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Index,
Asia : {see also Arabia ; Araxes river; Armenia ; Asia Minor ; Assyria ; Babylonia ; Burmah ; China ; Col- chis; East Indies; Egypt; Georgia; Indo-China; Japan; Korea; Mala- tia ; Malay Archipelago ; Malays ; Medes ; Mongolia ; Persia ; Phana- goria ; Phoenicia ; Tartars ; Tibet ; Transcaucasia ; a«(f Turkey in Asia); dragon as sun-devourer, 366
Asia Minor : {see also Aintab ; Bithynia ; Caria ; Cilicia ; Galatia ; Hellespont ; Ionia ; Lycia ; Lydia ; Maeander river ; Mysia ; Pam- phylia ; Phrygia ; and Pontus) ; rain charms, Turks, 431 ; rain festival, annual, 429 ; south and south-east, shrines at passes, 447
Asoka, emperor of India, 343
Aspasia styled Hera, 302
Assafoitida : in charm to prevent horse winning race, Jamaica, 206 ; tied round neck to protect from duppies, Jamaica, 207
Assam : dialect, 222
Ass, see Donkey
Assumption of the Virgin, Feast of : animal sacrifices on, Armenia, 439
Assyria : evil eye formula, 193 ; pole- star worship, 118
Astronomical folklore : (^see also Comets ; Meteors ; Moon; Planets ; Stars ; and Sun) ; in France, 475
Astypaltea : Cleomedes heroified, 401
Atalanta, story of, 380
Athamas, King, see King Athamas
Athelstan, King, see King Athelstan
Athene : birth of, 268 ; as eagle, Troy, 296 ; A. Itonia, temple of, Coronea, 278-9 ; in Jason story, 233 ; sacrificed to by kings, Sparta, 373 ; on vase, Vulci, 411
Athens : Apaturia festival, 420 ; Demetrius Poliorcetes as god, 302-3 ; early kings, 375, 394, 396-7, and archons, 397, 406 ; judges assigned to courts by acorns and staves, 372 ; oaths in suburb Ardettus, 385 ; Pelasgian fort near Acropolis, 386 ; Pericles styled Zeus, 302 ; perpetual fire, 309 ; polemarch, office of, 397 ; prayer for rain, 266 ; sacred olive trees, 298 ; statuette, 34 ; in story of Theseus, 219-20 ; temporary kings, 394, 396 ; Zeus as rain god, 266 ; Zeus triad, 291
Athlone : in foray of Queen Meave,
237 Atnongara stone, 149 Atreus, King, see King Atreus Attica : {see also Ankyle ; Athens ; CithKron, IMount; Eleusis; Oropus; and Thoricus) ; Argus on amphora from, 288 ; firstfruits paid to Delphi, 409 ; King Periphas, story of, 385-6 ; Zeus and plane tree, 299 Attuda : coins, 308 Auchmithie : rhyme against fisher- women, 97 Auditors, election of, 4 Augeas, King, see King Augeas August : {see also Assumption, Feast of) ; 19th, Vinaha festival, Romans, 443 Aulis : plane tree at, 299 Australia: {see also New South Wales; North Queensland; South Austra- lia ; and Torres Straits) ; age &c. classes of aborigines, 108, 1 10-2 ; lonka-lonkashellornament charmed,
159
Austria, see Mag}-ars ; ajid Transyl- vania
Autonous, myth of, 38S
Autumn : {see also laider months') ; period of Maori schools, 17
Avalokita, invocation to, Tibet, 332
Axe, in charm necklace, Yemen Jews, 191 {plate)
Azo, god, Todas, 171 -2
Baboon : as tribe name, Bantus, 203,
205 Babylonia : double-headed eagle on
standard, 391; eagle-tipped sceptres.
391 ; pole-star worship, 1 18; royal
device of Medes, 391 Bachwene tribe, origin of name of,
203, 205 "Backfooted" Beings, by J. II.
Matthews, 348 Backwards : prayer- wheel not so
turned, Tibet, 333 ; repetition so
in new moon ceremony, Jerusalem,
187 Badb, goddess of war, Ireland, 238 Badi, magic object, Malays, 149 Bahurutshe tribe, change of name of,
203
Baking : baker visiting corpse pre- vents leaven rising, Jamaica, 94
Bakuena tribe, origin of name of, 203
