INDEX
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Skeat, Walter William
Flute, magic, 25, 27
Foam, child found in, 18, 19
Food offered to spirits, 76, 231–233, 268, 280, 311–314, 415–424, 432–434
Football, 483
Fowling, ceremonies connected with, 132–141
Funerals, 34, 397–408
Gabriel, the archangel, 3, 19–21, 98, 425
Games, 483–503; card, 487–493; children’s, 494–503
Garuda or Gerda, mythical bird, 110
Genii, number and origin of the, 93–97; black king of the, 93–95; white genie, 95, 96; Solomon, king of the, 99
Gharu, see Eagle-wood
Ghosts, various kinds of, 101–105; ghost tigers, 63, 163–166; ghost elephants, 153; see also Demons, Spectre Huntsman, Spirits
Giants, 105
Goats, sacrificial killing of, 43, 74, 143, 232, 262, 312
God, the name of, objectionable to spirits, 271
Gods, 83–93, 545, 546
Gold, recipe for turning brass into, 188; spirit of, 251, 271; ore, 271, 272
Grass, origin of, 4
Grave-stones, ideas about, 66, 405
Ground pigeon, legends about the, 126, 127, 190
Gutta-percha, charms connected with, 215
Hair, ideas and ceremonies connected with, 44, 45, 244, 341, 342, 344, 345, 353–355, 524, 570
Harvest, rice, 225–228, 235–249; taboos connected with, 225–228, 244, 248
Hatred, charm to cause, 573, 574
Head, sanctity of the, 43–45; compressing the, 337; shaving the, 341, 342
Heart of the earth, 19–21
Heavens, creation of the, 3–5
Heron, ideas about the, 124, 125
High places or holy places, 61–71, 81
Hinduism, influence of, 2–4, 84–91, 189, 545, 546
Hornbills, legends about various kinds of, 125, 129, 130
House, selection of a site for a, 141–143; rules for building a, 143–147
Human origin of animals, plants, etc., 53–55, 121, 122, 126, 127, 129, 130, 151, 152, 158, 159, 170, 171, 185–187, 285, 286, 308, 318
Hunting, elephant, 155, 156; tiger, 166–168; deer, 172–179; mouse-deer, 179–181; dogs, 181, 182
Huntsman, spectre, 91; legend of the, 112–120; charms against the, 117–120; the wild jungle dogs, the pack of the, 183 (note)
Illness, attributed to the agency of spirits, 64, 65, 91, 92, 116, 117, 120, 322–325, 330, 410–456, 505–509, 573
Images for harming people, 45, 413, 430, 569–574; for recalling lost souls, 49, 452, 453; intended to attract spirits, 72, 417, 432, 433, 438, 464
Incense, ceremonial burning of, 60, 61, 65, 67, 75, 76, 78, 142, 144, 149, 172, 207, 208, 219, 221, 225, 232, 239, 240, 242, 244, 268, 270, 312, 376, 410–413, 417–420, 440, 465, 467, 504, 511, 537, 570, 572, 575–577; invocations to, 75, 76, 410
Invocations, see Charms
Iron, magic use of, 225, 232, 236, 237, 273, 274, 338, 398, 429, 454–456