Index.
431
Vermilion, a symbol of blood sacri- fice, 262
Veronica beccabunga, in medicinal folklore, 389
Village Community, by G. L. Gomme, cited, 308
\'imanes\var, image of, covered, 346
Virgilius, binds the fiend, 347
Visvariipa, 329
Vishnu, 328, in relation to serpent worship, 284, a chthonic deity, 351, created from a fish, 352, the dwarf, covered, 346
Voyages, see Book of Wonder Voyages
Voyage of Maelduin, 266, of Thorkill and Eric, 266
Wade, Giant, and his wife, 279
Wales, folklore of, 362, dying out, 363 Arthur tales, 38, 303, ball-games, 75^ 173- 174' I75> corpse-candles, 205, Kulhwch, 299-307, sacred fish and well, at Nant Peris, 281, witch in hare-shape, 375
Walewein, compared with Orendel, etc., 295, 297, 299, 300, 301, 304. 306
Walhouse, (M. J.), Folklore Parallels and Coincidences, 196; Snake- Stones, 284
Wanderings in a Wild Country, by Wilfred Powell, quoted, 334
Wiirend och Wirdarne,' by Hylten Cavallius, referred to, 279, 280
Warts, cures for, 15, 386, 387, 389, 390
Wasp-stings, cures for, 389
Waste land, left for local deities, India and Scotland, 284
Wasting in children, cure for 185
Watching the burial ground, {Fairc a Ckladk) 209
Water, {see Sea, and Wells), asso- ciated with fertility, 264, in con- nection with Aphrodite, 264, cloggy or sticky, in folktales, 291, a frequent theme, 294, fairy dwellings under, 200, in Indian god-induction ritual, 32S, 329, in Alarriage customs, 84, 176, as offering to idols, 353, running, an obstacle to witches, 3, as cure for mumps, 16, as sex-transformer, 112, cure for warts, 390
Water Horse, the, 383,
Water in Marriage customs, by L.
Goldnierstein, 84, by Louise Ken- nedy, 176
Weak stomach, cure for, 388
Weather, Irish beliefs concerning, 14, in relation to fairies, 33, 34, power of witches over, 2, 8
Weber, Prof., cited on Matsya Pwdna, 327
Wedding-ring as cure for sty, 387, as cure for erysipelas, 390
Wednesdays, witchcraft powerless on, 8
Weird Sisters and their eye, modern Greek version, 275
Wells ; the Jandy well, 390, the well of Nant Peris and its sacred fish, 2S1, in relation to marriage, 84
IVe/sh Folklo7-e ; a Collection of the Folk Tales and Legends of North Wales, by Rev. Elias Owen, re- viewed, 362, cited, 348
Welsh and Irish romantic fiction, rela- tion between, 38, 39
Wens or warts, cures for, Irish, 15, American, 187
Werewolves, 9
West Africa, {see Africa) axe-money in, 263
West Highland Tales, by J. F. Campbell, quoted, 305
West Irish Folktales and Romances by W. Larminie, cited in relation to Sir Amadas, 296
Weston, Rev. Walter, cited on god- binding in Japan, 342
Wexford, medicinal folklore of, 389
Whale, the Gray Coat of Orendel found inside, 292
Wheatley, Oxfordshire, morris- dances of, 317
Whistling in fishing boats, unlucky, 14
"White Jock," Oxfordshire morris- dancers' song, 318
White-bearded Scolog, the tale of in connection with Orendel, 298, 300, his daughter, 302, his habits, 303
Whit-Hunt, the, in Oxfordshire, localities, customs and analogies, 316
Whitsuntide festival observances in Oxfordshire, 307, 309, 3 10-31 2, 316
Whittle and dub, (pipe and tabour) 309! 314. how played 319, 320
Whooping-cough cures, 179, 180
Wild fire, see Erysipelas,