{"collection":"African","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/afr/ram/ram02.htm","path":"afr/ram/ram02.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/afr/ram/ram02.htm","text":"Religion and Myth, by James Macdonald, [1883]\n| CHAP. | | PAGE | \n| | | | \n| I. | Primitive Man And The Supernatural | 1-19 | \n| | 1. Religion defined | 1 | \n| | 2. Incarnate gods | 2 | \n| | 3. Sympathetic magic | 3 | \n| | 4. Rain-making | 10 | \n| | 5. Dangers of seeing divine persons | 12 | \n| | 6. All property and subjects owned by ruler | 14 | \n| | 7. Lubare of Uganda | 15 | \n| | 8. Departmental kings | 17 | \n| | | | \n| II. | Guarding Divinity | 20-32 | \n| | 1. Danger to man-god from exposure | 20 | \n| | 2. The Mikado | 21 | \n| | 3. Kings of Shark Point and Congo | 23 | \n| | 4. Divine king may be deposed | 24 | \n| | 5. Restrictions placed on king and heir to throne | 25 | \n| | 6. Separation of civil and divine functions | 27 | \n| | 7. Killing the god | 28 | \n| | | | \n| III. | Evolution Of Deity | 33-60 | \n| | 1. Doctrine of souls | 33 | \n| | 2. Dangers of the soul | 35 | \n| | 3. Worship of ancestors | 36 | \n| | 4. Other spirits than souls | 37 | \n| | 5. Fetish | 38 | \n| | 6. Sengero selling of women | 39 | \n| | 7. Confusion of seasons | 39 | \n| | 8. Offerings to spirit of vegetation | 40 | \n| | 9. Offerings to goddess of fecundity | 42 | \n| | p. x | | \n| CHAP. | | PAGE | \n| III. | Evolution of Deity\u2014continued. | | \n| | 10. Muansa | 43 | \n| | 11. Rites at puberty | 44 | \n| | 12. Souls dwelling in objects | 47 | \n| | 13. Toad day | 49 | \n| | 14. Origin of national festivals | 50 | \n| | 15. Khond sacrifices to Tari | 56 | \n| | 16. Story of Balder | 57 | \n| | 17. Midsummer fires | 57 | \n| | | | \n| IV. | Sacrifice | 61-83 | \n| | 1. Putting king to death | 61 | \n| | 2. Substitution | 63 | \n| | 3. Soul of ancestor entering person | 64 | \n| | 4. Kaffir methods of directing course of nature | 65 | \n| | 5. Propitiation | 66 | \n| | 6. Thanksgiving | 67 | \n| | 7. Substitution for murderer | 71 | \n| | 8. Offerings to Lubare | 73 | \n| | 9. Parading victim before sacrifice | 76 | \n| | 10. Festival and sacrifices of Bantams | 78 | \n| | 11. Messages to spirit-land | 79 | \n| | 12. Descent of priest to the lower world | 81 | \n| V. | Taboos | 84-98 | \n| | 1. Charms against witchcraft | 84 | \n| | 2. Banning by curses | 85 | \n| | 3. Sprinkling to exorcise evil | 86 | \n| | 4. Eating in private | 87 | \n| | 5. Position of divine persons | 88 | \n| | 6. Power of superstition | 89 | \n| | 7. Ceremonial purity | 90 | \n| | 8. Objections to iron | 90 | \n| | 9. Power of iron against evil | 92 | \n| | 10. Sanctity of objects belonging to sacred persons | 93 | \n| | p. xi | | \n| CHAP. | | PAGE | \n| V. | Taboos\u2014continued. | | \n| | 11. Dangers of barber's art | 94 | \n| | 12. Rise of evil spirits | 97 | \n| | | | \n| VI. | Expulsion of Demons | 99-112 | \n| | 1. Taboos insufficient protection | 99 | \n| | 2. Animals messengers of evil | 101 | \n| | 3. Stone-throwing and cursing | 102 | \n| | 4. Expulsion of guile | 103 | \n| | 5. Expulsion by carrying out in wicker baskets | 105 | \n| | 6. \"Raising\" the devil | 108 | \n| | 7. \"Laying\" the devil | 110 | \n| | | | \n| VII. | Witchcraft | 113-135 | \n| | 1. Crime of