Part 26

SACÆ (Oriental tribe), 118, 119, 143, 194 Sacæa (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, 301-305 St. Clair, Mr. Henry R.: fire-walking, 286 St. Dasius, martyrdom. _See_ Dasius St. Paul, cited, 201 Sakeas. _See_ Sacæa Salvado, Bishop, cited, 297 Samoan trees of refuge for criminals, 219, 220, 222 Sandes, Sandan (Persian deity), 130 Saturn, 108, 139, 183, 184 Saturnalia (Roman festival), rites, details, theories and analogies concerning, 79, 108, 109, 110, 183, 184, 195 Sayce, Mr., cited, 133, 147 Scapegoats, 189 _et seq_ Schischmanof, Dr.: Bulgarian fire-handling, 285 Science and superstition: definition, 1 _et seq._ Scotland: incised patterns on rocks and stones, 253, 254 Sementini, Dr.: fire-handling, 283 Servius (early commentator on Virgil), on the golden bough in the grove of Diana. 207, 208, 209 Shaw, quoted, 232 Shooting stars, Wathi Wathi interpretation of, 73, 74 Siam: temporary kings, 105 Siebert, Mr. (German missionary), on ancestral gods, 50, 56, 63 Simpson, Sir James, on the cup and ring, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246 Sioux: human sacrifices for magical purposes, 128 Skidi (Wolf Pawnees): animal and human sacrifices, 128 Slate spear-heads, 247 Smith, Captain ('History of Virginia'), on Okki, 19 Smith, Mr. Robertson, cited, 133, 134, 136, 137, 138, 142 Sofalese (Caffre tribe), their king-god, 97 South African religions, 224 _et seq._ _See_ under tribal names South Sea Islanders and Captain Cook, 94 Spain: fire-walking, 285 Spartans: lame kings, 98 Spencer, Mr. Herbert, cited, 6, 35 Spencer and Gillen, Messrs., cited, 15, 67, 86, 193, 194 note, 244, 245, 246, 248, 259, 260, 265 Statius, on the Arician grove, 209 Stevenson, R. L., on tapu in the Pacific Islands, 268 Stirling, Dr., cited, 62 Stokes, Mr.: fire-walking, 286 Stones carved with cup and rings, universality of, 242 _et seq._ Strabo, on the Sacæa festival, 119-120; cited, 149, 185, 186, 194, 195, 271 Strachey, William (successor of Captain Smith in Virginia), on the position of Okeus, 20 Straits Settlements: fire-walking, 286, 287 Strannam (Gaelic), tundun, bull-roarer, 255 Suetonius, on the 'ghastly priest,' 209 Superstition, definition of, 2 _et seq._ Superstitions. _See_ under names of tribes, gods, and authorities Sweden: ancient treatment of king in times of public distress, 85; cake-eating, 266 Sword, the magical, 211

TABOO, 257 _et seq._ Tagore: fire-walking, 290 Tá-li-y-Tooboo (Tongan supreme being), 86 Tammuz (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, 192 Ta-ta-thi (New South Wales tribe), 70, 71 Te Umu-ti (Maori), or fire-walking ceremony, 273-276 Thargelia (Athenian festival): scapegoats, 190 Tha-tha-pali (Watha Watha deity), 70, 73, 74 Thevet, M., on the Canadian Indians' belief in a 'creator,' 21 Thomson, Mr. Basil: fire-walking, 288 Threlkeld, Mr., on the Australian god Koin, 27; translation of the Gospel of St. Luke, 27; first worker at the dialects of the Baiame-worshipping tribes, 27, 29; cited, 43, 44, 45 Thuremlin (superior being), 71 Thurston, Lady, her experiment in fire-walking, 278 Ti-ra-wá (Pawnee deity), 89, 128 Tokio (Japan): fire-walking, 284 Tone, Mr. N. J.: fire-walking, 287 Tonga: the How religious function, 268; fire-walking, 287 Tongan religious beliefs, 86 Tonquin: period of licence, 187, 188, 195, 196 Torngarsuk (Greenlanders' great spirit), 21, 87 Totems, 246, 249-251, 264, 265, 266, 289 Traditions. _See_ under names of tribes, gods, and authorities Tree spirits, 210 _et seq._ regear, Mr., on fire-walking, 273 Trinidad (W. Indies): fire-walking, 286 Tshi-speaking races, 42 Tsui Goab (idealised Hottentot medicine man), 232 Tulong (deity), 70, 71 Tundun (patron of Kurnai mysteries and bull-roarer), 66, 67, 68 Turner, Mr., quoted, on Polynesian tree sanctuaries, 219 Turramulan, Taramuhin (Australian god), 31 Twanyirika (Arunta great spirit), 65, 66, 67, 68, 71, 263, 264 Tylor, 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 missionary influence, 22; Mandan Deluge legend, 23, 24; Australian god Baiame, 25-32; ideas of European importation, 51; native Australian beliefs, 75; Greenlanders' beliefs, 87, 88 note; Zulu beliefs, 226; fire-walking, 271; theory of borrowed gods, 295

