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 _