Haddon (A. C.), quoted,188,228,253,254Hampshire evidence,96,162,192hare as a totem animal,280,287-9Harris, island of,354Hartland (E. S.), quoted,23,148,259,265Hawick Common riding,98-99Hebrew creation myth,137-8Hereward in history and tradition,35-40historians, neglect of folklore,110-20historical material,2-4history and folklore,1-122,315holy, the word,317"holy mawle,"74horde, type of society,225hostility among primitive groups of mankind,264Howitt (A. W.), quoted,142,230hunting stage of society,220Huxley (T. H.), quoted,138
idols in Christian churches,328Indian evidence,13,27,31,52,55,63,66,72,73,78,85,86,87,101,109,119,135-6,146,151,174,175,193,217,229,231,258,271,309,310,315,348,349,353,357industrial evolution,228-30Innis (Thomas), quoted,113institutions and religion,305,306,360Irish evidence,11,49,50,56-59,88,97,108,159,163,177,182,183,198,205,276-82,286,287,324,330Italy, Christian and pagan beliefs in,331-4,335
Java, remains of man in,214Jevons (F. B.), quoted,140,141,145,236Jewish temple rite,200Joyce (Dr.), quoted,116junior right inheritance,96,172-4,223,313
Keane (A. H.), quoted,214,215,241Keary (J. F.), quoted,313Kemble (J. M.), quoted,3,42,89Kent evidence,43,191,330Kentish laws,92Kilmorie,352kinship,219,220,226,230,261kinlessness,225,231,235,240-7,256,261,268Kronos myth,134
Lambeth pedlar legend,20Lancashire evidence,20,162,191,289,324lands, surrender of, to sons,70-2Lang (A.), quoted,7,116,131,132,153,225,226,236,253,254,255,263,265,271,272,273,275,339Lapps as sorcerers,349Lappenberg (J. M.), quoted,113Latham (Dr.), quoted,214,215-16,241Lauder,354Law, traditional origin of,84-100,196,328left and right superstition,166legend,124,127,129,151-2legislation, primitive,213,273Leicestershire evidence,198Lincolnshire evidence,30,162,350-2Litlington tradition,43local traditions,13-33locality influence of,219,344Lockyer (Sir Norman), quoted,107logic of primitive man,140London Bridge legends,13-33Lud, Celtic god,105Lundinium (Roman),24,25,105
Mabinogion creation myth,136MacCulloch (Mr.), quoted,47,82,123,173,239,313,338Maine (Sir Henry), quoted,85,87,117,226,235male descent,269,270male groups,225,239manorial evidence,94-96,305manumission formula,92Manx custom,160,162Maori myths,143,144marriage ceremony,90-91,162marriage customs in folk-tales,65materials and methods,123-79McLennan (J. F.), quoted,61,65,225,293midsummer festivals,328migratory movements of man,214-17,221,222,223,224,237,251,264,266monogenists,213Morgan (L. H.), quoted,225,275mother influence in totemism,257,267mother kinship,231Moytura monuments,101,102Murray (Dr.), quoted,98myth,127,129,130-48mythology,9,100-10,128,146-8,303
names (totem), origin of,260natural objects, interpretation of,193neglect of observation,231neolithic burial custom,339New Guinea evidence,345New Zealand myths,131,132-3,190,217,346Nicholson (Dr.), quoted,172,173Nod, Celtic god,105Nonconformist appeal to church,200Norfolk evidence,14-19,42,163Norse custom,174,175Norse tradition,22-23,32Northamptonshire evidence,198,288Northumberland evidence,162,324,325Notes and Queries, quoted,6Nottinghamshire evidence,96,162nursery rhymes, growth of,13Nutt (A.), quoted, 6,222,339
oath-taking customs,200O'Curry (Eugene), quoted,113offertory money,197oral tradition, force of,87,125outlawry,311oxen, slaughter of,329
