Index,
517
89, 213 ; word unlucky at sea, Fifeshire, 96 Raven : in folktales, 27, 29, 62 ;
sacred to Zeus Ammon, 295 Ray fish: parish nickname, Guernsey,
123 Razor with which dead shaved pre- vents haunting, Jamaica, 453 Rebirth beliefs, see Reincarnation
beliefs Red : of calf's blood in story of Deirdre, 27, 29-30 ; fairy's jacket, Ireland, 339-40, 459 ; rag protects from overlooking, Ireland, 459 Reincarnation beliefs: Australia, 467 ; in nine-year cycle. Arcadians, 408 ; Jamaica, 453 ; Tibet, 332 Religion : Dieterich and Achelis' Airhiv fur Religionswissensckaft reviewed, 240 ; in relation to magic, 132-65, 181, 359-64, and toteniism, Torres Straits, 356 Religious formulae becoming meaning- less, explanation of, 176-7 Report of Council, 5- 11 Reports of the Cambridge Anthropo- logical Expedition to Tor7-es Straits, reviewed by N. W. Thomas, 352-8 Reptiles in folklore, see Frog ; Lizard ; Newt ; Snake ; Toad ; Tortoise ; and Turtle Resurrection beliefs : Basutos, 256 Revenants, see Ghosts Reviews, 108-28, 222-40, 352-68,
465-80 Rhadamanthys, King, see King Rha-
damanthys Rhea, myth of sons of, 277 Rheumatism : charms for, Monmouth- shire, 76 ; exorcism for, E. Central Africa, 70- 1 Rhinoceros : in folktale, Somalis, 318 Rhodes : {see also Ixiai) ; Helen hangs herself on oak-tree, 299, 425 ; Helios as prophet, 275 ; the hero Triopas, 289 ; mistletoe related to sun, 425 ; in mythological stories, 268 ; Tlepolemea games, 423 Rhymes : {see also Folk-songs ; and Nursery rhymes) ; Fifeshire, 97 ; Ireland, 461 ; Northumberland,
.342-3 Riding whip of state, carried by
Ollamh, Ireland, 15 Right : if duppy struck first with
right hand, latter is paralysed,
Jamaica, 94
Ring : breaking of wedding ring un- lucky, Jamaica, 451 ; charm, Tibet, 243 ; forgotten at wedding foretells misery, Jamaica, 93 ; of hand form for wedding, Jerusulem, 189; swung to divine thief, Jamaica, 93 ; taking off wedding ring unlucky, Jamaica, 207
Rivers and streams : (see also under names) ; breaking promise made near unlucky, Jamaica, 451 ; bull running connected with, Stamford &c., 199 ; cross immersed in, Epiphany, Crete and Greece, 214 ; evil spirit cannot cross, Ireland, 337 ; Poseidon as river god, Thes- saly, 281 ; Zeus fallen or nurtured, 268
Rivers, Dr. W. II. R., Toda Prayer, 131, 166-81
Robin : fetches fire from heaven, Guernsey, 123
Rochdale: bull-baittng, 199
Roche river : bull-baiting connected with, Rochdale, 199
Rocks, see Stones
Roddam: social customs, 341-3
" Rolling calf" duppy, Jamaica, 90-1, 211, 452
Romans, ancient: The European Sky- God, by A. B. Cook, 264-315; two Vinalia festivals, 443
Romantic Tales from the Panjab : with Illustrations by Native Hands, by Rev. C. Swynnerton, reviewed,
124-5 Rorie, D., Some Superstitions of the
Fifeshire P'isher-folk, 95-8 Rosaries: Tibet, 243 Roscommon, see Athlone " Rosemary " weed smoked or carried
to " run " duppy, Jamaica, 90 Rosso ti Tooi, man in folktale, Ro-
tuma, 218 Ross-shire, see Kishorn Rotuma: folktale, 218-9 Roumania : {^see also Transylvania ;
and Wallachia) ; evil eye formula,
193 Rouse, W. H. D., Myth Making, 107 ; review by, — Swynnerton's Romantic Tales frovi the Panjab,
124-5 Royal Succession in Yorubaland, by
H. G. Parsons, 98 Rundu, paramount chief of Mang'anja
tribe, 229
