Porpoise; and Shark); afreet in form of, Egypt, 472; as amulet, 362; broiled fish gives knowledge of beast language, 65; not eaten, Basutos, 283; Echeneis, 107; in folktales, Australia, 224-6, Celebes, 231-2; in linked totems, New Guinea, 483; tabooed, Meitheis, 480
Fishers' Folklore, by D. Townshend, 108
Fishing boats, see Sea customs and beliefs
Fishing customs and beliefs; mermaid descent affects luck, Kerry, 319; saffron unlucky, Cornwall, 108 Fits, see Epilepsy Fitzwarren slays dragon, 35 Fiucarn, sunken island of, 185 Five: as protective number, Moors, 223 Flames, see Fire
Flanders: (see also West Flanders); Notes on Some Flemish Amulets and Beliefs, by W. L. Hildburgh, 131, 200-13 Flatholme made by devil, 43 Flintshire, see Mold
Fljótsdæla saga, translation of, 127 Floating islands, legends of, 184-5 Flood legends, see Deluge legends Flowers in folklore: (see also Jasmine flower; and Pomegranate-tree); in amulets, Naples, 223, Portugal, 222-3. Spain, 223-4; clan names from, Panjab, 268
Folk-Lore as an Historical Science, by
G. L. Gomme, reviewed, 241-6 Folk-Lore de France, Le, by P. Sébillot, reviewed, 111-3
Folklore Fiction: a Warning, by R. Harris, 104
Folklore from Tangier, by Miss F. K. Green, 440-58
Folklore of Aristotle, by T. E. Lones, 106-7 Folklore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish, by J. E. Hanauer, reviewed, 500-3 Folk-music: Broadwood's English Traditional Songs and Carols re- viewed, 476; Some Characteristics of English Folk Music, by C. J. Sharp, 130, 132-52; Sweden, 510 Folk-sayings, see Proverbs Folk Song Society: hints to collec- tors, 148-50; leaflet to clergy,
Folk-songs: (see also Folk-music); Balkan Penin., 503-5; England, 66, 143, 145-6, 154, 190-200, 476; France, 493; Germany, 503-4; Ireland, 234-5; Isle of Man, 78, 80-1; Nyanja, 256; Orkney and Shetland islands, 127; Roumania, 346, 505; Russia, 505; Scotland, 154, 171; Sweden, 510; Tibet, 116 Folktales: (see also under various types, such as Cinderella); Ama. zulu, 165; Amerindians, 70, 477-9, 500; Anatolia, 310-1; Arab, 76, 154, 158, 167, 173, 178, 501-3; Australia, 224-7, 303-8; Babylonia, 157; Basques, 169, 173-4; beast fables, 116, 502; Celtic, 173, 185, 188; Ceylon, 179; China, 73, 154; Cyprus, 187-8; discussed in Presi- dential address, 12-30; East Indies, 230-2; Egypt, 156, 181, 187; England, 41-5, 49, 164-5, 169, 174, 242-3, 333; Faroe islands, 168; Fin- land, 61; France, 493; Germany, 61, 73, 128, 154, 156, 168-9, 178.9, 182; gipsy, 157; Greeks, 52-77, 153-89, 167-8, 173, 181, 501; in Homeric poems, 52-77, 153-89; Hottentots, 118; Hungary, 173,188; Iceland, 127; India, 61-2, 65, 72- 76, 113-5, 118, 156, 158, 167, 178, 187-8, 321-3, 347-52, 480-2, 501- 3; Ireland, 66, 75-6, 170-1,173, 181-2, 188, 327; Isle of Man, 78- 83, 324-7; Italy, 158, 169, 181-2, 327; jatakas, 113-5; Kafirs, 505; Lithuania, 157; Mexico, 500; Mo- rocco, 441-58; New Zealand, 177; Norway, 167, 177, 183, 334; Nyanja, 254-6; Palestine, 500; Romans, 178; Roumania, 346-7; Russia, 173, 176, 179, 184, 478; Scotland, 158, 168, 173-4, 178, 181, 186-7, 235; Sicily, 188; Sioux, 177; Slavonians, 170-1; Spain, 327; Tibet, 116-9; Transylvania, 157; Wales, 119-23, 333-4, 459-63
Folk Tales from Tibet, by Capt. W. F. O'Connor, reviewed, 116-9 Folk-Tales of the Aborigines of New South Wales, by R. H. Mathews, 224-7, 303-8
Footprints: in charm against over- looking. Somerset, 88; of devil, Somerset, 43
Forgetfulness: drink or drug of,
Frog in folktales, Assam, 481; Tibet, 116; tadpole as delicacy, Lower Congo, 419
Fruit and vegetables in folklore, see Apple; Coco nut; Garlic bulb; Lotus ; Onion ; Peas; Pome- granate; and Potato Fruit-trees: (see also Apple-tree; and Pomegranate-tree); amulet for,