witchcraft | 114 | \n| | 2. Persons presumed to practise the art | 115 | \n| | 3. Power of witchcraft | 116 | \n| | 4. Methods of practising the art | 117 | \n| | 5. Witch-doctoring | 118 | \n| | 6. Prophetess as discoverer of witches | 121 | \n| | 7. Magic roots | 123 | \n| | 8. Witchcraft prosecutions by ordeal | 126 | \n| | 9. Mosaic trial by ordeal | 128 | \n| | 10. History of witchcraft | 129 | \n| | 11. Fairyland | 130 | \n| | 12. Growth of idea of supreme spirits | 132 | \n| | | | \n| VIII. | Harvest Festivals | 136-145 | \n| | 1. Yam festival | 136 | \n| | 2. Pondo festival of first-fruits | 137 | \n| | 3. Honour done to powers of nature | 138 | \n| | 4. Maize mother | 139 | \n| | 5. The \"Maiden\" a survival | 140 | \n| | | | \n| IX. | Prophecy | 146-172 | \n| | 1. The office and its development | 146 | \n| | p. xii | | \n| CHAP. | | PAGE | \n| IX. | Prophecy\u2014continued. | | \n| | 2. Causes of its gradual decay | 149 | \n| | 3. False prophets | 150 | \n| | 4. Converse with the unseen | 152 | \n| | 5. Second sight | 153 | \n| | 6. Foretelling events | 154 | \n| | 7. Guarding against soul-snatching | 155 | \n| | 8. Funeral rites | 156 | \n| | 9. Guilds and sacred orders | 157 | \n| | 10. Reading omens | 160 | \n| | 11. Heresies | 164 | \n| | 12. Reforms among the order | 166 | \n| | 13. Prejudices against religious teachers | 170 | \n| | | | \n| X. | Social Usages | 173-180 | \n| | 1. Ceremonial acts | 173 | \n| | 2. Seeking a lady's hand | 174 | \n| | 3. Succession to the throne | 175 | \n| | 4. Courtesies to guests | 176 | \n| | 5. Sanctuaries | 177 | \n| | 6. Eating and drinking | 178 | \n| | 7. Friendship | 179 | \n| | | | \n| XI. | Acts of Devotion\u2014Myths | 180-193 | \n| | 1. Acts of ordinary life-religious | 180 | \n| | 2. Caring for the soul | 185 | \n| | 3. Soul dwelling apart from body | 186 | \n| | 4. Giants and their souls | 188 | \n| | 5. Sacred animals and objects | 190 | \n| | 6. Mermaids ashore | 192 | \n| | | | \n| XII. | Woman | 194-203 | \n| | 1. Woman's position | 194 | \n| | 2. Woman as regent | 195 | \n| | 3. Danger of touching woman's blood | 195 | \n| | 4. Dangers of girlhood | 197 | \n| | p. xiii | | \n| CHAP. | | PAGE | \n| XII. | Woman\u2014continued. | | \n| | 5. Uncleanness | 198 | \n| | 6. Woman's influence | 199 | \n| | 7. Aggressiveness | 200 | \n| | 8. Dog language | 202 | \n| | 9. Public morality | 203 | \n| | | | \n| XIII. | Courtesies of Life\u2014Dress | 204-213 | \n| | 1. Hospitality | 204 | \n| | 2. Loyalty to chief | 205 | \n| | 3. Right and wrong | 206 | \n| | 4. Cannibalism | 208 | \n| | 5. Clothing | 209 | \n| | 6. Ceremonial courtesy | 210 | \n| | 7. Tein-egin | 212 | \n| | 8. Juju and the fairy bull | 213 | \n| | | | \n| XIV. | Reforms | 214-234 | \n| | 1. Man's tenacity in holding fast all he started with | 214 | \n| | 2. How wide a gulf between savage and civilised | 215 | \n| | 3. Blankets, Bibles, or work | 215 | \n| | 4. Claims of commerce | 216 | \n| | 5. Influence of clothing | 219 | \n| | 6. Work and conditions of soil | 220 | \n| | 7. Missions and bow conducted | 224 | \n| | 8. Jews and ancients | 225 | \n| | 9. Difficulty of understanding new ideas | 229 | \n| | 10. Ideas become common as thought advances | 232 | \n| Index | | 235-240 |","title":"Religion and Myth: Contents","type":"page"}