iv. 117;

sacred, in Western Asia, v. 39 _n._ 1; feasted by their masters, ix. 308, 350 _sq._; feasted by their mistresses, ix. 346. _See also_ Slave

—— of the Earth Gods among the Ewe negroes, viii. 61, 62 _n._ 1

Slavonia, “Carrying out Death” in, iv. 240; Good Friday custom in, ix. 268; the Yule log in, x. 262 _sq._; need-fire in, x. 282

—— (South), peasants of, threaten fruit-trees to make them bear fruit, ii. 21; crown their cattle on St. George’s Day as a protection against witchcraft, ii. 126 _sq._; the measures they take to bring down witches from the clouds, x. 345. _See also_ Slavonians _and_ Slavs

Slavonian bride led thrice round the fire of her new home, ii. 230

—— custom of throwing a knife or a hat at a whirlwind, i. 329

Slavonians, South, housebreaker’s charm to cause sleep among the, i. 148; thief’s charm among the, i. 153; their custom as to cast teeth, i. 178; their belief as to trees growing on graves, ii. 32 _sq._; their belief as to the fertilization of barren women by fruit-trees, ii. 56 _sq._, 344; wash their cows in dew on Midsummer morning, ii. 127; their custom of impregnating a woman by sparks of fire, ii. 231; their belief as to stepping over a person, iii. 424; transfer their laziness to a cornel-tree, ix. 54 _sq._ _See also_ Slavonia _and_ Slavs

Slavonic countries, the corn-spirit as a dog or wolf in, vii. 271

—— custom of “Carrying out Death,” ix. 230

—— peoples, harvest customs concerning the last sheaf among the, vii. 144 _sqq._; “Easter Smacks” among the, ix. 268; need-fire among the, x. 280 _sqq._, 344

Slavonic stories of the external soul, xi. 108 _sqq._

—— year, the beginning of the, ix. 228

Slavs, tree-worship among the heathen, ii. 9; love charms and divination on St. George’s Day among the, ii. 345 _sq._; the thunder-god Perun of the, ii. 365; custom of regicide among the, iv. 52; festival of the New Year among the old, iv. 221; the old, began their year with March, iv. 221 _sq._; “Sawing the Old Woman” among the, iv. 242; the Corn-mother among the, vii. 132, 135; black god and white god among the, ix. 92; the oak a sacred tree among the, xi. 89; oak-wood used to kindle sacred fires among the, xi. 91

—— of the Balkan Peninsula, their mode of kindling fire by friction, ii. 237; will not blow on fire of hearth with their mouths, ii. 241; locks and keys as amulets among the, iii. 308

—— of Carinthia, Green George on St. George’s Day among the, ii. 75, 343

——, South, their magic of footprints, i. 211; St. George’s Day the chief festival of spring among the, ii. 339 _sq._; divine by the shoulder-blades of sheep, iii. 229 _n._ 4; names of relations tabooed among the, iii. 337; practice of childless women among the, in order to obtain children, v. 96; children of living parents at marriage among the, vi. 246; Midsummer fires among the, x. 178; the Yule log among the, x. 247, 258 _sqq._; divination from flowers at Midsummer among the, xi. 50; their belief in the activity of witches at Midsummer, xi. 74 _sq._; need-fire sometimes kindled by the friction of oak-wood among the, xi. 91

——, the Western, religious capital of, i. 383

Slayers of leopards, rules of diet observed by, viii. 230 _sq._

Slaying of the Dragon, annual drama at Furth in Bavaria, ii. 163 _sq._; of the king in legend, iv. 120 _sqq._; of the Dragon by Apollo at Delphi, vi. 240 _sq._

Sleeman, General Sir William, on the use of scapegoats in India, ix. 190 _sq._

Sleep, homoeopathic magic of the dead used to produce, i. 147 _sqq._; charms employed by burglars to cause, i. 148 _sq._; absence of soul in, iii. 36 _sqq._; forbidden in house after a death, iii. 37 _sq._; sick people not allowed to, iii. 95; on the ground forbidden, iii. 110; in bed forbidden, iii. 194; forbidden to unsuccessful eagle-hunter, iii. 199; magic, at initiation, xi. 256 _sq._

Sleep of the god in winter, according to the Phrygians, vi. 41

“—— of war,” among the Blackfoot Indians, i. 147

Sleeper not to be wakened suddenly, iii. 39 _sqq._; not to be moved nor his appearance altered, iii. 41 _sq._

Sleeping by day forbidden to women during the absence of warriors, i. 127 _sq._; on the ground, custom observed by certain priests, ii. 248

Sligo, County, the Druids’ Hill in, x. 229

Sloe, twigs of the, burnt on May Day as a protection against witches, ix. 158 _sq._

Slope of Big Stones in Harris, x. 227

—— of Virbius on the Esquiline hill at Rome, i. 4 _n._ 5, ii. 321

Sloth, the animal, imitated by masker, ix. 381

Sloughing the skin supposed to be a mode of renewing youth, ix. 302 _sqq._

Slovenes, their custom of Green George on St. George’s Day, ii. 79, 343

—— of Overkrain burn a straw puppet on Shrove Tuesday, ii. 93

Slovenians, their belief in the activity of witches on Midsummer Eve, xi. 75

Slow-footed animals not eaten by some savage tribes lest they make the eaters slow also, viii. 139 _sq._; eaten by preference by the Bushmen, viii. 140 _sq._

Small Bird clan of the Dinkas, iv. 31

Smallpox not mentioned by its proper name, iii. 400, 410, 411, 416; Chinese cure for, by means of beans and a winnowing-sieve, vii. 9 _sq._; clay figures offered as substitutes for living persons to the spirit of,