viii. 150;

their respect for turtles, viii. 243; ritual of death and resurrection among the, xi. 268 _sq._

—— girl sacrificed for the crops, vii. 238 _sq._

Siphnos, titular kings in, i. 46 _n._ 4; ceremonies at felling a tree in the island of, ii. 37

Siphoum, in Laos, taboos observed by salt-workers at, iii. 200

Sipi in Northern India, annual fair and dance at, x. 12

Sipylus, Mother Plastene on Mount, v. 185

Siriac or Sothic period in ancient Egypt, vi. 36

Sirius (the Dog-star), the soul of Isis in, iv. 5; observed by Egyptian astronomers, vi. 27; called Sothis by the Egyptians, vi. 34; date of its rising in ancient Egypt, vi. 34; heliacal rising of, on July 20th, vi. 34 _n._ 1, 93; the star of Isis, vi. 34, 119; its rising marked the beginning of the sacred Egyptian year, vi. 35; its rising observed in Ceos, vi. 35 _n._ 1; sacrifices offered at its rising on the top of Mount Pelion, vi. 36 _n._; in connexion with the Sed festival, vi. 152 _sq._; associated with Ishtar, ix. 359 _n._ 1; how the Bushmen warm up, x. 332 _sq._

Sis in Cilicia, v. 144

Sister, marriage with, in royal families, iv. 193 _sq._

—— and brother not allowed to mention each other’s names, iii. 344

—— of a god, v. 51

Sister’s Beam (_Sororium tigillum_) at Rome, xi. 194, 195 _n._ 4

—— children preferred to man’s own children, mark of mother-kin, ii. 285

Sisters, taboos observed by, in the absence of their brothers, i. 122, 123, 125, 127; kings marry their, v. 316

—— of king, licence accorded to, ii. 274 _sqq._

—— of hunters, taboos observed by, i. 122

Sisters-in-law, their names not to be pronounced, iii. 338, 342, 343

Sisyphus, the stone of, x. 298

Sit (Set), malignant Egyptian god, iii. 68. _See_ Set

Sita, wife of Rama, the Holy Basil (_tulasi_) regarded as an embodiment of, ii. 26

Sithon, king of the Odomanti, and his daughter Pallene, ii. 307

Sitting on the ground prohibited to warriors, iii. 159, 162, 163

Situa, annual festival of the Incas, ix. 128

Siu, a Sea Dyak, and his bird wife, iv. 127 _sq._

Siva, one of the persons of the Hindoo Trinity, i. 404; his wife Gauri, ii. 77 _sq._

—— and Pârvati, marriage of the images of, iv. 265 _sq._

Six hundred and sixty-six, the number of the Beast, iv. 44

Sixpence, silver, witches shot with a, x. 316

Sixth day of the moon, mistletoe cut on the, xi. 77

Sixty years, cycles of, xi. 77 _n._ 1

Siyins of North-Eastern India, their belief in demons, ix. 93

Sizu in Cilicia, v. 144

Skates worshipped by the Indians of Peru, viii. 250

_Skatsantzari_, fiends or monsters in Macedonia, ix. 320

Skeat, W. W., on Malay rain-making, i. 262; on the sanctity of the regalia among the Malays, i. 398; on the Rice-mother and Rice-child among the Malays, vii. 197 _sqq._

—— and Blagdon, C. O., on the power of medicine-men among the wild tribes of the Malay Peninsula, i. 360 _sq._

Skein, tangled, as a talisman to keep off ghosts, ix. 153 _n._ 1

Skeleton drenched with water as a rain-charm, i. 284

Skene, W. F., on the Picts as Celts, ii. 286 _n._ 2

Skin of slain animal placed on a dead man to recruit his strength, iii. 68 _sq._; of sacrificial victim in Greek ritual, iii. 312; of ox stuffed and set up, v. 296 _sq._, viii. 5; body of Egyptian dead placed in a bull’s, vi. 15 _n._ 2; of sacrificial victim used in the rite of the new birth, vi. 155 _sq._; of sacrificed ram placed on statue of Ammon, viii. 41, 172; of sacrificed bird or animal, uses of, viii. 170, 173 _sq._ _See also_ Skins

Skin-disease, bathing in dew at Midsummer as remedy for, v. 247, 248, x. 208; caused by eating a sacred animal, viii. 25 _sqq._; supposed remedy for, ix. 266; Mexican remedy for, ix. 298; leaping over ashes of fire as remedy for, xi. 2; traditional cure of, in India, xi. 192

Skinner, Principal J., on the burnt sacrifice of children, vi. 219

Skins of sacrificed animals hung in sacred groves, ii. 11; of horses stuffed and set up at graves, v. 293, 294; of sacrificed animals stuffed or stretched on frameworks, viii. 5, 257 _sq._; of sacrificial victims used to beat people, ix. 265; creatures that slough their, supposed to renew their youth, ix. 302 _sqq._

—— of human victims, uses made of, v. 293; worn by men in Mexico, ix. 265 _sq._, 288, 290, 294 _sq._, 296 _sqq._, 301 _sq._

Skipping-rope played by Gilyaks at bear-festival, viii. 192

Skoptsi or Skoptsy, the, a fanatical Russian sect, mutilate themselves, ii. 145 _n._ 1, iv. 196 _n._ 3

Skull of dead king, drinking out of, as a means of inspiration, iv. 200,