Index.
547
Ukraine : marriage custom, 284
Ulidians, vengeance of, 172
Ulster : {see also Antrim ; Boyne river ; Cavan ; Donegal ; I^ondonderry county ; Lough Foyle ; and St Maree) ; Celt-chair the champion, 70 ; corn baby, 7 ; Nuada the warrior, 33
Ulthaana, Arunta deity, 134
Umbaia tribe : conception beliefs, 18-9 ; totemism, 18-9
Umbria, see Gubbio
Umbrina fish: "ear-bones" as amulets, Romans, 466
Umtali, see Manyika
Underworld deities, see Chthonian deities
Umgeni, see Amafunze tribe ; and Inadi tribe
Umooti, see Amafunze tribe ; and Inadi tribe
Underberg, see Inadi tribe
United States of Columbia : chicha, 481
United States of North America, see Arizona ; Cherokee Indians ; Chip- pewa Indians ; Iroquois ; New York ; and Pawnee Indians
Unshinagh, meaning of, 62
Unshog, meaning of, 62
Upper Palatinate, see Oberpfalz
Upper Umkomanzi, see Amafunze tribe
Upsala : midwinter sacrifice, 417
Urabunna tribe : 293 ; marriage cus- toms, 177-8, 183-4, 186, 294-5, 489 ; mother right, 489 ; reincarna- tion beliefs, 21 ; totemism, 21, 489
Urquhart : St Maree slain, 333
Ursprung der Religion nnd Kunst, Der, von K. Th. Preuss, reviewed, 126-8
Usnagh hill, see Uisnech
Valhalla, 387, 400-3, 409-10 Valkyries, the, wind or storm ghosts,
409 VapnfirSinga saga, 389 Vaucluse Dept., see Entraigues Vediovis pater : cult of Julian gens,
59
Veniusa, daughter of Adam, 154 Vessel cup : name not used near
Scarborough, 349 Vice-Presidents, election of, 4 Victoria : {see also Gippsland ; Mur- ray river ; and under names of
tribes) ; relationships, I lo ; tribal All-Father, 175 Viga-Glum's saga, 389, 392-4, 398,
407, 415
Vine : annual marriage of Dionysus, Athens, 378-9
Virbius, Latin divinity, 335, 337, 340-1, 441-2, 445
Virgin Mary, The : confused with Grainne, Finn's wife, in folktale, 448-9 ; in " wassail box," York- shire, 350
Vlasim : local customs, 251-2
Volsungasaga : oak and apple-tree as equivalents, 57
Vosges district : marriage custom, 283
Votive offerings : Nemi, 445-6 ; Spain, 257, 462-3, 471-2 {plates)
Vukashin, ruler of Skodra, 113
Wakelbura tribe : relationships, 109
Wales : {see also Dinodig ; Dyved ; Gower ; Mabinogion ; and under names of counties) ; acron or fruit, 57 ; blindfolding custom, Shrove Tuesday, 275 ; cock valued, 285 ; Manawyddan mab Llyr, 142-3 ; Nudd corresponds to Irish Nuada, 35-7 ; robin as fire-bringer, 447 ; victim over precipice for murrain, 276 ; wedding gifts, 282 ; wren customs for newly married, 280
Walgan, see Gwalchmei
Walnut-tree: at Glastonbury, 311
Walrus : shape-shifting into, Iceland, 422
Walweitha, see Galloway
Wambeck : cat thrown out of gates, Kirmess, 270
War : amulets, Japan, 2-3, Tibet, 3 ; dances, 477
Waramunga tribe : ceremonial hel- mets, 489; organisation, 186
Wasp : first seen killed for luck, 277-8
"Wassail box," Yorkshire, 349-51 {plate)
Water : {see also Lakes ; Rain ; Rivers and streams ; Springs ; and Wells) ; scooped against stream for cure of elf-shooting, N.W. Ireland, 206
Waterdale saga, 389, 362-3, 395, 402, 413-5, 419, 423-6
Waterford county, see Dungarvan ; and Gleann Dealgain
Water gods : Jupiter, 30-1 ; Lot, 52 ; Nodons, 39, 45, 50; Nuada, 30-1,
