INDEX.

Abbeys, ruined, 290.

Abracadabra, 255.

Abury, 8.

Adonis, 160.

Æsir gods, the, 67, 169, 207.

Æsculapius (Asklêpios), 51, 135, 154.

Agni, 14, 16.

Ahi, the Dragon, 14, 41, 44, 47, 51.

Alchemy, 50.

Alisaunder, Kyng, romance, 47.

Allectricium, a precious stone, 135.

Allegorical theory of Greek Myths, 211, 298.

Allhalloween, 29.

Amara, lake, 23.

America, its ancient connection with Asia, 286.

Apollo, 241, 249, 298.

Apple howling, 66.

Arthur, King, 50, 161, et seq., 211, et seq., 241, 248, 272.

Aryan races, 2, 112, 162, 283, 289.

Ash trees, 68, 117, 150, 253, et seq.

Ashton black lad, 187, et seq.

Asuras, 23, 44.

Asvattha, 68, 257.

Asvins, 25.

Athenê, 245, 298.

Athenian ghost, 140.

Aubépine, see thorns.

Avalun, island of, 165.

Baal, Bel, 6, 10, 28, 31, 38, et seq., 57, 67, 83.

Baalbec, 8.

Baker's daughter, the, 235.

Baldr, 10, 67, 149, 159.

Ball-playing, Easter, 72.

Bargaist, 127.

Bean-geese, 182.

Bean-stalk, 68.

Beans, 68, 79, 225.

Bears, 231.

Beauty and the Beast, 224.

Belatucadrus, 11, 16.

Belisama, 6, 12, 15, 18.

Beltain fires, 31, 34, 83.

Beltane-day, 38.

Beowulf, 45, et seq., 213, 249.

Besoms, 96, 101, 116.

Bhrigus, 14.

Bible, divination by, 262.

Birds, lightning, 224, 235, 238, 242, et seq.

Birds, sacred and ominous, 67, 101, 132, 136, 157, 237, 242, et seq.

Black dog, see hound.

Black lad, Ashton, 187, et seq.

Blossoming staffs, 91.

Bluebeard, 195.

Boadicea's hare, 114.

Boars, 69, 111, 159, 163, 183, 255.

Boggart Ho' Clough, 128, 147, 151.

Boggarts, 124, et seq., 138, 184.

Bones, huge fossil, 110.

Bonfires, 30, 33, 40.

Book of Sports, 88.

Bottomless pools, 189, et seq, 213.

Boulders, erratic, 162, 221.

Boundary perambulation, 186.

Braggat Sunday, 78.

Brahmin temples at Java, etc., 290.

Bramham rocks, Yorkshire, 34, 223.

Brewing storms, 14, 17, 107, 114, 132, 156, et seq.

Brigantes, 5, 12.

Briony, 256.

Bronze age, 10, 44.

Broom, see besoms.

Brownies, 126.

Brutus and his Trojans, 5, 23, 197.

Buddhism, 4.

Bugbear, 128.

Bull or Bovine worship, 84, 112.

Buns, see cross-buns and cakes.

Bush (Inn sign), 117.

Cabalistic art, 119.

Cakes, 75, 77.

Calendar, the, 56.

Candles, Christmas and Easter, 55, 60, 71.

Carling Sunday, 78.

Carols, Christmas, 56.

Carr gulds, 186.

Castles, ruined, 290.

Cat, the white, 224.

Cats, 96, 114, 164, 224, 232, 233.

Cauldrons, 96, 107.

Cavalcade of the dead, 176.

Caverned heroes, 164, et seq.

Chark, 24, 35, 91, 208, 257, 285.

Charon, 15, 179.

Chasse Maccabei, 157.

Cheetham's, George, boggart, 128.

Cheshire May games, 90.

Chivalry, origin of, 221.

Chives, 272.

Christmas observances and superstitions, 53, et seq., 134, 144, 290.

Church-builders, goblin, 127.

Churches, sunken, 290.

Cinderella, 210.

Cloud-land, 68, 72.

Cloud-maidens, 18, 47, 97.

Cloud-water, 17, 110.

Coach, black, legend, 171, 192.

Coccium, 15.

Cocidius, 14.

Cockatrice, 136.

Cocks and hens, see fowls, barn door.

Colt-hole at Preston, 186.

