297Samoan trees of refuge for criminals,219,220,222Sandes, Sandan (Persian deity),130Saturn,108,139,183,184Saturnalia (Roman festival), rites, details, theories and analogiesconcerning,79,108,109,110,183,184,195Sayce, Mr., cited,133,147Scapegoats,189et seqSchischmanof, Dr.: Bulgarian fire-handling,285Science and superstition: definition,1et seq.Scotland: incised patterns on rocks and stones,253,254Sementini, Dr.: fire-handling,283Servius (early commentator on Virgil), on the golden bough inthe grove of Diana.207,208,209Shaw, quoted,232Shooting stars, Wathi Wathi interpretation of,73,74Siam: temporary kings,105Siebert, Mr. (German missionary), on ancestral gods,50,56,63Simpson, Sir James, on the cup and ring,242,243,244,245,246Sioux: human sacrifices for magical purposes,128Skidi (Wolf Pawnees): animal and human sacrifices,128Slate spear-heads,247Smith, Captain ('History of Virginia'), on Okki,19Smith, Mr. Robertson, cited,133,134,136,137,138,142Sofalese (Caffre tribe), their king-god,97South African religions,224et seq.Seeunder tribal names South Sea Islanders and Captain Cook,94Spain: fire-walking,285Spartans: lame kings,98Spencer, Mr. Herbert, cited,6,35Spencer and Gillen, Messrs., cited,15,67,86,193,194note,244,245,246,248,259,260,265Statius, on the Arician grove,209Stevenson, R. L., on tapu in the Pacific Islands,268Stirling, Dr., cited,62Stokes, Mr.: fire-walking,286Stones carved with cup and rings, universality of,242et seq.Strabo, on the Sacæa festival,119-120;cited,149,185,186,194,195,271Strachey, William (successor of Captain Smith in Virginia), on theposition of Okeus,20Straits Settlements: fire-walking,286,287Strannam (Gaelic), tundun, bull-roarer,255Suetonius, on the 'ghastly priest,'209Superstition, definition of,2et seq.Superstitions.Seeunder names of tribes, gods, and authoritiesSweden: ancient treatment of king in times of public distress,85;cake-eating,266Sword, the magical,211TABOO,257et seq.Tagore: fire-walking,290Tá-li-y-Tooboo (Tongan supreme being),86Tammuz (Babylonian god of vegetation), theories concerning,123-127,133-139,141,143,144,149,151,152,153,155,157,159,160,161,164,172,176-180,183,189,192Ta-ta-thi (New South Wales tribe),70,71Te Umu-ti (Maori), or fire-walking ceremony,273-276Thargelia (Athenian festival): scapegoats,190Tha-tha-pali (Watha Watha deity),70,73,74Thevet, M., on the Canadian Indians' belief in a 'creator,'21Thomson, Mr. Basil: fire-walking,288Threlkeld, Mr., on the Australian god Koin,27;translation of the Gospel of St. Luke,27;first worker at the dialects of the Baiame-worshippingtribes,27,29;cited,43,44,45Thuremlin (superior being),71Thurston, Lady, her experiment in fire-walking,278Ti-ra-wá (Pawnee deity),89,128Tokio (Japan): fire-walking,284Tone, Mr. N. J.: fire-walking,287Tonga: the How religious function,268; fire-walking,287Tongan religious beliefs,86Tonquin: period of licence,187,188,195,196Torngarsuk (Greenlanders' great spirit),21,87Totems,246,249-251,264,265,266,289Traditions.Seeunder names of tribes, gods, and authoritiesTree spirits,210et seq.regear, Mr., on fire-walking,273Trinidad (W. Indies): fire-walking,286Tshi-speaking races,42Tsui Goab (idealised Hottentot medicine man),232Tulong (deity),70,71Tundun (patron of Kurnai mysteries and bull-roarer),66,67,68Turner, Mr., quoted, on Polynesian tree sanctuaries,219Turramulan, Taramuhin (Australian god),31Twanyirika (Arunta great spirit),65,66,67,68,71,263,264Tylor, Mr.: on the Canadian deity Andouagni,16;modification of his views on primitive culture,17;the high gods of low races,18;the Great Spirit or Manitou of the North American Indians,18;the word Oki,19; summary of Winslow,20;the Greenlanders' Torngarsuk,21;attribution of the idea of the great spirit to missionaryinfluence,22;Mandan Deluge legend,23,24;Australian god Baiame,25-32;ideas of European importation,51;native Australian beliefs,75;Greenlanders' beliefs,87,88note;Zulu beliefs,226;fire-walking,271;theory of borrowed gods,295UBEBE(Zulu native), on his race's beliefs,230,231Ukoto (Zulu native), on his race's beliefs,228,229Ulangeni (Zulu native): repudiates idea of borrowedHottentot deity,231,232Umdabuko (Zulu creator),229,230Umdali (Kaffir creator),232Umhlanga (Zulu), bed of reeds whence man sprung,230Umpengula Mbandi (Zulu native), on native beliefs,228,229,230,232,238Umvelingangi (Zulu deity),225,228Unkulunkulu (Zulu deity),89,226,227,228,229,230,231,233,235,236,238Unyoro, the king of: not allowed by his wives a natural death,96Upolu (Samoan Islands): sacred tree asylums for criminals,219Urabunna (tribe of Central Australia),16Urkus (savage tribe),58Uthlanga (Zulu source of being),230Utikxo (Zulu deity),231,232,233,234,235,230,238VASHTI, theories concerning,78,161,171,175,177,178,180Vave (Samoan god),219Vegetation, gods of,5,206et seq.Virbius (deity of vegetation),139Virgil, his golden bough,207et seq.Virginia: aborigines' chief god Okki,19Volsunga Saga: the magical sword,207,211WAITZ, Dr.: on Australian religious customs,30;rejects the hypothesis of Australian borrowed beliefs,43,44;quoted,232Walking through fire,270et seq.Wallace, Sir William: mock crowning,203Warramunga (Australian tribe): sacred rock-drawing,246Wathi Wathi (New South Wales tribe),religious beliefs,70,72,74Way of Souls, the,72,73Wellhausen, Dr.: on the Jewish exile,181West Africa, taboo in,259;human sacrifices,128Wilson, Professor Daniel, on cups and rings,243,244Winslow, quoted, on Kiehtan (New England native deity),20,38Wiraijuri (Australian tribe), beliefs of,66Witchcraft.SeeMagicWoiworung dirge, a,41Women debarred from the mysteries,27,33,52,71XERXES(the king in Book of Esther),148,161,167YERRUNTHALLY(Queensland tribe): idea of shooting stars,74Ynglinga Saga, the,214ZAGMUK, Zakmuk (Babylonian festival), details and theories concerning,118,137,141-144,145-160,162,163,164,165,179,181,301Zeus, grave of,90,93;157Zoganes (Babylonian slave-lord), theories concerning,124,125,130,139,185,186,195,196,197,198Zulus: ghost worshippers,31;religious beliefs,97;period of licence,188,195;harvest custom,267.Seeunder tribal names