Sedna, an Esquimau goddess, 152, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 213

Semangat, Malay word for the soul, 28, 35

Semites, moral evolution of the, 219

Seoul, capital of Corea, 283

Serpents, purificatory ceremonies observed after killing, 221 sqq.

Servius, on Dido's costume, 313

Seven knots in magic, 303, 304, 308

Sewing as a charm, 307

Shades of dead animals, fear of offending, 205, 206, 207

Shadow, the soul identified with the, 77 sqq.;

injury done to a man through his, 78 sqq.;

diminution of shadow regarded with apprehension, 86 sq.;

loss of the, regarded as ominous, 88;

not to fall on a chief, 255

Shadows drawn out by ghosts, 80;

animals injured through their, 81 sq.;

of trees sensitive, 82;

of certain birds and people viewed as dangerous, 82 sq.;

built into the foundations of edifices, 89 sq.;

of mourners dangerous, 142;

of certain persons dangerous, 173

Shamans among the Thompson Indians, 57 sq.

—— Buryat, their mode of recovering lost souls, 56 sq.

—— Yakut, 63

Shark Point, priestly king at, 5

Sharp instruments, use of, tabooed, 205

—— weapons tabooed, 237 sqq.

Shaving prisoners, reason of, 273

Sheep used in purificatory ceremony, 174, 175;

shoulder-blades of, used in divination, 229

Shetland fishermen, their tabooed words, 394

Shoe untied at marriage, 300;

custom of going with one shoe on and one shoe off, 311 sqq.

Shoulder-blades, divination by, 229

Shuswap Indians, the, 83, 142

Siam, kings of, 226, 241;

names of kings of, concealed from fear of sorcery, 375

Siamese children, ceremony at cutting their hair, 265 sqq.

—— view of the sanctity of the head, 252 sq.

Sick man, attempts to prevent the escape of the soul of, 30 sqq.

Sick people not allowed to sleep, 95;

sprinkled with pungent spices, 105 sq.

—— -room, mirrors covered up in, 95

Sickness explained by the absence of the soul, 42 sqq.;

caused by ancestral spirits, 53

Sierra Leone, priests and kings of, 14 sq., 18

—— Nevada of Colombia, 215, 216

Sigurd and Fafnir, 324

Sikhim, kings of, 20

Silkworms, taboos observed by breeders of, 194

Simpson, W., 125 n.3

Sin regarded as something material, 214, 216, 217 sq.

Singhalese, 297; their fear of demons, 233 sq.

Sins, confession of, 114, 191, 195, 211 sq., 214 sqq.;

originally a magical ceremony, 217

Sisters-in-law, their names not to be pronounced, 338, 342, 343

Sit, Egyptian god, 68

Sitting on the ground prohibited to warriors, 159, 162, 163

Skull-cap worn by girls at their first menstruation, 146;

worn by Australian widows, 182 n.2

Skulls of ancestors rubbed as a propitiation, 197;

of dead used as drinking-cups, 372

Slain, ghosts of the, fear of the, 165 sqq.

Slave Coast, the, 9

Slaves, runaway, charm for recovering, 305 sq.

Sleep, absence of soul in, 36 sqq.;

sick people not allowed to, 95;

forbidden in house after a death, 37 sq.;

forbidden to unsuccessful eagle-hunter, 199

Sleeper not to be wakened suddenly, 39 sqq.;

not to be moved nor his appearance altered, 41 sq.

Smallpox not mentioned by its proper name, 400, 410, 411, 416

Smearing blood on the person as a purification, 104, 115;

on persons, dogs, and weapons as a mode of pacifying their souls, 219

—— bodies of manslayers with porridge, 176

—— porridge or fat on the person as a purification, 112

—— sheep's entrails on body as mode of purification, 174

Smith, W, Robertson, 77 n.1, 96 n.1, 243 n.7, 247 n.5

Smith's craft regarded us uncanny, 236 n.5

Snakes not called by their proper names, 399, 400, 401 sq., 411

Snapping the thumbs to prevent the departure of the soul, 31

Snares set for souls, 69

Son-in-law, his name not to be pronounced, 338 sq., 344, 345

Sorcerers, souls extracted or detained by, 69 sqq.;

make use of cut hair and other bodily refuse, 268 sq., 274 sq.;

278, 281 sq. See also Magic

Soul conceived as a mannikin, 26 sqq.;

the perils of the, 26 sqq.;

ancient Egyptian conception of the, 28 sq.;

representations of the soul in Greek art, 29 n.1;

as a butterfly, 29 n.1, 41, 51 sq.;

absence and recall of the, 30 sqq.;

attempts to prevent the soul from escaping from the body, 30 sqq.;

sickness attributed to the absence of the, 32, 42 sqq.;

tied by thread or string to the body, 32 sq., 43, 51;

conceived as a bird, 33 sqq.;

absent in sleep, 36 sqq.;

in form of mouse, 37, 39 n.2;

in form of lizard, 38;

in form of fly, 39;

caught in a cloth, 46, 47, 48, 52, 53, 64, 67, 75 sq.;

identified with the shadow, 77 sqq.;

identified with the reflection in water or a mirror, 92 sqq.;

supposed to escape at eating and drinking, 116;

in the blood, 240, 241, 247, 250;

identified with the personal name, 319;

of rice not to be frightened, 412