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300, 315 ; Dravidian, 169 ; Egyptian, distribution of, 103 ; Lebanon, survival of, 16 ; origin of, 180 ; human, 65, 87, 1 14, 256, 316; alleged, modern, 362 ; modifi- cation of, see Walling-up Sacrificial death of kings, 1 14 Sage, Die, von Heiligen Graal in Hirer Entwicklung bis auf Richard PVagner's Parsifal, von Eduard Wechssler, reviewed by J. L. Weston, 346, with note by A. Nutt, 361 Sailor's ghost, the, Sutherlandshire,

374

St. Agatha, festival of, in Catania, 257 ; Amable, wheel festival of, at Riom, 184 ; Bertrand and the crocodile, 73 ; Bride's day in con- nection with serpents, 85 ; Fiacre, 78 ; George, Cyprus, legend of, 188 ; and the Dragon, origin of tale, 73 ; John Baptist's eve, Baal fires on, 284 ; John's day, Baal fires on, in Cyprus, 188 ; Chrysos- tom, Bulgarian legend of, 83 ; Joseph, as a boat-builder, Sicilian tale, 239 ; Luke, as artist, 188 ; Martin, supplanting Wodan in Germany, 345 ; Michael, sup- planting Wodan in Germany, 345 ; Nicholas' church, Nicosia, 188 ; Patrick's burial, Indian parallel, 171 ; Renan, Brittany, female monolith near, 184 ;

Sakai, Japan, sacred palm-trees at, 368

Sal tree, 169

Salvator, Archduke Ludwig, of Austria, collection of Majorcan tales, referred to, 158

Same, home of Penelope's suitors, 107

Samoa, custom of feeding chiefs in, 103 ; stone, in relation to rain, 278

Samson and the foxes' tails, 180

San Remo, the Devil and the wind at, 364

Sand, ropes of, 368

Sandwich Islands, an interregnum in, described, 115, 1 16

Sara, bewitched bride, in Tobit tale, 242

Sarpedon's garth, 102

Satan, 71 : evolution of, 73

Savage idea of God, 313 ; views of Life and Death, 65, 312

Sayce, Prof., letter on Renan's ver-

sion of the Tobit tale, 244 ; reviews by, of Palmer's, Studies on Biblical Subjects, 71 ; of Wiedemann's Re- ligion of the Ancient Egyptians, 3 ; of Petrie's Religion and Con- science in Ancient Egypt, 337

Scandinavian attitude to Christianity, 44 ; invasions, 34, 35, influence on literature, 43 ; folklore, Odin as a wind-god, 275 ; Wotan superseded in Germany by saints, 345

Scape-goat, the, in relation to sacri- fice, 65

Schliemann's excavations, evidences in, of Achaian culture, 1 13

Scironian Road, the, 175

Scissors, laid on dead body, Den- mark, 216

Scot, Michael, sets demons to make ropes of sand, 370

Scotland, folklore of; the Barra widow's son, and parallels, 235 ; cattle driven through fire, 216; chieftain, position of, and Homeric parallels, 102, 103, and duty of, in regard to re-marriage of widows, 105 ; death and funeral customs, 89, 102 ; the shroud, 123 ; Fife super- stitions, 285 ; fire, sacred and new, as cure for cattle plague, 280 ; hair- cutting on Sunday, 341; hair-dress- ing on Friday, 258 ; Hebridean folklore, 84 ; Highland folklore, 372 ; custom of bone-throwing, 119; Highlands, the home of living folklore, 47 ; magpies unlucky in, 287 ; marriage customs, the Row- hope wedding, 132 ; women's pre- parations for marriage by spinning, 127 ; rain-producing cross at Brora, 278 ; riddle on robbers, wide diifusion of, 260 ; well-god worship, 279

Sea, the, conflicting views of, in Babylonian culture, 74 ; mayor dipped in, on election, 117

Second sight, instances of, in Suther- landshire, 375, 376

Seer, tying up of, 291

Selli priesthood of Dodona, 179

Senequarim, King of Assyria, 167

Serpents and snakes {see also Dragons), meteorolgical myths, 73 ; killing a serpent a good omen, 85 ; charm against serpent bite, 85 ; cure for the same, 86

Serpent, accepting food, as chastity