INDEX
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aborigines, savage, 219 Abyssinian pygmies, 241 African pygmy people, 241-2 aged, killing of the, 68-78 agricultural custom, 49, 163, 188, 192, 220, 311, 339, 352-3, 359 Ahts of Vancouver Island, 62, 228 All Souls, feast of, 331 allocation of folklore items, 340 altar superstitions, 198, 200 American Indian creation myths, 131, 141, 258 American Indian traditions, 144, 246 analysis of custom, 159 Andaman islanders, 218 animal traditions, 239 animals, domestication of, 258 antagonism in folklore, 340 anthropological conditions, 208-302 apparitions, 188 arm, right, left unchristened, 324, 325 arresting force of Christianity, 321, 322 Arthur traditions, 29, 33-34 Arunta people (Australians), 265-274 Ashantee creation myth, 141, 142 ashes, custom connected with, 160 aspirations of man, 145 association, law of, in folklore, 166-9 Aston and Cote, manor, 355 Australian evidence, 61, 142, 143, 156, 187, 213, 217, 230, 232, 251, 256, 258, 262-74, 347 Australoid race, 296 Avebury (Lord), quoted, 65, 215
Balder myth, 108 ballads, growth of, 13 baptism, 323-4, 325, 328 baptismal water, 197 barbaric conquest, 219 Beddgelert bridge tradition, 26 Bedfordshire evidence, 95, 287 bees, telling the, 162, 164 Bega (St.), 323 belief the foundation of myth, 140-6 Beowulf, quoted, 89 Berkshire evidence, 95, 162 boar as a totem animal, 287 Border civilisation, 31, 183-5 Boudicca, hare portent of, 288 bow and arrow, 218 Breton tradition, 21-22, 28 bridges, tradition concerning, 25, 26 Britain, totemism in, 276-96 Buckinghamshire evidence, 162 bull (white) ceremony, 161 Bund (Willis), quoted, 118 burial superstition, 198, 324, 339 Burmese evidence, 347 Bury (J. B.), quoted, 35, 345 Bushmen dances, 141
Cæsar, food taboos in Britain, 286-91 Canary Islanders, custom, 325 Catskin story, 59-66 cattle, telling of death to, 162 Celtic mythology, 103 Celtic tribes of Britain, 25-28, 103-5, 111, 310 Ceylon evidence, 31 Chadwick (H. M.), quoted, 223 charms, 188 Cheshire evidence, 162 child relationship to parents, 232 child thought, 186, 187 Childe Rowland story, 314-15 children not related to parents, 61, 268, 271 Christianity and paganism, 320-37 church ceremony of marriage, 90-1 church, sacred character of objects and buildings, 197-9 churning superstition, 202 civil war pamphlets, 195 Claddagh fisherfolk, 279 clan songs, 97 class system in Australian totemism, 264, 265, 270, 272 classification, false, of folklore, 166 Clonmel witch case, 205 club, for killing the aged, 74-76 cock as a totem animal, 286, 289 comparative folklore, 170-9 conjectural method of inquiry, 225-6, 239, 250 conquered, mythic influence of, 345-9 conscious use of experience or observation, 211, 212 conquest in man's history, 219 Cook (A. B.), quoted, 106, 108 Cornwall evidence, 20, 55, 162, 164, 193, 196, 324 Crawley (E.), quoted, 155 Crayford legend, 43 creation myths, 130-9 Cromm Cruaich, 344 Cuchulain, totem descent of, 286 Cuerdale hoard of coins, 30-31 Cumberland evidence, 162, 184, 323 custom, belief, and rite, 10, 123, 125, 154-70 Cynuit, fight with Danes at, 5-6
