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Hair, conditional curses seated in the, i.57sq.

Handicraft, moral valuation of, ii.273,274,278–280,282sq.

Handshaking, ii.150,151,623sq.

Happiness, regard for other persons’ ch. xxxiii. (ii.153–185);for one’s own, ii.265

Hares, abstinence from eating, ii.333sq.

Head-hunting, i.333,373,544

Heedlessness, i.211,305–310

Hell, notions about, ii.60,284,417,672,674,675,677,678,683,692,706,723,724,727

Heresy, ii.646sq.;punishment of, i.47,50,245,493;considered a legitimate cause of war, i.349– 352,359;judicial torture in cases of, i.523;a bar to intermarriage, ii.380sq.;homosexual practices associated with, ii.486–489;the future state influenced by, ii.721

Holiness, must not be defiled by curses or oaths, i.58,625, ii.638;by blood, i.380–382;by women, i.664–666;by food, ii.294–296;by certain kinds of food, ii.322;by intoxicating drink, ii.344sq.;by sexual pollution, ii.415–420,752;very susceptible to any polluting influence, ii.352,353,608–610;objects endowed with, must not be appropriated for ordinary purposes, ii.627sq.;a god’s, polluted by his name being mentioned in profane conversation, ii.643;attributed to sacrificial victims, i.63,65,69,444–447, ii.563,625,658;its magic virtue transferred by contact, i.63–65,69,444–446, ii.605,606,625,754;by eating, i.446, ii.562–564,605,625;by sexual intercourse, i.593, ii.444–446,488;looked upon as a transferable entity, i.586, ii.607–610,754;contact with, regarded as dangerous, ii.538 n.2SeeSacredplaces

Home, love of, ii.167–169,179sq.

Homestead, sanctity of the, i.587, ii.635 n.4

Homicide, in general, chs. xiv–xvi. (i.327–382);punished with death i.171,172,187,189,491,492;considered polluting, i.225,232,233,375–382, ii.256sq.n.2,262,714;stigmatised by religion, i.345,346,378–380,382, ii.669,672,676,684,686,700,705,714,716 n.2,717,732;the influence of rank on the criminality of, i.430–433;duels in cases of, i.501sq.SeeBlood-revenge,Compensationfor homicide,Duel,Headhunting,Humansacrifice,Killing,Manslaughter,Manslayers,Punishment of Death,War

Homosexuallove, ch. xliii. (ii.456–489),752sq.

Honey, abstained from after a death, ii.301

Honour, duels of, i.498–503,507–510;respect for other men’s, ii.137–143

Hope, as an element in religion, ii.614,735;in rewards after death, ii.735

Horses, stealing of, i.187sq., ii.14;abstinence from the flesh of, ii.322,335

Hospitality, ch. xxiv. (i.570–596); i.333,340,540,542,543,545,548,549,555;enjoined by religion, i.578–580, ii.669,711,714,715,717,718,726,732

Houses, stealing from, i.187sq., ii.15,16,58, seeBurglary;asylums, i.587, ii.630,635 n.4,636sq.

Human effigies, sacrifice of, i.468–470,475

——sacrifice, ch. xix. (i.434–476); i.26–28,62,63,65–67,339,486, ii.234,295,296,419,450,451,518,579,651,697;the execution of blood-revenge a kind of, i.476,481sq.;suicide as a kind of, ii.234–236;combined with cannibalism, ii.559,562sq.

Humility, ii.144–146;sacrifice as a symbol of, ii.625sq.

Huntingpeoples, vegetable food provided by the women among, i.634, ii.273;the position of women among, i.660sq.;slavery hardly known among, i.672;social aggregates of, ii.198–200;the form of marriage among, ii.389sq.

Husbands, their power over their wives, ch. xxvi. (i.629–669);wives punished if convicted of a design to kill their, i.245;crimes committed by wives in the presence of their, i.284;killing their wives, i.418,419,631;wives killing their, i.419sq.;wives sacrificed on the death of their, i.472–474, ii.450sq.;wives committing suicide on the death of their, i.473sq., ii.232,234,235,241,242,244,247;inflicting bodily injuries upon their wives, i.514–516,631;their duty to protect and support their wives, i.526–529,532sq.;lending their wives to guests, i.575,593;living with their fathers-in-law, i.601,656sq., ii.202,203;curses of, i.626;selling their wives as slaves, i.675.684;belief in a mysterious bond of sympathy between wives and, ii.205;wives fasting on the death of their, ii.298– 301;adultery committed by, ii.397,451–455;eating their wives, ii.555.SeeMaritalaffection,Marriage,Widowers

IDIOTS, injuries committed by, i.269–273,275;objects of religious reverence, i.270sq.;kindness to, i.547

Idleness, ii.268–277,281sq.;a cause of uncleanliness, ii.350sq.

Illegitimatechildren, rules of inheritance relating to, i.47, ii.46,48,49,56sq.;treatment of, i.47, ii.431,439;sacrifice of, i.467

Impartiality, apparent, a characteristic of the moral emotions, i.103,104,107,117–122

Inanimatethings, revenged upon or punished, i.26,27,260–264,308;retributive emotions evoked by, i.26,27,260–264,315,318;conceived as animate, i.27,263, ii.595;moral praise and blame not applied to, i.319

Incantations, ii.656–659

Incest, prohibition and horror of, i.174.175,177,197.492, ii.364–378,747–752;stigmatised by religion, ii.375,376,671

Indemnification, i.168,169,308sq.SeeCompensation

Independence, love of national, ii.170,175

“Indifferent, the morally,” i.154–157

Industry, ii.268–282;commended by religion, ii.275,280,281,675,705;cleanliness promoted by, ii.35

Infanticide, i.378,394–413,633, ii.562;supposed relationship between the social reaction against homosexuality and against, ii.484,485,752sq.

Infants, exposure of, i.406–412;a source of slavery, i.689.SeeInfanticide

Inheritance, rules of, ii.44–49,53–57

Initiationceremonies, instituted by the All-father, ii.671

”Injustice,” analysis of the concept, i.141–145

Injustice, punished by the supreme being, ii.675

“Instinct,” the meaning of the word, ii.374 n.2

Insults, i.39,502,503,509,510,524sq., ii.110,138–143;to the dead, ii.519;to gods, ii.639–652

Intellectualdisability, agents under, ch. x. (i.249– 282)

Intemperance, ii.290sq.

Intentions, i.204–206,212sq.;punishment of bare, i.244sq.

Intolerance, religious, ii.643–653

Intoxicants, religious, veneration of, ii.591sq.SeeDrink, intoxicating;Drunkenness;Wine

Inversion, sexual, ii.465–470,752sq.

JEALOUSY, ii.387,389,449,450,751

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