Jute as amulet, London, 299 Jutland: Jutlander and King Cnut's jug, 183; King Rorik, 353-4
Kabandha, in Ramayana, 173 Kafirs (Africa): bangles as amulets, England, 294; Kidd's The Bull of the Kraaland the Heavenly Children noticed, 509-10
Kafirs (India): feet bared at sacrifice, 68
Kafir Socialism and the Dawn of Individualism: an Introduction to the Study of the Native Problem, by Dudley Kidd, reviewed, 252-4 Kalevala: parallels to incidents in, 61; translations and variants of, 2, 98
Kamaralzaman and Badaura, 154 Kamilaroi tribe: folktales, 224-6, 304-5; male descent of privileges, 103; marriage customs, 102 Kangra Rajput families, 269 Karavi, rock near Corfu, 166 Karelia: Kalevala, variants of, 98 Kashmir: folktale, 65
Katha sarit sagara, the, 72, 156, 180, 186
Katungal tribe: dead, disposal of, 399 Kāvyā-lankārā, tale of, 156
Keenthorne: shoeing devil's horse, 41-3
Kelpie Scotland, 171
Kenilworth : in connection with Wroxhall Abbey, 458 Kentwine, victories of, 32, 36, 41 Kenwalch of Wessex, 32 Keres or death sprites, Greeks, 172 Kerry (see also Ballinskelligs; Bally- ferriter; Caherciveen; Drunghill; Inny river; and Waterville); charm against blight, 323; death warn- ings, 318
Key amulets in shape of, Greeks, 469 (plate), Italy, 218, Madeira, 221 (plate), Naples, 223, Portugal, 217-9 (plate), 222-3
Khatri tribe: organization, 267-8, 272 Kichés Spence's The Popol Vuh noticed, 505
Kiesen, battle of, 438-9
Kilbeg, Mote of: sleeping army,
Kildare county: (see also Curragh ; and Mullaghmast, rath of); sleep- ing hero, 321-2
Kinedward: folk etymology, 241 King Agamemnon: breastplate of, 59 King Alcinous: city of, 58; hounds and torchbearers of gold &c., 71 King Arthur sagas: in English litera- ture, 250-1; Lancelot cures wounds, 73; mantle, 75; one-eyed giant, 173; in Somerset, 34-5 King Augeas: cleansing stable of, 158 King Chandragupta, 350-2 King Cymric of Wessex, 356-7 King David: in legend, Morocco, 441 King Edward I: in folk etymology,
King Eurystheus: in Iliad, 157 King Frodi of Norway, 167 King Gorm, travels of, 177
King Henry the Fourth of France, 112 King Horn, ballad of, 154 King Ina of Wessex, 32, 37
King Mahasena: wife in Buddhist tale, 157
King Malcolm Canmore, 381-2 King Nanda of Pataliputra, 350-1 King Parvata, in story of Chandra- gupta, 351
King Pirithous, of Lapithae, 159 King Priam of Troy: opposes Amazons, 160
King Rorik of Jutland, 353-4
Kings: (see also under names); at death pass direct to Creator, Lower Niger, 498; Magi Kings of Cologne, 84-5
King's evil: amulet for, England, 297; cured by touch of 7th son, Cavan, 316
Kingsland beating with withy stick unlucky, 200
King Solomon: in legend, Morocco,
441; Salzberger's Die Salomo Sage in der Semitischen Litteratur re- viewed, 500-3; seal of S. as amulet, Portugal, 220
King's Pyon: ballad, 193 King's Thorne: ballad, 193
King Udayin, founder of Pățaliputra,
King William the Conqueror, tradi- tions of, Normandy, 112
Kirby, W. F.: communication and gift by, 2, 98; short notices by- Transactions of the First Annual
phical Society, 126, Second Congress, 126, and Third Congress, 127 Kirkcudbrightshire, see Gordonston
Kirton-in-Lindsey: crucifying crow, 468-9
Knife: controls afreet, Egypt, 471 Knossos, see Cnossus Kongo, see Congo
Kongo dia Ntotela, see San Salvador Kotakota: 254
Kottiyur bamboo tassels, 475 Krishna, 164, 491
Krohn, K. : The Progress of Folklore Study in Finland, 2, 98 Kuinmurbura tribe: powers of dead, obtaining, 405 Kunāla, tale of, 156
Kurnai tribe: burial customs, 398 Kuvera, god of wealth, 72
