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460 ing all space, Zuni, 430, or of four regions, China, 431

East Anglia: transmigration &c. beliefs, 63-4

Eastbourne: Fifth November festival on Nov. 9, 91

Easter Eve: customs, Malta, 79

Easter island: Maori Hawaiki, 238

Easter Sunday: bathing babies, Malta, 84; customs, Malta. 79-80, 84

Eating: (see also Cannibalism); by sexes separately, New Caledonia &c., 254

Ebed-tob, see King Ebed-tob

Eclipse; of moon, from hunger, W. Australia, 340, from sickness, W. Australia, 341; omens from, W. Australia, 340- 1; pregnant woman must not touch herself during, India and Mexico, 203; of sun, W. Australia, 358, 360; work of demon, India, Mexico, 203

''Edda, The: II. The Heroic Mythology of the North'', by Miss W. Faraday, reviewed, 111

Eddaic myths and Zoroastrianism, 104-5

Eel: not eaten, Highlands, 303; eating it drives mad, Hebrides, l00; from horse hairs, Scotland, 100; Old Nick in it, Highlands, 303

Eggs: balsam to heal wounds, Malta, 84; divination from, Azores, 143; Easter Eggs, Malta, 80; shells are witches' boats, Scotland, 97; not taken to sea. Highlands, 305

Egypt: origin of Scottish Coronation Stone, 28; ancient—hell, 200–1: Tel-el-Amarna letters, 53

Eigg island: celts, name for, 299

Eight: trigrams, China, 293

Elema tribe (Papuan gulf): boar tusk as charm, 183

Elephant: chooses king, India, 40-1, 57, Malay Penin., 47-8, and king's bride, Mirzapur, 38; in folktale, Central Africa, 444–5

Eleusis: votive relief, 265, garments, 267, 278, and offerings at, 269

Elixir of life: China, 296

Elk: as crest, N. American Indians, 21

Elm: as maypole, Woodstock, 174

Elworthy, F. T., A Solution of the Gorgon Myth, 2–3, 212–42 (plates)

Elysium, see Hades

Emain Macha, palace at, 32

Emu: constellation, folktale of, W. Australia, 362; feathers, W. Australia, 323 (plate), 365

Ena, dreaded ghost. New Caledonia, 258

Encyclopœdia Biblica, edit, by T. K. Cheyne and J. S. Black, reviewed, 315–6

England: (see also under names of counties); folk-drama, 9; village sobriquets, 423

Enstone: mysterious noises, 71-2

Epidaurus: votive offerings at, 264, 266

Epilepsy: amulet against, Devon, 294; charm against, Ross-shire, 370–1; cures for, Ross-shire, 370

Episcopal Life-Index, An, by Miss M. Peacock, 188

Epping: goslings blessed, 177

Erythroe: votive amphoras, 266

Eskdale: in ballad. 150

Eskimos: feast to dead, 18–9; märchen, 152. 157-8; no trace of totemism, 434

Essex: (see also Epping; and Saffron Walden): goslings blessed, 177

Eterscéle, King, see King Eterscéle

Etruscans: Medusa heads as tomb ornaments &c., 219–20, 222, 226

European folklore, see under various countries

Eurymedon, battle of, votive group for, Delphi, 268

Evening star: eats opossums, W. Australia, 352

Evil eye: amulets against, Italy, 217, Malta, 83–4; charms against, Malta, 83–4, Scotland, 96–7, 379–80, Syria, 6; effécts of, Ross-shire, 379–80; Evil Eye in the Western Highlands, The, by R. C. Maclagan, reviewed, 95–7; in Greece, 286

Evil spirits, see Demons and evil spirits

Exhibits, 1, 2, 6, 1145, 210, 292-8, 321–3

Exogamy: Australia, 7, 418; New Caledonia, 259; in relation to totemism, 421-5

Exogamy and the Australian System, A. Lang, 7

Exorcism: Car Nicobar, 19; W. Australia, 340, 342–3

Extracts from Signor V. Busulil's "Holiday Customs in Malta," 77–8