Index.
543
Polygamy among early Slavs, 464 ;
Mordvins, 419
Pomerania, ill-luck belief of, 155 , old people thrown into sea
in, 202 Portsmouth, coins of Greek type
found at, 100
Posidelki, Russian festival, 468 Posnau, wife purchase ceremony in,
478 Powell (F. York), "Recent Research
on Teutonic Mythology," 118-126 Pregnancy caused by eating seeds
(Badu legends), 50 ; wind (Finnish
belief), 30, 41
, Greek customs relating to,
523 Presents, suspension of Moksha wed-
ing, 446 Presidential address to Folk- Lore
Society, session 1889 90, 4-15 Priesthood, Arician, succession to, 391 Prince, the Frog, Breton variant of,
493, 506 Prohibitions against disclosing fairy
secrets, 211, 212, 213 Promiscuity among early Slavs, 465 Promises, disregard of English
peasants for, 323 Property, English peasant belief in
succession to, 325 Proxy, Mordvin custom of wooing by,
421, 455
Prussia, killing of aged in, 203 Pscov, promiscuity at, 466 Punjab, succession custom in, 201 Purchase, marriage by, among early
Slavs, 465; Mordvins, 421, 425 Pythagoras, symbols of, 147-161 Pytheas, travels of, 85
RABBINIC literature, Riddles of Solo- mon in, 349-358 Radimich, Nestor's accounts of
habits of, 464 Rain, superstition that, follows a
battle, 166
Rain- charm, Greek, 520 Rashin Coatie, Morayshire folk-tale,
289-291 Rats frightened away by building
gate like a trap, 360 Rat-trap, gateway at Sui Pui shaped
like, 360 Raven, Finnish magic songs of origin
of, 334, 335 Red, animals dyed on occasion of
Manchu marriages, 485
Red, Manchu bridal colour, 484-485
, Slavonic emblem of maiden- hood, 473
Religion, recent research in compara- tive, 384-397
Re-marriage, Manchu objection to, 487
Resistance of Mordvin bride, 440
Rhinoceros horn, magic, 523
Rhoda, coinage of, 99
Riasan, payment of ' kladka' at, 479
Riches, custom of praying for, Lung Shan, China, 366
Riddles, Finnish elk, 32; horse, 33
Ridgeway (Professor W.), " Greek Trade Routes to Britain," 82-107
River trade of Gaul, 94
Robbery, Chinese folk- tale of punish- ment for, 363-364
Roman belief that rain followed a battle, 166 ; invitation to gods of hostile city, 167
- method of averting hail, 162 ;
wolf superstition, 164 Rouse (W. H. D.), " Jatakain Pausa-
nias," 409
Riigen, traditions of Hertha in, 214 Rumpelstiltzkin, secret name theory
of, 9 stories, 9 ; See also, " Peeri-
fool" Russia, bridegroom's procession in,
460
capture marriage in, 476
, personal wooing dishonour- able in mediceval, 421 , custom of wooing by bread,
455 ; of hand -striking, 456 , marriage custom of pan-
kicking, 448 ; of bride bathing,
461 ; of covering bride with barley
and down, 459
songs of abuse, 429-430
Rust, Finnish charm for curing corn with, 18
SACRiFiCEjSignification of agricultural, 392-393
, theory of blood-bond between
the god and worshippers, 387-388, 390
Saddle Island, shadow-seizing spirit of, 152
, Manchu marriage custom of
stepping over, 487, 491
Saga, Celtic myth and, 234-260
Sai-nam, magician of (Chinese folk- tale), 362-364
