THE END.

INDEX OF AUTHORITIES.

• Achelis, Th., 134, 194, 195
• Adair, J., 98, 226
• Andree, R., 96, 126, 184, 197
• Andrian, von, 155
• Arnobius, 71, 100, 147, 166, 246
• Augustine, St., 29
• Bain, A., 233
• Balboa, M. C., 190
• Bastian, A., 9, 134
• Bautista, J., 241
• Bergen, Fanny D., 139
• Bertonio, L., 67
• Bleek, W. H., 57, 113, 144, 205
• Bonavia, E., 152
• Boscana, Y. de, 226
• Bourke, J. G., 32
• Brincker, H., 142
• Broca, P., 46
• Bruno, G., 136
• Buchmann, Prof., 8
• Bucke, M., 52
• Buckle, 81
• Calloway, Bishop, 31, 52, 57, 66, 82, 93, 147, 169
• Castren, A., 14, 78, 83, 218
• Chapman, J., 245
• Charlevoix, P., 170, 195
• Cicero, M. T., 180
• Clark, W. P., 14, 70, 72, 76, 103, 181, 205, 213
• Clodd, E., 21
• Codrington, R. H., 63, 131
• Cogolludo, P., 175, 195
• Coleridge, S. T., 171
• Comte, A., 133
• Conant, L. L., 122
• Coréal, F., 208
• Cuoq, M., 20, 93
• Curr, E. M., 13, 57, 58, 65, 90, 140, 174
• Cushing, F. H., 125, 221
• Dalton, E. F., 89, 137, 160, 230
• Darwin, Ch., 36, 49, 110, 234
• Davis, T. Rhys, 28
• Disraeli, B., 87
• Dolbear, Prof., 85
• Dorsey, J. O., 136, 152, 193
• Dyer, L., 62
• Egede, P., 143
• Ende, Van, M., 87, 136
• Ephrem, Saint, 51, 100, 125
• d’Estrey, M., 161
• Evans, Arthur J., 209
• Fechner, 153
• Fenton, 210
• Fewkes, J. W., 39
• Fletcher, Alice, 60, 152
• Flügel, Dr., 14
• Fornander, A., 63, 77, 126
• Frazer, J. G., 21, 108, 117, 151, 191
• Freihold, F., 74, 175
• Friedmann, Dr., 14
• Garcia, G. de, 148
• Gill, W. W., 59, 69, 74, 77, 87, 100
• Gough, A. E., 51, 57, 68, 84
• Granger, F., 6, 38, 66, 97, 134, 180, 206, 217, 247
• Gregg, Capt., 196
• Grey, George, 79, 91, 104
• Grimm, J., 76, 96, 128, 180, 182, 186
• Grimme, H., 40
• Gruppe, Otto, 172
• Guigniaut, 144
• Gumilla, P., 208
• Hahn, Th., 75, 77, 220
• Hale, Horatio, 16, 63, 70, 95, 121, 125, 136, 149
• Hartland, E. L., 8, 197
• Hasselt, von, 132
• Helmholtz, Prof., 85
• Hervé, G., 46
• Herzog and Plitt, 168
• Hippolytus, 162
• Hoernes, M., 35
• Hoffman, W., 233
• Holtzmann, 188
• Holub, H., 97
• Honegger, J. J., 9, 83
• Hovelacque, A., 46
• Hopkins, E. W., 79, 149, 168
• Howitt, A. B., 72, 98, 168, 198
• Humboldt, W. von, 230, 235
• Hyades, Dr., 104
• Jellinghaus, 169
• Kalewala, the, 144
• Kant, I., 228
• Keary, C. F., 117, 151, 162, 223
• Keil, Prof., 121
• Klemm, K., 57, 65, 95, 109
• Knight, P., 51, 180
• Kohl, J. G., 199
• Koran, the, 99, 225
• Kuhn, Prof., 112, 115
• Kulischer, M., 228
• Lafitau, P., 204
• Lang, A., 47
• Lazarus, Prof., 247
• Lenormant, F., 89, 91, 96, 173
• Leon, Martin de, 142
• Lubbock, Sir John, 27, 30
• Mackenzie, A., 194
• Maistre, J. de, 43
