ix. 266

——, mediaeval, belief in demons in, ix. 105 _sq._; human scapegoats in, ix. 214

——, Northern, human sacrifices in, iv. 214; Corn-mother and Corn-maiden in, vii. 131 _sqq._

—— South-Eastern, rain-making ceremonies in, i. 272 _sqq._; superstitions as to shadows in, iii. 89 _sq._

European custom as to green bushes on May Day, ii. 56

—— processions of animals or of men disguised as animals, viii. 325

—— rule that children’s nails should not be paired, iii. 262 _sq._

Euros, magical ceremony for the multiplication of, i. 89; homoeopathic charm to catch, i. 162

Eurydice, Orpheus and, xi. 294

Eurylochus rids Aegina of a snake, iv. 87 _n._ 5

Eusebius on sacred prostitution, i. 30 _n._ 3, v. 37 _n._ 2, 73 _n._ 1

Euyuk in Cappadocia, Hittite palace at, v. 123, 132, 133 _n._; bull worshipped at, v. 164

Evadne and Capaneus, v. 177 _n._ 3

Evans, D. Silvan, on the sin-eater in Wales, ix. 44

Evans, Sebastian, as to a passage in the _History of the Holy Graal_, iv. 122 _n._ 1

Eve and Adam, Mr. W. R. Paton’s theory of, ix. 259 _n._ 3

Eve, Christmas, the fern blooms on, xi. 66

——, Easter, in Albania, iv. 265; the fern blooms on, xi. 66

——, Fingan, in the Isle of Man, x. 266

—— of St. John (Midsummer Eve), Russian ceremony on, iv. 262

—— of Samhain (Hallowe’en) in Ireland, x. 139. _See also_ Christmas Eve, Easter Eve, St. John’s Eve, etc.

Evelyn, John, on Charles II. touching for scrofula, i. 369

Evening Star, Keats’s sonnet to the, i. 166; the goddess of the, ix. 369 _n._ 1

Everek (Caesarea), in Asia Minor, creeping through a rifted rock at, xi. 189

Evergreen oak, the Golden Bough grew on, ii. 379

—— trees in Italy, i. 8

Evessen, in Brunswick, toothache nailed into a tree at, ix. 59 _sq._

Evil, the transference of, ix. 1 _sqq._; transferred to other people, ix. 5 _sqq._, 47 _sqq._; transferred to sticks and stones, ix. 8 _sqq._; transferred to animals, ix. 31 _sqq._, 49 _sqq._; transferred to men, ix. 38 _sqq._; transference of, in Europe, ix. 47 _sqq._; transferred to inanimate objects, ix. 53 _sq._; transferred to trees or bushes, ix. 54 _sqq._ _See also_ Evils

Evil Eye, bad names a protection against the, i. 280; dreaded at eating, iii. 116 _sq._; boys dressed as girls to avert the, vi. 260; bridegroom disfigured in order to avert the, vi. 261; disguises to avert the, vi. 262; preservatives against the, viii. 326 _n._ 3; rain-water mixed with tar, a protection against the, x. 17. _See also_ Eye, the Evil

—— spirit, mode of cure for possession by an, xi. 186

—— spirits transferred from men to animals, ix. 31; banishment of, ix. 86; driven away at the New Year, x. 134 _sq._; kept off by fire, x. 282, 285 _sq._; St. John’s herbs a protection against, xi. 49; kept off by flowers gathered at Midsummer, xi. 53 _sq._; creeping through cleft trees to escape the pursuit of, xi. 173 _sqq._ _See also_ Demons

Evil-Merodach, Babylonian king, ix. 367 _n._ 2

Evils transferred to trees, ix. 54 _sqq._; nailed into trees, walls, etc., ix. 59 _sqq._; public expulsion of, ix. 109 _sqq._, 185 _sqq._; periodic expulsion of, ix. 123 _sqq._, 198 _sqq._; expulsion of embodied, ix. 170 _sqq._; expulsion of, in a material vehicle, ix. 185 _sqq._; expulsion of, timed to coincide with some well-marked change of season, ix. 224 _sq._ _See also_ Expulsion

Evolution of kings out of magicians or medicine-men, i. 420 _sq._; industrial, from uniformity to diversity of function, i. 421; political, from democracy to despotism, i. 421; ethical, iii. 218 _sq._; religious, powerful influence of the fear of the dead on the course of, viii. 36 _sq._

—— and dissolution, viii. 305 _sq._

Ewe, white-footed, as scapegoat, ix. 192 _sq._ _See also_ Ewes

Ewe farmers fear to wound the Earth goddess, v. 90

—— hunters, their contagious magic of footprints, i. 212; of Togo-land, their ceremony after killing an antelope, viii. 244

—— negroes, their festival of new yams, viii. 58 _sqq._; their belief as to the spirit-land, viii. 105 _sq._; their ceremonies after killing leopards, viii. 228 _sqq._; feed their nets, viii. 240 _n._ 1; their dread of menstruous women, x. 82

—— negroes of Guinea worship falling stars, iv. 61 _sq._

—— negroes of the Slave Coast, their charm to catch a runaway slave, i. 317; their reverence for silk-cotton trees, ii. 15; human wives of gods among the, ii. 149; taboos observed by their kings, iii. 9; their belief as to spirits entering the body through the mouth, iii. 116; their kings not to be seen eating or drinking, iii. 119; penance for killing a python among the, iii. 222; a mother’s vow among the, iii. 263; their belief that a man can be injured through his name, iii. 323; rebirth of ancestors among the, iii. 369; sacred prostitution among the, v. 65 _sq._; worship pythons, v. 83 _n._ 1; their conception of the rain-god as a horseman, viii. 45; their belief in demons, ix. 74 _sqq._

—— negroes of Togo-land, their festival in honour of Earth, iii. 247; reincarnation of the dead among the, iii. 369; their belief in the marriage of Sky with Earth, v. 282 _n._ 2; their use of clay images as substitutes to save the lives of people, viii. 105 _sq._; their worship of the Earth, viii. 115; their worship of goddess Mawu Sodza, viii. 115; their propitiation of slain leopards, wild buffaloes, etc., viii. 228 _sqq._

Ewe-speaking negroes deem the heart the seat of courage and intellect,