INDEX.
Aarhus : folktale, 200-1 Abartach, son of Allchad, 30 Aberdeenshire, see Braemar ; and
Crathie Abipones : mourning custom, 400 Abraham : in Jewish legend, 72 Abruzzi Mountains : {see also Cocullo) ;
folktale, 193 ; monasteries founded
by St. Domenico, 216 Abyssinia, see Bogos Accounts of Folk-Lore Society, 10- 1 Achilles myth, 280 Achren, battle of, 143 Acton (Sufifcjlk) : treasure in Wimbell
Pond, 274 Adam, jinns descend from, Palestine,
Adamnan, vision of, 163-4
Adar, month of: ruled by 7 evil spirits, 416
Adonis : Frazer's Adonis, Aitis, Osiris reviewed, 220-4 > cult a ' Life ' cult, 295-6 ; The Grail and the Rites of Adonis, by Miss J. L. Weston, 4, 7, 283-305
Adsar, month of: fast in honour of moon, Harranians, 414, 416
yEgean islands, see Greek islands
Aeneze : Ramadan fast, 417
^.sop's fables, parallels to, 17
Africa : (see also Abyssinia ; Algeria ; Angola ; Bantu ; Basutoland ; Bemba ; Benin ; Bombe tribes ; British East Africa : Bushmen ; Carthage ; Dahomey ; Egypt ; Gallas ; Gold Coast ; Guinea, South ; Haussa ; Hottentots; Kongo; Loango; Lusiba; Morocco; Nigeria; Nyassaland; Old Calabar; Rhodesia; Sierra I>eone Protectorate : Soudan ; Swahili ; Tanganyika ; Uganda ; ajid Yoruba) ; All Father belief, 468 ; amulet, 249 ; Dennett's At the Back of the Black Man's Mind; or, Notes on the Kingly Office in West Africa, reviewed, 234-40 ; string game, 113 ; west, — Some West African Customs, by Abiose, 86-8
Agariya : no fire in house on day of cremation, 405
Agnation or father-right : amongst Herero, 245, and Nyassa tribes, 245 ; sister-marriage under, 223
Agnus castus ; leaves cure headache, Greek islands, 329
Agra : Taj Mahal, 427
Agricultural folklore : [see also Corn ; Corn spirits, vegetation souls, and the like ; Harvest customs and beliefs ; Ploughing customs and beliefs ; and Sowing customs and beliefs) ; Agricultural Superstitionsin Bellary, by W. Francis, 331-5 : circuiting fields with torches, Hallowe'en, Braemar, 85
" Agriopetalida " : ashes as emmen- agogue, Greek islands, 329
Ahrensburg : disturbed grave vault,
377-9> 384-5 Ahts : taboos at puberty, 408 Ailbe, dog of Culand, 230-1 Alaska, see Eskimo ; and Thlinkets Albania : no cooking for 3 days after
death, 405 Alcheringa traditions, Australia, 468 Alder-tree : log of in tale of Dun
Mouse, 230 Alexandria : colony from in S. Gaul,
126; Zenodore of, 126 Algeria : {see also Algiers ; Burmal-ar- Rabba ; and Constantine) ; mourn- ing customs, 406 Algiers : fountains of jinn, 246 ; negro
religious societies, 246 Allchad of the Many-coloured Rai- ment, 30-1 All Father, see Deity, conceptions of Allhallow F^ven, see Hallowe'en All Hallows Eve and other Festivals in Conn,iught, by H. J. Byrne,
437-9 All Saints' Eve, sec Hallowe'en Almhain : in folktale, 31 Almsgiving associated with fasting,
420-2 Alsace, see Elsass Altiigyptische Sagen und Mdrchen, by
A. Wiedemann, reviewed, 116-8 Alum : as amulet, Palestine, 70 Alur Taluq, see Nerakini
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