Upi, Story of (Badu legend), 65-69
Urine, Finn legend that copper originated from, 348
Utensils of Torres Straits Islanders, 49, 76, 77, 79, 80, 190, 192, 196
Vase, precious, at Manchu marriage, 488, 490
Vechernitzi, Russian festival, 468
Vetlouga, endogamous marriages in district of, 469
Viatich, Nestor's account of habits of, 464
Viper, Finnish accounts of origin of, 45-46
Virginity, unimportance of among Mordvins, 419; in Russia, 468
Vladimir, payment of "kladka" at, 479
Voguls, marriage among, 425
, marriage restrictions of, 452
, marriage by purchase among, 453; similarity of marriage ceremonies to Mordvin, 462
Votiaks, continuance of girl's dress among married women, 450; tribal organisation of, 452; marriage by purchase among, 453
Vow against marriage, Mordvin, 417
Wake, time of keeping, 319
Wales, aged killed to prevent their dying in bed, 203
, (North), hiring time in, 315
Warlike dress worn by Slav bridegroom, 477
Wairu tales. See "Birth of Kusa Kap"; " Meta Kurabi," "Dorgai I."
Washing feet of mother in-law, Chinese custom, 366
Wasp, Finnish magic song of origin of, 336
Water, attempt to drench corn-sheaf with (Cornish harvest custom), 280
ceremonies, Mordvin bridal, 448, 449
, Mordvin bridal ceremony of fetching, 444
, New Guinean myth of walking on, 192
, produced by killing black ox, 278
, shadow lost by gazing in, 152
snake produced from horse-hair, 136
, superstition connected with south-running, 280
Water-bottle, New Guinean, 77
Water-charm, Finnish, 18
Weapons of Torres Straits Islanders, 77, 80, 194
Weasel, ill-luck brought by meeting, 156
Weaver's son and giant of White Hill, 256
Wedding-crown hung over shrine, in Greece, 520
Wedding-ring, divination by (Scotland), 276
Wedding-songs, Mordvin, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433-434, 435, 438, 444, 446
Weeds, Greek charm for destroying, 164
Weeping day, Mordvin bridal, 457
Well, sacred. See "Ffynnon Elian."
dressing, custom of, 316
Welsh "bundling" custom, 468
conjuror, 131-133
Wends, belief in ill-luck brought by meeting old woman, 155
Were-wolves, Greek myths regarding, 169-171
Westward, belief of natives of Torres Straits that the dead go, 77
What's in a name (letter), 272-274
White hill, giant of, 256
Whuppity Stourie, secret name theory of, 9
Widow, Muralug, carrying of skull by, 192
Widowhood, Mordvin periods of, 451
Wife, intermittent residence of, with husband, Kun Kong, 365
Wife of Bath's Tale, 'Frog-Prince' variant in, 501
Wight (Isle of), Roman trade with, 95
Wind, Finnish belief that pregnancy is caused by, 30, 41
Witches' ladder, discovery of, 313
Wives, sale of, among Austrian Slavs, 478
Wizards, charms used by Finnish, 19-21
, Finn account of origin of, 23-24
Wolf, belief in descent from, of Holike Turks, 460
, bridegroom compared to, among Mordvins, 443
, Finnish accounts of origin of, 35-37
Woman, legend of headless, at Dalton, 131
Women, Bohemian warlike, 470
, custom of begging on St. Thomas's day by, 321
, ill-luck brought by meeting, 155
