INDEX
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Skeat, Walter William
Brides, 353–355, 368–396
Buffalo, mythical, supporting the world, 5, 6; used for sacrifices, 189; preferred to the ox or cow, ib.; white, origin of, 190; fights, 469–474
Building ceremonies, 141–147
Bullets, charmed, 524, 525
Burial, 403–407
Calendar, division of the, 545–555
Camphor, mode of obtaining, 212–214; spirit, propitiation of the, ib.
Card games, 487–493
Caterpillar, transformation of, into the squirrel, 190
Cats, ideas and legends about, 108, 190–192; powers of transformation of, 191; evil principle in, 191, 398; not allowed on mines, 254; turned out of doors when a death occurs, 398
Caucasus, mountains of, 1, 2
Caves, haunted, 14
Celts (stone weapons), ideas about, 276, 277
Chandrawasih, mythical bird, 110, 111
Charms, to the soul, 47–49; to acquire magic, 61; to incense, 75, 76; used with rice-paste, 81; to the Black Genie, 94; to the Sea-spirit, 98; to the Hantu Songkei, 105; to the wind, 107, 108; to stop rain, 109; against the Spectre Huntsman, 117–120; fowling, 132, 135–141; in selecting a site, 142; in building, 145; elephant, 150, 153, 156; tiger, 167, 168; deer, 171, 174–179; mouse-deer, 180, 181; connected with dogs, 181–183; bee-trees, 204; eagle-wood, 210; gutta-percha, 215; cocoa-nut, 216, 217; sowing, 229; reaping, 238–240, 243, 245, 247, 250; mining, 265–273; boat, 279, 280; crocodile, 284, 285, 296–301; fishing, 315–317; fire, 318; Langsuir, 326, 327; Pontianak, 327; protecting, 361; beautifying, 363; medical, 410–414, 423–427, 430–436, 439, 449, 450, 452–456; theatrical, 505–509; used in war, 522, 523; used in soul-abduction and the black art, 569–578
Chastity, observance of, 59, 269, 315, 524
Chess, game of, 485, 486
Children, supernatural development of, etc., in bamboos, 16–18; in foam, 18, 19; ideas and customs connected with, 127, 128, 274, 320–352
Children’s games, 494–503
Chintamani, the lucky snake, 111 (note), 303, 506
Circumcision, 360, 361
Clairvoyance, 538, 539
Cobra, ideas about the, 303
Cocoa-nut palm, charms connected with the, 216, 217; rules for planting the, 218
Cocoa-nut pearls, 195–197
Cock-fighting, 475–483; rules of, 481
Cocks, fighting, different kinds of, 479, 480
Coffins, kinds of, 399
Colour, mystic importance of, 30, 33, 34, 51, 60, 155, 156, 237, 256, 416, 420, 421, 431, 433, 481, 482, 545–548, 557, 568, 569
Compass, aspect-, divination by, 558–561
Corpses, superstitions about, 398, 406
Cows, objection to the flesh of, 189
Crab, mythical, the cause of tides, 7, 92
Creation of the world, 1–5; of man, 16–22
Crocodile, sacred, 68, 283; spirit, 89, 286, 435; legends of origin of the, 282–286; other ideas about the, 286–302; varieties of, 288; man-eating, 289–291; escapes from the, 291; number of stomachs of the, 292; catching the, 293–302; charms connected with the, 296–301
Cucumbers, times for planting, 217, 218
Cycles of years, 554
Dances, 457–468; ceremonial character of, 464; the Joget, 458–463; the Gambor, 464, 465; the Monkey dance, 465; the Dabus, 466; the Palm-blossom, 466–468; the Fish-trap, 468
Dancing girls, costumes of, 460, 461, 464
Days, lucky and unlucky, 545–550