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Ablutions, at weddings and at funerals, 555

Aborigines, regarded as wizards, 248; their relations with invaders, 244

Absolution, and dissolution, 401; of the dead, 396 ff.

Achaeans, religion of, 521 f.

Adonis, story of, 582; story of, how interpreted, 580; as type of the initiated, 582

Aeschylus, popular beliefs utilised by, 437 ff., 459 f.; religious sympathies of, 523

Aetolus, story of, 273

Agamemnon, as revenant, 438

Alastor, application of word, 465 ff.; as proper name (in Homer), 473; as term of abuse, 477; derivation of word, 471; development of meaning of word, 475 f.; meaning of, 476; original meaning of, 472

Alastores, 462 ff.; not originally deities, 467 ff.

Allatius, on vrykolakes, 364 ff.

Amorgos, oracle of, 332

Amulets, 12-13, 21, 140

Amymone, story of, 593

Ancient language, attempted revival of, 30

Angels, exorcism of, 68; good and bad, 288; worship of, 42

Animals, unlucky species of, 307

Anointing, of the dead, 557

Anthropomorphic conception of God, 52

Antigone, as 'bride of Acheron,' 551

Antiphon, on blood-guilt, 443

Aphrodite, 117-120; 'eldest of the Fates,' 120; mystic rites of, 580

Apis, story of, 459

Apollonius of Tyana, 257

Apostasy, 409

Apple, symbolic usage of, 558

'Arabs' (a class of demons), 211, 276 f.; identified with vrykolakes (q.v.), 277

Ariadne, story of, how represented on sepulchral monuments, 598

Aristomenes, 76

Arrogance of Greeks, 29

Art, in relation to religion, 1

Artemidorus, on death and marriage, 553 ff.

Artemis, 163-171; as huntress, 165; as the Moon, 165; bathing of, 164-5; displaced by S. Artemidos, 44; modern character of, 169; offerings to, 170

Asclepius, in serpent-form, 274 f.; re-incarnation of, in mock-mysteries, 589

Ass-centaurs, 235 and 237 f.

Athene, and the owl, 207; succeeded by Virgin Mary, 45

Athenians, religious sympathies of, 523

Attis, 586

Augury (see Auspices)

August, certain days sacred to Nymphs, 152

Auspices, 308 ff.; affected by number, 313; from any movement of birds, 311; from cry of birds, 311; from flight of birds, 311; from posture of birds, 311; modified by position of observer, 312

Avengers, dead persons as, 438

Avengers of Blood, ancient names for, 462 ff.; their resemblance to modern vrykolakes, 458

Axe, double-headed, as religious symbol, 72

'Baboutzicarios,' 217

Bacchic rites, 38

Baptism, exorcisms at, 15; neglect of, 409

Beast-dances, 224 ff.

Bed-chambers, in temples, 587

Beehive tombs, original use of, 94

Bells, worn at popular festivals, 224 ff.

'Binding' and 'loosing,' 397

Binding-spells, 19; means of loosing, 19

Birds, as messengers, in modern ballads, 316 f.; as messengers of particular gods, 309; colloquial application of word, 315; in popular ballads, 315; still acknowledged as messengers of heaven, 315; which classes observed for auspices (q.v.), 308 f.; why selected for divination, 308

Black-handled knife, as charm, 286

Blessing the waters, 197