Death, attributed to the
influence of magic, i. 24, 29,
ii. 534, 651;
self-mutilation after a, i. 26,
27, 476,
ii. 524, 528, 544,
545, 547;
work suspended after a, ii. 283, 284,
306;
polluting influence ascribed to, ii. 283, 302–307, 416, 536–539, 544
sq.;
to self-inflicted, ii. 257 n. 5,
262;
to natural, ii. 416, 609;
fasting after a, ii. 298–308, 524,
544;
abstinence from cooking after a, ii. 304–306;
abstinence from sexual intercourse after a, ii. 306;
fear of, ii. 535 sq.
Debtors, enslaved, i.
422,
675, 677,
680, 684,
688, 689,
691;
creditors starving themselves to death before the doors of their, ii.
245
Descent, the social
influence of a common, ii. 198, 201–206, 220, 224, 227,
748;
congruity or discrepancy between the principle of local proximity and
the principle of, ii. 202, 219
sq.
See Kinship
——, the system of tracing, connection
between the authority
over children and, i. 597 sq.;
supposed connection between the position of women and, i. 655
sq.;
the rules of inheritance influenced by, ii. 44–47, 54;
the influence of local connections on, ii. 203,
368 sq.;
difference between the notion of actual blood-relationship and, ii. 205
sq.;
connection between the blood-feud and, ii. 211,
748
Despotism, a
cause
of the severity of criminal codes, i. 193–196,
198;
a cause of deceitful habits, ii. 89, 130
sq.;
politeness engendered by, ii. 152;
love of youths considered inimical to, ii. 478
sq.
Determinism, i. 320–322, 325 sq.
Dharna, the custom of sitting, ii. 245
Disease, cured by
contact with a saint, i. 63;
transference of, i. 64 sq.;
supposed to be caused by supernatural beings, i. 392
sq., ii. 592–594;
by the dead, ii. 535;
the future state of persons who have died of, i. 392,
ii. 238 n. 3,
698;
human flesh or blood partaken of as a remedy against, i. 401,
ii. 562, 564
sq.;
human sacrifices offered for the purpose of curing, i. 446,
447, 454–457;
cured at cross-roads, ii. 256 n.
2.
See Epidemics, Sick
persons
Disinterested antipathies. See Antipathies
—— likings. See Likings
Disinterestedness,
a characteristic of moral concepts, i. 101;
of the moral emotions, i. 102,
103, 107–122
Dogs, self-regarding pride
in,
i. 39, ii. 137
sq.;
sympathetic resentment in, i. 112,
ii. 52;
credited with a conscience, i. 249–251;
the killing of, considered polluting, i. 381 n. 6;
fighting for their kennels or their prey, ii. 51;
supposed deceitfulness of, ii. 125;
abstinence from eating, ii. 330, 332;
taken for spirits in disguise, ii. 491;
regard for, ii. 493, 501,
705;
affection for, ii. 495 sq.;
Erinyes of, ii. 504;
their fear of strange phenomena, ii. 583
——, intoxicating, prohibition of, i. 228,
ii. 341–345;
abstained from after a death, ii. 302.
See Drunkenness, Intoxicants,
Wine
Droit d’aubaine, ii. 49
Drunkenness,
i.
310, ii. 338–344;
injuries committed in, i. 277–282, 306;
attributed to possession by a god or spirit, i. 278,
281, ii. 344
“Duty,” analysis of the concept, i. 134–137;
corresponding to a “right,” i. 140
sq.;
the relation between “virtue” and, i. 149
sq.;
between “merit” and, i. 151
Duty, the feeling of, as a motive, i. 283 sq.
Eclipses, supposed
connection between human activity and, ii. 284
sq.;
fasting in connection with, ii. 309
sq.;
of the moon, attributed to the influence of evil spirits, ii. 313
Education, a
means
of communicating resentment, i. 114
sq.;
its influence on the regard for truth, ii. 124;
on moral ideas relating to self-regarding conduct, ii. 266–268;
leading to homosexual practices,
ii. 468–470
Emasculation,
as a punishment, i. 45, 521.
See Eunuch priests
Emigration,
punished by law, ii. 175;
more injurious to the State than suicide, ii. 259
Enemies, killing of,
regarded as praiseworthy, i. 331–333;
the future state influence by the killing of, i. 332,
373, ii. 693;
hospitality towards, i. 576, 577,
587 sq.
See Blood-revenge, Forgiveness,
Revenge, War
Epidemics,
supposed
to be caused by supernatural beings, i. 27,
ii. 592–594;
human sacrifices offered for the purpose of stopping or preventing, i.
66, 441,
442, 449;
fasting during, ii. 315
Equivocation, ii. 100, 101, 117
Evil, materialistic
conception
of, i. 56, 57,
457;
transference of, combined with a sacrifice, i. 62–65
—— spirits,
lunatics supposed to be possessed with, i. 270,
274, 275,
ii. 593;
intoxicated persons supposed to be possessed with, i. 281,
ii. 344;
persecuting ghosts replaced by, i. 378
sq., ii. 493;
disease supposed to be caused by, i. 392
sq., ii. 592–594;
old women regarded as, i. 619;
burying apart of persons supposed to have been killed by, ii. 239;
eclipses of the moon attributed to the influence of, ii. 313;
water regarded as haunted by, ii. 355;
scourging as a means of driving away, ii. 358;
sacred words as a weapon against, ii. 418;
certain animals taken for, ii. 491;
butchers regarded as haunted by, ii. 493;
prevented from doing harm to the dead, ii. 523,
524, 544;
the ghosts of dead persons regarded as, ii. 531–534, 693;
places of striking appearance supposed to be haunted by, ii. 589;
unexpected events ascribed to the influence of, ii. 594;
taboos imposed upon the names of, ii. 640, 642;
magic practised with the assistance of, ii. 649
sq.;
struggle of men and gods against, ii. 701, 702,
704–706, 729
Executioner,
tribal, i. 174 sq.;
the injured party acting as, i. 184
sq.
Faithfulness. See Good faith