INDEX 



325 



Rhys, Sir John, i. 248 



Rice eaten by barren women i. 35 



Rome, Ancient. Marriage customs 

 i. 124, 133 ; ii. 258 



See Caeculus, Lupercal, Sa- 

 bines, Servius Tullius 



Rosemary i. 33, 103, 107 



Rue i. 33 n 



Riigen. Rite to procure children 

 i.6 7 



Russia. Barrenness, cures for i. 

 62, 70. Child, burial of still- 

 born i. 228. Licentiousness ii. 

 188, 191. Marriage customs 

 (ancient) ii. 189, 191 ; (modern) 

 i. 104, 109, 132-3. Midsummer 

 Day customs ii. 191. Palm 

 Sunday custom, i. 107 



See Courland, Esthonia, 

 Mordvins, Samoyeds, Slavs, 

 Votiaks 



SABINES, Rape of the i. 105 ; ii. 

 226 



Sagas denned i. 2 



Saints. Celtic i. 10, 12. Ethiopic 

 i. 7. Invoked for and givers 

 of offspring i. 18, 36, 63, 64, 

 65, 7 6 > 78, 83, 116, 125, 126, 

 127, 129, 130, 131, 136. Magh- 

 ribin i. 321. Tree on grave of 

 i.i58 



Salish see British Columbia 



Saliva, conception by i. 12, 68, 73, 

 74. Proverbial expression i. 

 70 



Samoa. Birth custom i. 213. 

 Sexual morality ii. 175. Snipe 

 fecundated by wind i. 22. 

 Woman fecundated by sun i. 



25 

 Samoyeds. Premature marriages 



ii. 258 

 Sandwich Islands. Licentiousness 



ii. 174. Premature marriages 



ii. 263. 

 Santa! s. Life after death i. 245. 



Marriage custom ii. 41. Sexual 



morality ii. 157 



See India 

 Saoshyant, i. 23 

 Sardinia. Cures for barrenness i. 



67 



Saxons, Transylvanian. Prescrip- 

 tions for barrenness i. 50, 54, 



6 7 77 



Scandinavians, Ancient. Doctrine 



of souls i. 198 n. Eric Ha- 



konsson i. 7. Sexual relations 



ii. 133. Supernatural Birth i. 7 



See Iceland 



Scotland. Women bathe in sacred 

 wells, &c. i. 78, 79. Trans- 

 formation after death i. 187 

 See Hebrides, Picts 



Sea-bathing for barrenness i. 67 



Semang. Birth ceremonies and 

 beliefs i. 55. Metempsychosis 

 i. 177 



Semele i. 1 5 



Semen imbibed or inhaled i. 12, 



69, 151 

 Seminoles, Marriage customs ii. 



69 



Senecas see Iroquois 

 Senegal see Negroes 

 Serbs. Prescriptions for barren 



women i. 39, 71, 83, 106 ^ 

 Sen. Ignorance of paternity ii. 



279. Marriage customs ii. 80. 



Organisation ii. 78 

 Servius Tullius i. 27 

 Shan. Marriage custom i. 59 

 Shduir Van, Mongolian tale of i. 



249 

 Shekiani. Premature marriages 



ii. 268 



Shih-King i. 19, 20 n 

 Shoshones. Lending wives ii. 



230 



Shrovetide rites i. 98, 103 

 Sia. Licentiousness ii. 103. 



Marriage customs ii. 76. 



Medicine to cause pregnancy 



i. 38. Supernatural Birth i. 4 

 Siam. Impregnation by sun i. 25 

 Siberia. Brides eat fruit i. 39. 



Capercailzie, belief as to i. 



152. Turks' marriage rite i. 



89 



See Buryats, Chukchi, 



Gilyaks, Kirghiz, Koryaks, 



Tunguz 

 Siena. Palazzo Pubblico i. 20, 



Children where found i. 42 

 Signatures, doctrine of i. 45 