• Man, E. W., 75, 110, 126, 145
• Matthews, W., 50, 63, 106, 150
• Maury, A., 66, 223
• Meltzer, Otto, 140
• Meyen, H., 144
• Meyer, A. B., 187
• Middendorf, Dr., 59
• Mirandola, P. de, 92
• Montenegro, A. de la P., 212
• Montesinos, F., 141, 148
• Morice, P., 116
• Morris, J. B., 51, 100
• Mortillet, G. de, 34, 35
• Müller, F. Max, 115
• Müller, O., 140, 164, 222
• Musters, G. C., 77, 177, 205
• Navarrete, M., 208
• Neale, J. M., 5, 179
• Nevins, Dr., 52
• Newell, W. W., 139
• Olmos, A. de, 241
• d’Orbigny, A., 151, 155, 200
• Oviedo, F., 190
• Padilla, D., 170
• Palmer, E., 17, 153, 202
• Paulsen, F., 85
• Peschel, O., 44
• Petitot, E., 125
• Pfleiderer, J. G., 28, 133
• Pietschmann, R., 24, 133
• Pinches, 62
• Pineda, V., 222
• Pinsero, Prof., 36
• Popol Vuh, the, 91, 99, 136, 169
• Post, A. H., 6, 203, 225, 226
• Powers, Stephen, 210
• Preuss, K. T., 213
• Putnam, F. W., 119
• Rasch, Dr., 246
• Ratzel, F., 44
• Reclus, E., 70
• Rialle, G. de, 133
• Ridley, W., 51
• Romanes, G. J., 85
• Roskoff, G., 28, 31, 244
• Roth, H. Ling, 39, 67, 77, 94, 102, 140, 160
• Sahagun, B., 68, 99, 106, 191
• Sayce, Professor, 20, 49, 90, 99
• Scherer, E., 112
• Schoolcraft, H. H., 125, 196
• Schrader, Prof., 22, 28, 70, 128
• Schurtz, H., 44
• Schwaner, Dr., 39
• Schwartz, F. L. W., 80
• Shelley, P. B., 42, 139
• Smith, W. Robertson, 46, 112, 168, 172, 177, 180, 187, 230
• Smyth, B. B., 52, 74, 80
• Spencer, Herbert, 30, 42
• Spinoza, B., 47, 136
• Steinen, K. von den, 65, 72
• Steinmetz, S. R., 71, 73, 206, 225
• Steinthal, H., 235
• Stevenson, Maria C., 193
• Stoll, Otto, 56, 99, 101
• Sully, James, 14
• Tautain, Dr., 121
• Thiele, C. P., 38, 251
• Tolstoï, Count, 87
• Tonty, S. de, 208
• Torquemada, P., 148
• Toy, C. H., 3, 249
• Trumbull, H. C., 217
• Tschudi, J. von, 61, 183
• Turner, George, 223
• Turner, L. M., 65
• Turner, W. Y., 31
• Tyler, E. B., 135, 153
• Vega, N. de la, 222
• Vignoli, T., 219
• Venegas, M., 141
• Waitz, Th., 132, 213, 225
• Walcott, 159
• Walthouse, J., 89, 221, 245
• Westcott, S., 121
• Willoughby, C. C., 119
• Wood, C. J., 169
• Ximenes, F., 142
• Yarrow, H. C., 207

INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

• Abecedarians, sect of, 233
• Accadians, the, 23
• Aditi, a Sanscrit Deity, 83
• African tribes, 26
• Ages of the World, the, 125
• Aiapakal, deity of the Yahgans, 104
• Air, worship of, 143
• Algonkian myths, 70, 72, 150
• Alphabet, origin of, 241
• Amazulus, the, 57, 169
• American culture indigenous, 24
• Amok, the, of Malays, 246
• Anaphora, influence of the, 179
• Ancestor-worship, 42, 70, 71
• Andaman Islanders, beliefs of, 72, 75, 113, 115, see Mincopies.
