Cnossus pictographic script, 155 Coal as luck-bringer, East Ham, 290, Leeds, 290 Coburg Peninsula: dead, disposal of, 389
Cock: afreet as, Arabian Nights, 167; cock-fighting, ceremonial, India, 475; in folktales, Celebes, 231, Germany, 168, Norway, 167, Nyanga, 256
Coco nut: amulets from shell, Lin- colnshire, 87
Coco-nut palm: in folktale, Tibet, 116
Cocullo: costume, 313
Cocytus river: branch of Styx, 69 Cod-fish in folktale, Australia, 225-6 Codvan's Well, in legend of Savaddan lake, 460
Coins as amulets, 361; made by magic, Morocco, 457; as witch medals, Tuscany, 87; with holes, as amulets, Lincolnshire, 87-8 Coles, F. R.: Journey Omen, 344 Colic: amulets against, Portugal, 217 (plate)
Collectanea, 78-97, 190-227, 288-332, 438-70
Cologne: amulets of three Magi Kings, 83-7
Colours in folklore, see under various colours, such as Red Combwich: charm against evil eye, 88; devil seen, 45; ford and fort, 31-2, 38, 41; hill dropped by devil, 43; Scandinavian population, 45-7; Wild Hunt, 41, 43
Compass: as amulet, London, 297 Compass, points of, see East; North; South; and West
Compendium of the Punjab Customary Law, by H. A. Rose, reviewed, 251-2
Conception: Australia, 161; women's island near Sumatra, 161 Congo Free State: (see also Bangala tribe; Lulanga river; Manyema; Monsembe; San Salvador; and Wathen); Notes on some Customs of the Lower Congo People, by Rev. J. H. Weeks, 409-37; de Jonghe's Les Sociétés Secrètes au Bas Congo reviewed, 370, 373 Congress of the History of Religions, by J. Estlin Carpenter, 228-30 Connaught, see Galway county
Convulsions, amulets against, Italy, 218
Conybeare, F. C.: The Use of a Skull in a Rain-making Ceremony in Corsica, 332
Copper horse of Vergilius, 72; in Transvaal
Coral amuletic, 365, Flanders, 210, Portugal, 217 (plate) Corcyra, see Corfu
Corfu city of Alcinous, 58, 186; rock Karavi, 166
Corinth cult of Cyclopes, 172; cult of Poseidon, 239
Cork county: (see also Muskerry); dead coach, 320
Corkscrew as amulet, Lincolnshire, 87
Corn: magician as grain of, Ger- many, 168
Corn spirits, vegetation souls, and the like Yorkshire, 104
Cornwall Tregarthen's Legends and Tales of North Cornwall and The Piskey Purse noticed, 503; saffron unlucky in fishing, 108 Correspondence, 98-108, 228-35, 333- 45, 471-5
Corringham; death knock, 466-8 Corsica, see Cauro
Cortona St Margaret of, 207 Corvedale: ballad, 192 Cosmogony: Roumania, 346 Council of Folk-Lore Society: elec- tion, 3-4; report, 5-11 Courcy, Sir John de, 39 Courting customs and beliefs: Aber- deenshire, 472; Lower Congo, 411, 414-5; Panjab, 251; spitting, 367 Cow amulets worn by, Antrim, 299 (plate); charm to cure "grup, Antrim, 299; dung in charm against ailments, India, 506; horn as amu- let, Portugal, 215 (plate); sacrificed for rain, Anatolia, 309; in tale of spirit-raising, Wales, 329-31 Cowry shell: as amulet, Greeks,
469, Lincolnshire, 87-8, London, 297; in hunting charm, Lower Congo, 432; talking, in folktale, Tibet, 119
Coyote culture hero as, Amerin- dians, 478
Cradle Tales of Hinduism, by Miss M. E. Noble, reviewed, 115 Craigour hill well custom, May,
Chalcedony, red, as amulet, 297 Chaldæa (see also Babylon); Eabani the god, 167
