r, 296, 298
Harris, J. Rendel, 267 _n._^1
Havaiki, subterranean region of the dead, 363. _Compare_ Avaiki
Hawaii, 375, 376, 378, 394, 400, 406, 409, 410, 411, 413, 426, 429
Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands, 375 _sqq._
Hawaiians or Sandwich Islanders, 377 _sqq._
Hawaiki, original home of Maoris, 5 _sq._, 29, 155
Head, sanctity of the, 44, 212, 388
Heads of dead dried and preserved, 23 _sq._;
of chiefs cut off and buried separately, 212;
of children moulded, 224;
of pigs attached to biers, 355;
of slain enemies kept as trophies, 362
Heart the special seat of the soul, 85
Heaven, ascent of souls to, 24 _sqq._, 29
"Heavenly family," gods incarnate in animals, 228
Hebrew prophets, Renan on the, 147
_Heiau_, temple, 409, 410, 411, 412 _n._^1, 418
Herero, of S.W. Africa, customs as to twins among the, 273 _sq._
Herons sacred, 95;
omens from, 190;
superstition about, 277 _n._^2
Hervey, Philip, 123, 125 _n._^1, 127
Hervey or Cook Islands, 219 _sq._
Hervey Islanders, 220 _sqq._
_Heva_, ceremony observed after a death, 306
Higgolayo, god of the dead, 86
Hikuleo, god of the dead, 88 _sq._, 90
Hina (O-Heena), a goddess, perhaps of the moon, 266, 267, 287
Hine-nui-te-po, the Maori goddess of death, 17 _sq._
Hiro, god of thieves, 326
Hivaoa (Dominica), one of the Marquesas Islands, 328, 337, 364
Hogs, sacrificed, 79;
to volcano, 399.
_See_ Pigs
Holiness and uncleanness blent in taboo, 173
Honolulu, 376 _n._^2
Hos of Togo, customs as to twins among the, 271 _sq._
_Hotooas_ (_atuas_), gods, 64
Houmis, a tribe of Marquesans, 347
House, dead buried in, 20, 27, 418;
dying people removed from the, 39;
abandoned after a death, 356
Houses, Maori, 8;
Samoan, 163 _sq._;
in the Society Islands, 250;
of the Marquesans, 335 _sqq._;
of the Hawaiians, 380 _sq._
Huahine, one of the Society Islands, 117, 246, 280, 283, 284, 289,
293, 326
Human sacrifices at burials, 24;
to the sun, tradition of, 158;
not offered by Samoans, 158;
at making king's girdle, 254;
offered to Oro, 258 _sq._;
in the Society Islands, 291 _sq._;
offered to living men, 349 _sq._;
at deification of men, 351 _sq._;
at the death of chiefs and priests, 365 _sqq._, 421 _sq._;
to sharks, 402 _sq._;
in Hawaii, 413 _
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