Note 1183 — Chapter V · THE MAGICAL CONTROL OF THE WEATHER (continued 2)

A. Kuhn und W. Schwartz, Norddeutsche Sagen, Märchen und Gebräuche, p. 454, § 406; Von Alpenburg, Mythen und Sagen Tirols, pp. 262, 365 sq.; W. Mannhardt, Die Götter der deutschen und nordischen Völker (Berlin, 1860), p. 99; id., Antike Wald- und Feldkulte, p. 85; Boecler-Kreutzwald, Der Ehsten abergläubische Gebräuche, Weisen und Gewohnheiten, p. 109; F. S. Krauss, Volksglaube und religiöser Brauch der Südslaven, p. 117. In some parts of Austria and Germany, when a storm is raging, the people open a window and throw out a handful of meal, saying to the wind, “There, that’s for you, stop!” See A. Peter, Volksthümliches aus österreichisch-Schlesien, ii. 259; J. Grimm, Deutsche Mythologie,⁴ p. 529; Zingerle, Sitten Bräuche und Meinungen des Tiroler Volkes,² p. 118, § 1046. Similarly an old Irishwoman has been seen to fling handfuls of grass into a cloud of dust blown along a road, and she explained her behaviour by saying that she wished to give something to the fairies who were playing in the dust (Folklore, iv. (1893) p. 352). But these are sacrifices to appease, not ceremonies to constrain the spirits of the air; thus they belong to the domain of religion rather than to that of magic. The ancient Greeks sacrificed to the winds. See P. Stengel, “Die Opfer der Hellenen an die Winde,” Hermes, xvi. (1881) pp. 346–350; and my note on Pausanias, ii. 12. 1.