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 GENERAL INDEX.

Abercromby, J. : reviews by, of Maclagan's The Evil Eye in the Western Highlands, Campbell's Witchcraft and Second Sight in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, and Goodrich- Freer's Outer Isles, 95-IOO

Abney : funeral customs, i8o

Abrus precatorius : seed as amulet, Basuto and Ba-Thonga, 121-2

Acacia : bringing into house kills owner, Malta, 84

Accidents in travel, charm against, China, 294

Accounts of Folk-Lore Society, 10- 11

Achewa tribe: fetish, 2 (plate), 6, 61-3

Acorn : amulet against rheumatism, Ross-shire, 379

Acroterion ornament, origin of, 228- 30 {illits.), 233

Addy, S. O., Death and the Herb Thyme, 179-80

Adonis cult, 316

Aegina : votive offerings at, 269

Aegis, gold, dedicated in Athens, 282

Afghanistan : {see also Cabul) ; divi- nation, 382-3 ; tribal colours, 383

Africa, see Amazulu : Angoniland ; Bantu ; Ba-Ronga ; Basutos ; Ba-Thonga ; Bushmen ; Cyrene ; Delagoa Bay ; Egypt ; Karague ; Madagascar ; Morocco ; Nyanja tribe ; Nyassaland ; Ogowe tribes ; Quiteve ; Rhodesia ; Sierra Leone ; Sofala ; Tanganyika : Transvaal ; Victoria Nyanza ; and Zambezi

Agricultural folklore : {see also Corn spirits, vegetable souls, and the like ; Harvest customs and beliefs ; and Planting customs and beliefs) ; agriculture assigned to South region of space, Zuiii, 430 ; magical stones increase crops. New Caledonia &c., 256 ; sorcerers arrange weather, New Caledonia, 256 ; thrashing ground to make fruitful, New Cale- donia &c., 257

Anitchkoffs Vernal Ceretnonial Songs in the West and among the Slavonians reviewed, 448

Ahikar, story of, 316

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Air, assigned to North region of space, Zuui, 430

Akbar, stories of, 112

Alcibiades : statue of, Argos, 274 ; votive picture by, Athens, 268

Alegria (Azores) : in folktale, 1 32-3

Alexander the Great : in Punjab folk- tale, 112; in relation to Arthurian legends, 441

Alexandra Land, see Port Darwin

Algarve : its folklore reflected in Azores, 126

Algonkin Indians: marchen, 157-8; sagas all songs, 152

All Souls' Eve, see Hallow Eve

Alphabet : ogham, iio ; old alphabet dedicated, Athens, 287 ; written characters, origin of, China, 293

Alvorada or Greeting of the Dawn, Azores, 140- 1

Ama-Thonga, see Ba-Thonga

Amazulu : marchen, 156-8

" Amecht " drama, Luxemburg, 318

America, see North America ; and South America

Amphoras, votive, Erythrae, 266

Amulets and talismans, 6, 13, 65 {plate), 83-4, 96, 1 14-5, 121-2, 182-3, 217, 293-8 {plate), 298-9 {plate), 303, 321-2, 346-8, 365-6,

379 Ananda, King, see King Ananda Anatolia : {see also Lindos ; and

Miletus) ; folktale, 308-9 Anazarbus : coins with oil basin, 289 Ancestors : dog as. Car Nicobar, 19 ;

worship of, Angoniland, 61-3, 309-

II, Basutos and Ba-Thonga, 123,

417, New Caledonia, 258 Andromeda type of folktale, 447 Angantyr sagas, iii Angoniland, see Achewa tribe ;

Angoni tribe ; Anguru tribe ; Chi-

peta tribe ; Mkhoma ; and Yao

tribe Angoni tribe : ancestor worship, 62,

309-10; dead, offerings to, 310;

future life,*beliefs about, 62, 310 Anguru tribe : ancestor worship, 310;

dead, offerings to, 310 Animals in folklore: {see also Anteater;