Published by Good Press, 2019

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Table of Contents

       CHAPTER I. THE MEDICINE-MEN, THEIR MODES OF TREATING DISEASE, THEIR SUPERSTITIONS, PARAPHERNALIA, ETC.

       MEDICINE-WOMEN.

       REMEDIES AND MODES OF TREATMENT.

       HAIR AND WIGS.

       MUDHEADS.

       SCALP SHIRTS.

       THE RHOMBUS, OR BULL ROARER.

       THE CROSS.

       NECKLACES OF HUMAN FINGERS.

       NECKLACES OF HUMAN TEETH.

       THE SCRATCH STICK.

       THE DRINKING REED.

       CHAPTER II. HODDENTIN, THE POLLEN OF THE TULE, THE SACRIFICIAL POWDER OF THE APACHE; WITH REMARKS UPON SACRED POWDERS AND BREAD OFFERINGS IN GENERAL.

       THE "KUNQUE" OF THE ZUÑI AND OTHERS.

       USE OF POLLEN BY THE ISRAELITES AND EGYPTIANS.

       HODDENTIN A PREHISTORIC FOOD.

       HODDENTIN THE YIAUHTLI OF THE AZTECS.

       "BLEDOS" OF ANCIENT WRITERS—ITS MEANING.

       TZOALLI.

       GENERAL USE OF THE POWDER AMONG INDIANS.

       ANALOGUES OF HODDENTIN.

       THE DOWN OF BIRDS IN CEREMONIAL OBSERVANCES.

       HAIR POWDER.

       DUST FROM CHURCHES—ITS USE.

       CLAY-EATING.

       PREHISTORIC FOODS USED IN COVENANTS.

       SACRED BREADS AND CAKES.

       UNLEAVENED BREAD.

       THE HOT CROSS BUNS OF GOOD FRIDAY.

       GALENA.

       CHAPTER III. THE IZZE-KLOTH OR MEDICINE CORD OF THE APACHE.

       ANALOGUES TO BE FOUND AMONG THE AZTECS, PERUVIANS, AND OTHERS.

       THE MAGIC WIND KNOTTED CORDS OF THE LAPPS AND OTHERS.

       ROSARIES AND OTHER MNEMONIC CORDS.

       THE SACRED CORDS OF THE PARSIS AND BRAHMANS.

       USE OF CORDS AND KNOTS AND GIRDLES IN PARTURITION.

       "MEDIDAS," "MEASURING CORDS," "WRESTING THREADS," ETC.

       UNCLASSIFIED SUPERSTITIONS UPON THIS SUBJECT.

       THE MEDICINE HAT.

       THE SPIRIT OR GHOST DANCE HEADDRESS.

       AMULETS AND TALISMANS.

       PHYLACTERIES.

       BIBLIOGRAPHY.

       INDEX.

      ILLUSTRATIONS.