Kwearr-iburra tribe: dead, disposal
Kyang in folktales, Tibet, 116 Kyburg, story of dukes of, 438-9
Laamao-mao, Hawaiian Aeolus, 185 Lachlan river: dead, disposal of, 400 Laconia, see Gythium
Lactation: amulets to aid, Flanders, 207
Laestrygonians, in Odyssey, 57, 175-6 Lambeth: in folktale, 242, 335-6 Lammas, Scotland, 383-4 Lanarkshire, see Douglas Lancashire (see also Jenny Green- teeth; Oldham; Ribble river; and Southport); ballad, 199; hagstone, 298; Nov. 5 customs, 337; rush door mat, 383, 385; thar-cake, 337-9 Lancelot romances, 73
Lang, A.: review by,-Gomme's Folk-
Lore as an Historical Science, 241-6 Lantern: in folktale, Morocco, 446-50, 453
Lapithae, in Iliad, 159
Larken, E. P.: Egyptian Beliefs, 471-2
Latium: Fauni, 172; Lemuria festival, 68
Lauterbrunnen, 438
Lazy Wife, The: a Manx Folk-tale, by Miss S. Morrison, 78-83 Lebole mountains: circumcision, 284 Leeds: coal as mascot, 290 Left in charm against itch, Ireland, 316; in preparing amulet, U.S.A.,
Lettermullan island: family descended from seals, 319
Leucothea, sea goddess, 73
Lewes snakes bite pregnant women preferably, 474
Leydenburg, see Ba-Lauti
Leydsdorp: immigrations near, 278 Lhasa: elephant at, 116
Libra, sign of: amulet made under, England, 297
Library of Folk-Lore Society, see Books
Lichfield: coat of see, 219 Liége: St Hubert of, 212
Life-index boy with goblet, Tibet,
119; in folktales, 20-1; green par- rot, Tibet, 119; Micmac Indians, 70 Lightning: amulets against, England, 297-8, Flanders, 202-3, Ireland, 298, Japan, 298, Portugal, 217; burial of man struck by, Lower Congo, 423
Likoma: 254 Limerick (see also Adare); charm
against ailments, 317; divination by dream, 323; headless coach, 320-I
Limoges St Leonard, 458 Lincolnshire: (see also Blytoncar; Corringham; and Kirton in Lind- sey); amulets, 1, 87-8; volume of county folklore, 8
Lindos: miraculous transport of stones for monastery, 470 Linlithgowshire, see Blackness Point; Dalmeny; New Halls Point; and
Lion afreet as, 167; in folktales, Tibet, 116; Proteus as, 166 Lisbon amulets, 213-6 (plate), 218-9
Lithuania: ancient religion, 127; folktale, 157
Livingstone county (N.S.W.), see Boolaboolka lake
Lizard in folktales, Australia, 305, Tibet, 116, 376; omen from falling on body, India, 474; votive offering shaped as, India, 475
Llanafan: Devil takes conjurer's body, 331
Llangasty, church of, see Savaddan lake
Llangorse lake, see Savaddan lake Local Traditions of the Quantocks,
by C. W. Whistler, 1, 31-51 (map) Lombardy, see Milan
London: (see also Lambeth; and London bridge); amulets, 288-303 (plates)
London bridge: in folktales, 242-3, 333-6
London river (Aus.): dead, disposal of, 398; grave hut, 405 Lones, T. E.: Folklore of Aristotle, 106-7
Longevity: amulets for, England, 297 Looking glass: bad dreams from look-
ing in, Lower Congo, 420; predicts future at 2 a.m., Japan, 375 Lorelei of Rhine, 171 Lorraine folktale, 179 Lothian propitiatory harvest rites, 387
Lotus-eaters, the, 176-8
Louth county: (see also Ardee; Carling-
ford hills; Castlebellingham; Dee river; and Kilcurry); folk-medicine, 317; newt, name of, 317; wren rhyme, 234 Love charms, 88 Loventium, see Savaddan Lovett, E.: Specimens of Modern Mascots and Ancient Amulets of the British Isles, 258, 288-303 (plates) Lower Leichardt, see Minkin tribe Lower Niger and its Tribes, The, by Major A. G. Leonard, reviewed, 496-9 Luck-bringers, see Amulets and talis-
Lucky and unlucky days and deeds: England, 288-9, 362; Greeks, 106,
land, 317, 319, 323; Japan, 375; Lower Congo, 422; Transvaal, 285 Lug, Celtic deity, 384
