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Index.

Twins, taboo of among the Baronga,

227 Twm Sion Catte, tale of, as to white

and black cattle, 354 Tyre, Melkarth of, and parallels,

230

Ugly Females, the, of Yomi, Japanese

myth, 301 Ukko the Finnish sky-god, 328 Ullakupera or Little Hawk totem,

237 Ulster, gathering of, the Men of,

220 ; the Hound of, 218 Umbrellas in Indian folklore, 441 Unborn children sex of, mode of

divining, Greek Isles, 182 ; speak- ing, see Guru Gugga Unchristened child, to protect against

evil spirits, 350 Ungambikula or creation gods of

Australia, 237-8 Unlucky people, Hebrides, 269 Urabunna tribe. Central Australia,

234 Urus, 352-3, found in British barrows,

91

Vahagn, Armenian deity, 473 Vainamoinen, in Finnish folklore,

105-7, 329 Vampire, {see Vroukolakas ittfra)

female, 151 Vanishing countries, etc., 231 Vases weighing the same empty and

full, or turning water into wine,

230 Vatna's church, Norway, sacred spring

and horsehoof print at, 460 Veillee, La, de Noel, par P. Sebillot,

reviewed by E. S. Hartland, 458 Vengeance in Indian folktales, 441-2 Vermilion in love philtre, 170 Verses on the days of the week as

birthdays, 349 ; in divination,

Aegina, 156 Versipelle, how scared, 359 Vieux Chants Populaires, Les, Scan-

dinaves. Etudes de Liiterature

Coinparie. I. Les Chants de Magie,

par L^on Pineau, reviewed by A.

Nutt, 95 Vigfusson G., cited on the Eddie

poems, 450-1 Viking age, the date of the Eddie

poems, 450-1

Viking incursions, effects of on litera- ture of England and Ireland, S3

Virgin, the Blessed, colour of her eyes, 275

and the Lizard, legend of, Greek

Isles, 182

name of invoked against the

Half Head monster, 172

Virginian god, Okeus, idols of, 40

Virtue, female, in Indian folktales, 426-8 ; test of, Greek Isles, 182

Visitors, announcing, Indian folktales ^439

Voice, the, divination by, 154, 155

Vroukolakas, or Vampires, 173, how ' laid,' 174

Vultures, bound by spells, Cos, 161

Waggon-shape of Sqaktktquaclt, 216

Wales, (see Bye-gones relating to) Mummers at Tenby, 186

Wall Burial by M. Peacock, 361, by Dr. W. Zuidema, 360

Wall-dwelling holy women, see In- clusre

Wallace, R. Hedges, \\niite Cattle in British Folktales and Customs, 352

War goddesses, Irish, 455

Wardley Hall, the storm-raising skull of, loi

Warts, cures for, 479

Warwickshire folklore, see Coventry, Newbold and Rugby

Washing forbidden on Friday, in Styria, 361 ; of man and woman together, in unbinding spell, 159

Wasps in Ntlakapamuq tale, 200, 208

Wassailing, origin of, 354

Water, (see Bathing, Drowned body, Holy Water, Holy Wells and\Ne\\s, Rain, and Rivers), always to be kept in house, 269 ; boundary streams, 278 ; bowl of with silver in it against Evil Eye, ib. ; in the casting of the lot, 155 ; divination by, 1 78-9 ; Diving for the Cross, 177 ; in Holy Wells, India, to secure son, 393 ; Indian idea of intrinsic purifying powers of, 419, 437 ; lake drained by drinking it, 204 ; in marriage cus- toms, 143 ; and oil against Evil Eye, 164 ; running, to charm out a swallowed newt, 252, pail-rinsings not thrown on own land, 270 ; in purification, 301-2 ; set on fire by