Chapter XVI. : Gypsies, Toads, and Toad-

lore, 255-260
Charles the Simple (straw), 32
Charley Boy, a child's song, 22
Charms and Conjurations to cure disorders of grown people, 12
Chen, the Sun, 5c
Chesme, the Turkish fountain-cat nymph,
I32, 133 Childbirth Sorceries, 47, 48, 49 Children, Why gypsies steal, 147 Child, To know if a woman is with, 101 ;
to recover stolen property, no Child's blood used in magic, 86, 87 Child-stealing, 62 Chinese bottles, 229 Chiromancy among gypsies, 176 Chov-hani, gypsy for witch, 67 Christian scientist, metaphysical doctor, &c,
23 Church influence, 157 Cin-vat, 57
Coals in magic, 51, 52, 54, 60 Coena demonum, or demons' supper, 136 Collecting in Folk-lore, x, xii Conceptions, Supernatural, developed with
the mind, 4, 5 Conception, To promote, 100, 101 " Conditions for the Survival of Archaic
Customs," by G. L. Gomme, Arch. Rev.,
1890 " Congres des Traditiones populaires :' of
1889, x Conscious will, 168 Constantinc, Bath of Blood, 238 Convulsive weeping, 60 Cordus (Elder), 30 Cornelius Agrippa, 53 ; and la haute Magie,
xvi Corpse-candle superstition, xiii Counting-out Rhymes and Spells, Chapter
XIV. •Cowries, used as amulets, 102 •Crab, Ashes of, in bewitching, 120
Cramp (night), Spell against, 36
Cromagnon, The Man of, 6
Cross on a grave, 106
Cross-road, Spell of the, 118, 119, 15:
Cross-roads, gypsy meeting-place, 152
Crow, Eye of a (love-charm), 120
Cuckoo, Song of, an omen, 18
Cups and goblets, Divination by, 227
Dancing naked, 158
Dancing, Witch and gypsy, 158, 159
Danku Niculai, 45
Darwin, x
David, the Slavonian Jew, 249
Dead Man's Hand, xiii
De Injuriis, &c. (straw), 32
Delancre, Pierre, on witch-dancing, 158
Delrio, 149, 240
"Denham Tract," 197
Desbarolles, 176, 181
Design and Minor Arts, 171
Devil believed to be the direct cause of all
pain, evil, and sin, 13 Devil's bridges, 57
Devil doctrines among Red Indians, 13 Devilism to Polytheism, thence Pantheism,
thence Monotheism, 157 Devla or Del, the gypsy highest god, 69 Dialen, Roumanian fairies, 67 Diana, a cat-goddess, 132, 133 Diana and Herodias, 37, 64 Diana, Dina, Gana, Sina, Queen of the
Witches, 132, 133 Dietrich the Thuringian, 159 Diseases : all diseases anciently believed to be
caused by devils, 13, 149, 150 Dogs, Descent from, 715 a love-charm, 112 Dolls, Ancient, 167 Donkeys, Blessing of, 42 DragomanorT, Prof., 32, 39 Drawing and designing, 166 Dream-book, xvi Dream, Narrative of a, 164 Dream, the dream-power, faculty, or function
264
INDEX.
