Book of Halloween/Index
Aberdeenshire, 60
Adder-stone (serpent's-egg badge), 11, 27
Ailill, 36-38, 39
Ale, 80, 103
All Hallows Eve, 29, 88, 102, 106. See also Hallowe'en
All Saints', 4, 29-30, no, 118, 126
All Souls', 4, 30-31, 98-99, 106, 110, 113, 118, 142, 144
Alphabet, 96, 160, 166-167
America, 149, 153
Anaxarete, 24
Angus, 36, 38-39
Ankou, 109, 115
Apollo, 1, 129, 134
Apparitions. See Ghosts
Apples, 23, 26, 50-53, 72, 77-78, 92,95, 103-104, 106-107, 115, 120, 149, 155, 157-158. 161, 162, 164, 166
Apple-island, 85
Apple-seeds, 92-93, 158-159
Arabs, 147
Ariel, 87
Armorica, 108
Arthur, King, 84, 108
Ash-tree, 63, 105, 122, 137; berries of, 29
Ashes, 56, 60, 68, 83
Augury. See Omens
August, Roman festival in, 25-26
August first, Celtic festival of, 15
Augustus, 27
Avilion (Avalon), 84-85, 107
Ayrshire, 68
Baal, 8, 12-13, 17
Baal-fire, 12
Baldur, 120-121
Balmoral, 61
Barra, 79
Bats, 134, 152, 155
Bay-leaves, 170
Bean, 94
Bedivere, 84
Belgian, 144
Bellaine, 12, 79
Bells, 99, 111, 116, 118, 132, 137, 142, 154
Benevento, 131
Bergen, 130
Black, 156
Black sheep, 17, 50
Black sow, 102
"Black vespers," 113
Blindfolded seekers, 33, 70, 73, 77-78, S3, 160
Blocksberg, 130, 141
Boats, 146, 163
Bochica, 1
Bonfires, 3, 8-9, 12, 13, 17, 21, 50, 59-61, 101-102, 125; to light through Purgatory, 31, 106; to protect from evil, 29, 101
Boniface, 29
Border, Scottish, 62, 81, III
Bretons, 99, 110-111
Briar, 57
Briar-Rose, 125
Bride, 36
Britain, 5-6, 27, 87, 109, 111
British Isles, 5, 107, 109, 126
Brittany, 108-109, 142, 145, 166
Brynhild, 124
Buchan, 59
Button, 156, 164
Cabbages, 53-54. 70-71 77, 95, 104, 164, 168-169
Cadwallo, King, 104
Caer, 38
Caesar, 5-8, 109
Cake, 13, Si, 79, 97-98, 103, 144, 145, 156
Callcannon, 51
Canada, 167
Candlemas Day, 88
Candles, 50, 53, 55, 59, 69, 80, 95-96, 99, 112, 118, 145, 155, 158, 163
Cardiganshire, 102
Carnutes, 109
Cat, II, 49, 66, 68, 134, 152, 155, 164
Catskill Mts., 150
Oitic twilight, 58
Celts, classes of, 5; beliefs, 6, 15, 18, 30, 33, 79, 82, 107-110, 124, 125, 142; characteristics of, 115, 119
Cemeteries, 54-55, 113-114, 142
Changelings, 35-36, 86
Charms. See Omens
Chartrain, 109
Cherokees, 3
Chinese, 145
Christ, 4-5, 27, 119
Christian religion, 3, 27-31, 50, 59, 83, 10 1, 109, 126, 129; in Britain, 27, 129; in Ireland, 42; in Brittany, 109; in Scandinavia, 126
Christmas, 3,97, no, 154
Church, 3-4, 30-31, 80, 89, 113, 118, 143, 144; festivals, 3
Circle, 8
Claudius, 27
Cluny, 30
Coel Coeth, 10 1
Coins, 51-52, 72, 156