Comets, 49.

Coral, 255.

Corpse candles, 266.

Country Justice in 1618, 105.

Cow-path, see milky-way.

Cows, dun, etc., 110, 112, 182.

Cows, heavenly, 47, 182.

Crickets, 274.

Crocodiles, 235.

Cromwell's castle battering, 290.

Cross-buns and crosses, 73, 75, 262.

Crows, 248.

Cuckoo, 235, 237, 245, et seq.

Cudgel, magic, 161.

Cuerdale hoard, 252.

Cushites, 6, 10, 203, 286, 289.

Cyclopean cities, etc., 203.

Cyclops, 203, 209.

Cymri, 13.

Darvell Gatheron, 37.

Davenport Brothers, 129.

Dawn, the, 47, 95, 111.

Dead, food for the, 61.

Deæ Matres, 107.

Dee, river, 21.

Demon pigs, 163.

Deva, 21, 44, 298.

Devil, 21, 97, 100, 130, 137, 144, 163, 178, 181, 190, 194, 206, 278, 289.

Dew, 94.

Diamonds, male and female, 94.

Divination, 30, 64, 91, 134, 155, see wish-rod, 218, 252, et seq., 269, et seq.

Dogs, 130, 171, et seq., 240, 244.

Dorsocision, 288.

Dosmery pool, 189.

Dowzing rod, 263.

Dragon slayers, 43.

Dragons, 40, et seq., 80.

Druids, 6, 11, 29, 34, 67, 98, 221, 224, 246.

Dwarfs, 130, 139, 211, 222.

Eagles, 235, 238.

Easter superstitions and ceremonies, 70, et seq.

Eden, river, 18.

Egg, the, a sun-type, 71, 161.

Eggs, Easter, 71, 73, 114.

Elephants, fossil, 204.

Elves, 19, 25, 184.

Eôs, see dawn.

Equinox, vernal, 83.

Erratic boulders, 162, 221.

Evil, see king's evil.

Fairies, 92, 107, 124, et seq., 143.

Falcons, 257.

Familiar spirit, transfer of, 123.

Fates, the, 97.

Feathers, cock and pigeon, 138.

Fern-seed, 143, et seq., 258.

Fetiches, 240, 259.

Fire, need, 24, 36, 71.

Fire-worship, 9, 16, 28, 38, et seq., 267, 285.

Floralia, flowers, and well-dressing, 74, 83, 87, 93, 122, 275.

Fortune telling, 119.

Fossil bones, gigantic, 204.

Fowls, barn-door, 132, et seq., 253, 285.

Freyja, 19, 67, 113, 115, 149, 177.

Friday, Good, 75, 101.

Frost giants, 19, 26, 169, 231.

Furious host, 153, et seq.

Gabriel Ratchets, 153, 181.

Gaels, 5, 13.

Gallows, 160, 256.

Garland, the, 44, 87.

Geoffrey of Monmouth, 5, 22.

Gertrude's bird, 236.

Ghosts, 92, 130, 134, 140, 151, 171, 179.

Giants, 17, 111, 162, 186, 197, et seq., 290.

Gipsies, 118.

Gjallar bridge, and horn, 166, 182.

Glastonbury thorn, 91.

Gnostics, 43, 116.

Goblin church builders, 163.

Gogmagog, 199, 208.

Goodfellow, Robin, variations of, 124, 138.

Gorillas, 198, 239, 259.

Greenteeth, Jenny, 279.

Grendel, 46, 213.

Gunpowder Plot, 32.

Guy of Warwick, 110.

Hakelberg, 156, 162, 164.

Halloween, 30, 38.

Halter, magic, 233.

Hares, 96, 113, 228, 243.

Hart, white, 154, 177.

Harvest blaster, 41, 48.

Havelock the Dane, lay of, 77.

Hecate, 109, 115.

Hel or Hela, 177, et seq., 240.

Helmwind, the, 166.

Heorot (Hartlepool), 45, 191.

Heriot, 182, 194.

Heroes, caverned, 164, et seq.

Hobgoblin, 128.

Hopkins, witchfinder, 105.

Horseshoes, 38, 255.

Hound, Odin's, and the headless, 171, et seq., 192.

Howling dog, see hound.

Huli, Indian festival, 58, 85.

Humber, river, 24.

