63
Dieffenbach, E., 6 _n._^2, 8 _n._, 48 _n._^1
Diet of the Samoans, 164 _sq._;
of the Hervey Islanders, 222;
of the Society Islanders, 249;
of the Marquesans, 333 _sq._;
of the Hawaiians, 378 _sq._
Dirges in the Hervey Islands, 235 _sq._
Disease, caused by souls of ancestors, 49;
and death ascribed to agency of gods, spirits, or ghosts, 206 _sq._,
217;
theories of the Society Islanders concerning, 299 _sqq._;
of the Marquesans concerning, 325.
_See_ Sickness
Disorders, internal, supposed to be caused by entrance of a god into
the patient, 351
District gods, 182, 185
Divination, in Samoa, 190 _sq._;
to detect thieves, 298, 406;
to ascertain the cause of death, 301
Diviners consulted before battle, 397, 414;
Hawaiian, 404 _sq._, 414, 417
Division of labour among the Samoans, 166 _sqq._
Dogs, sacred, 94;
omens from, 190;
eaten, 379;
sacrificed, 405, 426
Doobludha, land of dead, 86
Dramatic performances of the Areois, 259 _sq._, 263, 266 _n._^4
Dreamers held in repute, 320
Dreams, Maori theories of, 12;
souls of the dead appear in, 31, 91 _sq._;
Samoan theory of, 205;
ideas of the Hervey Islanders concerning, 229;
ideas of the Society Islanders concerning, 297 _sq._;
souls of the dead communicate with the living in, 320, 429;
Marquesan ideas about, 352;
revelations to priests in, 405, 429;
Hawaiian ideas about, 417
Drums, special, beaten after the birth of twins, 271;
accompanying dances, 342, 354
Du Petit-Thouars, 373
Duke of York Island, 212
Earth cleft with axes, as a mourning rite, 235 _sq._;
fished up from the sea by Maui, 275
Earthquakes, Tongan theory of, 72;
caused by Maui, 275
_Eatooas_, gods, spirits of the dead, 277 _n._^4, 300, 322, 391, 392,
402.
See _Atua_
Eclipses, superstitions as to, 287
Eel-god, 227
Eels sacred, 95, 182, 184, 185
Eimeo or Mooerea, one of the Society Islands, 246, 266
Ella, S., 206 _n._^1, 212
Ellis, William, 117, 118 _n._^1, 247, 249, 256 _sq._, 262, 265 _n._,
267 _n._^2, 276, 277, 284, 286 _n._^5, 290 _n._^3,
292, 295, 298 _n._^2, 308 _n._^1, 311, 314 _n._^1,
315, 319, 323, 327, 401, 409, 410, 411, 419, 424,
426, 430, 431
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