Index,
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Phrasius the seer, 393 Phrixus, myth of, 271, 392-3 Phrygia : Apollo as oak-god, 417 ; Heracles apotheosised under oak, 422 ; King Gordius, story of, 391 ; Lityerses, myth of, 379 : Zeus the oak-god, 296, and thunderer, 266, 273 ; Zeus triad, 291 Phur-bu or exorcist's dagger, Tibet,
.95
Pick-axe, in charm necklace, Yemen Jews, 191 {plate)
Picts a Goidelic people, 234
Pig : cuts throat if swims. Fifeshire, 97 ; devil seen after killing ten &c. pigs, Fifeshire, 97 ; hole in feet through which devils entered Gadarene swine, Fifeshire, 97 ; omens from, Jamaica, 89, 94, 455 ; sees wind, Fifeshire, 97 ; unlucky to fishers, Fifeshire, 96-7
Pigeon : in charm necklace, Yemen Jews, 191 ; heart dried and pierced with pins, Cambridge, 103 ; let fly, Vartevar festival, Armenia, 430
Pilhofu, father in folktale, Rotuma, 218-9
Pillar or column, see Column
Pin : bending of averts ill-luck of gift of knife &c. , Jamaica, 452 ; black, in cotta pillow, causes sleep, Ja- maica, 208 ; omen from, Ireland, 462 ; picking up prevents mar- riage, Jamaica, 451 ; unlucky gift, Jamaica, 93, 212-3, 451
Pindar: a Delphic hero, 407 ; throne of, Delphi, 405
Pinea, wife of king Liloa, 217
Pion the mountain god, 267
Pipes, tobacco, see Tobacco pipes
Pirvan : Candlemas bonfires, rites about, 437 ; Candlemas, name of, 437 ; rain festival, annual, 429
Pisa (Elis) : king Oenomaus, story of, 373, 381-2, 398
" Piscon-led," Pembrokeshire, 196
Pishogue, see Wise women
Pistol, in charm necklace, Yemen Jews, 191 {plate)
Pitcher broken as sign of wife's visit home, Basutos, 255
Pithioteu, god, Todas, 178-9
Pittheus, King, see King Pittheus
Pixie-led. Pembrokeshire, 196
Plaintain bark pillow with pins in it causes sleep, Jamaica, 208
Plane-tree : on coins of Gortyn, 298 ;
of Helen at Sparta, 299 ; in myth of Zeus and Europa, 298 ; residence of Zeus, 296
Planets : represented in Daphne- phoria, Boeotia, 410
Planting customs and beliefs : swear- ing when planting herbs, Guernsey, 123
Plants in folklore, see Assafoetida ; Banana; Broomweed; Corn; Dum- cane ; Fern ; Grass ; Maize ; "Mamy"; Millet; Mistletoe; Pain-cocoa ; Pea plant ; Plantain ; Prickly-pear plant; Pumpkin vine ; Rosemary bush; "Rosemary" weed ; Sugar cane ; Taro ; Vine ; Wangra ; and Yam
Platsea: myth of Phorbas, 377 ; tripod from spoils at, Delphi, 416
Ploughing customs and beliefs : magical ploughing, 163 ; Guernsey, 121
Pluto, see Hades
Pockethandkerchief, unlucky gift, Ja- maica, 93, 212-3, 452
Pocket-knife, see Knife
Poisons, witch, E. Central Africa, 69-70, 74
Pole-star, see North Pole Star
Polyandry, amongst Kafirs, 226
Polydamas of Scotussa, 401
Polydeuces, myth of, 378
Polynesia, .fee Cook's islands; Friendly islands ; Melanesia ; New Cale- donia ; Niuafoou ; Niue ; Samoa islands ; Sandwich islands ; atid Society islands
Polyphemus, the story of, 272
Polytechnus and Aedon, legend of, 300-1, 385, 387
Pond-coot : omen from, Jamaica, 451
Pondos : memory among, 226
Pontus : {see also Amasia) ; Heracles planted oaks, 422
Pool of Abraham (Ourfa) : blessed stones cast into as rain charm, 431 ; sacred fish in, 431
Poplar : Apollo as poplar god, 419. 20 ; a chthonian tree, 421 ; on coins, Sardes, 308 ; grows near Acheron, 421 ; Heliades, myth of,
421 ; Heracles associated with,
422 ; in place of Dryope, CEta, 418 ; as residence or tree of Zeus, 296-8 ; white, brought by Heracles from Acheron, 422; white, favourite wreath of Heracles, 422-3 ; white, grows in Elysian fields, 297, 421-2;
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