INDEX 



ABIPONES. Marriage customs ii. 



25 n 



Abraham i. 265 

 Abyssinia. Marriage customs ii. 



21, 199, 264 



See Beni Amer, Gallas 



Achehn see Sumatra 



Achewa see Bantu 



Admiralty Islands. Impregnation 

 by sun i. 25 



Adoption of children i. 147, 148 ; 

 ii. 248 



Adultery, definition in lower cul- 

 ture i. 301, 313 ; ii. 148, 150, 

 160, 178, 194, 196, 197, 206 n. 

 207, 218, 231 



^Eneas and the snake i. 168 



Agnatic descent see Fatherright 



Ainu. Practices to procure chil- 

 dren i. 32, 53. Re-birth i. 211 



Albanians. Marriage customs ii. 

 1 8 



Aleutian Islands. Marriage cus- 

 toms ii. 15. Sexual morality 

 ii. 234 



Algiers. Prescriptions for barren- 

 ness i. 68, 84 



Algonkins. Marriage customs ii. 

 68. Matrimonial life ii. 65. 

 Motherright i. 263 ; ii. 65. 

 Names, influence of i. 214. 

 Organisation i. 298. Roots 

 prized by i. 47 n. Super- 

 natural Birth, i. 22, 23 

 Arapaho. Sun-dance ii. 236 

 Cheyenne. Sun-dance ii. 238. 

 Transformation after death 

 i. 1 86 



Illinois. Licentiousness ii. 106 

 Kickapoos. Licentiousness ii. 

 232 



Algonkins. Naskopies or Nene- 

 nots. Sexual relations, ii. 234. 

 Premature marriages, ii. 271 



See Blackfeet, Musquakies, 

 Ojibways 



Ali, i. 1 8, 173 



Aloe on graves i. 162, 163 



Amazon River Indians. Cos- 

 mology ii. 280 



Amulets i. 118-122 



Ancestors. As animals i. 174. 

 Influence in securing continu- 

 ance of family ii. 246. Wor- 

 ship of i. 85, 121 ; in relation 

 to Illatom ii. 41 n 



See Naming, Re-birth, 

 Transformation 



Andaman Islands. Burial of chil- 

 dren i. 227. Indians as de- 

 ceased ancestors i. 236. 

 Naming children i. 210, 226 



Anglo-Saxons. Prescriptions for 

 barrenness i. 54, 62, 233 

 See Athelstan 



Angoni see Bantu 



Annam. Rabbits, belief as to i. 

 151. Supernatural Birth i. 

 13, 19. Tree-spirits i. i68n 



Annunciation, paintings of, i. 20, 

 21 



Ansairee. Transformation after 

 death i. 173 



Apaches. Supernatural Birth i. 24 



Apis i. 26 



Apples, Appletree in impregnation 

 rites and belief i. 36, 40 n. 60, 



"3 J 34 



Arabs. Marriage customs ii. 5-7, 

 1 6. Practices to obtain chil- 

 dren i. 68 115, 119, 124. 

 Supernatural Birth i. 13, 35 