Chalk in hunting charm, Lower Congo, 436; in pregnancy charm, Lower Congo, 419 Chamberlain, A. F.: A Macassar Version of Cinderella, 230-2 Champā: King Udayin, 350 Chanakya, minister of Chandragupta, 350-2
Chandragupta, King, see King Chan- dragupta
Channel islands, see Guernsey; and Jersey
Charlton Horethorne: holy well, 49 Charms and spells: (see also Amulets and talismans):- :-
against bleeding, Devon, 89-90, Odyssey &c., 73; blight, Kerry, 323; burns and scalds, Ire- land, 317; children's ailments, India, 501; drouth, Anatolia, 311; epilepsy, Meath, 316, Scotland &c., 85; erysipelas, Kerry, 316; evil eye, Somerset, 88; "grup "in cows, Antrim, 299; heart disease, Cavan, 315-6; hernia, Somerset, 88; ill-luck at whist, London, 301; itch, Carlingford hills, 316 king's evil, Cavan, 316; mumps, Cavan, 315; ring- worm, Limerick, 317; starva- tion, Cavan, 323; warts, Cavan, 315, Somerset, 89; whitlows, Cavan, 316-7; whooping cough, Devon, 345, Limerick, 317, Oxfordshire, 296;
to expel rats, Ireland, 318; full name of patient must be known, Isle of Man, 78; for hunting- dogs, Lower Congo, 436; for hunting-luck, Lower Congo, 431-3; India, 73, 474; to injure enemy, Madras, 474, Malabar, 475; Japan, 374; for rain-making, Anatolia, 311-2, Corsica, 332, Roumania, 347 Charybdis, myth of, 179 Chastity : amulets to preserve, Flanders, 207, 210
Cheddar: gorge made by devil, 43 Chemmis, floating island, 185 Chieftainship: powers and perquisites of, Lower Congo, 426-7; succession
Childbirth customs and beliefs, see
Birth customs and beliefs
Children (see also Birth customs and beliefs; Medical folklore; and Twins); amulets specially for, Flanders, 208-10, Portugal, 217; diseases caused by moon, Portugal, 217; looking in glass gives bad dreams, Lower Congo, 420; rela- tions to parents, Lower Congo, 424-5; shooting stars may injure, Lower Congo, 420; sucklings not charged for, Lower Congo, 421 Chimæra, in saga of Bellerophon, 157-9
Chimpanzee: name of, Manyema, 255 China: (see also Tibet); amulet de-
rived from, England, 295; folktales, 73. 154; purgatory, 76; Putting Life into an Idol, 91; Tibetan folktales imported from, 117; women's kingdom, 161 Chingalee tribe, see Tjingilli tribe Chipewyan Indians: lactation in male, 106
Chiron the Centaur, 160
Chithor: commemoration of fall, 68 Chitrangi, tale of, 157
Cholera St Roch averts, Flanders,
Christmastide: Germany, 509 Chthonian deities, 170, 238 Churches in folklore: France, III Churchyard: north side for unbap- tized &c., 459; in preparing amulet, U.S.A., 296
Chyavana, folktale of, India, 61 Cilicia: prehistoric population, 58 Cimmerians, land of, in Odyssey, 176 Cinderella type of folktales, 2, 22-3, 25, 73, 173, 230-4 Circe: magic ointment of, 73-5; story of, 177-9
Circumcision in Transvaal, 283-4 Cisterns cannot be counted, Rhodes, 470
Clagland's Corner (Som.): ghost, 342-3 Clans ceremonies origin of secret societies &c., 371-2; on Lower Congo, 425-6; names of, Lower Congo, 425-6, Nyanja, 255, Panjab, 268
Claws: as amulets, Portugal, 217 (plate)
Clover, four-leaved: as amulet, Eng- land, 293-4, Flanders, 204
