James George Frazer

“ Maize, Mexican goddesses of, i. 136, vii. 176, ix. 285 sq., 286 n. 1, 290, 291, 292, 294, 295;
homoeopathic magic to promote the growth of, i. 136, 137;
magical stones for the increase of, i. 162;
continence at sowing, ii. 105;
custom at maize harvest in Transylvania, iv. 254;
time of the maize-harvest in modern Greece, vii. 48;
cultivated in Africa, vii. 114, 115, 119, 130;
cultivated in South America, vii. 122, 124;
cultivated in Assam, vii. 123;
compared to a mother, vii. 130;
American personification of, vii. 171 sqq.;
personified as an Old Woman who Never Dies, vii. ”

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“ Basil, curses at sowing, i. 281;
the Holy, plant worshipped in India, ii. 25 sqq.;
pots of, on St. John's Day in Sicily, v. 245.
See also Tulasi
Basilai, officials at Olympia, i. 46 n. 4
Basis, physical, of magic, i. 174 sq.;
for the theory of an external soul, i. 201
Basket, souls gathered into a, iii. 72 [pg 180]
Basoga, the, of Central Africa, form blood-brotherhood with the trees which they fell, ii. ”

“ Lycurgus, king of the Edonians, torn to pieces by, i. 366, vi. 98, vii. 24;
sacrificed to trees, ii. 16;
sacrificed to rivers, ii. 16 sq.;
sacrificed to water-spirits, ii. 157;
sanctity of white, ii. 174 n. 2;
sacrifices for, on St. George's Day, ii. 332, 336 sq.;
sacrificed and hung on trees of sacred grove, ii. 365;
left unclipped for a year after a king's consecration, iii. 260;
not to be called by their proper names, iii. 408, 413;
sacrificed for the use of the dead, v. 293 sq.;
excluded from sanctuaries, viii. 45 sq.;
used by sacred persons, x. 4 n. 1 ”

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“ Haman, a god worshipped by the heathen of Harran, ix. 366 n. 1
Haman, the Biblical, derivation of the name, ix. 366;
effigies of, burnt at Purim, ix. 392 sqq.
—— and Mordecai, ix. 364 sqq.;
as temporary kings, ix. 400 sq.
—— and Vashti the duplicates of Mordecai and Esther, ix. 406
Hâmân-Sûr, a name for Purim, ix. 393
Hamaspathmaedaya, old Iranian festival of the dead, vi. 67
Hamatsas, cannibals among the Kwakiutl, vii. 20
Hametzes, Cannibals or Biters, a Secret Society among the Indians of North-Western America, ix. ”

“ Generation, male organ of, as emblem of Dionysus, vii. 12;
effigy of, in Thracian ceremony, vii. 26, 29
Genesis, Sarah and Abraham in, ii. 114;
account of the creation in, iv. 106;
the Babylonian, ix. 410
Geneva, Midsummer fires in the canton of, x. 172
Genital organs of murdered people eaten, iii. 190 n. 2;
of Osiris, tradition as to the, vi. 10, 102;
of dead man used to fertilize the fields, vi. 102 sq.
Genius, the Roman guardian-spirit, symbolized by a serpent, v. 86, xi. 212 n.
Genius, Aristotle on men of, viii. 302 n. ”

“ Maharajas, a Hindoo sect, worship their spiritual chiefs as incarnations of Krishna, i. 406;
believe that bathing in a sacred well is a remedy for barrenness in women, ii. 160 sq.
Mahdi, an ancient, v. 74
Mahratta, dancing-girls in, v. 62
Mahrattas, their belief in human incarnations of the elephant-headed god Gunputty, i. 405
Mahua tree (Bassia latifolia) worshipped by the Mannewars in India, viii. 119
Mahwá-tree, bride tied to, at a Munda marriage, ii. 57
Mai Darat, a Sakai tribe of the Malay Peninsula, their exorcism of demons by means of effigies, viii. ”

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“ Pigs, magical ceremonies to catch wild pigs, i. 109;
magical stones to breed, i. 164;
sacrificed to souls of ancestors, i. 339;
sacrificed at the marriage of Sun and Earth, ii. 99;
bred by the people of the Italian pile villages, ii. 353 n. 3;
sacrificed once a year by the Egyptians to Osiris and the Moon, vi. 131, viii. 25;
sacrificed by Kayans at New Year's festival, vii. 97;
not to be eaten by enchanters of crops, vii. 100 sq.;
the enemies of the crops, vii. 100;
thrown into “chasms of Demeter and Persephone” at the Thesmophoria, viii. 17, 19, 34 ”

“ Nakelo tribe in Fiji, custom at burial of chief in the, iii. 29
Nakiza, the river, worshipped by the Baganda, ix. 27
Namal tribe of West Australia, their belief as to birth of children, v. 105
Namaquas, their fear of falling stars, iv. 61;
their belief in the homoeopathic magic of a flesh diet, viii. 141
Nambutiris of Malabar, their use of magical images, i. 64
Name, the personal, regarded as a vital part of the man, iii. ”

