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519
Sardes : Zeus associated with poplar, 419 ; Zeus on coins of, 297-8, 308
Sark : folklore from, 120 ; men nick- named crows, 123
Satyrs : on coins, Thasos, 284
Savage island, see Niue
Sawfish : fishing ceremonies, Torres Straits, 357-8"
Sayings, see Proverbs
Scales, weighing : office going with, Burmah, 335
Scamander river, " Zeus-nurtured," 268
Scandinavia : {see also Eddaic myths ; a7id Norway) ; folklore, method of handing down, 18
Scapegoat, human: Delphi, 408
Scarborough : witchcraft, 463-4
Scarifying by witch doctor, E. Central Africa, 71, 73
Sceptre : with eagle on, 372, 390-1 ; of Zeus an oaken staff, 371
Schoeneus changed into wagtail, 388
Schoeneus, father of Atalanta, 380
Scissors : in charm necklace, Yemen Jews, 191 {plate') ; omen from sticking upright on fall, Jamaica, 206, 210, 451 ; unlucky gift, Jamaica, 93, 212-3, 451
Scotland : [see also Aberdeenshire ; Fifeshire ; Forfarshire ; Hebrides ; Kincardineshire : Orkney islands ; Ross-shire ; and Shetland islands) , Domhnall the Amazon, 34 ; folk- tales, 480 ; Gaelic a descendant of Pictish, 234 ; in story of Deirdre, 29, 32, 38 ; sun-worship, 478
Scotussa : cult of oak-Zeus, 415 ; Polydamas the healer, 401 ; Zeus as oak-dweller, 296
Scylla, the myth of, 282-3
Sea beliefs and customs : bad weather from turning oil-skins inside out, Fifeshire, 96 ; carcase on beach spat on, Fifeshire, 98 ; cross im- mersed at Epiphany, Crete and Greece, 214 ; finder must bury corpse on beach, Guernsey, 123 ; Hermes as sea-god, 290 ; Poseidon or Zeus of the sea, 277 ; unlucky words, Fifeshire, 96 ; wind, ways of obtaining, Fifeshire, 96 ; Zeus a sea god, 269, 291
Seaweed harvest regulations, Guern- sey, 121
Sea-eagle, see Eagle
Secretary, election of, 4
Secret societies of primitive peoples, 109-10
Seine-et-Oise, see St. Cloud
Seirios : origin of star's name, 12
Seleka tribe : antelope the forbidden animal of, 203
Selene and Hecate, 290
Selling : first sale in morning not to be on credit, Jamaica, 456
Selly Oak : origin of name, 445
Semele in Herois solemnity, Delphi, 402, 406
Senegambia : folktales, 125
Sephardim, exorcism by, 187-8
Serpent, see Snake
Serpent son of Ares, Thebes, 411
Servia : folk-songs, 220
Seven : astronomical symbolism of, 118; heaps of buffalo dung at dairy, Todas, 174 ; in social organisation, ancient Mexico, 118 ; whistlers, Leicestershire, 478
Sewing : dirty clothes dims eyes, Jamaica, 94 ; for lover decreases love, Jamaica, 93
Shadows as foundation sacrifices, 442
Shaikhs, The, of Morocco, in the XVIth Century, by T. H. Weir, reviewed, 367-8
Shaking hands, omen from, Jamaica, 213
Shannon river : crossing by army of Queen Meave, 237
Shape- shifting : {see also Werwolf) ; by duppy of dead, Jamaica, 90 ; by Greek deities, 296 ; by OUanih, Ireland, 16 ; by witches, Guernsey, 123, Monmouthshire, 80 ; for nine years, Arcadia, 408 ; in folktales, 62, 219, 262-3 5 of kings and heroes into birds, Greeks, 386-92 ; power of priest to cause, Tipperary, 460
Shearme, D., The Shwe-hmu, or Burmese Tax-gatherer, 334-5
Shears : as protective after childbirth, Egin, 445
Sheep : ashes of Candlemas fire given as remedy, Moush, 437, and spread over for fertility, Moush, 437 ; black, in war magic, Peru, 151 ; carcase spat on, Fifeshire, 98 ; dung as antidote to witch poisons, E. Central Africa, 71-2 ; lamb as foundation sacrifice, Mezreh, 442 ; lamb sacrificed, Easter &c., Armenia, 439 ; lamb as symbol of sun, Greeks, 270-1, 305 ; in
