Ballad, 190-200

Siegfried, saga of, 65, 76

Siena cult and amulets of Magi
Kings, 86

Sigurd, see Siegfried

Silk: amulets from, England, 299
Silver: amulets, of Magi Kings, 85-6;
Devon, 341, Naples, 223, Portugal,
215 (plate), 217-24 (plate), Spain,
223; hounds in Odyssey, 71
Sindibad, story of, 76, 161-2, 173,
180

Singer, S.: Blood-Kinship, 343-4
Sioux Indians: amulet, 297; folktale,
177

Sipylus mountain: in Iliad, 165
Sirens, myth of, 169-72

Sisyphus, myth of, 159, 181-2
Sita, Indian goddess, 59

Sivavarman, in tale of Adityavarman,
156

Sixpences, lucky, 293, 300

Skenpeth in legend of Savaddan
lake, 460

Skidvladner, Odin's ship, 187
Skimmington riding, Devon, 90
Skipwith, G. H., communication from,

91

Skirnir, in Edda, 65
Skirophoria, the, 238

Skull: amulets in shape of, England,

295, Flanders, 204; pieces as amu-
lets, Italy, 208; in rain-making,

Slavische Volksforschungen, Abhand-
lungen über Glauben, Gewohnheits-
recht, Sitten, Bräuche und die
Guslaren-lieder der Südslaven, Vor-
wiegend auf Grund eigener Erhe-
bungen, by Dr F. Krauss, re-
viewed, 503-5

Slavonians: folktales, 170-1; religion,

127

Sleeper: newt may enter, Ireland,
317

Sleeping armies and heroes: Ireland,
321-3

Slipper: as amulet, England, 295
Slow-worm: in cure for warts, Somer-
set, 89; harmful, Somerset, 89
Smallpox St Roch averts, Flanders,

212

Snakes: adders swallowing their
young, Dorset, 473-4; amulets in
shape of, England, 297, 362; Ask-
lepios as, 60; bite pregnant women
preferably, Sussex, 474; in folk-
tales, India, 114, 349; ghost appears
as, Torres Straits, 483; head in
hunting charm, Lower Congo, 436;
in Homeric poems, 59-60; horned,
107; in linked totems, New Guinea
&c., 483; Nereid takes shape of,
Greece, 168; omens from, Iliad,
59; Proteus as, 166; in rain-mak-
ing, Anatolia, 312; slaver gives
knowledge of beast language, 65;
snake-bite, amulet against, Italy,
314, and Magi Kings protect from,
85; snake-goddess, Crete, 239;
snakeskin as amulet, Flanders, 204;
stone vomited to attract food, Lower
Niger, 498; turned to stone, Iliad,
166; water snake, Iliad, 59; white,
eaten to learn beast language, 65
Sneezing as omen, Greeks, 106,
Japan, 375; saying about, Greeks,

:

106; unlucky at Cheese Sunday
banquet, Greek islands, 106
Sociétés Secrètes au Bas Congo, Les, by
E. de Jonghe, reviewed, 370, 373
Sociology of the Arranda and Chinga-
lee Tribes, The, (Northern Territory,
Australia), by R. H. Mathews, 99-
103

Solomon islands: wind and rain
bringers, 185

Solomon, King, see King Solomon
Solymi, in saga of Bellerophon, 157
Somadeva, tales of, see Katha sarit

Some Characteristics of English Folk-

Music, by C. J. Sharp, 130, 132-52
Some Folk-Lore Stories and Songs in
Chinyanja, by R. S. Rattray, re-
viewed, 254-6

Some Notes on Homeric Folk-Lore,
by W. Crooke, 52-77, 153-89
Somerset: (see also Aisholt; Athelney;
Badgworth; Battle Borough; Brent
Knoll; Bridgwater; Cadbury
Camp; Cannington; Cannington
Marsh; Cannington Park; Car-
hampton; Catford; Charlton Hore-
thorne; Cheddar; Clagland's Cor-
ner; Combwich; Crowcombe ; Cul-
bone; Danesboro' hill; Downend ;
Dowsboro'; Durleigh; Farringdon
Hill; Keenthorne; Mendips; Nor-
ton Fitzwarren; Old Cleeve; Par-
rett river; Pen-Selwood; Petherton;
Polden hills; Porlock; Puriton;
Quantocks; Rodway Hill; Sedge-
moor Fight; Shervage wood;
Steepholme; Stockland; Stogum-
ber; Stogursey castle; Stoke
Courcy; Stolford; Stowey; Taun-
ton; Timberscombe; Tone river;
Trendle Ring; Watchet; Wick;
and Williton); amulet, 299 (plate);
folk-song, 146; Sundry Notes from
West Somerset and Devon, by Rev.
C. W. Whistler, 88-91
Somerset (Aus.): dead, disposal of,

