---- of swine's flesh, ii. 20, 24; totemic, 165; types of animal, 310 _sqq._; of first-fruits, 48 _sqq._; combined with a sacrifice of them, 86
---- eating of corn-spirit in animal form, ii. 20
Sacraments among pastoral tribes, ii. 313
---- things deemed dangerous, ii. 27 _sqq._
Sacrifice not to be touched, ii. 27; of first-fruits, 109 _sqq._
Sacrifices, human, for the crops, i. 236 _sqq._; human, in Mexico, ii. 88; offered to nets, 240 _n._ 1; offered to wolves, 284; to a toad, 291
Sakalava, the, of Madagascar, ii. 40 _n._
Salmon, resurrection of, ii. 250; ceremonies at catching the first salmon of the season, 253 _sq._, 255
Salt, abstinence from, ii. 75, 93; use of, forbidden, 190, 195
Samoans, their sacrifices of first-fruits, ii. 132
Samoyed, custom after killing a reindeer, ii. 268
San Juan Capistrano, ii. 169; Indians of, i. 125
Sandwich Islands, belief in transmigration among natives of the, ii. 292 _sq._
Satyrs in relation to goats, ii. 1 _sqq._
---- faith in the immortality of animals, ii. 260 _sqq._
Saxons of Transylvania, harvest custom of the, i. 295; their customs at sowing, ii. 274 _sq._
Saxony, harvest customs in, i. 134, 137, 149, 163, 164
Scandinavian custom of the Yule Boar, i. 300 _sqq._
Scarification as a religious rite, ii. 75; from superstitious motives, 159, 160 _sq._
Schleswig, harvest customs in, i. 230, 287
Schrenck, L. von, ii. 191, 192, 193, 194, 195
Science, generalisations of, inadequate to cover all particulars, ii. 37
Scirophorion, a Greek month, ii. 8 _n._ 1
Scorpions, charm against, ii. 281; souls of dead in, 290
Scotland, harvest customs in, i. 140 _sqq._
Scurrilities exchanged between vine-dressers and passers-by, i. 258 _n._ 1
Scythians, set store on heads of enemies, i. 256 _n._ 1
Sea beasts, Esquimau rules as to eating, ii. 84; their bladders restored to the sea by the Esquimaux, 247 _sqq._
---- -mammals, their mythical origin, ii. 246
Seals, care taken of the bladders and bones of, ii. 247 _sqq._, 257, 258 _n._ 2
Seed sown by women, i. 113 _sqq._; sown by children, i. 115 _sq._
Seed-corn, i. 135, 205, 278, 301, 304, ii. 20
Seeds and roots, wild, collected by women, i. 124 _sqq._
Serpent, killing the sacred, ii. 174 _sq._; ceremonies performed after killing a, 219 _sq._