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Index.
Dead, land of the, see Hades
Death and funeral customs and be- liefs : (see also Ghosts ; Omens ; Purgatory ; Reincarnation be- liefs) ; ancestor worship in, Garos, 261 ; Assam, 311 ; burial at cross-roads, Congo, 454 ; burial by interment, Carolines, 536 ; burial caskets, Ashanti, 1-2 ; burial of cur6 outside parish dis- astrous, Auvergne, 178 ; charms not worked after funeral, India, 86; corpse bird, Wales, 119; corpse must be touched, Lin- colnshire, 161 ; corpse protected by watcher, Greeks, 148 ; corpse not seen by wife, Bedu, 275 ; crosses in turf, S. England, 387- 8 ; cross left by tree, Wexford, 515 ; death-horse for soul, Wales, 119; death, origin of, Togo, 258 ; funeral customs, Greece, 531, New Guinea, 533 ; funeral feasts, Trobriands, 533-4 ; funeral flowers unlucky, Bucks, 223 ; funeral hood, Salop, 6 ; guides given to dead, Garos, 262 ; homi- cide, purifying from, Congo, 461-2 ; mourning, Trobriands, 533-4 ; ritual duties affected by marriage, Assam, 304 ; Saniasis buried, not burnt, India, 327 ; tears not dropped on corpse, Scotland, 90 ; unmarried buried in wedding clothes, Palestine, 273-4; in Wales, 118; widower, ceremony for, Congo, 463-4
Death coach, see Headless ghosts
December, see Christmas Day ; Christmas Eve ; Christmas Night ; Christmastide ; New Year's Eve
Dechtire, 231
Decollati, see Executions
Deer : bucks draw Indra's and Thor's chariots, 61, 73, reincar- nated by Thor, 71, and associ- ated with Yule, 74 ; in folk-tale, Africa, 500-1 ; in legend of St Patrick, 442-3 ; sacrificed, Crete,
135
Deirdre, 232
Deity, conceptions of : Schmidt's L'Ortgine de I' Idee de Dieu re- viewed, 516-23 ; Uap, 536
Delphi : advice to Spartans, 159 ; Apollo and Gauls, 66
Demeter, 531
Demons and evil spirits : (see also Devil ; Jinns) ; charms and rites against, India, 86, 310, 322, 505 ; controlled by nganga, Congo, 458-9 ; exorcist, Congo, 453-4
Denmark : (see also Faroe islands ; Iceland) ; folk-songs, 379, 410 ; sowing customs, 75 ; symbolic figures, 68-9 (plate)
Dera Ghazi Khan : folk-medicine, 314-6, 326-7, 333
Derbyshire, see Bradwell ; Castle- ton ; Cavedale ; Cawlowe ; Duf- field ; Hope ; Kedleston ; Peak district
Derry : St Columcille, 408
Devenish Abbey : St Molaise, 404
Devil : Lincolnshire, 152-3 ; Wales, 118
Devon : ashen faggot, 6
Dharek-tree : in folk-medicine, India, 326, 330
Diancecht, deity, 438
Diarmaid and Grainne, 396-7
Dicte, cave of, 135, 144
Dieri tribe : group marriage, 520
Dietrich saga, 230
Dighal : folk-medicine, 325
Dingo : in folk-tale, Africa, 359
Dintata : in fetish charm, Congo,
459
Dionysos : sacredness of image, Ilium, 151
Dionysus Zagreus, 136-7
Diseases : (see also under names of diseases) ; caused by animals, Zulus, 160, bongas, India, 125, fetish, Congo, 460-1, witchcraft, Congo, 451 ; cures, see Medical folklore ; witch-doctor cures, Congo, 452-3
Divdli feast, India, 86
Divination : by birds, Congo, 458, Ireland, 437, Manipur, 80 ; by blowing through hands, Ireland, 444 ; by dreams, Congo, 452 ; by plants, Ireland, 444, Scotland, 91-2 ; by trance, Ireland, 444 ; by traps, Congo, 459-60 ; by water. Banks' islands, 47 ; friths, Hebrides, 443-4 ; in ancient Ire- land, 437 ; nganga for, Congo, 464 ; of marriage, Scotland, 89 ; of sex of unborn. Banks' islands, 46-7
Diwan : folk-medicine, 314