Danish conquest in tradition, 22, 31, 41, 192 Darwin (C.), quoted, 213, 224, 247 death beliefs, 191-2 death, telling of, to bees, 162 decay the principal force in folklore, 157-9, 319 definitions, 129 Demeter temple custom, 150 Derbyshire evidence, 162 descent, use of the term, 270 Devonshire evidence, 5, 95, 96, 324 differential evolution, 228 diffusion of folk-tales, 153 dog as a totem animal, 286 doom rings, 323 doors, decoration of, 334 Dorsetshire evidence, 45, 94 dreams, 13-20, 188 Druidism, 341, 342-4 duplication of myth, 33, 34 Durham evidence, 162, 184, 324
Easter-tide, 328 economic influences upon early man, 219, 257 Egyptian civilisation, 108 Elton (C.), quoted, 73, 74, 78, 114, 286, 290, 344 Essex evidence, 95 ethnographic movements of man, 216 ethnological conditions, 338-66 Eucharist, sacred elements of, 197 European conditions, 320-37 European sky god, 106 Evans (Arthur), quoted, 209 Exeter custom, 96 exogamy, 252, 271
fact, basis of tradition upon, 10, 47-49 fairs, 45 family, the term, 235-7 Farrer (J. A.), quoted, 145 father kinship, 231, 259 father and daughter marriage, 59-66 female descent, 271 festivals, pagan in origin, 328 fictional literature, 6, 123, 145 Fijian creation myth, 131 Fir-Bolgs, 101 fire, non-use of, 218 fire worship, 106, 108, 160, 163, 317 first foot custom, 162, 164 fish as a totem, 290 folklore, necessities of, 4-7 folk-tales, 46-84, 123, 127, 129, 148-9 food taboos in ancient Britain, 286 formula of custom, 159 fox totem in Connaught, 278-80 Frazer (J.), quoted, 62, 108-9, 110, 140, 228, 253, 255, 265, 274, 283, 285, 287, 329, 338, 339, 365 Fuegians, 247
Gambia district, peoples of, 245 Genesis creation myth, 137-8, 150 geological age of man, 214 giants, 194 Gibbon (E.), quoted, 321, 327, 334 Giles (Dr.), quoted, 113 Gold coast natives, 230 Gomme (Mrs.), quoted, 26 goose as a totem animal, 286, 289 Gospels used as charms, 199 gossip, meaning of, 278 Gregory (Pope), letter of, to Mellitus, 329-30 Greek totemism, 275 Greek laws, 85, 86, 87, 88 Grey (Sir George), quoted, 143 Grierson (P. J. H.), quoted, 45, 230 Grimm, quoted, 7, 78-81, 327-8 group (human) the unit of anthropological work, 234 Guthlac (St.) legend, 350-2
Haddon (A. C.), quoted, 188, 228, 253, 254 Hampshire evidence, 96, 162, 192 hare as a totem animal, 280, 287-9 Harris, island of, 354 Hartland (E. S.), quoted, 23, 148, 259, 265 Hawick Common riding, 98-99 Hebrew creation myth, 137-8 Hereward in history and tradition, 35-40 historians, neglect of folklore, 110-20 historical material, 2-4 history and folklore, 1-122, 315 holy, the word, 317 "holy mawle," 74 horde, type of society, 225 hostility among primitive groups of mankind, 264 Howitt (A. W.), quoted, 142, 230 hunting stage of society, 220 Huxley (T. H.), quoted, 138
idols in Christian churches, 328 Indian evidence, 13, 27, 31, 52, 55, 63, 66, 72, 73, 78, 85, 86, 87, 101, 109, 119, 135-6, 146, 151, 174, 175, 193, 217, 229, 231, 258, 271, 309, 310, 315, 348, 349, 353, 357 industrial evolution, 228-30 Innis (Thomas), quoted, 113 institutions and religion, 305, 306, 360 Irish evidence, 11, 49, 50, 56-59, 88, 97, 108, 159, 163, 177, 182, 183, 198, 205, 276-82, 286, 287, 324, 330 Italy, Christian and pagan beliefs in, 331-4, 335
Java, remains of man in, 214 Jevons (F. B.), quoted, 140, 141, 145, 236 Jewish temple rite, 200 Joyce (Dr.), quoted, 116 junior right inheritance, 96, 172-4, 223, 313
Keane (A. H.), quoted, 214, 215, 241 Keary (J. F.), quoted, 313 Kemble (J. M.), quoted, 3, 42, 89 Kent evidence, 43, 191, 330 Kentish laws, 92 Kilmorie, 352 kinship, 219, 220, 226, 230, 261 kinlessness, 225, 231, 235, 240-7, 256, 261, 268 Kronos myth, 134
