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Rh nymphs, 153; precautions against, 160

Water-pitcher (see also Water-bearer), 594

Water-spout, caused by Lamia of the Sea, 52; superstitions concerning, 172

Weasel, unlucky to meet, 307; why unlucky to see, 327

Weather, chief province of God, 51

Wedding, 'The Sacred,' 599 f.; in Hades, The, (ballad), 548

Wedding-customs (see Marriage-customs)

Wedding-dress, as funeral-garb of betrothed girls or young wives, 557

Weddings, precautions at, 13; precautions against magic at, 20; sacrifice and divination at, 326

Wedding-scenes on funeral-monuments, 597 f., 601 f.

Were-wolves, 239; and vampires, 377 f.; become vampires after death, 385

Whirlwinds, caused by nymphs, 52, 150; safeguard against, 150

Winds, personified, 52

Wine, passed from left to right, 312; spilling of, as omen, 328

Winter festivals, 221 ff.

Witch, as rain-maker in Santorini, 49

Witchcraft, male and female exponents of, 15, 16

Witches, 15

Woodpecker, 309

Wooing, how conducted, 558

Wren, 309

Zalmoxis, 350 f.

Zeus, 72-74; Lycaean, 352; Meilichios, 275; Prostropaeus, 481; survival of name, 74