GENERAL INDEX
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Lawson, J. C. (John Cuthbert)
means of protection against, 140;
not immortal, 156;
offerings to, 140, 150;
responsible for whirlwinds, 150;
‘seizure’ by, 142;
story of wedding-procession of, 149;
supernatural qualities in dress of, 136;
theft of children by, 141;
their love of children, 140;
their marriage with men, 134;
their relations with men, 134–9;
their relations with women, 139;
transformation of, 137;
widespread belief in, 131;
with feet of goat or ass, 133
Nether world (see Under-world)
Nomocanon de excommunicatis, 397
Nomocanon concerning vrykolakes, 365, 402 f.
Non-dissolution (see also Vrykolakes), 366;
ancient imprecations of, 417 ff.
Numbers, lucky and unlucky, 313
Nymphs (see alsoNereids), 130 ff.;
not immortal, 156;
punishment for violence done to, 584;
seizure by, 142
Oedipus, curse pronounced by, 419
Offerings, how affected by Christianity, 337;
to Artemis, 170;
to Callicantzari, 201;
to genii, 274;
to gods, motive of, 335, 336 f.;
to Nereids, 140;
to Saints, 58, 337;
to the dead (see Gifts), 493
Oil, spilling of, as omen, 328
Olive, foliage or wood used in funerals, 498 f.
Olympus, as abode of the Fates, 128
Omens (see Divination);
from dripping of water, 121
Oracle of Amorgos, 332