—— observed by the Mikado, 3 sq.;

by headmen in Assam, 11;

by ancient kings of Ireland, 11 sq.;

by the Flamen Dialis, 13 sq.;

by the Bodia or Bodio, 15;

by sacred milkmen among the Todas, 16 sqq.

Tahiti, 255

Tahiti, kings of, 226;

abdicate on birth of a son, 20;

their names not to be pronounced, 381 sq.

Tails of cats docked as a magical precaution, 128 sq.

Tales, wandering souls in popular, 49 sq.

Tara, the old capital of Ireland, 11

Tartar Khan, ceremony at visiting a, 114

Teeth, loss of, supposed effect of breaking a taboo, 140;

loosened by angry ghosts, 186 n.1;

as a rain-charm, 271;

extracted, kept against the resurrection, 280.

See also Tooth

Temple at Jerusalem, the, 230

Temporary reincarnation of the dead in their living namesakes, 371

Tendi, Batta word for soul, 45.

See also Tondi

Tepehuanes, the, 97

Terms of relationship used as terms of address, 324 sq.

Thakambau, 131

Thebes in Egypt, priestly kings of, 13

Theocracies in America, 6

Thesmophoria, release of prisoners at, 316

Thessalian witch, 390

Things tabooed, 224 sqq.

Thompson Indians of British Columbia, 37 sq.;

customs of mourners among the, 142 sq.

Thomson, Joseph, 98

Thorn bushes to keep off ghosts, 142

Thread or string used to tie soul to body, 32 sq., 43, 51

Threads, knotted, in magic, 303, 304 sq., 307

Three knots in magic, 304, 305

Thumbs snapped to prevent the departure of the soul, 31

Thunderstorms caused by cut hair, 271, 282

Thurn, E. F. im, 324 sq.

Tigers not called by their proper names, 401, 402, 403 sq., 410, 415;

called dogs, 402;

called jackals, 402, 403

Timines of Sierra Leone, 18

Timor, fetish or taboo rajah in, 24;

customs as to war in, 165 sq.

Tin ore, Malay superstitions as to, 407

Tinneh or Déné Indians, 145 sq.

Toboongkoos of Celebes, 48, 78

Todas, holy milkmen of the, 15 sqq.

Togoland, 247

Tolampoos, the, 319

Tolindoos, the, 78

Tondi, Batta word for soul, 35.

See also Tendi

Tonga, divine chiefs in, 21;

the taboo of chiefs and kings in, 133 sq.;

taboos connected with the dead in, 140

Tonquin, division of monarchy in, 19 sq.;

kings of, 125

Tooitonga, divine chief of Tonga, 21

Tooth knocked out as initiatory rite, 244.

See also Teeth

Toradjas, tabooed names among the, 340;

their field-speech, 411 sqq.

Touching sacred king or chief, supposed effects of, 132 sqq.

Trading voyages, continence observed on, 203

Tradition, historical, hampered by the taboo on the names of the dead, 363 sqq.

Transference of souls from the living to the dead, 73;

of souls to other bodies, 49;

of sins, 214 sqq.

Transgressions, need of confessing, 211 sq.

See also Sins

Transmigration of souls into animals, 65

Transylvania, the Germans of, 296, 310

Traps set for souls, 70 sq.

Travail, women in, knots on their garments untied, 294.

See also Childbirth

Travellers, knots used as charms by, 306

Tree-spirits, fear of, 412 sq.

Trees, the shadows of trees sensitive, 82;

cut hair deposited on or under, 14, 275 sq., 286

Tuaregs, the, 117, 122; their fear of ghosts, 353

Tumleo, island of, 150

Tupi Indians, their customs as to eating captives, 179 sq.

Turtle catching, taboos in connexion with, 192

Tusks of ivory, souls in, 70

Twelfth Night, 396

Twins, water poured on graves of, 154 sq.

—— father of, taboos observed by the, 239 sq.;

his hair shaved and nails cut, 284

Tycoons, the, 19

Tying the soul to the body, 32 sq., 43

Tylor, E. B., on reincarnation of ancestors, 372 n.1

Uganda, 84, 86, 112, 145, 164 n.1, 239, 243, 254, 263, 277, 330, 369.

See also Baganda

Ulster, kings of, 12

Unclean and sacred, correspondence of the rules regarding the, 145

Uncleanness regarded as a vapour, 152, 206;

of manslayers, of menstruous and lying-in women, and of persons who have handled the dead, 169;

of whalers, 191, 207;

of lion-killer, 220;

of bear-killers, 221

Uncovered in the open air, prohibition to be, 3, 14

Unyoro, king of, his custom of drinking milk, 119;

cowboy of the king of, 159 n.;

diet of the king of, 291 sq.

Vapour thought to be exhaled by lying-in women and hunters, 152, 206;

supposed, of blood and corpses, 210 sq.;

supposed to be produced by the violation of a taboo, 212

Varuna, festival of, 217

Veiling faces to avert evil influences, 120 sqq.

Venison, taboos concerning, 208 sq.

Vermin from hair returned to their owner, 278

Vessels used by tabooed persons destroyed, 4, 131, 139, 145, 156, 284