Index.
507
Louse : omen from, Jamaica, 453 Louth (Ireland): {see also Dundalk) ;
Whit Monday calf or foal buried,
347 ; Whit Monday child, beliefs
about, 347 Love potions and spells, see Charms
and spells Luanfuda, girl in folktale, Rotuma,
218 Luck flags, Tibetan, 243 Luck money, 477-8 Lucky and unlucky days and deeds :
Fifeshire, 96-8 ; Ireland, 16, 347,
457: Jamaica, 93-4, 206-9, 211-3,
450-6 Lundu, paramount chief of Mang'anja
tribe, 229 Lupercalia, Candlemas a substitute
for, 436 Lurigadauns, or fairies, Tipperary, 459 Lycaeus, Mount : {see also Hagno and
Lycosura) ; rain-charm, 312; tradi- tion of, 388 Lycia : {see also Patara ; Xanthus ; and
Xanthus river) ; rayed disc on coins,
270 Lycosura : Zeus and the sun at, 274 Lycurgus, King, see King Lycurgus Lycurgus of Sparta worshipped, 302 Lydia: (i'd?i?a/j'(? Magnesia; Mastaura ;
Mostene ; and Sardes) ; Zeus a sun
god, 273, and oak god, 296, 417 Lysander of Sparta worshipped, 302
Mabuiag island : reports of Cam- bridge expedition, 352-8
Macdonald, A. : Braemar Saying, 104; Midsummer Bonfires, 105-6, 350- 1
Macdonnell Range, see Warramunga tribe
Macedonia: {see also Anthemus; LebKa ; Pangaeus, Mount ; and Uranopolis) ; month called Apel- laios, 420 ; oak, name of, 423 ; story of King Perdiccas, 306
Mac Fuirmedh in Irish bardic schools.
Mackerel : not eaten, Highlander, 97 ; feeds on drowned, Fifeshire,
97 Madagascar : folktales, 125 Madjodr, in prayer, Todas, 171 Madness, exorcism for, Jerusalem,
187-8 Mzeander river, see Magnesia Magic : (^see also Amulets and talis- mans ; Charms and spells ; Divina-
tion ; Incantations ; and Witch- craft) ; ascribed to Ollamh cSic, Ireland, 1 5-6 ; disease-making, 149; imitative, 143-5, 151 I In- tichiuma ceremonies, Australia, 467, 469-72 ; origin of, 139-44 ; rain-making, 361, New Caledonia, 161, Russia, 161, and Torres Straits 358 ; rain-water = Zeus water in formulae, Greeks, 267 ; as related to religion, 132-65, 181, 359-64; sunshine-making, New Caledonia, 152 ; sympathetic, 138-9, 359-60 ; Sicily, 128 ; war-magic, Peru, 151, W. Africa, 158 ; wax in magic, Malays, 152 ; wind-making, Torres Straits, 358 Magila, see Bonde tribe Magnesia : inscription at, 406 Magyars : bibliography of folklore of,
479 Maiau, totem hero. Yam island, 358 Maize : sheath used as wrapper by
medicine-man, E. Central Africa,
Makanye fruit : festival when ripe, Ba-Ronga, 229
Makars ; dairy prayer at, i7i-4) 177
Makololo broke up Mang'anja organi- sation, 229
Makurti Peak, in prayer, Todas, 17 1
Malatia : folklore from, 428
Malay Archipelago, see Kei islands ; and Timorlaut
Malays : no influence on natives, Gulf of Carpentaria, 468 ; kramat or magical power, 363 : magic badi, 149 ; prayer at grave of murdered, 156 ; wax, magic rites with, 152
" Mamy " : planting seeds causes death, Jamaica, 94
Man : drowned, floats face down, Fifeshire, 97 ; male societies of primitive peoples, 108-10
Mana or magical power, 147, 1 50, 152-8, 160, 363
Mangaia : folk-dramas, 19-21 ; migra- tion to New Zealand, &c., 20-1 ; tradition in, 19-21
Mang'anja tribe : paramount chief, 229
Maujughosha, invocation to, Tibet,
332 Mankessim : king paramount over
Fantis, 228 Manpons, Ashanti tribe, 228 Mantinea : Zeus as thunderbolt, 267
