INDEX 



321 



Lillooet. Marriage customs ii. 

 84. Puberty rites i. 92. 

 Shamans cause fecundity i. 

 139 n. Twins i. 190 



Linga see Phallic 



Loango. Maternal uncle i. 281. 

 Puberty rites i. 95 

 See Congo 



Lourdes water, specific for 

 barrenness i. 66 



Lucky Fool see Wish 



Lupercal i. 100-106 



Luzon. Bontoc Igorots. Mar- 

 riage customs ii. 26. Naming 

 child i. 223. Igorots and 

 Tagbanua. Premature mar- 

 riages ii. 262 



Luxemburg. Saint Lucia's arm- 

 chair i. 130 



MABINOGION i. 247, 287 n 

 Macusis. Marriage customs ii. 



63 



Madagascar. Barren women, rites 

 by i. 67, 72, 124. Licentious- 

 ness ii. 153-155. Premature 

 marriages ii. 263. Social 

 organisation i. 324. Trans- 

 formation after death i. 173 



Maghribin Saint i. 321 



Magyar see Hungary 



Mahbharata see India 



Maidu. Barren women, rite by i. 

 124. Burial of stillborn child 

 i. 228. Cosmogonic legend i. 

 245 n. Licentiousness ii. 232. 

 Premature marriages ii. 271. 

 Oankoitupeh, legend of i. 195. 

 Organisation and marriage 

 customs ii. 82. Transforma- 

 tion after death i. 166 



Malay Peninsula. Marriage cus- 

 toms (Selangor and Patani 

 States) ii. 45. Metempsy- 

 chosis i. 177. Polyandry 

 (Sakai) ii. 171 n 

 See Besisi, Semang 



Man, Isle of. St. Maughold's 

 well i. 66, 129 



Mana i. 28 



Manchu. Origin of dynasty i. 5. 

 Wedding customs i. 41 n. 

 134 

 II 



Mandans see Sioux 



Mandrake i. 44-46, 119 



Manioc, origin of i. 166, 229 



Manipur. Ancestor as snake i. 

 178. Bone-money paid on 

 wife's death i. 278 



Mannhardt, W. on Bonfires i. 100. 

 On the Lupercal i. 102. On 

 Midsummer Day ii. 192 



Manu, Laws of i. 182, 196, 208, 308 



Maori. Birth customs i. 128, 

 212. Father responsible for 

 child's death i. 279. Marriage 

 customs ii. 39. Sexual mor- 

 ality ii. 172 



Marchen defined i. 2 



Mares. Impregnated by wind i. 

 149. Milk given to barren 

 women i. 55, 62. Rites to 

 impregnate i. 33 n 



Marquesas Islands. Marriage cus- 

 toms ii. 176. Puberty rites ii. 

 176. Supernatural Birth i. 

 26 



Marriage customs. Beena mar- 

 riage ii. u, 13, 14, 19, 20, 24, 

 27 30-36, 38, 41-43. 5i, 53, 55, 

 60-63, 67-72, 76, 77. Boy 

 seated on bride's lap i. 141. 

 Bride beaten i. 53 ; seated on 

 bulPs-hide i. 132 ; on man's 

 coat i. 133 ; in St. Bede's 

 Chair i. 129. Cabbages, plant- 

 ing of i. 42. Eggs, use of i. 

 58-60. Fir, use of i. 104. 

 Food, ritual i. 39, 41, 42, 53. 

 Grain, throwing i. 109. Old 

 shoes i. 109. Rain i. 89. Rose- 

 mary i. 33. Sun,iexposure to i. 

 89. Temporary marriages ii. 

 5. Visiting husbands ii. 7-27, 

 61 



Marshall Islands. Blood-feud, 

 settling i. 226. Licentiousness 

 ii. 124. Motherright i. 278. 

 Premature intercourse (Ya- 

 luit) ii. 262 



Masai. Barrenness, prescriptions 

 against i. 68, no, 120. 

 Death rites and transforma- 

 tion after death i. 171. Licen- 

 tiousness ii. 193. Premature 

 intercourse ii. 264 