Somerset, 299 (plate) Fulda river: spirit of, 171 Funchal amulets, 213-4, 216, 218-9 (plate), 221 (plate)
Fungus as amulet, England and Germany, 295; fire of, after death, Australia, 404
Future life, beliefs about, see Death and funeral customs and beliefs Fylfot, see Swastika
Galway county: (see also Letter-
mullan island); family descended from seal, 319
Taunλia Zúußola, by N. T. Polites, reviewed, 377
Games: France, 493; Japan, 374-5 Gandharva: derivation of Centaur
from, 159-60; the gandharvis, 170 Ganja, see Indian hemp Gardens: amulet for, Somerset, 299 (plate)
Gargaros, see Mt Ida
Gaster, Dr. M.: President, 3; Presi- dential address, 3, 12-30; reviews by,-Hanauer's Folklore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish, 500-3; Salzberger's Die Salomo Sage in der Semitischen Litteratur, 500-3; Krauss's Slav- ische Volksforschungen, Abhand- lungen über Glauben Gewohnheits- recht, Sitten, Bräuche und die Guslaren-lieder der Südslaven, 503-5 Gauhar Shah, Hindu saint, 62 Gazaland, see Bandjao Ge, in Greek cults, 238 Gebel-et-ter mountain: in myth of herons, 184
Gems: (see also Chalcedony; Onyx ; and Turquoise); as amulets, 291, 293-4, 297, 361-6; occult powers of, 363-6
Gendarme mascot in shape of, France, 292
Genealogies: Schütte's Oldsagn om Godtjod reviewed, 353-9 Gerent of Dyvnaint, 32
Germany (see also Fulda river; Hanover; Hesse; Lorraine; Mar- mennil; Neckar river; Pomerania ; Prussians, ancient; Rhenish Prus- sia; Rhine; and Wends); amulets, 295, 298; folktales, 61, 73, 168-9, 178, 182; nixies, 171; St Ger- trude patroness of souls, 212-3; sempervivum, beliefs about, 298; shape-shifting by seal, 169; southern, initials of Magi Kings over sickrooms, 86 Geryon, grave trees of, 66 Gesta Romanorum, 156, 348 Ghost Invisible to a First-born Son, by Miss C. S. Burne, 342 Ghost-raising in Wales, by J. C. Davies, 327-31
Ghosts (see also Headless ghosts; and Wild Hunt); in animal form, Torres Straits, 483-4; attracted by bundle of sticks &c., W. Australia, 393; as death warning, Ireland, 320; ghost funerals, Ireland, 320; gold-clad, Mold, 243; laid by re- moving head of corpse, Gloucester-
touch earth, Panjab, 68; of un- buried, malignant, Lower Niger, 498; Viking, Ballachulish, 243-4; not visible to a first-born, Bucking- hamshire and Devon, 342 Giants (see also Balor; Ephialtes; Gudmund; Hraesvelg; Hrungnir; Orion; Otos; and Polyphemus); famine giant, Iroquois, 183; in folk- tales, 158, Highlands, 168, 173-4, Iceland, 127, Isle of Man, 80-2, Yorkshire, 174; in Shetland islands, 127; in Somerset, 39; in York- shire, 128; one-eyed, 172-3 Gippsland: burial customs, 398-9; grave hut, 405 Gipsies folktale, 157
Girdles of Aphrodite, Iliad, 70-1; Bunna-do-At of Irish kings, 71; of Egyptian kings, 71; of Hera, Iliad, 71
Gisdhubar, in Babylonian tale, 157 Glamorgan, see Cwmdu; and Flat- holme
Glen Rushen: fairies, 324-6 Gloucestershire: ballad, 192; Christ-
mas customs, 192-3; headless ghost, 37; north door opened at baptisms, 459
Gnanji tribe: dead, disposal of, 402-3
Goat: black, jinn takes shape_of, Morocco, 456-7; in folktales, Ger- many, 233, Scandinavia, 233, Tibet, 116; heart tabooed to Moyo clan, Nyanja, 255; lactation of he-goat, Hanover, 106; sacrificed for rain, Anatolia, 309; shape- shifting to, Morocco, 456-7, Russia, 179; sucklings not charged for, Lower Congo, 421 Goblins: Japan, 375-6 Godrun, see Gudrun
Gods, see Deity, conceptions of; and under names of gods
Gold: amulets, England, 295, 297, Portugal, 215; articles and ani- mals in Homeric poems, 71-2; deer in folktales, India, 72; ear- rings improve sight, Flanders, 207; peacocks, in Great Khan's palace, 72; wedding ring in charm, Ireland, 316
Gold Coast system of descent, 255 Gomme, G. L.: The Telling of the