by which memories are loosened and re- combined, while will issuspended, 162-185
Dreams caused by a second Me or an action of the brain independent of common sense, 14
Dream-power — its action penetrates more or less into all working life, 169
Drum, Picture of Lapland magic, 79 ; or tambourine, Gypsy, 80 ; Turkish, 80 ; used in divination by all Shamanic sorcerers, 79
Dschuma, the cholera-witch, 133
Dualism, result of Monotheism, 157
Du Cange, 224
Dudikabin, to lei, 211
Duncan, Geilles, a witch, 198
Easter-eggs, Red, 78
Easter Monday, sprinkling with water, 139
Ecco l'imbasciatore, song, 225
Edda, 71
Edison, x
Education, Practical, 3
Eggs and eggshells, Superstitions and stories
referring to, 72, 73, 74, 75 Eggs in childbirth, 49 Egg-lore, a cosmogenic symbol, jj Egg proverbs, y~, 78 " Egyptian Sketch Book," 146 Elder-bark, 28, 29, 30 Ellekoner, Elfwoman, Danish, 6j Ellhorn (Elder), Frau, 29 Else, die rauhe, 69 Elysseeff, Dr. A., 107-40, 208, 251 Emerson, R. W., 57 " English Gypsies and their Language, The,"
by C. G. Leland, 203 Entering new houses, 137 Eos, goddess of Aurora, 28 Era, a New, in Thought, 8 Erysipelas, Cure for, 28 Esculapius, and serpent, 38 Estmere, Sir, Percy Ballads, 159 Euguane, Roumanian fairies, 67 Evil-eye, charm against it, 51, 52, 54, 57
Exorcism, 42, 43
Eyes, Pain in, Incantation for, 27
Fairies, Queen of the, 63 ; varieties of, 67 ; proverbs, 202
Fairy-rings, 68
Faith-cure, 23
Fanggen, Fanken, Norkel, the fairies of the Tyrol, 67
Fascinator, Eye of, 2
Faust, Gypsy puppet-show of, 245, 246
Faw Gang, The, 201
Fetishism and Shamanism, 157
Fever demon, 20, 63
Fevers, cured, 12, 16, 17 ; cured by dig- ging hole, &c, 18, 19 ; with a kreuzer,. Sec, 19 ; cured by water, &c, 19, 20
Fichte, J. G., 174
Fire, Charm against, 40
Fish and brandy, a charm, 119
Florentine fortune-teller, 225
Folding mirror, The, 166
Folk-lore perfects the study of History, 188 Red Indian Folk-lore suffered to perish, 188
Folk-lore, Transmission of, 123
Foot-print, Earth from a, used in a love- charm, 112
Fortune-teller in Florence on sorcery, xiv.
Fortune-telling by canary birds, Sec, 183
Fortune-telling, Spirit of Gypsy, 174
Friedrich, J. B., " Symbolik der Natur," 29, 52, 76, 96, 117, 128, 132, 138, 235
Frog bones used as an amulet, 26
Frog incantation, 13 ; love-potion, 119
Frogs, used to cure fever, 12
Gabalis, Comte de, 46
Galton, Francis, x, 184
Gana (Diana), queen of the witches, 132
Gander-goose, Orchis maculata, used in love- potions, 1 19
Ganet, Dom Leitas (Donna Branca ou a Conquista do Algarre), 72
INDEX.
265
in magic, 52, 91, 92, 97,
Garlic, used 136
Garzonius nel Serraglio, 46
Gaster, Dr., 37, 39, 63
George, St., his Day, Eve, 118, 142, 143, 147, 148
Gerard, Mrs. E., "Land beyond the Forest," 126, 127, 130, 134, 135, 137, 138, 139, 207
Gertrude, German queen of the witches, 133
Gessler and his hat, 242
Gettatura, witch signs, 200
Goat-lore, 83, 84
Gookin, Mother, straw-man, 32
Graff, 223
Grass, a love-charm with, III; old custom, 112
Grease, Axle, &c, 148, 149
Gregor (Oueen), Folk-lore of the North-east of Scotland, 76
Grillandus, Paulus, 64, 149 ; on Torture, 240, 242
Grimm ("Deutsche Mythologie "), 29, 54, 112 ; acorn song, 222, 223, 224
Groome, Francis, 159
Grosius, Magica, 238
Gubernatis, Count Angelo de, on heathenism in Tuscany, xiv, 105, 126, 133, 135, 138, 223
Guin, Kam, Chen-Guin^ 50
Gun, Enchanted, 131
Gypsies and old age, 47
" Gypsies, The," by C. G. Leland, 209
Gypsies: their dissemination of Folk-lore, x, xi ; basis of Gypsy Sorcery, xi ; Gypsy Sorcery not exhausted in this work, but only used to illustrate the main subject, xii. Affinity with the Indian Dom — How gypsies became fortune-tellers, 2, 3 ; came from India, 8
Gypsy Conjurations, Chapter III.