Colonies, 149
Columb Kill. See St. Colomba
Connauglit, 35
Continent, 3, 118
Corn, 138 ; -stalks, 155
Cornwall, 85, 108
Creed, 55
Crom Croich (Cruaich), 20-21
Cross, sun-symbol, 8 ; Christian, 29. 42, 63, 137 ; -roads, 65, 103,
Cruachan, 35, 37
Cuchulain, 41-42, 84
Cuckoos, 134, 139-140
Cyniver, 105, 168
Dagda, 39
Dahut, 111
Dance, 3, 44, 56, 61, 67, 80, 81-82, 103, 106, 126, 133
Danann. See Tuatha De Danann
Danu, 20
Dathi, 43
Dead, 19-20, 30, 37, 98-99. 109-117, 129, 142 et seq.; return, 4, 99, 107, 114-117, 145, 146, 149; disturbed by weeping, 117, 145
Death, 10, 112, 156; Lord of. See Saman. Samhain associated with, 20-21, 30-31; prophesied, 52, 57, 60, 65, 83, 102, 106
Decoration of graves, 1 18, I44
Delphi, 129, 134
Derbyshire, 99
Deux-Sèvres, 109
Devil. 43, 50, 55, 57. 66-68, 89, 102, 133-135, 140
Dew, 136, 139
Dietrich von Bern, 131
Dishes, 73, 83, 104, 165, 168
Dispater, 109
Dissatisfied, 39-40, 57-58, 132, 141
Djinns, 147-148
Doll, wax, 151
Dolmens, 110
Dorsetshire, 99
Dovrefeld, 130
Dragon, 145
Dreams, 140; prophetic, 14, 57,
79, 165, 169
Drink, 57, 79
Druid, meaning, 6-7 ; draught, 42; festivals, 11, 26, 101; lamps, 73; stone, 11 ; stones, 110; wand, 7; -fire, 50, 166
Druids, 9-1 1, 29, 42-43, 92, 103, 109-110, 122-123, 126; as priests, 5-6 ; powers of, 7, 27
"Drus," 6
Dumb-cake, 80, 168
Dwarfs, no
Earth, 54, 83, 165
Edane, 47. See also Etain
Edda, 124
Egg, 165, 167; white of, 77-78, 168; -shells, 36
Egyptian beliefs, 1, 18
Eichstatt, 136
Elder, 123, 137
Elizabeth, Queen, 99
Elm, 63
Elves, 121, 149, 152
Emer, 42
England, 87, 89, 97, 99, 106, 108, 119, 144
English, 149
Eochaidh, 39-40
Episcopalians, 30
Eriskay, 8 1
Etain, 39-40
Ethal, 38
Europe, 87, 1 30, 1 35, 142, I45
Excalibur, 84
Exorcism, 9, 29, 42
Fagots, 96, 169
Fairies, 6, 44, 46, 49, 61-65, 81-82 , 84-85, 96, 103, 107, 110, 149
Fand, 41-42
Fates, 89, 123, 134
Feast, of dead, 116, 143; of poor, 144
Feng-Shin, 145
Feralia, 114
Fern, 14, 59
Finistère, 110, 117
Fir Bolgs, 20
Fire, 21, 23, 45, 123-125 ; -god, 120; spirits of, 147
Fires, 11, 17, 28-29, 50, 52, 101, 109, 112. See also Bonfires
Flavmina, 25
Flour, 52, 57, 154, 158
Flowers, 118, 144
Fomor, 20, 35
Footprints, 57, 60, 83
"Forced-fire," 17
Fort Worth, 170
Forts, fairy, 37, 44, 46
France, 108, 110, 112, 118, 131, 142
Franks, 111
"Free-night," 141, 154
Freya, 120, 127, 129, 131, 134
"Furious Host," 131
Future, questions about, 34, 69
Gabriel Ratchets, 90
Gaul, 5-6, 27, 109, 119
Germans, 119
Germany, 130, 131, 134, 136,
