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Index.
reincarnated, like men, Gnanji tribe, 467: separate property of, Basutos, 255 ; the ways of, in story of Arthur and Gorlagon, 40-67
Woodpecker : as eponym, 386 ; myths of, Greeks, 385, 3S9 ; as Zeus, Crete, 387
Wooler Fair, 341
Worcestershire, see Selly Oak
Worgaia tribe : 466, 474 ; Intichiuma ceremonies, 467
Wrach made from last of corn cut, Pembrokeshire, 1 94-6
Wren : carried round at Epiphany, Pembrokeshire, 198 ; gold-crested, name of, Greeks, 389 ; myth of, Greeks, 389 ; names of, Greeks,
389 Wright, A. R. : Tibetan and other
Charms, i, 95 (^ plate) ; Tibetan
Drum and Trumpet, 333-4 (^plate) ;
Tibetan Prayer-wheels, 332-3
{_ plate) Wrong side : dress or jacket so
turned "runs" or stops duppy,
Jamaica, 90, 207
Xanthus : Zeus triad, 291 Xanthus, King, see King Xanthus Xanthus river " Zeus fallen," 268 X sign keeps duppy away, Jamaica,
90-1, 456 Xenyllus, ruler of Delphic festival,
406
Yam: "guinea yam" planted with silver coin and leaves flogged to kill thief, Jamaica, 92 ; roasting injures vine, Jamaica, 454 ; rots as owner's corpse rots, Jamaica, 88
Yam island : totem heroes, 358
Yao tribe : broke up Mang'anja
organisation, 229 ; folktale, 344-6 ;
matriarchate, survival of, 228 Yellow : Jam-yang, Tibetan deity,
332 Yemen: {jee also Sanaa) ; evil eye
formula, Jews, 190, 193 ; necklaces,
charm, Jews, 190-1 (plate) Yggdrasill-tree : oak as, Greeks, 292 Yondoka, mythical creature, Congo,
327-8 Yondoko, mythical creature, Congo,
327 .
Yorkshire : (see also Beverley ; Guis- borough ; Scarborough ; and Shef- field); East Riding, harvest custom, 464 ; kitchen fire going out un- lucky, 478 ; short notices of Nichol- son's The Capital of the Yorkshire Wolds, and White's Old Ingle- borough Pamphlets, 480
Yorubaland, see Ibadan ; and Oyo
Zan or Zeus, see Zeus
Zanes or consecrated men, Greeks, 384-5, 401
Zanes or statues of Zeus, Olympia, 401
Zanzibar : charm, 73
Zas or Zeus, see Zeus
Zemgalians, in folktale, 219
Zeus : name, meaning of, 265 ; oaths of jurors to, Athens, 385 ; as sky god, 265-315,369-426 ; as sun god, 269-75, 277-8, 296 ; tomb of, Crete, 304, 387 ; as underground god, 275-8 ; as weather god, 266-9
Zulus, see Amazulu
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