• Androgynous deities, 169
• Animism as a religious theory, 46, 135
• Anthropism, 162
• Anthropology, defined, 1
• Apache Indians, the, 32, 33
• Archæology, what it teaches, 18
• Architecture, religious, 243
• Art and religion, 233
• Aryans, the early, 22
• Asherim, the sacred pole, 250
• Atala, deity in Borneo, 77
• Atheism, in Buddhism, 28
• ” among Africans, 31
• Aurora Australis and Borealis, 141
• Australians, native, 13, 16, 17, 25, 51, 52, 65, 72, 126, 140, 153, 158, 167, 174, 198
• Automatism of the human mind, 6
• “Auto-suggestion,” 55
• Avatea, see Vatea
• Awonawilona, god of the Zuñis, 124
• Aztec prayers, 106
• Aztecs, the, 126, 144, 145, 167, 191, 240
• Babylonia, ancient, 20, 23
• Bacchanalia, the, 185, 222
• Baiame, an Australian deity, 74
• Baptism, rite of, 144, 145
• Basutos, their knowledge of God, 51
• Battle, trial by, 225
• “Beatific vision,” the, 53, 114
• Beauty, the ideal of, 234
• Bechuanas, beliefs of, 82
• Beth-el, in Semitic myth, 146
• Bilians, inspired women, 220
• Bird as a sacred animal, 158
• Birth, rites relating to, 193
• Bi-sexual deities, 169
• Bitol, a deity of the Mayas, 123
• Black drink of Creek Indians, 67
• Bones, beliefs respecting, 131, 211
• “Book-religions,” 50
• Boonbolong, a magic word, 90
• Bora, the Australian, 119, 198, 240
• Borneo, natives of, see Dyaks
• Bororos, the, 65
• Brazil, native tribes of, 65, 67, 140
• Brutes, devoid of religious sentiment, 36;
• worship of, 157
• Buddhism, alleged in America, 24
• Buddhism, atheistic in creed, 28
• Burial, modes of, 207
• Bushmen, the, 57, 113, 144, 205
• Cabalistic doctrines, 92
• Canaras, a Dravidian tribe, 148
• Cannibalism, 17, 190, 206, 208
• Carrier Indians, myths of, 116
• Cause, the notion of, 44, 45
• Caves as holy places, 156
• Ceremonial circuit, the, 182
• Chaldean mythology, 145, 152, 161
• Charm-songs, 89, 93
• Child mind compared to Savage mind, 14
• Chinese magical rites, 175
• Choctaws, myths of, 98, 196
• Colours, symbolism of, 146, 236
• Comanche Indians, the, 72
• Commensality in rites, 181
• Communal rites, 177;
• marriage, 201
• Comparative method, the, 5
• Cosmic consciousness, 52
• Cosmical concepts, the, 118
• Couvade, the, explained, 193
• Creation, the, how understood, 123 sq.
• Creek Indians, the, 67
• Cross, symbolism of the, 152
• Crowd, influence of, 178
• Cuchi, an Australian deity, 80
• Dakotas, religious views of the, 60
• Danu, an Irish Goddess, 140
• Dawn, myths of the, 75
• Dead, cult of the, 70, 71
• Death, rites relating to, 206
• Deluge, myth of the, 122, 126
• Demoniac possession, 52
• Diana, the Ephesian, 147
• Dido, a moon goddess, 140
• Dieyeris, an Australian tribe, 140
• Divination, methods of, 111
• Drama, of the Universe, 122;
• religious, origin of, 183 sq.
• Dravidian tribes, the, 26, 105
• Dreams and dreaming, 64 sqq.
