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Index.
at Girgenti, 253 ; prohibition to change clothes, Cos, 1S3, witch- craft on, 282 Sunstroke, charm against, 166-7 Supernatural personages and their
powers, India, 396-7 Superstition regarding Women, by
P. H. Emerson, 365 Suso no wo in Japanese myths, 318 Sussex folklore, Tipteerers Play, 186 Swallow in African tales, 222-3, 2S4,
290, 291 Swan falling in love with human being, Indian folktale, 416; grate- ful, ib., praying, ib., sacredness of, 440 Swayamvara, the, in India, 429 Sweden, hollow-backed fairies of, 459 Sweeping after sunset forbidden,
Gteek Isles, 181 Swimming, Cuchullin's prowess in, 220 Swine {see also Pigs), sacrificed at
Girgenti, 253 Swinging in the rainy season, India,
435 . Switching the Cattle, Germany, 180 Switzerland, Bible placed under pil- low to protect unchristened child,
350 . .
Sympathetic affections, Hebrides, 279 magic, instances of, Cos, 159
Taboo, Australian, of Emu eggs, 11, Levitical, parallels to, 43, 47, 55-7, morality of natives, in relation to, 6 ; Baronga, moral value of, 228, of twins and their mothers, 227 ; Indian, of women, 423, 427
as beginning of moral system,
228 ; in relation to children's games,
338
Tai fish, 311
Tailed elves, &c., Scandinavian folk- lore, 459-60
Tailors in Hebridean folklore, 281
Tain, the, triads in, 220
Tale-sprite, Iceland, 460
Talismans {see also Charms, Magic, etc.), 312, how used and counter- acted, 230
Talker-bird, 199
Talking Birds and animals, see Sqaktktquaclt, Tar-baby, Three Apples, The ; in Indian folktales, 391-2, 416-7
grateful, Greek Isles, 497,
India, 416
Tama in Japanese myth, 320 Tangle (sea-weed), milk bewitched
into, Hebrides, 276 Tap on window, death warning, 122,
123 Tapio, woodland god, Finland,
329 Tar Baby Story, Baronga parallel,
222 Tar Baby Story, The, by Miss A.
Werner, 282 Tartar tribes, sun-worship of, 297 Teeth extracted in Australian rites,
43 . Telepathic suggestion, instances of,
Hebrides, 281 Temple, Lt.-Col. R. C, The Folklore
in the Legends of the Panjab, 384 Temple of corpse touched to prevent
dreaming of the deceased, 254 Tenby, Mummers at, 186 Tenure by white bull, 356 Tests and identifications of heroes
and heroines, Indian folktales,
428-9 Teutonic migrations, 8 1, 82 Thessaly, parallels to the custom of
the lot in Cos, 155 Thesticos, 453 Thompson river, British Columbia,
Sqaktktquaclt punishes the witches
at, 207 Threads, coloured, in witchcraft, 282 ;
twisted, uses of, Cos, 180 ; passed
round fire against Evil Eye, 280 ;
tearing off cow's neck, in Indian
oath, 409 Three-headed nails against witch- craft, 483, 486-7 Three repetitions of oaths in India,
409-10 Thumb used to touch face of corpse
to prevent dreaming of deceased,
254 ; why not blessed, 279 the left, blood from in love
philtre, 169 Thunder in Japanese folklore, 317 >
the voice of the god, Finnish
folklore, 329
god, of Lithuania, 329
Thursday, 169 old German birth
augury for, 1 16, forbidden day for
spinning, Styria, 361 ; St. Colum-
cille's day, lucky, 267 Tibetan belief in spirit-possession,
422 Tiger, the, 317, 397
