Index.
391
117; Wales, 189; connected with the shroud, 122, 123 ; masks, Roman, 178 ; portents, 18, 87 ; sacrificial death of old people, and of kings, 87, 114 ; savage notions of death, 312; warning, 215
Dechtire, 182
Decline, shrew ash as a cure for, Richmond, 334
Delphi, 175 ; fish offered to Artemis at, 277 ; representation of the Ocnus fable at, 369
Deluge story, Australian version, 309
Demeter, animal associated with, 177 ; garth of, lOi
Demons, (see Ropes of Sand) influence of, at marriage, how combated, 125 ; kept off by use of iron, 140, 185 ; yellow and red repellent to, 125
Denmark, folklore of; ballads col- lected by Kristensen, Grundvig, etc. I95> 198 210, 211, 212; cattle driven through fire, 215, 216 ; Devil and the wind at Copenhagen, 275 ; ghosts and ghost-laying in, 213-216 ; government assistance to JCristensen, 198-201 ; riddles, 197 ; Kristensen's work in collecting and publishing, 194-224, other collec- tions, 195. 210, 211, 217, 220, special features of, 219, wealth of, 202, 208
Deo volente, Gaelic parallel, 91
Departed spirit, catching of a, 87
Deutsche Kinderreinie iind Verwand- tes, Gesammelt von Friedrich Drosihn, reviewed, 345
Development, the, of idol worship, by Mrs. H. G. M. Murray Aynsley, 183
Devil, the {see Lucifer and Lincoln Minster), "Fossdyke" on, 272; and other churches, H. C. Bowen on, 364 ; stones thrown by, from Lincoln Cathedral, 275, 276
Devon, wealth of folktales, 46
Dharna, 108, f/". 118
Dhurzee at Indian wedding, 150
Dialect, value of knowledge of in folk- lore collecting, 207
Diarmaid, parallelism with Sir Gawain, 270
Dieudonne, Rhodian knight and dragon-slayer, 73
Dionysus, animals associated with, 177
Discrimination, the, of racial ele- ments in the folklore of the British Isles (Presidential Address), by A. Nutt, 30 Diving as a chastity test, 130 Divining rod for mineral finding, by
W. Barrett, 79 Divorce customs in India, 146 Diwan Ganga Govind Sinh, cured of
colic by idols, 277 Dodona, Selli priesthood of, 179 Dodwell, summary of his writings by
Frazer, 175 Dog, the, of Tobit, and parallels, 243 Dolls in May customs. Lines., 276,
365
Dolmens, the, of Ireland ; their Dis- tribtition. Structural Characteris- tics, etc., etc., by W. C. Borlase, reviewed by A. Nutt, 52 ; referred to, 36 ; Dolmen in Gower, 77
Dorpfeld's theories combated by Frazer, 176
Dosmery or Dozmare Pool, tales of, 370, 372
Dough-making on Friday, lucky, (Sicily), 258
Dowry, Greek, disposal of, in certain cases. III ; of Indian bride, 146
Dragons {see Snakes aw^Serpents), 73; dwelling in a girl, 227 ; attacking bridal couple, 231 ; to be stolen, in Greek tale, 233 ; teeth drawn under anaesthetics, 234 ; in tale of Tobit, 243 ; Slovak Gypsy tale of,
243
Draupadi, 108, 132
Dravidian tribal customs see Agariya
Dreams, 373, 379
Dresses, see Marriage dresses, Magic, 129
Drink of forgetfulness, parallel in- stances, 121
Druidical stones in Caithness, legend of, 87
Druidism in Celtic countries, ^6, 77
Druzes of the Lebanon, manners and customs of, 3 ; women of, 7 ; birth and funeral customs of, 7, 8 ; games, 8, 9 ; superstitions and charms, 19 ; belief in transmigra- tion of souls, 15
Dryad, precautions to detain and avoid when tree-felling, Greek Isles, 342
Dulichium, home of Penelope's suitors, 107, 108
