484
Index,
Singing games, 107
Sioux Indians : {see also Dakota tribes ; Mandans ; and Omaha Indians) ; group names, 384, 388- 90 ; magic worked against name- giving objects, 377
Sir Cleges : Sir Libeaus Desconus, by Miss J. L. Weston, reviewed, 447-8
Sir Walter Scott's Alinstrelsy of the Scottish Border, edit, by T. F. Henderson, reviewed, 433-5
Sisseton tribe : group names, 3S8
Sistan : Balochi tribes in, 256-7
Sister's Son in Samoa, The, by A. C. Stanley, 75-6, 199-201
Sitala, goddess of smallpox, 246-7
Sitcanxu tribe : group names, 3S8
Siva, in Indian folktale, 80
Skeat, W. W., The Collection of Folklore, 307-10 ; Malay Spirit- ualism, 115, 134-165
Skulls : abode of one of three souls,, Toradjas, 437 : as vampires, Patani, 152
Sky : name of God derived from, Wodi-wodi tribe, 19
Skylark, sec Lark
Sleep: on back not good, Hebrides,
Sluath, procession of dead, Hebrides,
Smallpox : firstborn sacrificed to god- dess of, Mairs, 63 ; Pattini, goddess of, Kandy, 77; sheep dung as cure, Pulverbatch, 75 ; Sitala, goddess of, Marwaris, 246-7
Snail : grey, favourite of fairies, Westruther, 178 ; as ill omen, Hebrides, 52 ; unlucky to cut with scythe or reaping-hook, Westruther, 178-9
Snake : carpet, in legend of Dieyeri, 405-6, in legend of Wonkanguru, 408 ; charm against, Hebrides, 39 ; in charm after ' trikhal ' birth, Rohtak, 67 ; fabulous, Sahara desert, 286 ; in Hindu folktale, 81, 83 ; household, contains soul of dead, Zulus, 353 : leaping, in val- ley of jewels, Touaregs, 284; omen of bite from, Punjab, 64 ; torpid before firstborn, Punjab, 278 ; wor- ship of, 219
Sneezing : if not caused by snuff &c., sign of fever, Hebrides, 57 ; omens from, Hebrides, 50
Sobriquets, see Names
Society islands : blood-covenant in marriage rites, 208
Sohrab and Riistem : The Epic Theme of a Combat between Father and Son. by M. A. Potter, reviewed, 444-7
Sohri, Balochi saint, 262
Sohri Khushtagh: Balochi shrine at, 262
Solomon, King, see King Solomon
Some Native Legends from Central Australia, by M. E. B. Howitt, 403-17 : Kuyimokuna, a legend of the Dieri, 405-6 ; Nganto-warrina who became the Moon, 406-7 ; Warukatti the Emu, a Tale of the Dieri, 407 ; Origin of the Woma and Kapiri, a Wonkanguru Legend, 408 ; Kadiwonkuru, a Legend of the Yaurorka, 409-11 ; Pirinli and Kapiri, a Legend of the Urabunna Tribe, 412-3 ; Markanyankula, a Legend of the Wonkaguru and Urabunna, 413-4 ; Ngatani-Maru- Maru and Ngatani-Maralye, a Legend of the Dieri tribe, 414-7
Some Notes from North- Western India, by W. Crooke, 188-90
Somersetshire : {^see also Stanton Drew) ; churchyard gate barred to new-married till toll paid, 232 ; witch's ladder, 301
Somra tribe, 259
Songs, see Folk-songs
Sorcery, sec Magic
Soudan : amulet, 337
Souls : (^see also Death and funeral customs and beliefs ; and Rein- carnation beliefs) ; abduction of, Malays, 146, 155 ; butterflies as, E. Asia, &c., 432 ; existence assumed from dreams, 21-2; four- fold, Calabar, 359 ; omen of future state of, St. Briavel's, 172 ; seven- fold, Malays, 1 63-4 : skull holds one of three souls, Toradjas, 437 ; skulls feed on, Patani, 15 1-2 ; soul- boxes, 359;6i, 363, 394; three- fold, Toradjas, 437
Souter, A. E. : account of Perahera procession, Kandy, 77-8
South Africa, see Africa
South Australia, see Antyritya ; Aru- folkandu ; Arunta tribe ; Barcoo river ; Bau-ung-ban-ung ; Bird- ville ; Cattle Lagoon ; Cooper river ; Cooper's Creek ; Diamantina river ; Dieyeri tribe ; Eyre, Lake ; Hope, Lake ; Innaminka; Kad-
