TABOOED DAYS AFTER A DEATH AND ON RELATED OCCASIONS

Prohibition of work and other forms of activity a common regulation following a death, p. 62.—The animistic explanation of this taboo, pp. 62, 63.—Belief in the pollution of death, p. 63.—Many instances of communal taboos imposing abstinence and quiescence to be found among semi-civilized peoples in various parts of the world: in the East Indian Archipelago, pp. 63, 64; among the tribes of Borneo, p. 65; in Assam, pp. 65, 66; in India and Tibet, pp. 66, 67; throughout Africa, pp. 67-70; in Madagascar, p. 70; in North America, especially among the Eskimo, pp. 70-73; and among some Siberian tribes, pp. 73, 74.—Survivals of such taboos in the funeral observances of civilized peoples, p. 74.—Similar regulations imposed in connection with feasts of the dead and ceremonies of demon-expulsion, pp. 74, 75.—The evidence from Africa, pp. 75-78.—Unlucky days observed by the Athenians in connection with the festivals of the Genesia and the Anthesteria, pp. 79, 80.—Unlucky days observed by the Romans in connection with the festivals of the Parentalia and the Lemuria, pp. 80, 81.—The Hebrew Day of Atonement, pp. 81-83.—The Feast of Sacrifices in Islam, p. 83.—World-wide diffusion of the custom of observing tabooed days after a death and on related occasions, p. 84.