432
Index.
Will o' llic Wisp, 205, distinct from corpse-candles, 215, nature of. 220, tales of, 221-230, tales of its origin, 225, 230, 233, a portent of ill, 229, a form of the Devil, 254
•' Willow Tree, The," Oxfordshire morris-dancers' song, 318, words and air, 321
\Vind, witches as, 3
Windrush River, 310
Wisdom, the Book of, quoted on idols and god-binding, 340
Witches, and witchcraft, African, 134, 136, 145, 146-149, amulets, etc., of, 5-8, in animal form, 3, 9, 17. .375) 377> of Ireland, 16, 17, Italian, {see Neapolitan W'itchcraft),
1, when born, 2, how made, 2, death of, 2, 3, powers, over weather
2, 8, of flight, 2, 3, of shape-shift- ing, 3, 4, to transform people, 4, in love affairs, 4-7, in spell-break- ing, 7, in medicine, 8, in cases of Evil Eye, 8, when powerless, 3, 8, apparatus, I -9, charms, 1-9, dances,
3, 8, hair, 3, 4, knowledge tradi- tional, 9, nudity in connection with, 3, 6, unguents, 2, 3, of Scotland, their power, 16, in relation to fire, 223-228, in relation to fairy belief, 53, days for, 2, 3, 8, 17, precaution against, (Scotch), 220
Witney, Oxfordshire, and the Whit- Ilunt, 311, 312
Wizards, (Italian) rarer than witches, I, and why, 2, Scotch called war- locks, 223, in animal form, 377
Wooing of Emer, ( Tochiitaic Eiiici) compared with other tales, 298. 300, 301
Woman, and Women ; Amazon, 277, Balochi. customs of, 83, demons as, 109, goddess of, Hera, 263, Mohammedan idea of, 177, pre- dominance in fairy lore, 41, in relation to serpent-worship 284, woman-shape of Soma-altar in India, 326
Words and airs of Oxfordshire morris- dancers' songs, 320
Wychwood forest, local hunting rights, 310
Year, changes in its length, 354
Yggdrasill, 360
Yorkshire folklore. Bird folklore, 375, Cures, 386, 387, 388, Four Folk- tales, 393, Roadmakers, 280
Yorkshire IVriteis : Richard Kolle of Hampole, an English Father of the Church, and his Followers, vol. i., edited by C. Horstman, reviewed,
'\ outh Ale,' at Witney, Oxfordshire,
312 Yspaddaden Pencawr, father of
Olwen, 303, 305
Zagreus, see Dionysus,
Zan-ku-ku, Dahomeyan idol, kept
concealed, 345 Zeus, 154, 155, 261, aspects of, 262,
axe as emblem of, 263, his eagle,
264
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Names of Authors of Articles in Periodicals in ordinary roman type, of Authors of Books and Titles of Books in italics, Titles of Periodicals in small
capitals.
Achelis, T., 192
Adrian, F., Freiherr, von, 192
Alcover, A. M., 397
Allen, Grant, 397
American Anthropologist, 2S8
Andrews, J. B. , 95
Annual Archaelogical Report,
1896-7, Ontario, 398 L'Anthropologie, 96, 192 Antiquary, 96, 191, 398 Arfert, P., 189
Balfour, II., 287 Bcauquicr, C, 189 Bkattachai'va, J. N., 95 Bloom field, M., 397 r>oas, F., 96 Boehme, F. M., 189 Borlase, IV. C, 286 Bower, II. M., 286 Boyle, D., 398 Boyle, F., 191 Brinton, D. G., 288
