Chapter 164

Jinn(jnûn), i.378,379,619, ii.355,493.589,593–594,640,642,650

Jointfamily, the, i.539sq., ii.213–216

“Judgment of God,” war looked upon as a, i.358,360;the duel as a, i.504–507.SeeOrdeals

Jus primæ noctis, ii.395,752

“Justice,” analysis of the concept, i.141–145

Justice, the sense of, among savages, i.124,126–129;loved by gods, ii.675,684,686,699,700,73,74.732

Karma, ii.711

Killing, in self-defence, i.288–290;of foreigners, i.331–334,337–34,370,371,373;of enemies, i.331–333,373, ii.693;of slaves, i.378,421–429,696,707;of infants by their parents, i.378,394–413,633, ii.562;of human embryos, i.378,408,409,413–417, ii.705;of parents by their children, i.383–386,522, ii.256sq.n.2;or abandoning of aged parents, i.386–390,606,607,612,620;or abandoning of sick persons, i.391–393, ii.542;of grown-up children by their parents, i.393sq., ii.256sq.n.2;of wives by their husbands, i.418,419,631;of women, i.418–421;of husbands by their wives, i.419sq.;of freemen by slaves, i.429,430,491 n.5;of chiefs, i.430;of the firstborn child, i.458–460, ii.562;of the firstborn son, i.458–461;of departed souls, ii.516sq.;of divine beings, ii.602–610,753sq.;of disappointing magicians, ii.609.SeeBlood-revenge,Compensationfor homicide,Duel,Headhunting,Homicide,Humansacrifice,Manslaughter,Manslayers,Punishmentof death,Suicide,War

Killing of animals, ch. xliv. (ii.490–514);in consequence of harm done by them, i.26,27,251–260;of sacred animals, i.227, ii.603–606,609;of totem animals, ii.210,603,604,606;of vermin, i.26,27,251;dogs, i.381 n.6, ii.501;monkeys, ii.329,490,513;buffaloes, ii.330;sheep, ii.330;cattle, ii.330,493sq.;cows, ii.330,331,497;the ploughing ox,ii.330,331,493,494,504;calves, ii.331;bees, ii.490;pigeons, ii.490;storks, ii.490;swallows, ii.490;ravens, ii.491;toads, ii.491;fish, ii.497sq.SeeSacrifice

King, the, tied by custom, i.161sq.;the poor and the weak protected by, i.180sq.;the right of pardon a prerogative of, i.192,196,226;an object of religious veneration, i.194, ii.606–610,754;homicide committed by the command of, i.285;strangers protected by, i.338;homicide regarded as an injury inflicted upon, i.374;sacrificed, i.443,466;human sacrifices offered for the purpose of saving the life of, i.454–457,466;proprietary rights of, ii.33;loyalty to, ii.180,182;suicide regarded as an offence against, ii.240,263 n.1;taboos imposed upon, ii.287sq.,407,418;the custom of shutting up doors used by, ii.538 n.2;cannibalism as a duty incumbent upon, ii.558;killing of, ii.606–610,753sq.;his burial place an asylum, ii.630;his house an asylum, ii.636;his person an asylum, ii.636sq.;swearing on the life of, ii.637;criminals prevented from cursing, ii.637;curses pronounced by, ii.703

Kinship, mutual assistance imposed as a duty by, i.538–540;the social influence of, ii.198,201–206,220,224,227,748.SeeDescent

Knots, magic, ii.585,619,652

Knowledge, regard for, ii.131–136;of religious truth, influencing the future state, ii.132–134,719–721,725–727

Knownconcomitants of acts, i.212–214,249

LABOUR, ii.268–283;the division of, between the sexes i.633–637, ii.271;property acquired by, ii.41–43,53,69–71;suspension of,on various occasions, ii.283–289;temporarily forbidden to men who have eaten human flesh, ii.575

L-ʿahd, ii.623sq.

Lamentationsat funerals, ii.524,528,541sq.

Landmarks, removing of, i.186, ii.60,61,67–69,703,714,717

Language, as a communicator of moral emotions, i.115–117;as an expression of moral concepts, i.131–133;the influence of a common, ii.167,170,181;as an emblem of nationality, ii.224sq.

L-ʿâr, i.57,58,566,586,587,591, ii.584–586,618–620,623,638

Laws, customs and, as expressions of moral ideas, ch. vii. (i.158– 201);their relations to customs, i.163–166

Lentfast, ii.295,308sq.

Levirate, the, i.528

Lex talionis. SeeEquivalence, the rule of

Libel, i.522, ii.96,141

Lightning, persons struck by, i.26, ii.239,544,549,697sq.

Likings, disinterested, i.117, ii.16,58,185,227,261,262,266,267,744–746

Limbus, ii.722

Lions, their fear of strange phenomena, ii.583

Love. SeeAffection,Freelove,Homosexuallove

Loyalty, ii.180,182

Lunacy, attributed to demoniacal possession, i.270,274sq., ii.593;to malignant magical agency, i.317, ii.531sq.;regarded as a divine punishment, i.274sq.;as a punishment inflicted by a saint, ii.628

Lunatics, injuries committed by, i.189,269–277,298,299,316,317,319;objects of religious reverence, i.270sq., ii.590;burned as witches, i.273

Luxury, ii.266

Lying. SeeTruth, regard for

Lynching, i.91

MADNESS. SeeLunacy

Magic, regarded as a cause of death, i.24,29, ii.534,651;as a cause of lunacy, i.317, ii.531sq.;expertness in, attributed to strangers, i.584;to old persons, i.619sq.;to women, i.620,666–668;the position of slaves influenced by the dread of, i.716;fasting in connection with, ii.293sq.;definitions of, ii.584,753;attitude of religion towards, ii.649,650,652,753;its influence on moral ideas, ii.696;supposed to influence the future state of men, ii.700,701,706,709,710,712.SeeBlessings,Blood,Charms,Cross,Cross-roads,Curses,Evileyeeye,Knots,L-ʿahd,L-ʿâr,Magicians,Oaths,Ordeals,Prayer,Purificatoryceremonies,Sacrifice,Sexual intercourse(as a magical or religious rite),Spitting,Transference,Witchcraft

——, homœopathic, ii.446 n.7,753

——, sympathetic, i.589sq., ii.204,205,209 n.5,546,566,643

Magicians, curses of, i.563;sexual intercourse with, i.593 n.1;abstain from certain foods, ii.322,327;purificatory ceremonies of, ii.352;celibacy compulsory on, ii.405sq.;conjugal faithfulness compulsory on persons who wish to become, ii.419;addicted to homosexual practices, ii.458,459,465,472,477,484,486sq.;treatment of the dead bodies of, ii.527;cannibalism of, ii.564;killing of disappointing, ii.609;their residences asylums, ii.631.SeeWitches;cf.Priests

Males, the sexual impulse of, i.657

Mammals, paternal care among, ii.189sq.;maternal care among, ii.190;the duration of conjugal unions among, ii.192

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