Gonachry the ship, 186 Gooaree, Australian deity, 485 Good Friday: flowers taken from bier for luck, Sparta, 470; "hunt- ing Judas," Somerset, 41 Gordonston Mill: journey omen, 344 Gorgoneion on deity's shield, 70 Gorm, King, see King Gorm Gothland island: origin saga, 354-5 Grafton, Cape: initiatory rites, 391 Grani, Sigurd's horse, 65 Grateful Dead, The, by G. H. Ger- ould, 8
Graves: Australia, 393-4, 398-400, 402; India, 506
Grave tree abode of spirit of dead, Iliad &c., 66
Graveyard, see Churchyard Greek folklore: (see also Arcadia ; Argolis; Attica; Corinth; Dorians; Epirus; Greek islands; Laconia; Mycenae; Phocis; Sparta; and Thessaly); amulets against evil eye, 469; Farnell's The Cults of the Greek States reviewed, 236-40; demi-gods, pairs of, 163; folktales, 154, 167-8, 181, 501; Some Notes on Homeric Folk-Lore, by W. Crooke, 52-77, 153-89; sponge an animal, 106
Greek islands: (see also Calymnos ; Corfu ; Crete; Delos; Lemnos ; Rhodes ; and Syra); amulets against evil eye, 469; grass of denial, 77
Green: garters to elder sister by bride, Balmoral, 339-40
Green, Miss F. K.: Folklore from Tangier, 440-58
Greenland, see Disco island; and Eskimo
Greenstone, amulets from, 293 Grim, waterfall spirit, 171 Grimhild in Siegfried saga, 76 Grindelwald, 438
"Grup" in cows, charm against, Antrim, 299
Gryphon: in folktales, Tibet, 116 Gudmund the giant, 177 Gudrun in Siegfried saga, 65, 76 Guernsey: The Fifth of November and Guy Fawkes, by Miss E. H. Carey, 104-5 (plate) Gujarat: Jain kingdom, 352 Gunasarman, tale of, 157 Gunpowder : to
Haddon, A. C. lecture by, 129 Hades (see also Hell); in folktales, 19-20; in Homeric poems, 182; among Lower Niger tribes, 497 Hades the deity: in Greek cults, 238; helmet worn by Athene, 74; Her- cules fetches hound of, 157 Hæmorrhage, see Blood Hair: in charm against epilepsy, Meath, 316; of child cut by nganga, Lower Congo, 421-2; of child in magic towing, Eskimo, 185; cut &c. in burial rites, Australia, 392, 405; offered before marriage, 157; raised from head in charm against heart disease, Cavan, 316; summons animal relative in folktale, Tibet, 118; unlucky treatments of, Ire- land, 319
Hair string as life-token, Japan, 375, Micmac Indians, 70 Hal: miraculous statue, 205 Hampshire, see Hayling island Hand: (see also Fingers); amulets in shape of, Italy, 215, Madeira, 221 (plate), Naples, 223, Portugal, 214- 5, 217-23 (plate), Rhodes, 469 (plate), Spain, 223-4
Hand Cross: motor mascots, 293 Hangman's rope: as amulet, Flanders, 204-5
Hanover lactation in he-goat, 106 Hare in folktales, 184, Tibet, 116-7;
in moon, Tibet, 116; symbol of Buddha, 116
Hare-lip in Tibet, 117 Harpies, the, 159
Harris, R. Folklore Fiction: a Warning, 104
Harrison, Mrs. M. C.: A Survival of Incubation?, 313-5 (plate) Hartland, E. S.: A Macassar Version
of Cinderella, 233-4; The Pedlar of Swaffham, 333-6; reviews by,-
Récits, Contes et Légendes de l'Ancien Bocage Normand: Jeux, Vielles Chansons, 493; Bougle's Essais sur le Régime des Castes, 488-92; Sébillot's Le Folk-Lore de France, 111-3; Starr's In Indian Mexico: a Narrative of Travel and Labor, 499-500; Sébillot's Le Paganisme Contemporain chez les Peuples Celto-Latins, 366-9; Pub- lications of the American Ethno- logical Society, vol. I Fox Texts, 477-9; short notice by,-Spence's The Popol Vuh, 505
Harvest customs and beliefs: (see also
Corn spirits, vegetation souls, and the like); Apollo associated with harvest, 240; buffalo races &c., India, 475; burry-man, South Queensferry, 379-87 (plates); Lam- mas, South Queensferry, 384; pro- pitiatory rites, Scotland, 387 Hatton legend, 458
Haute Vienne, see Limoges Hawaii: Laamao-mao the wind-ruler, 185