Gypsy dancing : the debauched dancing of witches possibly of gypsy origin, 158
Gypsy divination, the action of the Dream- power or Alter-ego, 173
Gypsy fortune-teller in Cairo, 235, 236 Gypsy incantation, A, &c, 209 Gypsy-Lore 'Journal, 208 Gypsy, Lucky to meet a, 129, 130 Gypsy religion, 70 ; sorcery, 159, 160 Gypsy Sorcery mingled with Slavonian, 65, 66
H.
Hair, a means of fascination, 98 ; Charms for the, 23, 24, 25 ; superstitions, &c, 24, 25, 26, 60, 92, 93, 120, 121
Hale, Prof. Horatio, "On the Origin of Language," 3 ; instances of children, 4
Haifa horse, half alligator, 127
Halliwell, def. "humbug," 16
Hand, Oath by the, 110
Hare, Counting-out rhyme and incantation, 22.4, 225
Harginn, Chagrin, an Indian demon, 91
Hawthorne, N. P., 31
Hazel, Lady, 196
Head, bumped, Charm for, 61
Headache, Remedy for, with incantation, 21
Heine, definition of ideas, 7, 43, 130 ; pro- phecy, 184; 228 ; witch poem, 244
Hell-shoon, 113
Hen, Black, Sorcery and superstitions con- nected with, 21 ; egg of black hen, 90, 91, 127, 128
Henry, Joseph, Prof., 177
Hermann, Prof. Dr. A., xi, 45, 105
Hermanstadt, Lake near, where the devil brews storms, 129
Hermes Trismegistus, 171
Hemorrhages, Menses, Profluvium or flow of blood : to cause or to prevent it, 101, 103, 104 ; old German and Roman spells for flow of blood, 104
Herodias, 36, 37, 64
Hindoo Priest, The, a low type of Shaman, 9, 10
Hole in a tree, 62
Hollc, Frau, a lady, 29
Holy Virgin, cramp, 36
36
266
INDEX.
Horns of cattle, wreathed as spell, 143 Horse, Charms to protect, 81, 82, 84., 97;
to recover a stolen, 109 Horst, "Dasmonomagia," 64, 244 Humbug, Origin of the word, 161 Husband, Spells to know the future, 117 Hypnotism, x
I.
Incantations, Florentine, used in divining by- cards, 44
" Index librum prohibitorum," 241
Indian (American) trader named Ross, Anec- dote of, 179
.indian, Red, views of marvels and super- natural power, 179
Indians, or Hindoos, not all of the religions of Brahma or Buddha, 9
Innocent, Pope, Bull of, 240
Interlacing and serpentine patterns intended to bewilder and negative the evil eye, 98
Invisible, How to become, 148
Iona, the jade pebbles of, 249
Irish, Earse, Aryan, 123
Irving, Washington, 226
" Isis Unveiled," 7
Italian Witchcraft, 155, 156; story of Floren- tine witch, 1 56
J- Jandra, 40 Jeremia, Pope, 63 Job, Book of, moon-worship forbidden in it,
5°, 51
John, St., witches meet on Eve of St. John or St. George, 143; kill cows, 144, 145