Cnossus pictographic script, 155 Coal: as luck-bringer, East Ham, 290, Leeds, 290 Coburg Peninsula: dead, disposal of, 389
Cock: afreet as, Arabian Nights, 167; cock-fighting, ceremonial, India, 475; in folktales, Celebes, 231, Germany, 168, Norway, 167, Nyanga, 256
Coco nut: amulets from shell, Lin- colnshire, 87
Coco-nut palm: in folktale, Tibet, 116
Cocullo: costume, 313
Cocytus river: branch of Styx, 69 Cod-fish: in folktale, Australia, 225-6 Codvan's Well, in legend of Savaddan lake, 460
Coins as amulets, 361; made by magic, Morocco, 457; as witch medals, Tuscany, 87; with holes, as amulets, Lincolnshire, 87-8 Coles, F. R.: Journey Omen, 344 Colic: amulets against, Portugal, 217 (plate)
Collectanea, 78-97, 190-227, 288-332, 438-70
Cologne: amulets of three Magi Kings, 83-7
Colours in folklore, see under various colours, such as Red Combwich charm against evil eye, 88; devil seen, 45; ford and fort, 31-2, 38, 41; hill dropped by devil, 43; Scandinavian population, 45-7; Wild Hunt, 41, 43
Compass: as amulet, London, 297 Compass, points of, see East; North; South; and West
Compendium of the Punjab Customary Law, by H. A. Rose, reviewed, 251-2
Conception: Australia, 161; women's island near Sumatra, 161 Congo Free State: (see also Bangala tribe; Lulanga river; Manyema; Monsembe; San Salvador; and Wathen); Notes on some Customs of the Lower Congo People, by Rev. J. H. Weeks, 409-37; de Jonghe's Les Sociétés Secrètes au Bas Congo reviewed, 370, 373. Congress of the History of Religions, by J. Estlin Carpenter, 228-30 Connaught, see Galway county
Convulsions, amulets against, Italy, 218
Conybeare, F. C.: The Use of a Skull in a Rain-making Ceremony in Corsica, 332
Copper horse of Vergilius, 72; in Transvaal
Coral amuletic, 365, Flanders, 210, Portugal, 217 (plate) Corcyra, see Corfu
Corfu city of Alcinous, 58, 186; rock Karavi, 166
Corinth cult of Cyclopes, 172; cult of Poseidon, 239
Cork county: (see also Muskerry); dead coach, 320 Corkscrew as amulet, Lincolnshire, 87
Cortona: St Margaret of, 207 Corvedale ballad, 192 Cosmogony: Roumania, 346 Council of Folk-Lore Society: elec- tion, 3-4; report, 5-11 Courcy, Sir John de, 39
Courting customs and beliefs: Aber- deenshire, 472; Lower Congo, 411, 414-5; Panjab, 251; spitting, 367 Cow: amulets worn by, Antrim, 299 (plate); charm to cure "grup,' Antrim, 299; dung in charm against ailments, India, 506; horn as amu- let, Portugal, 215 (plate); sacrificed for rain, Anatolia, 309; in tale of spirit-raising, Wales, 329-31 Cowry shell: as amulet, Greeks, 469, Lincolnshire, 87-8, London, 297; in hunting charm, Lower Congo, 432; talking, in folktale, Tibet, 119
Coyote culture hero as, Amerin- dians, 478
Cradle Tales of Hinduism, by Miss M. E. Noble, reviewed, 115 Craigour hill: well custom, May,
Cramp, amulets against, England, 296, Flanders, 207
Crane: cranes and pigmies, Iliad, 162, Musquakies, 478; in folktale, Australia, 227
Creation myths: Assam, 481-2 Crescents, see Moon
Crete (see also Candia; Cnossus; Dictaean cave; and Messará); early sea power, 58; religion related to Greek, 236, 238-9; writing on clay tablets, 155
