CHAPTER XI

DANCING AS A MOURNING AND BURIAL RITE

I. THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THIS TYPE OF DANCE 194

II. THE RITE AMONG MEDIÆVAL AND MODERN JEWS 198

III. THE RITE AMONG THE EGYPTIANS, ANCIENT AND MODERN 202

IV. THE RITE AMONG THE GREEKS AND ROMANS 207

V. THE RITE AMONG UNCULTURED RACES 209

SUMMARY AND CONSIDERATIONS 219

INDEX 223

ABBREVIATIONS

_DB._ Hastings’ _Dictionary of the Bible_.

_EB._ Cheyne’s _Encyclopaedia Biblica_.

_ERE._ Hastings’ _Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics_.

_GB._ Frazer’s _The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion_ (3rd edition).

_JE._ _The Jewish Encyclopaedia._