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
Dieyeri tribe: cannibalism, 395, 405 ; funeral rites, 395
Dingo: skull on graves, Queensland, 402
Dione, wife of Zeus, 67, 69
Dionysus cult established in Greece by Melampus, 62; in Homeric poems, 58
Diplomatarium Orcadense et Hialt- landense, reviewed, 127-8 Disco island: magical towing of, 185 Diseases (see also under names);
amulets against, Cologne, 84, Flanders, 206-7, 212; Magi Kings protect from, 85; native views of, Lower Niger, 498
Disposal of the Dead in Australia,
The, by N. W. Thomas, 388-408 Divination: astragals, 107; bydreams, Australia, 397, Ireland, 323; by peas, Cavan, 323; by pig's head, Tibet, 117; by yew branches, Ireland, 67; of causer of death, Australia, 393-7, 399, 401; of lost article, Tibet, 117; of marriage, Ireland, 323, Scotland, 339-40 Dodona in Eschylus' drama, 67; in Homeric poems, 66-7; taboos on priests, 68 Doe, see Deer
Dog; afreet appears as, Egypt, 471-2; amulets in shape of, England, 292, 295 (plate), 303; black, spectral, Somerset, 44, of Wild Hunt, Somerset, 44; burial of, Lower Congo, 437; ceremony to appease spirit of, Lower Congo, 437; in charm against whooping cough, Limerick, 317; charms to make good tracker &c., Lower Congo, 436; drags out mandrake, 75; in folktales, Anatolia, 310-1, High- lands, 174, Tibet, 116, 118, York- shire, 174; giants in shape of, Frisians, 180; gold &c. dogs guard Alcinous' palace, 71; hairy dogs as males of people beyond, Cathay, 161; as mascot, Hereford, 290-2; patron saint of, Belgium, 212; in pedlar legend, England, 242-3 ; Scylla connected with, 180; shape- shifting into, Egypt, 471-2, Greece, 168, Lorraine, 179; of Underworld, in Odyssey, 62 Dolmens Ireland, 165-6
Donkey afreet in shape of, Egypt, 471; amulets for, Portugal, 216 (plate); cult suggested by Centaur myth, 160; in rain-making, Ana- 312;
Nightshape-shifting to, Arabian
Doorways: burial in, India, 506 Dorians: in Homeric poems, 54 Dorset (see also Isle of Purbeck; and Worth); adder swallowing young, 473
Douglas: Claverhouse legend, 242-3 Dove: black, from Thebes, 67; cult at Dodona, 67; in Odyssey, 67, 183 Downend: fort, 38
Dowsboro'; hill, see Danesboro' hill; men from beat down Stowey castle, 39 Dragon: amulet in shape of, Rhodes, 469; in folktales, Somerset, 35-7, Tibet, 116; in Iliad, 59; roasted heart gives knowledge of beast language, 65; sowing teeth of, 61 Drake, see Duck
Drakensberg: fowls, introduction of, 281
Dreams: divination by, Australia, 397, Limerick, 323; Hercules god of, 63 Drinking-vessels : names of Magi Kings on, 85
Drome river: spirit of, 171 Drowned cities, legends of, 459-63 Drowning: amulet against, Lincoln- shire, 88, Whitby &c., 295
Druids draught of oblivion, 76; human sacrifices, France, III-2; magic mantle of, 75; mist of, 75; raise wind, 185
Drung hill: in rat charm, 318 Duck in folktales,
white fairy drake in folktale, Tibet, 118
Dung in charm against ailments, India, 506
Dunwich: charm ring, 85
Durham county: (see also Peg Pow- ler); thar-cake, 338
Durleigh Sedgemoor tradition, 40 Durris: well custom, May, 472 Dyaks Seragunting, 164
Dysentery cure for, Lower Congo,
Dyvnaint, Goidelic district, 32
Eabani, Chaldean deity, 167
Easter Sunday special candle, Flan- ders, 202-3
East Ham coal as luck-bringer, 290 East Indies, see Borneo; Čelebes;
Java; New Guinea; and Sumatra Echinoderms: fossil, as amulets, Eng- land, 298
Edda, 65, 126, 187, 493-6 Edessa: plan to capture, 187 Editor: short notices by-Diploma-
tarium Orcadense et Hialtlandense, 127-8; Orkney and Shetland Old Lore, 127-8
Edward, King, see King Edward Eel developed from hairs, Berks and Bucks, 107
Eggs: in ceremony for widowed, Lower Congo, 431; in folktales, Highlands &c., 158 Egypt (see also Abydos; Cairo ; Nile river; Polydamnia; and Thebes); amulets derived from, England, 295; Egyptian Beliefs, by E. P. Larken, 471-2; folktales, 156, 181, 187; girdle of kings, 71; heaven-scaling legend, 164; hen arrives in, 281; herons, myth of, 184; Mycenæan worship affected by, 58; priests barefoot at sacrifice, 68; raid of Odysseus, 55; Petrie's Religion of Ancient Egypt reviewed; twin group Osiris- Set, 163
Eidothee, see Idothea
Eland as clan name, Nyanja, 255 Elder or Poetic Edda, The, Part I, by Miss O. Bray, reviewed, 493-6
"Electric" finger-rings: England, 301; Portugal, 221
