Famines, human
sacrifices offered in connection with, i. 442
sq.;
cannibalism caused by, ii. 555, 577
sq.
See Crops
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
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
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
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
Foundation sacrifices. See Buildings
Foxes, abstinence from eating, ii. 327
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
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