Ghosts, 49, 63, 69, 76-77, 88, 116, 127, 144, 146, 152, 155. See also Dead
Glass, 10-11, 96, 166
Gnomes, 48
Goat, 67-68, 134
Goblin, 35-36, 61, 64, 149, 153
Gods of Ireland. See Tuatha De Danann
"Good Neighbors," 63
"Good People," 45, 49
Goths, 119
Grallon, 111
Great Britain. See Britain
Greek, 1, 5, 6, 30, 85, 120
Gregory, 29-30
Guteesh, 46
Gunnar, 124
Hair, 77, 96, 138, 166-167
Hallowe'en, 3-4, 35, 43, 46, 49-50, 61, 64-66, 68, 72, 79, 81, 85. 89, 90. 95-96, 99. 103, 105, 106, 112, 129, 138, 140, 142, 144, 149, 152, 154, 164, 165, 170 ; pagan, 3, 21 ; charms at, 26, 33, 53. 56; born on, 54, 62
Hallowe'en, poem, 70, 168
Hansel and Grethel, 134
Hares, 135
Hartz Mts., 130
Harvest, 3-4, 15, 17, 25, 30-31, 34, 59, 69, 97, 106, 112, 137,
Hawthorn, 123, 137
Hazel, 85
Hearts, 156
Hebrides, 79
Hel, 122, 131
Hemp, 14, 33, 53, 74
Henry VIII, 99
Henry Hudson, 150
Herbs, 46-47, 53, 66, 126, 129-130
Herne the Hunter, 90
Herodotus, 5
Hesperides, 85
Highlands, 59, 65, 77
Hodur, 121
Holda, 13I-I32, 136
Holiday, 61
Hollow Land, 41
Holly, 63
Hoop, 157
Horselberg, 131
Horseshoes, 138, 152
Horus, 1
Husking-bees, 3
Iceland, 125
Idun, 120
Immortality, 10, 85, 107, 120
Indians, 3, 145, 150
Invocation, 21, 92
Iona, 50
Iphis, 24
Ireland 3, 5, 13, 15, 17, 20, 35, 48-50, 59, 62, 72-73, 78-80, 104, 107, 127, 170; belief in fairies, 6, 35
Irish Sea, 20
Iron, 152
Italy, 119, 131, 142
Ivy, 57
Jack-o'-lantern, 49-50, 69, 121, 155
Japan, 2, 146
Jokes, 154
Jonah, 13
Juniper, 123, 137
Jupiter, 8
Kale. See Cabbage
Kensington Gardens, 64
Ker-Is, 111
Kettle, 89, 134, 155
Key, 55, 72, 144, 156
Laeg, 42
"Lambswool," 51
Lammas, 28
Lancashire, 99
Land of Heart's Desire, 36
Land of Youth, 40
"Lanterns of the dead," 112
Lanterns in Japan, 146
Latin. See Rome
Lead melting, 55-56, 77, 168
Leek, 104-105
Legends, origin of, 2
Lemons, 170
Leprechauns, 48
Lewis, 80
Liban, 41
Lincolnshire, 89
"Little People," 48-49, 85
"Livelong," 53
Loki, 120
London, 97
Lords of Misrule, 88
Love-knots, 156
Lucifer, 120
"Luck of Edenhall," 96
Luggies. See Dishes
Lugh, 14-15
Lugnasad, 15, 28, 33
Macbeth, 123
Magic, 7, 15, 155; black. 28, 156
Maine, 165
Malt, 80
Malta, 144
Man, Isle of, 20, 82
Manitous, 150
Mars, 8
Martinmas, 62
Mary, Virgin, 29, 126, 132, 138, 145
Mary Avenel, 62
Maryland, 165
Massachusetts, 164
Master of the Revels, 97
May-bride, 126
May Eve and Day, 4, 11-13, 29, 33, 45, 47, 107, 125, 135, 136 et seq.;-fires, 13, 61; -pole, 126; -ridings, 125; -shcoting 140,
Meal, 83, 164
Meath, 15, 17
Medb, 36, 39
