x. 119;

bringing in Summer in, iv. 246; athletic sports at harvest in, vii. 76; the Grandmother sheaf at harvest in, vii. 136; the last sheaf called the Old Woman or Old Man in, vii. 138, 148 _sq._; Girlachsdorf in, vii. 138; Hermsdorf in, vii. 139; woman binder of last sheaf tied up in it in, vii. 139, 222; loaf baked from corn of last sheaf in, vii. 148 _sq._; Langenbielau in, vii. 148; the Wheat-bride, Oats-bride, Oats-king, and Oats-queen at harvest in, vii. 163 _sq._; Neisse in, vii. 164; man who binds the last sheaf called the Beggar-man in, vii. 231; Alt Lest in, vii. 231; corn-stalks left on harvest-field in, vii. 233; man who cuts or binds last sheaf called Wheat-dog or Peas-pug in, vii. 272; reaping the last corn called “catching the Wolf” in, vii. 273; the Harvest-cock in, vii. 277; reaping the last corn called “catching the Cat” in, vii. 280; reaper of last corn called the Tom-cat in, vii. 281; Grüneberg in, vii. 281; last sheaf shaped like a horned ox in, vii. 289; Bunzlau in, vii. 289; “catching the quail” at harvest in, vii. 295; expulsion of witches on Good Friday in, ix. 157; precautions against witches on Walpurgis Night in, ix. 162 _sq._; precautions against witches at Christmas and New Year in, ix. 164; “Easter Smacks” in, ix. 268, 269; mode of reckoning the Twelve Days in, ix. 327; Spachendorf in, x. 119; fires to burn the witches in, x. 160; Midsummer fires in, x. 170 _sq._, 175; need-fire in, x. 278; witches as cats in, x. 319 _sq._; divination by flowers on Midsummer Eve in, xi. 53 Silili, a Babylonian goddess, ix. 371

Silius Italicus, on the fire-walk of the Hirpi Sorani, xi. 14 _n._ 3

Silk-cotton trees reverenced, ii. 14 _sq._

Silkworms, taboos observed by breeders of, iii. 194

Sill of door, unlucky children passed under the, xi. 190

Silvanus, the Roman wood-god, his representations in art, ii. 45 _n._ 2; associated with Diana, ii. 121; god of cattleas well as woods, ii. 124; associated with the Fauns, viii. 2

Silver and gold as totems, iii. 227 _n._

Silver poplar a charm against witchcraft, ii. 336

—— sixpence or button used to shoot witches with, x. 316

Silvia and Mars, story of, xi. 192

Silvii, the family name of the kings of Alba, ii. 178 _sqq._, 192, 379

Silvius, first king of Alba, ii. 179

Simbang, in German New Guinea, belief in the transmigration of human souls into crocodiles at, viii. 295

Simbirsk, Government of, in Russia, the “Funeral of Kostroma” in, iv. 262

Simeon, prince of Bulgaria, his life bound up with the capital of a column, xi. 156 _sq._

Similarity in magic, law of, i. 52, 53

Similkameen Indians, of British Columbia, eat hearts of bears to make them brave, viii. 146

Simla, annual fair and dance near, x. 12

Simplification, danger of excessive simplification in science, i. 332 _sq._

Simpson, W., as to Emperors of China, iii. 125 _n._ 3

Simurgh and Rustem, in Firdusi’s _Epic of Kings_, x. 104

Sin regarded as something material, iii. 214, 216, 217 _sq._; transferred to things, ix. 3. _See also_ Sins

Sin-eater, the, ix. 43 _sq._

—— -eating in Wales, ix. 43 _sq._

—— -offering, x. 82

Sinai, “Mistress of Turquoise” at, v. 35

Sinaitic Peninsula, annual festival of Bedouins in the, iv. 97

Sinaugolo tribe of British New Guinea, women after childbirth not allowed to handle food in the, iii. 147 _sq._

Sinew of the thigh, customs and myths as to, viii. 264 _sqq._

Sinews of sacrificial ox cut, vi. 252; of dead men cut to disable their ghosts, viii. 272

Singa Bonga, spirit who dwells in the sun, the first-fruits of the harvest dedicated to him by the Hos of Bengal, viii. 117

Singalang Burong, a Dyak war-god, invoked in a long liturgy at the Head-feast, ix. 383, 384 _n._ 1; the Ruler of the Spirit World, story of the marriage of his daughter to a mortal man, iv. 127 _sq._

Singarmati Devi, Indian goddess, worshipped by breeders of silkworms in Mirzapur, iii. 194

Singer, charm to become a good, i. 156; navel-string used to make a boy a fine, i. 197 _sq._; the best, chosen chief, ii. 298 _sq._

Singhalese, their fear of demons, iii. 233 _sq._; their use of iron as a talisman against demons, iii. 233 _sq._; unlock locks to facilitate childbirth, iii. 297; their custom of tying a knot as a charm on a threshing-floor, iii. 308 _sq._; seclusion of girls at puberty among the, x. 69. _See also_ Cingalese

Singhalese custom as to cast teeth, i. 180

—— sorcerers, their use of magical images, i. 65

Singing to the moon by wives and sisters in the absence of the men, i. 125

Singleton, Miss A. H., on hunting the wren in Ireland, viii. 320 _n._ 1; on an Irish cure for whooping-cough, xi. 192 _n._ 1

Sink or swim, in divination, i. 196; test used to determine a new incarnation, i. 413

Sins, the remission of, through the shedding of blood, v. 299; transferred to a buffalo calf, ix. 36 _sq._; transferred vicariously to human beings, ix. 39 _sqq._; of people transferred to animals, ix. 210; the Jewish confession of, over the scapegoat, ix. 210; the absolution of, pronounced by the Mikado, ix. 213 _n._ 1; Delaware Indian remedies for, ix. 263

——, confession of, i. 266, iii. 114, 191, 195, 211 _sq._, 214 _sqq._, ix. 31, 36, 127; originally a magical ceremony, iii. 217

Sinsharishkun, last king of Assyria, burned himself in his palace, v. 174

Sintang, district of West Borneo, use of rice to attract souls in, iii. 35

Sinuessa, in Campania, its waters thought to fertilize women, ii. 161

Siouan tribes of North America, names of clans not used in ordinary conversation among the, xi. 224 _n._ 2

Sioux Indians ate the hearts of brave enemies to make themselves brave,