Entada scandens: seed as Virgin Mary bean, British Isles, 300 Ephialtes, son of Poseidon, 162 Epilepsy amulets against, Cologne, 83-4; Devon, 340-2, Flanders, 208, Italy, 208; charms against, Meath, 316, Scotland &c., 85; Magi Kings protect from, 85
Epirus, see Cocytus river; and Dodona Erechtheus: in Homeric poems, 60; not identical with Poseidon, 239 Eremophila twigs in fire-custom after death, Australia, 404 Erymanthus: boar slain by Hercules, 65 Erysipelas: charm against, Kerry, 316 Eskimo: magic towing of island, 185; ogresses, 176
Essex (see also East Ham); amulet, 299; chaff on doorstep of wife- beater, 90; wren rhyme, 234 Esthonia folklore collections, 98 Euahlayi tribe: fire custom after death, 404
Eumelus, son of Alkestis, 62 Euneus, son of Jason, 60 Eurystheus, King, see King Eurystheus Eurytion the Centaur, 159 Evesham ballad, 197
Evil eye amulets against, England, 297, 300 (plate), Flanders, 207, Greeks, 469 (plate), Iliad and Mycenæ, 71, Italy, 203, 314, Portu- gal, 214-20 (plate); belief not known, Flanders, 201; charm against, Somerset, 88; firstborn proof against, Devon, 340; Magi Kings protect from, 85
Evil spirits, see Demons and evil spirits
Exeter holy well, 49
Exhibits at meetings, 1, 6-7, 130-1, 200-24 (plates), 258, 288-303 (plates) Exogamy: Australia, 99-103, 244 Exorcism: Lower Niger, 498; north door opened at, Warwickshire, 459 Ex-votos, see Votive offerings Eye diseases: amulets against, Flan- ders, 206; cures for, Flanders, 206 Eyes: amulets in shape of, Italy, 220, Portugal, 219-20 (plate); gold ear- rings improve sight, Flanders, 207; of idol last detail provided, China, 91; one-eyed giants &c., 172-3 Eyrbyggja saga, 72, 157-8
Fables, see Beast fables Fairies: amulet against, Antrim, 299 (plate); cannibalism of, Celts, 176; in folktales, 18, 324-7; ointment to see, 74; pixies, Somerset, 48-50; vila or mar, Balkan Penin., 503 Fairs: South Queensferry, 379-87 (plates)
Faith-cures, by Mrs. A. Montague, 340-2
Falaise: tradition of William the Conqueror, 493
against, Flanders, 206 Familiar spirits: Wales, 329-30 Family: on Lower Congo, 425-6 Faroe islands: folktale, 168; seal beliefs, 168
Farringdon Hill: Stoke Courcy once upon, 39, 46; witch, 88
Fasting before marriage, Lower Congo, 412
Father-right, see Agnation or father- right
Fauni, Latium, 172
Feast of St Wilfrid, The, 464-6 (plate)
Feasts: Abruzzi, 313-5 (plate); Ger- many, 509; India, 506; Japan, 375
Feathers summon animal relatives in
folktale, Tibet, 118
February, see Candlemas Day; and Valentine's Day
Feet (see also Footprints); barefoot rites, Romans &c., 68; of priests unwashed, Dodona, 67-9; covered in holy places, 68
Female Infanticide in the Punjab, by Capt. A. J. O'Brien, 258, 261-75 : eating gives knowledge of beast language, 65; seed gives invisi- bility, 74
Ferrymen of dead, 176, 187 Festivals, see Feasts
Fetishes; accused of "eating" deceased, Lower Congo, 417; activity, rousing to, Lower Congo, 409
Fever: amulets against, Cologne, 83-4, Flanders, 206, 210
Fez: in folktale, 443, 450-2 Fifeshire (see also Inverkeithing; and North Queensferry); propitia- tory harvest rites, 387
Fifteen 15th day of 6th month auspicious, Tibet, 117
Fifth of November and Guy Fawkes, The, by Miss E. H. Carey, 104-5 (plate)
Fig-tree Charybdis under, 179 Fiji islands: totemism, 483
Finding lost things; saint invoked, Belgium, 210
Finger-nails, see Nails, human Finger-rings, see Rings, finger
Fingers blood from little f. in charm, Scotland, 85
Finland; Kalevala, 61, 98; progress of study in, 2, 98
Finn MacCoul: understood beast language, 65
Finn sagas, see Ossianic sagas Fire afreet as, Arabian Nights,
167; amulets against, Flanders, 204, Japan, 298; bonfires, Guernsey, 104-5, Ireland, 323, Orkneys, 128; circumcision lodge burnt, Trans- vaal, 284; cult, Celto-Latins, 368; feared by afreets, Egypt, 472; fire custom in burial rites, Australia, 392-4, 397, 400-4; no fire god, Lower Niger, 498; flame-shaped amulets, Portugal, 218 (plate); Nereid takes form of, Greece, 168; purifies after touching corpse, Upper Congo, 93
First-born; cannot be 'overlooked,' Devon, 340; cannot see ghost, Buckinghamshire and Devon, 342 Firstfruits: amongst Celto-Latins, 368 Fir-tree cones as 'burs,' 383, 385 Fish gods, 166
Fish in folklore: (see also Bream;
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,
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,
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