iii. 268

Hardanger, Norway, Whitsuntide Bride and Bridegroom at, ii. 92

Hardisty, W. L., on the power of medicine-men among the Loucheux Indians, i. 356 _sq._

Hardy, Thomas, on the disastrous effect of looking at trees on an empty stomach, i. 136

Hare, name of, tabooed in the morning, iii. 402 _sq._; as scapegoat, ix. 50 _sq._; pastern bone of a, in a popular remedy, x. 17. _See also_ Hares

——, corn-spirit as, vii. 279 _sq._

Hare clan of the Moquis, viii. 178; of the Otawas, viii. 225 _n._ 1

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

Hare-lips, superstition as to persons with, i. 266

—— -skin Indians, viii. 265. _See_ Loucheux

“Hare’s blood” at harvest, vii. 280

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

Hares thought to bewitch people, i. 212; witches in the form of, ii. 53, x. 157; killed on May Day as embodiments of witches, ii. 53, 54; not eaten lest they make the eaters timid, viii. 141; witches changed into, x. 315 _n._ 1, 316 _sqq._, xi. 41, 197

Hareskin Tinneh, seclusion of girls at puberty among the, x. 48

Harlot’s Tomb, the, in Lydia, ii. 282

Harlots, sacred, ix. 370, 371, 372; at Comana, ix. 370 _n._ 4, 421 _n._ 1

Harma on Mount Parnes, lightning seen over, i. 33

Harmattan wind, in West Africa, iii. 5

Harmonia, the necklace of, v. 32 _n._ 2; turned into a snake, v. 86 _sq._

—— and Cadmus, iv. 84; marriage of, iv. 88, 89

Haroekoe, East Indian island, fishermen’s magic in, i. 109; hunter’s magic in, i. 114; treatment of the afterbirth in, i. 187

Harold the Fair-haired, king of Norway, ii. 279, vi. 100 _n._ 2

Harp, the music of the, in religion, v. 52 _sqq._

Harpalyce, her incest with her father, v. 44 _n._ 1

Harpocrates, the younger Horus, vi. 8, 9 _n._; Osiris represented in the form of, vii. 260

Harpocration, on the human scapegoats at the Thargelia, ix. 254 _n._ 1

Harpooning a spirit, ix. 126

Harran, mourning of women for Tammuz in, v. 230; legend of Tammuz in, vii. 258

——, the heathen of, drank blood to enter into communion with demons, i. 383; their marriage festival of the gods in the Date Month, ii. 25; their custom at grafting, ii. 100 _n._ 2; human sacrifices offered by, vii. 261 _sq._; sacrifices offered by, viii. 23 _n._ 3; their custom in December, ix. 263 _sq._; their marriage festival of all the gods, ix. 273 _n._ 1; worship a god Haman, ix. 366 _n._ 1

Harris, island of, witches of the, i. 135; Slope of Big Stones in, x. 227

Harris, J. Rendel, on borrowed Greek and Roman festivals in Syrian calendars, i. 15 _n._; on the pedigree of St. Hippolytus, 21 _n._ 2

Harrison, Miss J. E., on the Sacred Marriage of Dionysus, ii. 137 _n._ 1; on the Eleusinian mysteries, ii. 139 _n._ 1; on the hyacinth (_Delphinium Ajacis_), v. 314 _n._ 1; on the winnowing-fan in the myth and ritual of Dionysus, vii. 5 _n._ 4; on the offering of first-fruits at Eleusis, vii. 60 _n._ 1; on the date of the Festival of the Threshing-floor, vii. 62 _n._ 6; on buckthorn, ix. 153 _n._ 1

Harrow used in rain-charm, i. 282, 284

Harte, Bret, on the old Spanish missions in California, viii. 171 _n._ 1

Harthoorn, S. E., on belief in demons in Java, ix. 86 _sq._

Hartland, E. S., as to Mimetic Magic, i. 52 _n._ 1; on the Godiva legend, i. 283 _n._ 3; on legends of the Perseus type, ii. 156 _n._; on the reincarnation of the dead, v. 91 _n._ 3; on primitive paternity, v. 106 _n._ 1; on the Hag at harvest in Wales, vii. 143 _n._ 1; on “burning the Old Witch” in Yorkshire, vii. 224 _n._ 4; on throwing sticks and stones on cairns, ix. 22 _n._ 2; on sin-eating, ix. 46 _n._ 2; on custom of knocking in nails as a magical rite, ix. 69 _n._ 1; on the life-token, xi. 119 _n._

Hartlieb, in Silesia, dramatic contest between Summer and Winter at, iv. 256 _n._ 1

Haruvarus, degenerate Brahmans, their fire-walk, xi. 9

Harvest, rain-charms at, ii. 47; custom of throwing water on the last corn cut as a rain-charm at, v. 237 _sq._; rites of, vi. 45 _sqq._; custom of the Arabs of Moab at, vi. 48, 96; annual festival of the dead after, vi. 61, viii. 110; new corn offered to dead kings or chiefs at, vi. 162, 166, 188; prayers to the spirits of ancestors at, vi. 175 _sq._; sacrifices to dead chiefs at, vi. 191; riddles propounded at, ix. 122 _n._; annual expulsion of demons at or after, ix. 134 _sq._, 137 _sq._, 225

