ii. 273;

the position of women among, i. 660 _sq._; slavery among, i. 672, 673, 681; social aggregates of, ii. 201; their sympathy for their domestic animals, ii. 506

Passing-bell, the, ii. 524, 544

Passover, the, i. 459, 470, ii. 296

Paternal affection, i. 401, 402, 405, 529-533. ii. 187-190, 193, 748; its influence on the duration of marriage, ii. 397

Patriotism, ii. 167-185

Peace, perpetual, i. 334, 337, 367

---- Societies, i. 369

_Peculium_, of slaves, i. 690, 697, ii. 31-33; of sons, ii. 28; of women, ii. 29

Pederasty. See Homosexual love

Penance, ii. 356-361, 363, 708, 735; fasting as a form of, ii. 246, 315-318, 406

Perjury, considered contagious, i. 58-61; considered sinful though committed unconsciously, i. 229, 231, 233 _sq._; punished by custom or law, i. 505, 521 _sq._, ii. 123 n. ^1; regarded as an offence against the deity, i. 507, ii. 122, 122 _sq._ n. ^10; no civil punishment affixed to, ii. 123 n. ^1; believed to incur divine punishment, ii. 123 n. ^1, 684, 686, 714; to cause misery after death, ii. 715 _sq._

Phratry, the, ii. 217, 218, 222 _sq._

Pigeons, prohibition of killing, ii. 490; eating of, ii. 737

Pilgrimage, ii. 314, 416, 538 n. ^2, 725

"Pious fraud," ii. 100, 104, 112

Pocket-picking, i. 187, 243

Politeness, i. 160, ii. 146-152

Pollution, of sin, i. 52-57, 61-65, 70, 71, 85, 86, 407, ii. 256 n. ^2, 654 _sq._; of curses, i. 57-61, 70, 233, 234, 624 _sq._, ii. 583, 584, 703; of blood, i. 225, 232, 233, 375-382, ii. 256 _sq._ n. ^2, 262, 714; of women, i. 663-666, ii. 538 n. ^2; of self-inflicted death, ii. 257 n. ^5 262; of death, ii. 283, 302-307, 416, 536-539, 544 _sq._; of natural death, ii. 416, 609; of food, ii. 294-296; of wine, ii. 344 _sq._; sexual, ii. 414-420, 752; caused by partaking of human flesh, ii. 538, 575 _sq._; holiness very susceptible to, i. 58, 380-382, 625, ii. 294-296, 322, 344, 345. 352, 353, 415-420, 608-610, 638, 643, 752

Polyandry, ii. 387, 395

Polygyny, ii. 387-392, 395; connection between illegitimate children's right to inheritance and, ii. 57; a cause of homosexual practices, ii. 466

Polytheism, tolerance of, ii. 647-652

Pork, abstinence from, ii. 321, 322, 326-330, 335

Positive commandments, i. 303-305, 310

Possession, acquisition of property by continued, ii. 39-41, 52

Potatoes, abstinence from, after a death, ii. 301

Poverty, estimation of, i. 556, ii. 280 _sq._; a cause of uncleanliness, ii. 351; monogamy associated with, ii. 392

Prayer, ii. 653-659; for remission of sin, i. 49, 54, 55, 228 _sq._, ii. 654, 655. 72, 707; purification preparatory to, i. 380 _sq._, ii. 352, 353, 358, 359, 415. 416, 418 _sq._; development of a curse or a blessing into a, i. 564 _sq._, ii. 66-68, 120-123, 658, 686-690, 731; almsgiving connected with, i. 567 _sq._; forbidden to women, i. 664, 667 n. ^1; used as greeting, ii. 150; fasting an appendage to, ii. 316 _sq._; magic efficacy ascribed to, ii. 353, 418, 419, 656-659, 706, 712; continence a preparation for, ii. 417-419

Preparation, acts of, i. 243-246

Prescription, ii. 40, 41, 52 _sq._

Pride, condemnation of, ii. 144 _sq._ See Self-regarding pride

Priestesses, forbidden to marry or to have intercourse with men,