ns). Cf. the
Greek Anthesteria and the Roman Parentalia.

[352] _Journal of the Anthropological Institute_, xxi, 121.

[353] Spencer and Gillen, _Native Tribes of Central
Australia_, p. 498.

[354] For elaborate Sioux ceremonies on the death of a child
see Miss Fletcher, _Indian Ceremonies_ (the Shadow or Ghost
Lodge).

[355] On the disposal of the corpse, by inhumation,
cremation, exposure, etc., see article "Funerailles" cited
above; O. Schrader, in Hastings, _Encyclopaedia of Religion
and Ethics_, ii, 16 ff.

[356] This may be in part a hygienic precaution.

[357] Haddon, _Head-hunters_, p. 91. Cf. G. L. Kittredge,
"Disenchantment by Decapitation," in _Journal of American
Folklore_, vol. xviii, no. 68 (January, 1905).

[358] De Groot, _Religion of the Chinese_, chap. iii.

[359] Cf. Westermarck, _Origin and Development of the Moral
Ideas_, chap. xxxvii ff.; Saussaye, _Science of Religion_
(Eng. tr.), chap. xviii; and the references given in these
works.

[360] See below, on removal of taboos.

[361] Fraser, _Golden Bough_, 2d ed., i, 306 f.

[362] Cf. Westermarck, _Origin and Development of the Moral
Ideas_, index, s.v. _Homicide_.

[363] See below, Sec. 201; cf. the Athenian Anthesteria and
Thargelia.

[364] In Ex. iv, 24 f., Yahweh is about to kill Moses,
apparently for neglecting a ritual act.

[365] Examples in Tylor, _Primitive Culture_, ii, 429 ff.;
cf. Knox, _Religion in Japan_, p. 39.

[366] See the practices described by Rivers, in _The Todas_,
Index, s.vv. _Bathing_, _Purification_.

[367] Schneckenburger, _Proselytentaufe_; article
"Proselyten" in Herzog, _Real-Encyklopaedie_.

[368] In the New Testament baptism is said to be "for the
remission of sins" (Acts ii, 38), and is called "bath of
regeneration" (Tit. iii, 3); a quasi-magical power is
attributed to it in 1 Cor. xv, 29.

[369] For the Mazdean use of urine see _Vendidad_, Fargard
v, 160; xvi, 27, etc.; for use of buffalo's dung, Rivers,
_The Todas_, pp. 32, 173 f., etc.

[370] Rivers, op. cit., p. 367.

[371] Compare, however, the use of natural pigments for
decorative and religious purposes; see above, Sec. 115 ff.

[372] The Toda ceremony of burning a woman's hand in the
fifth month of pregnancy, and a child's hand on the occasion
of a funeral (Rivers, _The Todas_, pp. 315, 374), may be
purificatory, but this is not clear