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431

Vermilion, a symbol of blood sacri- fice, 262

Veronica beccabunga, in medicinal folklore, 389

Village Community, by G. L. Gomme, cited, 308

\'imanes\var, image of, covered, 346

Virgilius, binds the fiend, 347

Visvariipa, 329

Vishnu, 328, in relation to serpent worship, 284, a chthonic deity, 351, created from a fish, 352, the dwarf, covered, 346

Voyages, see Book of Wonder Voyages

Voyage of Maelduin, 266, of Thorkill and Eric, 266

Wade, Giant, and his wife, 279

Wales, folklore of, 362, dying out, 363 Arthur tales, 38, 303, ball-games, 75^ 173- 174' I75> corpse-candles, 205, Kulhwch, 299-307, sacred fish and well, at Nant Peris, 281, witch in hare-shape, 375

Walewein, compared with Orendel, etc., 295, 297, 299, 300, 301, 304. 306

Walhouse, (M. J.), Folklore Parallels and Coincidences, 196; Snake- Stones, 284

Wanderings in a Wild Country, by Wilfred Powell, quoted, 334

Wiirend och Wirdarne,' by Hylten Cavallius, referred to, 279, 280

Warts, cures for, 15, 386, 387, 389, 390

Wasp-stings, cures for, 389

Waste land, left for local deities, India and Scotland, 284

Wasting in children, cure for 185

Watching the burial ground, {Fairc a Ckladk) 209

Water, {see Sea, and Wells), asso- ciated with fertility, 264, in con- nection with Aphrodite, 264, cloggy or sticky, in folktales, 291, a frequent theme, 294, fairy dwellings under, 200, in Indian god-induction ritual, 32S, 329, in Alarriage customs, 84, 176, as offering to idols, 353, running, an obstacle to witches, 3, as cure for mumps, 16, as sex-transformer, 112, cure for warts, 390

Water Horse, the, 383,

Water in Marriage customs, by L.

Goldnierstein, 84, by Louise Ken- nedy, 176

Weak stomach, cure for, 388

Weather, Irish beliefs concerning, 14, in relation to fairies, 33, 34, power of witches over, 2, 8

Weber, Prof., cited on Matsya Pwdna, 327

Wedding-ring as cure for sty, 387, as cure for erysipelas, 390

Wednesdays, witchcraft powerless on, 8

Weird Sisters and their eye, modern Greek version, 275

Wells ; the Jandy well, 390, the well of Nant Peris and its sacred fish, 2S1, in relation to marriage, 84

IVe/sh Folklo7-e ; a Collection of the Folk Tales and Legends of North Wales, by Rev. Elias Owen, re- viewed, 362, cited, 348

Welsh and Irish romantic fiction, rela- tion between, 38, 39

Wens or warts, cures for, Irish, 15, American, 187

Werewolves, 9

West Africa, {see Africa) axe-money in, 263

West Highland Tales, by J. F. Campbell, quoted, 305

West Irish Folktales and Romances by W. Larminie, cited in relation to Sir Amadas, 296

Weston, Rev. Walter, cited on god- binding in Japan, 342

Wexford, medicinal folklore of, 389

Whale, the Gray Coat of Orendel found inside, 292

Wheatley, Oxfordshire, morris- dances of, 317

Whistling in fishing boats, unlucky, 14

"White Jock," Oxfordshire morris- dancers' song, 318

White-bearded Scolog, the tale of in connection with Orendel, 298, 300, his daughter, 302, his habits, 303

Whit-Hunt, the, in Oxfordshire, localities, customs and analogies, 316

Whitsuntide festival observances in Oxfordshire, 307, 309, 3 10-31 2, 316

Whittle and dub, (pipe and tabour) 309! 314. how played 319, 320

Whooping-cough cures, 179, 180

Wild fire, see Erysipelas,