Adonis, and Aphrodite (Venus), 7, 8, 328; the myth of, 324–327; in Syria, 327–329; in Cyprus, 329–335; ritual of, 335–341; the gardens of, 341–347; in relation to the pig, 471
Afghanistan, ceremony at the reception of strangers in, 196
Africa, magicians, especially rain-makers, as chiefs and kings in, 84–86; human gods in, 98; rules of life or taboos observed by kings in, 169–172; reluctance of people to tell their own names in, 247; seclusion of girls at puberty in, 595; dread and seclusion of menstruous women in, 604; birth-trees in, 681
Africa, British Central, heart of lion eaten to make eater brave in, 495
——, East, seclusion and purification of manslayers in, 214; infanticide in, 293; propitiation of dead lions in, 522
Africa, North, charms to render bridegroom impotent in, 241; Midsummer fires in, 631
——, South, rat’s hair as a charm in, 31; continence in war in, 211; seclusion of man-slayers in, 214; disposal of cut hair and nails in, 235; magic use of spittle in, 237; personal names tabooed in, 247; rites of initiation in, 497; seclusion of girls at puberty in, 595; dread of menstruous women in, 604; story of the external soul in, 677
——, West, magical functions of chiefs in, 85; reverence for silk-cotton trees in, 112; kings forced to accept office in, 176; fetish kings in, 177; traps set for souls in, 187; purification after a journey in, 197; custom as to blood shed on the ground, 229; rain-charms, 234; negroes of, 236; human sacrifices in, 433, 570; propitiation of dead leopard in, 523; the external soul in, 684; ritual of death and resurrection in, 697