Cricket as death warning, and how to avert, Ireland, 318 Crooke, W.: Some Notes on Homeric Folk-Lore, 52-77, 153-89; reviews by,-Rose's Compendium of the Punjab Customary Law, 251-2; Noble's Cradle Tales of Hinduism, 115; Cowell and Rouse's The Jataka, or Stories of the Buddha's former Births, vol. VI., 113-5; Religions Ancient and Modern, 124-5; short notice by,-Gordon's Indian Folk-Tales, 506-7
Cross as amulet, England, 293, 298, Flanders, 204, 208, Ireland, 300, Portugal, 216-9 (plate), 221-3(plate); as fetish and charm, Congo, 409 Cross roads: burials at, Lower Congo, 423, 437; in transferring ailments, 'India, 501
Crow crucified, Kirton-in-Lindsey, 468-9; in folktales, Australia, 304- 6, Ireland, 323, Tibet, 116 Crowcombe dragon legend, 35-6; Sedgemoor tradition, 40 Croydon amulets, 298 Crucifix, see Cross
Crystal-gazing: Mexico, 500; Wales, 328-9
Cuchulainn sagas: draught of obli- vion, 76
Culbone: St Culbone, 33 Cults of the Greek States, The, by L. R. Farnell, reviewed, 236-40 Cumae cave of Cyclops, 58, 166 Cumberland: thar-cake, 338 Curragh ride of sleeping wizard, 321-2 Cursing, see Imprecations
Cwmdu: in legend of Savaddan lake, 460
Cwrt-y-Cadno: wizard, 327-31 Cybele the goddess, 165, 238 Cyclades, see Greek islands
Dagon, the fish god, 166
Dahomey female bodyguard, 161; invisibility by pounding baby, 74 Dalmeny meaning of name, 386 Daly river: (see also Chingalee tribe); dead, disposal of, 389, 403 Damaraland, see Herero Dames, M. Longworth: reviews by,- Hodson's The Meitheis, 479-80; Lyall and Stack's The Mikirs, 479, 480-1; short notices by,-M'Nair and Barlow's Oral Tradition from the Indus, 507; Hellgren's Sång- lekår fran Nääs, 510 Dances: Mexico, 500; Nyanja, 256;
Pueblo Indians, 7; start of drama, Peru and Polynesia, 237; Sweden, 510
Danes: coast population, Somerset, 34; in traditions of Quantocks, 36-9, 45-6, 50 Danesboro' hill: dragon legend, 35-6; fort, 32, 41; old warriors still live in, 41; in saying, 40
Darling river: dead, disposal of, 400; in folktale, 307; mourning custom, 404
Dart river: saying, 171
Datchet animated hairs, 107 David, King, see King David Days and Seasons: August, 379, 383-4, 464-6; Candlemas Day, 203; Christmastide, 504; December, 105, 504; Easter, 202-3, 504; Easter Sunday, 202-3; February, 87, 203; 15th day of 6th month lucky, Tibet, 117; Friday, 41, 296, 379, 470; Good Friday, 41, 470; Guy Fawkes' Day, 104-5, 337; January, 91, 193; July, 40; June, 323; Lammas, 383-4; Lent, 106; May, 472; May Day, 472; Midnight, 296; Mid- summer Eve, 323; Monday, 319; months, names of, Roumania, 347; New Year, 105, 375; New Year's Eve, 105; November, 104-5, 212, 337; October, 438-9; Palm Sun- day, 202; St Hubert's Day, 212;
457-8, 504; Summer, 384; Sunday, 202-3, 317, 326-7, 464-6, 472; 13th of month, 296; Twelfth Night, 91; Valentine's Day, 87; week, days of, in folktales, 325-7; Whitsuntide, 92, 504; Yule tide, ancient, 337-8 Dead coach, see Headless ghosts Dead, land of, see Hades