402

Sorcery, see Magic; and Witchcraft
Soul: in Celto- Latin beliefs, 368; on
death appears as animal, Torres
Straits, 483-4, or shooting star,
Japan, 375; names for, Lower
Niger, 498; road of, 184

South corpse buried to face, Aus-
tralia, 393

South America: (see also Peru);
Amazon legends, 161; lactation in
male, 106; porpoises water women,
169

South Australia, see Adelaide; Alice
springs; Angipena; Coburg Penin-
sula; Daly river; Hermannsburg;
Macumba river; Moorundie; Mur-
ray river; Overland Corner; Port
Darwin; Powell's Creek; Upper
Finke river; and Victoria river.
South Canara: buffalo races, 475;
cock-fighting, 475; harvest custom,
475; omen from falling lizard,

Spain (see also Basques); amulets,

220-21 (plate), 223-4; folktale,
327; medal of Magi Kings, 85
Sparrow in folktales, Tibet, 116-7;
omen from, Iliad, 59

Sparrowhawk: in folktale, Australia,
305

Sparta (see also Magonla); bathing,
470

Spears: of Irish Red Branch cham-
pions, 64

Specimens of Modern Mascots and
Ancient Amulets of the British
Isles, by A. R. Wright and E.
Lovett, 258, 288-303 (plates)
Spelonken district, see Balemba
Sphere, armillary: as amulet, Portu-
gal, 219

Sphinx, the, 159

Spider in folktales, Tibet, 116-7
Spindle: not twirled during council,
India, 506

Spinning songs, see Folk-songs
Spitting as betrothal pledge, 367
Sponge an animal, modern Greece,

106

Spring: (see also under months);
days of grass," Morocco, 458;
Germany, 509; scents from censers
of paradise, Morocco, 458
Springs warm, Hercules, god of, 63
Squirrel as death warning, Louth,

318; hunted, Good Friday, Somer-
set, 41; jaw as amulet, Sioux, 297;
skin as amulet, England, 297
Staffordshire, see Lichfield
Stag, see Deer

Stars: "lucky stars," England, 293;
shooting, souls of dead, Japan,
375, or spirits playing, Lower
Congo, 420

Starvation, charm against, Cavan, 323
Stealing of hair not unlucky, Ireland,
319; in pregnancy charm, Lower

Suicides: buried at cross roads, Lower
Congo, 423, or at north side of
churchyards, England, 459; Lower
Niger, 498

Sulmona festival, 313-5 (plate)
Sultan: votaries sleep on ground, 68
Sumatra neighbouring island of
women, 161

Summer: (see also under names of
months); summer figures, Hesse,
384

Sun: Apollo's late connection with,
240; in folktales, 19, Assam, 480;
Helios the sun god, 60, 163, 182;
passes through opening and shutting
rocks, 184; rising, burial with head
towards, Lower Congo, 429; rising,
first tooth shed thrown towards,
Lower Congo, 422; Sisyphus as sun

Sunday: (see also Easter Sunday; and
Palm Sunday); after Easter, Agnus
Dei cakes blessed, 203; after Lam-
mas, feast of St Wilfrid, Ripon,
464-6 (plate); in folktales of
fairies, 326-7; unlucky day for
patient's rally, Ireland, 317; well
custom, May, Aberdeenshire, 472
Sundry Notes from West Somerset
and Devon, by Rev. C. W. Whistler,
88-91

Sunrise water for charm brought
before, Kerry, 316
Surrey: (see also Brooklands; Croy-
don;
and Lambeth); amulets,
297-8 (plate); folk-songs, 476
Survival of Incubation?, A, by Mrs.
M. C. Harrison, 313-5 (plate)

:

Sussex (see also Hand Cross; and
Lewes); ballad, 191, 199; folk-
songs, 476

Sutcombe amulet, 340-1

:

Svanetia : blood-kinship custom, 343-4
Swaffham in folktale, 242, 333-6
Swallow as amulet, Flanders, 204;
bring good fortune, Flanders, 204;
eyes grow if blinded, 107; in folk-
tale, Nyanja, 256

Swan; watching as task in folktale,
158

Swan maiden type of folktale, 168-9,
376, 481, 506

Swastika: as amulet, England, 295;

replaced by Solomon's seal, 220
Sweden (see also Gothland island);
Hellgren's Sånglekår fran Naas
noticed, 510