Jonson, Ben, staff-rhymes, 43
Joule, x
Jug of water, lucky to meet a woman carry- ing, 130
K. Kay, David, memory, 162, 171 Keats, 166 Kelley, "Indo-European Folk-lore," 114.
Keightley's " Fairy Mythology," 202, 203 Kerner, Justinus, 166 Kerr, Bellenden, old Dutch, 214 Key, To find a, 1 1 3 I Klek, The tavern-keeper of; a witch wife,
73 Klingsohr, a Zingar wizard, 159 " Knaben Wunderhorn Des," 196 Knife, 230-231 ; in sorcery, 61 Knots, Love, 1 39 Knots of hair, 93 ; knots in willow-twigs,
IIO, III
Kornmann, H, "Curiosa," 146
Kounavine, M., 40, 107, 208, 251
Krauss, Dr. F. S., of Vienna, his works, xi,
65, 65, 67, 69, 73, 142, 145, 148, 152,
247-248 Kugler, "Handbuch Geschichte der Malerei,"
235 Kukaya, origin of the gypsy tribe so called, 70, 71
Lada, Slavonian Venus, 138
Lady or spirit in the well, 137
Laki, Lakshmi, 107
La Motte Fouque, Undines, 146
Language, Origin of, 3, 4; denied to the
earliest types of man, 6 Lantern, The Fairies', 203 Latche romni, or female magicians in
Hungary, 46 Latour, Charlotte de la, "Symbols of Flowers "
(straw), 31 Layard, Sir H. Austen, 235 Leek, Magic virtues of, 53 "Legends of the Birds," by C. G. Leland,
154 Leidy, Dr. Joseph, 250 "Leitner, Dr., Results of a Tour in Dardistan,
Kashmir," &c, 91 Leland, Charles Godfrey : the Algonkin
Indians, &c, 55 "Le Normant, Magie Chaldaienne," 44, 62 Lettuce, Divination by, 54
INDEX.
267
Levi, Eliphaz (l'Abbe Constant), 238 L'ibussa, Queen of Bohemia : Slavic lore,
"5 Liebich, R. ("Die Zigeuner "), 110, 315 Liebrecht, J., 91 Lightment, theft (old cant), 211 Lightning averted by sticking a knife into a
loaf of bread, 128 Lilith, or Herodias, 36, 37, 62, 63, 64 Lime or linden tree, 138 Ljesje, Russian fairies, 67 Lob's Pound, 202 Lockyer, Norman, x Lord and Lady Cramp, Disease, Vampire
and Wehrwolf, 37 Lord of the Forest, 1 3 1 Lorent, "Hist, de l'lnquisition," 254 Love-charm from English gypsy, 53 Love incantations, m
M.
Mac Ritchie, " Earth Houses and their In- habitants"; "The Testimony of Tradi- tion," 70
Magdalen, Mary, 138
Magic brought by gypsies to Europe, xi ; as prevalent in some form now as ever, xv
Magic power of Dreams, Chapter XI. ; the production of what is not measured by waking-will, 163
Magnusen, Fin, on the Elder-tree, 28, 29
Malocchio, 103
Mama padura, or Weshni dye, the forest- mother, 130
Manes, 64
Man, Primitive, and his religion, 6.
Marcellus Burdigalcnsis, charm for toothache, &c, 54, 61, 102, 104, 221, 224
Maria Theresa Dollars, 231, 232
Marvels : all marvels and miracles begin and end with man himself, 171
Mascot, 147
Mashmurdalo, The gypsy sylvan giant, 8 ; invocation to, 16
Maudsley, on Attention and Interest, 172
Meal, 52, 56, 58, 59
Memory, latent power : how it may be de- veloped, 171
Men first made from leaves, 94 ; or from trees, 94
Menzel, Christh., " Symbolik," 256
Merbitz, J. V., " De Infantibus Supposititiis," 60
Miklosich, 50
Milk the tether, To, 199
Milles, Dean,'MS. ("humbug"), 161
Millni, "Gallerie Mythologique," 237
Milton, John, attributes all disease-to sin and the devil, 150
Mirandola, Picus de, 64
Mole, 223, 224
Moncrief Maradan, " The Historiogriffe of Cats," 137
Monotheism, 157
Moon, Full, 'charms, 5c
Moon, in incantation, 85
Moon-worship, 50, 51
Morgan,; C. Lloyd, 130
Mors, Mars, 125
Mountain Monk, 132
N.
Naglfara, the ship made of dead men's nails,
71 Nails, 71, 147
Nakedness in witch-spells, 133, 134, 135 Name, Nav, 220 Names suffice for explanations with many
people, 177, 178 Nano, a Hindoo Gypsy, 230, 231 Nature, No violation of the laws of, 178 Negro-Gypsies, 215
Nettle, The, in gypsy and other Folk-lore, Newell, W. W., 227 Night side of Nature, The true, 168 Nivasi, or Nivashi, spirits of earth, 46, 48,
56, 60, 69 Norden "Reise nach Aegypten," 228
268
INDEX.