Death: amulet in shape of face of, Flanders, 206; in folktales, 181-2; in Sisyphus myth, 181 Death and funeral customs and beliefs: (see also Ghosts; Graves; and Omens); Australia, 388-408, 487; blessed candle burnt during dying, Flanders, 203; burial customs, Australia, 53, 388-408, Homeric Greeks, 53, India, 53-4, 501, Lower Congo, 422-3, 429, Lower Niger, 498, Tasmania, 53; Celto-Latin peoples, 368; corpse sprinkled from box sprigs, Flanders, 202; crawling under bier lucky, Greece, 470; dancing after death, Upper Congo, 92; dead dwell in grave, Australia, 399, or grave tree, Iliad &c., 66; dead, land of, see Hades; feasts, Lower Congo, 429-30; fire purifi- cation after touching corpse, Upper Congo, 93; flowers from bier lucky, Greece, 470; food and goods buried, Australia, 393, 400, Upper Congo, 92-3; funeral customs and processions, Lower Congo, 421, 429; future life, beliefs about, Australia, 403, Celto- Latins, 368, Lower Congo, 423, 430, Lower Niger, 498; head of corpse struck off to lay ghost, Gloucestershire, 37; Lower Congo, 428-31; mourning customs, Abruzzi, 314, Australia, 404-5, Basutos and Bathonga, 283, Lower Congo, 415-6, Lower Niger, 498, Tibet, 117; myrtle laid on graves, Morocco, 455; nails of dead must be cut, Edda, 187; opening windows &c. to release soul, Taun- ton, 336, Wales, 108; running water ceremony to repel spirit of dead, Upper Congo, 93; shutting windows after death, Cambridge, 337; spirit hovers round unburied corpse, Lower Congo, 430; Torres Straits, 487 Death-Knock in the Wapentake of Corringham, Lincolnshire, by Miss
Deborah the prophetess, 67 December, see Christmastide; New Year's Eve; and Yule tide, ancient Dé Danaan, see Tuatha Dé Danann Dee river (Louth): sleeping army, 322 Deer; (see also Musk-deer); in folk- tales, India, 72, Tibet, 116, 119; stag's horn as amulet, Madeira and Portugal, 216; white doe in folk- tale, Tibet, 119
Deity, conceptions of; Australia, 485; pairs of gods and heroes, 163 Delos floating island, 185; palm- tree, 57; pilgrimages to, 239 Delphi cult of Apollo, 240 Deluge legends, 57
Demeter: as civilizer, 238; in Homeric poems, 59, 64; horse-headed, 237-8 Demi-gods, pairs of, 163 Demons and evil spirits: (see also Afreet; Devil; and Jinns); eyes put out by striking ground with bay- stick, Morocco, 455; possession, see Possession, demon; propitiated by cock fighting, India, 475; vila or mar, Balkan Penin., 503 Denmark (see also Danes; Faroe islands; Greenland; Iceland; Jut- land; and Scandinavia); five kings list, 353-4; Lejre Chronicle, 355; Oddi raises storms, 185 Depeghoz, Tartar monster, 173 Derbyshire: thar-cake, 338 Devil: in folk tales, Somerset, 42-5;
takes bodies of wizards, Wales, 331 "Devil's Door" in Wroxhall Abbey
Church, The, by Miss C. S. Burne, 458-9 (plate)
Devon (see also Bideford; Black Torrington; Dart river; Exeter ; Morebath; Sutcombe; and Tor- rington); charm against whooping cough, 345; dialect found in Quan- tocks, 33; folklore from, 127; firstborn cannot be 'overlooked,' 340, or see ghost, 342; folk-song, 147; Sundry Notes from West Somerset and Devon, by Rev. C. W. Whistler, 88-91
Diarmuid and Grainne, 173 Diarrhoea in poison ordeal, Lower Congo, 417
Dice: as amulets, England, 295 Dickson, Miss I. A.: The Burry-Man, 131, 379-87 (plates)
Dictaean cave: libation table, 70
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