Lulanga river: nka or ordeal drug, 94-5
Lumbago: amulet against, England,
Lupemba-mpemba : leaves in charm, Lower Congo, 431, 436
Lycia: Bellerophon legend, 160; fire mountain Chimæra, 159; king in saga of Bellerophon, 157; name, origin of, 240
Lydia, see Sipylus mountain Lykaon, in Iliad, 60, 163
Lynd river: dead, disposal of, 403
Macassar Version of Cinderella, A, by A. F. Chamberlain, 230-2, and E. S. Hartland, 233-4 Macdonald, A.: Sacred Wells, 472 Macedonia, see Mt Olympus
Mackay district: dead, disposal of, 405 Macumba river, see Arranda tribe Madeira islands, see Funchal Madonna, The, see Virgin Mary Madramagh, evil spirit, Anatolia, 312
Madras; charm to injure, 474 Madras Presidency, see Madras ; Malabar; and Palni
Mael Duin the voyager, 174, 178 Magi Kings of Cologne: in amulets, 83-7; as magicians, 85-6; relics, story of, 84
Magic: (see also Amulets and talis- mans; Charms and spells; Incanta- tions; and Witchcraft); barefoot rites, Romans &c., 68; Celto- Latins, 368; girdle of Aphrodite, Iliad, 70; Lower Congo, 373; magical fraternities, origin of, 371-2; as related to religion, 485-6; sympathetic, Anatolia, 311-2, India, 475
Magicians, see Wizards
Magnet: in folk-medicine, Louth, 317 Magni and giant Hrungnir, 165 Magonla: lucky to crawl under bier,
Mailpurlgu tribe: folktales, 306-8 Main Range (Aus.): dead, disposal of, 402
Major, A. F.: review by,-Bray's The Elder or Poetic Edda, Part I, 493-6
Malabar, see Calicut; Kottiyur; and South Canara
Malay Peninsula, see Semang tribes Malcolm Canmore, King, see King Malcolm Canmore
Man baby pounded for invisibility,
Dahomey, 74; boy, education and work of, Lower Congo, 424-5; boy as mascot, U.S.A., 290; milk from breast of, Greek islands &c., 106 Mandrake: digging of, 75 Manipur, see Meitheis
Manning river: fire custom after death, 404
Mannus genealogy, Tacitus, 354-5, 358-9
Manyema name of chimpanzee, 255 Manx folklore, see Isle of Man Maoris folktale, 177; Hei tiki &c.
as amulets, England, 293; Ditt- mer's Te Tohunga reviewed, 359-60 Maple tree in Japanese art, 377 Mar, evil fairy, Balkan Penin., 503-4 Märchen, see Folktales Mare, see Horse
Marett, R. R.: review by,-Kidd's
Kafir Socialism and the Dawn of Individualism: an Introduction to the Study of the Native Problem, 252-4; short notice by,-Kidd's The Bull of the Kraal, and the Heavenly Maidens, 509-10 Marmennil the prophet, 167 Marriage customs and beliefs: Aus- tralia, 99-103, 244; Balemba, 285-6; bridegroom joins bride's family, Tibet, 117; capture cus- toms, 264-5, Lower Congo, 412; Celto-Latins, 368; Christian rites and ceremonies, 377; divination of marriage, Ireland, 323, Scotland, 339-40; hair offered to Hippolytus, Troezen, 157; head shaved after marriage, Abruzzi, 313; hypergamy, 264, 267, 273-4; India, 251, 264-7; Lower Congo, 410-4, 420, 423-4, 432; Lower Niger, 498; marriage laws of primitive races, 126; Mexico, 500; polyandry, 251; Roumania, 347; St Expedite invoked, Belgium,
ton riding, Devon, 90; swayamvara, in jatakas, 114; Torres Straits, 487
Marseilles origin of 'mascot,' 290; plague at, 292
Maryborough tribes: dead, disposal of, 401-2
Mascots, see Amulets and talismans Mashukulumbwe: name of ape, 255 Masks: Japanese, 374
Master Thief type of folktale, 180-2 Mathews, R. H.: Folk-Tales of the Aborigines of New South Wales, 224-7, 303-8; The Sociology of the Arranda and Chingalee Tribes (Northern Territory, Australia), 99-103
Matriarchy, see Mother-right
May: (see also May Day): Ist Sun- day, well custom, Aberdeenshire, 472
May Day: well custom, Aberdeen- shire, 472
