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Index.

Will o' llic Wisp, 205, distinct from corpse-candles, 215, nature of. 220, tales of, 221-230, tales of its origin, 225, 230, 233, a portent of ill, 229, a form of the Devil, 254

•' Willow Tree, The," Oxfordshire morris-dancers' song, 318, words and air, 321

\Vind, witches as, 3

Windrush River, 310

Wisdom, the Book of, quoted on idols and god-binding, 340

Witches, and witchcraft, African, 134, 136, 145, 146-149, amulets, etc., of, 5-8, in animal form, 3, 9, 17. .375) 377> of Ireland, 16, 17, Italian, {see Neapolitan W'itchcraft),

1, when born, 2, how made, 2, death of, 2, 3, powers, over weather

2, 8, of flight, 2, 3, of shape-shift- ing, 3, 4, to transform people, 4, in love affairs, 4-7, in spell-break- ing, 7, in medicine, 8, in cases of Evil Eye, 8, when powerless, 3, 8, apparatus, I -9, charms, 1-9, dances,

3, 8, hair, 3, 4, knowledge tradi- tional, 9, nudity in connection with, 3, 6, unguents, 2, 3, of Scotland, their power, 16, in relation to fire, 223-228, in relation to fairy belief, 53, days for, 2, 3, 8, 17, precaution against, (Scotch), 220

Witney, Oxfordshire, and the Whit- Ilunt, 311, 312

Wizards, (Italian) rarer than witches, I, and why, 2, Scotch called war- locks, 223, in animal form, 377

Wooing of Emer, ( Tochiitaic Eiiici) compared with other tales, 298. 300, 301

Woman, and Women ; Amazon, 277, Balochi. customs of, 83, demons as, 109, goddess of, Hera, 263, Mohammedan idea of, 177, pre- dominance in fairy lore, 41, in relation to serpent-worship 284, woman-shape of Soma-altar in India, 326

Words and airs of Oxfordshire morris- dancers' songs, 320

Wychwood forest, local hunting rights, 310

Year, changes in its length, 354

Yggdrasill, 360

Yorkshire folklore. Bird folklore, 375, Cures, 386, 387, 388, Four Folk- tales, 393, Roadmakers, 280

Yorkshire IVriteis : Richard Kolle of Hampole, an English Father of the Church, and his Followers, vol. i., edited by C. Horstman, reviewed,

'\ outh Ale,' at Witney, Oxfordshire,

312 Yspaddaden Pencawr, father of

Olwen, 303, 305

Zagreus, see Dionysus,

Zan-ku-ku, Dahomeyan idol, kept

concealed, 345 Zeus, 154, 155, 261, aspects of, 262,

axe as emblem of, 263, his eagle,

264

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.

Names of Authors of Articles in Periodicals in ordinary roman type, of Authors of Books and Titles of Books in italics, Titles of Periodicals in small

capitals.

Achelis, T., 192

Adrian, F., Freiherr, von, 192

Alcover, A. M., 397

Allen, Grant, 397

American Anthropologist, 2S8

Andrews, J. B., 95

Annual Archaelogical Report,

1896-7, Ontario, 398 L'Anthropologie, 96, 192 Antiquary, 96, 191, 398 Arfert, P., 189

Balfour, II., 287 Bcauquicr, C, 189 Bkattachai'va, J. N., 95 Bloom field, M., 397 r>oas, F., 96 Boehme, F. M., 189 Borlase, IV. C, 286 Bower, II. M., 286 Boyle, D., 398 Boyle, F., 191 Brinton, D. G., 288