Index.
471
Carson, K., Burial Customs, 210
Caste, Indian, origin and development of, 405-6
Castell ^larch, lord of, with horse's ears, 234
Cat, assumes human shape, Perth- shire, 236 ; black, consulted by Lapps as ancestor, 244 ; buried, Bohemia, 245 : burnt, 257 ; Cairene folktales of, 382, 392 ; courts in February, Cairo, 380 ; demon, Arthur's fight with, 414-6 ; dies \ with owner, Switzerland, 237 ; ear j and tail cut to prevent trespassing, Newport (Salop), 457 ; eaten, 259 ; 1 form of child-stealing witch, j Rumania, 133 ; form of soul. 235 ; ; human being as, 235 ; kitten's ears i slit, to prevent fear, Cairo, 380 : j respected locally, 239 ; sacrificed locally, 253 ; souls of twins pass at | death into cats, Egypt, 392 ; thrown from edifice, locally, 257 ; white, afrit appears as, Egypt, 392
Cat tribes of Ireland and Scotland, 232
Catalonia : Legendes du Roussillon by H. Chauvet, reviewed, 314-5
Cataract, charm against, Rumania, 129-31
Cat's cradle among Papuans, 184
Cattle, connection of Krishna with, 6, 18, 37 ; cure for snake-bite, Cyprus, 122-3 ; cured by white witch, Devon, 215
Cedar used for carving clan crest in N.W. Canada, 62
Celebes, dolls hung on trees to pro- tect fruit, 24 ; horns as gable orna- ments, 322
Censer-swinging, 24
Central America, see Guatemala ; and Yucatan
Ceylon ; {see also Kandy) ; bull-roarer in, 456 ; coco-nuts flung as rain charm, 19
Chadwick, H. M., The Ancient Teu- tonic Priesthood, 268-30
Changelings, Devon, 213 ; Hebrides,
443-4 Charcas, Mexico, meteorite wor- shipped by women, 36 Charming of log, Grettis Saga, 412 Charms and spells : {see also Incan- tations) ;
against bleeding, Devon, 217 ; breast pains and diseases, Cairo,
382; burns, Devon, 217, Hebri- des, 448 ; cataract, Rumania, 129-31 ; child's fall, effects of, Hebrides, 447 ; child-stealing witch, 129-62 ; cholera, India, 24 ; colic in animals, Hebrides, 447 ; epilepsy, Dorset, 112 ; evil eye, S. Uist, 439-40 ; fever, Russia, 154, Pomerania, 254 ; king's evil, Lewis and Ross, 448 ; midge bites, Hebrides, 445 ; scalds, Hebrides, 448 ; snake- bite, Cyprus, 122-3, Cos, 321 ; sprain, Plebrides, 449 ; stye, Hebrides, 449-50 ; thorn fester- ing, Devon, 217 ; witchcraft, Dorset, 108 ; amongst Italians, 309 ; Malays,
307-8.: application varied by changing name only, 136-7; baptismal water used, Sutherland &c., 445 ; cross- bill kept captive to attract diseases, Germany, 244 ; disease averted by running &c. on first seeing swallows &c. , 254; doctor's medicine re- garded as, Wiltshire, 347 ; for easy death, Wiltshire, 345 ; for fishing, Torres Straits, 24 ; for fishing, fowling, and mining, Malay, 307 ; for newly wed, Cyprus, 120-5, Cos, 321 ; Madras, 23 ; fruit-trees, to protect, Borneo, 174-5 ; rain, Ceylon, 19, Ahmadnagar, 19 ; rag- tree associated with Krishna, 17 Chemnitz, mole tabooed, 242 Cheruscans, cult of Irmin by, 296-7 ; Woden cult spread by, 86-7 ; formerly governed monarchically, 287 Child-birth customs and beliefs, see
Birth customs and beliefs Children not shown looking-glass,
India, 218 Children's diseases, cures for, see Medical folklore ; due to fairies, Hebrides, 444 Children's games, Cairene, 383-4 Children, unbaptized, see Unbaptized
children Child-stealing Witch, Two Thousand Years of a Charm against, by M. Gaster, 129-62 Choking a sign of being talked about,
Cairo, 381 Cholera, swinging rites for, India, 24 Chomodracaena, see Gylo
