Index.
495
Dum-cane planted with silver coin and leaves flogged to kill thief, Jamaica, 92
Dundalk : mare foaled on Whit- Monday ill-tempered, 347
Dung : as antidote to witch poisons, E. Central Africa, 71-2 ; of buffalos in seven heaps, Todas, 174, and not sold, Todas, 174; burning un- lucky, Jamaica, 211 ; burnt to free haunted house, Jamaica, 207
Dujjpy, see Ghosts
Durkheim, E., Reponse a M. Lang, 215-6
Durris : Midsummer bonfire, 105, 351
Dyaks : head-hunting rites, 361
Eagle : Achaemenes of Persia reared t'y, 391 ; associated with Zeno- Poseidon, 278, and Zeus, 276, 299, 372, 389 ; on Greek coins, 307, 308, 372, 390, 414-5; deities take shape of, Greeks, 296, 389, 417 ; double-headed, on standard, Baby- lonia, 391; as eponym of Phleg}-ae, 386 ; golden, on pillars of Zeus, 372, and as royal standard &c., Persia, 391 ; king of birds, Greeks, 386 ; kings transformed into, Greeks &c., 390-1 ; myth of origin of, Greeks, 386 ; omens from, Greeks, 390- 1 ; on omphalos, Delphi, 412 ; royal bird, Egypt &c., 391 ; on sceptres, 372. 390-1 ; sea, Pandareos and Nisus changed into, 390 : soul of Agamemnon becomes, 390
Ears : omen from burning &c. of, Germany, 462, Ireland, 462, Jamaica, 93, 210, 450, 454, or from size of, Jamaica, 210, 213, 454 ; seized as disgrace, story of Deirdre, 27-8
Earth gods, see Chthonian deities
Earth spirits, France, 475
East : buried dead face, Basutos, 256
Easter : {see also Easter Sunday) ; animal sacrifices at, Egin, 439
Easter Sunday: "walking the wheat," Monmouthshire, 221
East Indies, see Borneo ; Ceram ; New Guinea ; and Papuans
Eating : dead knock food from hand, Jamaica, 94 ; from pot prevents beard, Jamaica, 452
Eccleshall : rushlight stand, &c., 130
Eces or learned man, training of, Ire- land, 14-5
Eddaic myths : Olrick's Oin Ragna- rok reviewed, 365-7
Eddaic poems : dialogues in, 18 ; preservation of, 22
Edessa, see Ourfa
Edoni : Lycurgus, king of, 313, 392
Eggs : Eggs in Witchcraft, by E. Peacock, 463-4 ; in exorcism of disease &c. demons, Jerusalem, 188 ; shells as witches' boats, Guernsey, 123 ; stealing causes always to steal, Jamaica, 209
Egin : Assumption, Feast of, 439 ; bonfires and candles. Candlemas, 437 ; childbirth customs, Egin, 445-6 ; firstfruits, festival of, 439, 444 ; folklore from, 428 ; pebljles suspended in Euphrates as rain charm, 431 ; rain dolly, 431-2 ; rain festival, annual, 429-30
Eglingham : marriage custom, 351
Egypt : {ste also Nile river) ; eagle royal bird, 391 ; hand as amulet, 189-90 ; Heracles as sun god, 422 ; king Busiris, story of, 393 ; name of, 391 ; phoenix symbol of sun, 270; pole star worship, 118; Zeus reigned as king, 301
Eight : glorious emblems in Buddha's footprints, 333 ; years as period of king's reign, Dorians, 395 ; years as period of festivals, Greece, 402-
Elaea : coin of, 308
Elbow : omens from, Ireland, 462,
Jamaica, 454 Elder-tree : branch in harvest custom,
Kent, 464 Electra, the sons of, 301 Eleusis : Celeus, first king of, 389 ;
Cercyon, king of, 378 ; oak cult
at, 378 ; Triptolemus of, 314-5 ;
Zeus triad, 291 Elis : {see also Lepreum ; Olympia ;
a7id Pisa) ; early kings, 398-9 ;
myth of Augeas, 401 ; myth of
Salmoneus, 300, 385, 399; white
poplar used for sacrifices, 297 Ellis, H. C, Monmouthshire Notes,
221 Elysium, see Hades Emain Macha : in story of Deirdre,
30- 32 Emania, see Emain Macha Empedocles, story of, 301-2
