VASHTI, theories concerning, 78, 161, 171, 175, 177, 178, 180 Vave (Samoan god), 219 Vegetation, gods of, 5, 206 _et seq._ Virbius (deity of vegetation), 139 Virgil, his golden bough, 207 _et seq._ Virginia: aborigines' chief god Okki, 19 Volsunga Saga: the magical sword, 207, 211
WAITZ, Dr.: on Australian religious customs, 30; rejects the hypothesis of Australian borrowed beliefs, 43, 44; quoted, 232 Walking through fire, 270 _et seq._ Wallace, Sir William: mock crowning, 203 Warramunga (Australian tribe): sacred rock-drawing, 246 Wathi Wathi (New South Wales tribe), religious beliefs, 70, 72, 74 Way of Souls, the, 72, 73 Wellhausen, Dr.: on the Jewish exile, 181 West Africa, taboo in, 259; human sacrifices, 128 Wilson, Professor Daniel, on cups and rings, 243, 244 Winslow, quoted, on Kiehtan (New England native deity), 20, 38 Wiraijuri (Australian tribe), beliefs of, 66 Witchcraft. _See_ Magic Woiworung dirge, a, 41 Women debarred from the mysteries, 27, 33, 52, 71
XERXES (the king in Book of Esther), 148, 161, 167
YERRUNTHALLY (Queensland tribe): idea of shooting stars, 74 Ynglinga Saga, the, 214
ZAGMUK, Zakmuk (Babylonian festival), details and theories concerning, 118, 137, 141-144, 145-160, 162, 163, 164, 165, 179, 181, 301 Zeus, grave of, 90, 93; 157 Zoganes (Babylonian slave-lord), theories concerning, 124, 125, 130, 139, 185, 186, 195, 196, 197, 198 Zulus: ghost worshippers, 31; religious beliefs, 97; period of licence, 188, 195; harvest custom, 267. _See_ under tribal names
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