MR. NUTT HAS ISSUED. GRIMM LIBRARY. VOL. XVIII. Crown 8vo, xvi + 264 pp. Price 8s. 6d. net; 9s. post free. AN IRISH PRECURSOR OF DANTE (FIS ADAMNÁIN) A Study on the Vision of Heaven and Hell ascribed to the Eighthcentury Irish Saint Adamnán, with Translation of the Irish Text By C. S. BOSWELL POPULAR STUDIES, No. 16. THE POPOL VUH The Mythic and Heroic Sagas of the Kichés of Central America BY LEWIS SPENCE POPULAR STUDIES IN MYTHOLOGY, ROMANCE, AND FOLKLORE. No. No. No. No. No. The following Numbers have appeared or are in the 1. Celtic and Medieval Romance. By ALFRED NUTT. 2. Folklore: What is it and what is the good of it? By E. S. HARTLAND. 3. Ossian and the Ossianic Literature connected with his Name. By ALFRED NUTT. 4. King Arthur and his Knights. A SURVEY OF ARTHURIAN ROMANCE. BY JESSIE L. WESTON. 5. The Popular Poetry of the Finns. By CHARLES J. BILLSON, M.A. No. 6. The Fairy Mythology of Shakespeare. By ALFRED NUTT. 7. Mythology and Folktales: Their Relation and Interpretation. No. 8. Cuchulainn, the Irish Achilles. By ALFRED NUTT. No. 9. The Rigveda. By E. VERNON ARNOLD, Litt. D. No. 10. The Romance Cycle of Charlemagne and his Peers. By JESSIE L. WESTON. No. 11. The Mabinogion. By IvOR B. JOHN, M.A., Fellow of the University of Wales. No. 13. The Edda: II. The Heroic Mythology of the North. By WINIFRED FARADAY, M. A. No. 14. The Legends of the Holy Grail. By ALFRED NUTT. No. 15. The Cycle of Dietrich of Bern. By F. E. SANDBACH. No. 16. The Popol Vuh: The Mythic and Heroic Sagas of the Kiches of Central America. By LEWIS SPENCE. A SECOND SERIES BEGAN WITH No. 13. Each Number, neatly printed in attractive cover, 6d. net; 7d. post free. Toothache; amulets for, Flanders, 207 Torbela: folktales, 507 Tornado deity, Lower Niger, 498 Torres Straits: Reports of the Cambridge 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; Australia, 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; Leydenburg; 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; Willowtree; Wych-elm tree; and Yewtree); 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, Slavonians, 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; Palestine; Rhodes; and Syria Turkey-in-Europe: (see also Bosnia; Bosphorus; Constantinople; Herzegovina; Macedonia; and Thrace); folktales, 502; Turks as spreaders of folklore, 502, 504-5 Turks Praying for Rain, by Rev. G. E. Turning chairs as charm, London, Tuscany (see also Cortona; Pistoia; Twenty seven; in poison ordeal, Lower Congo, 417 Twins: destroyed, Lower Niger, 498; mother sent to "twin town,' Two Brothers, Egyptian tale of, 156 Udayin, King, see King Udayin Ulster: (see also Antrim; and Cavan); Unbaptized, see Baptism Uncle, maternal: on Lower Congo, 411, 413, 415, 423, 425 Underworld, see Hades Unicorn one-horned antelope, Bosjeman's drawing, 107 United States of North America: (see also Huron Indians; Iroquois Indians; Micmac Indians; Musquakie Indians; Pawnee Indians; Pueblo Indians; and Sioux Indians); 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. |