—— in Egypt, date of, v. 231 _n._ 3, vi. 32

—— in Greece, the date of, i. 32, v. 232 _n._, vii. 48

—— in Palestine, date of, v. 232 _n._

Harvest ceremonies among the Shilluk, iv. 20, 25

—— -child, last sheaf called the, vii. 151

—— -cock, last sheaf called the, vii. 276; harvest-supper called the, vii. 277

—— -crown, vii. 221, 277; of wheat-ears and flowers, vii. 163

—— -customs, the Corn-mother in, vii. 133 _sqq._; and spring customs compared, vii. 167 _sqq._

—— -goat, vii. 282, 283

—— Gosling, name for the harvest-supper, vii. 277 _n._ 3

Harvest-man, a woman tied up in the last sheaf, vii. 221

—— May, the, ii. 47 _sq._

—— -mother, last sheaf called the, vii. 135

—— -Queen, vii. 146 _sq._, 152

—— -supper, vii. 134, 138, 156, 157, 159 _sq._, 161 _sq._, 289, 297, 299; sacramental character of, vii. 303, viii. 48

—— -woman, made of last sheaf, vii. 145

—— -wreath, vii. 283

Harvesters, athletic competitions among, vii. 76 _sq._; wrapt up in corn-stalks, vii. 220 _sqq._

Harz Mountains, greasing the weapon instead of the wound in the, i. 204; fir-trees set up at Midsummer in the, ii. 65 _sq._; ceremony at Carnival in the, iv. 233; saying as to the dance of witches in the, ix. 163 _n._ 1; Easter fires in the, x. 140, 142; Midsummer fires in the, x. 169; need-fire in the, x. 276; springwort in the, xi. 69 _sqq._

Haselberg in Bohemia, farmer swathed in the last corn to be threshed at, vii. 225 _sq._; the Oats-goat at threshing at, vii. 286

Hasselt, J. L. van, on the belief in demons among the Papuans, ix. 83

Hastings, Warren, his embassy to Tibet, ix. 203

Hatfield Moss, in Yorkshire, huge trunks of oak found in, ii. 351

Hathor, Egyptian goddess, ii. 133, vi. 9 _n._

Hats, special, worn by girls at puberty, x. 45, 46, 47, 92. _See also_ Hoods

Hatshopsitou, birth of Queen, represented in Egyptian paintings, ii. 131 _sqq._

Hattusil, king of the Hittites, his treaty with Rameses II., v. 135

Haua, a god in Easter Island, viii. 133

Haupt, Professor P., on the principal personages in the Book of Esther, ix. 406 _n._ 2

Hausa kings put to death, iv. 35

—— story of the external soul, xi. 148 _sq._

Haussas, taboos on the names of relations among the, iii. 337

_Havamal_, how Odin learned the magic runes in the, v. 290

Hawaii, feather robes of royal family of, i. 388 _n._ 3; king of, not to be seen by day, iii. 24; capture of souls by sorcerers in, iii. 72 _sq._; exorcism of demons in, iii. 106; tabooed priest in, iii. 138 _n._ 1; customs as to chiefs and shadows in, iii. 255; annual festival in, iv. 117 _sq._; the volcano of Kirauea in, v. 216 _sqq._

Hawaiian taboo, iii. 262

Hawaiians, the New Year of the, xi. 244

Hawes, Mrs., on date of the corn-reaping in Crete, v. 232 _n._

Hawk, belief as to the shadow of a brown, iii. 82; symbol of the sun and of the king in Egypt, iv. 112; Isis in the form of a, vi. 8; the sacred bird of the earliest Egyptian dynasties, vi. 21 _sq._; epithet regularly applied to the king of Egypt, vi. 22; omens from, ix. 384 _n._ 1 _See also_ Hawks

Hawk-town (Hieraconpolis) in Egypt, vi. 21 _sq._

Hawk’s head and wings, man represented wearing a, vii. 260

_Hawkie_, the harvest home, vii. 146, 147 _n._ 1

Hawks worshipped in Egypt, i. 29; carved on the bier of Osiris, vi. 20; hearts of, eaten by diviners to acquire prophetic power, viii. 143; revered by the Ainos, viii. 200. _See also_ Hawk

Hawkweed gathered at Midsummer, xi. 57

Hawthorn, Merlin under the, i. 306; in bloom on May Day, ii. 52; a protection against witches, ii. 55, 127; at doors on May Day, ii. 60; a charm against ghosts, ix. 153 _n._ 1; mistletoe on, xi. 315, 316

Haxthausen, A. von, on the Midsummer festival of the Cheremiss, x. 181

Hay, Sir John Drummond, on the Corn-woman among the Berbers, vii. 179

Hays of Errol, their fate bound up with an oak-tree and the mistletoe growing on it, xi. 283 _sq._

Hazael, king of Syria, worshipped as a god by the people of Damascus, v. 15

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

Hazel, the divining-rod made of, xi. 67 _sq._; never struck by lightning, xi. 69 _n._

