Index.
493
Knight de la Tour Landry, Book of
the, 17-8 Knockainy : in folktale, 31 Knotting: at marriage, Gallas, 321 Knucklebones, see Astragali Konde : word ilyosi, 238 Kongo : Ntotela or king of, 235 ;
word nika, 238 Koreish : ancient practice continued
in Ramadan fast, 417 Koryaks : mourning customs, 406 Krebs, W. : Opening Windows to
Aid the Release of the Soul,
215
Kronos ; Melkart identified with, 127
Kuar month : 1 5 days sacred to wor- ship of dead, Oudh, 401
Kuinmurbura tribe : betrothal cere- mony, I79> 315
Kunibert's well, Cologne, 268
Kurnai tribe : All Father belief, 468 ; marital &c. terms, 174-6, 178, 181, 183, 310-3
Kurnandaburi tribe : marriage cus- toms, 184
Kwakiutl tribe : social organization,
lOI
Kynon, see Calogrenant
Lady of the Fountain, The, 35, 38-9,
44-9, 51 .
Ladybird : brings babies' souls, Ger- many, 269
Laeghaire, King, see King Laeghaire
Lake Eyre, see Dieyeri tribe
Lake Garda : lime-tree near, 50
Lakes : {see also under names') ; babies thrown into, Aztecs, 276 ; kelpie, Ireland, 226
Lamb, see Sheep
Lanarkshire, see Avon
Lancashire, j-f^ Jenny Greenteeth; and Ribble river
Lance, in Grail romances, 287, 289- 90, 294, 296, 298, 303
Lancelot romances, 298
Lang, A. : Breaking the Bough in the Grove of Diana, 89-91 ; ' Death's Deeds,' a Bi-located Story, 362, 376-90 ; The Native Tribes of South- East Australia, 93 ; review by^ — Hoffmann's La Notion de C Eire Supreme chez les Petipies Non- Civilisis, 467-9
Langholm Marches : customs at rid- ing of, 335-6
Lapps : bathing rite, 264 ; fasting, ceremonial, 393 ; wizard's purifica- tion, 393
Lapwing : stolen from Annwn, 145
L'Ar ; or the Transference of Tradi- tional Curses in Morocco, by Dr. E. Westermarck, 250
Laragh : burial of amputated leg,
83
Lata, All Father, Reef islands, 468
Latin folklore, see Romans, ancient
Latium, see Aricia
Laume, deity, Lithuanians &c. , 275
Lavandieres de nuit, 1 1 1
Lead : revenge image, Greece, 67
Lebanon county : Grumbine's Folklore and Superstitious Beliefs of L.C. (Penn.), short notice of, 356-7
Leinster : (see also Kildare county ; Louth ; Meath ; and Wicklow) ; Mesgegra, brain ball of, 228-9
Lemnos : he-goat gives milk, 213
Lent : fast as preparation for com- munion, 393, originally 40 hours only, 409-10 ; Lent Monday sports, Sweden, 337-8 ; marriages arranged shortly before, W. Ireland, 78 ; week before, south wind blows, Greek islands, 331
Leopard : descent of, Bavili, 236 ; in folktales, Lusiba, 240, Sierra Leone, 240 ; mother of all animals, Bavili, 236 ; sacred animal, Bantu, 239 ; Human Leopard Society, 363, 425-6 [plate) ; skin only worn by chiefs, Bantu, 239 ; substituted names for, Bantu, 239 ; teeth imi- tated in necklace, Mendiland, 362
Lepers, in Tristan legends, 234
Leviathan, legend of, 72
Libations, when drinking, Palestine, 67
Library of Folk -Lore Society, see Books
Ligan Lumina of the Fianna, 27
Lightning : hissed &c., Sierra Leone, 87 ; slays child born in thunder- storm, Hesse, 278
Liguria : folktale, 193
Lilith, jinn descend from, Palestine,
71 Limerick county, see ICnockainy Lime-tree : in Arthurian &c. romances,
50 ; babies come from, Nierstein,
268 Limestone revenge image, Palestine,
67