LUNAR CALENDARS AND THE WEEK

Beginnings of the calendar, p. 173.—The moon as the measure of time, pp. 173-175.—Popular calendars based on the moon, pp. 175, 176.—The lunar year, pp. 176, 177.—Adjustment of the lunar year to the solar year, pp. 177, 178.—Calendarizing of the lunation, p. 178.—Commencement of the lunar month, pp. 178, 179.—Phases of the moon often named and used for time-reckonings, pp. 180-182.—Bipartite division of the lunation, pp. 182-186.—Shorter divisions of the lunation, pp. 187, 188.—The decade, pp. 188-192.—The ennead, pp. 192, 193.—The octad, pp. 193, 194.—Six-day weeks, p. 194.—The pentad, pp. 194-196.—The hebdomad, pp. 196, 197.—Diffusion of the hebdomadal cycle: in Africa, pp. 197-199; in India, pp. 199-201; in southeastern Asia, p. 201; in China and Japan, pp. 202-204; and in the Malay Peninsula and the Malay Archipelago, pp. 204, 205.—The Arabic week and the Mohammedan Sabbath, pp. 205, 206.—Mystic numbers in general, pp. 206-208.—Seven as a mystic number among semi-civilized peoples, pp. 208-211.—Symbolism of seven in ancient India, Greece, and Babylonia, pp. 211-212.—The seven planets and planetary deities of the Babylonians, pp. 213-215.—The planetary week, pp. 215, 216.—Theories of its origin, pp. 216-218.—Spread of the planetary week in the Roman Empire, pp. 218, 219.—Adoption of the planetary designations of the weekdays by the Christians, pp. 220, 221.—Spread of the planetary week among Romance, Germanic, and Slavic peoples during the early Middle Ages, pp. 221, 222.