Hazel leaves in rain ceremony, i. 295

—— rod used to beat an absent man vicariously, i. 207; used in rain-making, i. 301; to drive cattle with, x. 204

Head, sacrificial victim required to shake its, i. 384; strayed souls restored to, iii. 47, 48, 52, 53 _sq._, 64, 67; prohibition to touch the, iii. 142, 183, 189, 252 _sq._, 254, 255 _sq._; plastered with mud, iii. 182; sacred in Polynesia, iii. 245; the human, regarded as sacred, iii. 252 _sqq._; tabooed, iii. 252 _sqq._; supposed to be the residence of spirits, iii. 252; objection to have any one overhead, iii. 253 _sqq._; washing the, iii. 253. _See also_ Heads

—— of chief not to be touched, i. 344

Head of horse, in Roman sacrifice, viii. 42; used to protect garden from caterpillars, viii. 43 _n._ 1; in effigy, at harvest festival, viii. 43 _n._ 1, 337

Head-dress, special, worn by girls at first menstruation, x. 92

“—— -Feast” among the Dyaks of Borneo, v. 295 _sq._; of the Sea Dyaks, ix. 383, 384 _n._ 1

—— -hunters, rules observed by people at home in absence of, i. 129; customs of, iii. 30, 36, 71 _sq._, 111, 166 _sq._, 169 _sq._, 261

—— -hunting in Borneo, v. 294 _sqq._; in the Philippines, vii. 240 _sq._; among the Wild Wa of Burma, vii. 241 _sqq._; among the Nagas, vii. 243 _sq._; as a means of promoting the growth of the crops, vii. 256

Headache caused by fatigue of soul, iii. 40; caused by clipped hair, iii. 270 _sq._, 282; cures for, ix. 2, 52, 58, 63, 64, x. 17; transferred to head-rings, ix. 2; transferred to animal, ix. 31; mugwort a protection against, xi. 59

Headington, in Oxfordshire, May garlands at, ii. 62 _n._ 2; Lord and Lady of the May at, ii. 90 _sq._

Headlam, Walter, on Dionysus as a god of beer, vii. 2 _n._ 1

Headless Hugh, Highland story of, xi. 130 _sq._

—— horsemen in India, xi. 131 _n._ 1

Headman, sacred, ix. 177 _n._ 3

Headmen of totem clans in Central Australia as public magicians, i. 335; headmen often magicians in South-East Australia, i. 335 _sq._

Heads of lac gatherers not to be washed, i. 115; custom of moulding heads artificially, ii. 297 _sq._; of manslayers shaved, iii. 177; of dead kings removed and kept, iv. 202 _sq._; severed human, thought to promote the fertility of the ground and of women, v. 294 _sqq._; used as guardians by Taurians and tribes of Borneo, v. 294 _sqq._; of dead chiefs cut off and buried secretly, vi. 104; shaved after lightning has struck a kraal, viii. 161; or faces of menstruous women covered, x. 22, 24, 25, 29, 31, 44 _sq._, 48 _sq._, 55, 90. _See also_ Head

Heaps of stones, sticks, or leaves, to which every passer-by adds, ix. 9 _sqq._; on the scene of crimes, ix. 13 _sqq._; “lying heaps,” ix. 14; on graves, ix. 15 _sqq._

Hearn, Lafcadio, on the exorcism of demons in Japan, ix. 144

Hearne, S., on taboos observed by manslayers among North American Indians, iii. 184 _sqq._; on the seclusion of menstruous women among the Chippeway Indians, x. 90 _sq._

Hearn, Dr. W. E., on mother-kin among the Aryans, ii. 283 _n._ 5

Heart of Dionysus, the sacred, vii. 13, 14, 15; of human victim torn out, viii. 92; of jackal not eaten lest it make the eater timid, viii. 141; of hen not eaten lest it make the eater timid, viii. 142; of lion or leopard eaten to make the eater brave, viii. 142 _sq._; of water-ousel eaten in order to acquire wisdom and eloquence, viii. 144; of bear eaten to acquire courage, viii. 146; of serpent eaten to acquire language of animals, viii. 146; of wolf eaten to make eater brave, viii. 146; regarded as the seat of intellect, viii. 149; of bird of prey eaten to acquire courage, viii. 162; of salmon not to be eaten by a dog, viii. 255 _n._ 4; of bewitched animal burnt or boiled to compel the witch to appear, x. 321 _sq._ _See also_ Hearts

—— of the Earth, a Mexican goddess, ix. 289

Hearth, bride at marriage conducted to the, ii. 221; custom of leading a bride round the, ii. 230, 231; new-born children brought to the, ii. 232

——, the common, at Delphi, i. 33; in Greek cities, i. 45

——, the king’s, at Rome, ii. 195, 200, 206; oath by, ii. 265

——, the sacred, of the Herero, ii. 213, 214; seat of the ancestral spirits, ii. 216, 221

Hearts of men and animals offered to the sun, i. 315; of dead kings eaten by their successors, iv. 203; of men sacrificed, vii. 236; of crows, moles, or hawks eaten by diviners to acquire prophetic power,