Famines, human sacrifices offered in connection with, i. 442 sq.;
cannibalism caused by, ii. 555, 577 sq.
See Crops

Fas, i. 579 sq., ii. 717

Fasting, ii. 292–318;
enjoined by religion, i. 271, ii. 246, 292–298, 308–318, 358, 406, 725;
as a means of purification, i. 375, ii. 294–296, 358;
as a penance, ii. 246, 315–318, 406;
after a death, ii. 298–308, 524, 544

Fat, abstinence from, i. 187, 229, ii. 312

Fatalism, i. 323–326

Father, the, his authority over his children, ch. xxv. (i. 597–628);
permitted to punish his children with death, i. 393 sq.;
to kill or expose his new-born children, i. 394–411;
to inflict corporal punishment upon his children, i. 513–515, 607, 610;
to sell his children, i. 599, 607, 609, 611, 612, 615, 675, 681, 682, 684, 685, 689, 691;
his affection for his children, i. 401, 402, 405, 529–533. ii. 187–190, 193, 397, 748;
obliged to protect and support his family, i. 526–533;
descent traced through, i. 655 sq., ii. 44–47, 54, 202, 203, 205, 206, 211, 220;
the son allowed to eat only certain foods after the death of, ii. 301 sq.
See Parents

Fear, i. 40 sq.;
of death, ii. 535 sq.;
as an element in the religious sentiment, ii. 612–614, 725;
of punishment in the future life, ii. 735

Females, the sexual impulse of, i. 657 sq., ii. 435

Feticide, i. 378, 408, 409, 413–417, ii. 705

Filial affection, i. 534–538, 618, 659, ii. 194, 748

—— reverence, i. 533–538, 600, 601, 607–613, 616–628, ii. 194

Firstborn child, the, all children killed except, i. 398;
killed, i. 458–460, ii. 562;
eaten, i. 458, ii. 562;
regarded as sacred, ii. 538 n. 2

Firstborn son, the, sacrifice of, i. 457–461;
eaten, i. 458 sq.;
considered identical with his father, i. 460;
fasting on the eve of Passover, ii. 296.
See Primogeniture

Fish, anger shown by, i. 22, ii. 51;
abstinence from eating, ii. 321, 322, 324 sq.;
after a death, ii. 301;
deference shown for, ii. 492;
killing of, ii. 497 sq.

Fishing peoples, the position of women among, i. 660;
slavery among, i. 672;
social aggregates of, ii. 198–200;
filthiness a characteristic of, ii. 349

Flagellation, ii. 294, 357–359

Flagrante delicto, offenders caught, i. 290–294, ii. 8, 13, 17, 18, 58, 429, 447

Food, prohibitory rules relating to, ch. xxxvii. sq. (ii. 290– 345);
stealing of, i. 286, 287, 676, ii. 14, 15, 57 sq.;
as a conductor of curses, i. 586–592, ii. 622–624;
detrimental to holiness, ii. 294–296;
the eating of certain kinds of, forbidden by gods, ii. 326, 33, 335, 671

Forbearances, i. 209, 210, 303–305

Foreigners, protected by the chief or king, i. 180, 181, 338;
killing of, i. 331–334, 337–34, 370, 371, 373;
sacrifice of, i. 467 sq.;
infliction of bodily injuries upon, i. 519;
kindness to, i. 545, 556–558, 570–572, 581;
enslaving of, i. 674, 675, 689, 690, 691, 714 sq.;
respect for the proprietary rights of, ii. 2, 11, 59;
demoralising influence of, ii. 2, 126–129, see White men;
robbery committed upon, ii. 20–25, 58 sq.;
reduced to serfdom, ii. 24;
rules of inheritance relating to, ii. 49;
deceiving of, ii. 87, 88, 90, 94, 97, 112, 126–129;
duties to, ii. 166;
despised, ii. 171–174, 532;
disregard of their interests, ii. 176;
antipathy to, ii. 227;
marriages with, ii. 378, 381 sq.;
eaten, ii. 554;
sacrilege committed by, ii. 648.
See Strangers

