eople carried to temple, 195

Sickness supposed to be caused by evil spirits, 417.
_See_ Disease

Sinnet tenanted by a god, 228

Sins of the dead buried in a hole, 305

Sisters, curses of, specially dreaded, 207

Skins of the dead preserved as relics, 367

Skulls of dead kept in houses, 118;
of ancestors kept in temple or house, 288, 311;
of dead rulers worshipped, 324;
of dead hidden in caves, 357

Sky raised by Maui, 226, 275

Slaves killed to accompany their dead lords, 24;
in the Society Islands, 253

"Slaying the ghosts," 234

Smith, E. W. and Dale, A. M., 425

----, S. Percy, 155

Snakes, water, gods in, 66, 92

Sneezing, Hervey Islanders' theory of, 229

Social ranks in Samoa, 171 _sqq._;
in Rarotonga, 224;
in the Society Islands, 253;
among the Marquesans, 344;
in Hawaii, 383 _sqq._

Society Islanders, 248 _sqq._

Society Islands, 246 _sqq._

Songs in honour of the dead, 236.
_See_ Dirges

Sorcerers (Maori), 13 _sqq._;
disease and death ascribed to arts of, 300, 325 _sq._;
Hawaiian, 405.
_See_ Magic

Soul, Maori ideas concerning the, 10 _sqq._;
as shadow, 11;
as breath, 11;
departure of soul from body, 12 _sqq._;
its fate after death, 24 _sqq._, 66, 86 _sqq._, 213 _sqq._,
238 _sqq._, 313 _sq._, 427 _sqq._;
survival of, 24;
ascent to heaven, 24 _sqq._, 29;
Tongan theory of, 66, 84 _sqq._;
Samoan belief concerning the, 205 _sq._;
associated with shadow, 205 _sq._;
of the same shape as body, 205;
belief of the Society Islanders concerning the, 297 _sqq._;
beliefs of the Hervey Islanders concerning the, 229 _sqq._;
beliefs of the Marquesans concerning the, 352;
Hawaiian beliefs concerning the, 417

Souls of commoners mortal, 29;
souls of chiefs and priests immortal, 29;
of the dead appear in dreams, 31, 91 _sq._;
of ancestors cause disease, 49;
of dead infants cause disease, 49, 299;
of dead nobles as gods, 64 _sq._, 66, 84, 91;
of dead men as gods, 64, 66, 69, 85, 91, 351 _sq._, 397;
of Tongan commoners mortal, 66, 85;
caught in traps, 230 _sq._;
leaping-place of, 27, 241;
ascribed to animals, trees, and stones, 297;
of the dead eaten by the gods, 315, 427;
of children supposed to transmigrate into sharks, 403

Spells (Maori), 13 _sqq._

Spencer, Herber