Meg, 68
"Men of Peace," 63
Mercury, 8, 15
Midir, 39-41
Middle Ages, 129
Midsummer, 3, ii, 20, 28, 33, 53, 125, 146
Milk, 45, 51, 112
Minerva, 8
Mirror, 85, 129, 146-147, 149, 161-162
Miserere, 142
Mistletoe, 7, 40, 120
Modred, 84
Mona, 27
Monastery, 62
Moon, 40, 74, 76, 77, 146, 155, 162
Moray, 59
Moytura, 30, 22, 35
Music, 36, 39-40, 43-47, 56, 64, 67, 87, 111
Myths, origin of, 2
Naples, 142
Needles, 117, 133, 151, 158, 166
Negroes, 153
Nera, 37, 107
Net, 83
Neverland, 64
New Brunswick, 167
New Hampshire, 165
New Year, 82, 102, 154. See also Year's end
New Year's Day, 17
Niflheim, 122
Nikko, 146
Norse, 80, 82, 119, 134
Norway, 1, 126, 130
"Nos Galan Gaeof," 102
November, Eve, 33, 35, 37, 44, 50 59. 79. 101-102, 107, 112, 137 ; first, 4, 11, 16, 25-26, 137, 144; in Rome, 30; second, 30, 118, 144
Nuts, 26, 33, 50-52, 73, 90-92, 103-104, 109, 115, 144, 155, 159-160, 169
Oak, 6-7, 27, 40, 122
Oats, 55, 77
Oatmeal cakes, 79
Obsession, 44
October 31st, 4, 10, 17, 50, 82, 85, 118
Odin, 120, 124, 129, 131
"Oidhche Shamhna," 50
Olaf, 126
Omens, 14, 22, 26, 50-52, 104, 117, 137; from sacrifices, 9, 17, 33, 123, 166; evil, 28
Oonah, 45
Ops, 23
Ordeal, 9, 123-124
Osiris, I, 18
Ossian, 47-48, 150
Ostia, 25
Other world, 19, 39, 42, 47, 84, 103, 107, 111, 115, 131, 146,
Ovid, 24, 114
Owls, 134, 152, 155
Paddy Beg, 46-47
Paddy More, 46-47
Paganism, 30, 35, 59, 109, I4I
Pageant, 170
Pantlieon, 29
Paradise, 31
Partholon, 13
Parties, Hallowe'en, 155
Peace, 171
Peas, 92, 94
Pelagius, 83
Pennsylvania, 165
Perthshire, 59
Peru, I
Peter Pan, 63-64
Phoenicians, 5
Picts, 108
Piper, fairy, 43-44. ^. 87
Pixies, 103, 1 10
Pomona, 4, 23-26, 50, 85, 155
Pontypridd, loi
Preparednees for Peace, 170
Procopius, 111
Prophets, Druids as, 9, 43; witches as, 89, 134, 151
Pumpkins, 155, 160
Purgatory, 31, 99, 106, 145
Puy de Dome, 131
"Puzzling-jug," 103-104
Races, 15, 26
Rapunzel, 125
Red Mike, 54, 62
Rick, 55
Ring, 51-52, 55,72,96, 156, 165,
Rip Van Winkle, 150
Rome, 8, 23-30, 114, M9-120; relations to Druids, 27 ; All Saints' in, 32
Roses, 105
Rowan. See Ash -tree
Sacrifices, 20, 109, 137; to Baal, 8-9, 11-13, 17, 101; omens from, 33; to Tyr, 123
St. Augustine, 83
St. Bridget, 45
St. Colomba, 50
St. Gertrude, 126
St. John's Day and Eve, 3, 28, 109, no, 137, 141
St. Kilda, 79
St. Michael, 85
St. Ninian, 83
St Odilo, 30
St. Patrick, 5, 43, 83
Saga, 124
Salerno, 142
Salt, 57, 67, 79, 82, 83, 134, 169
Saman, 10, 31, 50, 80
Samhain (Saveen), 16, 18, 20-22, 26, 31, 35-36, 38, 40-41, 43, 48, 59, 65, 82