Huntsman, Spectre, 153, et seq., 290.

Idunn, the goddess of youth, 19.

Indra, 8, 16, 22, 41, 45, 153, et seq., 222, 298.

Invisibility, 80, 143, et seq.

Iron forgers, mythic, 281.

Ituna Estuarium, 18.

Jack and the Bean-stalk, 68, 71.

Jack, the Giant-killer, 210, et seq.

Jackdaws, 248.

Jew, Wandering, 157, et seq., 237.

Jewish temple at Ribchester, 292.

Kelpies, water, 278, 280.

King's evil, touching for, 81.

Kings, divine right of, 8, 81.

Kjökkenmöddings, 243.

Kuyava, the harvest spoiler, 41.

Lady-bird, 250.

Lake dwellings, 114, 276.

Lakes, sacred and medicinal, 276, et seq.

Lambton worm, 44.

Lent-Mid, Sunday, 76.

Lifting of women at Easter, 74.

Lituus, or Augur's staff, 261.

Lizards, huge fossil, 52.

Luck of Eden Hall, 19.

Lykanthropy, 240.

Magpies, 248, 250.

Maidens, imprisoned, 47.

Mandrakes, 144, 255.

Mare's nest, 114.

Marriage, 36, 67, 75, 91, 146.

Maruts, 19, 153, 176, 184, 188, 240.

May-day superstitions and ceremonies, 74, 83, et seq., 97, 113.

Mead, 17, 260.

Medicines, 50, 68, 80, 94, 102, 112, 136, 271, et seq.

Merlin, 48.

Mermaids, 231.

Mersey, river, 25.

Metempsychosis, 224, et seq.

Midsummer fires, 38.

Milesians, 13.

Milk, red cow's, 111.

Milky-way, 182, 238.

Mimosa catechu, 257.

Miocene flora, migration of, 288.

Mistletoe, 67, 149, 255.

Mithras, 9, 16, 43.

Moa, remains of, 52.

Monkey tribes, 197.

Monsters, see dragons and giants.

Moon and Sun, African notions of, 32.

Morris dancing, 88.

Mother goddesses, 107.

Mothering Sunday, 76.

Mysteries, moralities, or miracle plays, 72, 91.

Myths, growth of, 26, 98, 114, 159, 165, 176, 183, 209, 298, et seq.

Nativity, time of the, 55.

Need-fire, see fire.

New Year, 56, et seq.

New Year's day superstitions, 62.

New Year's gifts, 58.

Nickers, "Old Nick," 46, 73, 194, 208, 278.

Nightmare, 184, 233.

November fires, 32.

Oak, the, 67, 75.

Obolus, 179, 181.

Odin, 8, 14, 16, 19, 46, 75, 155, et seq., 279.

Ogres, 206, 222.

Oguisi (African spirit), 35, 169, 239.

Orion, 154.

Oromasdes, 9, 16.

Orpheus, 184.

Osmunda regalis, 149.

Owls, 193, 235, 243.

Pace-egging, 73.

Palm Sunday, 78.

Pani, 47, 220.

Pantomimes, 54.

Peas, 68, 78.

Pennygent, mountain, 18.

Personifications, mythical, 16, et seq., 183, 209, 298.

Phallic worship and emblems, 20, 36, 75, 83, 88, 92, 216, 262, 286.

Phœnicians, 6, 203.

Picumnus, 249.

Pilumnus, 249.

Pitris, or fathers, 139, 240.

Plague stones, 213.

Plants, lightning, 67, 69, 80, 144, et seq., 252, et seq.

Plovers, 237.

Poison, ordeal by, 122.

Polyphêmos, 210.

Predictions, or Prophecy, 49, 50, 65, 119, 245, 248.

Prometheus (Pramathas) 35, 249.

Puck, 124, et seq., 225.

Pyanots, 248.

Pythagoras, 79, 225.

Quetzalcoatle, Mexican god, 285.

Rain, 17, 23, 26.

Râkshasas (demons), 206.

Ramayana, 197.

Rats, 250.

Ravens, 165, 168, 247, et seq.

"Raw head and bloody bones," 131.

Red thread, berries, etc., 110, 112, 138.

Ribble, the, 6, 15, 18.

Ribhus, 25, 66, 184, 188.

Riding Hood, Little Red, 224, 241.