UBEBE (Zulu native), on his race's beliefs, 230, 231 Ukoto (Zulu native), on his race's beliefs, 228, 229 Ulangeni (Zulu native): repudiates idea of borrowed Hottentot deity, 231, 232 Umdabuko (Zulu creator), 229, 230 Umdali (Kaffir creator), 232 Umhlanga (Zulu), bed of reeds whence man sprung, 230 Umpengula Mbandi (Zulu native), on native beliefs, 228, 229, 230, 232, 238 Umvelingangi (Zulu deity), 225, 228 Unkulunkulu (Zulu deity), 89, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 233, 235, 236, 238 Unyoro, the king of: not allowed by his wives a natural death, 96 Upolu (Samoan Islands): sacred tree asylums for criminals, 219 Urabunna (tribe of Central Australia), 16 Urkus (savage tribe), 58 Uthlanga (Zulu source of being), 230 Utikxo (Zulu deity), 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 230, 238

VASHTI, theories concerning, 78, 161, 171, 175, 177, 178, 180 Vave (Samoan god), 219 Vegetation, gods of, 5, 206 _et seq._ Virbius (deity of vegetation), 139 Virgil, his golden bough, 207 _et seq._ Virginia: aborigines' chief god Okki, 19 Volsunga Saga: the magical sword, 207, 211

WAITZ, Dr.: on Australian religious customs, 30; rejects the hypothesis of Australian borrowed beliefs, 43, 44; quoted, 232 Walking through fire, 270 _et seq._ Wallace, Sir William: mock crowning, 203 Warramunga (Australian tribe): sacred rock-drawing, 246 Wathi Wathi (New South Wales tribe), religious beliefs, 70, 72, 74 Way of Souls, the, 72, 73 Wellhausen, Dr.: on the Jewish exile, 181 West Africa, taboo in, 259; human sacrifices, 128 Wilson, Professor Daniel, on cups and rings, 243, 244 Winslow, quoted, on Kiehtan (New England native deity), 20, 38 Wiraijuri (Australian tribe), beliefs of, 66 Witchcraft. _See_ Magic Woiworung dirge, a, 41 Women debarred from the mysteries, 27, 33, 52, 71

XERXES (the king in Book of Esther), 148, 161, 167

YERRUNTHALLY (Queensland tribe): idea of shooting stars, 74 Ynglinga Saga, the, 214

ZAGMUK, Zakmuk (Babylonian festival), details and theories concerning, 118, 137, 141-144, 145-160, 162, 163, 164, 165, 179, 181, 301 Zeus, grave of, 90, 93; 157 Zoganes (Babylonian slave-lord), theories concerning, 124, 125, 130, 139, 185, 186, 195, 196, 197, 198 Zulus: ghost worshippers, 31; religious beliefs, 97; period of licence, 188, 195; harvest custom, 267. _See_ under tribal names