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Index.

507

Tethra, chief of Fomorians, 132-4, 139, 142

Teutates, Gaulish god, 139

Thebes: horned snake, 214; sacred boat of Amen, 117

Theodoric, King, see King Theodoric

Theseus, parallel to story of, 20

Thirty : days fast in honour of moon, Harranians, 414-5

Thlen, man-eating snake, Khasis, 242

Thlinkets : mourning customs, 400, 408

Thomas, N. W.: Australian Marriage Customs, 306- 1 S ; review by, — Andrews' Les Fontaines des Genies {Seba Aioun), Croyances Soudaii- aises a Alger, 246

Thomas' ^ Rotjian de Tristan" by J. Bedier, reviewed, 231-4

Thor the Hammerer, 137

Thorsadal : in Eyrbyggja saga, 371

Three : children passed thrice over parent's corpse, Sierra Leone, 88

Threshold : blood marked after build- ing house, Palestine, 58 ; child not suckled or corrected there, Pales- tine, 59 ; coin placed under, Pales- tine, 58 ; haunt of evil spirits, Palestine, 58 ; incense for injury at, Palestine, 59 ; sacrifice on, Palestine, 58, 66 ; salt averts evil, Palestine, 70

Thunder: Kari, t. -deity, Malay tribes, 454-6; Laume, t. -deity, Lithuanians &c. , 275; Taranis associated with, 137

Thunderbolt : breast of Laume, Lith- uanians &c., 275 ; replaced by hammer as symbol, 137

Thunderstorms, see Storms

Thursday : sacred tree as burning bush, Palestine, 68 ; St Domenico's Feast, May, Italy, 187

Tiberias : bath patients avoid Divine name, 55

Tibet: baptism and naming by lamas, 263; folktales, 17, 20; translations of Buddhist books, 16

Tideswell : well custom, Easter Day,

257 Tiger : in Chinese animal cycle, 119 ;

wer tiger, Malays, 248 Tilburg ; string game, 328 Timini country : exhibits from, 363 Tipperahs : mourning custom, 401 Tire beo, the land of the living, 135 Tir-fa-tonn, kingdom of, 29-30, 46, 52

Tir n-aill, the other world, 135 Tjumba: fasting, ceremonial, 392 Tlingit, see Thlinkets Todas : fast before eclipse, 410 ;

mourning customs, 401, 404 ; The

Todas, by W. H. R. Rivers,

reviewed, 102-5, 457 Toes : of babies not kissed, Greek

islands, 330 ; of corpse tied to- gether, Jutland, 366 Tomintoul : burial custom, 86 Tongs : as amulets. Sierra Leone

Protectorate &c., 426 {plate) Tooth : of St Domenico as relic,

Cocullo, 188, 216 Toothache : amulets against, Italy,

189 ; charms against, Ireland, 348,

Italy, 188, 216; healed by St

Domenico, Italy, 187-8, 216 Torches : to circuit fields, Hallowe'en,

Braemar, 85 ; to greet newly

married, Ireland, 81 Tor.noienienz Antecrit, Li, 49-50 Torres Straits : no Supreme God, 458 ;

design on canoes, 220 ; taboos at

puberty, 408 Tory island : as Hades, 140 Totemism : Nyassaland, 245 ; no sign

amongst Todas, 103 Travel Notes in South Africa : a

Correction, by E. S. Hartland,

445

Travelling, see Journey

Treasure : in pond, Suffolk, 274

Treasurer, election of, 5

Trees in folklore : {see also Agnus castus ; Alder-tree ; Apple-tree ; Baobab-tree ; Cactus-tree ; Carrob- tree ; Fig-tree ; Fir-tree ; Fruit- trees ; Holly-tree ; Karamu-tree ; Kawa-tree; Lime-tree; Lotus-tree; Mango-tree ; Mountain ash ; Nemi, wood of; Oak-tree; Olive-tree; Palm-tree ; Pear-tree ; Pine-tree ; Quicken-tree ; Rag-trees ; Service- tree ; Sycamore fig tree ; Syca- more-tree ; Tamarisk-tree ; Tere- binth-tree; Willow-tree; Yew-tree; and Yggdrasill-tree) ; babies from, Austria, 269 ; cure diseases, Pales- tine, 69-70 ; gum from protects from bites, Greek islands, 329 ; magic, in folktales, 192-3 ; sacred tree, as burning bush, Palestine, 68, and offerings hung on, Palestine, 68, spirit dwells in, Palestine, 69, amongst Yoruba, 263 ; spirits dwell