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Index.

Sex of unborn child, divining, Greek Isles, 182

Shadow, Dog and, in Armenian tale, 468 ; pierced to cause death of owner, 211

Shamans of the Finns, 105

Shape-shifting, {see Sqaktktquacit), of Brer Rabbit, 286 ; of man to his yutibeai (individual totem), 491 ; in the Hebrides, 273 ; of the Scandinavian Nosses, 460 ; of the Sea-King's daughter, 312 ; of ser- pents, 414 ; among Wintu and Yana tribes, N. America, 343, 344

Sheep, in folktale, Lesbos, 496 ; to avert evil from, Hebrides, 265 ; blesssing, binding. 161 ; breaking the luck of the flock, 272 ; ram and ewe, 355 ; unlucky to kill on Friday, 268

Shepherd invasion of Egypt, its reason, 231

Shikk demon, Arabia, 172-3

Shinto gods, female the more promi- nent, 303

, The Place of in the Science of

Religion, by W. G. Aston, 313

— ; — religion, absence of idols in, 300 basis of, 314, central feature of,

liturgies, myths in, 296 ;

priestesses, "revelations" of. 307-8;

anthropomorphism in, 315 ;

spiritism in, 319 Shisumbwa version of Tar Baby tale,

Shrines as sanctuary in Indian folk- lore, 440, visited to secure male heir, India, 393

Sibou, god of Egypt, 231

Sicily, folklore of; Death of .^Eschy- lus, 182 ; A Sicilian Festival, by H. W. Carr, 252

Sickness, {see also Disease and Medi- cinal folklore), charms against, 152,

154 Sigrun in the Eddas, 454 Sikh ruler, the, of Fate, 432 Silence in carnival mumming, 351 ;

in spell-making, 155, and in spell- breaking, 159-60 Silk, new scarlet, in charm-rope, 487;

twisted for vulture-binding, 161 ;

worn round neck to keep off

diseases, 154 Silver in water, against Evil Eye,

278, 281

Sin, Indian idea of, 435-7

Siva, 395

Skana the demon, 374

Skipwith, G. H., Lincoln Minster,

I>incoln College Oxford, and the

Devil, 357 Skulls to avert Evil Eye, Greek Isles,

181 ; of enemies as drinking cups,

India, 442 ; unlucky to remove,

loi ; with nails in them, Lincoln- shire, 457 Sky or Heaven, the source of life,

IBaronga belief, 227 Sleepers insulted by the Kalikazari,

175-6 Sleeping beauty tale, a stolen bride

story, 426

on the bench, Hebrides, 269

chiefs, awakening of, Indian

folklore, 439 under large trees, dangers of,

Greek Isles, 181 Sligo, folklore of, people carried to a

distance, 122 Smelling involving tasting, Greek

Isles, 182 Smith-god, one-eyed, of Japanese

myth, 307 magic of the Finns, see

Ilmarinen Smoke in boxes in Ntlakapamuq tale,

208 Snaithean or charms against Evil Eye,

Hebrides, 275, how made and used,

279, 280-1 Snake or Snakes, see Serpents and

Wheel-snakes, Snake-bite, charms for, India, 404 god, of North American Indians,

21 bringing health, Greek Isles,

154, head of in charm, 1 7 1, heads

of those killed while changing skins

in unbinding .spells, 160; skins in

cures, 154, 231 Sneezing, in Greek Isles, 181, in

India, 435 Social organisation, totemism, 373 Socotra, Aloe of, 231, Christians

in, 230 Solar theory as applied to Irish folk- lore, 218 Solomon, King, spirits bound by,

162 Some Wexford Folklore, by Philip

Redmond, 362 Somersetshire, see Glastonbury