Sweet potato: in folktale, Maoris,
177

Switzerland, see Bern Canton
Sydney grave hut, 405
Symplegades, legend of, 60
Syra: half-man monster, 173
Syria: northern, prehistoric population
of, 58

Taboos: 126; on eating, Balemba,
282; faqir, India, 69; Lower
Niger, 498; medicine-man, Japan,
69; amongst Meitheis, 480; during
pregnancy, 368; on priests at
Dodona, 67-9; show clan names,
Nyanja, 255

Tabor, C. J.: Modern Mascots and
Ancient Amulets of the British
Isles, 301-3; Thar-Cake, 337-9

Vaisravana, in Ramayana, 173
Valentine's Day; amulets given on,
Lincolnshire, 87

Vali, the avenger of Balder, 164
Vampire Balkan Penin., 503
Vedas, the, 491-2

Veil divine, saves Odysseus, 73
Venetia, see Padua

Venus in Tannhauser legend, 178
Vergilius the magician, 72
Vice Presidents, election of, 3
Victoria (Aus.): (see also Gippsland ;
and Omeo); dead, disposal of, 389-
90, 397, 399; languages, 389
Victoria river: stones on grave, 394
Vidhusaka, in Hindu tale, 65
Vikramaditya, saga of, 72

Vila, evil fairy, Balkan Penin., 503-4
Viper, see Snake

:

Virgin Mary added to amulets,
Portugal, 217 (plate), 222-3; festi-
val of Madonna della Libera,
Abruzzi, 313-5 (plate); medals as
amulets, Flanders, 206-8; miracu-
lous statue, Hal, 205; statuette as
protector or amulet, Flanders, 206-7
Virgin Mary bean as amulet, British
Isles, 300

Volcanoes: Chimæra as v., Iliad, 159
Volkskundliche Zeitschriftenschau für
1904, by L. Dietrich, reviewed,
125-6

Vomiting in poison ordeal, Lower
Congo, 417

Votive offerings: Belgium, 208, 211;
India, 474-5; Mexico, 500; Portu-
gal, 220

Waistbelt: as cure for headache,
Australia, 304

Wak, island of, 161

Wales: (see also Gwydion; and under
names of counties); folktale, 333-4;
spirit-raising, 327-31; Thomas' The
Welsh Fairy Book reviewed, 119-23;
west, opening doors to release soul,
108

Wallaby as token, Australia, 103
Wand, magic: in Homeric poems, 71
Warderan Baiamai from, 485
War gods: Poseidon, 239
Warts: charm against, Cavan, 315;
cure for, Somerset, 89
Warwickshire: (see also Arden, forest
of; Bidford; Hatton; Honeley;
Kenilworth; and Wroxhall Abbey);

Wasp in charm for dogs, Lower
Congo, 436

Wassailing apple-trees, Somerset, 91
Watchet; broom over door of absent

wife, 91; foundation of, 48; St
Decuman, 33, 35

Water (see also Bathing; Rivers and
streams; Springs; Waterfalls;
Wells; and Whirlpool); left in
house overnight thrown out, Lower
Congo, 424; running, cannot be
crossed by dead, Upper Congo,
93; running, Proteus as, 166;
"of three boundaries," in charm,
Kerry, 316

Water of life: in folktales, Russia, 184
Waterfalls: Grim, spirit, 171
Water snake, in Iliad, 59, 62
Water spirits (see also Mermaid
beliefs); albinos as incarnations of,
Lower Congo, 422-3; annual
victim, England &c., 171; Lower
Niger, 498; nixies, Germany, 171,
Netherlands, 171, Slavonians, 171
Waterville ghost funeral, 321
Water-women, see Mermaid beliefs
Wathen: ceremony to honour dead
dog, 436-7; hunting customs, 434-5;
ndembo society, 373
Wathi-wathi tribe: folktale, 303-4;
grave hut, 405

Waw-Wyper tribe: fire custom after
death, 404

Wayland Smith: in place names,
Somerset, 41

Wedding Custom, by Miss C. S.
Burne, 339-40

Wedding ring, see Rings, finger
Week, days of, see Days and Seasons
Weeks, Rev. J. H.: Notes on Some
Customs of the Bangala Tribe,
Upper Congo, 92-7; Notes on some
Customs of the Lower Congo People,
409-37

Wells holy, Aberdeenshire, 472,
Flanders, 206, Somerset, 49; May
custom, Aberdeenshire, 472
Welsh Fairy Book, The, by W. J.
Thomas, reviewed, 119-23
Wends: ancient religion, 127
Weobley ballad, 193; beating with
withy stick stops growth, 199-200
Wer-beasts: Western Isles (Scot.),
71
Werner, Miss A.: review by,-Rat-
tray's Some Folk-Lore Stories and

