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 INDEXES.

INDEX TO ARTICLES.

ABDUCTION, marriage by, among Mord- vins, 420-21 Abercromby (Hon. J.), " Magic Songs

of Finns," 17-46, 331-47 ; "Marri- age Customs among Mordvins,"

417-462

Abergele. See " Ffynnon Elian" Abyssinia, custom of concealing name

in, 273-274 Adder, Finnish accounts of origin of,

45-46 Adi and his Wives, Drowning of (Torres

Straits Tale), 181, 193 Aegium, flower festival at, 518 Africa, belief in ill-luck brought by

turning back, 155 Age, marriageable, among Mordvins,

418

Agnatism in Russian law, 472 Agricultural sacrifice, signification of,

392-393 Alba, Fin Maccumhail and son of

King of, 257 All Souls' Eve, apple-begging custom

on, 315

Allemans, licentious festivals of, 468 Alsace, belief that meeting oneself

presages death, 228 Ancients, some popular superstitions

of the, 145-171 Andaman Islanders, earthquake belief

of, 150 Anger necessary to ensure success at

fishing (Esthonian belief), 165 Animal, Finn charm for bite of, 20

language calf, 289 ; bird, 291

Animals, figures of, Mordvin wooing-

presents, 423

Manchu marriage-presents, 48 5

Annandale Frog-Prince story, 498-

499 Apples, custom of begging on Eve of

All Souls for, 315 placed on threshold at Manchu

marriage, 491 Archangel, Government of, endogamy

in, 469; firing of pistol by father

of bride, 477

Arendt (C.), " Marriage Ceremonies of the Manchus," 481-492

Arician priesthood, succession to, 391

Aries, Drac legend' at, 209

Arm-guard used by islanders of Torres Straits, 81

Armsdale, tradition of Duke of Buck- ingham at, 318

Arrows, shooting of, at Manchu mar- riages, 487

used in Torres Straits, 77

Arthur, King, his death caused by cat, 251

Arthurian Saga, 250-253

Arverni, early gold coinage of the, 99

Aryan epic literature of Iceland, 235- 236

Arzamas, carrying bride by, 430

Ashes, pot not to be set on (Cam- bodian belief), 160

Athens, method of keeping Easter in, 275

Audley, tradition of death of Lord, 319

Australia, spells and charms of, 17 ; thunder attributed to demons in, 153-154 ; laming by injuring foot- prints in, 157, 158 ; belief that injuring impression will injure the maker, 159

Austria, sale of wives among Slavs of, 478

Avars, marriage by capture among, 453

Axe, use of, in Mordvin marriage ceremonies, 447

Axle, Boeotian custom of burning, 459

Aztecs, weasel regarded as an omen by, 157 ; hail- storms, superstitions of, 162

BADEN, Dorfgehen custom in, 468 Badu tales. See " Birth of Kusa Kap" ; " Meta Kurabi" ; " Dorgai I" ; "Mutuk, Story of" ; " Gabakwoikai, Adventures of" ; " Dorgai of Kara- per" ; ' Upi, Story of" ; " Greedy Goba" ; " Migration of Bia" ; " Ya- M M 2