Index.
485
Balance Sheet of Folk-Lore Society,
II Balder, myth of, 366-7 Baldness, as omen, Jamaica, 454 Ballads, traditional, see Folk-songs Bamangwato tribe : change forbidden
animal, 203 Banana : leaf bound round medicine
bottle, E. Central Africa, 72 Bangles, see Bracelets and bangles Bangoaketse, branch of Bakuena
tribe, 203 Banmauk, see Ganans Banner, Buddhist emblem, 333 Banoukou kin of Baperi, 204 Bantu : (^see also Ba-Ronga ; Basutos: Ba-Thonga ; and Bechuana ; and imder names of tribes, such as Bakuena); Bantu Totemism, 203-5; as compared with negroes, 227 : Kidd's The Essential Kafir re- viewed, 224-6 ; tribal institutions, 228 Baperi tribe, 204
Barce, daughter of Antteus, 379-80 Barimo, ancestral spirits of Bechuana,
225 ^
Ba-Ronga tribe : corvee, 229 ; festi- vals, 229 ; priests, 229-30 ; water poured on graves as rain -charm,
434 Barrenness, see Birth customs and
beliefs Basques : open-air plays, 127 Basses- Pyrenees, see Mauleon Basutos : Folklore of the Basutos, by Mrs. M. Cartwright, 242, 244-63 ; king, position of, 228 ; witch doc- tor's necklace, 242 Bat : omen from, Jamaica, 2IO Bath-house : human sacrifice under foundation of, 442; St. John has legendary connection with, 442 Ba-Thonga tribe : son, not brother,
succeeds, 229 Batoum : folklore from, 428 Bay-tree : Delphic bay from Tempe,
423 Bear : name of warriors at battle of
Cattraeth, 205 Beard : charm to obtain, Ireland,
238 ; prevented by drinking from
pot young, Jamaica, 213, or eating
from pot, Jamaica, 452 Beasts in folklore, see Animals in
folklore Bebryces : myth of Amycus, 378
Bechuana : worship of Morimo, 225
Bed : hat on as omen of ill-luck, Jamaica, 206, 452 ; head turned when person dies on, Jamaica, 88 ; as symbol of sun, Greece, 270
Bedaween folklore, 348
Bee : crape on hive for death, Mon- mouthshire, 221 ; drone a parish nickname, Guernsey, 123 ; in folk- tale, Todas, 173, Upper Congo, 328 : sacrificed for new beehive, Bulgaria, 441 ; told of death, Mon- mouthshire, 221
Beetle : {see also Blackbeetle) ; jinn appears as, Morocco, 368
Bell : carried by witch doctor, E. Central Africa, 72 ; used in magic, Digo tribe, 72
Bengal : animism in, 223 ; Dharma worship, 223 ; worship of Sarasvati, 223
Bethlehem, see Rachel's Tomb
Beverley : bull-baiting, 201
Bianga-bianganga, mythical monster, Upper Congo, 330-1
Bible and key used to find thief, Jamaica, 93
Bibliography of folklore : annual, 9 ; Finns, Lapps, and Magj'ars, 479
Binbinga tribe : 466 ; death avenged by mother's brother's son, 473 ; Intichiuma ceremonies, 467 ; mother-right, 472-3 ; relationships among, 472
Bingongina tribe, 466
Birch-tree : in magic, 362
Birds in folklore : {see also Black- bird ; Buzzard ; Cassowary : Ceyx ; Chough ; Cock ; Cockatoo : Cor- morant ; Crow ; Dove ; Duck ; Eagle ; Fowls ; Goldfinch ; Goose ; Guinea-fowl ; Gull ; Halcyon ; Hawk; Hen; Heron; Lark; Linnet; Owl ; Parrot ; Partridge ; Phcenix ; Pigeon ; Pond-coot ; Quail ; Raven ; Robin; Shrike; Stork; Swallow; Swan ; Thrush ; Titmouse; Turkey- cock ; Vulture ; Wagtail ; Wood- pecker ; and Wren) ; on coin in- dicate oracular power, Halicar- nassus, 296 ; feathers for chief poets' mantles, Ireland, 15; in folktale, 219 ; heroes and kings transformed into, Greeks, 387 ; offering to in cornfield, Easter Sun- day, Monmouthshire, 221 ; omen from, Jamaica, 210; souls left