Hawk foot as amulet, England, 300; in Jataka story, 114 Hayling island: amulet, 299 Hazara: folktales, 507 Head: amulets for diseases of, Flanders, 206, Portugal, 217-8 (plate); shaved, Balemba, 283, after marriage, Abruzzi, 313, for mourn- ing, Basutos &c., 283; singing in, omen of death, Ireland, 318 Headache amulets against, Cologne, 83-4, Flanders, 207; cure for, Australia, 304
Head beside thigh of corpse, Glouces- tershire, 37
Headless ghosts: Ireland, 320-1; Gloucestershire, 37; Somerset, 37,
Heart allotment after hunt, Lower Congo, 434-5; amulets in shape of, England, 293, 295, 362, Flanders, 204, Lincolnshire, 87, Naples, 223, Portugal, 216 (plate), 218-9 (plate), 222-4 (plate); as clan name, Nyanja, 255; Sacred Heart as amulet, Flanders, 204, Portugal,
Heart disease: charm against, Cavan, 315-6
Heather: white, as amulet, England,
Hedgehog jinn takes shape of, Morocco, 456
Heimdall, Norse god, 62 Heimskringla, the, 243, 334, 357 Hei tiki, Maori god, 293 Helen of Troy, in Odyssey, 76 Helios, in Homeric poems, 60, 163, 182
Hell: Buddhist, 183; harrowing of by Conan, 182
Helmet gives invisibility, Iliad &c., 74-5
Hen: dispersal through Africa, 281-2;
names in S. Africa, 281; omen from, Ireland, 318
Henry, King, see King Henry Hentland: ballad, 193
Hephaistos magic tripods &c. of, 71 Hera girdle of, 71; in Iliad, 59, 71; in Odyssey, 60; statue of Hera Coronea, 170 Herakles, see Hercules Herbert river: grave hut, 405 Herbs in folklore, see Plants in folk- lore
Hercules: god of dreams and warm springs, 63; in Homeric poems, 62-3; slays boar, 65; tasks of, 157; as worm-slayer, 63 Herefordshire: (see also Hentland;
Kingsland; King's Pyon; King's Thorne; Ross; Weobley; Win- forton; and Withington); ballad, 191-2, 199; dog as mascot, 290-1; withy unlucky, 199
Herero system of descent, 255 Hermannsburg (Aus.): graves, 399. Hermes flying sandals of, 72-3; gift to Autolycus, 181
Hernia, charm for, Somerset, 88 Hero cults: Amerindians, 478; Aus- tralia, 485; Torres Straits, 485 Heroes, pairs of, Homeric poems &c., 163
Heron in myth of road of souls, 184 Herzegovina:
Krauss's Slavische Volksforschungen reviewed, 503-5 Hesperides, apples of, 62 Hesse, see Willings-Hausen Hickathrift, Tom, tale of, 164-5
Highlands: (see also under names of counties); folktales, 158, 168, 173-4, 181, 186-7
Hildburgh, W. L.: Notes on Some Amulets of the Three Magi Kings, 83-7; Notes on Some Contemporary Portuguese Amulets, 131, 213-24 (plates); Notes on Some Flemish Amulets and Beliefs, 131, 200-13; reviews by, Bratley's The Power of Gems and Charms, 361-4; Fernie's Precious Stones: for Curative Wear and other Remedial Uses; likewise the Nobler Metals, 364-6
Hind Horn, ballad of, 154 Hindu folklore, see India Hindustan, by L. D. Barnett, reviewed, 124-5
Hinode or sunrise grass: as amulet, Japan, 298
Hippolytus, tale of, 157
Historical Ghost, An, by Rev. C. W. Whistler, 342-3
History of Religions, Congress of the, 228-30
Holed coins, see Coins
Holed stones : as amulets, British Isles, 292, 297, 299 (plate); medi- cinal, India, 506 Holland: nixies, 171
Holy Family: medals &c. as amulets, Flanders, 210
Holy water: power of, 363; sprinkled about houses &c. by box sprig, Flanders, 202
Holy Well, The, carol, 192-4 Holy wells, see Wells Homeric poems, folklore of, 52-77, 153-89
Honeley (see also Wroxhall Abbey); legend, 458
Horn amuletic, Flanders, 209, Italy, 209, Portugal, 215 (plate) 222, Spain, 209
Horn, King, see King Horn Horns: as amulets, Flanders, 208, Portugal, 214-6 (plates), 222 (plate), 224; for holding "medicine," Lower Congo, 432-3
Horse: amulets for, England, 300 (plate), Flanders, 211, Greeks, 469; Arion, 64; charm to stay bleeding, Devon, 90; cult suggested by Centaur myth, 160; in folktales, Norway, 167, Russia, 184, Tibet, 118; frog of as amulet, England, 296; of
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