i. 99, 100;

the Gudangs of, iii. 346, 359; seclusion of girls at puberty among the natives of, x. 37, 38

Capena, the Porta, at Rome, i. 18

Caper-spurge (_Euphorbia lathyris_) burned on May Day as a protection against witches, ix. 158 _sq._; identified with mythical springwort, xi. 69

Capillary attraction in magic, i. 83

Capital of column, external soul in, xi. 156 _sq._

Capital punishment among some peoples originally a sacrifice, v. 290 _n._ 2

Capitol at Rome, temple of Jupiter on the, ii. 174, 176, 184; image of Jupiter on the, ii. 175; built by Romulus, ii. 176; Jupiter worshipped on the, ii. 361; ceremonies at the rebuilding of the, vi. 244; the oak of Jupiter on the, xi. 89

—— at Cirta, image of Jupiter on the, ii. 177

Capitoline hill, Jupiter on the, ii. 184; hut of Romulus on the, ii. 200

Cappadocia, volcanic region of, v. 189 _sqq._; fire-worship in, v. 191 _sq._; the fire-walk at Castabala in, xi. 14

Capri, feast of the Nativity of the Virgin in, x. 220 _sq._

Capricorn, Tropic of, vii. 125; time when the sun enters the, xi. 1

_Caprificatio_, ii. 314 _n._ 2

Caprification, the artificial fertilization of fig-trees, ix. 257. _See_ Fig-tree

_Caprificus_, the wild fig-tree, ii. 314 _sq._, ix. 258

Caps of clay worn by Australian widows in mourning, iii. 182 _n._ 2; worn by Aino mourners, x. 20

Captives killed and eaten, iii. 179 _sq._; unbound in house of Flamen Dialis, iii. 316

Car Nicobar, charm to make sunshine in, i. 314; exorcism in, v. 299 _n._ 2; annual expulsion of devils in, ix. 201 _sq._

Carabas and Barabbas, ix. 418 _sq._

Caramantran, death of, on Ash Wednesday in Provence, iv. 226

Carayahis, tribe of Brazilian Indians, dialectical differences in the speech of men and women among the, iii. 348 _sq._

Carberry Kinncat, king of Ireland, misfortunes of his reign, i. 367 _sq._

Carcassone, hunting the wren at, viii. 320 _sq._

Carceri, Father S., on the sacred king of the Nubas, iii. 132 _n._ 1

Carchemish, Hittite capital on Euphrates, v. 123, 137 _n._ 2, 138 _n._

Carchi, a province of Ecuador, All Souls’ Day in, vi. 80

Cardiganshire, Hallowe’en in, x. 226

Carew, R., on a Cornish custom, iv. 154 _n._ 1

Caria, Zeus Labrandeus in, v. 182; poisonous vapours in, v. 205 _sq._

Carian Chersonese, viii. 85

Carians, their mournings for Osiris, vi. 86 _n._ 1

Caribou, taboos concerning, iii. 208

Caribs, war custom of the, i. 134; difference of language between men and women among the, iii. 348; their worship of the moon in preference to the sun, vi. 138; woman’s share in agriculture among the, vii. 120; their belief in the homoeopathic magic of animal flesh, viii. 139 _sq._; young warriors among the, ate the heart of a bird of prey to acquire courage, viii. 162; their theory of the plurality of souls, xi. 221

Carinthia, Green George in, ii. 75, 343; bride-race in, ii. 304; ceremony at the installation of a prince of, iv. 154 _sq._; harvest custom in, vii. 224 _sq._; new fire at Easter in, x. 124

Caripunas Indians of Brazil, use of bull-roarers among the, xi. 230 _n._

Carley, the last bunch of corn at harvest in Antrim, vii. 144

Carlin or Carline, “the Old Woman,” female figure formed out of the last corn cut at harvest, vii. 140

Carlyle, Thomas, on the execution of the astronomer Bailly, v. 229 _n._ 1

Carman (Wexford), the fair of, iv. 100, 101

Carmichael, Alexander, on need-fire, x. 293 _sqq._; on snake-stones, xi. 311

Carmona, in Andalusia, annual ceremony observed by disguised boys at, ix. 173

Carn Brea, in Cornwall, Midsummer fires on, x. 199

Carna, nymph, won by Janus, ii. 190, vi. 235 _n._ 6

Carnac, in Egypt, temples at, vi. 124; sculptures at, vi. 154. _See also_ Karnak

Carnarvonshire, the cutty black sow at Hallowe’en in, x. 240

Carniola, “Sawing the Old Woman” at Mid-Lent in, iv. 242

Carnival, dances at the, to make hemp grow tall, i. 137; a sort of, at Fazoql on the Blue Nile, iv. 17; burying the, iv. 209, 220 _sqq._; the burial and resurrection of the, an expression of the death and revival of vegetation, iv. 252; swings taken down at, iv. 287; at Rome in the rites of Attis, v. 273; modern Thracian drama at the, vi. 99 _sq._, vii. 26 _sqq._, viii. 331 _sqq._; similar masquerade in Bulgaria at, viii. 333 _sq._; bell-ringing processions at the, ix. 247; Senseless Thursday in, ix. 248; in relation to the Saturnalia, ix. 312, 345 _sqq._; effigy burnt at end of, x. 120; wicker giants at the, xi. 35

—— and Purim, ix. 394

—— or Shrovetide Bear in Bohemia, viii. 325 _sq._

“—— (Shrovetide) Fool,” iv. 231

Carnmoor, in Mull, need-fire kindled on, x. 289 _sq._

Carnwath, in Cornwall, Midsummer fires at, x. 199

Carolina, Indians of, king’s son wounded among the, iv. 184 _sq._; their fear of harming snakes, viii. 217

