vii. 134

Westermann, D., on the worship of Nyakang among the Shilluks, vi. 165

Westermarck, Dr. E., as to king-killing on the Blue Nile, iv. 16 _n._ 1; on annual mock sultans in Morocco, iv. 153 _n._ 1; on the reason for killing the first-born, iv. 189 _n._ 2; on the hereditary holiness of kings, iv. 204 _n._ 2; on the tug-of-war in Morocco, ix. 180; on New Year rites in Morocco, x. 218; on Midsummer festival in North Africa, x. 219; his theory that the fires of the fire-festivals are purificatory, x. 329 _sq._; on water at Midsummer, xi. 31

Westphalia, the Whitsuntide Bride in, ii. 96; the Femgericht in, ii. 321; sacred oaks in, ii. 371; the last sheaf called the Great Mother in, vii. 135 _sq._, 138; the _hörkelmei_ at harvest in, vii. 147 _n._ 1; the Harvest-cock in, vii. 276 _sq._, 277 _sq._; children warned against the Fox in the corn at Ravensberg in, vii. 296; fox carried from house to house in spring in, vii. 297; custom of “quickening” cattle on May Morning in, ix. 266; Easter fires in, x. 140; the Yule log in, x. 248; divination by orpine at Midsummer in, xi. 61; camomile gathered at Midsummer in, xi. 63; the Midsummer log of oak in, xi. 92 _n._ 1

Westphalian form of the expulsion of evil, ix. 159 _n._ 1

Wetar (Wetter), East Indian island, stabbing people’s shadows in, iii. 78; fear of women’s blood in, iii. 251; leprosy supposed to be caused by eating of a sacred animal in, viii. 25

Wetter, East Indian island, no fire after a death in, ii. 268 _n._ _See also_ Wetar

Wetteren, wicker giants carried in procession at, xi. 35

_Wetterpfähle_, oak sticks charred in Easter bonfires, x. 145

Wetting people with water as a rain-charm, i. 250, 251, 269 _sq._, 272, 273, 274, 275, 277 _sq._, ii. 77, v. 237 _sqq._; the last corn cut, as a rain-charm, v. 237 _sq._; ploughmen and sowers as a rain-charm, v. 238 _sq._

Weverham, in Cheshire, May-poles at, ii. 70 _sq._

Wexford, in Leinster, great fair formerly held at, iv. 100; Midsummer fires in, x. 203

Whakatane valley in New Zealand, _hinau_ tree thought to make barren women fertile in the, i. 182

Whale, solemn burial of dead, iii. 223; represented dramatically as a mystery, ix. 377. _See also_ Whales

Whale-fishing, telepathy in, i. 121

Whale’s ghost, fear of injuring, iii. 205

Whalers, taboos observed by, iii. 191 _sq._, 205 _sqq._; their bodies cut up and used as charms, vi. 106

Whales not mentioned by their proper names, iii. 398; ceremonies observed after the slaughter of, viii. 232 _sqq._; worshipped by the Indians of Peru, viii. 249

Whalton, in Northumberland, Midsummer fires at, x. 198

Wheat, charm at sowing, i. 137; offerings of, at Lammas, iv. 101; forced for festival, v. 243, 244, 251 _sq._, 253; thrown on the man who brings in the Christmas log, x. 260, 262, 264; protected against mice by mugwort, xi. 58 _sq._

—— and barley, the cultivation of, introduced by Osiris, vi. 7; discovered by Isis, vi. 116

Wheat-bride, name given to the last sheaf of wheat and to the woman who binds it, vii. 162, 163

Wheat-cock, the last sheaf at harvest called the, vii. 276

—— -cow, the man who cuts the last ears of wheat at harvest called the,