ii. 698

Couvade, the, ii. 205

Covenanting rites, i. 334 _sq._, ii. 622-624, 686. See Blood-covenant

Cowardice, forgiveness of enemies regarded as a sign of, i. 73, 74, 485, ii. 145; the secret commission of offences despised as, ii. 58, 96 _sq._; lying a sign of, ii. 113; suicide regarded as an act of, ii. 240, 262

Cow-dung, a means of purification, i. 54, ii. 353, 545; suicide committed in, ii. 244

Cows, contact with, regarded as purifying, i. 54; prohibition of eating the flesh of, ii. 327, 330; the killing of, abstained from or prohibited, ii. 330, 331, 497; reverence for, ii. 332. See Cattle

Coyness, female, ii. 435

Cremation, i. 476, ii. 522, 523, 526, 527, 542, 543, 546-548; of suicides, ii. 256 _sq._

Criminals, absence of remorse in, i. 90 n. ^1; punished in public, i. 191 {842}_sq._; detection of, i. 193; sacrificed, i. 439, 440, 467, 471 _sq._, ii. 651; enslaved, i. 518, 675, 676, 681, 682, 685, 688-691, ii. 7, 8, 12, 13, 74; eaten, ii. 4, 367, 554, 558 _sq._; their blood partaken of, ii. 464 _sq._; treatment of the bodies of, ii. 527, 528, 549. See Asylums, Punishment

Crops, robbery of, i. 287, ii. 14 _sq._; human sacrifices offered for the purpose of securing good, i. 443-451; unchastity supposed to injure the, ii. 417, 747

Cross, the, ii. 256 n. ^2

Cross-roads, i. 502, ii. 256, 256 _sq._ n. ^2

Crown, miraculous virtue attributed to the royal, ii. 608 n. ^4, 753

Crucifixion, ii. 256 n. ^2

Cruelty to animals, ii. 496, 508-510

Curiosity, ii. 109, 110, 135, 149, 595, 597

Curses, materialistic conception of, i. 57-61, 70, 233 _sq._, ii. 583. 584, 703; holiness not allowed to be defiled by, i. 58, 625, ii. 638; of parents, i. 58, 538, 621-627, ii. 703, 715, 716 n. ^2, 732; of the poor, i. 561-565; of magicians and priests, i. 563; of saints, i. 563, 622; of dying persons, i. 563, 626, ii. 245; of dissatisfied guests, i. 584-594, ii. 715, 732; of dissatisfied refugees, i. 585, 587 _sq._, ii. 636-638; of old persons, i. 622, 626; of husbands, i. 626; of elder brothers and sisters, i. 626, ii. 703; of superiors, i. 626 _sq._, ii. 703; of women, i. 668; of slaves, i. 716; of their masters, ii. 703; of kings, ii. 703; personified and elevated to the rank of supernatural beings, i. 60, 379, 482, 561, 585, 623, 624, 626, ii. 68, 116, 715, 732; transformed into attributes of gods, i. 379, 561, 562, 585, 624, ii. 68, 116, 715; supernatural beings appealed to in, i. 561, 564 _sq._, ii. 66-68, 120-123, 658, 686-690, 699, 731; supernatural beings exposed to men's, i. 564, 566, 585, ii. 584, 585, 618-624, 636, 638, 656-659, 700; conducted by various vehicles, i. 586-594, ii. 121, 151, 208, 209, 567, 622-624, 687-690; by blood, i. 586, 587, 591, ii. 69, 118-121, 208, 209, 618-622, 687-689; by human blood or flesh, ii. 566 _sq._; in reception ceremonies and salutations, i. 590 _sq._, ii. 151; pronounced on thieves or as a means of protecting property, ii. 62-69, 703; sacrifices to gods as a means of transferring, ii. 618-624, 658; method of protecting the king against criminals, ii. 637; prayers assuming the character of, ii. 656-659; contained in ordeals, ii. 687-690; influencing men's state in the future life, ii. 692, 693, 708, 709, 715 _sq._ See _L-[(]âr_

Customs, and laws as expressions of moral ideas, ch. vii. (i. 158-201); rules of duty, i. 118-122, 159-162; their relations to laws, i. 163-166; stronger than law and religion combined, i. 164; the variety of, i. 327 _sq._; the rigidity of ancestral, ii. 519, 520, 541; transgressions of, punished by gods, ii. 670, 728; instituted by the supreme being, ii. 671

DARK, prohibition of eating in the, ii. 309

Daughters, committing suicide on the death of their parents, i. 473. See Children

Days, tabooed, ii. 283-289, 747

Dead, regard for the, ch. xlv. (ii. **515-552); human sacrifices to the, i. 26-28, 472-476, 486, ii. 234, 450, 451, 518; vindictiveness of murdered, i. 232, 372, 375, 376, 378, 379, 406, 476, 481 _sq._, ii. 559 _sq._; the property of the, i. 399, ii. 44, 518, 539 _sq._, see Inheritance, Wills; the treatment of old persons influenced by beliefs regarding the, i. 620 _sq._; interred in the field belonging to the family, ii. 66 n. ^1; charms made from the bodies of the, ii. 204, 546; offerings to the, ii. 302, 303, 400-404, 517, 518, 524, 539, 547 550, 692, 700, 701, 704, 708, _cf._ Alms; polluting influence attributed to the, ii. 303, 537 _sq._; marriages of the, ii. 400; self-regarding pride attributed to the, ii. 519; beliefs as regards the character and activity of the, ii. 528-535, 693; fear of the, ii. 535-546, 548-550, 576; believed to be easily duped, ii. 548; worship of the, ii. 591, 596; revenge taken by the living upon {843} the, ii. 692 _sq._; supposed to be taken by the dead upon other, ii. 693 _sq._ See Annihilation, Burial, Cannibalism, Cremation, Funeral rites, Future life, Future state, Mourning, Scalping, Suicide, Transmigration, Vampires

