ii. 252;

on the artificial fertilization of the fig, ii. 315 _n._ 1

Ward, Professor James, as to Hegel’s views on magic and religion, i. 423

Warlock, the invulnerable, stories of, xi. 97 _sqq._

Warm food tabooed, iii. 189

Warner, Mr., on Caffre ideas about lightning, vi. 177 _n._ 1

Warramunga, the, of Central Australia, their magical ceremonies for the multiplication of their totems, i. 89; their custom at subincision, i. 93; custom observed by Warramunga women while the men are fighting each other with torches, i. 94; knocking out of teeth among the, i. 99; their homoeopathic charm to catch euros, i. 162; their custom as to extracted teeth, i. 181; their treatment of the navel-string, i. 183; believe certain trees to be inhabited by disembodied human spirits, ii. 34; their propitiation of a mythical water-snake, ii. 156; will not call the mythical snake Wollunqua by its proper name, iii. 384; their belief in the reincarnation of the dead, v. 100; their tradition of purification by fire, v. 180 _n._ 2; their cure for headache, ix. 2

Warrior Island, Torres Straits. _See_ Tud

Warriors tabooed, iii. 157 _sqq._, x. 5; worship their weapons, ix. 90

Warts supposed to be affected by the moon, vi. 149; transferred to other people, ix. 48 _sq._; transferred to the moon, ix. 54; transferred to an ash-tree, ix. 57

Warua, their seclusion at meals, iii. 117; unwilling to tell their names, iii. 329

Warundi, the, of East Africa, custom as to girls at puberty among the, iii. 225 _n._

Warwickshire, Arden in, ii. 7 _sq._; the Queen of May in, ii. 88; the Yule log in, x. 257

Washamba, the, of German East Africa, dance and deposit stones at dangerous places, ix. 29; their custom at circumcision, xi. 183

Washing forbidden for magical reasons during a rhinoceros-hunt, i. 115, during husband’s absence, i. 122, during heavy rain, i. 253; practised as a rain-charm, i. 253; practised as a ceremonial purification by the Jews after reading the scripture, viii. 27, by the Jewish high priest after the sin-offering, viii. 27, by the Greeks after expiatory sacrifices, viii. 27, 85, by the Parjas after killing a totemic animal, viii. 27 _sq._, by the Matabele at eating the new fruits, viii. 71, by the Esquimaux before a change of diet, viii. 84, 85, by the Basutos after the slaughter of foes, viii. 149. _See also_ Bathing

—— and bathing forbidden to rain-doctor when he wishes to prevent rain from falling, i. 271, 272

—— the feet of strangers, iii. 108

—— the head, customs as to, in Siam, Burma, ancient Persia, ancient Rome, and Peru, iii. 253

Washington group of the Marquesas Islands, seclusion of man-slayers in the, iii. 178. _See also_ Marquesas

—— State, rain-charm in, i. 309; the Twana Indians of, iii. 58; the Klallam Indians of, iii. 354; the Twana, Chemakum, and Klallam tribes of, iii. 365; seclusion of girls at puberty among the Indians of, x. 43

Wasmes, processions with torches on the first and second Sundays in Lent at, x. 108

Wasp, external soul of enchanter in a, xi. 143

Wasps in homoeopathic magic, i. 152; young men stung with, as an ordeal before marriage among the Roocooyen Indians, ix. 263, x. 63

Wassailing on Eve of Twelfth Day in Herefordshire for the sake of the crops, ix. 319

Wassgow mountains, the need-fire as a remedy for cattle-plague in the, x. 271

Wata, a caste of hunters in East Africa, children of the Borans sent away to be reared by the, iv. 181

Wataturu, the, of East Africa, their chiefs sorcerers, i. 342 _sq._; their rule as to partaking of flesh and milk, viii. 84

