Restrictions in Diet

Chapter XXXVII

The gluttony of savages and their views on it, p. sq.—At higher stages of culture intemperance often subject to censure, p. .—Views on pleasures of the table, p. sq.—Fasting as a means of having supernatural converse or acquiring supernatural powers, p. sq.—Abstinence from food before or in connection with the performance of a magical or religious ceremony, pp. –298.—Fasting prevents pollution, pp. –296.—Sacrificial victims should be clean, and may therefore have to fast, p. 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, p. –298.—Fasting after a death, pp. –308.—Observed only in the daytime, p. sq.—Abstinence from certain victuals only, pp. –302.—Various attempts to explain the custom of fasting after a death, p. sq.—Mourners fast for fear of being polluted by the food, pp. –306.—Or because they, by eating a piece of food, might pollute all victuals belonging to the same species, p. sq.—Or because they are supposed to be in a delicate condition imposing upon them restrictions in their diet, p. sq.—Or because grief is accompanied by a loss of appetite, p. .—The Lent fast, p. sq.—Fasts connected with astronomical changes, pp. –315.—Among the Jews, pp. –312.—Among the Harranians and Manichæans, p. sq.—The Muhammedan fast of Ramaḍân, pp. –315.—Fasting as a form of penance, pp. –318.—As a survival of an expiatory sacrifice, pp. –318.—Fasting and almsgiving, ibid.—Fasting “the beginning of chastity,” p. .