Index,
471
from sixpence blessed by seventh
son, Lewis, 371 ; water from
springs, 70 ; water from suicide's
skull, Ross-shire, 370 ; water
in which puppy boiled, 85-6 ;
water into which gold has
been thrown, Ross-shire, 371 ;
water in which bezoar stone
soaked, Malays, 399, 406-7;
seventh son can cure sick, Azores,
142, or seventh son of seventh
son, Ross-shire, 372-3 ; votive
offerings for cures, ancient Greece,
267,277
Mediterranean basin : Gorgon myth limited to, 213-4
Medusa myth, see Gorgon myth
Meetings, 1-7, 113-5, 209-11, 321-3
Melanesia : i,see also Fiji islands ; Louisiades ; Loyalty islands ; New Caledonia ; New Guinea ; New Hebrides ; Pines, island of ; and Solomon islands) ; classification of objects, 431 ; no totems, 259
Melchizedek, see King Melchizedek
Members deceased, i, 5, 114, 162-6
Members elected, i, 2, 11 3-4, 209, 321
Members resigned, 1-2, 5, 113
Men : birth during moon eclipse always of boy, W. Australia, 340 ; killed for offence before chief. New Caledonia, 252 ; stay till 7th day in house after death, Malta, 83
Mesembria : coins with solar wheel, 289
Messapians : votive offering after defeat of, Olympia, 266
Metals in folklore, see Iron ; Lead ; and Silver
Mexico : {see also Zapotec tribe) ; Indian folk beliefs, 202-3
Michaelmas Day : cakes for, Hebrides and Ross-shire, 381-2
Middlesex, see London
Mid-Lent Bonfire in Venice, 1819, by C. J. Tabor, 92
Milesians : bringers of Coronation Stone, 28
Miletus : statue of Chares at. 274
Milk : bewitching and protection of, Scotland, 97 ; not drunk, Malays, 391 ; offered to fairies, Ross-shire, 381 ; as omen of Grand Lama's birth, Tibet, 50 ; stolen by witch as butterfly, 182 ; of tigress in Malay tale, 391-2, 401
Milky Way : in folktale, W. Australia, 362
Millet : in connection with witch- craft, India, 408-9
Miltiades : figure of in votive offering, Delphi, 265, 273
Milton Common : folktales, 413-4
Mirror: as amulet, China, 1 15, 297
Mirzapur : folktales, 38
Mistletoe : in song, Christmas, Baldon, 177
Mkhoma : fetishism at, 61-3 (plate)
Molimo, see Morimo
Monastir : rural guards, customs of, 420
Mongolia : divinatory system, 431
Monkey : astragalus in divination, Basutos and Ba-Thonga, 122-3 ; bezoar stones from, Malays, 399 ; in folktale, Punjab, 112 ; in time cycle, China, 297
Monkton Farleigli, in Civil War, 179
Moon : Abraham not moon god, 198 ; cassia tree in, China, 296 ; eats kangaroos, W. Australia, 352 ; eclipses, explanation of and omens from, W. Australia, 340- 1 ; full, corroboree at, W. Australia, 360; hare in, China, 296 ; new, corroboree at, W. Australia, 360
Moose-deer : name of clan, of Sioux, 427
Morayshire : luck in fishing, 303
Morgain le Fay, 437-43
Morimo, Great Spirit of Bechuana, 205, 416-7
Morocco : selection of king by tribe,
37. .
Morrigan, Irish war goddess, 438
Morris dances, see Dances
Moth : black and white hawk-moths as omens, Malta, 85
Mother-of-pearl shells, see Shells
Motley colour : assigned to Zenith region of space, Zufii, 430
Mountain-ash : cows driven by switch of, Ross-shire, 379 ; charm against witchcraft, Scotland, 97 ; piece carried on fishing boats. Highlands, 302-3 ; sprig tied to cow's tail, W. Highlands, 96
Mountain lion : name of clan, Sioux,
Mountains : in amulet, China, 294 ;
corresponds to cardinal point &c.,
China, 431 Moqnt Sinai : election in abbey, 45
