RESTRICTIONS IN DIET
The gluttony of savages and their views on it, p. 290 _sq._--At
higher stages of culture intemperance often subject to censure,
p. 291.--Views on pleasures of the table, p. 291 _sq._--Fasting
as a means of having supernatural converse or acquiring
supernatural powers, p. 292 _sq._--Abstinence from food before or
in connection with the performance of a magical or religious
ceremony, pp. 293-298.--Fasting prevents pollution, pp. 294-296.
--Sacrificial victims should be clean, and may therefore
have to fast, p. 295 _sq._--Fasting before the performance of a
sacrifice may be due to the idea that it is dangerous or improper
for the worshipper to partake of food before the god has had his
share, pp 296-298.--Fasting after a death, pp. 298-308.--Observed
only in the daytime, p. 299 _sq._--Abstinence from certain
victuals only, pp. 300-302.--Various attempts to explain the
custom of fasting after a death, p. 302 _sq._--Mourners fast for
fear of being polluted by the food, pp. 303-306.--Or because
they, by eating a piece of food, might pollute all victuals
belonging to the same species, p. 306 _sq._--Or because they are
supposed to be in a delicate condition imposing upon them
restrictions in their diet, p. 307 _sq._--Or because grief is
accompanied by a loss of appetite, p. 308.--The Lent fast, p. 308
_sq._--Fasts connected with astronomical changes, pp. 309-315.
--Among the Jews, pp. 310-312.--Among the Harranians and
Manichæans, p. 312 _sq._--The Muhammedan {xii} fast of
Rama[d.]ân, pp. 313-315.--Fasting as a form of penance,
pp. 315-318.--As a survival of an expiatory sacrifice, pp. 316-318.
--Fasting and almsgiving, _ibid._--Fasting "the beginning
of chastity," p. 318.