ix. 141

Slain, fear of the ghosts of the, iii. 165 _sqq._

Slane, the hill of, Paschal fire lit by St. Patrick on the, x. 158

Slaughter of the Dragon, drama of the, at Delphi and Thebes, iv. 78 _sqq._, 89; myth of the, iv. 105 _sqq._

—— of prisoners often a sacrifice to the gods, v. 290 _n._ 2

Slave, charm to bring back a runaway, i. 152, 317; whipped for rain or sunshine, i. 297; treated as the representative of heaven, i. 399 _sq._

Slave Indians will not taste blood, iii. 241; do not pare nails of female children, iii. 263

—— priests at Nemi, i. 11

—— women, religious ceremony performed by, ii. 313, ix. 258

Slave Coast of West Africa, custom observed by the mother of stillborn twins on the, i. 269 _n._ 1; the Ewe negroes of the, i. 317, iii. 263; the Ewe-speaking peoples of the, ii. 15, 149, iii. 9, 116, 119, 222, 323, v. 83 _n._ 1, ix. 74; negroes of the, their story of a fungus which revealed a murder, ii. 33; negroes of the, allure the tree-spirit from the tree, ii. 35; exorcism of demons from children on the, iii. 106; Jebu on the, iii. 121; children protected against demons by iron on the, iii. 235; the Yoruba-speaking negroes of the, iii. 252, viii. 149; custom at end of mourning on the, iii. 286; precaution as to the spittle of kings on the, iii. 289; Porto Novo on the, iv. 117; Whydah on the, iv. 188; sacred men and women on the, v. 65, 68; the Adeli of the, viii. 116; custom of widows on the, xi. 18 _sq._; use of bull-roarers on the, xi. 229 _n._ _See also_ Ewe negroes

Slaves succeed to kingdom in Ashantee in default of sons and sisters’ sons, ii. 275; succeed to kingdom in the Fantee country to exclusion of sons, ii. 275; licence granted to, at Saturnalia, ii. 312, ix. 307 _sq._, 350 _sq._, 351 _sq._; female, licence accorded to, at the _Nonae Caprotinae_, ii. 313 _sq._; runaway, charm for recovering, iii. 305 _sq._; sacrificed as substitutes for their masters at the funeral of a king,