ii. 100;

methods of adding supernatural {854} energy to, ii. 118-122; taken upon blood, ii. 118-121, 621, 622, 687-689; blood-covenants accompanied by, ii. 208, 209, 567. See Perjury

Obedience, to parents, ch. xxv. (i. 597-628); to husbands, ch. xxvi. (i. 629-669); slaves, to their masters, ch. xxvii (i. 670-716); to rulers, i. 194-196; to gods, i. 194-198, ii. 659 _sq._; to the dead, ii. 519, 520, 541

Occupation, acquisition of property by, ii. 35-39, 51, 52, 54 _sq._

Occupations of life, divided between the sexes, i. 633-637, ii. 271

Offerings to the dead, ii. 302, 303, 400-404, 517, 518, 524, 539, 547, 550, 692, 700, 701, 704, 708; connection between almsgiving and, ii. 550-552

---- to gods. See Sacrifice

Offspring, man's desire for, i. 533, ii. 388, 391, 400-404, 423, 440; the future state of persons who have died without, ii. 400-404

Old age, criminal responsibility affected by, i. 266 _sq._; the future state of persons who have died of, i. 390, ii. 235, 238 n. ^3, 698

---- persons, killing or abandoning of, i. 386-390, 606, 607, 612, 620; eaten by their relatives, i. 390, ii. 554, 568 _sq._; kind treatment of, i. 540, 546, 625 _sq._, ii. 672; respect for, i. 603-605, 614, 615, 619-621, ii. 194, 675; supposed to be versed in magic, i. 619 _sq._; curses and blessings of, i. 622, 626; suicide committed by, ii. 232, 235, 236, 247 _sq._

Omissions, i. 210-212, 303-305, 317

_Opera supererogativa_, i. 86, 98 _sq._ See Merits

Opinions, moral judgments relating to, i. 215 _sq._

Ordeals, ii. 686-690, 732; duels as, i. 504-507

"Ought," analysis of the concept, i. 134-137

Outlawry, i. 46, 47, 172, 173, 311

Owls, prohibition of eating, ii. 321

Oxen, prohibition of killing ploughing, ii. 330, 331, 493, 494, 504

PARDON, the right of, as a prerogative of the Crown, i. 192, 196, 226

Parental affection. See Maternal, Paternal affection

Parents, their authority over their children, ch. xxv. (i. 597-628); curses or blessings of, i. 58, 538, 621-627, ii. 703, 715, 716 n. ^2, 732; children punished if convicted of a design to kill their, i. 245; killing their infant children, i. 378, 394-413, 633, ii. 562, 752 _sq._; children killing their, i. 383-386, 522, ii. 256 _sq._ n. ^2, 749; children killing or abandoning their aged, i. 386-390, 606, 607, 612, 620; eaten by their children, i. 390, ii. 554, 568 _sq._; killing their grown up children, i. 393 _sq._, ii. 256 _sq._ n. ^2; exposing their new-born children, i. 406-412, 689; children sacrificed to save the lives of their, i. 455, 456, 459-461; sacrificing their children, i. 455-461; eating their children, i. 458 _sq._, ii. 554, 555. 562, 568 _sq._; daughters committing suicide on the death of their, i. 473; inflicting corporal punishment upon their children, i. 513-515, 607, 610; children using violence against their, i. 513, 624 _sq._, ii. 677; their duty of taking care of their children, i. 526-533; children's duty of taking care of their, i. 533-538; children's respect for their, i. 534-538, 600, 601, 607-613, 616-628, ii. 194; children's affection for their, i. 534-538, 618, 659, ii. 194, 748; religion emphasising children's duties to their, i. 536, 537, 608, 610, 612, 613, 616, 617, 620-627, ii. 711, 714, 715, 716 n. ^2, 717, 732; children cursing their, i. 564; selling their children as slaves, i. 599, 607, 609, 611, 612, 615, 675, 681, 682, 684, 685, 689, 691 _sq._; children telling a falsehood in the presence of their, ii. 96; children addressing abusive language to their, ii. 142; their duties to their children, ii. 166, 748; children's duties to their, ii. 166, 748; committing suicide on the death of their children, ii. 232, 244 n. ^3; fasting after the death of their children, ii. 298-300; children fasting after the death of their, ii. 298-301; children punished after death for {855} inflicting injuries upon their, ii. 715. See Maternal, Paternal affection

Parricide. See Parents

_Parricidium_, i. 384 _sq._

Pastoral life, supposed connection between the custom of ultimogeniture and a, ii. 48 n. ^4, 56 n. ^5

---- peoples, vegetable food provided by the women among, i. 634,