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Index.

Isa, saint invoked by Nile sailors, 385

Island, supernatural, Korea, 331

Islands of the sea, home of the child- stealing witch, 153

Isle of Man, wren buried, 245, 250 ; wren a transformed fairy, 236 ; wren hunted to keep off storms, 20 ; wren killed at all times, 255

Ita, see Lilith

Italy : {^see also Florence ; Gorgona ; Sardinia ; Sicily ; and Venice) ; hands, magical, 402

Itching of hands, omens from, Cairo,

Izorpo, see Lilith

Jackal, hunted ceremonially, Bihar,

20 ; in Marathi folktales, 98-9 Jackdaw, in Greek folktale, 1 17 Jack o' th' Lantern, Devon, 212 Jacob at Bethel, {Studies on Biblical

Subjects, No. II.), by A. S.

Palmer, reviewed by A. H. Sayce,

196-8 Jaggan-nath, bones of Krishna in idol,

5 ; swinging rites, 22 Jaina prejudice against mutilation,

346 January, Coptic rhjmae about, 383 ;

14th, mallard eaten, Oxford, 259 Japanese fishing flies, 353 Jasoli, meteorite image at, 35 Java, meteorite preserved in mosque,

Jews : {see also Hebrew) ; Cairene explanation of smell of, 377-^

Jordan, spring of, in Rumanian charm, 130

Journal of the Folk-Song Society, reviewed, /^I'J-')

July; toad killed and hung in stable, Tirol, 255 ; 23rd, gulls hunted on the Schlei, 251 ; 25th, Wends throw goat from edifice, 257 ; 29th, lamb killed, Karelians, 260

Jumna river, Krishna slays dragon of, 13 ; miraculous crossing of infant Krishna, 15; Krishna steals bathers' clothes, 16-7

June 24th, glowworm taken for luck, Belgium, 255 ; 25th, ladybird taken, 255

Juterbock, goat sacrificed, 253

Kabus or nightmare spirit, Egypt, 387 Kaffirs (S. Africa), device to avert thunderstorm, 171

Kafirs of Hindu Kush, mock combats

of, 19 Kali, see Lilith

Kanakas, sacred stones of, 174 Kanara, see Gokarna ; a}id Karakal Kandy, boys crack whips in proces- sion, 456 Kangaroo, totem in C. Australia,

67 Kapnomanteia, 18 Karakal, non- Hindu image of Buddha

at, 32 Karelians, kill lamb, July 29th, 260 Karnak, gilded vessel of Amon-Ra,

tradition of, 386 ; much of land

enchanted, 385-6 ; treasure, tale of,

386-7 Kasidiako, Greek folktale, 335-6 Kassaba, folktales from, 333-6 Kathiawar, see Dwaraka ; a««/Girnar Kea, see Lilith Kelso, cat sacrificed, 253 Kennaiah, Borneo, skin of tiger-cat

worn for luck in war, 177 Kent : {see also East Wrotham) ;

putting up weathercocks, a festival

custom, 323 Khamasin wind, Cairene saying of,

381 Kidlington, lamb hunted by girls and

eaten, 251 Kilimanjaro, the house of Ngai,

Masai belief, 169 Kilmartin, " reaping maiden " made,

441 King, divine attributes in Malay

Peninsula, 305 ; also high priest

amongst ancient Teutons, 283-5 ?

sacrificed on misfortunes, Sweden

&c., 283, 285-6 ; sacrifices for rain,

Korea, 326 King Arthur, his fight with the

demon cat, 414-6 King David, in Cairene folktale,

378-9 . . ,., ,

King Laurentms, m Greek charm,

146 King Nebuchadnezzar, in Hebrew

charm, 156 King Solomon, in Cairene folktales,

378-9 ; in legend of child-stealing

witch, 157-9 King's evil cured, by rope used for

hanging, Devon, 217 ; by touch of

seventh son, Hebrides, 448 Kingfisher, kept captive for luck,

Bohemia, 244