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Index,

Rajbansi, fisherman caste, idol wor- ship of, 277-278

Rajput council, analogies to, 108

Rama, breaks Siva's bow, 132

Rmnayana cited, 132

Rameswar, Bramachari, idol-rites instituted by, 277

Raphael the Angel, and Tobias, 242

Rationalization of folklore, instances,

233

Red, powerful against Eval Eye, 79 ; against demons, 125

Religion, chief sources of, according to A. Lang, 293 ; a definition, 65 ; one required, 159 ; one by Petrie, 340 ; identical with ritual at certain stages, 316 ; earlier social character, 317 ; inimical to preservation of folklore, 203

Religion of the Ancient Egyptians, by Alfred Wiedemann, reviewed by Professor A. H. Sayce, 163

Religion and Conscience in Ancient Egypt, by W. M. Flinders Petrie, reviewed, by Professor Sayce, 337

Religions of Primitive Peoples, by Dr. D. G. Brinton, re\aewed, 159

Remi, or Remigius, of Lincoln, and the Devil, 273-274

Renan's version of the Tobit tale as given by Mme. Darmesteter, 244

Reste, die, der Germanen am Schwari- zen Meere, Eine Ethnologische Untersuchung, von Dr. Richard Loewe, reviewed, 74

Revelation, book of, cited on secret names, 260

Reviews (for details, see Table of Con- tents), 53, 158, 251, 337

Reynard the Fox, parallel incidents. 78

Rhine-gold, the, in tale of Sir Degravant, 372

Rhys, Prof., cited in connection with Gawaitt tale, 270

Rice and pulse offered to idols, 277

Richmond Park, the shrew ash in,

330 Riddles ; Danish, Kristensen's col- lection, 197 ; true character of, 258 ; homes and occasions of, 249 ; wide range of, 260 ; in folktales,

234 Ridgeway's, Prof., commentary on

Homeric poems, cited, loi Right hand, taboo of. Australia, 327 Rings, use of, in marriage customs,

India, 138, 140, 152

Risley, H., 167 ; his work on ethno- logy of Bengal referred to, 168

Riom, wheel ceremony at, 293, 294

Ritual, origin and objects defined, 64 : Greek, 178

River of Dread, and its Bridge, 218, 271 ; horse, the, in Skye, modern views of, 378

Roman folklore ; death and funeral customs, 123 ; tombs, terra-cottas, etc., of, 178 ; Grateful Dead tale, version of, 243 ; interregnum at Rome, 116; Roman wedding dress, 127

Ropes of sand ; asses ; and the Danaides, by G. M. Godden, 368

Roumania, alleged modern human sacrifice in, 362

Round Table, the, features of the tale, 266

Rouse, W. H. D., cited on the axes shot through in contest for Pene- lope, 132

Rowhope wedding, the, 132

Royal Oak Day, milking festival connected with, in Lines., 365

Rudradeva, idol, ceremonies con- nected with, 277, 278 ; stolen, 278, rain god, 279

Rudraganj, idols carried about at, 277

Rudrakantha Sinh, 277

Rukut Tundun, female Australian divinity, 309

Runic Cross of Brora, 278

Russia {see also Muscovy), alleged modern human sacrifice in, 362 ; crime and superstition in, study of, 255 ; southern, female stone statues in, 184 ; riddles in, at carnivals, etc., 259 ; version of Grateful Dead tale, 229

Saballah, or best man in Indian weddings, 140

Sachau, Prof., stories, etc., collected by, 165

Sacred colour, in India, 185

Sacred fire {see Fire), by R. C. Maclagan (?■//.), 280 ; Flowers, in India, 185 ; objects of Australian natives, 314 ; picture of Kiko Monastery, 18S ; Stones, see Stones ; trees, Circassian, etc., 75 ; Japanese, 368, of the Lebanon, 9, 15 ; wells and fountains, Lebanon, 16

Sacrifice ; Australian, non-existent,