Fortune-telling: England, 289
Fossils in folklore, see Belemnites;
Echinoderms; Encrinites; and
Porosphora globularis

Fowler, W. W.: Sheep in Folk-
medicine, 345

Fowls: (see also Cock; and Hen);
introduced in Zoutpansberg, 281
Fox in folktales, Norway, 167,
Tibet, 116; tongue in folk-medi-
cine, Louth, 317

:

Fox Indians, see Musquakie Indians
France (see also Bouches du Rhône;
Bretagne ; Corsica; Haute Vienne;
Normandy; Provence ; and Seine);
motor mascots, 292-3; Sébillot's
Le Folk-Lore de France reviewed,
III-3

Frey magic necklace, 71
Freyja feather shift, 73
Friday: (see also Good Friday);
amulet prepared on, U.S.A., 296;
fair, South Queensferry, 379
Frodi, King, see King Frodi

:

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 Zuußoλa, 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

Girls, see Women

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 arouse fetishes,

Fortune-telling: England, 289
Fossils in folklore, see Belemnites;
Echinoderms; Encrinites; and
Porosphora globularis

Fowler, W. W.: Sheep in Folk-
medicine, 345

Fowls: (see also Cock; and Hen);
introduced in Zoutpansberg, 281
Fox in folktales, Norway, 167,
Tibet, 116; tongue in folk-medi-
cine, Louth, 317

Fox Indians, see Musquakie Indians
France (see also Bouches du Rhône;
Bretagne ; Corsica; Haute Vienne;
Normandy; Provence; and Seine);
motor mascots, 292-3; Sébillot's
Le Folk-Lore de France reviewed,
III-3

Frey magic necklace, 71
Freyja feather shift, 73
Friday: (see also Good Friday);
amulet prepared on, U.S.A., 296;
fair, South Queensferry, 379
Frodi, King, see King Frodi

:

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

Tauhλia 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

Girls, see Women

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 arouse fetishes,

:

Haddock bones not burnt, Scotland,
233

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,

44-5

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,

222

Heart disease: charm against, Cavan,
315-6
Heather: white, as amulet, England,