Tanganyika, Lake, 10

Tangkhuls of Assam, 177

Tanjore, Rajah of, 44

Taoism, 99

Tar to keep out ghosts and witches, 153 n. 1

—— -barrels burnt, 169

Tarahumares, the, of Mexico, 10;

their dances for the crops, 236 sqq.

Taros, mode of fertilizing, 264

Tarsus in Cilicia, Sandan at, 388, 389, 391, 392

Taupes et Mulots, fire ceremony on Eve of Twelfth Night, 317

Tavernier, J. B., quoted, 148 n. 1

Taylor, Rev. J. C., quoted, 133, 211

Taylor, Rev. R., quoted, 81

Tellemarken in Norway, 14

Telugu remedy for a fever, 38

Temple, Sir Richard C., quoted, 88

Temple, the Inner and the Middle, Lords of Misrule in the, 333

—— church, Lord of Misrule in the, 333

Temporary king, 403 sq.;

in Siam, 151

Tench as scapegoat, 52

Tenggerese of Java, their sham fight at New Year, 184

Tepehuanes, the, of Mexico, 10

Teshu Lama, the, 203

—— Lumbo in Tibet, 203

Teso people of Central Africa, their use of bells to exorcise fiends, 246 sq.

Tezcatlipoca, great Mexican god, 276;

young man annually sacrificed in the character of, 276 sqq.

Thales on spirits, 104

Thargelia, human scapegoats at the festival of the, 254, 255, 256, 257, 259, 272, 273

Thay, the, of Indo-China, their worship of spirits, 97 sq.

Theal, G. McCall, on fear of demons, 77 sq.

Theckydaw, expulsion of demons, 147 sq.

Then, spirits, 97

Theodosius and Honorius, decree of, 392

Theory of sacrifice, the Brahmanical, 410 sq.

Thompson Indians of British Columbia, their charms against ghosts, 154 n.

Thorns, wreaths of, 140

Thrace, Abdera in, 254

Thrashing people to do them good, 262 sqq.

See also Beating and Whipping

Thread, red, in popular cure, 55

Three Kings on Twelfth Day, 329 sqq.

Threshold protected against witches by knives, 162;

by sods, 163

Throwing of sticks or stones interpreted as an offering or token of respect, 20 sqq., 25 sqq.;

as a mode of riddance of evil, 23 sqq.

Thule, ceremony in Thule at the annual reappearance of the sun, 125 n. 1

Thunder, the first peal heard in spring, 144;

demon of, exorcised by bells, 246 sq.

Thüringen, expulsion of witches in, 160;

custom of beating people on Holy Innocents' Day in, 271

Tiamat, mythical Babylonian monster, 410

Tibet, demonolatry in, 94;

human scapegoats in, 218 sqq.

Tiger-spirits, 199

Tikopia, island of, 189

Timbo in French Guinea, 235

Time, personification of periods of, 230

Timor, the island of, 8;

belief in the spirits of the dead in, 85

Timor fecit deos, 93

Timor-laut Islands, the tug-of-war in the, 176;

demons of sicknesses expelled in a proa from, 185 sq.

Tinchebray in Normandy, 183

Tjingilli tribe of Central Australia, 2

Tlacaxipeualiztli, Mexican festival, 296

Tlaloc, temple of, in Mexico, 284, 292

Tlemcen in Algeria, 31

Toad as scapegoat, 193, 206 sq.

Toboongkoo, the, of Central Celebes, riddles among the, 112 n.

Toci, Mexican goddess, 289

Todas, the, of the Neilgherry Hills, 37

Togoland, 3; the Hos of, 134, 206;

the negroes of, their remedy for influenza, 193

Tokio, annual expulsion of demons at, 213

Tomb of Moses, 21

Tonan, Mexican goddess, 287;

woman sacrificed in the character of, 287 sq.

Tonocotes. See Lules

Tonquin, demon of sickness expelled in, 119;

annual expulsion of demons in, 147 sq.

Toothache, cure for, 6, 57, 58, 59 sq., 62, 63, 71

Toradjas, the, of Central Celebes, 34;

their cure by beating, 265

Torches used in the expulsion of demons, 110, 117, 120, 130, 131, 132, 133 sq., 139, 140, 146, 157, 171;

used in the expulsion of witches, etc., 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 163, 165, 166;

carried in procession by maskers, 243;

applied to fruit-trees on Eve of Twelfth Night, 316 sq.

Torquemada, J. de, Spanish historian of Mexico, 279 n. 1, 286 n. 1, 300 n. 1

Totec, Mexican god, 297, 298;

personated by a man wearing the skin of a human victim, 300

Totonacs, their worship of the corn-spirit, 286 n. 1

Tototectin, men clad in skins of human victims, 298

Toxcatl, fifth month of old Mexican year, 149 n. 2;

Mexican festival, 276

Trajan, Pliny's letter to, 420

Transference of evil, 1 sqq.;

to other people, 5 sqq.;

to sticks and stones, 8 sqq.;

to animals, 31 sqq.;

to men, 38 sqq.;

in Europe, 47 sqq.

Transformation of animals into men, 380

Transylvania, the Roumanians of, 16, 106 sq.

Travancore, Rajah of, 42 sq.;

demon-worship in, 94

Tree, disease transferred to, 6;

use of stick cut from a fruitful, 264

Trees, evils transferred to, 52, 54 sqq.

Trieste, St. Sylvester's Eve at, 165

Trinity, the Batta, 88 n. 1