GENERAL INDEX.
Abercromby, J. : reviews by, of Maclagan's The Evil Eye in the Western Highlands, Campbell's Witchcraft and Second Sight in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, and Goodrich- Freer's Outer Isles, 95-IOO
Abney : funeral customs, i8o
Abrus precatorius : seed as amulet, Basuto and Ba-Thonga, 121-2
Acacia : bringing into house kills owner, Malta, 84
Accidents in travel, charm against, China, 294
Accounts of Folk-Lore Society, 10- 11
Achewa tribe: fetish, 2 (plate), 6, 61-3
Acorn : amulet against rheumatism, Ross-shire, 379
Acroterion ornament, origin of, 228- 30 {illits.), 233
Addy, S. O., Death and the Herb Thyme, 179-80
Adonis cult, 316
Aegina : votive offerings at, 269
Aegis, gold, dedicated in Athens, 282
Afghanistan : {see also Cabul) ; divi- nation, 382-3 ; tribal colours, 383
Africa, see Amazulu : Angoniland ; Bantu ; Ba-Ronga ; Basutos ; Ba-Thonga ; Bushmen ; Cyrene ; Delagoa Bay ; Egypt ; Karague ; Madagascar ; Morocco ; Nyanja tribe ; Nyassaland ; Ogowe tribes ; Quiteve ; Rhodesia ; Sierra Leone ; Sofala ; Tanganyika : Transvaal ; Victoria Nyanza ; and Zambezi
Agricultural folklore : {see also Corn spirits, vegetable souls, and the like ; Harvest customs and beliefs ; and Planting customs and beliefs) ; agriculture assigned to South region of space, Zuiii, 430 ; magical stones increase crops. New Caledonia &c., 256 ; sorcerers arrange weather, New Caledonia, 256 ; thrashing ground to make fruitful, New Cale- donia &c., 257
Anitchkoffs Vernal Ceretnonial Songs in the West and among the Slavonians reviewed, 448
Ahikar, story of, 316
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Air, assigned to North region of space, Zuui, 430
Akbar, stories of, 112
Alcibiades : statue of, Argos, 274 ; votive picture by, Athens, 268
Alegria (Azores) : in folktale, 1 32-3
Alexander the Great : in Punjab folk- tale, 112; in relation to Arthurian legends, 441
Alexandra Land, see Port Darwin
Algarve : its folklore reflected in Azores, 126
Algonkin Indians: marchen, 157-8; sagas all songs, 152
All Souls' Eve, see Hallow Eve
Alphabet : ogham, iio ; old alphabet dedicated, Athens, 287 ; written characters, origin of, China, 293
Alvorada or Greeting of the Dawn, Azores, 140- 1
Ama-Thonga, see Ba-Thonga
Amazulu : marchen, 156-8
" Amecht " drama, Luxemburg, 318
America, see North America ; and South America
Amphoras, votive, Erythrae, 266
Amulets and talismans, 6, 13, 65 {plate), 83-4, 96, 1 14-5, 121-2, 182-3, 217, 293-8 {plate), 298-9 {plate), 303, 321-2, 346-8, 365-6,
379 Ananda, King, see King Ananda Anatolia : {see also Lindos ; and
Miletus) ; folktale, 308-9 Anazarbus : coins with oil basin, 289 Ancestors : dog as. Car Nicobar, 19 ;
worship of, Angoniland, 61-3, 309-
II, Basutos and Ba-Thonga, 123,
417, New Caledonia, 258 Andromeda type of folktale, 447 Angantyr sagas, iii Angoniland, see Achewa tribe ;
Angoni tribe ; Anguru tribe ; Chi-
peta tribe ; Mkhoma ; and Yao
tribe Angoni tribe : ancestor worship, 62,
309-10; dead, offerings to, 310;
future life,*beliefs about, 62, 310 Anguru tribe : ancestor worship, 310;
dead, offerings to, 310 Animals in folklore: {see also Anteater;
