Index.
555
Sin, deity, Babylonia, 276
Sin-eater, 385
Sinhalese, see Ceylon
Sipan Dere : cure for lunatics, 220
Sir Perceval of Galles, by R. H. Griffith, reviewed, 11S-9
Sirius : rites to, Bushmen, 260
Sister-in-law : wife's brother's wife tabooed, Thonga, 51S
Sites of buildings changed : Clare, 205 ; Glos., 337, 484-5
Siva, deity, India, 284, 304
Siwah, oasis of : Zeus Ammon, 58
Sixmilebridge : peel tower, 206 ; rock markings, 90
Skaghvickencrow : treasure tale, 208-q
Skeat, W. W. : " Snakestones " and Stone Thunderbolts as Subjects for Systematic Investigation, 7, 45-80
Skreli : mourning custom, 225
Skull : {see also Jawbone) ; moss from, as cure, 234 ; as test of race, 122 ; tooth from, as amulet, Donegal, 476-7
Skye, Isle of : " bat "-stones, 61 ; cramp-stones, 49
Sky-god : Borneo, 40S ; oak as related to, 480-1
Slad : hidden treasure, 341
Slave Coast : thunderbolts, 73
Sleep : charms against, Japan, 191, 194
Smallpox : charm against, Japan, 189-90
Snake : in charm, Balkans, 225-6 ; charms against, Japan, 194, Mohave- Apache, 172 ; in folk- medicine, 4S-9, 496 ; in folk- tale, Armenians, 100 ; in magic, Japan, 186 ; punishes trespass, RIalabar, 36 ; shape-shifting into, Nigeria, 261 ; spirits of dead enter, E. Africa, 402 ; stones named after, 47 ; ' tongue ' in spit, 48 ; as totem, India, 49S ; worshipped,
Uganda, 137
" Snake's egg " of Druids, 47, 63
" Snakestones " and Stone Thun- derbolts as Subjects for Syste- matic Investigation, by W. \\'. Skeat, 45-80
Sneezing : in charm, Japan, 193 ; cure for, Japan, 190 ; omens from, Japan. 195, Quebec, 346
Sociological Significance of Mvth, The, by W. H. R. Rivers, 273,
307-31
Sociology and folklore, 23, 26-7
Soleure : folk-music, 131
Solothurn : folk-music, 132
Some Zulu Customs and Folklore, by L. H. Samuelson, noticed, 271
Somerset : [see also Bridgewater ; Keynsham ; Sandford Orcas ; South Petherton) ; clipping yew-tree, 203 ; folk-song, 129
Sorcery, see Magic
Soul : bird s., Celts, 125 ; escapes from corpse, Celts, 125 ; journey of, Assam, 467 ; leaves when dwelling marred, Malays, 78 ; limited survival of, 29 ; origin of behef in, 151-2
Soul cakes, 420 i
South : in charm, Japan, 192 ; death land in, India, 285 ; in divination, Japan, 193 ; un- lucky quarter, Malabar, 33
South America : {see also Brazil ; British Guiana ; Colombia ; Peru ; Tierra del Fuego) ; mar- riage, 105
South Petherton : Shrovetide cus- tom, 197, 199
Sowing customs and beliefs : Badagas, 140 ; Gaels, 501 ; Good Friday, Glos., 444 ; riddle, Armenians, 471
Spain : dog-bite cure, 229-30
Spansil Hill : burial place, 210
Sparrow : in charm, Japan, 190 ; in folk-medicine, 231
Specimens of Bushman Folklore, by I. Bleek and L. C. Lloyd, re- viewed, 257-61
Spider : as amulet, 231, Leicester- shire, 497 ; in folk-medicine, Kent, 353
Spit set with viper's tongue, 48
Spitting : in charm, Japan, 192
Spittle, see Saliva
Spleen : amulet for, 234 ; charm for, Albania, 225 ; cure for,
244 Spoer, H. H. : reviews by, — Dudley's The Egyptian Ele- ments in the Legend of the Body and the Soul, 514 ; Bury's The Land of Uz, 402-3
