prayers for the dead,36;censure of Mr. Manning's terminology,36;origin of belief in a supreme being,224;on Zulu beliefs,227,229,232,233,234Hastwell, Mr.: fire-walking,287Hays of Errol, their mistletoe life-token,216noteHearn, Mr. Lafcadio, on fire-walking,284Heitsi Eibib (Hottentot superior being),90Hennessy, Mr. Pope, quoted,58Henry, Miss Teuira: fire-walking,287Heraldry,260Heriot, cited, on the Virginian Creator,22Herodotus, cited,149Hesychius, on the Sacæa,121Hindoo Koosh: harvest licence,187Hippolytus, legend of,209,218Hirpi of Soracte, the,271; fire-walking,289Hobamok (son of the god Kiehtan),38,39Hocken, Dr. T. M., on fire-walking,273,276,277-283,285,293,294Home, D. D., fire-handling by,272,276Honolulu: fire-walking,292Horses of Virbius,139Hos (N.-E. Indian tribe): feast of licence,187Hottentot religious beliefs,231,232How (Tongan elective king),86Howitt, Mr. A. W., on the Australian god Baiame,25,31,32,34;the Kurnai goblin Brewin,27;initiated by the Kurnai,52;change of views on Brewin,53;on the attributes of native great spirits,66;cited,12,39,40,41,43,44Humman (Elamite deity),139,156,157,158,159,161,166,169,172,173-181,189IBN BATUTA: travellers' tales,99;Javan family deputed to die for the Sultan,99Images, clay or waxen, as vicarious objects of revenge,3India: fire-walking,286Indo-China: offering of first-fruits to a god,267Ireland: late superstition in,109;incised patterns on stones,253Iruntarinia (evil spirits), inimical through new-born children,262,264Isaacs, Mr., quoted, on Zulu superstitions,97Ishtar (goddess),125,157,164,175,177,178,179Islamite suggestions of a God to savage races,11JASTROW, Professor, on mental prepossession,80;Babylonian gods,91;the Tammuz feast,136,137;the Zakmuk,142;the Book of Esther,162;the Purim,162;cited,157,166,178,179;Java: self-slaughter of kings and their substitutes,99Jensen, Dr., on the feast of Purim,150,151,152,159,162,164,165,166,172,173,176,177,179Jesuits, credited with suggesting the idea of a great spirit to savageraces,23;cited,42,45Jevons, Mr.,on taboo,259,260,261,268Jewish Passover, the, theory of,53Jews: hanging a mock-king at the Purim festival,78;condemned criminals representing life and death of vegetation,78Jinn, the,91Johnson, Dr., cited,263KALARI(Australian bull-roarer.)71Kalk (Kallak): Australian bull-roarer,71Kalunga (African god),237Kamchatka: religious beliefs,226Kamilaroi (Australian tribe): religious beliefs,28,29,31,43,66Karunga (African god),236,237Khonds: human sacrifices,129Kibanga (Upper Congo): king killed by sorcerers when dying,96Kiehtan (New England god),20,21,38,39,90Kingsley, Miss Mary, cited,12,42,45Kitchi Manitou (North American Indian great spirit),18Kittanitowit (Algonquin great living spirit),20Koin (Australian supernatural black man),27Kolb (missionary), cited,232Kudulu (African tribe): human sacrifices,129Kuenen, Professor, cited,147Kurnai (Australian tribe),32;initiate Mr. Howitt in the mysteries,52,53;67LAFITAU, Père, on the Manitou and Okki,18,19L'Allemant, Père, on the Virginian creator,22Lagarde. Professor, on Persian feasts,168,169,171,302Lagos: animal and human sacrifices,128Le Jeune, Father, on the meaning of Manitou,18;the Algonquin god,21,23; cited,42,297Licence, periods of, at ancient and savage festivals,185-199Lionetti (Italian conjurer), fire-handling experiments,283Lithuanian beer custom,266Livingstone, Dr., on Kaffir beliefs,232Livy, on the Saturnalia,108Loan-gods (or borrowed religion), theory of,17et seq.Lucian, on the Saturnalia,108Lyall, Sir Alfred,55;on the foundation of natural religion,59,60;speculative generalisation,74;quoted,198,220Lydian kings as sacrifices,129MACDONALD, Mr., quoted,235note,236Mackenzie, Captain, on fire-walking,270Macrobius, on the Saturnalia,108,111,120note,205Magic, or witchcraft,3,10,16;46et seq. Seeunder tribal namesMagophonia (Persian feast),119,149,168Makogo (Wathi Wathi tribesman), on the future life,72Mandan Deluge legend, the,23,24,25Man-gods,84,93,94,95,96,99,104,138,192Manitou, meaning of the word,18;superior being,296Manning, Mr., on early religious beliefs in New South Wales,35;his terminology in question,35,36,37;on exclusion of women from religious knowledge,39;rebuffed by natives in his inquiries,42;on taboo,261Marduk (Babylonian god),92,137,138,139,142,149,156,157,158,159,161,164,165,166,171,175,176,177,178,179,180,181,189Marimos: human sacrifices,129Mariner, on Tongan beliefs,86Matthews, Mr., cited,57noteMasai (African tribe),12Mauritius: fire-walking,284Maximilian, Prince, on Mandan beliefs,24Maxwell, Sir Herbert, on trout and May flies,266Mbenga (Fiji): fire-walking,276,277,279Meath, portable engraved stones at,253Medicine-men,33,100Meissner, Herr, on the Zakmuk and Sacæa festivals,118,142Merodach.SeeMardukMexicans: human sacrifices at stages of the maize's growth,128;184Meyer ('Hist of Antiq.'), quoted,118Millar, Mr., quoted, on the Dunbuie finds,247,248Mistletoe: a