The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 12 of 12)

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killing the sacred, among the Zuni, viii. 175 _sqq._; transmigration of human souls into, among the Zuni, viii. 178 _sq._

Turukhinsk region, Samoyeds of the, xi. 196

Tusayan, an ancient province of Arizona, vii. 312

——, the Pueblo Indians of, their custom at planting, v. 239; their observation of the Pleiades, vii. 312

Tuscan Romagna, Befana (Epiphany) in the, ix. 167

Tuscany, oak forests on the coast of, ii. 354; volcanic district of, v. 208 _n._ 1; omens from the cry of the quail in, vii. 295

Tusculum, Egerius Baebius or Laevius, of Tusculum, a Latin dictator, i. 22, 23 _n._ 3; King of the Sacred Rites at, i. 44 _n._ 1

Tusks of ivory, souls shut up in, iii. 70

Tusser, Thomas, on planting peas and beans, vi. 134

Tutu, island of Torres Strait, treatment of girls at puberty in, x. 41

Tver Government in Russia, charm to keep wolves from cows in, iii. 307

Twana Indians of Washington State, recovery of lost souls by medicine-men among the, iii. 58; prohibition to mention the names of the dead among the, iii. 365

Twanyirika, an Australian spirit whose voice is heard in the sound of the bull-roarer, xi. 233 _sq._; kills and resuscitates lads at initiation, xi. 234

Twelfth Day, dances on, i. 138; ceremony of the King at Carcassone on, viii. 321; mummers representing a Goat and a Bear on, viii. 327; dances on the roof on, to make the hemp grow tall, ix. 315; serious significance of, ix. 315; the Three Kings on, ix. 329 _sqq._ _See also_ Twelfth Night

—— Day, the Eve of, expulsion of witches, etc., on, ix. 166 _sq._; twelve fires in Gloucestershire and Herefordshire on, ix. 318; the bonfires of, x. 107; processions with torches on, x. 340

—— Night, fruit-trees girt with straw ropes between Christmas and, ii. 17; certain animals not to be called by their proper names between Christmas and, iii. 396 _sq._; expulsion of the powers of evil on, ix. 165 _sqq._; dances for the crops on, ix. 238; Perchta’s Day, ix. 244; (Epiphany), the King of the Bean on, ix. 313 _sqq._, x. 153 _n._ 2; divination on, ix. 316; cake, x. 184; the Yule log on, x. 248, 250, 251; the divining-rod cut on, xi. 68. _See also_ Twelfth Day

Twelfth Night, the Eve of, old Mrs. Perchta on, ix. 240, 241; ceremonial fires on, ix. 316 _sqq._

Twelve Days from Christmas to Twelfth Night (Epiphany), precautions against witches during the, ix. 158 _sqq._, 164 _sqq._; in Macedonia, superstitions as to the, ix. 320; weather of the twelve months supposed to be determined by the weather of the, ix. 322 _sqq._; in ancient India, ix. 324 _sq._; accounted a miniature of the year, ix. 324; in the Highlands of Scotland, ix. 324; difference of opinion as to the date of the, ix. 324, 327; probably an old intercalary period at midwinter, ix. 325 _sq._, 328, 338 _sq._, 342

—— Days or Twelve Nights not of Christian origin, ix. 326 _sqq._

—— fires on Eve of Twelfth Day, ix. 318 _sq._, 321 _sq._

—— Gods, images of the, carried in procession at Magnesia, viii. 8

—— Nights, remains of Yule log scattered on fields during the, x. 248; between Christmas and Epiphany, were-wolves abroad during the, x. 310 _n._ 1

—— years, king’s reign limited to, in South India, iv. 46 _sqq._

“Twice-born” Brahman, xi. 276

Twin, name applied by the Baganda to the navel-string, i. 195, 196, vi. 170; the navel-string of the king of Uganda called his, vi. 147. _See also_ Twins

——, ghost of a, lodged in a wooden figure, viii. 98

Twin brothers in ritual, x. 278

—— girl charged with special duty, viii. 280

—— -producing virtue ascribed to a kind of mistletoe, xi. 79

Twining thread forbidden to women and children during absence of warriors,