CHAPTER XXXVIII. Restrictions in Diet (_concluded_)

RESTRICTIONS IN DIET (concluded)

Certain kinds of food forbidden to certain classes of persons, pp. 319-324.--To young persons, p. 319 sq.--To women, p. 320 sq.--To men, p. 321 sq.--To priests or magicians, p. 322. --Restrictions in diet connected with totemism, p. 323 sq. --Abstinence from animals which excite disgust by their appearance, p. 324 sq.--From reptiles, p. 324.--From fish, p. 324 sq.--From fowl, p. 325.--From eggs, p. 325 sq.--From milk, ibid.--From animals which are regarded with disgust on account of their filthy habits or the nasty food on which they live, pp. 326-328.--From pork, ibid.--From foreign animals, p. 327.--From animals which are supposed to be metamorphosed ancestors or which resemble men, p. 328 sq.--From animals which excite sympathy, pp. 329-331.--From beef, p. 330 sq.--Restrictions in diet due to the disinclination to kill certain animals for food or, generally, to reduce the supply of a certain kind of victuals, pp. 330-332.--Abstinence from domestic animals which are regarded as sacred, p. 331 sq.--From food which is believed to injure him who partakes of it, pp. 332-334.--The sources to which the general avoidance of certain kinds of food may be traced, p. 334 sq.--The moral disapproval of eating certain kinds of food, p. 335. The moral prohibition sanctioned by religion, ibid.--Vegetarianism, pp. 335-338.--Among many peoples drunkenness so common that it can hardly be looked upon as a vice, pp. 338-341.--Sobriety or total abstinence from intoxicating liquors insisted upon by Eastern religions, p. 341 sq.--Explanation of the moral ideas concerning drunkenness and the use of alcoholic drink, pp. 342-345.--Wine or spirituous liquor inspires mysterious fear, p. 344 sq.--The Muhammedan prohibition of wine, p. 345.