466
Index.
Amputation : disposal of severed leg, Wiltshire, 346 ; dreaded in East, 346 ; Jaina prejudice against, 346
Amrita or water of life, can be drawn from little finger, E. Hindostan,
433-4 Amulets, 35, 149, 151, 156, 428 Anas, angel in Russian charm, 155 Ancestors, animals as, in C. Australia,
67, and in Europe, 232-5 ; black
cat as ancestor, Lapps, 244 ; de- scended from sky in thunderbolt,
India, 35 Anglesey, magpie respected, 241 Ancient Teutonic Priesthood, The,
by H. M. Chadwick, 268-300 Angelica in medicine, Devon, 216 Angels, in charms against child- stealing witch, 131-3, 138-9, 152-
6: of Jacob's dream, 197 Animal Superstitions and Totemism,
by N. W. Thomas, 227-67 Animals in folklore : {see also Ape ;
Ass ; Badger ; Bandicoot ; Bat ;
Bear ; Beaver ; Birds ; Boar ;
Buffalo ; Bull ; Camel ; Cat ;
Cattle ; Cow ; Coyote ; Crocodile ;
Deer ; Dog ; Fish ; Frog ; Goat ;
Hare; Hedgehog; Horse ; Insects;
Jackal ; Lion ; Lizard ; Marmot ;
Mole ; Monkey ; Mouse ; Ox ;
Pig ; Porcupine ; Rabbit ; Rat ;
Rhinoceros ; Sea-beast ; Seal ;
Sheep ; Snake ; Squirrel ; Stag ;
Tiger ; Tiger-cat ; Toad ; Unicorn;
Walrus; Weasel; Wolf; Worm);
as ancestors, C. Australia, 67,
and Europe, 232-5 ; used in augury, 236 ; bring babies, 235 ; annual ceremonies connected with, 247- 61 ; captive for magic &c. purposes, 243-4 ; carried in pro- cession, 257-8 ; ceremonial hunting of, 20-1, 250-1 ; colic cured by left- handed rope, Hebrides, 447-8; dead, buried, 244-5 • ^^s and tails cropped, locally, 456-7 ; families associated with, 235 ; forms of soul, 235 ; forms of witches &c., 235-6 ; found dead, fire carried sunwise round, island of Lewis, 447 ; as guardian spirits, 237-8 ; heads as gable ornaments, 322 ; human beings under curse as, 236 ; human shape assumed by, 236 ; not killed in Malay tin mine, 306 ;
as life index, 236 ; used in magic, 246-7 ; magic powers derived from, 245 : as men in other countries, 236 ; respected locally, 239-43 ; once sacred, but now evil, dis- tinguish certain Egyptian tales, 356; sacrifices of, see Sacrifice, animal ; taboos, see Taboos ; as totems, see Totemism ; witchcraft, as substi- tutes in, 238 ; worship of, discussed by R. R. Marett, 176-7
Animism, basis of Hindu belief, 2 ; Mr. Lang's views, 199 ; among Malays, 305 ; Pre-Animistic Re- ligion, by R. R. Marett, 162-82, 318-21
Animistic views of soul discussed by Buddha, 404
Annee Sociologiqiie, L\ by E. Durk- heim, reviewed by E. S. Hartland, 92-6
Annual meeting, 41-2; report of Council, 43-51
Ant, form of soul, 235 ; in Greek folktale, 1 13-4
Anthropology and Ethnology of Europe, A Selected Bibliography of, by W. Z. Ripley, reviewed, 310-1
Anuradhapura, Ceylon, bull-roarers at, 456
Aparchomene, the ' Hanging Ar- temis,' cult of, 24
Ape, man-eating, in Cairene folktale, 366-7
Apiton, in Syriac charm, 151
Apleto, see Gylo
Anabardalea, see Gylo
Apparitions of living persons, Dorset,
IIO-I
Apple, in Greek folktales, 114-5,
454-5
Apollonius of Tyre, Shakespeare's Pericles and; a Study in Compara- tive Literature, by A. H. Smyth, reviewed, 416-7
April : {see also St. George's Day; and St. Mark's Eve) ; 5th and 6th, labourers change service, Dorset, 109-110
Arabian Nights, ignored by orthodox Mohammedanism, 394
Arabia, in Greek charm, 146 ; in Slavonic charm, 139
Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches, by C. G. Leland, reviewed, 309
Archivological Reports, i8g8-g (On-
