Index.
427
Scythian {or Skythian) invasion of
India, 268, 285 Sea, ancient custom at, 281 Sea-cattle, how kept ashore, 384 Sea-faring folk and witches, 2, 16 Sea, lights as portents of wrecks or
drowning, 211-214, 215 Sea-origin of Aphrodite, 264 Sealing-up of Jinns, 347, of Osiris,
,354
Seallach, a vision, 205
Seasonal festivals in Oxfordshire, 307
Second-sight, in Ireland, 13 ; in Scotland, 203, 214, 217
Semitic folklore (^see also Israelites (2«^ Jews), Jinn, 331, 347, Moloch, 337; Dagon, 341, Tyrian, 343, devil-binding, 348, transformations of sex in divinities, 263
Sena, agricultural sacrifices of Nam- nite priestesses at, 367
Seitecio jacobica, (herb) poultice for sore nipples, 388
Serapis, temple-tabu of, 344
Serpent-woman, {see Lamia, atid Melusina), of the Gnostics, its symbolism, 285
Serpent-worship, in relation to Brah- manism, 284, in relation to child- bearing, 284
Sesamum, black, sacred, 329, god imprisoned in, 332, 348
Set, and the sealing of Osiris, 354
Seventh son, powers of, 15
Sexes, change of, in gods, 263, dis- guised in each other's dress, in connection with Aphrodite, 264
Shadow, ceasing at death 137, word in the sense of " ghost," 377
Shadow-charm, Italian, 5
Shakespeare, William, his influeuce on fairy literature, 31, 32, con- temporary views, 36, sources of idea, 37, chiefly Teutonic, 45, but largely Celtic, 53, his knowledge of natural history, 360
Shankar Acharya, Indian reformer. 346
Shapeshifting, {see also Metamor- phosis) an attribute of witches, 3, 17, 375, and of fairies, 47, 49, 50, in Australia, 57, of Will-o'-the- Wisp, 223, 229, and of the Devil, 232, 234, of Proteus, a modern Greek parallel, 276, in the story of Hjalmter, 3o'5
She Kyles, Scottish game of nine- pins, 74
Shears and Mangala Stand (from Siam) by M. C. Ffennell, 90
Shipton under Wychwood, morris- dances of, 317
Shiva, {see also Siva), in relation to serpent worship, 284
Shoes crossed in witchcraft, 7
Shropshire, medicinal folklore of,
387
Shrove-Tuesday, pancakes, 70, foot- ball, 72, 74
Shutter-charm, Italian, 5
Siam, folklore of, 88, 90
Siberia, bird folklore of, 375
Sibzianna, Babylonian name for the star Kegulus, 359
Sicily, criminal-worship in, 199
Sieves used in witchcraft, 7
Sight of gods injurious to observers,
344
Sikyon, transference of idols at the Apollonia rite, 337, secret idols shown yearly in procession, 354
Silesir., the gold dragon of, 237
Silk band round neck for quinsy, 387
Silver bullets needed to shoot witches. 18
Sir Amadas, or the Travelling Com- panion, compared with Orendel &c., 295, 296, a romantic version of a common tale, 297, 300
Site, change of, or choice, 177, 279
Siva, or Shiva, in connection with serpent worship, 284, called Trilo- chana, 328, lord of demons, 330, at Jageswar, as conqueror of death, 346
Skin, human, used in witchcraft, 7> of the deer, lucky 312, 316
Skinnhufa, the trollwife, 305, 306
Slavonic folklore, 84, 85. influence of Greek folklore, surmised, 275, primitive culture, 369
Sleep, Finnish magical, 305
Sleeping kings and heroes, 196, and a modern parallel, 197
Smith, Dr. Robertson, quoted on the development of the idol, 325, on Jinn, 331, on change of sex in gods, 263
Smoking the fool, see Hood Game at Haxey
Snake gods of India, {see Shiva) 332
Snake stones, by M. J. Walhouse, 284
Snakes {^see Erectheus), strangled by Herakles, 274, 275, associated with
