Index.
419
McGovern of Glans, his cure for
hydrophobia, 387 Maclain Direach parallel to Orendel,
295, 299, and other tales, 304, 305,
306 Mackinlay, (J. M. ), The Hood Game
at Haxey, 173 Maclac^an, (R. C.), Ghost Lights of
the West Highlands, 203 MacPhail, Malcolm, Folklore from
the Hebrides. II., 380 Maces used in Oxfordshire festivals,
308, 309, 314. 315 Madras, concealed gods of, 345, 352 Maenads, ecstasy of, 48 Mag Slecht, agricultural rites of, 44,
367
Magic as opposed to religion, 63, 338 ]\Iagic, sympathetic and mimetic, 65 Magical appliances, of Babylonian exorcist, 357, of Indian exorcist, 331, 332, of Neapolitan witch, 3-8, of Fiote Ns;a7iga, 136, 146, comb, an obstacle to pursuit, 267, gifts, 292, 298, 302, sought for, 298, wand, an Indian form of, 329 Magnet, used in witchcraft, 7 Magnussen, Finn, Yggdrasill, 360 Mahadeva Ravaneswara, Lingam of,
and parallels, 338 "Maid of the Mill," Oxfordshire morris-dancers' song, 318, words and air, 322 Maids of the daughter of Mycerinus,
their handless statues, 341 Man, Isle of, see Isle of Man Manadhs or death-warnings, 203, 205, 213, and Will o' the Wisp, 215, 221, 240, 241, deer as, 383 Manchuria, Marriage custom in, 177 Mandan buffalo dancers, 71 Mandeville, Sir John, true character
of his book, 361
Manning (Percy) Some Oxfordshire
Seasonal Festivals, with notes on
morris-dancing in Oxfordshire, 307
Mantineia, temple of Kora at, its
veiled image, 344 Mantras, (spells or charms) 327, how
employed. 328, 330, 348 Manu, the fish-progenitor of Vishnu,
352 Maori Tales and Legeiids, collected
and re told by Kate McCosh Clark,
reviewed, 165 Marks on Ancient Monuments, by
C. G. Leland, 86
Mars, see Ares
Marsh- and water-spirits, {see Dreug, Will-o'-the-Wisp etc.) of equine form, 71, 383
Marriage, charms for, in Oxfordshire, 311, customs and rites, {sec Hera, Swan-maiden, Wedding-ring) Ba- bylonian, 85, by capture, 84, 363, Drevlyan, 84, Hebrew, 84, Indian, of the Korwas, 269, Manchurian, 177, Palestinian, 176, Scotch, 92, 399, Slavonic, 84, 86, Staffordshire, 91, Welsh, 363, connected with water, 84, 176, lucky and unlucky days for, 92, 381, presence of married people unlucky at wed- dings, 91, of a child lucky, 92
Marriage Superstitions by E. S. Hartland, 92
Masks, of Mandan buffalo-dancers, 71, Mexican, for idols, 345, Indian death-masks, 347
Mass, the, profaned by Italian witches, 2, 4
Mathura, idol at, 336
Matriarchy, [see Amazon, Artemis, Mother-right,) in Africa, 164 ; among the Aryans, 368, 371, cast aside by the Celts, 369, cause of its rejection, 372
Matsya Purana, the, quoted on idol ritual, its date etc., 327
May-Day and May-tide, in relation to Irish witches, 17, observances, 70, the HolDby Horse, 71, Oxford- shire festival observances at, 307
May Eve, Manx superstitions, 207
May-pole, at Ducklington, 312
Measles, treatment for, 387, 382
Measurement, remedy for diseases, 185
Medea's father, see ^etes
Medicinal folklore, African. 134, American, 185, Irish, 15, 16. 179, 386-390, Italian, (witch-dances) 8
' Medicine '-bag of the North Ameri- can Indians, its contents. 346
Mediterranean Sea, connected with Aphrodite, 264
Melanesia, no totems in, 153, temple tabu at Tahiti, 344
Melanippus, image of, lent to Kleis- thenes, 337
Meleagraunce, see Melwas
Melusina, and the snake stones of Southern India, 285
Melwas, and the rescue of Guinevere, 300
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