nymphs, 153; precautions against, 160
Water-pitcher (see also Water-bearer), 594
Water-spout, caused by Lamia of the Sea, 52; superstitions concerning, 172
Weasel, unlucky to meet, 307; why unlucky to see, 327
Weather, chief province of God, 51
Wedding, 'The Sacred,' 599 f.; in Hades, The, (ballad), 548
Wedding-customs (see Marriage-customs)
Wedding-dress, as funeral-garb of betrothed girls or young wives, 557
Weddings, precautions at, 13; precautions against magic at, 20; sacrifice and divination at, 326
Wedding-scenes on funeral-monuments, 597 f., 601 f.
Were-wolves, 239; and vampires, 377 f.; become vampires after death, 385
Whirlwinds, caused by nymphs, 52, 150; safeguard against, 150
Winds, personified, 52
Wine, passed from left to right, 312; spilling of, as omen, 328
Winter festivals, 221 ff.
Witch, as rain-maker in Santorini, 49
Witchcraft, male and female exponents of, 15, 16
Witches, 15
Woodpecker, 309
Wooing, how conducted, 558
Wren, 309
Zalmoxis, 350 f.
Zeus, 72-74; Lycaean, 352; Meilichios, 275; Prostropaeus, 481; survival of name, 74
