GENERAL INDEX
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Lawson, J. C. (John Cuthbert)
Garlands, at weddings and at funerals, 557 f.
Garlic, as prophylactic, 140
‘Garlic in your eyes,’ 14
Gello, 71;
by-names of, 179;
story of, 177
Gelloudes, 176–9, 211;
activities of, 179;
cure for injuries inflicted by, 179
Genii, 255–291;
confused with victims offered to them, 267, 271 ff., 276 f.;
definition of, 256;
how related to the place or object which they inhabit, 259;
in form of bulls, 261 f., 277;
in form of dragons, 262, 280;
in form of snakes, 258, 259, 272 f.;
in Homer, 269;
in human shape, 275;
mating with Lamiae, 276;
of air, 283 ff.;
of bridges, 262;
of buildings, 259–275;
of churches, 261;
of houses, 259;
of human beings, 287 ff.;
of mountains and caves, etc., 280 ff.;
of water, 275 ff.;
offerings to, 260, 274;
sacrifice to, 262 ff.;
sacrifice to, in Ancient Greece, 269 ff.
Gennadius, story of, 399
Getae, human sacrifice among the, 350
Ghosts, asking for burial of body, 431;
conventionally substituted for revenants in ancient literature, 429;
haunting neighbourhood of tombs, 430 f., 433;
in ancient literature, 427;
a modern Greek notions concerning, 428
Giants, story of, 73
Gifts to the dead, 493, 528 ff.;
how regarded by the Church, 531 f.;