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Index,
Rajbansi, fisherman caste, idol wor- ship of, 277-278
Rajput council, analogies to, 108
Rama, breaks Siva's bow, 132
Rmnayana cited, 132
Rameswar, Bramachari, idol-rites instituted by, 277
Raphael the Angel, and Tobias, 242
Rationalization of folklore, instances,
233
Red, powerful against Eval Eye, 79 ; against demons, 125
Religion, chief sources of, according to A. Lang, 293 ; a definition, 65 ; one required, 159 ; one by Petrie, 340 ; identical with ritual at certain stages, 316 ; earlier social character, 317 ; inimical to preservation of folklore, 203
Religion of the Ancient Egyptians, by Alfred Wiedemann, reviewed by Professor A. H. Sayce, 163
Religion and Conscience in Ancient Egypt, by W. M. Flinders Petrie, reviewed, by Professor Sayce, 337
Religions of Primitive Peoples, by Dr. D. G. Brinton, re\aewed, 159
Remi, or Remigius, of Lincoln, and the Devil, 273-274
Renan's version of the Tobit tale as given by Mme. Darmesteter, 244
Reste, die, der Germanen am Schwari- zen Meere, Eine Ethnologische Untersuchung, von Dr. Richard Loewe, reviewed, 74
Revelation, book of, cited on secret names, 260
Reviews (for details, see Table of Con- tents), 53, 158, 251, 337
Reynard the Fox, parallel incidents. 78
Rhine-gold, the, in tale of Sir Degravant, 372
Rhys, Prof., cited in connection with Gawaitt tale, 270
Rice and pulse offered to idols, 277
Richmond Park, the shrew ash in,
330 Riddles ; Danish, Kristensen's col- lection, 197 ; true character of, 258 ; homes and occasions of, 249 ; wide range of, 260 ; in folktales,
234 Ridgeway's, Prof., commentary on
Homeric poems, cited, loi Right hand, taboo of. Australia, 327 Rings, use of, in marriage customs,
India, 138, 140, 152
Risley, H. , 167 ; his work on ethno- logy of Bengal referred to, 168
Riom, wheel ceremony at, 293, 294
Ritual, origin and objects defined, 64 : Greek, 178
River of Dread, and its Bridge, 218, 271 ; horse, the, in Skye, modern views of, 378
Roman folklore ; death and funeral customs, 123 ; tombs, terra-cottas, etc., of, 178 ; Grateful Dead tale, version of, 243 ; interregnum at Rome, 116; Roman wedding dress, 127
Ropes of sand ; asses ; and the Danaides, by G. M. Godden, 368
Roumania, alleged modern human sacrifice in, 362
Round Table, the, features of the tale, 266
Rouse, W. H. D., cited on the axes shot through in contest for Pene- lope, 132
Rowhope wedding, the, 132
Royal Oak Day, milking festival connected with, in Lines., 365
Rudradeva, idol, ceremonies con- nected with, 277, 278 ; stolen, 278, rain god, 279
Rudraganj, idols carried about at, 277
Rudrakantha Sinh, 277
Rukut Tundun, female Australian divinity, 309
Runic Cross of Brora, 278
Russia {see also Muscovy), alleged modern human sacrifice in, 362 ; crime and superstition in, study of, 255 ; southern, female stone statues in, 184 ; riddles in, at carnivals, etc. , 259 ; version of Grateful Dead tale, 229
Saballah, or best man in Indian weddings, 140
Sachau, Prof., stories, etc., collected by, 165
Sacred colour, in India, 185
Sacred fire {see Fire), by R. C. Maclagan (?■//.), 280 ; Flowers, in India, 185 ; objects of Australian natives, 314 ; picture of Kiko Monastery, 18S ; Stones, see Stones ; trees, Circassian, etc., 75 ; Japanese, 368, of the Lebanon, 9, 15 ; wells and fountains, Lebanon, 16
Sacrifice ; Australian, non-existent,
