ii. 283

Hermes at Athens, the mutilation of the, iii. 75; the grave of, iv. 4; tongues of victims assigned to, viii. 270; tried for the murder of Argus, ix. 24; wayside images of, ix. 24; Cretan festival of, ix. 350

—— and Aegipan, v. 157

Hermes and Argus, ix. 24

Hermesianax, on the death of Attis, v. 264 _n._ 4

Hermion, Dionysus of the Black Goat-skin at, vii. 17

Hermopolis, grave of Hermes at, iv. 4

Hermotimus of Clazomenae and his rambling soul, iii. 50

Hermsdorf, in Silesia, harvest custom at, vii. 139

Hermus, river, in Asia Minor, v. 185, 186

Hermutrude, legendary queen of Scotland, ii. 281

Herndon, W. L., on the ordeal of stinging with ants among the Indians of Brazil, x. 62 _n._ 3

Hernia, cured by prayer of girl at puberty, x. 98 _n._ 1

Herod resorts to the springs of Callirrhoe, v. 214; his slaughter of the young children, ix. 337; his soldiers’ treatment of Christ, ix. 416

Herodas, as to the soul on the lips, iii. 33 _n._ 3

Herodes Atticus, his benefaction at Thermopylae, v. 210

Herodias, cursed by Slavonian peasants, v. 345

Herodotus on the Hyperborean maidens, i. 34 _ns._; on the divinity of Spartan kings, i. 48 _sq._; on the destruction of the Psylli, i. 331; on descent of the Lydian crown, ii. 282; on sanctuary of Aphrodite at Paphos, v. 34; on religious prostitution, v. 58; on wife of Bel, v. 71; on Cyrus and Croesus, v. 174; on the sacrifices of Croesus to Apollo, v. 180 _n._ 1; on so-called monument of Sesostris, v. 185; on the festival of Osiris at Sais, vi. 50; on the mourning for Osiris, vi. 86; identifies Osiris with Dionysus, vi. 113 _n._ 2; on the similarity between the rites of Osiris and Dionysus, vi. 127; on human sacrifices offered by the wife of Xerxes, vi. 221; on the Linus song, vii. 258; on human sacrifices in ancient Egypt, vii. 259 _n._ 3; on the Egyptian sacrifice of pigs to Osiris and the moon, viii. 25 _n._ 1; on the worship of Ishtar (Astarte), ix. 372

Heroes worshipped in form of animals, v. 139 _n._ 1

Herrera, A. de, on _naguals_ among the Indians of Honduras, xi. 213 _sq._

Herrick, Robert, _The Hock-cart or the Harvest Home_, vii. 147 _n._ 1; on the Yule log, x. 225

Herring thought to be attracted by the laird of Dunvegan, i. 368; superstitions as to, viii. 251 _sq._; salt, divination by, at Hallowe’en, x. 239

Herrings and dumplings to be eaten on Twelfth Night, ix. 241

Hersilia, a Sabine goddess, ii. 193 _n._ 1

Hertfordshire, May garlands and carols in, ii. 61, 61 _n._ 1; “Crying the Mare” in, vii. 292 _sq._; ague transferred to oaks in, ix. 57 _sq._

Hertz, W., on religious prostitution, v. 57 _n._ 1, 59 _n._ 4

Heruli, a Teutonic tribe, their custom of killing the sick and old, iv. 14

Hervey Islands, South Pacific, legend of the origin of the Pleiades in the, vii. 312

Herzegovina, marriage custom at Mostar in, ii. 230 _sq._; the Yule log in, x. 263; need-fire in, x. 286

Hesiod, on acorns as food, ii. 355; on Demeter as goddess of the corn, vii. 42; on time for ploughing, vii. 45; on time of vintage, vii. 47 _n._ 2; on the farmer’s calendar, vii. 53

Hesperides, garden of the, iv. 80

Hesse, homoeopathic treatment of a broken leg in, i. 205; race on horseback at a marriage in, ii. 303 _sq._; custom at ploughing in, v. 239; pigs’ ribs used at sowing in, vii. 300; Lenten fire-custom in, x. 118; Easter fires in, x. 140; wells decked with flowers on Midsummer Day in, xi. 28

_Hest_, the Egyptian name for Isis, vi. 50 _n._ 4, 115 _n._ 1

Hestia, the Greek equivalent of Vesta, i. 45; sacrifices offered by the king to, i. 45

Hettingen in Baden, custom at sowing at, v. 239

Heudanemi at Athens, i. 325 _n._ 1

Hewitt, J. N. B., on need-fire of the Iroquois, x. 299 _sq._

Heyne, C. G., on the Parilia, ii. 329 _n._ 1

Hezekiah, King, and the brazen serpent, iv. 86; his reformation, v. 25, 107; date of his reign, v. 25 _n._ 4