Nose-bleeding charm, 39, 61
Nyerup, Lexicon, on the Elder-tree, 29
O.
Oakley, Mr. : Indian snake-charmers, 131
Oameni micuti, small men, 131
Odin, 159
Oliana, the Slavonic spirit of water, 35
Olof Tryggvasen, 113
Om ren, the wild man, 131
Ora de Crucibus, or eggs with crosses on them, 78
Oriental origin of Slavonian and Hungarian Folk-lore, 155
Origin of witch-meetings, 142, 143
Orken, Roumanian fairies, 6j
Owen, Miss Mary, of St. Joseph, Missouri, 99
P.
Palace in Italy long closed, 167
Pale Boshe, 45
Panusch, or Pan, 130
Paphnutius, St., Incantations to, 33
Paracelsus, Fairy mythology, 67
Paraschiva, Venus, 125
Patterns in Persian carpets made intricate to avert witchcraft and the evil eye, 98
Paul, St., prayer against snakes, 38
Pchuvasi, spirits of water, 46, 48, 49 ; ances- tors of a gypsy tribe, 70
Pchuvus' wife, 59 ; Pchuvus, Incantation to, 61
Peacocks, 154
Peel or Primrose witches, 155
Peklo, Pikuljk, a Lithuanian god, 29
Periani, Parjandra, Perun, 40
Persian dancers, 158
Peru urphu, 1 17
Peter Pindar (Wolcott), 217
Peter, St. (toothache), 38
Phooka, 204
Phynoderee, Manx fairy, 203
Pig as an amulet, 102
Pigwiggan, a fairy, 204
Pipernus, P., " De EfFectibus Magicis," 46,
64, 149 Pixey, 202
Plato, Memory according to, x, 220 Pliny incantations, 54 Plundering of peasants by gypsies, 214, 215,
216 Poetical and artistic composition always the
result of awakening the Dream faculty,
166 ; its action asleep or waking, 166 Porcellana, porcella, porcelain, 102 Portalis, " Couleurs Symboliques," 28 Potions, Revolting, 127 Povodne Vile, Slavonian water-spirits, 69 Pozemne Vile. Slavonian earth-spirits, 69 Praetorius, J., Witch-ride and Elder, 30 ;
meal, 58, 59,63, 78 ; on gypsies, 176, 177 " Practical Education," by C. G. Leland,
171,184 Prag, Prague, cemetery, 30 Prediction and Prophecy, their origin, 189 Prediction, Unconscious, by the author, Two
instances of, 174 Pregnancy, 101, 102 Priccolitsh, Priculics, 62 Priest, Unlucky to meet a, 129 Princess, The, and boots, 116 Prschemischl, Legend of shoes, 115, 1 16 Property, To recover stolen, 109, no Prophecy developed by unconscious action of
Memory and Dream-power, 169, 170 Pscipolnitza, Flox goddess, 125 Pudding, The Witch's, 56 Puschkeit, a form of Pluto, 29 Pythagoras, 220
Quail, the devil's bird, 89 ; the Quail in
Greek mythology, 89, 90 Quails used to cure cattle, 87, 88 Ouail-weed (Wachtelkraut), 9c Ouatrefages, M. de, 6 Queen of England, Her Majesty the, 247,
248
INDEX,
269
Queen, The, extract from, relative to witches
and eggs, 75, 76 Quickness of perception, 172 Quintus Serenus, garlic, 136
R.
