Animism, the Buddhist, not a philosophical theory, ii. 13 _sq._; passing into polytheism, ii. 45; passing into religion, iii. 213
_Aninga_, aquatic plant in Brazil, ix. 264
_Anitos_, spirits of ancestors, in Luzon, ii. 30, viii. 124
Anjea, mythical being, who causes conception in women, i. 100, 184, v. 103
_Ankenmilch bohren_, to make the need-fire, x. 270 _n._
Anklets, as amulets, iii. 315; made of human sinews, worn by king of Uganda, vi. 224 _sq._
Ankole, in Central Africa, the Bahima of, vi. 190, viii. 288, x. 80
Anna Kuari, an Oraon goddess, human sacrifices to, vii. 244
Annam, rain-making ceremonies in caves of, i. 301 _sq._; the Chams of, ii. 159; dangers apprehended from women in childbed in, iii. 155; ceremonies observed when a whale is washed ashore in, iii. 223; wild beasts spoken of respectfully in, iii. 403; natives of, their indifference to death, iv. 136 _sq._; offerings to the dead in spring in, v. 235 _n._ 1; annual festivals of the dead in, vi. 62 _sqq._; inauguration of spring by means of an effigy of an ox in, viii. 13 _sq._; mountaineers of, sacrifice to their nets, viii. 240 _n._ 1; demons of sickness transferred to fowls in, ix. 33; demon of cholera sent away on a raft from, ix. 190; explanation of human mortality in, ix. 303; dread of menstruous women in, x. 85; use of wormwood to avert demons in, xi. 61 _n._ 1
Annamites, their belief as to demons, iii. 58; their way of protecting infants from demons, iii. 235
Annandale, Nelson, as to H. Vaughan Stevens, ii. 237 _n._
Anne, Queen, touches for scrofula, i. 370
Anno, in West Africa, use of magical dolls at, i. 71
—— renewal of king’s power at Babylon, iv. 113
—— sacrifice of a sacred animal, viii. 31
—— tenure of the kingship, iv. 113 _sqq._
Anodynes based on the principle of sympathetic magic, i. 93 _sq._
Anointing a stone in a rain-charm, i. 305
—— stones in order to avert bullets from absent warriors, i. 130
Anointment, of weapon which caused wound, i. 202 _sqq._; of priests at installation, iii. 14; as a ceremony of consecration, v. 21 _n._ 2 and 3, 68, 74; of sacred stones, custom of, v. 36; of the body as a means of acquiring certain qualities, viii. 162 _sqq._
Anpu and Bata, ancient Egyptian story of, xi. 134 _sqq._