Mazhabi Sikhs: grades amongst, 270 Meath (see also Ardbraccan; and Kilbeg, Mote of); charm against whitlow, 317; child's hair first cut by man, 319; dead coach, 320; folktale, 323; ghost funeral, 320
Medals, see Amulets and talismans Medea in Homeric poems, 60; saga of, 61
Medical folklore: (see also Amulets and talismans; and Charms and spells);
diseases and injuries treated :— dysentery, 419; eye diseases, 206; headache, 304; inflamma- tion, 211; sciatica, 71; throat diseases, 206; thrush, 316; warts, 89, 315; whooping cough, 296; Hippolytus as god of heal- ing, Troezen, 157; localities:-Australia, 304; Flan- ders, 206, 211; Ireland, 315-6; Lower Congo, 419; Mexico, 500; Oxfordshire, 296; Scot- land, 71; Somerset, 89; Trans- vaal, 280-1;
remedies :-bread of St Anthony,
211; bread previously buried, 296; red earth from ants' nests, 419; sealskin girdle, 71; slow- worm broth, 89; soda, 315;
Llangorse lake, see Savaddan lake Local Traditions of the Quantocks,
by C. W. Whistler, 1, 31-51 (map) Lombardy, see Milan
London: (see also Lambeth; and London bridge); amulets, 288-303 (plates)
London bridge: in folktales, 242-3, 333-6
London river (Aus.): dead, disposal of, 398; grave hut, 405 Lones, T. E.: Folklore of Aristotle, 106-7
Longevity: amulets for, England, 297 Looking glass: bad dreams from look-
ing in, Lower Congo, 420; predicts future at 2 a.m., Japan, 375 Lorelei of Rhine, 171 Lorraine folktale, 179 Lothian: propitiatory harvest rites, 387
Lotus-eaters, the, 176-8
Louth county: (see also Ardee; Carling- ford hills; Castlebellingham; Dee river; and Kilcurry); folk-medicine, 317; newt, name of, 317; wren rhyme, 234
Love charms, 88 Loventium, see Savaddan Lovett, E.: Specimens of Modern Mascots and Ancient Amulets of the British Isles, 258, 288-303 (plates) Lower Leichardt, see Minkin tribe Lower Niger and its Tribes, The, by Major A. G. Leonard, reviewed, 496-9 Luck-bringers, see Amulets and talis-
Lucky and unlucky days and deeds: England, 288-9, 362; Greeks, 106,
land, 317, 319, 323; Japan, 375; Lower Congo, 422; Transvaal, 285 Lug, Celtic deity, 384
Lulanga river: nka or ordeal drug, 94-5 Lumbago: amulet against, England, 299
Lupemba-mpemba: leaves in charm, Lower Congo, 431, 436
Lycia: Bellerophon legend, 160; fire mountain Chimæra, 159; king in saga of Bellerophon, 157; name, origin of, 240
Lydia, see Sipylus mountain Lykaon, in Iliad, 60, 163 Lynd river: dead, disposal of, 403
Macassar Version of Cinderella, A, by A. F. Chamberlain, 230-2, and E. S. Hartland, 233-4
Macdonald, A.: Sacred Wells, 472 Macedonia, see Mt Olympus
Mackay district: dead, disposal of, 405 Macumba river, see Arranda tribe Madeira islands, see Funchal
Madonna, The, see Virgin Mary Madramagh, evil spirit, Anatolia, 312
Madras; charm to injure, 474 Madras Presidency,
Malabar; and Palni Mael Duin the voyager, 174, 178 Magi Kings of Cologne: in amulets, 83-7; as magicians, 85-6; relics, story of, 84
Magic: (see also Amulets and talis- mans; Charms and spells; Incanta- tions; and Witchcraft); barefoot rites, Romans &c., 68; Celto- Latins, 368; girdle of Aphrodite, Iliad, 70; Lower Congo, 373; magical fraternities, origin of, 371-2; as related to religion, 485-6; sympathetic, Anatolia, 311-2, India, 475
Magicians, see Wizards
Magnet: in folk-medicine, Louth, 317 Magni and giant Hrungnir, 165 Magonla: lucky to crawl under bier, 470
Magpie: eggs in folktale, Highlands, 158
Magyars, see Hungary
Mahabharata, the, 154, 161, 348 Mahāsena, King, see King Mahāsena
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