Index.
411
Fast-days in the Hebrides, 381 Fastern's-e'en, see Shrove Tuesday Fates, the, in modern Greek folklore,
275
Father of maiden in folktales, 301,
303
Fermanagh, cures from, 387, 388
Fertility, and water, 264
Fertilisation of birds, 375
Fetish, defined, 65, and its origin, 139, instances of its working, 133, 134, I35.> .136, 147, 1485 its uses, 148, divisions for, suggested, 149, influence of foreign ideas upon, 150, risk of unduly pressing ana- logues, 150, difficulties in the study of, 1 49-1 51, how evoked from images, in Dahome, 335
Fetish View, The, of the Human Soul, by Mary H. Kingsley, 138
Ffennell, (M. C. ), Charms from Siam, (ill.) 88, Shears and Mangala Stand, 90
Fiddler, the, of the Whitsun festivals in Oxfordshire, 309
Field Assarts, morris-dances of, 317, and songs, 318
Fights in Wychwood forest on Whit- hunt Day, 312
Fig-tree sacred, (India) a prison for a god, 332, 348
Figures of morris-dances, 318
Fingalkn, a kind of Sphinx, 305
Finn cycle of tales, its locale, 365
Finnish magical sleep, 305
Finstock, Whit-hunt, 311, morris- dancing, 317
Fiote, Death and Burial of the, by R. E. Dennett, 132
Fire, chariots of, 235, eternal, cult of, 262, Irish folklore of, 14, sacred, 54, 329, in relation to Gaelic Death-ceremonies, 206, in relation to witchcraft, 220, to the Jinns, 221, seen or dreamed of, a portent of mischief (^see Ghost Lights), 219, 245, decoy fires, see Jinns, and Will-o'-the-Wisp.
Firstborn, lucky if a girl, unlucky if a boy, 195
Fish, and fishermen, folklore, Irish, 14, 16, 17, Welsh, 281, incident in Orendel, 292
Fjolsvinnsmal, Icelandic poem, 302
Flies in connection with Scawby feast,
365 ' ' Folk and Hero tales from Argyll-
shire," (J. MacDougall,) cited,
297
Folklore Firstfruits firom Lesbos, some
errata in, by W. H. D. Rouse, 176
Folklore from the Hebrides, by
Malcolm MacPhail, 380 Folklore parallels and coincidences,
by M. J. Walhouse, 196 Folklore, importance of studying, for governing Africa, 138, in relation to government, 268 Folk-medicine in County Cork, by
Kate Lawless Pyne, 179 Folk-medicine in Ohio, by Mrs. G.
A. Stanberry, 185 Folktale themes :
Bewitched Prince, 306 Blessing of dead mother, 302 Cloggy water, 291, 294, 297, 300 Coat of darkness, 298 Deliverance of oppressed lady,
299, 300
Frozen sea, version of Hindrance
theme, 297 Gifts, the three, 298, 302 Guardians of abode of the
quested object, 303 Halving of gains, 296 Helpers, 292, 294, 297, 298, 300,
303. 305. 306
Hindrances, 297, 300
Holy coat of Treves, 289
Imprisonment of spirits in trees • etc., 348
King's son seeking fairest prin- cess on earth, 289, 296, or winning princess unknown to him, 298
Magic drinking-horn, horse, purse, ship and table-cloth, 302
Oversea Princess, (^see King's son), 306
Quest-theme variants ; for prin- cess, and her winning by adventurer, 293, 298, 299,
300, in relation to other themes, 301, 302, for valuable things crowned by securing princess, 298, 299, shape- shifting, 305
Snow-white, blood-red, 299 Step-mother or other enemy, malignant commission from,
299, 303 Test of hero by tasks, battles etc,
292, 303> 305
