ing all space, Zuni, 430, or of four regions, China, 431
East Anglia: transmigration &c. beliefs, 63-4
Eastbourne: Fifth November festival on Nov. 9, 91
Easter Eve: customs, Malta, 79
Easter island: Maori Hawaiki, 238
Easter Sunday: bathing babies, Malta, 84; customs, Malta. 79-80, 84
Eating: (see also Cannibalism); by sexes separately, New Caledonia &c., 254
Ebed-tob, see King Ebed-tob
Eclipse; of moon, from hunger, W. Australia, 340, from sickness, W. Australia, 341; omens from, W. Australia, 340- 1; pregnant woman must not touch herself during, India and Mexico, 203; of sun, W. Australia, 358, 360; work of demon, India, Mexico, 203
Edda, The: II. The Heroic Mythology of the North, by Miss W. Faraday, reviewed, 111
Eddaic myths and Zoroastrianism, 104-5
Eel: not eaten, Highlands, 303; eating it drives mad, Hebrides, l00; from horse hairs, Scotland, 100; Old Nick in it, Highlands, 303
Eggs: balsam to heal wounds, Malta, 84; divination from, Azores, 143; Easter Eggs, Malta, 80; shells are witches' boats, Scotland, 97; not taken to sea. Highlands, 305
Egypt: origin of Scottish Coronation Stone, 28; ancient—hell, 200–1: Tel-el-Amarna letters, 53
Eigg island: celts, name for, 299
Eight: trigrams, China, 293
Elema tribe (Papuan gulf): boar tusk as charm, 183
Elephant: chooses king, India, 40-1, 57, Malay Penin., 47-8, and king's bride, Mirzapur, 38; in folktale, Central Africa, 444–5
Eleusis: votive relief, 265, garments, 267, 278, and offerings at, 269
Elixir of life: China, 296
Elk: as crest, N. American Indians, 21
Elm: as maypole, Woodstock, 174
Elworthy, F. T., A Solution of the Gorgon Myth, 2–3, 212–42 (plates)
Elysium, see Hades
Emain Macha, palace at, 32
Emu: constellation, folktale of, W. Australia, 362; feathers, W. Australia, 323 (plate), 365
Ena, dreaded ghost. New Caledonia, 258
Encyclopœdia Biblica, edit, by T. K. Cheyne and J. S. Black, reviewed, 315–6
England: (see also under names of counties); folk-drama, 9; village sobriquets, 423
Enstone: mysterious noises, 71-2
Epidaurus: votive offerings at, 264, 266
Epilepsy: amulet against, Devon, 294; charm against, Ross-shire, 370–1; cures for, Ross-shire, 370
Episcopal Life-Index, An, by Miss M. Peacock, 188
Epping: goslings blessed, 177
Erythroe: votive amphoras, 266
Eskdale: in ballad. 150
Eskimos: feast to dead, 18–9; märchen, 152. 157-8; no trace of totemism, 434
Essex: (see also Epping; and Saffron Walden): goslings blessed, 177
Eterscéle, King, see King Eterscéle
Etruscans: Medusa heads as tomb ornaments &c., 219–20, 222, 226
European folklore, see under various countries
Eurymedon, battle of, votive group for, Delphi, 268
Evening star: eats opossums, W. Australia, 352
Evil eye: amulets against, Italy, 217, Malta, 83–4; charms against, Malta, 83–4, Scotland, 96–7, 379–80, Syria, 6; effécts of, Ross-shire, 379–80; Evil Eye in the Western Highlands, The, by R. C. Maclagan, reviewed, 95–7; in Greece, 286
Evil spirits, see Demons and evil spirits
Exhibits, 1, 2, 6, 1145, 210, 292-8, 321–3
Exogamy: Australia, 7, 418; New Caledonia, 259; in relation to totemism, 421-5
Exogamy and the Australian System, A. Lang, 7
Exorcism: Car Nicobar, 19; W. Australia, 340, 342–3
Extracts from Signor V. Busulil's "Holiday Customs in Malta," 77–8