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white, Leuce the nymph of, 297, 421; white, sacred to Zeus, Olym- pia, 297, and used for sacrifices, Elis, 297 ; white, for wreath in Tlepolemea, Rhodes, 423
Porpoise : word unlucky at sea, Fife- shire, 96
Poseidon : AntKus son of, 378 ; liip- pothous son of, 379 ; the sea god, 277-9, or Water-Zeus, 280- 1 ; por- tends rain in dream, Greece, 281 ; Sithon son of, 3S0-1; underground god, 281 ; winter rains named from, Greece, 28 1
Possession, demon : British Guiana,
343 Potter, M. A., Additional Variants of
the Father and Son Combat Theme,
216-20 Poverty, charm against, China, 163 Powell, F. York: death of, 241-2 ;
In Memoriam, by E. Clodd, 182-4;
Presidential Address, Tradition and
its Conditions, 4, 12-23 Prayers : spells in relation to, 132-65 ;
among Todas, 1 66-8 1 Prayer-wheels, Tibetan, 243, 332-3
(^plate) President, election of, 3-4 Presidential Address, 4, 12-23 Prickly-pear plant : flogged to kill
thief, Jamaica, 455 Priene : temporary king to perform
sacrifice, 310, 394 Prometheus, legend of, 270 ; and
Loki, 367 Prophecies : of Cathbad, 26-7 Prophetic warnings : Guernsey, 1 20 Proverbs : Braemar, 104 ; Greeks,
283-4 ; Guernsey, 120 ; Pembroke- shire, 198 ; Shropshire, 104 Prusa : coin of, 308 Psalms : verses attached to curtains
&c. at childbirth, Jerusalem, 186 ;
12 1st in charm against evil eye,
Jerusalem, 190 Pteras, builder of temple, Delphi, 413 Ptolematas, founder of Daphnephoria,
409 Ptolemy Soter, King, see King
Ptolemy Soter Puberty rites : Torres Straits, 356 Publications of Folk-Lore Society,
8-9 Pudding pies, Kent, 130 Pumpkin : in connection with legend of clan name, Bantus, 203
Pumpkin vine : planting causes death of relatives, Jamaica, 94
Punjab: folktales, 124 5; Indo-Aryan invasion through, 222 ; Panjabi dialect, 222
Pyrrhus, King, see King Pyrrhus
Pythcan games, 402-6, 413
Pytho : ancient Delphi, 402 ; per- petual fire at, 309
Python, Apollo and, 402-6, 413
Quail : in myth of Ptolemy Soter,
390 . . c
Queen Clytsemnestra, the vision of,
371 Queen Medb of Connaughl : the
cattle-raid of Cualnge, 235-8 Quoits, rocks as, Monmouthshire, 86
Rabbit : in folktales, Nyassaland, 344-6 ; word unlucky at sea, Fife- shire, 96
Race in relation to language and folk- lore, 1 14-5
Rachel's Tomb : picture of as charm, 2, 191 -2 ; vows offered for children, 192
Ragnarok, Om, by A. Olrik, reviewed,
365-7
Rag-trees and posts : Armenia, 445 ; Mongolia, 447
Rain : ceremony at Feast of Taber- nacles, 361 ; charms for, Arcadia, 312, Armenia &c., 428-35, Crete and Greece, 214 ; omens of, Ja- maica, 94, 451, 456 ; prayer for, Athens, 266 ; rain-making, 361, Africa, 433-4, Greece, 369, Libya, 378, New Caledonia, 161, 433, New South Wales, 433, Russia, 161, 433, Syria, 433-4, Torres Straits, 358, Transylvania, 434, a?id Wallachia, 434 ; rain-water = Zeus water in magical formula, 267 ; the tears of Zeus, 267 ; water from Zeus, 267 ; at wedding omen of misery, Jamaica, 93, 451 ; Zeus of the rain, Argos, Cos, &c., 266-9
Rainbow : blessing on seeing, Jeru- salem, 187
Rajasthani dialect, 222
Ram, see Sheep
Raniallah : blue as amulet, 189
Raratonga : eating fish and turtle regal prerogative, 21 ; migration from Hervey islands, 21
Rat : omens of death from, Jamaica,
