of, 208

Rammohun Roy, 1119

Raven, the, myths of, 640 n. 2

Raymi, feast of, 321

Reason, basis of religious belief, 1155

Redemption, element of, in sacrifice, 1048;
senses of, 1151

Reform Judaism, racial character of, 1143

Reincarnation, 55 ff.;
moral value of, 89;
of ancestor in child, 186;
supposed relation of, to immortality, 59

Relationship, in blood, 426;
basis of classification, 425

Religion, definition of, 1;
adoption of taboo by, 633;
codes adopted by, 1162 f.;
coeval with science, 1;
communal character of, 103;
decoration used in, 120 f.;
impersonal cult in, 2;
influence of, on ethics, 1165;
influence of priesthood in, 1076;
alliance of, with the state, 1117, 1140;
isolation of, 1137;
pre-animistic, 2 n. 2;
primitive form of, whether monotheistic, 982;
relation of, to magic;
relation of, to totemism, 570 ff.;
utilitarian point of view in, 5

Religions, classifications of, 1148;
higher, culture-myths in, 641;
national, differences among, 810;
never nonethical, 1013;
of single founders, 1151;
redemptive, organization in, 1059

"Republic," the, mendicant prophets mentioned in, 1099 n. 1

Revelation, supposed primitive, 982

Rewards and punishments, as motives, 1165

Rhapsodists, Greek, 862 n. 1

Rice, soul of, 265 n. 1

Right-doing, egoistic element in, 1170

Ritual, development of, 1055;
magical, 1057;
origin of, 15;
relation of, to myth, 846

Roman Church, canon of, 1131

Rome, abstract gods of, 702;
influence of priests in, 1073;
omens in, 912;
specialized gods in, 668 ff.;
taboo days in, 603;
unlucky days in, 611

Romulus, divinized founder, 357

Rules, ethical, origin of, 582

Sabbath, Hebrew, relation of, to full moon, 608

_Sacer_, sense of, 626 n. 9

_Sacra gentilicia_, 1043

Sacred books, study induced by, 1135

Sacred flesh, reconciliation by sharing, 1042

Sacred places, connection of, with myths, 848

Sacrifice, animal, movement against, 1053;
as gift to a deity, 1040;
human, 1029 ff.;
individual, 1034;
in marriage ceremonies, 181 n. 2;
occasions of, 1033 ff.;
purificatory power of, 200;
removal of taboo by, 616;
Vedic, as embassy, 1024

Saint, the, function of, 1168

Saints, as patrons of fertility, 420;
as rechristened old gods, 301

Sallustius, philosopher, faith of, 11