iv. 232

Althenneberg, in Bavaria, Easter fires at, x. 143 _sq._

Altisheim, in Swabia, the last sheaf called the Old Woman at, vii. 136

Altmark, custom with birch branches at Whitsuntide in the, ii. 64; the May Bride at Whitsuntide in the, ii. 95; the He-goat at reaping in the, vii. 287; Easter bonfires in the, x. 140, 142

Alum burnt at Midsummer, x. 214

Alungu, seclusion of girls at puberty among the, x. 24 _sq._

Alur, a tribe of the Upper Nile, bury their cut hair and nails, iii. 277 _sq._; their fear of crocodiles, viii. 214; their treatment of insanity, x. 64

Alus, sanctuary of Laphystian Zeus at, iv. 161, 164; custom of sacrificing princes at, vii. 25

Alvarado, Pedro de, Spanish general, kills a _nagual_, xi. 214

Alyattes, king of Lydia, v. 133 _n._ 1

Alynomus, king of Paphos, v. 43 _n._ 1

_Amadhlozi_, Zulu ancestral spirits in serpent form, xi. 211 _n._ 2

Ama-terasu, Japanese goddess of the Sun, vii. 212

Amambwe, a Bantu tribe of Northern Rhodesia, believe that their head chief at death turns into a lion, vi. 193, viii. 287; seclusion of girls at puberty among the, x. 24 _sq._

Amapondo country, cairn to which passers-by added stones in the, ix. 30 _n._ 2

Amasis, king of Egypt, substitutes images for human victims, iv. 217; his body burnt by Cambyses, v. 176 _n._ 2

_Amata_, “Beloved,” title of Vestals, ii. 197

Amata, wife of King Latinus, ii. 197

Amathus, in Cyprus, Adonis and Melcarth at, v. 32, 117; statue of lion-slaying god found at, v. 117

_Amatongo_, ancestral spirits (Zulu term), v. 74 _n._ 4, vi. 184, xi. 212 _n._

Amaxosa Caffres propitiate the elephants which they kill, viii. 227

Amazon, Indians at the mouth of the, ix. 264; ordeals of young men among the Indians of the, x. 62 _sq._

Amazons set up a statue of Artemis under an oak, i. 38 _n._ 1

—— of Dahomey ate the hearts of brave foes to make themselves brave, viii. 149

Amazulu, their observation of the Pleiades, vii. 316

Ambabai, an Indian goddess, v. 243

Ambala District, Punjaub, rebirth of children in the, v. 94

Ambamba, in West Africa, death, resurrection, and new birth in, xi. 256

Ambarvalia, cattle crowned at the, ii. 127 _n._ 2; an agricultural festival of ancient Italy, ix. 359

Amboin, in Angola, new fire at, ii. 262

Amboyna, custom as to children’s cast teeth in, i. 179; rice in bloom treated like a pregnant woman in, ii. 28; ceremony to fertilize clove-trees in, ii. 100; recovery of lost souls in, iii. 66 _sq._; abduction of souls by doctors in, iii. 73; fear to lose the shadow at noon in, iii. 87; sick people sprinkled with pungent spices in, iii. 105; new fruits offered to the gods in, viii. 123; belief in spirits in, ix. 85; disease-transference in, ix. 187; hair of criminals cut in, xi. 158

Ambras, Midsummer customs at, x. 173

Amedzowe, the spirit land, viii. 105

Amei Awa, a Kayan god, vii. 93

Amélineau, E., discovers the tomb of Egyptian King Khent, vi. 21 _n._ 1

Amelioration in the character of the gods, iv. 136

Amenophis III., king of Egypt, birth of, ii. 131 _sqq._; his birth represented on the monuments, iii. 28

Amenophis IV., king of Egypt, his attempt to abolish all gods but the sun-god, vi. 123 _sqq._

Ameretât, a Persian archangel, ix. 373 _n._ 1

America, treatment of the navel-string and afterbirth in, i. 195 _sqq._; the breach of England with, i. 216; association of the frog with rain in, i. 292 _n._ 3; reincarnation of the dead in, v. 91; the moon worshipped by the agricultural Indians of tropical, vi. 138; cat’s cradle in, vii. 103 _n._ 1; the Corn-mother in, vii. 171 _sqq._

——, Central, the Pipiles of, ii. 98; the Indians of, practise continence for the sake of the crops, ii. 105; the Quiches of, viii. 134; the Mosquito Indians of, viii. 258 _n._ 2; the Mosquito territory in, x. 86

——, North, the Natchez of, i. 249; the Omahas of, i. 249; power of medicine-men in, i. 356 _sqq._; the Hidatsa Indians of, ii. 12; Indians of, their dread and avoidance of menstruous women, iii. 145 _sq._, x. 87 _sqq._; Indians of, will not eat blood, iii. 240; sticks or stones piled on scenes of violent death in, ix. 15; Indians of, not allowed to sit on bare ground in war, x. 5; Indians of, seclusion of girls at puberty among, x. 41 _sqq._; Indians of, stories of the external soul among, xi. 151 _sq._; Indians of, religious associations among, xi. 267 _sqq._ _See also_ North American Indians

