420
Index.
Members elected to the Folk-Lore Society, lo, iS, 97, 131, 193, 201, resigned, 10, 18, death of, 97, 194, 201
Memphis, tabu of Serapis temple at,
344
Men wronging Immortals, 349
Menglad, {see Svipdag) 302
Menotheism defined, 168
Mercian, a heathen king, 292
Meriah, the, 67
Merlin, 49, 50
Mermaid, the, 384, 385, an omen of drowning, 385
Merodach, incantations to, 357, 358
Metamorphosis, 366, 369
Metempsychosis, in Ireland, (ySCC Re- birth) 366
Meteorological folklore, see Aegis, and Ghostly Lights
Meteors, see Dragons, and Falling Stars
Metis, 262
Mexico, idol-making in, 333, idol- imprisonment in, 345
Meyer, Kuno, quoted on the Wooing of Emer, 298
Midday and midnight in relation to witches, 3, 5
Midsummer's Night's Dream, A, 31-
37' 50 , ., .
Migration of tales among the Red
Races of America, 59 Migration of races and its effect, 369 Mil, sons of, 43 Milk, fresh, as treatment for measles,
389 . .
Mimic death and resurrection m
Greek cults, 264
Minster Lovel, morris-dancing at,
319
Miracles, The, of Madame Saint Kathcrine of Ficrbois, translated by Andrew Lang, reviewed, 372
Mirror used in magic, 2, used to repel evil spirits, 330
Miscellanea, 77, 179, 281, 379
Mistletoe' bough, customs connected with, in Derbyshire, 70
Mockrkalfi, image with mare's heart,
333
Moirans, the ' sinijile ' folk of, 364 " Moll o' the Whad," Oxiordshire
morris-dancers' song, 318 Moloch, tabernacle of, 337 Mona, Isle of, 197 Monaghan, cure for scarlatina, 390
Mongan, 49, 50, parallels and nanie-
ec|ualion, 365 Monk, W. J. cited on forest rights
at Burford, 310, and on tlie VVliit-
hunt, 312 Monotheism defined, 168 Moon, the, in connection with Athena,
262, in connection with Jaggannath,
334
More Stafifordshire Superstitions, by Miss C. S. Burne, 91
Morris, William, his poetical interpre- tation of ' Rapunzel ' 299
Morris-dancing in Oxfordshire, 307, 309, 312, 314, 315, locale, dress and number of dancers, 317, stejis and songs 318, organisation, com- petition and music, 319, songs names of, 318, words and airs, 320- 323, words only 324
Morte d'Arthur, (Malory's version) quoted on Lancelot's love for Guinevere, 300
Mother-right (ySee Amazons, Artemis, Matriarchy), in West Africa, 164
Mouse connected with Apollo, 264
Mrityunjaya, (Siva) covered with a lid, 346, 347
Mud-remedy for wasp-stings, 389
Mulgrave Castle, and its builders, 280
Miiller, (Rt. Hon. Prof. F. Max,) quoted, on the imprisonment of Ares, 351
Mumps, cure for, 15, 16
Music and words of the ' dead Horse ' chanty, 282 ; of the Oxfordshire morris-dancers' songs, 320
Musical instruments of the Oxford- shire morris-dancers, 309, 314, 319, 320
Myctenean civilisation, 278
Mycerinus, his daughter, 341, her heifer-image shown annually, 354
Myrtle, a growing plant of, as a talis- man against thunder and lightning.
Myth distinguished from story, 169 Mythology, development of. 50. 169 Myths, "The, of the New World: A treatise on the SyntbcTlisin a7id Mythology of the Red Race of America, by Dr. Daniel G. Brinton, reviewed, 57
Nadir Shah, a Legend of, by M. Longworth Dames, 77
