—— responsibility, in blood-revenge, i. 24,
25, 30–36, 43, 71;
in the case of punishment, i. 43–48, 69–72;
in the case of sin, i. 48–57, 61–72
“Communal marriage,” ii. 445
Compensation,
the relation between punishment and, i. 168
sq.;
for involuntary destruction of property, i. 222–225, 38 sq.;
for bodily injuries, i. 511–513, 517–520, 524 n.
3, ii. 263;
for the seduction of an unmarried woman, ii. 425,
426, 436 sq.;
for rape, ii. 438;
for adultery, ii. 447 sq.
—— for homicide, i. 183, 484–491;
if
committed accidentally, i. 217,
219–221, 224,
226;
if committed by a child, i. 268;
by an idiot, i. 272;
if the victim is a woman, i. 420
sq.;
if the victim is a slave, i. 423;
influenced by the rank of the victim, i. 430
sq.
—— for sin, i. 86 sq.
Confession, i. 84 sq., ii. 360
Conjugal affection,
i.
113, 532
sq., ii. 190–193;
its influence on the form of marriage, ii. 192,
389, 391;
on the duration of marriage, ii. 397;
on moral ideas concerning unchastity, ii. 439
sq.
Conscience, i.
105–107, 123–125;
an unjust retributer, i. 15 sq.;
animals credited with a, i. 249–251
Contributions, military, ii. 27
Cosmopolitanism, ii. 176–179, 182– 185
Courage, admiration
of,
i. 16, 117,
ii. 16, 58,
273, 590;
the duel regarded as a test of, i. 509;
suicide regarded as a test of, ii. 251, 261
sq.;
approved of by the supreme being, ii. 679;
the future state of a warrior supposed to be determined by his, ii. 698
Covenanting
rites, i. 334 sq., ii. 622–624, 686.
See Blood-covenant
Cowardice,
forgiveness of enemies regarded as a sign of, i. 73,
74, 485,
ii. 145;
the secret commission of offences despised as, ii. 58,
96 sq.;
lying a sign of, ii. 113;
suicide regarded as an act of, ii. 240, 262
Cows, contact with,
regarded
as purifying, i. 54;
prohibition of eating the flesh of, ii. 327,
330;
the killing of, abstained from or prohibited, ii. 330,
331, 497;
reverence for, ii. 332.
See Cattle
Criminals,
absence
of remorse in, i. 90 n. 1;
punished in public, i. 191 sq.;
detection of, i. 193;
sacrificed, i. 439, 440,
467, 471
sq., ii. 651;
enslaved, i. 518, 675,
676, 681,
682, 685,
688–691, ii. 7,
8, 12, 13,
74;
eaten, ii. 4, 367, 554,
558 sq.;
their blood partaken of, ii. 464 sq.;
treatment of the bodies of, ii. 527, 528,
549.
See Asylums, Punishment
Crops, robbery of, i. 287,
ii. 14 sq.;
human sacrifices offered for the purpose of securing good, i. 443–451;
unchastity supposed to injure the,
ii. 417,
747
Cross-roads, i. 502, ii. 256, 256 sq. n. 2
Crucifixion, ii. 256 n. 2
Curses, materialistic
conception of, i. 57–61, 70,
233 sq., ii. 583.
584, 703;
holiness not allowed to be defiled by, i. 58,
625, ii. 638;
of parents, i. 58, 538,
621–627, ii. 703,
715, 716 n.
2,
732;
of the poor, i. 561–565;
of magicians and priests, i. 563;
of saints, i. 563, 622;
of dying persons, i. 563, 626,
ii. 245;
of dissatisfied guests, i. 584–594, ii. 715, 732;
of dissatisfied refugees, i. 585,
587 sq., ii. 636–638;
of old persons, i. 622,
626;
of husbands, i. 626;
of elder brothers and sisters, i. 626,
ii. 703;
of superiors, i. 626 sq.,
ii. 703;
of women, i. 668;
of slaves, i. 716;
of their masters, ii. 703;
of kings, ii. 703;
personified and elevated to the rank of supernatural beings, i. 60,
379, 482,
561, 585,
623, 624,
626, ii. 68,
116, 715, 732;
transformed into attributes of gods, i. 379,
561, 562,
585, 624,
ii. 68, 116, 715;
supernatural beings appealed to in, i. 561,
564 sq., ii. 66–68, 120–123, 658, 686–690, 699, 731;
supernatural beings exposed to men’s, i. 564,
566, 585,
ii. 584, 585, 618–624, 636, 638, 656–659, 700;
conducted by various vehicles, i. 586–594, ii.
121, 151, 208,
209, 567, 622–624, 687–690;
by blood, i. 586, 587,
591, ii. 69,
118–121, 208, 209,
618–622, 687–689;
by human blood or flesh, ii. 566 sq.;
in reception ceremonies and salutations, i. 590
sq., ii. 151;
pronounced on thieves or as a means of protecting property, ii. 62–69, 703;
sacrifices to gods as a means of transferring, ii. 618–624, 658;
method of protecting the king against criminals, ii. 637;
prayers assuming the character of, ii. 656–
659;
contained in ordeals, ii. 687–690;
influencing men’s state in the future life, ii. 692,
693, 708, 709,
715 sq.
See L-ʿâr
Customs, and laws as
expressions of moral ideas, ch. vii. (i. 158–
201);
rules of duty, i. 118–122, 159–162;
their relations to laws, i. 163–166;
stronger than law and religion combined, i. 164;
the variety of, i. 327 sq.;
the rigidity of ancestral, ii. 519, 520,
541;
transgressions of, punished by gods, ii. 670,
728;
instituted by the supreme being, ii. 671
Dead, regard for the, ch.
xlv.
(ii. 515–552);
human sacrifices to the, i. 26–28, 472–476, 486,
ii. 234, 450, 451,
518;
vindictiveness of murdered, i. 232,
372, 375,
376, 378,
379, 406,
476, 481
sq., ii. 559 sq.;
the property of the, i. 399,
ii. 44, 518,
539 sq., see Inheritance,
Wills;
the treatment of old persons influenced by beliefs regarding the, i.
620
sq.;
interred in the field belonging to the family, ii. 66 n. 1;
charms made from the bodies of the, ii. 204,
546;
offerings to the, ii. 302, 303,
400–404, 517, 518,
524, 539, 547
550, 692, 700,
701, 704, 708,
cf. Alms;
polluting influence attributed to the, ii. 303,
537 sq.;
marriages of the, ii. 400;
self-regarding pride attributed to the, ii. 519;
beliefs as regards the character and activity of the, ii. 528–535, 693;
fear of the, ii. 535–546, 548–550, 576;
believed to be easily duped, ii. 548;
worship of the, ii. 591, 596;
revenge taken by the living upon the, ii. 692
sq.;
supposed to be taken by the dead upon other, ii. 693
sq.
See Annihilation, Burial,
Cannibalism, Cremation,
Funeral rites, Future
life,
Future state, Mourning,
Scalping, Suicide, Transmigration,
Vampires