INDEX
407
Wanzleben, harvest custom in, ii. 5
Warts, cure for, ii. 153
Warua, the, not seen eating, i. 160, 161
Wa-teita, the, their reluctance to be photographed, i. 148
Water, kings of, i. 53-56
—— fairy, English superstition regarding the, i. 146
Watjobaluk, the, and the bat, ii. 334
Weather kings, i. 44-46
—— omens, ii. 270, 271
Weevil, the, ii. 129, 130
Weiden, harvest custom in, i. 338
Welsh custom of sin eating, ii. 154, 155
Wends dancing round the oak-tree, i. 72
Wermland, custom among the threshers in, i. 378; ceremony with regard to the last sheaf in, ii. 68
West African rain-makers, i. 20
Westerhüsen, reaping custom in, i. 334
Westphalia, Whitsuntide customs in, i. 98; harvest custom in, i. 336; ii. 8, 9
Wetar, men injured by attacking their shadows in, i. 142; superstition concerning the blood of women in, i. 187; opinion of the inhabitants as to their descent, ii. 53
Wheat-bride, a name given to the binder of the last sheaf, i. 346
—— dog, a name given to the binder of the last sheaf, ii. 4
White dog, sacrifice of the, ii. 166
—— mice spared, ii. 131, 132
Whitsuntide basket, i. 89
—— bride, i. 98
—— customs, i. 76, 77, 80, 87, 88, 90-96, 98, 242, 243-247
—— flower, i. 88
—— king, i. 90
—— queen, i. 93
Wiedingharde, threshing custom in, i. 378
Wild man, i. 243, 244, 248, 250, 270; ii. 41
Wind, buying and selling, i. 27; fighting the, i. 28-30; wind-making, i. 26, 27
Wine the blood of the vine, i. 184, 185; abstention from, ib.
Winenthal, midsummer fire ceremony in the, ii. 259, 260
Witchcraft, protection against, ii. 361, 362
Witches, expulsion of, ii. 181
Wolf, the corn-spirit as a, ii. 3-7
Wolfeck, midsummer bonfire in, ii. 277
Women, superstition concerning the blood of, i. 185-187
—— secluded, ii. 238-242
—— and tree-spirits, i. 70-74
Wotjaks, sacred groves of the, i. 65; driving out Satan by the, ii. 179, 180
Wren, hunting the, ii. 140-144; English tradition concerning the hunting of the, ii. 140, 141
Wurmlingen, Whit Monday custom in, i. 242, 243 ; threshing custom in, ii. 21
Yakut charm for making wind, i. 26; sacrifices, i. 36
Yawning, Hindoo custom when, i. 123
Yarilo, funeral of, i. 273
Yorkshire custom of the clergyman cutting the first corn, ii. 71
Yoruba, precautions against strangers in, i. 151
Yucutan charm for staying the sun, i. 25; New Year’s festival, ii. 272, 273
Yule boar, ii. 29-32, 48
—— straw, ii. 30, 31
Zabern, May Day custom in, i. 77; harvest custom in, ii. 18
Zacynthus, strength thought to be in the hair by the people of, ii. 328
Zafimanelo, the, not seen eating, i. 160
Zaparo Indians of South America, foods eaten and avoided by the, ii. 86
Zapotecs, high pontiff of the, i. 113, 114; ii. 224; harvest custom, i. 352, 353; the tona of the, ii. 332
Zealand, custom at the madder harvest in, i. 378, 379
Zend Avesta, directions by the, concerning the clippings of hair and nails, i. 202
Zeus, a man’s shadow lost on entering the sanctuary of, i. 143; represented by an oak at Dodona, ii. 291
—— and Hera, representation of the marriage of, i. 103
Zoolas, qualities required for the king of the, i. 219
Zulu rain-charm, i. 19; belief in the reflection as the soul, i. 145; kings put to death, i. 218, 219; custom in time of disease, ii. 86; cannibalism, ii. 89; girls secluded at puberty, ii. 226; the Ihlozi of the, ii. 332
Zuni sacrifice of the turtle, ii. 95-99; totem clans, ii. 99
Zürich, fire festival in, ii. 250, 251
