GENERAL INDEX
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Lawson, J. C. (John Cuthbert)
Beast-dances, 224 ff.
Bed-chambers, in temples, 587
Beehive tombs, original use of, 94
Bells, worn at popular festivals, 224 ff.
‘Binding’ and ‘loosing,’ 397
Binding-spells, 19;
means of loosing, 19
Birds, as messengers, in modern ballads, 316 f.;
as messengers of particular gods, 309;
colloquial application of word, 315;
in popular ballads, 315;
still acknowledged as messengers of heaven, 315;
which classes observed for auspices (q.v.), 308 f.;
why selected for divination, 308
Black-handled knife, as charm, 286
Blessing the waters, 197
Blood-guilt, ancient conception of, 451;
Attic law concerning, 443;
penalties for, 453;
Plato’s legislation concerning, 444
Blue beads, as amulets, 12
Body and soul, relation of, 361 ff., 526 ff.;
re-union of, 538
Bones of the dead, how treated after exhumation, 540 f.
Boreas, 52
Breast-bone of fowl, divination from, 327
Bridal customs (see Wedding, Marriage)
‘Bridge of Arta,’ The, 262 f.
Brumalia (in Greece), 221
Burial (see alsoCremation, Inhumation);
demanded by ghosts, 431;
lack of, 407 f., 427, 449;
lack of, as punishment, 457
Buzzing in ear, as omen, 329
Callicantzari, 190–255;
afraid of fire, 202;
beast-like elements in, 203;
compared with Centaurs, 253;
demons or men?, 207–211;
description of, 191;