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tario), reviewed by E. S. Hartland, i 190-3
Archangels, see Michael ; Raphael
Ardeche, meteorite sprinkled with holy water, 36
Argyllshire : {see also Kilmartin) ; unbaptized child buried after sun- set, 444
Ann-rings, see Rings
Arran, island of, horses &c. sprinkled in spring before beginning to plough, 439
Arrows, magic, Leper's Island, 179
Artemis, the ' Hanging,' cult of, 24
A fins' Kainpf mit dem Katzen- ungetiim : Die Saga und Hire Lokalisiernng in Savoyen, by E. Freymond, reviewed by J. L. Weston, 414-6
Arunta tribe of C. Australia, animal and plant ancestors of, 67 ; birth, notions as to, 65-7 ; social organi- zation of, 71-7; totemism among, 65-77
Ascension Day, crickets sold on, Florence, 258 ; sea-bathing on, Calymnos, 221
Ascensiontide, squirrel hunted at, Lelbach, 251
Asgardr, pictured from Upsala, 299
Asia Minor : {see also Aleppo ; and Kassaba) ; ears of boarhound cut off and eaten by puppy, 456-7
Asiatic Studies, Religions aftd Social, by Sir A. C. Lyall, reviewed, 88- 92
Ass, Cairene folktales of, 373, 380, 394-5 : carried in procession, 258 ; cure for snake-bite of, Cyprus, 123; demon, slain by Rama, 13 ; in Greek folktale, 118-9; human being as, 235 ; killed by water drop in ear, Cairo, 380 ; piece cut from ear if trespasses, Cairo, 380 ; Silesians said to eat, 259 ; why it brays, Cairo, 380
Ass's spring, babies come from, 235
Assam, ancestor descended in thunderbolt, 35 ; flint weapons worshipped, 35
Astronomical folklore, see Moon ; Stars ; Sun
Attendorf, Mark, cat thrown from edifice, 257
August, toad killed and hung in stable, Tirol, 255 ; weasel killed for magic, Mecklenburg, 255
Aurora Borealis, Point Barrow belief concerning, 171
Ausbach, stagbeetle tabooed, 242
Ausitis or Arabia, in Greek charm, 146
Australia : {see also Tasmania ; and Torres Straits) ; Mathew's Ea^le- hawk and Crow, a Study of the Australian Aborigines, including an Liquity into their Oi-igitt, and a Sui-vey of Australian Languages, reviewed, 101-3 : ethical religion of natives discussed, 172-3; totem- ism amon^t Arunta, 65-77
Austria {see also Bohemia ; Carinthia ; and Hungary; ; ' ' Hudlerlaufen " custom, 263
Avestitza, child-stealing witch, Rumania, 138-9, 14S
Avezuha, child-stealing witch, in Rumanian charm, 133
Babel myths, lOO
Babylon, in Greek folktale, 338 ; origin of charms against child- stealing witch, 157; ziggurat and Jacob's ladder, 197
Babylonians and Assyrians : Life and Customs, by A. H. Sayce, reviewed, 310
Backgammon, Egyptian form of,
384-5
Bad Bishop, The, Greek folktale, 333-4
Badger, killed, Bingen, festival of St. Roschus, 256
Bcetylos, see Stones
Baiame, Australian deity, discussed, 173, 318, 320
Baiting of animals, ceremonial, 20-1, 256
Baking lucky on Good Friday, Dorset, 112
Bala-rama, see Rama
Balder, once regarded as priest-king, 284-5 J myths perhaps tribal, 295
Ball games, Cairene, 383-4 ; cere- monial, England, 21 ; in churchyard on Sundays, Bedd Gelert, 424 ; Hindu Kush, 19
Bandicoot country, whence sun comes, C. Australia, 67
Banks' Island, spirits in stones, 174-5
Baptismal water, as charm, Suther- landshire, 444-5 ; cures somnambu- lism, Kilmartin, 445 ; wine mixed with, to protect from midge-bites, Hebrides, 445