Watchandie woman, in Australia, her fear of naming the dead, iii. 350

Watchdogs, charm to silence, i. 149

Water not to be touched by people at home in absence of hunters, i. 120; splashed by wife in absence of her husband, i. 120 _sq._; sprinkled as rain-charm, i. 248 _sqq._; poured on graves as a rain-charm, i. 268, 286; puppet representing the tree-spirit thrown into, ii. 75, 76; serpent or dragon of, ii. 155 _sqq._; conspicuous part played by, in the Midsummer festival, ii. 273, v. 246 _sqq._, x. 172, 205 _sq._, 216, xi. 26 _sqq._; poured as a rain-charm, iii. 154 _sq._; not allowed to touch the lips, iii. 160; to be called by another name in brewing, iii. 395; effigies of Death thrown into the, iv. 234 _sqq._, 246 _sq._; thrown on the last corn cut as a rain-charm, v. 237 _sq._; marvellous properties attributed to, at Midsummer (the festival of St. John), v. 246 _sqq._, x. 172, 205 _sq._, 216, xi. 29 _sqq._; used to wash away sins, ix. 39; not to cross, in ritual, ix. 58; from sacred wells, x. 12; menstruous women not to go near, x. 77; consecrated at Easter, x. 122 _sqq._, 125; turned to wine at Easter, x. 124; improved by charred sticks of Midsummer fires, x. 184; at Midsummer, people drenched with, x. 193 _sq._; heated in need-fire and sprinkled on cattle, x. 289; claims human victims at Midsummer, xi. 26 _sqq._; haunted and dangerous at Midsummer, xi. 31

—— and Fire, kings of, in the backwoods of Cambodia, ii. 3 _sqq._

——, holy, sprinkling with, iii. 285 _sq._; a protection against witches, ix. 158, 164 _sq._

—— of Life, Ishtar sprinkled with the, in the lower world, v. 9; prince restored to life by the, in a folk-tale, xi. 114 _sq._

——, prophetic, drunk on St. John’s Eve, v. 247

——, rites of, at Midsummer festival in Morocco, x. 216; at New Year in Morocco, x. 218

—— of springs and wells thought to acquire medicinal qualities on Midsummer Eve, x. 172, 205 _sq._

Water-bird, a Whitsuntide mummer, iv. 207 _n._ 1

“—— -carriers,” maidens called, at Athens, viii. 5

—— -cross, a stone cross in Uist, used in rain-ceremonies, i. 308

—— -dragon, drama of the slaying of the, at Delphi and Thebes, iv. 78

—— -fowl, migratory, as representatives of the Old Woman of maize, vii. 204 _sq._

—— -lilies, charms to make water-lilies grow, i. 95, 97, 98

—— nymphs, fertilizing virtue of, ii. 162

—— -ousel, heart of, eaten to make the eater wise and eloquent, viii. 144

—— -spirits, propitiation of, ii. 76; women married to, ii. 150 _sqq._; sacrifices to, ii. 155 _sqq._; as beneficent beings, ii. 159; bestow offspring on women, ii. 159 _sqq._; danger of, iii. 94; offerings to, at Midsummer, xi. 28

—— totem among the Arunta, rain made by men of the, i. 259 _sq._

Waterbrash, a Huzul cure for, vi. 149 _sq._

Waterfalls, spirits of, ii. 156, 157

Watford, in Hertfordshire, May garlands at, ii. 61

Watubela Islands, treatment of the afterbirth in the, i. 187

Watuta, the, an African tribe of freebooters, iii. 109

Wave accompanying earthquake, v. 202 _sq._

Waves, water from nine, in cure, xi. 186 _sq._

Wawamba, the, of Central Africa, their way of making rain by means of a stone, i. 305

Wawanga, tribe of Mount Elgon, in British East Africa, their kings not allowed to die a natural death, iv. 287 (in Second Impression)

Wax melted to cause love, i. 77

Wax figures in magic, i. 66, 67, iii. 74, ix. 47

Waxen models of the human body or of parts of it as votive offerings, i. 77 _sq._

Wayanas of French Guiana, ordeals among the, x. 63 _sq._

Waziguas of East Africa do not call the lion by his proper name, iii. 400

Wealds of Kent, Surrey, and Sussex, ii. 7

Wealth acquired by magicians, i. 347, 348, 351, 352

Weaning of children, belief as to the, in Angus, vi. 148

Weapon and wound, contagious magic of, i. 201 _sqq._

Weapons, prayers to, i. 132; sharp, tabooed, iii. 237 _sqq._; of man-slayers, purification of, iii. 172, 182, 219; turned against spiritual foes, ix. 233

Weariness transferred to stones or sticks, ix. 8 _sqq._; attributed to an evil spirit in the body, ix. 12; magical plants placed in shoes a charm against, xi. 54, 60. _See also_ Fatigue

Weasels, superstition of farmers as to, viii. 275

Weather, the magical control of the, i. 244 _sqq._; of the twelve months determined by the weather of the Twelve Days, ix. 322 _sqq._

Weather doctors in Melanesia, i. 321

Weaver, the wicked, of Rotenburg, xi. 289 _sq._

Weavers, the Kaikolans, a caste of, v. 62

Weaving forbidden during absence of warriors, i. 131; homoeopathic charm to ensure skill in, i. 154 _sq._

