ii. 74, 80, 81, 87

Whirlwind, attacking the, i. 329 _sqq._

White bulls sacrificed, ii. 188 _sq._

—— horses, sacred, ii. 174 _n._ 2

—— poplar, the, at Olympia, ii. 220

—— thorn, a charm against witches, ii. 191

—— victims sacrificed for sunshine, i. 291, 292

Whitekirk, ii. 161

Whit-Monday, the king’s game on, ii. 89, 103

Whitsun-bride in Denmark, ii. 91 _sq._

Whitsunday customs in Russia, ii. 64, 93; races, ii. 69, 84; contest for the kingship at, 89; custom of rolling on the fields at, 103; customs in Holland, 104

—— Bride, the, ii. 89, 96

—— Basket, the, ii. 83

—— Flower, ii. 80

—— King, ii. 84, 89, 90

—— -lout, the, ii. 81

—— Man, the Little, ii. 81

—— Queen, ii. 87, 90

Widow, re-marriage of, in Salic law, ii. 285 _sq._

Wiedemann, A., i. 230 _sq._

Wiglet and Feng, ii. 281, 283

Wilhelmina, a Bohemian woman, worshipped, i. 409

Wilkinson, R. J., ii. 383 _n._ 1

William the Third, i. 369

Willow tree on St. George’s Day, ii. 76

Wind, magical control of the, i. 319 _sqq._; charms to make the wind drop, 320; fighting and killing the spirit of the, 327 _sqq._

—— clan, i. 320

—— of the Cross, i. 325

—— doctor, i. 321

Winds tied up in knots, i. 326

Wine not offered to the sun-god, i. 311

Wiradjuri tribe, i. 335

Wissowa, Professor G., i. 22 _n._ 5, 23 _n._, ii. 382 _n._ 1

Witches raising the wind, i. 322, 326; buried under trees, ii. 32; steal milk on May Day or Walpurgis Night, 52 _sqq._; steal milk on Midsummer Eve, 127; steal milk on Eve of St. George, 334 _sqq._; precautions against, 52 _sqq._; as cats and dogs, 334, 335

Witches’ sabbath on the Eve of St. George, ii. 335, 338

Witchetty grubs, ceremony for the multiplication of, i. 85

“Wives of Marduk,” ii. 130

Wizards who raise winds, i. 323 _sqq._; Finnish, 325

Wolves in relation to horses, i. 27; feared by shepherds, ii. 327, 329, 330 _sq._, 333, 334, 340, 341

Women, fruitful, supposed to fertilise crops and fruit-trees, i. 140 _sq._; employed to sow the fields, 141 _sq._; ploughing as a rain-charm, 282 _sq._; worshipped by the ancient Germans, 391; married to gods, ii. 129 _sqq._, 143 _sq._, 146 _sq._, 149 _sqq._; fertilised by water-spirits, 159 _sqq._; impregnated by fire, 195 _sqq._, 230 _sq._; alone allowed to make pottery, 204 _sq._

—— barren, thought to sterilise gardens, i. 142; fertilised by trees, ii. 316 _sqq._

Wood, fire kindled by the friction of, ii. 207 _sqq._, 235 _sqq._, 243, 248 _sqq._, 258 _sq._, 262, 263, 336, 366, 372

Wood, the King of the, i. 1 _sqq._; Lord of the, ii. 36

Woods, species of, used in making fire by friction, ii. 248-252

Wordsworth, W., i. 104

Worship of trees, ii. 7 _sqq._; of the oak, 349 _sqq._

Wotyaks, the, ii. 43, 145, 146

Wound and weapon, contagious magic of, i. 201 _sqq._

Wyse, Miss A., ii. 88 _n._ 1

Wyse, William, i. 101 _n._ 2, 105 _n._ 5, ii. 356 _n._ 3

Yakuts, the, i. 319

Yam vines, continence at training, ii. 105 _sq._

Yegory or Yury (St. George), ii. 332, 333

Yellow birds in magic, i. 79 _sq._

—— colour in magic, i. 79 _sqq._

—— River, girls married to the, ii. 152

Ynglingar family, ii. 279

Yorubas, the, i. 364; chieftainship among the, ii. 293 _sq._; rule of succession to the chieftainship among the, 293 _sq._

Yucatan, Vestals in, ii. 245 _sq._

Yuracares, the, of Bolivia, ii. 204

Zela, i. 47

Zeus, Greek kings called, ii. 177, 361; as god of the oak, the rain, the thunder, and the sky, 358 _sqq._; surnamed Lightning, 361; surnamed Thunderbolt, 361; as sky-god, 374

—— and Demeter, their marriage at Eleusis, ii. 138 _sq._

—— and Dione, at Dodona, ii. 189

—— and Hera, sacred marriage of, ii. 140 _sq._, 142 _sq._

—— at Dodona, ii. 177; priests of, 248

—— at Panamara in Caria, i. 28

—— Dictaean, ii. 122

—— Lightning, i. 33

—— Lycaeus, i. 309

—— Panhellenian, ii. 359

—— Rainy, ii. 376

—— Showery, ii. 360

—— the Descender, ii. 361

Zimmer, H., ii. 286 _n._ 2

Zulus, foods tabooed among the, i. 118 _sq._

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THE GOLDEN BOUGH

A STUDY IN MAGIC AND RELIGION

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