Hiaina district of Morocco, Midsummer custom of Arab women in, xi. 51

Hialto, how he became brave, viii. 146

Hibeh papyri, vi. 35 _n._ 1, 51 _n._ 1

Hibiscus tree used in making fire-drill, iii. 227

Hidatsa Indians of North America, on the shades or spirits of cottonwood trees, ii. 12; taboos observed by eagle-hunters among the, iii. 198 _sq._; their theory of the plurality of souls, xi. 221 _sq._

Hide, cow’s, beaten with staves on the last day of the year in the Highlands of Scotland, viii. 322 _sqq._; beaten by the Salii with rods, ix. 231

Hide-measured lands, legends as to, vi. 249 _sq._

Hiera Sykaminos, furthest point of Roman empire in southern Egypt, iv. 144 _n._ 2

_Hieracium pilosella_, mouse-ear hawk-weed, gathered at Midsummer, xi. 57

Hieraconpolis or Hawk-town, the oldest royal capital in Egypt, iv. 112; hawks worshipped at, vi. 22 _n._ 1; representations of the Sed festival at, vi. 151

Hierapolis on the Euphrates, biennial ceremony of pouring water at, i. 251 _n._ 4; sacred pigs at, viii. 23

——, the Syrian, offerings of hair at, i. 29; rule as to mourners entering the temple of Astarte at, iii. 286; high priest of the Syrian goddess at, v. 143 _n._ 4; festival of the Pyre or Torch at, v. 146, ix. 392; sacred doves at, v. 147; eunuch priests of Astarte at, v. 269 _sq._

—— and _Hieropolis_, distinction between, v. 168 _n._ 2

——, in the valley of the Maeander, cave of Pluto at, v. 206; hot springs at, v. 206 _sqq._

Hierapolis-Bambyce, Atargatis the goddess of, v. 137, 162; mysterious golden image at, v. 162 _n._ 2; rules as to the pollution of death at, vi. 227

Hieroglyphics, Hittite, v. 124, 125 _n._

Hieroglyphs perhaps magical in origin, i. 87 _n._ 1

Hieron, Greek vase of, vii. 68 _n._ 1

Hierophant at Eleusis, temporarily deprived of his virility, ii. 138; his marriage, ii. 139 _n._ 1; his exhortation to offer the first-fruits, vii. 55, 59 _sq._; unlawful sacrifice offered by a, vii. 61 _n._ 4; perhaps represented Zeus in a sacred marriage, vii. 65

Higgins, Rev. J. C., on bonfires at Tarbolton, x. 207 _n._ 2

High Alps, department of the, Midsummer fires in the, xi. 39 _sq._

_High History of the Holy Graal_, iv. 120, 134

High Priest in Timor, rules observed by, during absence of warriors, i. 128 _sq._; of the Kafirs of the Hindoo Koosh, taboos observed by the, iii. 14 _n._ 2; of Syrian goddess at Hierapolis, v. 143 _n._ 4; the Jewish, viii. 27, ix. 210; the Fijian, xi. 245

—— Priestess, head of the State in Khyrim, vi. 203

Highland sorcerers use knotted cords, iii. 305 _n._ 3

—— sportsmen, their guns or fishing-rods not to be stepped over, iii. 423

—— story of absence of soul in sleep, iii. 40 _sq._; of Headless Hugh, xi. 130 _sq._

—— witches, how they sink ships, i. 135

Highlanders of Scotland, their notion as to whirlwinds, i. 329; their precautions against witchcraft on Beltane Eve, ii. 53; forced fire (need-fire) among the, ii. 238; their superstitions as to Good Friday, iii. 229; their belief as to cut hair, iii. 271; loose or cut all knots on a corpse, iii. 310; certain words tabooed to them at sea, iii. 394; on the influence of the moon, vi. 132, 134, 140; their medicinal applications of menstruous blood, x. 98 _n._ 1; their belief in the power of witches to destroy cattle, x. 343 _n._ 1; their belief concerning snake stones, xi. 311

Highlands of Scotland, magic to catch fish in the, i. 110; magical virtues ascribed to chiefs in the, i. 368; faith in the healing touch of a Macdonald in the, i. 370 _n._ 3; St. Bride’s day in the, ii. 94; fires put out in house of death in the, ii. 267 _n._ 4; divination by the shoulder-blades of sheep in the, iii. 229; iron as a charm against fairies in the, iii. 232 _sq._; saying about combing hair at night in the, iii. 271; knots untied and buckles removed at marriage in the, iii. 299 _sq._; the last corn cut at harvest called the Old Wife (_Cailleach_) in the, vii. 140 _sqq._; the last corn cut at harvest called the Maiden in the, vii. 155 _sqq._; beating the cow’s hide on the last day of the year in the, viii. 322 _sqq._; custom of throwing stones on cairns in the, ix. 20 _sq._; cock buried alive on spot where epileptic patient fell down in the, ix. 68 _n._ 2; the Twelve Days in the, ix. 324; snake stones in the, x. 16; Beltane fires in the, x. 146 _sqq._; Hallowe’en fires in the, x. 230 _sqq._; divination at Hallowe’en in the, x. 229, 234 _sqq._; need-fire in the, x. 289 _sqq._; need-fire and Beltane fire kindled by the friction of oak in the, xi. 91

