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their Romnn analogies, 75) ^'^ Irish funeral custom, 76, The No7-th- wesiern Provinces of India, their History, Ethnology and Adminis- tration, reviewed, 267, The Po/'iilar Religion and Folklore of A^orthern India, reviewed, 269, The Binding of a God : a Study of the Basis of Idolatry, 325
Cross, pre-christian, 58, used in medicinal folklore, 387, in witch- craft, 2
Cross-roads, in relation to witch craft, 3, 7, suicides buried at, 199, 264, in relation to evil spirits, 330
Croup, charm against, 390
Crucifixion of Christ, a possible origin for, 276, 374
Cuchulinn's supernatural birth, 49, 50, three "gifts, wooing, 29S, 300, possible solar origin, 301, relation to other tales, 302, his re-birth, 365, locale of tale, 366
Cuckoo, in connection with Christ, 3S0
" Cuckoo, the," Oxfordshire morris- dancers' song, 318
" Cuckoo's Nest, the," Oxfordshire morris-dancers' song, 318
Cults of the Greek States by L. R. Farnell, reviewed, 260, quoted, 326
Cumberland, the Arthur-tale, 365
Cures, see Medicinal Folklore, and Some Country Remedies and their Uses.
Curses, gipsy, 377, Greek, written backwards, 361
Curtin, J., cited, 39, 298
Cuts, cure for, 389
Cybele, her priests in relation to agri- culture, 167
Cyclops, in modern Greek folklore, 276
Cynewulf cited, 290
Cyprus, the Keramos prison at, 350
Dagda, the, 43
Dagon, his fall, 341
Dahome, evocatio deorufn in, 335,
gods and worship, 345, 352, 353 Dal Cais, the, 365 Dames, M. Longworth, Balochi Tales,
A legend of Nadir Shah, 77, Dosten
and Shiren, 79 Danae, modern Greek survival of tale,
276 Dances of Mandan Indians, 70. dances
in Ceylon, 8, Dionysiac, 48, Fairy, 33> 37> 48, 50, Ilorn-dance in Staffordshire, 70, dances of Italian witches, 3, 8, morris-dancing in Oxfordshire etc., 309, 312, 314,
3i5> 37-324 Danu, Irish goddess, her race, 40,
367
Dasent, Sir George, translator of tale from Asbjornsen, 347
David, King, his sword given to Orendel, 292
Dawn fatal to flying witches, 3
Days, good and bad, for agriculture, 43, for combing the hair, 380, for divination, 85, for marriage, 92, for witchcraft, 2, 3, 8
Dead, Aryan worship of, 368, riding on clouds, 239
Dead bodies, {see also Bones), portions of as charms, 4, 89
Death more just than God, 275
Death and Funeral Customs, {see Corpse-Candles, Ghostly Lights etc.) African, 1 32- 137, 143, Aryan, 350, 368, 369, Greek, 350, Chinese, 201, 334) 335) Fiote, 132-137, Gaelic, 206, Indian, 331, 334, 347, Irish, 76, 180, 206, Italian, 2, Mexican, 345, South American, 350, in New Ireland, 334, Scotch, 206, in con- nection with suicides, 199, 264
Death and Burial of the Fiote, by R. E. Dennett, 132-137
Death and resurrection, mimic, 264
Death-masks, Indian 347, Mexican,
345 Death-portents, {see Corpse Candles,
Ghost Lights, etc.) 203-217, 235,
240-256, 377, 383, 386 Debenham, (Mary H.), Charm for the
Evil Eye, 92 ' Decay of the flesh ' in children,
Ohio cure for, 185 Defixiones, see Imprecations Deer, the, antlers and head valued,
311, 316, skin lucky, 31 1, an
animal of evil omen, 382 Deer-hunting, in Oxfordshire at
Whitsuntide, 310-312, 316 Dei terreni, Irish, sec Tuatha dc
Danann. Delos, 344 Deineter 7tnd Banbo : Versuch cincr
Theoric der Entstehung unsrcs
Ackerl)aiis,vor\ Ed. Ilahn, reviewed,
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