i. 96;

homoeopathic magic of the, i. 147 _sqq._; prayers and offerings to the, i. 163; magic blent with the worship of the, i. 164; making rain by means of the, i. 284 _sqq._; the illustrious, represented by masked men, ii. 178; thunder and lightning made by the, ii. 183; taboos on persons who have handled the, iii. 138 _sqq._; to name the dead a serious crime, iii. 352; relations of the, change their names from fear of the ghost, iii. 356 _sqq._; incarnate in their namesakes, iii. 365 _sqq._; appear to the living in dreams, iii. 368, 374; offerings of food to the, iii. 371, 372 _n._ 5, ix. 154; deposited on platforms of sticks, iii. 372; rebirth of the, iv. 70, vii. 85; human blood offered to the, iv. 92 _sq._, 104; incarnate in serpents, v. 82 _sqq._, xi. 211 _sq._; cuttings for the, v. 268; Osiris king and judge of the, vi. 13 _sq._; the Egyptian, identified with Osiris, vi. 16; magical uses made of their bodies, vi. 100 _sqq._; the worship of the, founded on the theory of the soul, vii. 181; the fear of the, one of the most powerful factors in religious evolution, viii. 36 _sq._; buried in the houses, viii. 115; bones of the, viii. 153 _sq._; mourners rub themselves with the fat or putrefying juices of the, viii. 162 _sq._; food eaten out of the hand of the, ix. 44 _sq._; worship of the, based on fear, ix. 98; ghosts of the, periodically expelled, ix. 123 _sq._; annual sacrifices in honour of the, ix. 148 _n._ 1. _See also_ Ancestral spirits

——, communion with the, by means of food, viii. 154; by swallowing their ashes, viii. 156 _sqq._

——, festivals of the, iii. 367, 371, v. 220, vi. 51 _sqq._, x. 223 _sq._, 225 _sq._; at end of harvest, viii. 110; bull-roarers sounded at, xi. 230 _n._

——, names of, tabooed, iii. 349 _sqq._; not borne by the living, iii. 354

——, reincarnation of the, iii. 365 _sqq._, v. 82 _sqq._; in Central Australia, i. 196; in America, v. 91; in Africa, v. 91 _sq._

——, sacrifices to the, i. 163, iii. 15, 88, 226 _sq._, iv. 92, 93, 94, 95, 97, xi. 178; on their birthdays, i. 105

——, souls of the, trees animated by, ii. 29 _sqq._; in certain fish, ii. 30; all malignant, iii. 145; associated with falling stars, iv. 64 _sqq._; lodged in serpents, iv. 84; received by their relations once a year, vi. 51 _sqq._, ix. 150 _sqq._; invoked to make the crops thrive, vii. 104; supposed to partake of new grain, viii. 64; supposed to be in caterpillars, viii. 275 _sq._; supposed to be in animals, viii. 285 _sqq._; disembodied, dreaded, ix. 77; sit round the Midsummer fire, x. 183, 184; first-fruits offered to, xi. 243. _See also_ Dead, spirits of the

——, spirits of the, the savage a slave to the, i. 217; personated by living men, ii. 178, iii. 371, vi. 52, 53, 58; in wild fig-trees, ii. 317, viii. 113; thought to be incarnate in their namesakes, iii. 365 _sqq._; supposed to influence the crops, vii. 104; offerings to, for the sake of the crops, vii. 228; give rain, viii. 109 _sq._; first-fruits offered to, viii. 109 _sq._, 111 _sqq._, 115, 116, 117, 119, 121, 123, 124 _sqq._; prayers to, viii. 112, 113, 124 _sq._; omnipresent, in the Philippine Islands, ix. 82; swarm in the air, in Timor, ix. 85; purification of mourners intended to protect them against, ix. 105 _n._ 1 _See also_ Ancestral spirits

——, worship of the, ix. 97; perhaps fused with the propitiation of the corn-spirit, v. 233 _sqq._; among the Bantu tribes of Africa, vi. 176 _sqq._

Dead body, Flamen Dialis forbidden to touch, iii. 14; defilement caused by, vii. 74

—— kings and chiefs in Africa turn into lions, leopards, hyaenas, hippopotamuses, etc., iv. 84; dead kings in Africa worshipped, vi. 160 _sqq._

—— kings of the Barotse worshipped, vi. 194 _sq._; consulted as oracles,