Samhnagan, 60
Samhanach, 64
Sark. See Shirt
Satan, 120, 133
Sauin. See Samhain
Scandinavia, 119, 126, 134
Scotland, 59, 78, 79, 81,82,99, 104 , 127, 156; belief in fairies in, 6, 62-64
Scots, 108
Seasons, 1
Seaweed, 80
Secrecy, 45, 77-78, 124, 155; in Druid rites, 9-10, 124
Seed-cake, 97
Seeds, 14, 92, 121
Serpent's–egg. See Adder-stone
Seville, 131
Shec, 39
Shirt-sleeve, wetting the, 56, 78-79, 126-129, 165
Shoe, 77, 170
Shony, 80
Shropshire, 98
"Sid," 37, 49. See also Forts
Sigurd, 124
Sîtou, 18
Sleep, 39, 47, 87, 124–125
Sloe, 52, 85
Snakes. See Adder-stone
Snap-apple. See Apple
Sol, 1
Soul-cakes. See Cake
South, 165
South Uist, 81
Sowens, 79
Spain, 131, 144
Spectre Huntsman, 90
Spirits, 6, 20, 103; abroad, 14, 22, 31, 35, 44, 48; evil, 4, 18, 20, 56, 63, 87, 99, 129
Staffordshire, 98
Stones, 60, 101–102, 106, 109
Stories, 81, 96, 149, 169
Straw, 77, 99
Strunt, 79
"Summer's end," 3–4, 11–12, 16, 25, 44
Sun-god, 1–3, 8, 15, 44, 84–85, 87, 120–121, 124, 126, 136; -worship, 21; -wise, 3, 17, 60, 67
Superstitions, 33, 62, 83, 135, 153–154
Swans, 38–39, 41
Swastika, 8
Sweden, 126, 133
Symbols, 7–8, 28
Tam o' Shanter, 68–69, 89
Tannhauser, 131–133
Tara, 17, 21, 43, 48, 59
Tempest, 87
Teuton, 108, 124, 142
Teutonic, 4, 125
Thanksgiving, 3–4; for harvest, 59
Thimble, 51, 72, 83, 156
Thor, 134
Thorn, 45
Thread, 138, 167
Thuringia, 131
Tiberius, 27
Tigernmas, 20–21
"Tin Islands," 5
Tlactga, 17
Toads, 152
Toasts, 126
Todmorden, 90
Torches, 14, 60–61, 68, 99
Tree-worship, 7–8, 92, 123
Trefoil, 8, 29
Trinity, 29
Tripod, 65, 134, 155
Trolls, 121, 130, 150
Tuatha De Danann, 20, 29, 38–39, 43, 48–50, 107–108
Tub, 53, 93, 96, 160; apples in. See Apples
Tyr, 123
United States, 153
Valhalla, 121–122
Vali, 121
Valkyries, 122, 136
Vandals, 119
Venus, 131–132
Vertumnus, 24–25
Vortumnalia, 25
Vulcan, 120
Vurdh, 123
Wales, 27, 101, 105, 106, 108, 144, 168; belief in fairies in, 6
Walnut-tree, 92
Walpurga, 136
Ward, Hill of. See Tara
Water, 57, 68, 97, 165
Wedding of sun and earth, 126, 136
"Weird Sisters," 123
Wendy, 64
Wheel, sun-symbol, 8, 13, 17; of fortune, 163
White Lady, 62
Wild Huntsman, 90, 131
Will-o'-the-wisps, 121
Windsor Forest, 90
Winnowing, 75–76
Winter, first day of, 18, 44, 87, 102, 112
Witches, 4, 60–61, 65–69, 89, 99, 101, 129–131, 133–135, 146, 155
Witchcraft, 4, 81, 89, 134
Wood, 52, 57, 97
Wotan. See Odin
Yarn, 55, 75, 104, 140, 165
Year's end, 10, 17–18, 84
Yellow, 156
Yggdrasil, 122
Yorkshire, 97
Yule, 3, 126
Zschokke, 140