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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 :

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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,

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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,

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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

Wild Hunt, Somerset, 44; horse-
headed Demeter, 237-8; lamb pro-
tects stable, Flanders, 211; mares
conceive by wind, 161; Poseidon
associated with, Greece, 239; in
sagas and myths, 64-5; shape-
shifting to, 179; tooth as amulet,
Lincolnshire, 87-8; wooden horse,
saga of, 187-8

Horselberg: Tannhauser legend, 178
Horse-shoe : as amulet, England,

87-8, 290, 293-4 (plate), 296-7
(plate), 361-2; Flanders, 204
Hottentots: folktale, 118
House: beliefs of Celto-Latins, 368
House leek: averts lightning, Eng-
land, 298

Hraesvelg the storm giant, 185
Hrungnir the giant, 164

Huldra, mountain spirit, 171
Human sacrifice, see Sacrifice

Human skin girdle makes werwolf,
Western Isles (Scot.), 71
Hunchback as amulet and mascot,
England and Italy, 295, Flanders,
204; in folktales, 324-7
Hungary: folktales, 173, 188
Hunting charms for, Lower Congo,

431-6; customs in, Lower Congo,
433-6

Huron Indians: Ioskeha-Tawis, 163
Hutchinson, Rev. H. N.: communi-
cation from, 472-3
Hydra of Lerna, 159

Hydrophobia: amulets against, Flan-
ders, 212; blessed bread eaten to
avert, Flanders, 212
Hypsipyle, in Iliad, 60

Iasion, in Odyssey, 59
Iceberg: as island of Aeolus, 176, 185;

as wandering rock of Odyssey, 183
Iceland: Bray's The Elder or Poetic
Edda, Part I, reviewed, 493-6;
genealogical traditions, 353; lacta-
tion of Thorgils, 106; legend from
Fljótsdæla saga, 127

Idols, see Images, sacred
Idothea, daughter of Proteus, 169
Ifrit, see Afreet

Igarra tribe: twins not destroyed, 498
Ila: name of ape, 255

Iliad, folklore of, 52-77, 153-89
Images, sacred: putting life into,
China, 91

Imprecations: Kerry, 319

Incantations: 127; male descent of
right to work, Australia, 103
Incest: Lower Congo, 422
Incubation: Abruzzi, 313-5 (plate)
India: (see also Assam; Bengal Pre-
sidency; Bhâts; Bombay Presi-
dency; Central Provinces ; Ceylon;
Champă; Gauhar Shah; Kafirs;
Kashmir; Katha sarit sagara;
Madras Presidency; Mahabharata;
Mysore; Nepal; Panjab; Par-
isishtaparvan; Rajputana; Rajputs;
and Ramayana); Brahmanical cord,
71; burial customs, 53-4; Noble's
Cradle Tales of Hinduism reviewed,
115; Bouglé's Essais sur le Régime
des Castes reviewed, 488-92; faqir,
69; folktales, 61-2, 65, 72-3, 76,
113-5, 167, 178, 187-8,501; goddess
Sita, 59; heaven-scaling legend,
163-4; Barnett's Hinduismi re-
viewed, 124-5; lizard falling on body
unlucky,475; rākshasis, 170; source
of Tibetan tales &c., 116-7; South
Indian Folklore, by A. R. Wright,
474-6; twin groups of deities &c.,
163; whirlpool spirit lurks under
tree, 180

Indian Folk-Tales, being Side-lights
on Village Life in Bilsapore Cen-

tral Province, by E. M. Gordon,
reviewed, 506-7

Indian hemp in sympathetic magic,
Malabar, 475

Indra, in heaven-scaling legend, 163
Infanticide, female, see Female in-
fanticide

Inheritance, Lower Congo, 413, 421,
423, 427

Inibe, abstinence rite, Japan, 69
In Indian Mexico: a Narrative of
Travel and Labor, by F. Starr, re-
viewed, 499-500

Initiatory ceremonies: Australia, 103,
485; Lower Congo, 373; Web-
ster's Primitive Secret Societies
reviewed, 370-2; Torres Straits,
485; Transvaal, 284

Inns: associated with Magi Kings, 85
Inny river in rat charm, 318
Insects in folklore, see Ant; Bee;
Centipede; Cricket; Scorpion;
and Spider
Interlaken, 438

