Index.
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Wales : {see also Annwn ; Bran the Blessed ; Britain ; Dyved ; Malj- inogion ; Pryderi ; Pwyll ; andundet names of counties) ; border place names, 352 ; folktales, 360, 448 ; sites of Hades, 140; traditional literature, 129 ; triads as related to Irish triads, 224-5; Seebohm's The Tribal System in Wa;/£j- reviewed, 351,354; Uffern or hell, 151-2
Walking-stick : fall unlucky, Palestine Jews, 72
Wamera : preceded bow, 219
Warriors : superior to Brahmins, jatakas, 22
Washing clothes: " lavandieres de nuit," France, 1 1 1
Water : {see also Baptism ; Lakes ; Lustration ; Rain ; Rivers and streams ; Springs ; and Wells) ; fertilizes mothers, India &c., 271-2
Water deities : crocodile, India, 270 ; Mexican goddess, 261-2; Russian,
273
Water-lily ; dangerous to hold, Hol- land, 279 ; valued, Friesland, 279
Water spirits : in Catalonia, 274 ; connected with children, 272-5, 280 ; Jenny Greenteeth, Lancashire, 266 ; kelpie, Ireland, 226 ; Mary Hosies, Lanarkshire, 266 ; nixie or nicker, Germany, 273-4, 277 ; Peg O'Nell, Lancashire, 266 ; Peg Powler, Durham county, 266 ; ponaturi. New Zealand, 274 ; in shape of red calf, Greek islands, 331 ; Spillaholla, Silesia, 274 ; steal children, N. Germany, 275, 280 ; Sweden, 266 ; wasser- mann or weib, Hungary, 274 ; wila, Servia, 256
Waterspout : charm to break, Greek islands, 331
Water-wheel : sacrifice to jinn of, Palestine, 56
Wax revenge image. New Forest, 67
Weather lore, see Rain ; Storms ; and Winds
Wednesday: unlucky, Penn., 357
Wells : Children and Wells, by Dr. D. M'Kenzie, 251, 253-82; foun- tains of the jinn, Algiers, 246, of youth, 280 ; the P^ountain Perilous, in story of Iwain, 35-8, 41-3; St Serf's, Perthshire, 34; St Servan's, Stirlingshire, 34 ; St Shear's, Dum- barton, 34 ; spirit in shape of red
calf, Greek islands, 331 ; well- dressing customs, 279 ; worshipped, Britain, 265-6, Gaul, iii
Wer-beasts : Malays, 248
Werner, Miss A. : review by, — Den- nett's At the Back of the Black Man's Mind (Sr^dT. , 234-40, 442-5
Weser river : babies come from, 268
West Indies, see Antilles ; Barbadoes ; Caribbees ; and Jamaica
Westermarck, Dr. E. : exhibits by, 250 ; L'Ar ; or the Transference ot Traditional Curses in Morocco, 250; The Principles of Fasting, 391-422
Westmorland : trade song, 359
Weston, Miss J. L. : The Grail and the Rites of Adonis, 4, 7, 283-305 ; reviews by, — Sandbach's The Heroic Saga-cycle of Dietrich of Bern, 118- 9; Bedier's Thomas' ^^ Roman de Tristan," 23 1 -4
Wheel : hanging up cart-w. excludes ghost, 369
Whipping, see Beating
Whistling : dangerous, Palestine and Scotland, 70, Sierra Leone, 87
Whitby : lucky bone, 250
White : clay and fat used by initiation society &c., Mendiland, 424
White animals, see Cock ; Deer ; and Dove
Whitsuntide : Whitsun king, Austria, 277
Wicklow county, see Glendalough ; Glenmacnass ; Laragh ; Rathdrum ; and Roundwood
Widows : rights and duties towards, Australia &c., 109
Wild Huntsman, The, by W. H. Jewitt, 342
Willow-tree : first tree to perish at heart, Shropshire, 359 ; whipping with rod from stops growth, Here- fordshire, 359
Wilson river : tribal organisation, 184
Wiltshire, see Mere
Windows : opened to release soul, 216
Winds : in Bavili philosophy, 237 ; always south in week before Lent, Greek islands, 331
"Wishing" wells originally fertilizing wells, 272
Witchcraft, see Charms and spells ; Corp creagh ; Magic ; Witches ; and Wizards