Caroline Islands, treatment of the navel-string in the, i. 184 _sq._; Ponape in the, i. 401 _n._ 3, iii. 25, 259, 362; Uap (Yap) in the, iii. 193, 227, 282, 290, 293, vi. 265, x. 36; taboos on fishermen in the, iii. 193; wizards in the, iii. 290; traditionary origin of fire in the, xi. 295

Caron’s _Account of Japan_, iii. 4 _n._ 2

Carp clan of the Otawa Indians, viii. 225 _n._ 1

Carpathian Mountains, the Huzuls of the, i. 113, 137, 280, iii. 270, 314, 396, 397, viii. 43 _n._ 1, 275, ix. 32 _sq._, xi. 49; Midsummer fires in the, x. 175; need-fire in the, x. 281

Carpathus, fear of having one’s likeness taken in, iii. 100; laying out of corpses in, iii. 313 _sq._ _See also_ Karpathos

Carpenter, son of, as a human god, i. 376

Carpentras in Provence, rain-making at, i. 307

Carpet-snakes, magical ceremony for the multiplication of, i. 90

Carpini, de Plano, on funeral customs of the Mongols, v. 293

Carrier Indians of North-Western America, their magic to snare martens, i. 110; their contagious magic of footprints, i. 210; their chastity before hunting, iii. 197; confession of sins among the, iii. 215; their belief in the reincarnation of the dead, iii. 367 _sq._; succession to the soul among the, iv. 199; their regard for the bones of martens and beavers, viii. 238 _sq._; funeral custom of the, x. 11; their dread and seclusion of menstruous women, x. 91 _sqq._; their honorific totems, xi. 273 _sqq._

“Carrying out Death,” iv. 221, 233 _sqq._, 246 _sqq._, ix. 227 _sq._, 230, 252

Carthage, Christians worshipping each other at, i. 407; legend and worship of Dido at, v. 113 _sq._; Hamilcar worshipped at, v. 116; the _suffetes_ of, v. 116 _n._ 1; rites of Cybele at, v. 274 _n._; the effeminate priests of the Great Mother at, v. 298; legend as to the foundation of, vi. 250

Carthaginian sacrifice of children to Moloch, iv. 75; to Baal, iv. 167 _sq._

Carver, Captain Jonathan, on the rite of death and resurrection among the Naudowessies, xi. 267 _sq._

Casablanca in Morocco, ix. 21; Midsummer fires at, x. 214

Casalis, E., on purification of Basuto warriors, iii. 172; on Zulu serpent-worship, v. 84; on the worship of the dead among the Basutos, vi. 179 _sq._

Cashmeer, the Takhas of, i. 383; bulls as scapegoats in, ix. 190 _n._ 5

Cashmeer stories of the external soul, ix. 100 _sq._, 138 _n._ 1

Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar, the Three Kings of Twelfth Day, ix. 329 _sqq._, xi. 68

Cassange Valley in Angola, the Bangalas of the, ii. 293; human sacrifice at installation of king of, iv. 56 _sq._; kings of, their teeth preserved after death, iv. 203

Cassava or manioc cultivated by South American Indians, vii. 120 _sq._, 122

Cassel, in France, wicker giants on Shrove Tuesday at, xi. 35

Cassotis, oracular spring at Delphi, iv. 79

Cassowaries, souls of dead in, viii. 295; imitated by masked dancers, ix. 382; men disguised as, in Dukduk ceremonies, xi. 247

Cassowary totem in Mabuiag, viii. 207

Castabala in Cappadocia, the fire-walk at, v. 115, 168, xi. 14

—— in Cilicia, worship of Perasian Artemis at, v. 167 _sqq._

Castabus, in the Carian Chersonese, sanctuary of Hemithea at, viii. 24 _n._ 5, 85

Castaly, the oracular spring of, at Delphi, iv. 79

Castel Gandolfo, on the Alban Lake, i. 2

Castellamare, seven-legged effigy of Lent at, iv. 245

Castelnau, F. de, on the reverence of the Apinagos for the moon, vi. 146 _sq._

Castiglione a Casauria, in the Abruzzi, Midsummer customs at, v. 246, x. 210

Castilian peasants, their dances in May, ix. 280

Casting the skin supposed to be a mode of renewing youth, ix. 302 _sqq._

Castle Ditches, in the Vale of Glamorgan, bonfires at, x. 156

Castor and Pollux thought to attend the Spartan kings, i. 49 _sq._; their appearance in battle, i. 50

Castor’s tune, v. 196 _n._ 3

Castration, religious, in honour of Cybele, ii. 144 _sq._; practised by a modern sect in Russia, ii. 145; of Cronus and Uranus, v. 283; of sky-god, suggested explanation of, v. 283; of priests, suggested explanation of, v. 283 _sq._

Castres, in Southern France, xi. 187

_Casuarina leptoclada_ in magic, i. 213

Cat, blind, in homoeopathic magic, i. 153; wetted as a rain-charm, i. 262, 289; black, in rain-charm, i. 291; stone resembling a, used in rain-making, i. 308 _sq._; corn-spirit as, vii. 280 _sq._; killed at harvest, vii. 281; fever transferred to a, ix. 51; a representative of the devil, xi. 40; story of a clan whose souls were all in one, xi. 150 _sq._; a Batta totem, xi. 223. _See also_ Cats

Cat’s cradle forbidden to boys among the Esquimaux, i. 113; as a charm to arrest the sun, i. 316 _sq._, vii. 103 _n._ 1; as a charm to promote the growth of the crops, vii. 101, 103; played by savages, vii. 103 _n._ 1

—— tail, name given to last standing corn, viii. 268

Catafalque burnt at funeral of king of Siam, v. 179

Catalangans of Luzon offer first-fruits to the souls of their ancestors,