Index.
497
Unicorns' heads as gable ornaments, Tirol. 322
United States of America : {see also Pennsylvania) ; Starr's American Indians reviewed, 206-7
Uppland, lawman and council, 282 ; Fro the tribal god, 293
Upsala, evergreen tree and spring, 82, 299-300 : human sacrifices in- stituted by P"ro, 294 ; priestly offi- cials, 281-3, 289 ; worship ol Niord, 83 ; worship of Fio, 292, 294
Uvula, swollen, cured by pulling, tying, and knotting tuft of hair, Hebrides, 446-7
Valentine's Day, owl and sparrows caught and carried round, W. Eng- land, 251
Valkyries, 86
Valnomia, see Avezuha
Van Diemen's Land, see Tasmania
Vanes or weathercocks, see Weather- cocks
Vanity, Cairene saying about, 382
Vasudeva or Katora, toy commemo- rating miracle by Krishna, 15
Vates, Gaulish, accounts of, 269-70
Veillee, La : Douze Conies Troditits du Roiimaifi, by J. Brun, reviewed by M. G., 313-4
Venice, bull-baiting, 256 ; head of Marin Falier laid between knees,
.413 \ enkataswami, M. N., Hindu Notes,
218-9 Vermin, rites explained as protection
against, 221 Vestitza, see Avezuha Vibule, inscription on Roman lamp,
323-4 Victoria ; Mathew's Eaglehawk and
Crow reviewed. 101-3 Virgin, Holy, see Holy Virgin Volga Russians, king holy, 286, and
viceroy appointed, 288 Votive tablets to ./f^sculapius, 90
Wagtail : Cairene saying of water wagtail, 380 ; respected locally, 242 ; when first seen, disease averted by running &c., 254
Walcyries, 86
Waldeck : {see also Lelbach) ; lizard respected, 240
Wales : {see also Anglesey ; Carnar- vonshire ; Flintshire ; Glamorgan-
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shire ; Montgomery.shire ; and I'owis ) ; cricket and cuckoo respected, 240 ; horses' heads as gable ornaments, 322 ; squirrel hunted, Christmas, 251 ; wild fowl and poultry tabcoed, 243 ; wren respected, 242, and eaten, 250 ; Rhys and Bryrmor-J ones' ^\ clsh People reviewed, 399-401
Walrus, form of human being, Norway, 236
Walsham, North, see North Wal- sh am
W^ard, Mrs. Flumphry, on Miss INIary H. Kingsley, 350
Warminster, sabbath-breaking story from, 458
Washer of clothes in m.oonlight, Korean river spirit takes form of, 332 ; .spectral lavandieres of shrouds by moonlight, Noimandy, 426
Wasp, first seen killed. 254
Water j {see also Baptismal water ; Bathing ; Lakes ; Pools ; Rain ; Rivers ; a«a' Wells) ; conveys virtue of fairy dog's tooth ior healingj Holm (Lewis), 450-2, of seventh son to cure king's evil, Ross-shire, 448, of rhinoceros horn as antidote, Cairo, 380, and of snake's horn, Cyprus, 121 -3 ; drunk from skull to cure epilepsy, Hebrides, 446 ; drop m ear fatal to horse or donkey, Cairo, 380 ; Nile water when smooth frees from disease if drunk, 380
Water demon, appears to sabbath- breaker, Wiltshire, 347
Water dragon, overcome by Krishna, 13; inhabits lakes, Korea, 33 1 -2
Water horse, W. Scotland, 422
Water-melon, see Melon
Water monster, original of demon cat with which Arthur fought, 415-6
Water nymph, mother of Krishna as, 4
Water of Life, The, by G. A. Grierson, 433-4 ; can be drawn from little finger, E. Hindostan, 433-4; in Greek folktale, 342-3
Water-seller's Son, The, Greek folk- tale, 452-4
Water spirit, near Cairo, 387-8 ; St. Christopher as, 15
Water spirits, drowned persons be- come, Korea, 331