Radical function of Dream-power, to prevent images from being forgotten, 169
Rainbow, Pointing at, 128
Ravens, The Seven, 51, 52
Read, T. B., the poet, 165
Religion : Sorcery called the "old religion" in Tuscany, xiv
Ribbon, Red or yellow, 113
Richmond, John Bell, 197
Richter, Jean Paul, 185
Ring, Charm with a, 118
Robin and wren, 127
Romance, Life requires, 186
Roman Catholic magic, exorcisms, incanta- tions, &c, 149, 150, 151
Roots, Magic power of, 153
Rose, Plucking a, 106
Rosicrucian doctrine of Spirits, 67
Roth, Rudolf, "Litteratur und Geschichte des Veda," 54
Roumanian superstitions, 121, 125
Rowan tree, charm against witches, 197, 198
Rules, Infallible, for fortune-telling, 182, 183
Running water, Divination by means of, 55, 56
Rynt, aroint, 199
S.
Sacramental bread and wine used by witches for sorcery, 149
Sacrifices, Human, 14, 15
Sacrifices one of the first results of super- natural fear, 5
Saga, Hervor, Gautrek, Olof Tryggvason's,
145
Saints' days and Shamanism, 126
Salt used in sorcery, 19; salt dreaded by
devils, 19 Salves, Magic, 20
Samovile, or samodivi, 67
Saxon superstitions, 126
Scapegoat, Gypsy, 15
Scent revolver, 139
Schafarik, " Slawische Alterthumer," Shoe- lore legend, 115
Schlemihl, Peter, 116
Scholomance (Salamanca), 128
Schwenki (" Myth, der Slaven "), 29
Science, Enlarged views in, ix, x
Scissors or sheaTs in sorcery, 128
Scotch clergyman, Anecdote of, 118
Scott, W., "Lady of the Lake," 5;;
Seventh sons and daughters, 45, 46
Serpent, Charm against, 35, 38
Servetus, burned by Calvin, 239
Seven League Boots, 116
Shakespeare stafF-rhymes, 43
Shamanism : its first stage, or witchcraft in a rude form, 6 ; Shamanic magic of Tartar origin, 8 ; Shamanism, or early witchcraft, still the prevalent faith of the lower orders in India, 9 ; worship of water, 34, 35 (In- cantation), 35 ; Shamanic exorcisms, xiii, xiv, Chap. III., 124, 157
Shaman, The, his origin and influence on man, 5
Shelley, 166
Shells as amulets and as used in sorcery, 102, 232, 233, 234, &c.
Shoe-string, an amulet, 246, 247
Shoe love-charm, A, 113; Shoe-lore, 1 1 3— 117 ; symbol of life, 114
Sights, scents, and tastes by telegraph, 175
Silver, or a white object, peace, 1 13
Simeon and Antony, Saints, 126
Sisnie, St., Invocation to, 36
Siva, 52
Skeat, " Et. Diet." 197
Skidbladnir, 73
Skogsnufvaz, Swedish fairies, 67
Skulls of horses and cattle used for charms, 127, 128
Snails, Magic and Folk-lore connected with, 96, 97; incantation to, 223
27°
INDEX,
Somersaults, Turning, to be free from pains
in the back, 129 Song conducive to cure, 22 Songs used in sorcery, 98 . Sorceresses in Hungary, 46 Spiridsui, Spiridush, an attendant spirit, 136 Spirit of Earth in saffron, 27 Spirit, Struck by : to cure sore caused by a
spirit's blow or breath, 20, 21 Spirits, Elementary, the Vilas-Sylvana, 67 Sprenger, 240 Staff-rhymes, 43 Sta?idard (London), Fetishism from the, xiii,
xiv Stanko, Story of, and the Vila, 68 St. "James's Gazette on the corpse candle, xiii ;
on the Hindoo priest, 9 ; scent revolver,
139; on peacocks, 152 Stoddard, R. H., 254 Stokepitch's can, 202 Stomach, Pains in the, 61, 62 Stones thrown when a child is born, 135 Story, W. W., " Castle, St. Angel," 26, 27 Straw, Straw-lore, 30, 31, 32, 60 Strega, Strege, 63 Strix, Strighoi, Streghe, from " stringere," to
strangle, 135 Stupidus, or the dumb god, in Latin, German
