i. 217;

underlying civilization, i. 236

Savages believe themselves naturally immortal, iv. 1; not to be judged by European standards, iv. 197 _sq._; lament for the animals and plants which they eat, vi. 43 _sq._; apologize to the animals which they kill, viii. 221 _sqq._; their regulation of the calendar, ix. 326

Savile, Lord, his excavations at Nemi i. 3 _n._ 2

Saviour Gods, title bestowed by the Athenians on Demetrius Poliorcetes and Antigonus, i. 390

Savo, one of the Solomon Islands, shark-ghost in, viii. 297

Savou, island of, treatment of the afterbirth in, i. 190; dread of children who resemble their parents in, iv. 287 (288, in Second Impression)

Sâwan, Indian month, v. 242; corresponding to August, ii. 149

“Sawing the Old Woman,” a Lenten ceremony, iv. 240 _sqq._

Saws at Mid-Lent, iv. 241, 242

Saxe-Coburg, the Old Woman at harvest in, vii. 139

Saxo Grammaticus, old Danish historian, x. 102 _n._ 1; as to ceremony of standing on stones, i. 160; on kingship obtained by marriage, ii. 280 _sq._; on the story of Hamlet, ii. 281 _n._ 2; on understanding the speech of animals, viii. 146; his account of Balder, x. 103

Saxons, marriage with a stepmother among the, ii. 283; their vow, iii. 262

—— of Transylvania, precautions against witches on St. George’s Eve among the, ii. 337 _sq._; loose knots and unlock locks at childbirth, iii. 294, 296; the hanging of an effigy of Carnival among the, iv. 230 _sq._; “Carrying out Death” among the, iv. 247 _sqq._; their custom at maize harvest, iv. 254; harvest custom of the, v. 238; gird themselves with corn at reaping to prevent pains in the back, vii. 285; their belief as to a quail in the last corn, vii. 295; their customs at sowing, viii. 274 _sq._; story of the external soul among the, xi. 116

Saxon cure for rupture, ix. 52

Saxon kings, their marriage with their step-mothers, iv. 193

—— story of soul as mouse, iii. 39 _n._ 1

Saxony, May or Whitsuntide trees in, ii. 68 _sq._; the Bridal Pair at Whitsuntide in, ii. 91; sacred oaks in, ii. 371; Whitsuntide mummers in, iv. 208; custom of “carrying out Death” in, iv. 236; Westerhüsen in, vii. 134; harvest customs in, vii. 134, 149; the last sheaf called the Old Man in, vii. 137; Oats-bride and Oats-bridegroom at harvest in, vii. 163; fires to burn the witches in, x. 160

——, Lower, the need-fire in, x. 272

——, the Wends of, ii. 69, vii. 149, xi. 297; their precautions against witches, ix. 163

Sayce, A. H., on kings of Edom, v. 16; on name of David, v. 19 _n._ 2

Sayids in India think that a snake should never be called by its proper name, iii. 401 _sq._

_Scaloi_, Drought, effigy of, used by the Roumanians in a rain-making ceremony, i. 274

Scamander, the river, supposed to take the virginity of brides, ii. 162

Scanderbeg, Prince of Epirus, his bones used as talismans by the Turks,