Forgery, punished with death, i. 187 sq.;
with mutilation, i. 521

Forgiveness, i. 73–79, 84–88, 99, 311, 318, ii. 145, 360

Foundation sacrifices. See Buildings

Fowls, abstinence from eating, ii. 320–322, 325, 327, 329, 332;
affection for, ii. 495

Foxes, abstinence from eating, ii. 327

Fraternal affection, ii. 194, 195, 748

—— duties, i. 538, ii. 748

Fraud. See Truth, regard for

Free love, ch. xlii. (ii. 422–455). See Unchastity

Freedmen, marriages with, i. 688, ii. 379;
not allowed to bring criminal charges against freeborn persons, i. 697

Freedom, personal, i. 597, ii. 265

Free-will, moral valuation and, i. 320–326

Frogs, prohibition of eating, ii. 321

Funeral rites, ii. 519–528, 536–552;
the ordinary, denied to suicides, ii. 238, 248, 250, 252–254, 549.
See Blood (effusion of, at funerals; offered to the dead), Burial, Cremation, Dead (human sacrifices to the; offerings to the), Self-mutilation (after a death)

Future life, belief in retribution in a, among civilised races, i. 258, 259, 519, 550–553, 555, 556, 579, 580, 625, 650, 683, 687, ii. 165, 284, 341, 417, 479, 497, 700, 705, 706, 708–713, 715, 716, 718–720, 725, 734 sq.;
among uncivilised peoples, i. 403, 542–544, 578, ii. 59, 60, 69, 115, 271, 272, 671–681, 683–685, 690–695;
the belief in a, ii. 515 sq.;
its influence on the notions concerning homicide, i. 382;
concerning the killing of old or sick persons, i. 390, 392;
concerning infanticide, i. 411 sq.;
concerning feticide, i. 416 sq.;
concerning suicide, ii. 235–237, 244, 253, 262.
See Dead

—— state, the, of persons who have been struck by lightning, i. 26, ii. 544, 549, 697 sq.;
who have not slain any enemies, i. 332;
who have slain enemies, i. 373, ii. 693;
who have died of old age, i. 390, ii. 235, 238 n. 3, 698;
of disease, i. 392, ii. 238 n. 3, 698;
by violence, i. 481 sq., ii. 237–239, 242;
by accident, ii. 238, 239, 241;
by starvation, ii. 238 n. 3;
who have committed suicide, ii. 235–239, 242–244, 246, 253, 262, 694, 710;
who have been killed in war, ii. 237, 521, 694, 697, 704, 708;
who have been drowned, ii. 238, 521, 678, 697 sq.;
who have suffered pain in this life, ii. 360;
who have died unmarried and childless, ii. 399–404;
who have refrained from connections with women, ii. 414 sq.;
who have committed perjury, ii. 715 sq.;
of women, i. 662 sq., ii. 673;
of women who have died in childbirth, ii. 238 n. 3, 678;
of children, ii. 673, 727;
of unbaptised children, i. 411, 412, 416 sq., ii. 721–723;
of the heathen, ii. 720 sq.;
influenced by human sacrifices offered to the dead, i. 472–476, ii. 518;
by the mutilations and self-bleedings of mourners, i. 476, ii. 547;
by knowledge of religious truth, ii. 132–134, 719–721, 725–727;
by the treatment of the dead person’s corpse, ii. 238, 521–523, 546, 548, 694, 704;
by offerings made to the dead, ii. 400–404, 517, 518, 524, 539, 692, 700, 701, 704, 708;
by alms given on behalf of the dead, ii. 550– 552;
by prayer on behalf of the dead, ii. 552;
by curses, ii. 692, 693, 708, 709, 715 sq.;
by rank, ii. 698;
by magical practices, ii. 700, 701, 706, 709, 710, 712;
by vicarious expiation, ii. 719 sq.;
by divine election, ii. 719 sq.;
by faith, ii. 719–721, 725–727;
by sacramental grace, ii. 719 sq., by baptism, ii. 721–723