaculum, the, origin and nature of, 1045 f.
Pig as divine messenger, 1024
Pillar, Hermes-, as waymark, 296
Planets, connection of, with gods, 715
Plants, history of domestication of, 564 ff.
Plato, description of Tartarus by, 84, 87; divination highly esteemed by, 931; function of brain, how regarded by, 28
Platonopolis, a, proposed, 1104
Pleiades, the, Arab cult of, 717; savage observation of, 216
Plouton, function of, 780
Poets, Greek, theistic views of, 999
Poles, house-, crests carved on, 445
Polygamy, recognition of, by religion, 1163
Polynesia, antitotemic governments of, 538; family the social unit in, 485; sacredness of chiefs in, 336; specialization of divine functions in, 658
Porphyry, his conception of sacrifice, 1037
Poseidon, power of, 771
Powers, divine, coercion of, 3
Prajapati, primacy of, 730
Prayer, animals approached by, 125; unifying influence of, 880
Prayers, difference of, from charms, 1020
Pregnancy, mysterious nature of, 588
Prepuce, magical power of, 166
Priest, relation of, to magician, 893
Priest, term, use of in Christian churches, 1080
Priestesses, functions of, 1064
Priests, as diviners, 929 f.; as interpreters of dreams, 923; moral influence of, 1077 f.; quasi-divine authority of, 203
Prithivi, 734
Prohibitions, civil, difference of, from magical, 584
Prometheus, victory of, over a god, 888
Promiscuity, early, 430; whether primitive, 180
Prophet, the, excited by dance, 110; relation of, to magician, 893
Proselytes, Jewish, influence of, 1108
Prostitution, sacred, 1065 ff.
Psalter, the Old Testament, moral and religious tone of, 1087
Puberty, mysteriousness of, 146
Purge, purificatory power of, 205
Purim, feast of, 1089
Puskita (busk), the Creek, religious significance of, 201
Pythagoreanism, traces of, in Essenism, 1125; South Italian, 1098
Pythia, the, moral influence of, 927
Qat, role of, 640, 677
Quetzalcoatl, myths of, 847 n. 1
Rainbow, the, no cult of, 718
Ramadan, fast of, moral effects of, 208
Rammohun Roy, 1119
Raven, the, myths of, 640 n. 2
Raymi, feast of, 321
Reason, basis of religious belief, 1155
Redemption, element of, in sacrifice, 1048; senses of, 1151
Reform Judaism, racial character of, 1143
Reincarnation, 55 ff.; moral value of, 89; of ancestor in child, 186; supposed relation of, to immortality, 59
Relationship, in blood, 426; basis of classification, 425
Religion, definition of, 1; adoption of taboo by, 633; codes adopted by, 1162 f.; coeval with science, 1; communal character of, 103; decoration used in, 120 f.; impersonal cult in, 2; influence of, on ethics, 1165; influence of priesthood in, 1076; alliance of, with the state, 1117, 1140; isolation of, 1137; pre-animistic, 2 n. 2; primitive form of, whether monotheistic, 982; relation of, to magic; relation of, to totemism, 570 ff.; utilitarian point of view in, 5
Religions, classifications of, 1148; higher, culture-myths in, 641; national, differences among, 810; never nonethical, 1013; of single founders, 1151; redemptive, organization in, 1059
"Republic," the, mendicant prophets mentioned in, 1099 n. 1
Revelation, supposed primitive, 982
Rewards and punishments, as motives, 1165
Rhapsodists, Greek, 862 n. 1
Rice, soul of, 265 n. 1
Right-doing, egoistic element in, 1170
Ritual, development of, 1055; magical, 1057; origin of, 15; relation of, to myth, 846
Roman Church, canon of, 1131
Rome, abstract gods of, 702; influence of priests in, 1073; omens in, 912; specialized gods in, 668 ff.; taboo days in, 603; unlucky days in, 611
Romulus, divinized founder, 357
Rules, ethical, origin of, 582
Sabbath, Hebrew, relation of, to full moon, 608
Sacer, sense of, 626 n. 9
Sacra gentilicia, 1043
Sacred books, study induced by, 1135
Sacred flesh, reconciliation by sharing, 1042
Sacred places, connection of, with myths, 848
Sacrifice, animal, movement against, 1053; as gift to a deity, 1040; human, 1029 ff.; individual, 1034; in marriage ceremonies, 181 n. 2; occasions of, 1033 ff.; purificatory power of, 200; removal of taboo by, 616; Vedic, as embassy, 1024
Saint, the, function of, 1168
Saints, as patrons of fertility, 420; as rechristened old gods, 301
Sallustius, philosopher, faith of, 1152 n. 2
Salvation, physical and moral, 1149
Sama, Fijian god, 48
Samoa, divination in, 911; taboo on potato fields in, 599
Samson, solar interpretation of, 853
Sanctions, supernatural, how far effective, 1165
Sanctity, Brahmanic, 1122
Sancus, Roman development of, obscure, 802
Sankhya philosophy, 1007
Satan, development of, 689
Saturn, history of, 801
Saturnalia, the, 801
Saturnia regna, 801
Saul, consultation of Samuel by, 927
Savages, beliefs not formulated by, 20; cultic discrimination of, 227; ethical codes of, 76; isolated groups of, 103
Scandinavia, storm-myths of, 851
Science, primitive, 1, 1156; relation of, to religion, 1154 ff.
