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Index.
Valonia oak, Greek name for, 298 Vajrapani, invocation to, Tibet, 332 Valle, Le, parish, Guernsey : nick- name, 123 Van : folklore from, 428 Vartevar festival, Armenia, 429-31 Vase, Buddhist emblem, 333 Vediovis, chthonian form of Jupiter,
421 Vestal virgins: perpetual fires tended
by old women, Greeks, 309 Vice-presidents, election of, 3-4 Vinalia festivals, Romans, 443 Vine : bonfire of stems, at Nativity,
Ourfa, 438 ; first-fruits, custom of,
443: wine "the sweat of the
Bromian spring," 424 Vizulu or magic sticks, E. Central
Africa, 70 Volkskiinde ah Wisseiischaft, Die, by
E. Hoffman- Krayer, reviewed,
116-1 Volksku7tde in denjahren i8gy-igo2.
Die, by F. S. Krauss, reviewed,
113-5 Votive offering, A, from Korea, by
E. S. Hartland, 447-50 {plate) Vraic, see Seaweed Vulci : vase from, 41 1 Vulture : as good omen, Greeks, 386 ;
myths of origin of, Greeks, 386,
388
Waagai tribe, see Worgaia tribe Wager Lost, A, by W. H. Jewitt,
103-4 Wagtail : myth of origin of, Greeks,
388 Waipio, in Hawaiian folktale, 217 Wakan or magical power, N. America,
363 Wakes, see Death and funeral customs
and beliefs Wales : (see also Flintshire ; Gla- morgan ; and Pembrokeshire) ;
folktales, 61-2, 64 ; south, relative
nigrescence in, 234 Wallachia : rain-charm, 434-5 Walmala tribe, 466 Walpari tribe, 466
Walwain, nephew of King Arthur, 41 Wangra plant : burnt to kill thief,
Jamaica, 92 ; in provision ground
kills thief, Jamaica, 455 War-goddess, Ireland, 238 War, magical ritual in, Kei islands,
158, 160, Khonds, 145, W. Africa, 158
Wardawarh, festival, Armenia, 430
Warranumga tribe : 466 ; churingas, 467 ; death avenged by husband of sister's daughter, 473 ; Intichiuma ceremonies, 467, 470-2 ; male des- cent among, 467 : mother-right among, 472 ; physical surroundings of, 468 ; relationships among, 472 ; totem ceremonies, 470-1
Warts, charm against, Ireland, 460
Warwar stream, in prayer, Todas, 172, 174
Washing clothes : baby's clothes not to be beaten, Jamaica, 455
Wassa, Fanti state, 228
Water : {see also Rivers and'streams ; Springs ; and Wells) ; in charm against theft, Basutos, 247 ; cross immersed in at Epiphany, Crete and Greece, 214 ; Poseidon as Water-Zeus, 280- 1 ; provided for duppy, Jamaica, 212; sprinkled at New Year, Pembrokeshire, 198 ; thrown at Vartevar festival, Arme- nia, 429-30, as rain charm, Armenia, 429-35 : thrown through window at night may wet duppy, Jamaica, 209, 211, and caution should be given, Jamaica, 452 ; thrown over father of girl, Basutos, 250 ; Zeus as water god, 268-9, 277, 282, 291
Water spirits : Basutos, 246
Wax images : for magic hurt, Devon and London, 102-3 > i^i magic scorching, Malays, 152, or burial, Malays, 157
Weather-lore: {see also Rain; Storms; and Wind); Guernsey, 120; Ja- maica, 451, 456 ; Zeus as weather- god, 266-9
Webb, R., A Witch-Doctor's Kit, from Magila, East Central Africa, 3, 68-74 if^ate)
Wedding customs and beliefs, see Marriage customs and beliefs
Wednesday : after Whit Sunday un- lucky, Ireland, 347
Weeks, J. H., Notes from the Upper Congo, III., 326-31
Welland river ; bull running should end in, Stamford, 199-200
Wells : Guernsey, iiS ; lucky to be first to draw water from. May Day, Meath and Tipperary, 457 ; Posei- don as god of, 281
