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Imprecations : when planting herbs, Guernsey, 123

Incantations : Guernsey, 120 ; Malay, 162 ; Maori, 18 ; New Caledonia, 161; Peru, 151; as related to prayers, 132-65 ; Tibet, 334 ; Todas, 178-80

Incense in magic, 362

India : {^see also Assam ; Bengal ; Gujarat ; Ladakh ; JNIarathi ; Nil- giri Hills ; Orissa ; Oriya ; Punjab ; Rajasthani ; Sindhi ; and Todas) ; deeds attested by tooth print, 343 ; funeral pile, 130 ; libations affect life, 361 ; races of, 222-4 ! Risley and Gait's Census of India, igoi, reviewed, 222-4 ! Vedic schools, 14

Indian Folklore, by G. Jethabhai, reviewed, 368

Indian corn, see Maize

Indo-China : {see also Malays) ; deng or spiritual power, 363

Indulca or Indulco, form of exorcism, Jerusalem, 187-8

Initiatory ceremonies : fasts, 232 ; origin of. III ; suggestion in, 232 ; Tutu, 356

Inkpots worshipped, India, 223

Insects in folklore : (ySee also Ant ; Bee ; Beetle ; Blackbeetle ; Bug ; Bumble-bee ; Cockchafer ; Cock- roach ; Cricket ; Firefly ; Fly ; Louse ; Mosquito ; Moth ; Snail ; attd Spider) ; killing insect injures baby in house, Jamaica, 455

Inside out : coat so turned to avert phantoms, Jamaica, 456 ; oilskins must not be so thrown down, Fife- shire, 96

Intichiuma ceremonies, Arunta &c. tribes, 467, 469-72

Ionia, see Ephesus

Iphiboe, mother of Augeas, 401

Iphicrates, military shoes named after, 410

Iphidamas, son of Busiris, 393

Iphinoe, wife of Antaeus, 379

Iphitus, Isjng, see King Iphitus

Ireland : {^see also Connaught ; Cuchu- lainn sagas ; Leinster ; Munster ; Shannon ; and Ulster) ; folktales, I, 18, 24-39, 62-3, 65-6, 220, 233, 336-41, 480 ; poet always also brehon, 16 : schools, ancient and medieval, 12, 14-7 ; Whitsuntide beliefs, 347

Iron : {see also Horse-shoe ; Knife ; Needle ; Pin ; Razor ; Scissors ;

and Shears) ; dreaded by spirits, Ireland, 337-8 ; in magic, 362 ; omen from crackling before fire, Ireland, 462 Irrawaddy river : customs of Ganans,

334-5 Irulas, in folktale, Todas, 173 Isanusi of Amazulu, 230 Ishhak tribes : folktales, 316-26 Italy, see Canosa ; Crotona ; Etruria ;

Locri : Mentone ; Romans, ancient;

Sicily ; Tarentum ; Thurii ; and

Tiber Itch, cure for, E. Central Africa, 73 Ixiai : cult of Mistletoe-Apollo, 425 ;

named from mistletoe, 425 Ixion : myth of, 301 ; name from

mistletoe, 426 ; as related to Zeus,

270 ; sun-god, 426

Jacob's blessing averts evil eye, Jews,

.^93-4

Jainism, origin of, 223

Jamaica : {see also Kingston ; a7id St. Andrew) ; folklore of negroes, 87-94, 206-14, 450-6

Jam-yang, Tibetan deity, 332

January, see Epiphany ; and New Year's Day

Janus : divine power represented by double head, Greeks, 284-5 ! some- times three-headed, 285

Japan : folktale, 326

Jason type of folktales, 233

Jenseits iin Mythos der Hellenen, Das, by L. Radermacher, reviewed, 232-3

Jersey: men as "toads," 122-3

Jerusalem : Some Folklore from Jerusalem, by Miss A. Goodrich- Freer, 2, 1S6-92 {plates), and M. Gaster, 192-4

Jewels in folklore, see Turquoise

Jewitt, W. H., A Wager Lost, 103-4

Jews : amulet, 95 ; Feast of Taber- nacles, 361 ; folklore from Jerusa- lem, 2, 186-94 (plates) ; head of dead Jew in rain charm, Ourfa, 43 1) 433 ' serpent once had legs, 349 ; theory of origin in S. Amercia,

479 . Jinns : in story of Moorish saint, 367-8 Jones, B. J. : Stories from Leitrim

and Cavan, 336-41 ; Whitsuntide

Fate, 347 Joseph and Zuleika type of folktales,

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