The prevalence of cannibalism, p. 553.-Various forms of it, p. 554.-Cannibal-
ism due to scarcity or lack of animal food, p. 555.-To gourmandise, pp.
555-557-To revenge, pp. 557-559.-The practice of eating criminals, p.
558 sq.-Cannibalism a method of making a dangerous individual harmless
after death, p. 559 sq.—Due to the idea that the cannibal, by eating the
supposed seat of a certain quality in a person, incorporates it with his own
system, pp. 560-562.-Cannibalism in connection with human sacrifice, p.
562 sq.-The eating of man-gods, p. 563 sq.-Other instances in which a super-
natural or medicinal effect is ascribed to human flesh or blood, pp. 564-566.-
Cannibalism as a covenant rite, p. 566 sq.-Special reasons given for the
practice of eating relatives or friends, pp. 567-569.-The cannibalism of
modern savages represented as the survival of an ancient practice which was
once universal in the human race, p. 569 sq.-Criticism of this theory, pp.
570-580.-Savages who feel the greatest dislike of cannibalism, p. 570 sq.-
Cannibals often anxious to deny that they are addicted to this practice, p.
572. The rapid extinction of it among certain savages, p. 572 sq.-Even
among peoples very notorious for cannibalism there are individuals who abhor
it, p. 573. The aversion to cannibalism may be due to sympathy for the dead,
p. 574.—In the first instance it is probably an instinctive feeling akin to those
feelings which regulate the diet of the various animal species, ibid.-The
eating of human flesh regarded with superstitious dread, pp. 574–576.—The
feeling of reluctance may be overcome by other motives and may be
succeeded by a taste for human flesh, p. 577 sq.—Early man probably not
addicted to cannibalism, pp. 578-580.-Cannibalism much less prevalent
among the lowest savages than among races somewhat more advanced in
culture, p. 578 sq.-Among some savages cannibalism known to be of
modern origin or to have spread in recent times, p. 579 sq.-The moral
valuation of cannibalism, p. 580 sq.
Definition of the term "god," p. 602.-Gods have the rights to life and bodily
integrity, pp. 602-604.-Not necessarily considered immortal, p. 602 sq.-
The killing of totemic animals, p. 603 sq.-Divine animals killed as a religi-
ous or magical ceremony, pp. 604-606.-The killing of man-gods or divine
kings, pp. 606-610.—The right to bodily integrity granted to gods occasionally