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Index.
Isa, saint invoked by Nile sailors, 385
Island, supernatural, Korea, 331
Islands of the sea, home of the child- stealing witch, 153
Isle of Man, wren buried, 245, 250 ; wren a transformed fairy, 236 ; wren hunted to keep off storms, 20 ; wren killed at all times, 255
Ita, see Lilith
Italy : {^see also Florence ; Gorgona ; Sardinia ; Sicily ; and Venice) ; hands, magical, 402
Itching of hands, omens from, Cairo,
Izorpo, see Lilith
Jackal, hunted ceremonially, Bihar,
20 ; in Marathi folktales, 98-9 Jackdaw, in Greek folktale, 1 17 Jack o' th' Lantern, Devon, 212 Jacob at Bethel, {Studies on Biblical
Subjects, No. II.), by A. S.
Palmer, reviewed by A. H. Sayce,
196-8 Jaggan-nath, bones of Krishna in idol,
5 ; swinging rites, 22 Jaina prejudice against mutilation,
346 January, Coptic rhjmae about, 383 ;
14th, mallard eaten, Oxford, 259 Japanese fishing flies, 353 Jasoli, meteorite image at, 35 Java, meteorite preserved in mosque,
Jews : {see also Hebrew) ; Cairene explanation of smell of, 377-^
Jordan, spring of, in Rumanian charm, 130
Journal of the Folk-Song Society, reviewed, /^I'J-')
July; toad killed and hung in stable, Tirol, 255 ; 23rd, gulls hunted on the Schlei, 251 ; 25th, Wends throw goat from edifice, 257 ; 29th, lamb killed, Karelians, 260
Jumna river, Krishna slays dragon of, 13 ; miraculous crossing of infant Krishna, 15; Krishna steals bathers' clothes, 16-7
June 24th, glowworm taken for luck, Belgium, 255 ; 25th, ladybird taken, 255
Juterbock, goat sacrificed, 253
Kabus or nightmare spirit, Egypt, 387 Kaffirs (S. Africa), device to avert thunderstorm, 171
Kafirs of Hindu Kush, mock combats
of, 19 Kali, see Lilith
Kanakas, sacred stones of, 174 Kanara, see Gokarna ; a}id Karakal Kandy, boys crack whips in proces- sion, 456 Kangaroo, totem in C. Australia,
67 Kapnomanteia, 18 Karakal, non- Hindu image of Buddha
at, 32 Karelians, kill lamb, July 29th, 260 Karnak, gilded vessel of Amon-Ra,
tradition of, 386 ; much of land
enchanted, 385-6 ; treasure, tale of,
386-7 Kasidiako, Greek folktale, 335-6 Kassaba, folktales from, 333-6 Kathiawar, see Dwaraka ; a««/Girnar Kea, see Lilith Kelso, cat sacrificed, 253 Kennaiah, Borneo, skin of tiger-cat
worn for luck in war, 177 Kent : {see also East Wrotham) ;
putting up weathercocks, a festival
custom, 323 Khamasin wind, Cairene saying of,
381 Kidlington, lamb hunted by girls and
eaten, 251 Kilimanjaro, the house of Ngai,
Masai belief, 169 Kilmartin, " reaping maiden " made,
441 King, divine attributes in Malay
Peninsula, 305 ; also high priest
amongst ancient Teutons, 283-5 ?
sacrificed on misfortunes, Sweden
&c., 283, 285-6 ; sacrifices for rain,
Korea, 326 King Arthur, his fight with the
demon cat, 414-6 King David, in Cairene folktale,
378-9 . . ,. , ,
King Laurentms, m Greek charm,
146 King Nebuchadnezzar, in Hebrew
charm, 156 King Solomon, in Cairene folktales,
378-9 ; in legend of child-stealing
witch, 157-9 King's evil cured, by rope used for
hanging, Devon, 217 ; by touch of
seventh son, Hebrides, 448 Kingfisher, kept captive for luck,
Bohemia, 244