• Dusdachtschish, a Kamtschatkan god, 165
• Dyaks, the, of Borneo, 39, 67, 123, 158, 220
• Êa, a Babylonian deity, 99, 145, 161
• Earth, worship of the, 145
• Easter Island, images in, 83
• Echo in myths, 86
• Egg as a religious symbol, 159
• Egypt, early religions of, 23, 24
• Elements, worship of the, 141
• Emanation, the doctrine of, 162, 165
• Endymion, fable of, 37
• Epochs of Nature, the, 125
• Eponymous ancestors, 161
• Eskimos, the, 65, 72, 158
• Ethics and religion, 228 sq.
• Ethiopians, the, 26
• Ethnology defined, 2
• Etruscans, the, 23, 142
• Eucharist, heathen analogies to, 191
• Euhemerus, doctrines of, 42
• Evocatio deorum, the, 104
• Family, the primitive, 201, 219
• Fatherhood of God, the, 124, 167
• Fear in religion, 45, 46
• Fetishism explained, 131 sq.
• Fetish water of Africans, 67
• Finns, beliefs of the, 73, 192
• Fire, worship of, 142
• Fish in sacred art, 161
• Flint stone in myths, 149
• Folk-lore, value of, 20
• Four as sacred number, 120
• Freedom, limited in savage tribes, 244
• Frog as a sacred animal, 161
• “Genius,” explained, 165
• Ghosts, the fear of, 73;
• beliefs about, 76
• Gnosis, the esoteric, 245
• “God,” derivation of, 61, 62
• God-stones, 149
• Goras, customs of, 89
• Hamites, the, 26
• Happiness and religion, 247
• Hidatsa Indians, the, 63, 150
• High places sacred, 155
• Hills sacred, 77, 155
• Hill of God, 77, 155
• Hill of Heaven, the, 76, 155
• Historic method, the, 5
• Holiness, primitive idea of, 108, 230
• Homi, deity of Hottentots, 77
• Hua, a sacred interjection, 61
• Huaca in Peru, 102, 182
• Huemac, an Aztec deity, 82
• Human sacrifices, 189 sq.
• Huracan, an American deity, 82
• Hypnogogic hallucinations, 66
• “Ideal of Reason,” the, 44
• Idolatry in early religion, 238
• Illogical reasoning of savages, 13
• Incineration of dead, 210
• “Indigetes dii,” the Roman, 71
• Indigitamenta, of Romans, 97
• Infinite, the perception of the, 45
• Inhumation of dead, 209
• “Inner light,” the, 43
• Insanity, of savage mind, 14
• Ipurinas, a Brazilian tribe, 140
• Isis, the many-named, 99
• Itelmen, a Kamtschatkan tribe, 165
• Jade, in myths, 149
• Joyous character of early rites, 179
• Jupiter, his base traits, 166
• Kaaba, a stone, 147
• Kamtschatkans, the, 57, 65, 109, 165, 244
• Ka-ne, a Polynesian deity, 74
• Khonds, a Dravidian tribe, 105
• Knowledge, tree of, 153
• Koders, a Dravidian tribe, 149
• Ku, a Polynesian deity, 121
• Kutka, god of the Kamtschatkans, 109, 166
• Language and myth, 114 sq.
• Law, the ceremonial, 218, 224
• Life and Death, ideas of, 68 sq.
• Life, as a divine attribute, 68;
• and its transmission, 164, 200
• Light, the adoration of, 74 sq.
