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tario), reviewed by E. S. Hartland, i 190-3

Archangels, see Michael ; Raphael

Ardeche, meteorite sprinkled with holy water, 36

Argyllshire : {see also Kilmartin) ; unbaptized child buried after sun- set, 444

Ann-rings, see Rings

Arran, island of, horses &c. sprinkled in spring before beginning to plough, 439

Arrows, magic, Leper's Island, 179

Artemis, the ' Hanging,' cult of, 24

A fins' Kainpf mit dem Katzen- ungetiim : Die Saga und Hire Lokalisiernng in Savoyen, by E. Freymond, reviewed by J. L. Weston, 414-6

Arunta tribe of C. Australia, animal and plant ancestors of, 67 ; birth, notions as to, 65-7 ; social organi- zation of, 71-7; totemism among, 65-77

Ascension Day, crickets sold on, Florence, 258 ; sea-bathing on, Calymnos, 221

Ascensiontide, squirrel hunted at, Lelbach, 251

Asgardr, pictured from Upsala, 299

Asia Minor : {see also Aleppo ; and Kassaba) ; ears of boarhound cut off and eaten by puppy, 456-7

Asiatic Studies, Religions aftd Social, by Sir A. C. Lyall, reviewed, 88- 92

Ass, Cairene folktales of, 373, 380, 394-5 : carried in procession, 258 ; cure for snake-bite of, Cyprus, 123; demon, slain by Rama, 13 ; in Greek folktale, 118-9; human being as, 235 ; killed by water drop in ear, Cairo, 380 ; piece cut from ear if trespasses, Cairo, 380 ; Silesians said to eat, 259 ; why it brays, Cairo, 380

Ass's spring, babies come from, 235

Assam, ancestor descended in thunderbolt, 35 ; flint weapons worshipped, 35

Astronomical folklore, see Moon ; Stars ; Sun

Attendorf, Mark, cat thrown from edifice, 257

August, toad killed and hung in stable, Tirol, 255 ; weasel killed for magic, Mecklenburg, 255

Aurora Borealis, Point Barrow belief concerning, 171

Ausbach, stagbeetle tabooed, 242

Ausitis or Arabia, in Greek charm, 146

Australia : {see also Tasmania ; and Torres Straits) ; Mathew's Ea^le- hawk and Crow, a Study of the Australian Aborigines, including an Liquity into their Oi-igitt, and a Sui-vey of Australian Languages, reviewed, 101-3 : ethical religion of natives discussed, 172-3; totem- ism amon^t Arunta, 65-77

Austria {see also Bohemia ; Carinthia ; and Hungary; ; ' ' Hudlerlaufen " custom, 263

Avestitza, child-stealing witch, Rumania, 138-9, 14S

Avezuha, child-stealing witch, in Rumanian charm, 133

Babel myths, lOO

Babylon, in Greek folktale, 338 ; origin of charms against child- stealing witch, 157; ziggurat and Jacob's ladder, 197

Babylonians and Assyrians : Life and Customs, by A. H. Sayce, reviewed, 310

Backgammon, Egyptian form of,

384-5

Bad Bishop, The, Greek folktale, 333-4

Badger, killed, Bingen, festival of St. Roschus, 256

Bcetylos, see Stones

Baiame, Australian deity, discussed, 173, 318, 320

Baiting of animals, ceremonial, 20-1, 256

Baking lucky on Good Friday, Dorset, 112

Bala-rama, see Rama

Balder, once regarded as priest-king, 284-5 J myths perhaps tribal, 295

Ball games, Cairene, 383-4 ; cere- monial, England, 21 ; in churchyard on Sundays, Bedd Gelert, 424 ; Hindu Kush, 19

Bandicoot country, whence sun comes, C. Australia, 67

Banks' Island, spirits in stones, 174-5

Baptismal water, as charm, Suther- landshire, 444-5 ; cures somnambu- lism, Kilmartin, 445 ; wine mixed with, to protect from midge-bites, Hebrides, 445