Introdacqua: costume, 313; shaven
heads of married women, 313

Invisibility, various means of obtain-
ing, 74-5

Iphicles, oxen of, 157

Iphimedeia, mother of Aloidæ, 162
Ireland (see also Balor; Connaught;
Leinster; Munster; Ossianic sagas;
Tuatha Dé Danann; and Ulster);
amulet, 300; divination, 67; dol-
mens, 165-6; folktales, 75-6, 170-1,
173, 181, 188, 327; girdle of kings,
71; merrows, 171; Squire's Mytho-
logy of Ancient Britain and Ireland,
124-5; swine, mythic, 65

Iris the goddess, in Iliad, 57
Irish Folklore from Cavan, Meath,
Kerry, and Limerick, by B. H.
Jones, 315-23

Iron and steel: (see also Horse-shoe ;
Knife; Nails, metal; Needle; and
Pin); pyrites, amuletic, Surrey,
297-8; steel finger-ring as amulet,
Portugal and Spain, 221; touch-

ing iron," Belgium and France, 205
Iroquois Indians: famine grant, 183;
totemism, 484

Ishtar, in Babylonian tale, 157

Islay folktale, 174

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Isle of Man

(see also Glen Rushen ;
and Peel); amulet, 295; folktales,
79-83, 324-7; seven families only, 78
Isle of Purbeck, see Worth
Istaevones, 358-9

Italy (see also Abruzzi; Campania ;
Latium ; Lombardy; Naples ;
Romans, ancient; Rome; Sicily;
Tuscany; Umbria; and Venetia);
amulets, 131, 203, 218, 221, 295;
folktales, 158, 169, 181-2, 327
Itch charm against, Carlingford hills,
316

Ivory: amuletic, Flanders, 206
Ixion, father of Centaurs, 159

Jack and the Beanstalk type of folk-
tale, 164

Jackal in folktales, Hottentots, 118,
Tibet, 116, 118; in founding city,
India, 350

Jade or paunamu, see Greenstone
Jains: Parisishṭaparvan, 347-52
January: (see also Twelfth Night);

old Christmas Eve, Gloucestershire,
193
Japan: (see also Ainu; and Onogoro);
abstinence rite, 69; amulet, 298;
earthquake fish, 472-3; Joly's Le-

7; mascots imported from, England,
295 (plate), 303; smith god, 173
Jasmine flower: in charm, Madras,
474

Jason and the Argonauts, 60

"Jass" at Thun, The, by C. J.
Billson, 438-40 (plate)

Jataka, The, or Stories of the Buddha's
former Births, vol. VI, by E. B.
Cowell and W. H. D. Rouse, re-
viewed, 113-5

Jats: marriage customs, 266-7, 273;
organization reflected by their
menials, 270

Java: apes identified with pigmies,
162; in folktale, 232; Pragangan,
171

Jenny Greenteeth, water spirit, 171
Jersey amulet, 298-9

Jerusalem; shield of Crusader Kings,
219

Jester, see "Jass"

Jet amuletic, 365

Jewels in folklore, see Gems

Jews: Hanauer's Folklore of the Holy
Land, Moslem, Christian and Jew-
ish reviewed, 500-3; influence on
amulets, Portugal, 220; mediaeval
amulets, 86

Jinns: shape-shifting by, Morocco,
455-7; wealth of, Morocco, 457
Johnson, H. H.: Bees and Withered
Branches, 339

Jones, B. H.: Irish Folklore from
Cavan, Meath, Kerry, and Limerick,
315-23

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Jones, B. J.: Wren Boys, 234-5
Joppa in Egyptian tale, 187
Jordan water as amulet, 295
Joseph and Potiphar's wife, tale of,
156

Journey Magi Kings patron saints
for, 84-5; omens, Kirkcudbright-
shire, 344, Lower Congo, 436;
protective amulets, Cologne, 83-4
Journey Omen, by F. R. Coles, 344
Judaism, by J. Abrahams, reviewed,
124-5

Judas: hunted as squirrel, Good
Friday, Somerset, 41

Julian, Emperor: deserter ruins, 189
July 7th, Saint Becket's Day,
Somerset, 40

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June, see Midsummer Eve

Junod, H.: The Balemba of the
Zoutpansberg (Transvaal), 258,

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