v. 103

Woguls, sacred groves of the, ii. 11

Wohlau, district of Silesia, custom of “Carrying out Death” in, iv. 237

Wolf, charm to make a wolf disgorge his prey, i. 135; imitation of, as a homoeopathic charm, i. 155; track of, in contagious magic, i. 211; transformation into, iv. 83; said to have guided the Samnites, iv. 186 _n._ 4; corn-spirit as, vii. 271 _sqq._, viii. 327; the last sheaf at harvest called the, vii. 273; the woman who binds the last sheaf called the, vii. 273 _sq._; the last sheaf shaped like a, vii. 274; man after threshing wrapt in threshed-out straw and called the, vii. 274 _sq._; stuffed, carried about, vii. 275; the beast-god of Lycopolis in Egypt, viii. 172; figure of, kept throughout the year, viii. 173 _n._ 4; ceremonies at killing a, viii. 220 _sq._, 223; name given to thresher of last corn, viii. 327. _See also_ Wolves

——, Brotherhood of the Green, at Jumièges in Normandy, x. 185 _sq._, xi. 15 _n._, 25

Wolf clan among the Moquis, viii. 178; in North-Western America, xi. 270, 271, 272 _n._ 1

—— -god, Zeus as the, iv. 83

—— masks worn by members of a Wolf secret society, xi. 270 _sq._

—— -mountain (Lycaeus) in Arcadia, iv. 83

—— society among the Nootka Indians, rite of initiation into the, xi. 270 _sq._

Wolf-worshippers, cannibal, iv. 83

Wolf’s heart eaten to make eater brave, viii. 146

—— hide, strap of, used by were-wolves, x. 310 _n._ 1

—— skin, man clad in, led about at Christmas, vii. 275

Wolfeck, in Austria, leaf-clad mummer on Midsummer Day at, xi. 25 _sq._

Wolfenbüttel, need-fire near, x. 277

Wolfish Apollo, viii. 283 _sq._; his sanctuary at Sicyon, viii. 283

Wollaroi, the, of New South Wales, rubbed themselves with the juices of the dead, viii. 163

Wolletz in Westphalia, the last sheaf called the Old Man at, vii. 238

Wollunqua, a mythical serpent, iii. 384

Wolofs of Senegambia, their superstition as to their names, iii. 323

Wolves in relation to horses, i. 27; feared by shepherds, ii. 327, 329, 330 _sq._, 333, 334, 340, 341; charms to protect cattle from, iii. 308; not to be called by their proper names, iii. 396, 397, 398, 402; sacrifices offered to, viii. 284; transmigration of sinners into, viii. 308

——, the place of (Lyceum), at Athens, viii. 283 _sq._

——, Soranian, iv. 186 _n._ 4

—— and witches, the two great foes dreaded by herdsmen in Europe, ii. 330 _sqq._, x. 343

Woman representing the Moon and married to the Sun, ii. 146 _sq._; feeding serpent in Greek art, v. 87 _sq._; as inspired prophetess of a god, vi. 257; burnt alive as a witch in Ireland, i. 236, x. 323 _sq._

——, Sawing the Old, a Lenten ceremony, iv. 240 _sqq._

Woman’s bracelets and earrings worn by man who has been stung by a scorpion, iii. 95 _n._ 8

—— dress assumed by men to deceive dangerous spirits, vi. 262 _sq._

—— ornaments, scapegoat decked with, ix. 192

—— part in primitive agriculture, vii. 113 _sqq._

Women forbidden to spin under certain circumstances, i. 113 _sq._; observe certain rules while the men are away hunting, i. 120 _sqq._; forbidden to sew in the absence of whalers and warriors, i. 121, 128; observe certain rules while the men are away fighting, i. 127 _sqq._; forbidden to sleep by day in the absence of warriors, i. 127 _sq._; forbidden to cover their faces in the absence of warriors, i. 128; dance while the men are at war, i. 131 _sqq._; dance to make crops grow tall, i. 139 _n._; employed to sow the fields on the principle of homoeopathic magic, i. 141 _sq._; who have borne many children employed to fertilize fruit-trees, i. 141; plough as a rain-charm, i. 282 _sq._; chief makes women fruitful, i. 347; worshipped by the ancient Germans, i. 391; married to gods, ii. 129 _sqq._, 143 _sq._, 146 _sq._, 149 _sqq._; fertilized by water-spirits, ii. 159 _sqq._; impregnated by fire, ii. 195 _sqq._, 230 _sq._, vi. 235; alone allowed to make pottery, ii. 204 _sq._; tabooed at menstruation, iii. 145 _sqq._, x. 76 _sqq._; tabooed at childbirth, iii. 147 _sqq._, x. 20; abstinence of men from, during war, iii. 157, 158 _n._ 1, 161, 163, 164; in childbed holy, iii. 225 _n._; dying in childbed, precautions against the return of their ghosts, iii. 236, viii. 97 _sq._; blood of, dreaded, iii. 250 _sq._; not allowed to see the drawing of men’s blood, iii. 252 _n._; not allowed to mention their husband’s names, iii. 333, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339; impregnated by dead saints, v. 78 _sq._; impregnated by serpents, v. 80 _sqq._; fear to be impregnated by ghosts, v. 93; impregnated by the flower of the banana, v. 93; excluded from sacrifices to Hercules, v. 113 _n._ 1, vi. 258 _n._ 5; their high importance in the social system of the Pelew Islanders, vi. 205 _sqq._; the cultivation of the staple food in the hands of women (Pelew Islands), vi. 206 _sq._; their social importance increased by the combined influence of mother-kin and landed property, vi. 209; their legal superiority to men in ancient Egypt, vi. 214; priests dressed as, vi. 253 _sq._; dressed as men, vi. 255 _n._ 1, 257, 262 _sqq._, 263; milk cows, vii. 118; influence of corn-spirit on, vii. 168; swear by the Pleiades, vii. 311; thought to have no soul, viii. 148; ceremonies performed by, to rid the fields of vermin, viii. 279 _sq._; impregnated by ghosts, ix. 18; as exorcizers, ix. 200; personating goddesses, ix. 238; fertilized by effigy of a baby, ix. 245, 249; fertilized by mummers, ix. 249; put to death in the character of goddesses in Mexico, ix. 283 _sqq._; in hard labour, charm to help, x. 14; who do not menstruate supposed to make gardens barren, x. 24; impregnated by the sun, x. 74 _sq._; impregnated by the moon, x. 75 _sq._; dread of menstruous, x. 76 _sqq._; at menstruation painted red, x. 78; leap over Midsummer bonfires to ensure an easy delivery, x. 194, 339; fertilized by tree-spirits, xi. 22; creep through a rifted rock to obtain an easy delivery, xi. 189; not allowed to see bull-roarers, xi. 234, 235, 242. _See also_ Barren, Childless, Menstruous, Pregnant, _and_ Sacred women

Women, barren, thought to sterilize gardens, i. 142; tied to wild fig-trees to be fertilized by them, ii. 316; passed through holed stones as cure for barrenness, v. 36, with _n._ 4,