INDEX.
Abstinence : effects of, 31 Accouchement : charm to relieve
pain during, Bantus, 253 Adonis : Gardens of, India, 47-8 Africa : Madi tribe. Matriarchy
among, 343 Agate : beads used as amulets,
407. 411 Agnus Dei : image of, used as a
protective, 415 Akha tribe : marriage customs,
343 Alfred, King : legend of, Sussex,
164 Algerian superstitions of Shawia
Berbers, 225-54 Alum : a protection against the
Evil Eye, Berbers, 237 Amba Mata : worship of, India, 29 Amber : efficacy of, East Africa, 78 Ambergris : use of, East Africa, 78 Amulets : of Berbers against the
Evil Eye, 228 ; Spanish, 404-16 Ancestor worship : origin of, 345 ;
in India, 41 Angami Nagas : folk-tales of, 82-8 Animals : deification of, 347 ;
folklore of, 214 ; in Bantu
folklore, 73-5 ; skulls of, used
as protectives, 235 ; worship
of, India, 54 Animism : definition of, 179 Apta tree ; worship of, India, 55 Arthur, King : legends of, Sussex,
163-4 ; Wiltshire, 168 Artibites tribe, the, 11 Ascetic : representing a Raja,
India, 31 Ash Wednesday : observances on,
327-8 Asia : Shamanism in, 348 Ass : driven into a house, India,
40 Assam : Khasi tribe. Matriarchy
among, 343 ; folklore of, 426 Assiniboin tribe : cruelty of in
war, 21
Australia : South - East, black
magic, 90-1 Avoidance of near relations, 342
Badaga tribe : annual hunt, 52 Badva : medicine man of Bhils,
becoming possessed, 35 Banks Island : contempt shown
to maternal uncle, 343 Bantus : folk-tales of, 60 Baptism: folklore of, 213 Barrenness : charms to relieve,
Bantus, 252 Barrows : in Hertfordshire, 156 Basil plant : its use in folklore,
427 Bastar State : observance of
Dasahra festival, 30 Bats : dangerous to children,
Berbers, 249 Battle traditions : Berkshire, 154 Bazar : ceremonial plundering of,
32 Beacon fires, 164 Beads : used as protectives, 230,
406-7 Bedar tribe : annual hunt, 54 Beena marriage, 342 Bees : lifting of at a death, Buck- inghamshire, 155 ; singing on
Christmas Day, Worcestershire,
61 Beetle : treading on causes rain,
Oxford, 210 ; witch vanisliing
in shape of, 401 Bel : a sacred tree, 35, 38 Belgium : a flower legend, 170 Bell : used as an amulet, 412 Bengal : Durga Puja festival, 37-8 Berksliire : battle traditions, 154 ;
horse shoes used as charms,
154 Betrothed youths : services ren- dered by, 343 Bewitching : Guernsey, 196, 201-2 Bharwad tribe : tree worship among, 55
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