Weber, A., on origin of the Twelve Days, ix. 325 _n._ 3

Wedau, in New Guinea, the chief of, a sorcerer, i. 338

Wedding rings amulets against witchcraft, iii. 314, 314 _sq._

Weeks, Rev. J. H., on inconsistency of savage thought, v. 5 _n._; on the names for the supreme god among many tribes of Africa, vi. 186 _n._ 5; on the fear of the spirits of the dead among the Boloki, ix. 76 _sq._; on the fear of witchcraft among the natives of the Congo, ix. 77 _n._ 2; on rites of initiation on the Lower Congo, xi. 255 _n._ 1

Weeping of the women of Jerusalem for Tammuz, vi. 11; for the gods, Xenophanes on the custom of, vi. 42; of savages for the animals and plants they kill, vi. 43; of sowers, vi. 45; of Karok Indians at hewing sacred wood, vi. 47 _sq._; of oxen an omen of good crops, viii. 9; at slaughter of worshipful bear, viii. 189; at thanksgiving for the crops, ix. 293; of girls at puberty, x. 24, 29. _See also_ Tears

Weevils, spared by Esthonian peasants, viii. 274

Weiden, in Bavaria, cutter of last sheaf tied up in it at, vii. 139

Weidenhausen, in Westphalia, the Yule log at, x. 248

_Weidulut_, heathen priest among the old Prussians, vii. 288

Weights and measures, false, corrected after an earthquake, v. 201 _sq._; corrected in time of epidemic, ix. 115

Weihaiwei, in Northern China, ceremony of “the Beginning of Spring” in the cities nearest to, viii. 11

Weinhold, K., as to the sacrifice of a king’s son every ninth year, v. 57 _n._ 2; on the superstitions connected with the Twelve Nights, ix. 327 _n._ 4

Weitensfeld, in Carinthia, bride-race at, ii. 304

_Wellalaick_, festival of the dead among the Letts, vi. 74

Wellhausen, J., on Arab rain-charm, i. 303

Wells cleansed as rain-charm, i. 267, 323; married to the holy basil, ii. 26 _sq._; bestow offspring on women, ii. 160 _sq._; divination by means of, ii. 345; sacred, in Scotland, x. 12; menstruous women kept from x. 81, 96 _sq._; charred sticks of Midsummer fires thrown into, x. 184; crowned with flowers at Midsummer, xi. 28

——, goddess of, married to a wooden image of a god, ii. 146

——, holy, resorted to on Midsummer Eve in Ireland, x. 205 _sq._

——, the Lord of the, at Fulda on Midsummer Day, xi. 28

Welsh, Miss, on the custom of the _churn_ in the north of Ireland, vii. 155 _n._ 1

Welsh cure for cough by transferring it to a dog, ix. 51; by crawling under a bramble, xi. 180; by passing under an ass, xi. 192 _n._ 1

—— custom of sin-eating, ix. 43 _sq._

—— name, alleged, for mistletoe, xi. 286 _n._ 3. _See also_ Wales

Wemba, the, of Rhodesia, punishment of adultery among, viii. 158. _See_ Awemba

Wen-Ammon, Egyptian traveller, at Byblus, v. 14, 75 _sq._

—— -chow, city in China, iv. 43

Wend cure for jaundice, i. 81. _See also_ Wends

Wendland, P., on the crucifixion of Christ, ix. 412 _sq._, 415, 418 _n._ 1

Wends, their superstition as to oaks, ii. 55; their ancient custom of killing and eating the old, iv. 14; call the last sheaf the Old Man, vii. 138; the Harvest-cock among the, vii. 276; their faith in Midsummer herbs, xi. 54

—— of Saxony, their custom of the May-tree, ii. 69; say that the man who gives the last stroke at threshing “has struck the Old Man,” vii. 149; their precautions against witches on Walpurgis Day, ix. 163; their idea as to wood of trees struck by lightning, xi. 297

—— of the Spreewald gather herbs and flowers at Midsummer, xi. 48; their belief as to the divining-rod, xi. 68 _n._ 4

Wensleydale, in Yorkshire, the Yule log in, x. 256

Werboutz, in Russia, rain-making at, i. 277

Were-tigers in China and the East Indies, x. 310 _sq._, 313 _n._ 1

—— -wolf, how a man becomes a, x. 310 _n._ 1; story in Petronius, x. 313 _sq._

—— -wolves in Livonia, belief as to, iii. 42; active during the Twelve Days, ix. 164; compelled to resume their human shape by wounds inflicted on them, x. 308 _sqq._; put to death, x. 311; and the full moon, x. 314 _n._ 1; and witches, parallelism between, x. 315, 321

Wermland, in Sweden, treatment of strangers on the threshing-floor in,