and Sanskrit tradition, 104, 105 Supernatural, First effort of the mind to- wards the, xiii ; instinctive creation of, 3 Superstition allied to religion, xiv ; prevalent
in all classes, xv Swallows, luck-bringing birds, 127, 128 Swine, Charm to protect, 85, 93 Swords and knives used by executioners, 230,
231 Szegedin, Gypsy in, Story of, 192, 193
Taboo, 109
Teeth, cures and charms, 25, 26 Ten Little Indian Boys, 221 Tennessee, Inhabitants of, reverting to the Red Indian type, 215
Theodore, a goblin saint, personifies the Sun,
carries away girls, 126 Theology, 239, 240 Thieves, Spell against, 88, 89 Thistles, against witchcraft, 147, 148 Thoreau, 188
Thunderbolts, amulets, 248 Toad and devil, 253 ; necklace of toads, 257 Toad and milk-pail, 148 Toothache, Spell against, 38, 39 Toricelli, the conjurer, 183 Towers, Witch, 243, 244 Tree, Plugging hole in, for magical purposes,
17 Trees trained to three branches for luck, 153 j
Witches meet in the tops of, 152, 153 Trescone alia Boema, the polka originally
danced by witches, 159 Tresevica, Spell of the, 63 Tribune (New York), on Observation, 172 Tritas, the Hindoo god, 105 Trushul, a cross, 52, 54, 153 Tuckey, C. Lloyd, Dr., " Hypnotism and
Psycho-Therapeutics," 5, 162 Twelfth child, Krstnik, 145 Tyndale, x Tyrolese gypsies and amulets, 232, 233
U.
Undines, 146
Unlucky days in Roumania, 125 Urme, or fairies, 40 ; unfavourable to cattle,. 86
V.
Vairus, de Fascinatione, 46
Valentine, Mrs., " Nursery Rhymes," 221
Valkyries, 67
Vampire, Woman who has had intercourse
with a, 100 Varro, 43
Venetian witchcraft, 1 5 5 Venus, Paraschiva, 125 Vikings buried in boats, 114 Vilas, Slavonian fairies, 67, 143 ; seek the
love of men, 145, 147
INDEX.
27:
Vine-leaf, Magic, 138
Voices of the dead heard in a tomb by chil- dren, 237
Volga, Princess, 36
Volkv, the sorcerer, 36
Volta, an indecent witch dance, 158
Voodoo in Philadelphia, 16; Voodoo magic, 39, 40 ; Owen, Miss Mary, 99 ; how to be- come a Voodoo witch (voodoo or taboo), 109
W.
Wallace, x
Watching children, 136
Water-boiling to learn who will be the future husband, 1 18
Water-spirits, Homage to, 130
Wechselbalge, or changelings, 60
Weird, its true meaning, 43
Westwood, 162
Whirlwind, devil dancing with a witch, 128
Wigan, dual action of the brain, 163
Willow-knots, love-charms, 139
Will, Waking, common sense or judgment, 163
Winters, The, a gypsy clan, 206
Witchcraft in England, xiv ; origin of, Chap- ter I., 1, 6 ; preceded Shamanism, 6
Witchcraft in Italy, 155
Witchcraft, Early, the first form or phase of superstition before a cultivated Shamanism,
124, 157
Witch doctors, 192
Witches, Burning, 239
Witches' foot-prints, 154; their swimming- places, 155
Witches only powers of nature, 156
Witch, Etymology of the word : names for witches, 66 ; signs of a witch, 67
Witch Walnut-tree of Benevento, 149
Wlislocki, Dr., Obligations to, xi ; his works, xiii, 23, 45, 47, 51, 52, 57, 67, 69, 71, 87, 91, 94, in, 117, 120, 177, 235
Wolos, Sting of, charms, 32, 34
Woman, Old, who lived in a shoe, 1 17
Women excel in certain qualities, 16 1
Wordsworth, 166
Wuch-ow-sen, the eagle, 240
Wiithende Heer, or Wild Hunter, the storm,
59 Wuttke, D., "Deutsche Volks aberglaube der Gegenwart," 72
Zeno, the Terrible Exorcism, 150 Zigeuner, origin of the word, 30 Zracne Vile, aerial spirits, 69
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