part in agriculture among the, vii. 115 ;

their festival of new fruits, viii. 70 sq. ; their way of getting rid of caterpillars, viii. 275 ; fumigate their gardens, x. 337
, kings of the, as priests, i. 48 ; as
rain-makers, i. 351 sq.
, Lobengula, king of the, iii. 114
Matabeleland, i. 394
Mataboole, rank next below chiefs in Tonga, viii. 130 ».2, 131
Matacos, Indian tribe of the Gran Chaco, their belief as to the souls of the dead, iii. 373 n. ; their custom of secluding girls at puberty, x. 58
Mataguayos, Indian tribe of the Gran Chaco, their custom- of secluding girls at puberty, x. 58
Mateer, Rev. S. , on the worship of demons in Travancore, ix. 94
Mater Dolorosa, the ancient and the modern, ix. 349
Materbert, off New Britain, natives of, carried fire about with them, ii. 258
Material vehicles of immaterial things (fear, misfortune, disease, etc.), ix. i sqq.t 22 «.2, 23 sqq.
Materialization of prayer, ix. 22 «.2
Maternal uncle preferred to father, mark of mother-kin, ii. 285 ; in marriage ceremonies in India, v. 62 n.1
Maternity and paternity of the Roman deities, vi. 233 sqq.
Matiamvo, a potentate in Angola, the manner of his death, iv. 35 sq.
Matlalcuey£, wife of Tlaloc, the Mexican thunder-god, human sacrifices offered to, vii. 237
" Matriarchate," v. 46; inappropriate- ness of the term, ii. 271 «.2
Matronalia, Roman festival on the ist of March, ix. 346
Matse tribe of Togoland, two royal families in the, ii. 293 ; their sacrifice of new corn to the Earth Goddess, viii. 115 ; their transference of sorrow to leaves, ix. 3
Matthes, Dr. B. F., on harvest festival in Celebes, viii. 122 sq. ; on sympathetic relation between man and animal among the Malays, xi. 197
Matthews, Dr. Washington, on unwilling- ness of Indians to speak of their gods at certain times, iii. 385
Mattogrosso, contagious magic of foot- prints in, i. 210; the Pleiades wor- shipped by some tribes of, vii. 309
Matuana, Zulu chief, drank gall' of foes, viii 152
Matuku, in Fiji, iii. 39, 40
Mauhes, Indians of Brazil, seclusion of girls at puberty among the, x. 59 ; ordeal of young men among the, x. 62
Maui, Fijian god of earthquakes, v. 202 n.
Maundrell, H., on the discoloration of the river Adonis, v. 225 «.4
Maundy Thursday, church bells silent on, x. 125 n.1
Maurer, Konrad, on succession to the kingdom in Scandinavia, ii. 280 n.1 ; on Icelandic story of the external soul, xi. 125 n.1
Mauretanians, rain-charm of the, i. 286
Maury, A., on the Easter ceremonies compared with those of Adonis, v. 357 *>l
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Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, iv. 94 sq.
Mausolus, contests of eloquence in his honour, v. 95 ; his ashes swallowed by his widow Artemisia, viii. 158
Mauss, M., and H. Hubert, Messrs., on taboo as negative magic, i. in «.3
Mawu, god, in the language of the Hos of Togoland, i. 396^. ; Supieme Being of Ewe negroes, ix. 74 sq. , 76 n. l
Mawu Sodza, a Ewe goddess, viii. 115
Maximian and Diocletian, reign of, ix. 308
Maxims of Pythagoras, their superstitious nature, i. 213 sq.
Maximus, Tyrius, on conical image at Paphos, v. 35 n. ; on the rites of Demeter at the threshing-floor, vii. 62 n.1
Maxwell, W. E., on the stratification of religious beliefs among the Malays, ix. 90 n.1
May. J. D., viii. 281 «.2
May, modern Greek Feast of All Souls in, vi. 78 n.1 ; puppets thrown into the Tiber at Rome in, viii. 107 ; Roman festival of ghosts in, ix. 154 sq. ; Mexi- can human sacrifices in, ix. 276, 280 ; dances of Castilian peasants in, ix. 280
, the 2nd of, called Walburgis Day
in Bavaria, ii. 75 «.2
, King of, ii. 84, 85 sq. ; King and
Queen of, iv. 266, ix. 406
, Queen of, ii. 84, 87 sq. \ in the
Isle of Man, iv. 258
May Bride, the, ii. 95, iv. 266 ; the, at Whitsuntide, in Brunswick, ii. 96
bridegroom, ii. 91, 93
bushes, ii. 84, 85, 89, 90, 142 ;
placed at doors of stables and byres, ii. 52
Day, the first of May, dance
of milkmaids on, ii. 52 ; witches rob cows of milk on, ii. 52 sqq. , ix. 267 ; precautions against witchcraft on, ii. 52 sqq. ; green bushes placed at doors of loved maidens on, ii. 56 ; celebration of, ii. 59 sqq. ; licence of; ii. 67, 103 sq. ; a festival of flowers in Peloponnese, ii. 143 «.2; in Sweden, iv. 254; in the Isle of Man, iv. 258, x. 157 ; magpies' eggs and young carried from house to house on, viii. 321 ».8 ; in the Tyrol, ' ' Burning out of the Witches" on, ix. 158 sq. ; dance of witches on the Blocksberg on, ix. 163 n. l ; ceremonies concerned with vege- tation on, ix. 359 ; bonfires on, x. 146 sqq.\ bonfires on, a precaution against witchcraft, x. 295 ; sheep burnt as a sacrifice on, x. 306 ; witches active on, xi. 19, 184 n.4, 185
May Day, the Eve of (Walpurgis Night), witches steal milk from cattle on, ii. 52 ; ceremony at Meiron in Galilee on, v. 178 ; Snake Stones thought to be formed on, x. 15 ; witches active on, ix. 158 sqq., xi. 73; a witching time, x. 295. See Walpurgis
-flowers over the door a protection
against elves and witches, ii. 53
Fools, ii. 91
garlands, ii. 60 sqq. , 90 sq.
Lady in Cambridge, ii. 62 ; re- presentative of the spirit of vegetation, n. 79
morning, custom of herdsmen on,
ix. 266
pole, apparently thought to fertilize
women and cattle, ii. 52 ; at Mid- summer in Sweden, ii. 65 ; carried on May Day in Warwickshire, ii. 88 sq. ; or Midsummer -tree in Sweden and Bohemia, v. 250 ; set up in front of house of mayor or burgomaster, viii.
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-poles, ii. 59, 65 sqq. \ village, in
England, ii. 66 sqq. \ permanent, ii. 70 sq.
Rose, the Little, ii. 74
tree, apparently thought to fertilize
women and cattle, ii. 52 ; burned at the end of the year, ii. 71 ; horse-race to, iv. 208 ; brought into village and called summer, iv. 246 ; carried about,