Toothache; amulets for, Flanders, 207
Torbela: folktales, 507
Tornado deity, Lower Niger, 498
Torres Straits: Reports of the Cam-
bridge Expedition to Torres Straits,
vol. VI, reviewed, 482-8
Torrington: amulet against fits, 341-2
Tortoise in folktales, Morocco, 457,

Nyanja, 256, Tibet &c., 116
Totemism: 126; Africa, 254; Aus-
tralia, 102-3, 484; Europe, 369;
Fiji islands, 483; Malay Peninsula,
246; Murray island, 483-4; New
Guinea, 483; North America, 484
Townshend, D.: Fishers' Folklore,
108

Transmigration beliefs: Lower Niger,
498

Transvaal, see Balemba; Basutos;
Bathonga; Drakensberg; Leyden-
burg; Leydsdorp; Palabora hills;
and Zoutpansberg
Transylvania: folktale, 157
Travaux de l'Année Sociologique :
Essais sur le Régime des Castes, by
C. Bouglé, reviewed, 488-92
Treasure: associated with

Roman
camps, 34; ointment reveals, 74
Treasurer, election of, 4
Trees in folklore: (see also Aloe-tree;
Apple-tree; Ash-tree; Banyan-tree;
Bay-tree; Box-tree; Camwood-tree;
Coco-nut palm; Elm-tree; Fig-tree;
Fir-tree; Fruit-trees; Maple-tree;
Mountain ash tree; Myrtle-tree;
Oak-tree; Palm-tree; Patali-tree;
Plantain-tree; Pomegranate-tree;
Rose-tree; Shrew-trees; Willow-
tree; Wych-elm tree; and Yew-
tree); amongst Celto-Latins, 368;
clan names from Panjab, 268; in
folktales, Celebes, 232, Germany,
233; in Homeric poems, 65-6,
166; oracular, 67; Proteus as tree,
166; singing, in folktales, Slavon-
ians, 170; whirlpool spirit lurks
under, India &c., 180

Trendle Ring; dragon legend, 36
Trident of Poseidon, 239
Tripods, magic, of Hephaistos, 71
Troad: (see also Scamander river);
knowledge of not traceable in
Odyssey, 57

Troezen: Hippolytus as god, 157;
Poseidon brought from, 239
Trophonius and Agamedes, tale of,

Tuatha Dé Danaan, 185
Tuisco, the deity, 354-5, 358
Turkey-in-Asia, see Anatolia; Asia
Minor; Bosphorus; Cilicia; Pales-
tine; Rhodes; and Syria
Turkey-in-Europe: (see also Bosnia;
Bosphorus; Constantinople; Herze-
govina; Macedonia; and Thrace);
folktales, 502; Turks as spreaders
of folklore, 502, 504-5

Turks Praying for Rain, by Rev. G. E.
White, 258, 308-12

Turning chairs as charm, London,
301
Turquoise juggling to find lost t.,
Tibet, 117

Tuscany: (see also Cortona; Pistoia;
and Siena); witch medals, 87
Twelfth Night: wassailing apple-trees,
Somerset, 91

Twenty seven; in poison ordeal,
Lower Congo, 417

Twins: destroyed, Lower Niger,
498; mother sent to "twin town,"
Lower Niger, 498; names of,
Lower Congo, 420; treatment of,
Lower Congo, 423.

Two Brothers, Egyptian tale of, 156
Tyro, in Odyssey, 163

Udayin, King, see King Udayin
Udipi: votive offering, 475
Uganda: Moyo clan, 255

Ulster: (see also Antrim; and Cavan);

spears of Red Branch champions, 64
Umbaia tribe: burial customs, 403
Umbria, see Perugia

Unbaptized, see Baptism

Uncle, maternal: on Lower Congo,
411, 413, 415, 423, 425
Underworld, see Hades
Unicorn: one-horned antelope, Bos-
jeman's drawing, 107

United States of North America:
(see also Huron Indians; Iroquois
Indians; Micmac Indians; Mus
quakie Indians; Pawnee Indians;
Pueblo Indians; and Sioux In-
dians); mascots, 290, 292, 296
(plate)
Unlucky days and deeds, see Lucky

and unlucky days and deeds
Upper Finke river, see Arranda tribe
Urre of Hungary, in Arthur saga, 73
Use of a Skull in a Rain-making
Ceremony in Corsica, The, by F.