_a._ Psychological Origin of Religions.--Principles and method of
the science of religion. Personal, family, and tribal religions.
Ancestral worship. Doctrines of animism; fetichism; polytheism;
henotheism; monotheism; universal religions.
_b._ Mythology.--Definition and growth of myths. Solar light and
storm myths. Creation and deluge myths. Relation of myths to
language.
_c._ Symbolism and Religious Art.--Relation of symbolism to
fetichism. Primitive idols. Charms and amulets. Tokens. Tombs,
temples, altars. Sacrifice. Symbolism of colors and numbers.
Special symbols; the bird; the serpent; trees; the cross; the
svastika; the circle, etc.
_d._ Religious Teachers and Doctrines.--The priestly class.
Shamanism. Theocracies. Secret orders. Initiations. Diviners.
Augurs and prophets. Doctrines of soul. Fatalism.
_e._ Analysis of Special Religions.--Egyptian religion; Buddhism;
Judaism; Christianity; Mohammedanism, etc.
E. Linguistics.
_a._ Gesture and Sign Language.--Examples. Plan of thought in
relation to picture writing.
_b._ Spoken Language.--Articulate and inarticulate speech. Imitative
sounds. The phonology of languages. Universal alphabets. Logical
relations of the parts of speech. The vocabulary and the grammar
of languages. Distinctions between languages and dialects. Mixed
languages and jargons. Relations of language to ethnography.
Polyglottic and monoglottic peoples. Causes of changes in
language. Extent and nature of such changes. Examples.
Classifications of languages. Relative excellence of languages.
Criteria of superiority. Rules for the scientific comparison of
languages.
_c._ Recorded Language.--Systems of recording ideas.
Thought-writing. Pictography. Symbolic and ideographic writing.
Examples. Sound-writing. Evolution of the phonetic alphabets.
Egyptian, Cuneiform, Chinese, Aztec, and other phonetic systems.
_d._ Forms of Expression.--Rhythmical. Origin of meter. Poetry of
primitive peoples. Rhythm and rhyme. Characters of prose.
Relation of prose and poetry to national language and character.
Dramatic. The primitive drama and its development.
F. Folk-lore.
Definition, nature, and value of folk-lore. Methods of its study.
Relations to history and character of a people. Traditional
customs. Traditional narratives. Folk-sayings. Superstitious
beliefs and practices.