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Rh Upi, Story of (Badu legend), 65-69

Urine, Finn legend that copper originated from, 348

Utensils of Torres Straits Islanders, 49, 76, 77, 79, 80, 190, 192, 196

, precious, at Manchu marriage, 488, 490

Vechernitzi, Russian festival, 468

Vetlouga, endogamous marriages in district of, 469

Viatich, Nestor's account of habits of, 464

Viper, Finnish accounts of origin of, 45-46

Virginity, unimportance of among Mordvins, 419; in Russia, 468

Vladimir, payment of "kladka" at, 479

Voguls, marriage among, 425

, marriage restrictions of, 452

, marriage by purchase among, 453; similarity of marriage ceremonies to Mordvin, 462

Votiaks, continuance of girl's dress among married women, 450; tribal organisation of, 452; marriage by purchase among, 453

Vow against marriage, Mordvin, 417

, time of keeping, 319

Wales, aged killed to prevent their dying in bed, 203

, (North), hiring time in, 315

Warlike dress worn by Slav bridegroom, 477

Wairu tales. See "Birth of Kusa Kap"; " Meta Kurabi," "Dorgai I."

Washing feet of mother in-law, Chinese custom, 366

Wasp, Finnish magic song of origin of, 336

Water, attempt to drench corn-sheaf with (Cornish harvest custom), 280

ceremonies, Mordvin bridal, 448, 449

, Mordvin bridal ceremony of fetching, 444

, New Guinean myth of walking on, 192

, produced by killing black ox, 278

, shadow lost by gazing in, 152

snake produced from horse-hair, 136

, superstition connected with south-running, 280

Water-bottle, New Guinean, 77

Water-charm, Finnish, 18

Weapons of Torres Straits Islanders, 77, 80, 194

Weasel, ill-luck brought by meeting, 156

Weaver's son and giant of White Hill, 256

Wedding-crown hung over shrine, in Greece, 520

Wedding-ring, divination by (Scotland), 276

Wedding-songs, Mordvin, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433-434, 435, 438, 444, 446

Weeds, Greek charm for destroying, 164

Weeping day, Mordvin bridal, 457

Well, sacred. See "Ffynnon Elian."

dressing, custom of, 316

Welsh "bundling" custom, 468

conjuror, 131-133

Wends, belief in ill-luck brought by meeting old woman, 155

Were-wolves, Greek myths regarding, 169-171

Westward, belief of natives of Torres Straits that the dead go, 77

What's in a name (letter), 272-274

White hill, giant of, 256

Whuppity Stourie, secret name theory of, 9

Widow, Muralug, carrying of skull by, 192

Widowhood, Mordvin periods of, 451

Wife, intermittent residence of, with husband, Kun Kong, 365

Wife of Bath's Tale, 'Frog-Prince' variant in, 501

Wight (Isle of), Roman trade with, 95

Wind, Finnish belief that pregnancy is caused by, 30, 41

Witches' ladder, discovery of, 313

Wives, sale of, among Austrian Slavs, 478

Wizards, charms used by Finnish, 19-21

, Finn account of origin of, 23-24

Wolf, belief in descent from, of Holike Turks, 460

, bridegroom compared to, among Mordvins, 443

, Finnish accounts of origin of, 35-37

Woman, legend of headless, at Dalton, 131

Women, Bohemian warlike, 470

, custom of begging on St. Thomas's day by, 321

, ill-luck brought by meeting, 155