_Hilaria_, Festival of Joy in the rites of Attis, v. 273

Hildesheim, the Leaf King at Whitsuntide at, ii. 85; bell-ringing at, on Ascension Day, ix. 247 _sq._; Easter rites of fire and water at, x. 124; Easter bonfires at, x. 141; the need-fire at, x. 272 _sq._; hawk-weed gathered on Midsummer Day at, xi. 57

Hill, G. F., on image of Artemis at Perga, v. 35 _n._ 2; on legend of coins at Tarsus, v. 126 _n._ 2; on goddess ’Atheh, v. 162 _n._ 1; on coins of Mallus, v. 165 _n._ 6

Hill, Miss Nina, on a Candlemas custom in County Galway, ii. 95 _n._

Hill of the Fires in the Highlands of Scotland, x. 149

—— of Lloyd, near Kells, iv. 99

—— of Ward, in County Meath, x. 139

Hill Tout, C., on respect shown by the Indians of British Columbia for the animals and plants which they eat, vi. 44; on Indian ceremonies before eating the first wild berries or roots of the season, viii. 80 _sq._, 134

Hills, spirits of, worshipped in Burma, ii. 41

Himalayan districts of the North-Western Provinces of India, gardens of Adonis in the, v. 242; sacrifices at sowing and harvest in the, viii. 117; prayers at cairns in the, ix. 29; mistletoe in the, xi. 316

Himalayas, cairns or heaps of sticks in the, ix. 12

Himera, the battle of, iv. 167, v. 115; hot springs of, v. 213 _n._ 1

Himerius, on the gift of the corn, vii. 58

Hindoo bride led round the fire, ii. 230

—— ceremony of rebirth from a golden cow, iii. 113

—— charm to cause sleep, i. 148; ancient, by means of knots, iii. 306

—— expiation for killing sacred animals, iv. 216

—— marriage, the pole-star at, i. 166

—— marriages of trees and shrubs, ii. 25 _sq._

—— places of pilgrimage, hair of criminals shaved at, iii. 287

—— ritual, confession of sins in, iii. 217; ancient, for the transference of thirst, ix. 38; abstinence from salt in, x. 27; as to cutting a child’s hair, x. 99 _n._ 2

—— story of the absence of the soul in a dream, iii. 38 _n._ 4

—— Trinity, i. 225, 404

—— women will not name their husbands, iii. 333; their restrictions at menstruation, x. 84

—— worship of cows, viii. 37

Hindoo Koosh, sacred cedar of the, i. 383; diviners among the tribes of the, i. 383 _sq._; the Kafirs of the, i. 385; expulsion of demons after harvest in the, ix. 137, 225

Hindoos, magical images among the, i. 63 _sqq._; their contagious magic of footprints, i. 209; their test of a sacrificial victim, i. 384 _sq._; worship the Holy Basil (_tulasi_) plant, ii. 26 _sq._; their custom at yawning, iii. 31; their custom as to paring children’s nails, iii. 262 _sq._; their belief as to shooting stars, iv. 67; their indifference to death, iv. 136; sacredness of the first-born among the, iv. 181; their belief in the rebirth of a father in his son, iv. 188; burial of infants among the, v. 94; their worship of perpetual fire, v. 192; their marriage customs, vi. 246, x. 75; transference of evil among the, ix. 38; their fear of demons, ix. 91 _sq._; maidens secluded at puberty among the, x. 68; their use of menstruous fluid, x. 98 _n._ 1; stories of the external soul among the, xi. 97 _sqq._ _See also_ India

Hindoos, ancient, magical images among the, i. 77; their treatment of jaundice, i. 79; barley in the religious ritual of the, vii. 132; sacrifice of first-fruits among the, viii. 119 _sq._; their cure for epilepsy, ix. 69 _n._

—— of the Central Provinces, their belief that a twin can ward off hail and heavy rain, i. 269

—— of Northern India, their mode of drinking moonshine, vi. 144

—— of the Punjaub, their belief as to the length of a soul’s residence in heaven, iv. 67; annual ceremony of the expulsion of poverty among the, ix. 144 _sq._; their custom of passing unlucky children through narrow openings, xi. 190

—— of Southern India, their ceremony at eating the new rice, viii. 56; their Pongol festival, xi. 1

Hinnom, the Valley of, sacrifice of first-born children in, iv. 169, 170, v. 178, vi. 219

Hippasus, torn to pieces by Bacchanals, iv. 164

Hippoclides and Clisthenes, ii. 307 _sq._

Hippocrates, sacrifices offered to, i. 105; on a Sarmatian custom of moulding the heads of children artificially,