——, Northern, the Emblica officinalis sacred in, 119; coco-nuts sacred in, 119; eyes of owl eaten in, 497
——, South-eastern, precautions against demon of smallpox in, 549
——, Southern, inspired priest in, 94; husband’s name tabooed in, 249; kings formerly killed after a twelve years’ reign in, 274; ceremonies at eating the new rice in, 482; expulsion of demon in, 563
Indian ceremonies analogous to the rites of Adonis, 336; legend parallel to Balder myth, 701
—— Archipelago, the, head-hunting in, 441; expulsion of diseases in, 566; birth-custom in, 679
Indonesian ideas of the rice soul, 414; treatment of the growing rice as a breeding woman, 414
Insects, homoeopathic magic of, 31; charms to protect the fields against, 530, 531
Inspiration, 93; two modes of producing temporary, 94; prophetic, 334; savage theory of, 356
Intellectual progress dependent on economic progress, 48
Invulnerability, conferred by decoction of a parasitic orchid, 660; of Balder, 667; attained through blood brotherhood with animal, 684
Invulnerable warlock or giant, stories of the, 668
Ireland, woman burnt as a witch in, 56; magical powers of kings in, 89; belief as to green boughs on May Day in, 119; May Day in, 121; May Queen in, 131; taboos observed by kings in ancient, 173; cut hair preserved against the day of judgment in, 236; old kings of, might not have any blemish, 273; harvest customs in, 404; hunting the wren in, 537; Beltane fires in, 621; Hallowe’en in, 634; Midsummer fires in, 646; story of the external soul in, 673
Iron, tabooed, 221, 224; used as a charm against spirits, 225, 481; mistletoe gathered without the use of, 660
Iron-Beard, Dr., a Whitsuntide mummer, 297, 300, 307
Isis, how she discovered the name of Ra, 260; sister and wife of Osiris, 363, 382; her many names, 382; a corn-goddess, 382; her discovery of wheat and barley, 382; identified with Demeter, 383; popularity of her worship in the Roman Empire, 383; resemblance to the Virgin Mary, 383; dirge of, 424
Isle de France, the May-tree and Father May in, 126; harvest customs in, 427, 430; Midsummer giant burnt in, 655
Isle of Man, the, 81; St. Bridget in, 135; hunting the wren in, 536; Midsummer fires in, 630, 645; old New Year’s Day in, 633; Hogmanay song in, 634; Hallowe’en in, 636
Italy, disposal of loose hair by women in, 236; “killing the Hare” at harvest in, 453; resemblance between the Carnival of modern and the Saturnalia of ancient, 586; Midsummer fires in, 631; the mistletoe in, 659; birth-trees in, 682
——, ancient, spinning on highroads forbidden to women, 20; forests of, 110; tree-worship in, 111; oaks sacred to Jupiter in, 160
Janus, 164, 165, 167; as a god of doors, 166; explanation of the two-headed, 166
Japan, black dog sacrificed for rain in the mountains of, 73; rain-making by means of a stone in, 76; ceremony to make trees bear fruit in, 114; the Mikado of, 168; bear festival of the Aino in, 505; the mistletoe in, 660
Java, 30; rain-charms in, 66, 68, 72; sexual intercourse to promote the growth of rice in, 136; custom when child is first set on the ground, 181; remedy for gout or rheumatism in, 196; superstitions as to the head in, 230; ceremony at rice-harvest in, 418; earthworms eaten by dancing girls in, 496
Jawbones, magical use of, 18, 78; of slain animals propitiated by hunters, 526
Jaws of corpse tied up to prevent the escape of the soul, 180