Scriptures, sacred, influence of, 1134 ff.
Seasons, agricultural, solemn, 135
Secretions, human, potency of, 156
Self, the, doubles of, 22, 24
Sen, reformer, worshiped as god, 348
Sentiment, religious, alliances of, 15
Senussi, the, organization of, 1116 n. 2
Sequence, savage theory of, 883 ff.
Serpent, cult of, 250, 257; divine, in Genesis, 275
Servius, on bisexual cult, 411
Set, conflict of, with Horus, 726
Sexes, the, animal patrons of, 472; early separation of, 182
Shades, powers of, 91
Shaman, the, wherein different from the priest, 1062
Shamanism, 661
Shedu, the, character of, 890
Shinto, term, meaning of, 750
Shrines, oracular, 927
Siam, Buddhism in, 1142
Siberia, Big Grandfather of, 640
Sibyls, 933 ff.; the Cumaean, 277
Signs manual, crests as, 445
Sikhs, the, churchly form of, 1118
Simplification, religious, process of, 944
Siren, form of soul, 25 n. 3
Skulls, oracular responses by, 192, 369
Sky, the, abode of departed souls, 64
Slavery, recognized by religion, 1163
Slaves, slaughter of, as offering, 1028
Smith, W. R., his theory of sacrifice, 1045 f.
Sneezing, ominous significance of, 916
Societies, secret, savage, 174, 1096; voluntary, antitotemic, 529
Society, magical, supposed origin of totemism, 546
Socrates, his belief in divination, 931
Soil, fertilization of, by blood, 133
Solidarity, tribal, religious significance of, 1041
Solomon, as magician, 902 n. 4
Solstices, fixing of calendars by, 211, 215 f.
Soma, deification of, 270
Songs, savage, 106
Sortes vergilianae, 918
Soul, the, function of, in dreams, 921; as god, 62; hidden, 31; terms for, 21 n. 1
Souls, number of, how determined, 42; transmigration of, 243
Space, Endless, personalized, 703
Spirit, definition of, 100; guardian, adoption of, by individual, 533; lying, sent by Yahweh, 922 second n. 1; relation of, to soul, 43
Spirits, corporeal nature of, 140; how different from gods, 635; guardian, function of, 504
Sponsors, savage, 174 n. 2
Stability, offerings for, 1028
Statius, gods produced by fear, 6 n. 3
Stigmata, 118 n. 6
Stonehenge, 296
Stones, supposed to be phalli, 400
Stucken, astral theory of, 866
Styx, the, oath by, 308
Substitution, sacrificial, 1054
Suffering, as expiatory, 1041
Suicide, a, body of, why feared, 590
Suicide, effect of, on future state, 75
Sun, the, as old man, 849; deification of, 709 ff.
Sun-gods, 726 f., 730, 753, 797, 972
Swan-maiden, the, 243
Swoon, produced by withdrawal of soul, 29
Systems, philosophical, not churches, 1102; religious, groups of, 944
Taboo, conflict of, with morality, 632; infection of, 586
Taboos, priestly, 1063; rearrangement of, 149
Tales, fairy, 881
Tamē, Hebrew, significance of, 626
Tammuz, cult of, not a mystery, 1100; mourning for, 959 n. 5; relation of, to Adonis, 271; to Ishtar, 1066
Tanit, 410, 764
Tao, meaning of, 749
Taoism, how made a religion, 1103
Tari, Khond, as opponent of sun-god, 972
Tarsus, seat of Mithraic worship, 1101
Tartarus, punishments in, 84
Tattoo, religious significance of, 116, 72
Taylor, Jeremy, his view of prayer, 120 n. 3
Teknonymy, origin of, 187
Telugus, the, Christianization of, 1144
Temenos, sanctity of, 1082
Temple, the, development of, 1083 ff.
Temples, called mountains, 305 n. 1; fire-, Persian, 320
Teraphim, nature of, 1092
Terrors, supernatural, devised by clan-leaders, 150
Testament, New, resurrection in, 90
Thanksgiving, by sacrifice, 1033
Theism, Semitic and Indo-European, 810 ff.
