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on Welsh literature, 240 ; evolu- tion of, 512-4; Nitze's The Fisher King in the Grail Rom- ances, 107-17 ; name-book, 409
King Brian Boru, 186, ig8, 477
King Cairthinn, 187
King Charles I, 176
King Charles II, niana of, 151
King Conchobar mac Nessa, 231-3,
399 King Conor, 198 King Cormac mac Airt, 398, 400 King Criomthann, 185 King crow : reverenced, Panjab,
217 King Cyrus, myths about, 230, 234 King Dermuid of Tara, 436 King Edward the Martyr, 176 King Edward II, 176 Kingfisher : in chaffing custom,
Banks' islands, 50 King Guaire, 182 King H3kon, Athelstan's foster- ^ son, 72-3 King Kenelm, 176 King Khdgenba, Manipur, 80, 303 King Leonidas : in omen, 159 King Magnus Nilsson, 73-4 King Minos, 132-5, 138-9, 144-6 King Rameses II, 149 Kingship : acquiring in folk-tales,
139-40 ; in Crete, theories of,
133 Kings of Tara, Milesian, 397-8 Kings of Thomond : inauguration,
.185 King Solomon : in mantra, India,
506 King Torlough, 338-g King Xerxes : omen from words of,
159 Kinsale : meaning, 182 Kinship, see Relationship Kinvarra : meaning, 182 Kirars : dread owl, 216 Kirkcudbrightshire : love divina- tions, 91-2 Kirton-in Lindsey : touching corpse,
161 Kirto Pind6ri : folk-medicine, 317 Kite : changes sex, Panjab, 216. Kitten, see Cat
Kivik : symbolic figures, 69 (plate) Knife : in charms, India, 84-5 ;
omens from, England, 226 ;
Scotland, 89 Knockananima : meaning, 185
Knockaunamoughilly : meaning,
186 Knocking : on door, omen from,
Sicily, 174 Knocknabohilleen : meaning, 185 Knocknafearbreaga : meaning, 185 Knossos : bull-headed monster, 132-
46 ; double axe, 62 (plate), 135 ;
games, 145 ; labyrinth, 62 ; re- ligion, 133-46 Knots : in charms, India, 326-8 ;
Congo, 457 ; East Africa, 124 Knottingley : child's first visit, 225 ;
coal brought in first. New Year's
Eve, 227 Koita tribe : account of, 532 Kolhdn, see Hos Koran : in charms, India, 85 ;
charm to learn, India, 321 Krishna the deity, 82 Kukis : birth gennas, 309 ; dialect,
296 Kurman vine : in magic, Torres
Straits, 3 Kwaiawata : bones of dead, 535
Labranda : local Zeus, 62
Lachhmi : in mantra, India, 505
Laconia, see Sparta
Lacrosse : ceremonial origin, 127
Lade : sacrificial festival, 72
Ladle : in horn dance. Abbot's Bromley, 26
Ladwa : folk-medicine, 316
Lady of the Fountain, The, 242-3
Lahore : folk-medicine, 315-6, 320, 322, 329, 333
Lakes : (see also under names) ; folklore of, Wales, 117
Lakra : folk-medicine, 320
Lallu Lalian : folk-medicine, 328
Lamb, see Sheep
Lameness : god who cures, Garos, 261
Lamia, 531
Lanark : " whuppity scoorie," 92
Lanarkshire, see Lanark
Lancashire, see Coniston ; Man- chester
Lang, A. : Method and Minotaur, 131-46; reviews by, — Furness's The Island of Stone Money, 535-6 ; Schmidt's L'Origine de I'ldde de Dieu, 516-23
Lapps : rainbow Thor's bow, 78 ; worshipped Thor, 77-8
Lavandieres de nuit, 180
