Chapter 8

Jack-o'-lantern,49-50,69,121,155Japan,2,146Jokes,154Jonah,13Juniper,123,137Jupiter,8Kale. SeeCabbagesKensington Gardens,64Ker-Is,111Kettle,89,134,155Key,55,72,144,156Laeg,42"Lambswool,"51Lammas,28Lancashire,99Land of Heart's Desire,36Land of Youth,40"Lanterns of the dead,"112Lanterns in Japan,146Latin. SeeRomeLead-melting,55-56,77,168Leek,104-105Legends, origin of,2Lemons,170Leprechauns,48Lewis,80Liban,41Lincolnshire,89"Little People,"48-49,85"Livelong,"53Loki,120London,97Lords of Misrule,88Love-knots,156Lucifer,120"Luck of Edenhall,"96Luggies. SeeDishesLugh,14-15Lugnasad,15,28,33Macbeth,123Magic,7,15,155;black,28,156Maine,165Malt,80Malta,144Man, Isle of,20,82Manitous,150Mars,8Martinmas,62Mary, Virgin,29,126,132,138,145Mary Avenel,62Maryland,165Massachusetts,164Master of the Revels,97May-bride,126May Eve and Day,4,11-13,29,33,45,47,107,125,135,136,et seq.;-fires,13,61;-pole,126;-ridings,125;-shooting,140Meal,83,164Meath,15,17Medb,36,39Meg,68"Men of Peace,"63Mercury,8,15Midir,39-41Middle Ages,129Midsummer,3,11,20,28,33,53,125,146Milk,45,51,112Minerva,8Mirror,85,129,146-147,149,161-162Miserere,142Mistletoe,7,40,120Modred,84Mona,27Monastery,62Moon,40,74,76,77,146,155,162Moray,59Moytura,20,22,35Music,36,39-40,43-47,56,64,67,87,111Myths, origin of,2Naples,142Needles,117,133,151,158,166Negroes,153Nera,37,107Net,83Neverland,64New Brunswick,167New Hampshire,165New Year,82,102, 154. See alsoYear's endNew Year's Day,17Niflheim,122Nikko,146Norse,80,82,119,134Norway,1,126,130"Nos Galan Gaeof,"102November, Eve,33,35,37,44,50,59,79,101-102,107,112,137;first,4,11,16,25-26,137,144;in Rome,30;second,30,118,144Nuts,26,33,50-52,73,90-92,103-104,109,115,144,155,159-160,169Oak,6-7,27,40,122Oats,55,77Oatmeal cakes,79Obsession,44October 31st,4,10,17,50,82,85,118Odin,120,124,129,131"Oidhche Shamhna,"50Olaf,126Omens,14,22,26,50-52,104,117,137;from sacrifices,9,17,33,123,166;evil,28Oonah,45Ops,23Ordeal,9,123-124Osiris,1,18Ossian,47-48,150Ostia,25Otherworld,19,39,42,47,84,103,107,111,115,121,146,150Ovid,24,114Owls,134,152,155Paddy Beg,46-47Paddy More,46-47Paganism,30,35,59,109,141Pageant,170Pantheon,29Paradise,31Partholon,13Parties, Hallowe'en,155Peace,171Peas,92,94Pelagius,83Pennsylvania,165Perthshire,59Peru,1Peter Pan,63-64Phœnicians,5Picts,108Piper, fairy,43-44,64,87Pixies,103,110Pomona,4,23-26,50,85,155Pontypridd,101Preparedness for Peace,170Procopius,111Prophets,Druids as,9,43;witches as,89,134,151Pumpkins,155,160Purgatory,31,99,106,145Puy de Dome,131"Puzzling-jug,"103-104Races,15,26Rapunzel,125Red Mike,54,62Rick,55Ring,51-52,55,72,96,156,165,168Rip Van Winkle,150Rome,8,23-30,114,119-120;relations to Druids,27;All Saints' in,32Roses,105Rowan. SeeAsh-treeSacrifices,20,109,137;to Baal,8-9,11-13,17,101;omens from,33;to Tyr,123St. Augustine,83St. Bridget,45St. Colomba,50St. Gertrude,126St. John's Day and Eve,3,28,109,110,137,141St. Kilda,79St. Michael,85St. Ninian,83St. Odilo,30St. Patrick,5,43,83Saga,124Salerno,142Salt,57,67,79,82,83,134,169Saman,10,31,50,80Samhain (Sáveen),16,18,20-22,26,31,35-36,38,40-41,43,48,59,65,82Samhnagan,60Samhanach,64Sark. SeeShirtSatan,120,133Sauin. SeeSamhainScandinavia,119,126,134Scotland,59,78,79,81,82,99,104,127,156;belief in fairies in,6,62-64Scots,108Seasons,1Seaweed,80Secrecy,45,77-78,124,155;in Druid rites,9-10,124Seed-cake,97Seeds,14,92,121Serpent's-egg. SeeAdder-stoneSeville,131Shee,39Shirt-sleeve, wetting the,56,78-79,126-129,165Shoe,77,170Shony,80Shropshire,98"Sid,"37,49. See alsoFortsSigurd,124Sîtou,18Sleep,39,47,87,124-125Sloe,52,85Snakes. SeeAdder-stoneSnap-apple. SeeApplesSol,1Soul-cakes. SeeCakeSouth,165South Uist,81Sowens,79Spain,131,144Spectre Huntsman,90Spirits,6,20,103;abroad,14,22,31,35,44,48;evil,4,18,20,56,63,87,99,129Staffordshire,98Stones,60,101-102,106,109Stories,81,96,149,169Straw,77,99Strunt,79"Summer's end,"3-4,11-12,16,25,44Sun-god,1-3,8,15,44,84-85,87,120-121,124,126,136;-worship,21;-wise,3,17,60,67Superstitions,33,62,83,135,153-154Swans,38-39,41Swastika,8Sweden,126,133Symbols,7-8,28Tam o' Shanter,68-69,89Tannhäuser,131-133Tara,17,21,43,48,59Tempest,87Teuton,108,124,142Teutonic,4,125Thanksgiving,3-4;for harvest,59Thimble,51,72,83,156Thor,134Thorn,45Thread,138,167Thuringia,131Tiberius,27Tigernmas,20-21"Tin Islands,"5Tlactga,17Toads,152Toasts,126Todmorden,90Torches,14,60-61,68,99Tree-worship,7-8,92,123Trefoil,8,29Trinity,29Tripod,65,134,155Trolls,121,130,150Tuatha De Danann,20,29,38-39,43,48-50,107-108Tub,53,93,96,160;apples in. SeeApplesTyr,123United States,153Valhalla,121-122Vali,121Valkyries,122,136Vandals,119Venus,131-132Vertumnus,24-25Vortumnalia,25Vulcan,120Vurdh,123Wales,27,101,105,106,108,144,168;belief in fairies in,6Walnut-tree,92Walpurga,136Ward, Hill of. SeeTaraWater,57,68,97,165Wedding of sun and earth,126,136"Weird Sisters,"123Wendy,64Wheel,sun-symbol,8,13,17;of fortune,163White Lady,62Wild Huntsman,90,131Will-o'-the-wisps,121Windsor Forest,90Winnowing,75-76Winter, first day of,18,44,87,102,112Witches,4,60-61,65-69,89,99,101,129-131,133-135,146,155Witchcraft,4,81,89,134Wood,52,57,97Wotan. SeeOdinYarn,55,75,104,140,165Year's end,10,17-18,84Yellow,156Yggdrasil,122Yorkshire,97Yule,3,126Zschokke,140


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