Vaisravana, in Ramayana, 173 Vali, the avenger of Balder, 164 Veil: divine, saves Odysseus, 73 Venus in Tannhauser legend, 178 Vila, evil fairy, Balkan Penin., 503-4 Virgin Mary added to amulets, Portugal, 217 (plate), 222-3; festival of Madonna della Libera, Abruzzi, 313-5 (plate); medals as amulets, Flanders, 206-8; miraculous 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; Portugal, 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 : 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,-Rattray's Some Folk-Lore Stories and West: corpse buried with head to, Australia, 396; in custom on shedding 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; White, Rev. G. E.: Turks Praying 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 remarriage, Lower Congo, 431 Widows: ceremonies before remarriage, Lower Congo, 430-1; remarriage, 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); conception 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 privileges, 103 : Wirraidyuri tribe: folktale, 226-7 Witchcraft (see also Charms and spells; Incantations; Magic; Witches; 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, Somerset, 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; Mahabharata &c., 161; power to stay bleeding descends only in female line, Devon, 89-90 Wongaibon tribe: marriage customs, Wood ashes: in hunting charm, 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 Folklore, 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 Mycenae, 155; in Ramayana, 155 Wroxhall Abbey: "Devil's door" in priory church, 458-9 (plate) Wych-elm tree: a shrew tree, Somerset, 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 folktale, 66 Yitha-yitha tribe: folktale, 227 Yualēai tribe: folktale, 305 Zebra: as clan name, Nyanja, 255; Zodiac amulets, 293-5, 297, 362 Zodiac rings: England, 293-4; Funchal, 214 Zodiac, signs of: (see also Libra, sign of); Japanese, 374 Zopyrus, tale of, 189 Zouthpansberg, see Balemba; Basutos; Bathonga; Modjadji district; Selati district; and Spelonken district. Zulus, see Amazulu FEB 19 1909 The Burry-Man. (With Plates VIII. and IX.) ISABEL A. DICKSON Collectanea.-The "Jass" at Thun (with Plate XI.). CHARLES J. BILLSON. Folklore from Tangier. Miss F. K. GREEN.-The "Devil's Door" in |