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Index.
Twins, taboo of among the Baronga,
227 Twm Sion Catte, tale of, as to white
and black cattle, 354 Tyre, Melkarth of, and parallels,
230
Ugly Females, the, of Yomi, Japanese
myth, 301 Ukko the Finnish sky-god, 328 Ullakupera or Little Hawk totem,
237 Ulster, gathering of, the Men of,
220 ; the Hound of, 218 Umbrellas in Indian folklore, 441 Unborn children sex of, mode of
divining, Greek Isles, 182 ; speak- ing, see Guru Gugga Unchristened child, to protect against
evil spirits, 350 Ungambikula or creation gods of
Australia, 237-8 Unlucky people, Hebrides, 269 Urabunna tribe. Central Australia,
234 Urus, 352-3, found in British barrows,
91
Vahagn, Armenian deity, 473 Vainamoinen, in Finnish folklore,
105-7, 329 Vampire, {see Vroukolakas ittfra)
female, 151 Vanishing countries, etc., 231 Vases weighing the same empty and
full, or turning water into wine,
230 Vatna's church, Norway, sacred spring
and horsehoof print at, 460 Veillee, La, de Noel, par P. Sebillot,
reviewed by E. S. Hartland, 458 Vengeance in Indian folktales, 441-2 Vermilion in love philtre, 170 Verses on the days of the week as
birthdays, 349 ; in divination,
Aegina, 156 Versipelle, how scared, 359 Vieux Chants Populaires, Les, Scan-
dinaves. Etudes de Liiterature
Coinparie. I. Les Chants de Magie,
par L^on Pineau, reviewed by A.
Nutt, 95 Vigfusson G., cited on the Eddie
poems, 450-1 Viking age, the date of the Eddie
poems, 450-1
Viking incursions, effects of on litera- ture of England and Ireland, S3
Virgin, the Blessed, colour of her eyes, 275
and the Lizard, legend of, Greek
Isles, 182
name of invoked against the
Half Head monster, 172
Virginian god, Okeus, idols of, 40
Virtue, female, in Indian folktales, 426-8 ; test of, Greek Isles, 182
Visitors, announcing, Indian folktales ^439
Voice, the, divination by, 154, 155
Vroukolakas, or Vampires, 173, how ' laid,' 174
Vultures, bound by spells, Cos, 161
Waggon-shape of Sqaktktquaclt, 216
Wales, (see Bye-gones relating to) Mummers at Tenby, 186
Wall Burial by M. Peacock, 361, by Dr. W. Zuidema, 360
Wall-dwelling holy women, see In- clusre
Wallace, R. Hedges, \\niite Cattle in British Folktales and Customs, 352
War goddesses, Irish, 455
Wardley Hall, the storm-raising skull of, loi
Warts, cures for, 479
Warwickshire folklore, see Coventry, Newbold and Rugby
Washing forbidden on Friday, in Styria, 361 ; of man and woman together, in unbinding spell, 159
Wasps in Ntlakapamuq tale, 200, 208
Wassailing, origin of, 354
Water, (see Bathing, Drowned body, Holy Water, Holy Wells and\Ne\\s, Rain, and Rivers), always to be kept in house, 269 ; boundary streams, 278 ; bowl of with silver in it against Evil Eye, ib. ; in the casting of the lot, 155 ; divination by, 1 78-9 ; Diving for the Cross, 177 ; in Holy Wells, India, to secure son, 393 ; Indian idea of intrinsic purifying powers of, 419, 437 ; lake drained by drinking it, 204 ; in marriage cus- toms, 143 ; and oil against Evil Eye, 164 ; running, to charm out a swallowed newt, 252, pail-rinsings not thrown on own land, 270 ; in purification, 301-2 ; set on fire by
