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Index.

Angoango : rain stayed by selling ivory, 45

Angoni tribe, 244

Animals in folklore : {see also Ante- lope ; Ape ; Avvk ; Bamboo-rat ; Bandicoot ; Bat ; Bear ; Birds in folk- lore ; Buffalo ; Cat ; Cattle ; Chame- leon ; Chigoe ; Civet cat ; Crustacea in folklore ; Deer ; Dog ; Donkey ; Earthworm ; Elephant ; Fox ; Gazelle; Goat ; Gyal; Hare ; Hippo- potamus ; Horse ; Hyaena ; Iguana ; Insects in folklore ; Jackal ; Jer- boa ; Kangaroo ; Leopard ; Lion ; Loris; Mole; Mongoose; Monkey; Mouse; Newt; Palm-rat; Panther; Pig; Pteropod ; Rabbit; Rat ; Rein- deer ; Reptiles in folklore ; Sheep ; Sloth; Slow-worm; Snail; Tiger; Water serpent ; Weasel ; and Wer- beasts) ; burrowing and digging animals have supernatural powers, China, 519; deprived of speech, Assam, 391 ; diseases, cause of, Norway, 323 ; in folk-tales, Assam, 391, 413, Bantus, 440- 1 ; human form assumed, Eskimo, 378; names given to ancestors, Andamans, 262 ; sacred, of Nandi, 246

Animism : defined, 236-7, 240

Annual Meeting, 4-5 : Report of Council, 6-9

Ant : amulet against, Japan, 384 ; anthill protects from evil spirits, W. Aus., 340 ; in folk-tales, Assam, 389, 395 ; man compared to, /Eschy- lus, 106, 421-31

Antelope : blood in hunting rite, Lower Congo, 181-2 ; in game. Lower Congo, 462; "medicine" drum in skin of, Lower Congo, 181 {plate), 469 ; tabu on flesh, Lower Congo, 308 ; whistle from horn, Congo, 3

Anthropology and the Classics, by Arthur J. Evans &c., reviewed, 103-4, 422, 424, 426-7, 430

Antrim : St. Bridget crosses, 130

Anvil : not sat on. Lower Congo, 311

Ape : in folk-tales, 515

Aphrodite, the goddess, 514

Apple pudding : omen from, Worces- tershire, 344

Apple-tree : blossoms as Easter-egg patterns, Roumanians, 301 ; leaves in folk-songs, Roumanians, 301 ; omen from, Worcestershire, 344

April, see All Fools' Day

Arabian Nights, 438

Arabs : relation of Swahili to, 432-5, 438, 441, 455

Aranda und Loritja-Stdmme in Zen- tral-Australien, Die, by I. C. Strehlow, reviewed, 125-7

Archery : contest, Easter Monday, Manchester, 206

Ardhodoy festival, Calcutta, 212

Ar Kol, in Andamanese legend, 264

Arodal : cremation, 315

Arrows: flint a. -heads as amulets, Scotland, 231-2

Arthur, King, see King Arthur

Arum : in folk-tale, Assam, 408

Arundel : charm against " over- looking," 65 ; tallies, 66

Arunta : All-Father belief, 494 ; con- ception, ideas about, 350-2 ; immi- grants from New Guinea, 94-5 ; The Puzzle of Arunta Local Totem - Groups, by A. Lang, 229-31 ; totemism, 126, 229-31

Aruwimi : amulet, 3 ; whistle, 3

Ascension Day : barks launched, Malta, 373 ; name of, Malta, 373 ; rain on, black, Gloucestershire, 489, and cures bad eyes, Shropshire and Worcestershire, 491

Ashelworth : Ascension Day rain black, 489

Ash-tree : ashen faggot burnt, Christ- mas Eve, Devon, 489-90, Somerset, 490; "cramp nuts" from, South Downs, 65 {plate) ; first men from, Greeks, 423 ; omen from leaf, Worcestershire, 343 ; as whip handle protects from witches, Durham, 73

Asia, see Andaman Islands ; Arabs ; Asia Minor ; Assyria ; Burma ; China ; East Indies ; India ; Japan ; Malaysia; Mongols; a«^ Palestine

Asia Minor : folk-tales, 125

Asiraji bird: in folk tale, Swahili,

451-2 Askalot, in Hebrew Arthur romance,

287-8, 498 Aspen-tree : in folk-tale, Norway, 336 Ass, see Donkey Assam : {see also Aijal ; Aimols;

Anals ; Angamis ; Champhai ;

Chittagong Hills ; Demagri ; Fanai ;

Hakka Chins ; Hiroi Lamgang ;

Khasis ; Kohima ; Koms ; Kukis ;

Kumis ; Lamgang ; Lusheis ; Mani-

pur ; Maram ; Marring ; Meitheis ;