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 Index,

491

Irria-kura bulbs : not gathered by

menstruous women, 408 Irulas : relatives fast after death,

397-8 Is, legend of city of, 1 1 1 Isaac, in Jewish legend, 72 Iseult, Queen, see Queen Iseult Isis : cult in S. Gaul, 126 ; Isis-cow,

Sais, 222-3 5 sacrificial ceremonies,

Egypt. 393 Isle of Man : {see also Falga, island

of) ; as Hades, 140 Islip : " wild huntsman " story, 342 Italy : {see also Abruzzi ; Aquila ; Campania ; Etruscans ; Latium ; Liguria ; Lombardy ; Marsi ; Ro- mans, ancient ; Rome ; Sardinia ; Tuscany ; Umbria ; and Venetia) ; folktale, 192; north, — mallet sym- bol of infernal deity, 137 Itongo, Kafir spirit, 345-6 Iwain or Owen, story of, 35, 46, 52 Ivoein, of Hartmann von Aue, 35, 38-9, 50

Jackal : m jatakas, 18-9

Jacob : in Jewish legend, 72 ; story

of, 458 Jaintia Hill district, Assam, see

Khasis Jakun tribes : 453-4 ; religion, 454 Jamaica : Jamaican Song and Story,

by W. Jekyll, 8 January : {see also Twelfth Night) ;

30 days' fast begins, Manichaeans,

415

Japan : {see also Fakone lake) ; courtship custom, 270 ; death cus- tom for children, 279 ; folktale, 20

Jarrow : St Bede's well, 255

Jatakas, the, 12-23

Java : bathing, ritual, 264

Jekvll, W. : Jamaican Song and Story, 8

Jenny Greenteeth, water spirit, 266

Jeremiah, in Jewish legend, 72

Jerusalem : bathing to cure barren- ness, 271 ; The Powers of Evil in Jerusalem, by Mrs. H. H. Spoer, 54-76

Jessids : bathing, ritual, 264

Jessore, see Khan-Jahan-Ali

Jewitt, W. H. : The Wild Huntsman,

342 . ^.

Jews : ancient, baptism by, 264 ; death customs, 405-6 ; divination, Palestine, 71-2; fasting after death,

399 ; fasting associated with Divine revelations, 392, to excite Divine compassion, 418-9, and connected with almsgiving and prayer, 420-1 ; games, Palestine, 73 ; hand over house door, Palestine, 66 ; jinns, origin and nature of, Palestine, 71 ; lucky and unlucky days and deeds, Palestine, 72-3; Sabbath, 411-4; 7th day, month, &c. holy, 413-4; women seek mandrakes, Palestine, 67

Jhang ; in folktale, 428

Jinns : cause vapour of hot springs, Palestine, 55-6 ; created from fire, Palestine, 64 ; in folktales, Pales- tine, 57, 63-4 ; formula addressed to when fetching water, Palestine, 55 ; fountains of jinn, Algiers, 246; haunt baths, Palestine, 58-62 ; Jewish beliefs about, Palestine, 71 ; original dwellers on earth, Pales- tine, 64 ; sit in shadows from moonlight, Palestine, 64 ; of water- wheels, Palestine, 56 ; sacrificed to, Algiers, 246, Palestine, 56

Jizo, Japanese saint, 279

Johnston, C. F. H. : " Cuckowe King," 340-2

Jokumara feast, Bellary, 331-2

Jonah legends, 20

Joppa : Egyptian legend of taking of, 117

Joseph, legends of, 71, 75

Joseph of Arimathea in Grail romances, 291, 302-3

Journal of the Folk-Song Society, vol. Ill, Part I, short notice of, 358-60

Journal of the Gypsy- Lore Society, short notice of, 360

Journey : divination before, Palestine, 71-2; hymnsas charms on, Ireland, 348 : sacrifice on return from, Pales- tine, 66, Syria, 67

Jowai : matriarchy, 241

Judaea, desert of, see Moses, shrine of

July : 1st, St Serfs feast, 34

June, see Midsummer Eve

Jupiter : assimilates local deities, Gaul, 126, 139; Lord of Good Luck, Harranians, 414 ; mallet as symbol

of, 137 Jutland : {see also Aarhus) ; burial customs, 365-6 ; corpse-door, 364- 5 ; future life, beliefs about, 366- 70