• Linguistics, the study of, 19, 35, 115;
• influence on religious ideas, 20, 115
• Liturgy, power of the, 178
• Lizard, the, as a symbol, 161
• Lono, a Polynesian deity, 121
• Love as a root of religion, 170
• Love charms, 148
• Magic, sympathetic, 173
• Magical rites, 175
• Mahopa, a name of divinity, 63
• Mamit, the curse, 90
• Man worshipped as a god, 161
• Mana in Polynesian dialects, 62
• Mandan Indians, 13, 150
• Mangaians, myths of, 77, 86
• Manito of Algonquins, 102, 125
• Mantras, power of, 89
• Maoris, the, 83, 103, 143
• Maria Candelaria, a heroine, 222
• Marriage, rites relating to, 200, 219
• Masks, religious use of, 184
• “Master of Life,” the, 69
• Mâyâ, the doctrine of, 68
• Mayas, the tribe of, 123, 125, 151, 156, 174, 199;
• shamans, 150
• Meday sticks, 242
• Medicine-men, Indian, 52;
• women, 221
• Melanesians, beliefs of, 131, 148
• Menhirs, of Celts, 149
• Mexicans, ancient, 125, 148, 149, 151, 155, 179
• Mexico, ancient, 24
• Michoacan, Indians of, 69
• Milky way, worship of, 141
• Mincopies, beliefs of the, 72, 109, 115, 126, see Andamanese
• Molemo, an African deity, 97
• Moon-worship, 139 sq.
• Motu, a tribe, 31
• Mourning, customs of, 212
• Moxos, an American tribe, 155
• Mummies, why made, 211
• Mumpal, an Australian deity, 81
• Music in religion, 240
• Mysticism, religious, source of, 56
• Mythical cycles, the Universal, 118
• Myths, meaning of, 112 sq.
• Nagualism, references to, 67, 156, 175
• Nahuas, myths of the, 148, 151, 195, 196
• Name, the sacred, 93 sq.
• Name-soul, the, 96
• Names, rites relating to, 195
• Names of the dead avoided, 95
• Nanabojou, a hero-god, 70
• Natal, natives of, 52
• Nature, conflict of, 127
• Navahoes, a prayer of the, 105;
• deity of the, 169
• Navel of the Sky, the, 78
• Neolithic period, the, 33
• Nervous susceptibility of savages, 14
• Nicaraguans, customs of, 190
• Njambe, god of the Marutse, 97
• Norns of Teutonic mythology, 121
• Num, god of the Samoyeds, 83
• Numbers, the sacred, 119
• Nurali, an Australian deity, 74, 159
• Oannes, a Chaldean god, 161
• Oaths are ordeals, 226
• One-legged god, the, 98
• Oraons, cult of the, 137, 230
• Ordeals in religions, 225
• Origin of religion, theories about, 41 sq.
• Osiris, worship of, 24
• Oztoteotl, a Mexican god, 156
• Palæolithic man, 34
• Papa, Rock, a god of the Tahitians, 147
• Papuans, customs of, 186
• Paradise, the earthly, 126
• Parjanja, deity in the Vedas, 81
• Parliament of Religions, the, 28
• Patagonians, 177
• Patol, a deity of the Mayas, 123
• Pawnee war song, 67
• Perfection the aim of Religion, 235
• Personality, the Sense of, 49
• Personal rites, 191
• Peru, culture of, 24
• Peruvians, myths and rites of, 141, 142, 148, 190, 251
• Pĕtara, sacred name in Borneo, 102
• Peyotl, an intoxicant, 67
• Pilgrimages in primitive religions, 157, 253
• Pita, Father, the Brahmanic, 168
• Places, worship of, 154
• Plant-soul, the, 153
• Pleiades, worship of the, 140
• Po in Polynesian Myths, 125
• Pole, the sacred, 152, 250
• Polynesians, the, 25, 58, 59, 121, 124, 127, 140, 149, 158, 195
• Prayer in primitive faiths, 103 sq.
• “Primitive” peoples defined, 11
• Prophecy explained, 110
• Psychic automatism, 54
• Psychologic Method, the, 6
• Psychology, experimental, 7
• Puberty, rites relating to, 197
• Pueblo Indians, the, 39
• Puluga, god of the Mincopies, 75, 78, 113, 116
• Quetzalcoatl, a hero-god, 145, 251
• Quiche Indians, the, 72, 155, 169
• Rain-making, rites of, 174
• Reciprocal principle, worship of, 169
• Revelation, universality of, 50
• Ritual in Religion, 172 sq.
• Rongo, a Polynesian deity, 79
• Sacrifice as a rite, 186 sq.