Lambeth pedlar legend, 20 Lancashire evidence, 20, 162, 191, 289, 324 lands, surrender of, to sons, 70-2 Lang (A.), quoted, 7, 116, 131, 132, 153, 225, 226, 236, 253, 254, 255, 263, 265, 271, 272, 273, 275, 339 Lapps as sorcerers, 349 Lappenberg (J. M.), quoted, 113 Latham (Dr.), quoted, 214, 215-16, 241 Lauder, 354 Law, traditional origin of, 84-100, 196, 328 left and right superstition, 166 legend, 124, 127, 129, 151-2 legislation, primitive, 213, 273 Leicestershire evidence, 198 Lincolnshire evidence, 30, 162, 350-2 Litlington tradition, 43 local traditions, 13-33 locality influence of, 219, 344 Lockyer (Sir Norman), quoted, 107 logic of primitive man, 140 London Bridge legends, 13-33 Lud, Celtic god, 105 Lundinium (Roman), 24, 25, 105
Mabinogion creation myth, 136 MacCulloch (Mr.), quoted, 47, 82, 123, 173, 239, 313, 338 Maine (Sir Henry), quoted, 85, 87, 117, 226, 235 male descent, 269, 270 male groups, 225, 239 manorial evidence, 94-96, 305 manumission formula, 92 Manx custom, 160, 162 Maori myths, 143, 144 marriage ceremony, 90-91, 162 marriage customs in folk-tales, 65 materials and methods, 123-79 McLennan (J. F.), quoted, 61, 65, 225, 293 midsummer festivals, 328 migratory movements of man, 214-17, 221, 222, 223, 224, 237, 251, 264, 266 monogenists, 213 Morgan (L. H.), quoted, 225, 275 mother influence in totemism, 257, 267 mother kinship, 231 Moytura monuments, 101, 102 Murray (Dr.), quoted, 98 myth, 127, 129, 130-48 mythology, 9, 100-10, 128, 146-8, 303
names (totem), origin of, 260 natural objects, interpretation of, 193 neglect of observation, 231 neolithic burial custom, 339 New Guinea evidence, 345 New Zealand myths, 131, 132-3, 190, 217, 346 Nicholson (Dr.), quoted, 172, 173 Nod, Celtic god, 105 Nonconformist appeal to church, 200 Norfolk evidence, 14-19, 42, 163 Norse custom, 174, 175 Norse tradition, 22-23, 32 Northamptonshire evidence, 198, 288 Northumberland evidence, 162, 324, 325 Notes and Queries, quoted, 6 Nottinghamshire evidence, 96, 162 nursery rhymes, growth of, 13 Nutt (A.), quoted, 6, 222, 339
oath-taking customs, 200 O'Curry (Eugene), quoted, 113 offertory money, 197 oral tradition, force of, 87, 125 outlawry, 311 oxen, slaughter of, 329
palæolithic implements, 217, 218 Palgrave (Sir F.), quoted, 88, 113 parallel practices as evidence of common origin, 109, 171-6, 227 pastoral stage of society, 220, 358 Pearson (Dr. Karl), quoted, 47, 78, 201 Pearson (C. H.), quoted, 115 Pedlar of Swaffham legend, 14-19 personal traditions, 33-46 Petrie (Flinders), quoted, 222 Pictish marriage custom, 344 political races, 209, 219, 221 polygenists, 213 pottery, 218 Powell (York), quoted, 3, 8, 104 practice and rule, 227 pre-Celtic remains, 101, 118-20, 209, 275, 318, 350 priest's grave superstition, 199 priests of old religion regarded as magicians, 200 promiscuity, 224 Protestants appeal to Roman Catholicism, 200 psychological conditions, 180-207 purpose of custom, 159 pygmy peoples, 238, 241-5, 248, 348
Ramsay (Sir James), quoted, 115 record of custom, 156, 165 religion and folklore, 140 religion and myth, 138 religion and science, 138-9, 206 result in custom, 159 retrogression in human society, 249 Rhodopis tradition, 53 rhyming tenures, 94-95 Rhys (Sir John), quoted, 29, 33, 34, 105, 114, 115, 161, 163, 209, 342, 345, 350 Ridgeway (Prof.), quoted, 308 right and left superstition, 166 rites explained by myth, 146 Rivers (Dr. W. H. R.), quoted, 150, 174, 229 Robertson-Smith (W.), quoted, 147, 174, 282, 303, 304 Rollright stones, 209 Roman Britain, 25, 30, 105, 360-2 romances, 124 Rome, ancient customs of, 26, 34, 151, 332, 349
