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
West: corpse buried with head to, Australia, 396; in custom on shed- ding first tooth, Lower Congo, 422 West Australia: (see also Boston
Point; Perth; Port Lincoln; and Roebuck Bay); burial rites, 392-4 Westermarck, E.: The Principles of Fasting, 2
Western Isles (Scot.): human skin girdle makes werwolf, 71; sealskin girdle cures sciatica, 71 West Flanders, see Blankenberghe; Bruges; and Ostend Whale: troll and witch as, Norway, 166 Whirlpool in myths, 179-80; lurks under tree, India &c., 180, 186 Whirlwind in folktale, Australia, 226-7
Whistle to arouse fetishes, Lower Congo, 409
Whistler, Rev. C. W.: An Historical Ghost, 342-3; Local Traditions of the Quantocks, 1, 31-51 (map); Sundry Notes from West Somerset and Devon, 88-91
Whitby bone amulet, 295 (plate) White: in magic and sacrifice, Lower Niger, 498
White animals, see Deer; Duck; Mule; and Snake White, Rev. G. E.: Turks Praying for Rain, 258, 308-12 Whitlows: charm against, Cavan, 316-7 Whitsuntide: Devil's Chapel" cus-
tom, Dorset, 92; Germany, 509 Whooping cough: cure for, Devon, 345, Limerick, 317, Oxfordshire, 296 Wick (Som.): barrow at, 48, 50-1 Widowers: ceremonies before remar- riage, Lower Congo, 431
Widows: ceremonies before remar- riage, Lower Congo, 430-1; re- marriage, India, 274-5
Wife-beating chaff on doorstep for, Essex, 90
Wild Hunt, the: Somerset, 41-5 William the Conqueror, see King William
Willings-Hausen: summer figure, 384 Williton: origin of, 48
Willow-tree: "The Bitter Withy"
Ballad, by F. Sidgwick, 190-200 Wind: (see also Whirlwind); concep- tion by, Sumatra &c., 161; wind god, Lower Niger, 498; wizards
Windows opened to release soul, Somerset, 336, Wales, 108; shutting after death, Cambridge, 337 Wine: legend of origin of abstention from, Tangier, 441-2 Winforton: ballad, 192
Wiradhuri tribe: dead, disposal of, 399; dying see murderer, 399 Wiradjuri tribe: male descent of privi- leges, 103
Wirraidyuri tribe: folktale, 226-7 Witchcraft (see also Charms and
spells; Incantations; Magic; Wit- ches; and Wizards); 127; amulets against, Antrim, 300, Cologne, 84, 86-7, Italy, 203, Lancashire, 298, Somerset, 299 (plate); Lower Niger, 498; ointment gives power of riding broomstick, 74; ordeal test for, Upper Congo, 96-7; Upper Congo, 93-4
Witches: fetched by devil, Somer- set, 45; powers of, Somerset, 43. 88; shape-shifting by, Norway, 166 Withington (Hereford): ballad, 192-3 Withy, see Willow
Wives: (see also Marriage customs and beliefs); rights to property, Lower Congo, 423-4, 427
Wizards: Magi Kings as, 85; ngan-
gas, Lower Congo, 416-7, 419, 421-2, 431-2, 434-6; Wales, 327-
31 Wolf: afreet as, Arabian Nights, 167; Apollo as wolf god, Greece, 240; in folktales, Hottentots, 118, Tibet, 116; wer-wolf, Western Isles (Scot.), 71
Wolfdieterich, saga of, 385-6 Wombaia tribe: totemism, 102-3 Women (see also Birth customs and beliefs; Catamenia; Conception; Marriage customs and beliefs; Mother-right; Widows; Witches; and Wives); daughters preferred to sons, Lower Congo, 421; female deity in Greek religion, 238; female infanticide, Panjab, 258, 261-75; girl, education and work of, Lower Congo, 424-5; kingdom of, in beards in old times, Australia, 308; Mahab- harata &c., 161; power to stay bleeding descends only in female line, Devon, 89-90 Wongaibon tribe: marriage customs,
Wood ashes: in hunting charm,
Lower Congo, 432 Wooden horse, saga of, 187-8 Wood-worms: in saga of Melampus, 62
Woolly hare, see Hare Worcestershire: (see also Bengeworth; Broadway; and Evesham); ballad, 199
Worth (Purbeck): pin-offering, 92 Wotjoballuk tribe: burial customs, 398
Wounds: amulets against, Flanders, 205-6
Wren Boys, by B. J. Jones, 234-5 Wright, A. R.: South Indian Folk- lore, 474-6; Specimens of Modern Mascots and Ancient Amulets of the British Isles, 258, 288-303 (plates); reviews by,-O'Connor's Folk Tales from Tibet, 116-9; Joly's Legend in Japanese Art, 373-7; Leonard's The Lower Niger and its Tribes, 496-9; Webster's Primitive Secret Societies, 370-2; de Jonghe's Les Sociétés Secrètes au Bas-Congo, 370, 373
Writing in Babylonia, 155; in Crete, 155; in Cyprus, 155; in Iliad, 154; in Mycena, 155; in Ramayana, 155
Wroxhall Abbey: "Devil's door" in priory church, 458-9 (plate) Wych-elm tree: a shrew tree, Somer- set, 88-9
Yak: not in folktales, Tibet, 116 Yao: 254; female descent, 255; folktale, 256
Yarrow Sir W. Scott's theory, 242 Yew-tree divination by branches of, Ireland, 67; from grave in folk- tale, 66
Yitha-yitha tribe: folktale, 227 Yorkshire (see also Leeds; Ripon; and Whitby); folktale, 174; North Riding, corn baby, 104, road made by giant Wade, 128; parkin, 337- 9; St Cuthbert's beads, 298 Ystrad Meurig: opening windows to release soul, 108
Yualēai tribe: folktale, 305 Yule-tide, ancient, 337-8 Yusuf and Zuleikha, tale of, 156
Zebra: as clan name, Nyanja, 255; not eaten, Balemba, 283 Zeus in Iliad, 59, 66-7, 70 Zinda Kaliāna: chief priest sleeps on ground, 68
Zodiac amulets, 293-5, 297, 362 Zodiac rings: England, 293-4; Fun- chal, 214
Zodiac, signs of: (see also Libra, sign of); Japanese, 374
Zopyrus, tale of, 189
Zouthpansberg, see Balemba; Basu- tos; Bathonga; Modjadji district; Selati district; and Spelonken
GENERAL LIBRAR UNIV. OF MICH FEB 19 1903
The Burry-Man. (With Plates VIII. and IX.) ISABEL A. DICKSON The Disposal of the Dead in Australia. NORTHCOTE W. THOMAS Notes on Some Customs of the Lower Congo People. JOHN H. WEEKS
Collectanea.-The "Jass" at Thun (with Plate XI.). CHARLES J. BILLSON.
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