• Samoyeds, beliefs of, 14, 67, 83
• Sanctuary, rite of, 226
• Sangsangs of Borneo, 220
• Saviour, myths of the, 128
• Science and religion, 231
• “Science of religion” premature, 3
• Selene, the goddess, 37
• Seminoles, customs of, 196
• Semites, primitive, 23
• Seposition of dead, 209
• Serpent-worship, 160
• Sex in deities, 20
• Shamanism, origin of, 51, 57;
• nature of, 136, 218
• Shamans, their occult powers, 65, 232
• Sibiric tribes, the, 26
• Sioux Indians, prayer of, 106
• Sky, the notions concerning, 76
• Sky-god, the, 78
• Song in religion, 239
• Soul, journey of the, 128
• Souls, the doctrine of, 28, 70 sq.;
• beliefs concerning, 76
• Star-worship, 140
• Stone Age, the, 33
• Stonehenge, monuments of, 33
• Stones, worship of, 146
• “Sub-limital consciousness,” the, 54
• “Suggestion” explained, 54 sq.
• Sumerians, gods of, 20, 23
• Sun-worship, 138 sq.
• Supa, a Samoan god, 223
• Superstition, a form of religion, 27
• Svastika, the, 119, 236
• Swan-maidens, the, 223
• Tabu, the, 32, 38, 108, 156, 222, 230
• Tahitians, myths of the, 147
• Tangaloa, a Polynesian deity, 74, 75, 78, 99
• Tehuelches, myth of, 77
• Tepi, the custom of, 94
• Teutonic rites, 182, 188, 190, 223
• Theoleptic worshippers, 185
• Theology, its aim, 4
• “Theopathy” explained, 56
• Theophorous names, 100
• Thought, creation by, 124
• Three as sacred number, 120
• Thunder in mythology, 80, 81
• Tina, an Etruscan god, 140
• Tinné, an American tribe, 125
• Tonantzin, an Aztec deity, 145
• Tongues, the gift of, 93
• Tota, a Mexican deity, 151, 167
• Totemic animals, the, 161;
• bond, the, 216
• Tree of knowledge, the, 153
• Trees, worship of, 150 sq.
• Trinities of heathen religions, 121
• Tsuni ǁGoab, a deity of the Hottentots, 75
• Tupa, a deity of the Dyaks, 123
• Turramulun, an Australian god, 98
• Tutelary personal deities, 192
• Tzentals, customs of, 221, 222
• Ukko, deity of Finns, 78
• Umbilical cord, rites respecting, 194
• Unconscious cerebration, 54
• Unity of human intelligence, 9
• Unkululu, deity of the Zulus, 168
• Upanishads, teachings of the, 57, 83
• Varuna, Sanscrit deity, 79
• Vase, symbolism of the, 144
• Vatea, a Polynesian deity, 75
• Veddahs, the, 26
• “Veiled gods” of Etruscans, 165
• Vesta, the goddess, 223
• Virgins of the Sun, 190
• Visual ideas, 130
• Votan, hero-god of the Tzentals, 221
• Vows taken at birth, 193
• Wakan, in Dakota, 60, 61;
• in Quichua, 61
• Waking visions, 66
• Water, worship of, 144
• Will as the source of Force, 47 sq.
• Winds, worship of the, 143
• Witches’ Sabbath, the, 185
• Woman, her position in Religion, 219
• Word, the, in religion, 88 sq.
• World-soul, belief in a, 136
• Writing, religious origin of, 241
• Yah, a sacred interjection, 62
• Yahgans, the, 57, 80, 104, 110, 195
• Yahve, derivations of, 62, 81
• Yetl, a sacred bird, 159
• Yoga philosophy, the, 51
• Yucatan, culture of, 24, 150
• Yurucares, tribe of, 151
• Zi, Chaldean term for spirits, 49
• Zulus, the, their beliefs, 26, 56, 67, 147, 168
• Zuñi Indians, the, 72, 124, 125, 221