Index.
545
Simbirsk, bridal procession in, 437, 439
, bride journey at, 431
, bride present at, 441
government, custom of driv- ing out bridegroom in, 436
, exogamy in government of,
475
, weeping-day of, 430
wooing customs, 423-424
Sister, tribal importance of, in Russia.
472
Sisterhood, Servian artificial, 472 Sister-in-law, Mordvin custom of re- marriage with, 451 Skull divination, New Guinean, 67, 80
, of late husband carried by
Muralug widow, 192 Skye, tenant subdivision of land in,
200
Slate, Welsh divination by, 132 Slavs, Doppeltganger belief of, 404
, incest among early, 464, 469,
474
480
, marriage among early, 463-
similarity of marriage customs
to Mordvin, 451, 455
women, independence of, 470
Sleigh, Finn belief that spirit is con- veyed by, 19
Slipper, Magic. See " Rashin Coatie"
Snail, Finnish legend of origin of, 334
Snake, Finnish accounts of origin of, 37-45
(water), produced by horse- hair, 136
, with jewelled head, legend
of, 278-279
, w^omau, Mabuiag, 192
Solomon, Riddles of, in Rabbinic Li- terature, 349-358
Solomon's wisdom, legends of, 133-
135
' Son succeeding during father's life (Scandinavian practice), 200
Songs, deprecatory of, in Mordvin marriages, 429
, of Finns, Magic, 17-46, 331-
347
Sorcerer. See " Wizard."
Sorcery stones from Torres Straits in British Museum, 191
Souling, custom of, 315, 321
South-running water, persons fetching not to salute others, 280
Spain, tin trade of, 88, 89, 91, 92 VOL. I.
Spinning on highway brings ill-luck,
(Italian superstition), 164 Spirits of the dead go to Kibuka
(Mabuiag legend), 55-56 , Manchu method of exorcising
evil, 487
Spiti, succession custom in, 201 Spitting, usual fairy punishment,
209, 210 Staffordshire, apple-begging custom
in, 315 ; observance of mothering
Sunday in, 315 , See "B'lore," "High Offley,"
" Goruall."
(North) hiring times in,
315 ; apple-begging in, 315 ; well- dressing in, 316 Star Myths of Torres Straits, 53, 54,
77, 184, 193, 194 , (Torres Straits). See " Dor-
gia Meta Kurabi," Dorgai i. Star-pointing superstitions. 151-152 Stone, Torres Straits sorcery, 191 Stove, introduction of Mordvin bride
to, 443, 449
Stove mother, Mordvin myth of, 432 Strasburg, apparition of man to him- self at, 228
, death warning in, 231
Striking, usual fairy punishment,
209, 212 Styes caused by refusing pregnant
woman food (Greek belief), 523 Succession of son during father's life
(Scandinavia), 200; (Spiti), 201 Sucker- fish used for catching turtle
in New Guinea, 80, 190-191 Suffolk folk-tale. See "Cap o'
Rushes." Suicide before looking-glass makes
ghost fierce, 362
Sui Pui (Kwangtung Province), gate- way shaped like rat-trap at, 360 Sumatra, threshold-stumbling belief
in, 156
Sun god, Mordvin prayers to, 426 Sutherland, belief in ill-luck brought
by turning back, 155 Swaheli folk-tale, 515-516 Swallow's nest, stealing of, sacrilege,
279 Sweden, old people thrown into sea
in, 202 Switzerland, belief in Dame Berchta
in, 213
, Kilchgang custom in, 468
Sword, uses of, in Mordvin marriage
ceremonies, 445, 447 ; at Russian
bridals, 473
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