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Index.
American Indians, 207 ; cremation in Sweden, Si ; death beliefs dis- cussed by R. R. Maretl, 1 78-9 ; death foretold by crows, Brittany, 237 ; fairs connected with ancient cemeteries, 20 ; head of corpse put between legs, 413 ; head of dead struck off, W. Prussia, 249 ; Korea, 329 ; Manaton, Devon, 220 ; tug of war, Maghs, 19 ; W. Scotland, 210 ; Wiltshire, 344-7
Death's head moth, see Moth
Deccan, see Bijapur ; Secunderabad.
Deer, clan of Wyandot Indians, 192 ; caught before St. George's Day, 255 ; eaten ceremonially, 259 ; deer feasts, Oxfordshire, 260 ; fawns in Greek folktale, 343-4 ; human being as, 236 ; hunted ceremonially, 250 ; milk of man- eating hind in Greek folktale, 341-2; sacrificed. Burg, 253
Deified men, 89, 285, 291
Deiseil, see Sunwise
Deity, vague conceptions of by Malagasy, Masai, «S:c., 169 ; Korean conceptions, 326-7
Demon cat, Arthur's fight with the, 414-6
Demoniac possession, caused by afrit, Cairo, 3S9-90 ; how treated, Cairo, 389-90
Denmark, ancient priesthood, 280- 1
Dentist, Cairene tale of, 368
Derbyshire, goose sacrificed, 253
Devil, in Slavonic charm againsi child -stealing witch, 139-42 ; in Western Scotland, 422
Devonshire : {^see also Manaton) ; first animal seen killed, 254 ; mice fore- tell death, 345
Devonshire Folklore, by Lady R. Northcote, 212-7
Dialogues of The Buddha, trans, by T. W. Rhys Davids, reviewed by W. Crooke, 403-6
Diana, as Queen of the Witches, 309
Dirba, in Syriac charm, 151
Diseases, cures for, see Medical folk- lore ; infants infected by fairies, Hebrides, 444 ; savage ideas of disease discussed by R. R. Marett, 179
Divination, by cards, Dorset, 108 ; by fire and ashes, 18 ; practised by women anions: ancient Germans,
273-4 ; in Western Scotland, 422 Divining rod, for metals, in U.S.A.,
434-5
Dog, black, Gold Coast idea of white man's God, 31 ; descent from, in Europe, 233-4 ; dies with owner, 237 ; ears of boarhound cut off and eaten by puppy, Asia Minor, 456-7 ; ears of dogs used at funeral cut off, Cuzco, 457 ; form of child- stealing witch, Rumania, 133 ; form of guardian spirit, 237 ; Painswick dog-pie, 259 ; in Rumanian charm, 131 ; respected locally, 240 ; sacri- ficed, 254 ; sacrificed to W^oden, 84 ; only animal commonly sacri- ficed in N. America, 247 ; white, sacrificed by Iroquois, 190
Doggeli, goblin and witch of Bernese Oberland, 202
Dola Yatra or swinging rites, Bengal,
Doll, hung on tree to protect fruit, Celebes, 24 ; swung by new hus- band and wife, Madras, 23
Domos, in Syriac charm, 151
Donegal : Deeney's Peasant Lore from Gaelic Ireland re.\\Qv;ed, 317
Donkey, see Ass
Dorset Folklore, by H. C. March, 107-112
Dorset, Lieut -Gen. Pitt-Rivers' ex- plorations in, 185-6
Dove, in Greek folktale, 455
Dragon, mountain personified as, Korea, 329 ; head as gable orna- ment, Germany and Iceland, 322
Dragon-horses associated with giants, Korea, 327
Dragon slaying, myths of, II
Dreaming of dead, prevented by touching corpse, 210
Dreams, tiger-cat skin worn to obtain, Borneo, 177 ; Western Scotland, 422
Drolls, Cairene, 356-64, 368-76, 382, 394-5 ; Gotham, 425-6 ; Nor- mandy, 426
Drowned become spirits of pools and wells, Korea, 331-2
Druids, compared with Teutonic priests, 268-73
Duck, respected locally, 240 ; sacri- ficed, Lille, 253; wild, tabooed, N. E. Scotland, 242 ; young, not killed by Fuegians, 171-2
