Index.
499
Games of Argyllshire," by R. C.
Maclagan, 77-97, 192-221, 340-9,
439-60; bull- roarer, 440 Aricia : {see also Nemi, wood of) ;
Manii, 292 Arinyk, bad god, Huculs, 5 1 Arria gens : coins, 322 Arrows : flint arrowheads as charms,
Antrim, 241, 335; in May Songs,
Cornwall, 58-9 Artemis : {see a/j^ Diana) ; cult, Sparta,
290 ; flowers dedicated to, 145 Artemisia or mugwort : as cure and
charm, Anglo-Saxons, 364 ; opens
locks, 143 ; repels serpents, 138 Arthurian legends, see King Arthur. Arthur's Stone (Gower) : magical rites,
339 Arunta tribe : Arunta Totemism and Marriage Law, by A. Lang, 242 ; original organization of discussed, 468-75; The Religious Ideas of the Arunta, by N. W. Thomas, 242, 428-33 ; supernatural beings, 106, 222-3 Asaba : secret society, 437-8 Ascanius, King, see King Ascanius Ashes of midsummer fires : as cure for eyes, Morocco, 29 ; as paint for eyes &c., Morocco &c., 29 Ashmedai and Solomon, legend of,
4I5> 417-9 Ash-tree : in charm against rupture,
Monmouthshire, 65 ; world-tree,
Scandinavia, 153 Asia, see Asia Minor ; Assyria ; Baby- lon ; China ; East Indies ; Japan ;
Khorasan ; Korea ; Malay States ;
Palestine ; Persia ; and Siam, Asia Minor : {see also Ephesus ; Lycia ;
Mysia ; a7id Troy) ; medallion of
Roman province, 314 Asmodeus, see Ashmedai Asp, see Snake Ass, see Donkey Assyria : amulet, 152 {plate) ; cosmic
tree, I53 . Astrantia major : in charm, Val de
Morgins, 466-7 ; legend of, Val de
Morgins, 466 ; master wort, 467 Astronomical folklore : {see also
Comets ; Moon ; Stars ; and Sun) ;
as related to phallicism, 477-8 Astypalaea, see Astypolaia Astypolaia : folklore, collection of,
25 ; folktales, 22-3 Athens : folktales, 22-3
Atira, deity. Pawnees, 117
Atlas mountains : {see also Demnat) ; Berber tribes, 27-8 ; midsummer beliefs and customs, 30, 32, 34, 37
Atnatu, spirit, Kaitish tribe, 106, iii, 222-3, 428
Attica : {see also Athens) : survivals of ancient language not limited to, 20
Auditors, election of, 4
August : {see also St. James's Day) ; Ides the birthday of Diana, Rome, 332; 13th and 15th, festival of " La Vara," Messina, 248-9, 257
Augustus Caesar: as Apollo, 310, Jupiter or Zeus, 31 1-2, or sun-god, 317 ; avoided business on Nones, 332
Auk, Little : halcyon of Greeks, Westman Isles, 489
Australia: {seealso'S>2,'s,% Strait ; Queens- land ; South Australia ; Tasmania ; a«(/Torres Straits); aborigines, origin of, lOl ; Spencer and Gillen's Native Tribes of Cetitral Australia, 15 ; Howitt's Native Tribes of South- East Australia, 15, reviewed, 101-9
Austro - Hungary, see Bohemia ; Bukowina ; Carinthia ; Carpathian mountains ; Dacians ; Fiume ; Galicia ; Hungary ; Istria ; Poku- tia; Tatra mountains ; rt«a? Vienna
Aventine hill, see Rome
Axe : as symbol of Jupiter, Rome, 302
Azemmur : midsummer bonfire smoke good for eyes, 29
Azila : saint's feast at, 32
Babies, see Children
Babylon : progresses of gods, 258
Baetyls, see Stones
Bagama volcano, as abode of dead,
Shortland islands, 1 15 Baiame, Australian deity, 105-6, IIO,
112, 222-3 Bailey, MissD., The Devil in Glencoe,
ani other Stories, i, 61-2 Bakuena : siboko, 357 Bakuni hunters, Mayomba, 399 Bakutu tribe, customs of, 406 Balance Sheet of Folk-Lore Society,
Balbi mountain, as abode of dead, 115 Baletsatsi : sun charm, 356 Ballads, see Folk-songs Ball games, see Games