Thesmophoria, the, sadness in, 221
Things, nonhuman, future existence of, 97
Thousand and One Nights, magicians in, 902
Thrace, orgiastic cults derived from, 1101
Threshold, sacredness of, 236
Thugs, the, piety of, 693
Thumos, the, character of, in Homer, 43
Thunder-bird, the, 334
Tiamat, conquest of, 686; cosmogonic function of, 316
Tibet, Buddhism in, 1142
Tiele, C. P., his theory of sacrifice, 1051 f.
Tierra del Fuego, social and religious organization in, 13
Time, divinization of, 698, 703 n. 6; Endless, 703
Tistrya, divine character of, 718
Titans, the, war of, against Zeus, 974
Tobacco, food offered to gods, 1025
Todas, the, buffalo-ritual of, 1056; dairy fire of, 321; dairymen of, 337; diviners of, 929; taboo days of, 604
Tooth, knocking out of, 151
Totem, the, not a god, 559; sacramental eating of, 579
Totemism, beginnings of, 561 f.; coalescence of, with tree-worship, 273; definition of, 463, 520 f.
Totems, artificial, origin of, 463 n. 2
Traducianism, 37
Triad, Babylonian, 757
Trinity, the, doctrine of, 1002
Turtle, the, cult of, 257; use of, as messenger, 1024
Twins, presage of misfortune, 913
Tylor, E. B., mythical theory of, 877
Unclean, meaning of, in Old Testament, 38
Underworld, the, ethical conceptions of, 80; gods of, 680 ff.; Plato's construction of, 87; separation in, between good and bad, 81 f.
Union with God, idea of, moral influence of, 1054
Unitary view of divine control, 1149
Unity, religious, basis of, 1147; savage and civilized, 1152
Universality, religious, test of, 1141
Universe, perfectness of, how held to be implied, 1173
Upanishads, the, produced no devotional organization, 1103
Urim and thummim, nature of, 918
Uzza, Al-, not star-god, 717
Vampire, the, 88
Varro, abode assigned the dead by, 85 n. 6
Varuna, comparison of, with Iranian Ahura, 991; nature of, 730
Vastoshpati, 672
Veda, the, local deities in, 651; tree-spirits in, 278
Veddas, the, social and religious organization of, 13
Vegetation, as source of myths, 55; Osiris as deity of, 728
Venus, development of, 808 f.; the bearded, 408
Vesta, origin of, 805
Vestalia, the, sadness in, 221
Vetala, original character of, 645
Victory as god, origin of, 696
Vishnu, history of, 733
Volcanus, origin of, obscure, 802
Voltaire, the "Candide" of, 1173 n.
Wakes, Irish, origin of, 364
War, future of those killed in, 75; sacrifices in, 1035
Water, substitutes for, in purificatory ceremonies, 199
Waters, sacred, 306 ff.
Week, the seven-day, 607, 610
Werwolf, the, 243
Wicked, the, annihilation of, 52
Winds, whether divinized, 326 f.
Wisdom of Solomon, the Devil in, 689
Witches, Thessalian, 895
Wives, slaughter of, as offering, 1028
Wollunqua, the, unique kind of totem, 576
Woman, magical dread of, 592
Women, alleged early scarcity of, 430; devotion of, to cult of linga, 394; exclusion of, from ceremonies, 592; favored by Therapeutae, 1124; honor shown to, after death, 370; magical power of, 895 f.; of Baganda, economic function of, 461
Word "church," larger sense of, 1112
World, the, future destruction of, 836; relation of, to God, 1159; savage conception of unity of, 885 f.
Worship, forms of, 1081 ff.; phallic, whether connected with circumcision, 158; practically universal, 1017
Xanthus, the, river or god in the Iliad, 312
Yacna xvii, conception of worship in, 320
Yahweh, development of, 765; dreams sent by, 922; early cult of, 649; pillars of temple of, 299
Yama, history of, 735 ff.
Year, sabbatic, Hebrew, 622
Yeast, prohibition of, 265 n. 1
Yezidis, the, attitude of, toward Satan, 693
Yggdrasil, nature of, 276
Yima, 735
Yoni, the, veneration of, 406
Yoruba, gods of, 660; rebellion in, against old custom, 628
Zealand, New, cosmology of, 670 n. 4; despotism of taboo in, 621; planting-taboos in, 599
Zeus, 768 f.; dream sent by, 922
Zikkurat (Ziggurat), the, Babylonian and Assyrian, 1086
Zodiac, signs of, cult of, 716
Zoroaster, 745; verses ascribed to, 1132
Zoroastrianism, pre-Sassanian, 1109
Zuni, the, economic ceremonies of, 497
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