Index— continued. 



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RaneUa-^€{\s. As trumpets, 40. 



Scriptures. Purple mentioned in, 7, ii; 

 pearls mentioned in, 82. 



Seed-pearls. See Pearls. 



Shell God. S(ee God in the Shell. 



Shell-purple. See Purple dye. 



Shell-money. See Cowries. 



Shell-mounds, British Isles, 15, 16; 

 Chile, 26; Japan, 19; Mediterranean, 

 6, 9-13- 



Shells regarded as the birth-place of 

 human beings, 65-67, 176-177; re- 

 garded as the dwelling place of the 

 deity, 44, 64-66, 177, 202. 



Shell-trumpets. Cave discoveries of, 

 13, 34-35, 82; on coins, 30; refer- 

 ences in Classics to, 30, 32; as war- 

 signals, 30, 33, 39. 41, 44-46, 197- 

 199, 202, 204; in religious ceremonies, 

 32. Ii, 35-36, 44-45, 47-51, 54, 66. 

 198-201; at marriage ceremonies, 32, 

 l"]; in summoning the divinity, 34, 

 ii^ 5I' 197; in harvest rites, 36-37, 

 49-51, 54, 198-201; in devil-driving, 

 36, 37, 41, 43, 198; at eclipses and 

 earthquakes, 36, 198; at death cere- 

 monies, 37, 38, 41, 44. 199; in 

 foundations of old houses in Ponape, 

 201. See also Initiation, Kava drink- 

 ing. Head-hunting, etc. 



Shell-trumpets. Shells used for : 

 Biiccinum, 32; Cassis, 38; Cassis 

 cornuta, 40, 43, 51; Cassis tubero- 

 sum, 39; Fusus, 39; Fusus probo- 

 scidijeriis, 40; Fasciolaria gigantea, 

 50, 51; Fasciolaria prince ps, 50; 

 203; JMurex (Phyllonotus) radix, 

 49, 50 ; Murex trunculus, 35 ; 

 Pterocera, 38; Ranella lafupas, 40; 

 Stromhus, 40; Strombus galcutus, 

 48, 49, 203; Stroinbus gigas, 47; 

 Stromhus goliath, 48 ; Strombus 

 maxiniits, 198; Triton nodijerus, 

 30, 32-34; Triton tritonis, 39-45, 

 197-202; Ttirbinella pyrutn (the 

 (hank), 35-38, 53-55; Turhinclla 

 scolymus, 50. 



Slicll-trumpets. Use of : .\merica, 

 < L-nlral, 47, 203; America, North, 

 48-49; Brazil, 48; British Isles, 32; 

 Ceylon, 38; China, 38-39. 203; Cor- 

 sica, 33; Crete, 14, -3,},, 204; Elba, 

 33; P'rance, 33; Greece, 30; India, 

 35-38. 53-55' 203; Indonesia, 39-41, 

 197-201, 203: Italy, 14, 12\ Japan, 



39, 203; Laccadive Islands, 38; 

 I^Iadagascar, 197; Melanesia, 41-43, 

 204; Mexico, 49-53; Micronesia, 46; 

 Peru, 46, 48, 203-204; Philippines, 

 40; Polynesia, 41, 44-46, 197, 201- 

 203; Russia, 32; Sicily, 32-33; Siam, 

 37; Thibet, 38. 



Siva, Hindu god. Chank shell associa- 

 ted with, 53. 



Snail-shells. Pregnancy associated with, 

 52, 54, 56; superstitious reverence 

 of, 92. 



" Snail-stones." 92. 



Stromhus-'^&\\%, in Egyptian graves. 

 197; as trumpets, 40, 47-49, 198, 

 203; pearls found in, 90, note 56. 



Superstitious reverence of shell-trumpets,, 

 44, 66; of pearls, 70, 81, 86-87, 92, 

 100-103; of snail-shells, 92. 



Tecciztecatl, Mexican Moon God. 

 Conch-shell associated with, 52, 56; 

 compared with Vishnu, 53-55; com- 

 pared with Maya Moon God, 56. 



Tlaloc, Mexican Rain God. Conch- 

 shell .associated with, 52, 54, 57; 

 compared with Varinia, the Hindu 

 god of the waters, 54; compared 

 with Chac, the Maya Rain God, 57; 

 claimed as equivalent to the Vedic 

 god, Indra, 58. 



Tonatiuh, Mexican Sun God, associated 

 with fasting man blowing shell- 

 trumpet, 51. 



Tortoise, The. Anthropomorphic figures 

 of, 56; Vishnu associated with, 59- 

 60: Maya gods associated with, 60; 

 Japanese god associated with, 63; 

 Chinese symbol for, 181-1S2; used 

 for divination, 182. 



Tortoise-shells. .\s currency, i 50, 178- 

 182. 



Totemism and shell-trumpets, 42. 



Triton, Neptune's trumpeter, with conclv 

 30. 



Triton-shtWs. As symbols on Pyrian 

 coins, 5; in caves, 13, 34-35; as 

 trumpets, 30, 32-34- 39-45- 197-202; 

 on Minoan seals, 33-34; as designs 

 on Mycenaean |)ottery, 34; clay models 

 of, 34; in -Minoan Sanctuaries, 35; 

 in Egyptian graves, 196-197; on 

 ceremonial poles in New Caledonia, 

 202; 



Tridacna-shcWs. Pearls found in, xii; 

 axes and other tools made from, xii. 



