vii. 238;

personated by a man, ix. 238

—— of Salvation, v. 258

Star-spangled cap of Attis, v. 284

Starling, external soul of ogress in a, xi. 100

Stars, time when the stars are vanishing, i. 83 _n._ 2; the souls of Egyptian gods in, iv. 5; shooting, superstitions as to, iv. 58 _sqq._; shooting, associated with the souls of the dead, iv. 64 _sqq._; their supposed influence on human destiny, iv. 65 _sq._, 67 _sq._; effect of agriculture in stimulating a knowledge of the, vii. 307; their supposed influence on the weather, vii. 318

Starvation as a mode of executing royal criminals, iii. 242, 243

Statius, on the festival of Diana at Nemi, i. 12 _n._ 2; on the grove of Egeria, i. 18 _n._ 4

Statue beheaded instead of man, iv. 158

Stebbing, E. B., on _Loranthus vestitus_ in India, xi. 317 _n._ 2

Steele, Sir Richard, on titular kings in the Temple, ix. 333

Steiermark, Marburg in, the corn-spirit as wolf and bear at, viii. 327

Steinau, in Kurhessen, the Fox in the corn at, vii. 296

Steinen, Professor K. von den, on the discovery of fire by friction, ii. 257 _n._ 1; on the bull-roarer, xi. 233 _n._ 2

Steinn in Hringariki, barrow of Halfdan at, vi. 100

_Stelis_, a kind of mistletoe, xi. 317, 318

_Stella Maris_, an epithet of the Virgin Mary, vi. 119

Stengel, P., on sacrificial ritual of Eleusis, v. 292 _n._ 3

Stepmother, marriage with a, as a title to the throne, ii. 283, iv. 193

Stepping over persons or things forbidden, iii. 159 _sq._, 194, 423 _sqq._; over dead panther, iii. 219; or jumping over a woman, viii. 70 _n._ 1 _See also_ Jumping

Sterile beasts passed through Midsummer fires, x. 203, 338

Sterilizing influence ascribed to barren women, i. 142

Sternberg, Leo, on the bear-festivals of the Gilyaks, viii. 196, 199 _n._ 1, 201 _sq._; on attitude of the Gilyaks towards animals, viii. 206; on the belief in demons among the Gilyaks, ix. 101 _sq._

Sternberg, in Mecklenburg, need-fire at, x. 274

Stettin, the Old Man at harvest in the villages near, vii. 220 _sq._

Stevens, Captain John, on a temporary substitute for a Shah of Persia, iv. 158 _sq._

Stevens, H. Vaughan, on fire-making among the Djakuns, ii. 236

Stevenson, Mrs. Matilda Coxe, on the Zuni custom of killing tortoises from a sacred lake, viii. 179

Stewart, Balfour, on the conservation of energy, viii. 262 _n._ 1

Stewart, C. S., on Polynesian _atua_, i. 387 _n._ 1

Stewart, Jonet, a wise woman, xi. 184

Stewart, W. Grant, on witchcraft in the Highlands, x. 342 _n._ 4

Stheni, near Delphi, old chestnut trees at, xi. 317

Sticks, fertilizing virtue attributed to certain, ix. 264 _sq._ _See also_ Digging-sticks

——, charred, of bonfires, protect fields against hail, x. 144

——, charred, of Candlemas bonfires, superstitious uses of, x. 131

——, charred, of Easter fire, superstitious uses of, x. 121; preserve wheat from blight and mildew, x. 143

——, charred, of Midsummer bonfires, planted in the fields, x. 165, 166, 173, 174; a charm against lightning and foul weather, x. 174, 187, 188, 190; kept to make the cattle thrive, x. 180; thrown into wells to improve the water, x. 184; a protection against thunder, x. 184, 192

——, sacred, representing ancestors, ii. 214, 216, 222 _sqq._ _See also_ Churinga

—— and stones, evils transferred to, ix. 8 _sqq._; piled on the scene of crimes, ix. 13 _sqq._ _See also_ Throwing

—— whittled, in religious rites, viii. 185, 186 _n._, 192, 196, 278, ix. 261, x. 138 _n._ 1

Stiens of Cambodia propitiate the souls of the animals which they kill,