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white, Leuce the nymph of, 297, 421; white, sacred to Zeus, Olym- pia, 297, and used for sacrifices, Elis, 297 ; white, for wreath in Tlepolemea, Rhodes, 423

Porpoise : word unlucky at sea, Fife- shire, 96

Poseidon : AntKus son of, 378 ; liip- pothous son of, 379 ; the sea god, 277-9, or Water-Zeus, 280- 1 ; por- tends rain in dream, Greece, 281 ; Sithon son of, 3S0-1; underground god, 281 ; winter rains named from, Greece, 28 1

Possession, demon : British Guiana,

343 Potter, M. A., Additional Variants of

the Father and Son Combat Theme,

216-20 Poverty, charm against, China, 163 Powell, F. York: death of, 241-2 ;

In Memoriam, by E. Clodd, 182-4;

Presidential Address, Tradition and

its Conditions, 4, 12-23 Prayers : spells in relation to, 132-65 ;

among Todas, 1 66-8 1 Prayer-wheels, Tibetan, 243, 332-3

(^plate) President, election of, 3-4 Presidential Address, 4, 12-23 Prickly-pear plant : flogged to kill

thief, Jamaica, 455 Priene : temporary king to perform

sacrifice, 310, 394 Prometheus, legend of, 270 ; and

Loki, 367 Prophecies : of Cathbad, 26-7 Prophetic warnings : Guernsey, 1 20 Proverbs : Braemar, 104 ; Greeks,

283-4 ; Guernsey, 120 ; Pembroke- shire, 198 ; Shropshire, 104 Prusa : coin of, 308 Psalms : verses attached to curtains

&c. at childbirth, Jerusalem, 186 ;

12 1st in charm against evil eye,

Jerusalem, 190 Pteras, builder of temple, Delphi, 413 Ptolematas, founder of Daphnephoria,

409 Ptolemy Soter, King, see King

Ptolemy Soter Puberty rites : Torres Straits, 356 Publications of Folk-Lore Society,

8-9 Pudding pies, Kent, 130 Pumpkin : in connection with legend of clan name, Bantus, 203

Pumpkin vine : planting causes death of relatives, Jamaica, 94

Punjab: folktales, 124 5; Indo-Aryan invasion through, 222 ; Panjabi dialect, 222

Pyrrhus, King, see King Pyrrhus

Pythcan games, 402-6, 413

Pytho : ancient Delphi, 402 ; per- petual fire at, 309

Python, Apollo and, 402-6, 413

Quail : in myth of Ptolemy Soter,

390 . . c

Queen Clytsemnestra, the vision of,

371 Queen Medb of Connaughl : the

cattle-raid of Cualnge, 235-8 Quoits, rocks as, Monmouthshire, 86

Rabbit : in folktales, Nyassaland, 344-6 ; word unlucky at sea, Fife- shire, 96

Race in relation to language and folk- lore, 1 14-5

Rachel's Tomb : picture of as charm, 2, 191 -2 ; vows offered for children, 192

Ragnarok, Om, by A. Olrik, reviewed,

365-7

Rag-trees and posts : Armenia, 445 ; Mongolia, 447

Rain : ceremony at Feast of Taber- nacles, 361 ; charms for, Arcadia, 312, Armenia &c., 428-35, Crete and Greece, 214 ; omens of, Ja- maica, 94, 451, 456 ; prayer for, Athens, 266 ; rain-making, 361, Africa, 433-4, Greece, 369, Libya, 378, New Caledonia, 161, 433, New South Wales, 433, Russia, 161, 433, Syria, 433-4, Torres Straits, 358, Transylvania, 434, a?id Wallachia, 434 ; rain-water = Zeus water in magical formula, 267 ; the tears of Zeus, 267 ; water from Zeus, 267 ; at wedding omen of misery, Jamaica, 93, 451 ; Zeus of the rain, Argos, Cos, &c., 266-9

Rainbow : blessing on seeing, Jeru- salem, 187

Rajasthani dialect, 222

Ram, see Sheep

Raniallah : blue as amulet, 189

Raratonga : eating fish and turtle regal prerogative, 21 ; migration from Hervey islands, 21

Rat : omens of death from, Jamaica,