GENERAL INDEX.
Abruzzi, alleged human sacrifice in, 374
Achaean divinities, primitive, 261
Aches and pains, cure for, 388
Achilleid, the, 354
Achilles, his sleep in the White Island, 197
Ackernian, (J. Y.), "'Ancient Limits of Wychwood Forest " quoted, 310
Aconitum napellus, for inflammation, 388
Actaeon, 86
Addy, (S. O.), Four Yorkshire Folk- tales, 393
Adonis, death of, 349, a chthonic fleity, 351
Admete, priestess of Hera, 338
yEakides, images of the, 337
Aed Slane, birth of, 366
/Eetes, father of Medea, 303
^gean folktales, 276
^gina, Athenian idols at, 336, idols lent by, to Thebans, 337
Aegis, the, in relation to rain, 263
-^lian, on the Celts fighting the waves, 339
Aerolites, {see Drac, Ghostly Lights, Will o' the Wisp, etc.), 254, 255
Aes Sidhe, the, 40
/Esop, source of, \}n& Jataka, 258
Africa, (^see also Fetish, Fiote, Soul), Axe-money, 263, charms, 131, familiar spirits, 146, idea of God, 141, 142, mother-right in, 164, Dahomeyan evocatio deorurn, 335, god hidden from view, 345, wor- ship of sacred cotton-tree, 353
Agastya, the jar-born, 352
Aglauros, fate of, 344
Agricultural element in fairy creed, 29, 33-35» of Ireland, 43, Greek parallels, 46, sacrifice, Celtic, 44, 47, 367, 368, in primitive European cults, 371, folklore, see Denieter und Baubo
Agriculture in relation to Greek reli- gious cults, 262, 263
Agurtai, the, 337
Akropolis, the, of Athens, 344
Alf and Alfhikl, parallel tale to
Orendel, 297, 300, 301, 303 All Souls Day, 280 Aloeus, his sons imprison Ares, 349,
350. 351 . .
Altar, primitive forms of, 325, 326
Amairgin, 366
Amazon legend, the, 277
Ambigs of Bijapur, their death cus- toms, 347
America, myths of the Red Race, 57, 59, death-portent, 207, conceal- ment of household gods, 346, contents of the ' medicine ' bag, 346
Amulets, {see Charms), Italian, 5-8, Professor Belluni's collection, 378
Anastasio, Saint, medals of, against infection, 8
Ancient Custom at Sea, by Miss E. A. M. Richards, 281
Ancient Tenures, by T. Blount, quoted on Lamb Ales, 315, on morris dances, 317
Andrews, (J. B. ) Neapolitan Witch- craft, I
Angel Gabriel, 292
Angels, good, as lights, 242
Animal folklore, see birds, fish, Totemism, and animals under names. The ass 15-16, cows shot by fairies, 15, the deer, 382, 383, dogs, 214, 219, 222, 224, 229, 280, hares, and hare-lip, 15, 17, 375, horse, 71, 253, 264, 281, jackal, 161, snakes or serpents, 274, 275, 284, 285, 332, wish- hounds on Dartmoor, 196, forms of ghosts, 377, sacrifice substituted for human, 262
Animal-form, human beings in, 276,
377
Animals connected with Greek divini- ties, 262, 264, 265, in modern Greek folklore, 275
Animism of African faiths, 140, 141
Annals, the Irish and the Tuatha de Danann, 367
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