“ Gruel of barley-meal and water, drunk as a form of communion with the Barley-goddess at the Eleusinian mysteries, vii. 161 n. 4
Grün, in Bohemia, mountain arnica gathered at Midsummer at, xi. 58 n. 1
Grunau, Simon, early Prussian chronicler, his account of Romove and its sacred oak, ii. 366 n. 2
Grünberg, in Silesia, the harvest Cat at, vii. 281;
witches driven away on Walpurgis Night in the district of, ix. 163
Grunting like a wild boar or pig as a charm, ii. ”

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Drexler, W., s.vv. “Gaia,” “Isis,” “Men,” and “Meridianus daemon,” in W. H. Roscher's Lexikon der griechischen und römischen Mythologie. ”

“ Kumaon, in North-Western India, custom observed by men who have been supposed dead, in, i. 75 n. 3;
rain-making in, i. 278;
use of frogs in rain-charms in, i. 293;
way of stopping rain in, i. 303;
bullocks as scapegoats at funerals in, ix. 37;
ceremony of sliding down a rope in, ix. 196 sq.;
the Holi festival in, xi. 2
Kumis, the, of South-Eastern India, their precautions against the demon of smallpox, ix. 117
Kunama, tribe on the borders of Abyssinia, consult a rain-maker, ii. 3
Kundi in Cilicia, v. 144
Kunnui, in Yezo, bear-festival of the Ainos at, viii. ”

“ Hearts of men and animals offered to the sun, i. 315;
of dead kings eaten by their successors, iv. 203;
of men sacrificed, vii. 236;
of crows, moles, or hawks eaten by diviners to acquire prophetic power, viii. 143;
of men eaten to acquire their qualities, viii. 148 sqq.;
of human victims offered to the sun, ix. 279 sq., 298;
of human victims offered to the moon, ix. 282;
of diseased cattle cut out and hung up as a remedy, x. 269 n. 1, 325.
See also Heart
Heathen festivals displaced by Christian, v. 308
—— origin of Midsummer festival (festival of St. John) , v. 249 sq. ”

“ Ginger in purificatory rites, iii. 105, 151;
cultivated, vii. 123
Gingiro, an Ethiopian kingdom, pretence of reluctance to accept the kingdom in, iii. 18 sq.;
wounded kings of, put to death, iv. 34;
custom at accession of new king in, iv. 200
Ginzel, Professor F. K., on the rise of the Nile, vi. 31 n. 1
Gion shrine in Japan, x. 138
Gippsland, in Victoria, the Kurnai of, i. 324, xi. 216;
the natives of, concealed their personal names, iii. 331 sq.
Gipsies. See Gypsies
Giraffes, souls of dead kings incarnate in, vi. ”

“ Müglitz, in Moravia, the Wheat Bride at reaping at, vii. 162
Mugumu or Mugomo, a species of fig-tree revered by the Akikuyu, ii. 42
Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) , in magic, i. 209;
wreaths of, at Midsummer, x. 163, 165, 174;
a preventive of sore eyes, x. 174;
a preservative against witchcraft, x. 177;
gathered on Midsummer Day or Eve, xi. 58 sqq.;
a protection against thunder, ghosts, magic, and witchcraft, xi. 59 sq.;
thrown into the Midsummer fires, xi. 59;
used in exorcism, xi. 60
Mühlbach, in Transylvania, trial of witch at, iii. ”

“ Athenians decree divine honours to Demetrius Poliorcetes and his father Antigonus, i. 390 sq.;
prayed to Zeus for rain, ii. 359;
their tribute of youths and maidens to Minos, iv. 74;
their superstition as to an eclipse of the moon, vi. 141;
sacrifice to Dionysus for the fruits of the land, vii. 4;
the first to receive corn from Demeter, vii. 54;
claimed to be the first to spread the knowledge of corn among mankind, vii. 54 sqq.;
sacrifice an apple to Hercules, viii. 95 n. 2;
their annual festival of the dead at the Anthesteria, ix. 152 sqq.;
their use of human scapegoats, ix. ”

“ Naga-padoha, the agent of earthquakes, among the Battas, v. 200
—— tribes of Manipur, their belief as to the state of the spirits of the dead, iv. 11
Nagas, demi-gods, concerned in the production of rain, i. 294
—— of Assam, their burial custom, viii. 100;
believe that the dead are reborn as butterflies or flies, viii. 290 sq.;
the tug-of-war among the, ix. 177;
their ceremony of the new fire, x. 136
—— of the Mahabharata, i. 383 n. 4
Nagin, “wives of the snake,” in Behar, ii. 149
Nagir, island of Torres Straits, mode of imparting courage in, viii. ”