Death, attributed to the influence of magic, i. 24, 29, ii. 534, 651; self-mutilation after a, i. 26, 27, 476, ii. 524, 528, 544, 545, 547; work suspended after a, ii. 283, 284, 306; polluting influence ascribed to, ii. 283, 302-307, 416, 536-539, 544 _sq._; to self-inflicted, ii. 257 n. ^5, 262; to natural, ii. 416, 609; fasting after a, ii. 298-308, 524, 544; abstinence from cooking after a, ii. 304-306; abstinence from sexual intercourse after a, ii. 306; fear of, ii. 535 _sq._

Debtors, enslaved, i. 422, 675, 677, 680, 684, 688, 689, 691; creditors starving themselves to death before the doors of their, ii. 245

Debts, the owing of, ii. 93, 705

Deceit. See Truth, regard for

Deformed persons, religious veneration of, ii. 590

Deodand, i. 262-264, 308

Descent, the social influence of a common, ii. 198, 201-206, 220, 224, 227, 748; congruity or discrepancy between the principle of local proximity and the principle of, ii. 202, 219 _sq._ See Kinship

----, the system of tracing, connection between the authority over children and, i. 597 _sq._; supposed connection between the position of women and, i. 655 _sq._; the rules of inheritance influenced by, ii. 44-47, 54; the influence of local connections on, ii. 203, 368 _sq._; difference between the notion of actual blood-relationship and, ii. 205 _sq._; connection between the blood-feud and, ii. 211, 748

Despotism, a cause of the severity of criminal codes, i. 193-196, 198; a cause of deceitful habits, ii. 89, 130 _sq._; politeness engendered by, ii. 152; love of youths considered inimical to, ii. 478 _sq._

Determinism, i. 320-322, 325 _sq._

_Dharna_, the custom of sitting, ii. 245

Diet, restrictions in, ch. xxxvii, _sq._ (ii. 290-345). See Food

Disease, cured by contact with a saint, i. 63; transference of, i. 64 _sq._; supposed to be caused by supernatural beings, i. 392 _sq._, ii. 592-594; by the dead, ii. 535; the future state of persons who have died of, i. 392, ii. 238 n. ^3, 698; human flesh or blood partaken of as a remedy against, i. 401, ii. 562, 564 _sq._; human sacrifices offered for the purpose of curing, i. 446, 447, 454-457; cured at cross-roads, ii. 256 n. ^2. See Epidemics, Sick persons

Disinterested antipathies. See Antipathies

---- likings. See Likings

Disinterestedness, a characteristic of moral concepts, i. 101; of the moral emotions, i. 102, 103, 107-122

Divorce, i. 514, 528, 630, 632, 638, 641, 646-654, ii. 192, 396-398, 455

Dog-fighting, ii. 509

Dogs, self-regarding pride in, i. 39, ii. 137 _sq._; sympathetic resentment in, i. 112, ii. 52; credited with a conscience, i. 249-251; the killing of, considered polluting, i. 381 n. ^6; fighting for their kennels or their prey, ii. 51; supposed deceitfulness of, ii. 125; abstinence from eating, ii. 330, 332; taken for spirits in disguise, ii. 491; regard for, ii. 493, 501, 705; affection for, ii. 495 _sq._; Erinyes of, ii. 504; their fear of strange phenomena, ii. 583

Drink, as a conductor of curses, i. 586, 589-591, ii. 121, 208, 209, 567, 687-689

---- , intoxicating, prohibition of, i. 228, ii. 341-345; abstained from after a death, ii. 302. See Drunkenness, Intoxicants, Wine

_Droit d'aubaine_, ii. 49

Drowned persons, the future state of, ii. 238, 521, 678, 697 _sq._

Drunkenness, i. 310, ii. 338-344; injuries committed in, i. 277-282, 306; attributed to possession by a god or spirit, i. 278, 281, ii. 344

Duel, the, ch. xxi. (i. 497-510); i. 163, 306, ii. 9, 145, 449

"Duty," analysis of the concept, i. 134-137; corresponding to a "right," i. 140 _sq._; the relation between "virtue" and, i. 149 _sq._; between "merit" and, i. 151

{844} Duty, the feeling of, as a motive, i. 283 _sq._

EAGLEHAWKS, abstinence from eating, ii. 326, 332

Earthly desires, sinfulness of, ii. 361-363

Eclipses, supposed connection between human activity and, ii. 284 _sq._; fasting in connection with, ii. 309 _sq._; of the moon, attributed to the influence of evil spirits, ii. 313

Education, a means of communicating resentment, i. 114 _sq._; its influence on the regard for truth, ii. 124; on moral ideas relating to self-regarding conduct, ii. 266-268; leading to homosexual practices, ii. 468-470

Eggs, abstinence from, ii. 320, 325, 326, 329

Election, divine, the future state of men determined by, ii. 719 _sq._

Elephants, the feeling of revenge in, i. 37 _sq._; abstinence from eating, ii. 329

Emasculation, as a punishment, i. 45, 521. See Eunuch priests

Emigration, punished by law, ii. 175; more injurious to the State than suicide, ii. 259

Emotions, moral judgments referring to, i. 215

Endogamy, ii. 378-382

Enemies, killing of, regarded as praiseworthy, i. 331-333; the future state influence by the killing of, i. 332, 373, ii. 693; hospitality towards, i. 576, 577, 587 _sq._ See Blood-revenge, Forgiveness, Revenge, War

Envy, a hindrance to sympathetic retributive kindliness, i. 129; of gods, ii. 361, 714, 716

Epidemics, supposed to be caused by supernatural beings, i. 27,