palæolithic implements,217,218Palgrave (Sir F.), quoted,88,113parallel practices as evidence of common origin,109,171-6,227pastoral stage of society,220,358Pearson (Dr. Karl), quoted,47,78,201Pearson (C. H.), quoted,115Pedlar of Swaffham legend,14-19personal traditions,33-46Petrie (Flinders), quoted,222Pictish marriage custom,344political races,209,219,221polygenists,213pottery,218Powell (York), quoted,3,8,104practice and rule,227pre-Celtic remains,101,118-20,209,275,318,350priest's grave superstition,199priests of old religion regarded as magicians,200promiscuity,224Protestants appeal to Roman Catholicism,200psychological conditions,180-207purpose of custom,159pygmy peoples,238,241-5,248,348
Ramsay (Sir James), quoted,115record of custom,156,165religion and folklore,140religion and myth,138religion and science,138-9,206result in custom,159retrogression in human society,249Rhodopis tradition,53rhyming tenures,94-95Rhys (Sir John), quoted,29,33,34,105,114,115,161,163,209,342,345,350Ridgeway (Prof.), quoted,308right and left superstition,166rites explained by myth,146Rivers (Dr. W. H. R.), quoted,150,174,229Robertson-Smith (W.), quoted,147,174,282,303,304Rollright stones,209Roman Britain,25,30,105,360-2romances,124Rome, ancient customs of,26,34,151,332,349
sacrifice (human),174-6savage customs in Britain,112-16savage incidents in folk-tales,78-82Scandinavian custom,71,223,323,328Scarborough warning,93-94science, primitive,130,131Scottish evidence,20,48,49,50,56,65,67-78,92,149,162,181,182,198,288,289,290seal totem in Connaught,280-2Semangs of Malay peninsula,218,242-5,267,269,270,278,297-302,348sermon quoted,189sex cleavage in human evolution,251,260Shrewsbury Abbey Church, tradition,43Shropshire evidence,43,95,162,292Sids, Irish,341Skene (W. F.), quoted,114,115,344sky-god,106Slavonian tradition,54snake stones of Whitby,194sociological conditions,303-19Somersetshire evidence,45,95,162,205soul resident in backbone,189,190Southampton custom,96specialisation of culture,227,233,364Spencer (Herbert), quoted,117,214Spencer and Gillen, quoted,143,265Spenser (Edmund), quoted,4,11,177Squire (Mr.), quoted,33,34,101-3,117stationary conditions of life,223,224state religion,103-5Stevenson (W. H.), quoted,5Stewart (J. A.), quoted,145stone circles,107,193,194Stonehenge,107,209Suffolk evidence,161,162,192Sullivan (W. R.), quoted,113,120Surrey evidence,20,162survivals,154-5,319,336Sussex evidence,41,162
tappie, tappie, tousie,92telling tales,149Teutonic religion,104Teutonic tribes,310Thomas (N. W.), quoted,214,226,232,236,265threshold custom,159,334toad in witchcraft,203Todas, loss of myth by,150totemism,209-10,252,253-61,274-96transfer of superstition to different objects,163,325treasure legends,13-24,30trees, marriage of, India,258tribal life in tradition,51-59,103-5tribal institutions,307-18,356,364tribe, the term,234,308Tuatha de Danann,101Turner (Sharon), quoted,113Tylor (E. B.), quoted,9,133,154,200,233,239
Upsall, Yorks, legend from,19
ver sacrum,223Vortigern,62
water god,105well worship,163,164,323,326Welsh evidence,20,26,34,162,194,200,202Westermarck (Dr.), quoted,225,239Westmoreland evidence,184Wilde (Sir W.), quoted,45,101William the Conqueror, Sussex tradition,41Wiltshire evidence,44,45,95,162,287,288,354witchcraft,194,201-6wolf totem in Ossory,276-8women in early industrialism,257Worcestershire evidence,162
Yorkshire evidence,19,20,30,78,93,162,184,194,324,325Yule-tide,328
Zulu folk-tales,51,64