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
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,
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:
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
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
(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
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
June, see Midsummer Eve
Junod, H.: The Balemba of the Zoutpansberg (Transvaal), 258,
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