490
Index.
Hunchback : amulet against evil eye, Italy, 189
Hungary : folktale, 192 ; wassermann or weib changes babies, 274
Hunting : ceremonies and spells, Malays, 247-8; of wren, see^x^xi
Hupa tribe : social organization, 10 1
Hvam : in Eyrbyggja saga, 371
Hvergelmir, spring under Yggdrasill, 268
Hyacinth as a hero, 223
Hydrophobia : caused by eating green bird, Greek islands, 329 ; healed by St. Domenico, Italy, 187, 216, or wells, 254
Hymettos : well at Pyna cured steri- lity, 271
Hymns used as charms, Ireland, 348
Hynde Etin, ballad of, 90
Ibex : carving of, Egypt, 213
Iceland : funeral customs, 366
Idhlozi, Kafir spirit, 345
Ila, see Mashukulumbwe
Iliach the hero, 138
lUyria : origin of Dorians, 457
Images, sacred : Druids averse from,
125 Imbecile : God's fools, Palestme, 57 Imperial Gazetteer of India, The: The
Indian Empire, vol. I. , short notice
of, 355-6 Imperri country : Human Leopard
Society, 363, 425-6 (plate) Imprecations : Connaught, 347-8 In Malay Forests, by G. Maxwell,
reviewed, 247-8 Incantations : Malay tribes, 455 ;
perhaps survive in ballad burdens,
359 Incense : burnt before Tammuz, 295 ; in Grail romances, 286, 295 ; injury at doorstep treated with, Palestine,
59
Inchkeith : legend of St Serf, 33
Incubi, Syrians, 61
India : {see also Andaman islands ; Assam ; Battas ; Bengal Presi- dency ; Bombay Presidency ; Central India ; Ceylon ; Chota Nagpur ; Deccan ; Ganges ; Kash- mir ; Madras Presidency ; Malabar; Nicobar islands ; Nilgiri Hills ; Northwest Provinces ; Oudh ; Pan- jab ; and Todas) ; bathing, causes birth of Ganesh, 271, ritual, 264; Brahminical sacrifices, 395-6, cus-
toms, 404, 410- 1, 416, and functions, 466 ; Brahmins inferior to warriors, jatakas, 22 ; cycle of 12 animals, 119-20; eating only done in sun- light, 411 ; eclipses, customs at, 410; fasting, ceremonial, 392-3, 395-7 ; fasting in name of god raises to his heaven, 391-2; folk- tales, 20-1 ; Folk Traditions of the Mughal Emperors, by K. H. Lodi, 427-32 ; The Imperial Gazetteer of India, short notice of, 355 "6; mimetic fertility charm, Dravidians, 455 ; mourning customs, 401-2, 404 ; sacrifices must be pure, 394 ; Sanskrit literature, 16 ; south, — fasting, ceremonial, 392, prostitu- tion, sacred, 458 ; well ceremonies after birth, 272
Indian ass: one-horned, Aristotle, 213
Indra : in jatakas, 22
Initiatory ceremonies : in Grail ro- mances, 297 ; Palestine, 65-6 ; Sierra Leone, 423-4
Innsbruck: Dietrich of Berne, 119
Inn-Viertel, see Ried
Insanity, see Lunacy
Insects in folklore : {see also Ladybird ; Locust ; Scorpion ; and Spider) ; charm against, Italy, 188-9
Inverness-shire ; {see also Lochleven) ; folktale, 192
Iran, see Persia
Ireland : {see also Connaught ; Lein- ster ; Munster ; Ossianic sagas ; and Ulster) ; The Development of the Idea of Hades in Celtic Literature, by Miss E. Hull, i, 7, 121-65, 339-40, 445-8 ; Druids, position of, 128; folktales, 27-31, 227-31; as Hades, 140; hymns used as charms, 348 ; Matrimonial Customs in the West of Ireland, by T. P. U. Blake, 76-82 ; Gwynn's The Metrical Dindschenchas reviewed, 224, 227; raven the bird of death &c. , 131 ; south, drawing blood implies betrothal, 448 ; the Tain bo Cuailnge, 138, 230-1, 446-7; tra- ditional literature, 129-30 ; Meyer's The Triads of Ireland reviewed, 224-7 ; unbaptized children, future of, 278
Iron and steel : {see also Horse-shoe ; Knife ; Needle ; Pin ; Scissors ; Sickle ; ajid Scythe) ; vessel for water drawn after dark, Palestine, 56