Rings, fairy, 141.

River worship, 18, 275, et seq.

Robin, 237, 242.

Roby's traditions, 128.

Rods, divining, etc., 91, 155, 252, et seq.

Round table, see table, round.

Rowan, see ash trees.

Rudra, 153, 247.

Rush-bearing, 71, 87.

Sailors' superstitions, 115, 116, 250.

St. John's eve, 39, 144.

St. John's-wort superstitions, 143, et seq.

Salt, 181.

Samson, a Mohammedan, 292.

Sangreal, 20, 217, 219.

Sanscrit, 3, 5, 293.

Seals, 231.

Seasons, wet and dry, 68, 282.

Secret passages, 290.

Semitic races, 2, 11, 112, 289.

Serpents, 24, 41, 45, 51, 286.

Sesha, serpent, 23, 44.

Setantii, 5, 14, 23.

Setantiorum, Portus, 10, 23.

Seven Whistlers, see whistlers.

Shere Thursday, 80.

Sieves, 96, 108.

Simnels, 76, et seq.

Skriker, 173, 175.

Solar myths, 43, 98, 208, 211.

Soma, 16, 18, 23, 31, 42, 44, 68, 108, 117, 257.

Soul bringers, 243, 249.

Souls, damned, wandering or unquiet, 158, 170, 179, 231.

Speaking god at Manitobah, 294.

Spectre huntsman, see huntsman.

Spectre-hound, see hound.

Spiritualism and Spirit-rapping, 96, 129, 131.

Springwort, see St. John's-wort.

Stone weapons, 10, 43, 162.

Stonehenge, 6.

Stork, 237, 242.

Storm brewing, 14, 17, 107, 132, 156, et seq.

Style, old and new, 58, 65.

Sun-dancing, 70, 83.

Sun-worship, 8, 28, 32, et seq., 57, 70, see Fire-worship.

Swallows, 243, 247.

Swan maidens, 19, 230.

Swords and spears, mythical, 161.

Table, round, 214, et seq., 262.

Taliesin, Romance of, 227.

Tarquin's castle at Manchester, 168, 213.

Teanla fires, 31, 34.

Templars, Knights, 116.

Thor, 16, 26, 57, 64, 75, 80, 92, 107, 150, 160, 242, 262.

Thorns, sacred, 69, 72, 86, 91, 258.

Three, magic number, 255, 273.

Thunder, Anglo-Saxon notions of, 42, 49.

Thunderstorms 49, 67, 156, et seq.

Tom Thumb, 222.

Torchlight processions, 34, 39.

Transmigration, 113, 222, 224, et seq., 289.

Trash, dog-fiend, 173.

Treasures, hidden or buried, 41, 46, 195, 252, 262.

Trees, sacred or lightning, 67, 252, 259.

Tregeagle, 187, et seq., 210.

Trident, 255, 257, 262.

Trimürtti or Triad, 16, 273.

Trolls, see giants.

Tyrant lord or magistrate, 187, et seq., 222, 290.

Underground passages, 291.

Urien, the Arthur of the North of England, 217.

Ushas, see dawn.

Vampires, 232.

Varuna, 14, 22, 26.

Vedas and Vedic literature, 3, 16, 295.

Vishnu, 41, 222.

Vritra, 14, 22, 41, 47, 161.

Wandering Jew, 157, et seq.

Wash, the, 26.

Wassail bowl, 60.

Wells and water, superstitions respecting, 80, 87, 267, et seq.

Were-wolves, 224, et seq., 289.

Whales' bones, 110, 111.

Wheel, sun type, 36, 40, 57.

Whinney moor, a soul path, 180.

Whistlers, seven, 157, 181, 237, 248.

White doe, 154, 237.

Whitsun ales, 88.

Wild huntsman, 19, 69, 153, 187, et seq.

Will-o'-whisp, 175.

Wish-rod, 91, 155, 252, et seq.

Wishtness, 155, 192.

Witchcraft, 38, 45, 73, 91, 96, et seq., 126, 133, 184, 232, et seq., 255, 261, 274.

Woodpecker, 235, 236, 242, 248, et seq.

Wren, 237, 246.

Yggdrasil, or cloud tree, 68.

Yule tide and yule logs, 55, et seq., 85.

Zwergs, 80, 139.

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