viii. 259

Ynglingar family, members of the, obtain kingdoms in Norway through marriage, ii. 279 _sq._

Ynglings, a Norse family, descended from Frey, vi. 100

Yoke, purification by passing under a, xi. 193 _sqq._; ancient Italian practice of passing conquered enemies under a, xi. 193 _sq._

Yokuts, a tribe of Californian Indians, influence of rain-makers among the, i. 358

Yombe, the, of Rhodesia, their sacrifice of first-fruits to the dead, vi. 191, viii. 112 _sq._

Yopaa, in southern Mexico, governed by a sacred pontiff, iii. 6

Yopico, temple in Mexico, ix. 299

York, the Boy Bishop at, ix. 337, 338; custom formerly observed at Christmas, in the cathedral at, xi. 291 _n._ 2

Yorkshire, custom as to the placentas of mares at Cleveland in, i. 199; May garlands (hoops) in, ii. 62 _sq._; the _mell_-sheaf in, vii. 151 _sq._; “burning the Old Witch” on the last day of harvest in, vii. 224; first corn cut at harvest by clergyman in, viii. 51; Plough Monday in, viii. 330 _n._ 1; belief as to menstruous women in, x. 96 _n._ 2; Beal-fires on Midsummer Eve in, x. 198; the Yule log in, x. 256 _sq._; need-fire in, x. 286 _sqq._; witch as hare in, x. 317, xi. 197

Yoruba, West Africa, fear of strangers in, i. 103

—— -land, the paramount king of, iv. 203

—— race in the province of Lagos, iv. 112

—— -speaking negroes of the Slave Coast eat the hearts of men to make themselves brave, viii. 149 _sq._

Yorubas of West Africa, sanctity of the king’s crown among the, i. 364 _sq._; rule of succession to the chieftainship among the, ii. 293 _sq._; their theory of a guardian spirit in the head, iii. 252; rebirth of ancestors among the, iii. 369; their custom of putting their kings to death, iv. 41; their custom after the death of a twin, viii. 98; their use of human scapegoats, ix. 211 _sq._; use of bull-roarers among the, xi. 229 _n._

Young, Arthur, on “hurling” for a bride in Ireland, ii. 305 _sq._

Young, E., on the ceremony of the first ploughing in Siam, iv. 150 _n._

Young, Hugh W., on the rampart of Burghead, x. 268 _n._ 1

Young, Issobell, buries ox and cat alive, x. 325

Youngest person cuts the last corn, viii. 158, 161

—— son, his name changed after his mother’s death in order to deceive her ghost, iii. 358

Younghusband, Sir Francis, in the desert of Gobi, ix. 13

Yourouks of Asia Minor, their sacred trees, ii. 43

Youth restored by the witch Medea, v. 180 _sq._; supposed to be renewed by sloughing of skin, ix. 302 _sqq._

Youths and maidens, tribute of, sent to Minos, iv. 74 _sqq._

Ypres, wicker giants at, xi. 35

_Yu-ă_, spirits of the elements believed in by the Esquimaux, ix. 379, 380

Yucatan, Indians of, their way of detaining the sun, i. 318; Vestals in, ii. 245 _sq._; fire-worship among the Indians of, ii. 246 _n._ 1; calendar of the Indians of, vi. 29 _n._; the Mayas of, ix. 171, 340; human blood smeared on face of idol at sacrifices in, ix. 256 _n._ 3; fire-walk among the Indians of, xi. 13 _sq._, 16

Yuchi Indians of Oklahoma, their festival of new fruits, viii. 75; their respect for their totems, viii. 311 _n._ 1

Yuin tribe of South-East Australia, political power of medicine-men in the, i. 336; avoidance of wife’s mother among the, iii. 84; totem names among the, iii. 320; their sex totems, xi. 216; totem names kept secret among the, xi. 225 _n._

Yuki Indians of California, dances of their women while the men were away fighting, i. 133

Yukon River, the Lower, in Alaska, the Esquimaux of, their fear of being photographed, iii. 96; their festivals of the dead, vi. 51 _sq._; their double-faced masks, ix. 380; seclusion of girls at puberty among them, x. 55

—— territory, Indians of the, place their cut hair and nails in crotches of trees, iii. 276

Yule, Colonel Henry, on modes of executing royal criminals in the East,