sacrifice (human), 174-6 savage customs in Britain, 112-16 savage incidents in folk-tales, 78-82 Scandinavian custom, 71, 223, 323, 328 Scarborough warning, 93-94 science, primitive, 130, 131 Scottish evidence, 20, 48, 49, 50, 56, 65, 67-78, 92, 149, 162, 181, 182, 198, 288, 289, 290 seal totem in Connaught, 280-2 Semangs of Malay peninsula, 218, 242-5, 267, 269, 270, 278, 297-302, 348 sermon quoted, 189 sex cleavage in human evolution, 251, 260 Shrewsbury Abbey Church, tradition, 43 Shropshire evidence, 43, 95, 162, 292 Sids, Irish, 341 Skene (W. F.), quoted, 114, 115, 344 sky-god, 106 Slavonian tradition, 54 snake stones of Whitby, 194 sociological conditions, 303-19 Somersetshire evidence, 45, 95, 162, 205 soul resident in backbone, 189, 190 Southampton custom, 96 specialisation of culture, 227, 233, 364 Spencer (Herbert), quoted, 117, 214 Spencer and Gillen, quoted, 143, 265 Spenser (Edmund), quoted, 4, 11, 177 Squire (Mr.), quoted, 33, 34, 101-3, 117 stationary conditions of life, 223, 224 state religion, 103-5 Stevenson (W. H.), quoted, 5 Stewart (J. A.), quoted, 145 stone circles, 107, 193, 194 Stonehenge, 107, 209 Suffolk evidence, 161, 162, 192 Sullivan (W. R.), quoted, 113, 120 Surrey evidence, 20, 162 survivals, 154-5, 319, 336 Sussex evidence, 41, 162
tappie, tappie, tousie, 92 telling tales, 149 Teutonic religion, 104 Teutonic tribes, 310 Thomas (N. W.), quoted, 214, 226, 232, 236, 265 threshold custom, 159, 334 toad in witchcraft, 203 Todas, loss of myth by, 150 totemism, 209-10, 252, 253-61, 274-96 transfer of superstition to different objects, 163, 325 treasure legends, 13-24, 30 trees, marriage of, India, 258 tribal life in tradition, 51-59, 103-5 tribal institutions, 307-18, 356, 364 tribe, the term, 234, 308 Tuatha de Danann, 101 Turner (Sharon), quoted, 113 Tylor (E. B.), quoted, 9, 133, 154, 200, 233, 239
Upsall, Yorks, legend from, 19
ver sacrum, 223 Vortigern, 62
water god, 105 well worship, 163, 164, 323, 326 Welsh evidence, 20, 26, 34, 162, 194, 200, 202 Westermarck (Dr.), quoted, 225, 239 Westmoreland evidence, 184 Wilde (Sir W.), quoted, 45, 101 William the Conqueror, Sussex tradition, 41 Wiltshire evidence, 44, 45, 95, 162, 287, 288, 354 witchcraft, 194, 201-6 wolf totem in Ossory, 276-8 women in early industrialism, 257 Worcestershire evidence, 162
Yorkshire evidence, 19, 20, 30, 78, 93, 162, 184, 194, 324, 325 Yule-tide, 328
Zulu folk-tales, 51, 64
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Page 92—signifiance amended to significance—"... rhythmical formulæ which have legal significance."
Page 118—missing accent added to "primâ facie".
Page 184—preceeding amended to preceding—"... those immediately preceding the reign ..."
Page 198—bedesecrated amended to be desecrated—"must not be desecrated"
Page 271—missing apostrophe added—"do not go to the wives' region of abode."
Page 368—Firbolgs amended to Fir-Bolgs, in line with other occurrences.
Footnote 358—missing period added at end of footnote.
Footnote 416—Ser. made consistent with other occurrences— amended to "ser."
Footnote 469—comma added—"Myth, Ritual and Religion".
Footnote 473—precedessors amended to predecessors—"... apparently dependent upon their predecessors."