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

district.

Zulus, see Amazulu