magical plant,212,213,214,215,216,217,221Mithra-worship,114Moab: sacrifice of sons of kings,105Mock-kings, sacrifices of,79,94,105,110,114,119,120,131,134,131,137,153,169,178,181,182-185,196,197,199Mœsia: mock-king personating a god,79; sacrifice of kings,103;the killing of Dasius at the Saturnalia,109,112; cited,114,115,121,183,185Moffat, Mr., on Kaffir beliefs,232Molunga, Mulungu (Caffre god),234,235,236Mommsen, Prof. Aug., on the Cronos feast,116Montagnets (North American Indians), their application of the wordManitou,18Moodgeegally (patron of the mysteries),67Moravian missionaries on Baiame,25Mordecai (companion of Nehemiah),161,171Mordecai (Babylonian supreme god?),78;theories concerning,134,135,161-181Morgan, Mr., compiler of Buckley's 'Life and Adventures,'26Morimo (Bechuana deity),232,237Mortality of gods,85et seq.Motagon (Australian dead creator),297Movers, Dr., on the Sacasa festival,130,174;cited,198Mukuru (African deity), the missionaries' God,236Mulkari (Queensland deity),40Müller, K. O., cited,180Mundari (tribe): licence at festivals,187Mungan-ngaur (Kurnai god),27,32,52,53,66,68,89Munro, Dr., on the incised stone finds at Dumbuck and Dunbuie,255,256Mura Mura (Dierian ancestors deified),50,57note,62,63,235Murrings (Australian blacks),52Mystery Play of the Flood (Mandan),23Myths.Seeunder names of tribes and godsMzima (spirits of the dead),236NANGA(Fijian harvest festival), orgies at,195Ná-pi (Blackfoot deity),90Natos (Blackfoot deity),295Nature's processes assisted by magical rites,82,83Nebuchadnezzar,140Nepaul: period of licence,187New England: the god Kiehtan,20,21; religious beliefs,38New Guinea, British: character of decorative art,249New South Wales: native sacrifice of the first-born,54New Zealand: the king's mana or magical power,99Ngoio (Congo): daily kings,104Niscaminou (Red Indian deity),295Nöldeke, Professor, on the feast of Purim,158,159,160,161,162,172,176,177,179Noorele (Australian creator),39,40,41,66North American Indians, religious beliefs of,88,89.Seealso under tribal namesNursia (Australia) Benedictine Mission at,12Nyankupon (West Africa),39OHIO, stone markings in,243Ointment used by fire-walkers,293Okeus (aboriginal Canadian god),20,21,90Oki (Huron word for spirit),19,21,22,42Okki (Lafitau's 'Grand Esprit'),19'Old Mars' (Roman god and scapegoat),190Omuambo creation tales,237Ontake Jinsha (Shintoists): fire-walking,291Oorooma (native Australian hell),37Oppert, Dr.: fire-walking,286Orestes, story of his temple to Diana,208,209,218Otyiherero: different names for god and spirit,236Ovaherero, the (African tribe), god of,236Oxford University, and the study of anthropology,7PALMER, Mr., on the tribes of the Gulf of Carpentaria,42,44;cited,74Pan, legend of,91Parker, Mrs. Langloh, on unborrowed character of Australianbeliefs,34,35,36;prayers for the dead,36;cited,297Parmentier, M., on the Saturnalia,113note,114; on the Sacæa,118;cited,183,301Pascal, Dr. Th.: fire-walking,290Patterns, incised, on portable small stones,253Pausanias, quoted,209Pei-a-mei.SeeBaiamePeriod of Licence, the,105et seq.Persia: annual sacrifice of a criminal proxy king,77;ride of the beardless buffoon,167,168,169,171,301-305Philippine Islanders: religious beliefs,90Phurdigan (Persian feast),149Pin-sticking of enemy's image,3Pirnmeheal (Australian god),34,66Pliny,108; on the Druids,215,216Podmore, Mr., on fire-handling,272Polynesia: tattooing,243; taboo,259Ponder, Mr. Stephen: fire-walking in Straits Settlements,286Pondo: period of licence,188,195Priest, the ghastly, of the Arician grove of Diana,207et seq.Proserpine (goddess),208,211,212Prussian king, 'God's mouth,' self-immolation,98,130Puluga (Andamanese god),224,226Purdaghân (Persian festival),189Purim (Jewish festival): date, origin,rites, details, theories, conjectures,analogies,77,118,119,124,141,142,145-160,161,162,163,168,169,176-181,188,189,194,198,202QUEENSLANDdeity, Mulkari,40Quilacare (Southern India): self-slaughter of the king,98Quiteva, the (Sofala deity),97note,234RAIATEA(Society Islands): fire-walking,273,274,277,287Rain-making magic,62,63,64,65Rarotonga (New Zealand): fire-walking,273-276Regicide, religious,94,100Red Indian beliefs,295Religious beliefs of barbaric races.Seeunder tribal names and godsRide of the beardless buffoon,301-305Ridley, Mr. (missionary), on the Australian god Baiame,25,29,30;on native ideas of great spirits,66,67;cited,44,238Romans: customs at the Saturnalia,108et seq.Ross, Mr. Denison, cited,143,145Roth, Dr., quoted, on the Queensland god Mulkari,40SACÆ(Oriental tribe),118,119,143,194Sacæa (Persian festival), date, origin, rites, theories,details, analogies,77,79,80,81,106,114,117,118,119,122,123,124,126,127,130,131,132,134,135,136,138,139,141,144,145-160,163,164,169,170,172,176-199,201,202,203,223,301-305St. Clair, Mr. Henry R.: fire-walking,286St. Dasius, martyrdom.SeeDasiusSt. Paul, cited,201Sakeas.SeeSacæaSalvado, Bishop, cited,