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543

Polygamy among early Slavs, 464 ;

Mordvins, 419

Pomerania, ill-luck belief of, 155 , old people thrown into sea

in, 202 Portsmouth, coins of Greek type

found at, 100

Posidelki, Russian festival, 468 Posnau, wife purchase ceremony in,

478 Powell (F. York), "Recent Research

on Teutonic Mythology," 118-126 Pregnancy caused by eating seeds

(Badu legends), 50 ; wind (Finnish

belief), 30, 41

, Greek customs relating to,

523 Presents, suspension of Moksha wed-

ing, 446 Presidential address to Folk- Lore

Society, session 1889 90, 4-15 Priesthood, Arician, succession to, 391 Prince, the Frog, Breton variant of,

493, 506 Prohibitions against disclosing fairy

secrets, 211, 212, 213 Promiscuity among early Slavs, 465 Promises, disregard of English

peasants for, 323 Property, English peasant belief in

succession to, 325 Proxy, Mordvin custom of wooing by,

421, 455

Prussia, killing of aged in, 203 Pscov, promiscuity at, 466 Punjab, succession custom in, 201 Purchase, marriage by, among early

Slavs, 465; Mordvins, 421, 425 Pythagoras, symbols of, 147-161 Pytheas, travels of, 85

RABBINIC literature, Riddles of Solo- mon in, 349-358 Radimich, Nestor's accounts of

habits of, 464 Rain, superstition that, follows a

battle, 166

Rain- charm, Greek, 520 Rashin Coatie, Morayshire folk-tale,

289-291 Rats frightened away by building

gate like a trap, 360 Rat-trap, gateway at Sui Pui shaped

like, 360 Raven, Finnish magic songs of origin

of, 334, 335 Red, animals dyed on occasion of

Manchu marriages, 485

Red, Manchu bridal colour, 484-485

, Slavonic emblem of maiden- hood, 473

Religion, recent research in compara- tive, 384-397

Re-marriage, Manchu objection to, 487

Resistance of Mordvin bride, 440

Rhinoceros horn, magic, 523

Rhoda, coinage of, 99

Riasan, payment of ' kladka' at, 479

Riches, custom of praying for, Lung Shan, China, 366

Riddles, Finnish elk, 32; horse, 33

Ridgeway (Professor W.), " Greek Trade Routes to Britain," 82-107

River trade of Gaul, 94

Robbery, Chinese folk- tale of punish- ment for, 363-364

Roman belief that rain followed a battle, 166 ; invitation to gods of hostile city, 167

- method of averting hail, 162 ;

wolf superstition, 164 Rouse (W. H. D.), " Jatakain Pausa-

nias," 409

Riigen, traditions of Hertha in, 214 Rumpelstiltzkin, secret name theory

of, 9 stories, 9 ; See also, " Peeri-

fool" Russia, bridegroom's procession in,

460

capture marriage in, 476

, personal wooing dishonour- able in mediceval, 421 , custom of wooing by bread,

455 ; of hand -striking, 456 , marriage custom of pan-

kicking, 448 ; of bride bathing,

461 ; of covering bride with barley

and down, 459

songs of abuse, 429-430

Rust, Finnish charm for curing corn with, 18

SACRiFiCEjSignification of agricultural, 392-393

, theory of blood-bond between

the god and worshippers, 387-388, 390

Saddle Island, shadow-seizing spirit of, 152

, Manchu marriage custom of

stepping over, 487, 491

Saga, Celtic myth and, 234-260

Sai-nam, magician of (Chinese folk- tale), 362-364