Index.
521
Python, 402-6 ; Cadmus and Ser- pent, 41 1-2 ; expelled by St. Patrick from Guernsey to Jersey, 122 ; in folktales, Basuto, 260-3, Sonialis, 322, 324-5; guards golden fleece, 276, 293 ; myth of snakes in votive tripod, Constantinople, 107 ; prayers against, Todas, 167-8 ; spirits of departed live in, Basutos, 246
Sneezing : blessing after, Ireland, 339; omens from, Jamaica, 94, 210
Snow : whiteness of, in story of Deirdre, 27, 29-30
Soanes, Colchian tribe, 271
Social Origins, reply to review of, 100-2
Society islands, see Tahiti
Sohrab and Rustem, in Persian litera- ture, 220
Soles of feet, see Feet
Solvach : harvest custom, 195
Somaliland : {see also Burao ; and Ishhak tribes) ; folktales, 316-26
Some Folklore from Jerusalem, by Miss A. Goodrich-Freer, 2, 186-92 (^plates)
Some Superstitions of the Fifeshire Fisher-folk, by D. Rorie, 95-8
Sophax, King, see King Sophax
Sorcery, see Magic ; and Witchcraft
Soudan : folktales, 125
Soukama, in folktale from Rotuma, 21S
Soul : i^see also Death and funeral customs and beliefs ; Ghosts ; and Transmigration beliefs) ; escapes as bird, Greeks, 390 ; leaves sleeper's body, Guernsey, 123
Soule, La, valley of : open air plays, 127
South America : {see also Brazil ; British Guiana ; Peru ; and Terra del Fuego) ; as original home of Semites, 479
South Australia : {see also Ashburton Range ; Carpentaria, Gulf of ; Eyre, Lake ; Macdonell Range : Mur- chison Range ; and under names of tribes, such as Arunta tribe) ; Spencer and Gillen's The Northern Tribes of Central Australia re- viewed, 465-74
Sowing customs and beliefs : planting "mamy" seeds, or pumpkin, causes death, Jamaica, 94 Spain : {see also Basques : and
Gades) ; Celts migrated from, 234 ; exorcism by Spanish Jews, 187-8 Sparta : cult of " god of rout," 374 ; kings as priests of Zeus, 372-3 ; lots cast for by Heraclidss, 290 ; Lycurgus and Lysander wor- shipped, 302 ; marble relief from, 415 ; oracle from Delphi, 375 ; plane tree of Helen at, 299 ; Zeus of the fair wind, 266 Speaking, see Talking Spear, magic, Arunta tribe, 159 Specimens of Somali Tales, by J. W. C. Kirk, 316-25, with note by E. S. Hartland, 325-6 Spells, see Charms and spells Spercheus river "Zeus fallen," 268 Spider : Annancy tales, Jamaica, 243 ; web across face sign of spirits, Jamaica, 210 Spilling at wedding feast lucky,
Jamaica, 93 Spitting : in fire unlucky, Jamaica, 211 ; for luck, Fifeshire, 98; pro- tects from witches, Sicily, 128 ; saliva in magic, 362 ; through win- dow at night may provoke duppy, Jamaica, 209 Spring : {see also under 7nonths) ;
ceremony, Monmouthshire, 86 Springs : caused by milk of buffalo, Todas, 169-70 ; cross immersed in at Epiphany, Crete and Greece, 214; fountain of Helios, Ammo- nium, 275 ; intermittent, Dodona, 275 ; lucky to be first to draw water from. May Day, Meath and Tipperary, 457 Staffordshire, see Dove river ; Eccles-
hall ; a7td Tutbury Stag : as foundation sacrifice, 441 ; in story of Arthur and Gorlagon, 50 Stamford : bull running, 131, 199-
202 ; bull pitchers, 131 Stars : {see also Evening Star ; Great Bear constellation ; Milky Way ; North Pole Star ; aiid Seirios) ; on coins, Macedonia, 411 ; represented in Daphnephoria, Boeotia, 410- 1 ; school of star-lore, Maoris, 18 Starting, unlucky to return after, Ireland, 462, Jamaica, 207, 210, 456 _ Stepterion solemnity, Delphi, 402-6 Sthavira, Buddhist apostles, in charm, Tibet, 243