——, North-West, contagious magic of footprints in, i. 210; the Chilcotin Indians of, i. 312; the Loucheux of, i. 356; artificial elongation of the head among the Indian tribes of, ii. 298; the Carrier Indians of, iv. 199; the Salish Indians of, viii. 80; the Tinneh Indians of, viii. 80; Indian tribes of, their masked dances, ix. 375 _sqq._; Secret Societies among the Indians of, ix. 377 _sqq._

——, South, the Guarani of, i. 145; the Payaguas of, i. 330; power of medicine-men in, i. 358 _sqq._; the Itonamas of, iii. 31; custom of swallowing ashes of dead kinsfolk in, viii. 156 _sq._; the Palenques of, viii. 221; seclusion of girls at puberty among the Indians of, x. 56 _sqq._; effigies of Judas burnt at Easter in, x. 128; Midsummer fires in, x. 212 _sq._ _See also_ South America

American Indians, power of medicine-men among the, i. 355 _sqq._; drive away the ghosts of the slain, iii. 170 _sq._; confession of sins among the, iii. 215 _sq._, 216 _n._ 2; personal names kept secret among the, iii. 324 _sqq._, 327 _sq._; their fear of naming the dead, iii. 351 _sqq._; relations of the dead change their names among the, iii. 357; changes in their languages caused by fear of naming the dead, iii. 360 _sq._; their Great Spirit, iv. 3; women’s agricultural work among the, vii. 120 _sqq._; their personification of maize, vii. 171 _sqq._; do not sharply distinguish between animals and men, viii. 204 _sqq._; their ceremonies at hunting bears, viii. 224 _sqq._; treat elans, deer, and elks with ceremonious respect, viii. 240; cut out the sinew of the thigh of deer which they kill, viii. 264. _See also_ North American Indians _and_ South American Indians

American prairies, skulls of buffaloes awaiting resurrection on, viii. 256

Amestris, wife of Xerxes, her sacrifice of children, vi. 220 _sq._

Amethysts thought to keep their wearers sober, i. 165; in rain-charms, i. 345

Amiens, “killing the Cat” at harvest near, vii. 281

Amisus, in Pontus, ix. 421 _n._ 1

Ammerland, in Oldenburg, cart-wheel used as charm against witchcraft in, x. 345 _n._ 3

Ammon, the god, married to the queen of Egypt, ii. 130 _sqq._; human wives of, ii. 130 _sqq._, v. 72; regarded as the father of Egyptian gods, ii. 131; costume of, ii. 133; king of Egypt masqueraded as, ii. 133; high priests of, their usurpation of regal power, ii. 134; identified with the sun, vi. 123; rage of King Amenophis IV. against, vi. 124; at Thebes in Egypt, ram annually sacrificed to, viii. 41, 172; the Theban, represented with the body of a man and the head of a ram, viii. 172 _sq._

—— -Ra, king of the gods, ii. 132

Ammon (country), Hanun, king of, iii. 273; conquered by King David, iii. 273

——, Milcom, the god of, v. 19

Ammonite, fossil, regarded as an embodiment of Vishnu, ii. 26, 27 _n._ 2

Amoor River, the Manegres of the, iii. 323; the Gilyaks of the, v. 278 _n._ 2, viii. 103, 267, ix. 101; the Goldi of the, viii. 103; bears in the valley of the, viii. 191; the Orotchis of the, viii. 197

Amorgos, the month of Cronion in, ix. 351 _n._ 2

Amorites, their law as to fornication, v. 37 _sq._

Amoy, fear of tree-spirits in, ii. 14; spirits who draw away the souls of children at, iii. 59; euphemism for fever among the Chinese of, iii. 400; puppets as substitutes among the Chinese of, viii. 104

Ampasimene, in Madagascar, viii. 40 _n._

Amphictyon, king of Athens, married the daughter of his predecessor, ii. 277

Amphipolis, death of Brasidas at, iv. 94

Amphitryo besieges Taphos, xi. 103

Amsanctus, the valley of, v. 204 _sq._

Amshaspands, Persian archangels, ix. 373 _n._ 1

Amsterdam, “dew-treading” at Whitsuntide at, ii. 104 _n._ 2

Amulets, hair and teeth of sacred kings preserved as, ii. 6; knots used as, iii. 306 _sqq._; rings and bracelets as, iii. 314 _sqq._, x. 92; crowns and wreaths as, vi. 242 _sq._; against demons, ix. 95; as soul-boxes, xi. 155; degenerate into ornaments, xi. 156 _n._ 2. _See also_ Talismans

Amulius Silvius, his rivalry with Jupiter, ii. 180

Amyclae, ancient capital of Lacedaemon, Agamemnon buried at, ii. 279; in the vale of Sparta, v. 313; tomb of Hyacinth at, v. 314; festival of Hyacinthia at, v. 315

Amyclas, father of Hyacinth, v. 313

Anabis, in Egypt, human god at, i. 390

Anacan, a month of the Gallic calendar, ix. 343

Anacreon, on Cinyras, v. 55

Anacyndaraxes, father of Sardanapalus, v. 172

Anadates, at Zela, ix. 373 _n._ 1

Anaitis, Persian goddess, afterwards equivalent to Ishtar, i. 16 _sq._,