428 



INDEX 



Animals — Coutinued. Vagei 



plants associated with .'{7, liH, 40 



pregnant, taboo for food ..... 297 



spirits of 153, 174-175, 199 



propitiation of 197 



transformation to man .... 1 99 

 Animism and folk-lore of (iui- 



ANA Indlans, memoir on 26-28, 



103-386 



Animism, introduced, tales .371-379 



Ant-eater — 



legends 220-221, 225 



nature 3G9 



used for food 297 



Ant FRATERNITY — 



medicine of 61 



wormwood used by 42 



Antiseptics, use 41,42,46 



Ants — 



binas from 285 



bites of, treatment 44 



used in ordeals. ... 280, 28 1 , 308- 

 310,339-340 



disease caused by 40 



legends concerning 211, 263, 344 



omen from 275, 277 



origin of 129 



Apalai Indians — 



ordeals 310,314,315 



sickness 346, 350 



Arai-Dai. See Dia-Dia. 



Arawak Indians — 



anger, indications 300-301 



beliefs 118, 119, 120, 152, 



161, 168-169, 181, 187, 229, 236, 261 



binas 2,84, 285, 286, 288 



birthmarks 326 



burial customs 155, 156, 158 



cassava 230 



courtship 313 



couvade 322, 324 



disease 347-348 



dogs 282-283, 285 



food 230, 295, 297, 352 



legends . . 120-122, 141-142, 145-147, 

 150-152, 173, 175-176, 184-185, 188- 

 191, 193, 194, 203-205, 209-210, 212- 

 213, 215, 219-223, 228-230, 245-246, 

 257, 261, 269, 284, 316-318, 381-384 



marriage customs 315-319 



medicine-men 329, 343-345 



menstruation 309 



names 305-307, 345 



Araw.\k Imiian.s -Continued. Page 



natal customs. . 319, 320-322, 323, .324 



omens 271, 274, 276-277 



ordeals 279 



poisoning 343 



puberty .309, 311, 312-313 



silk-cotton tree 229-230 



talismans 299 



\engeance 356, 357-358 



war with Carib Indians 383-384 



words tabooed by 252, 307 



See also various Arawak tribal 

 names. 



Akawanili, identification of 120 



Arekuna Indians — 



comets 259 



ordeals 278, 281 



vengeance 357 



Argentina, researches in 11-15 



Arizona, researches in 11 



Armadillo — 



bina for 282, 368 



charms made from 368 



habits 368 



omens from 274 



Arrows — 



bow and, use of 314-315, 361-362 



broken^ 



castigation with 210, 362 



charm from 214, 273 



legends of 213-214 



used by spirits 361-362 



lucky, legend of 214 



Mission of 362 



protection against spirits by . 293-294 



shot upward 361 



spii-it, disea.se due to. .. 352, 356, 361 

 toy, wax tips of 276 



Arts, restrictions on 292, 302-304 



.'Vruresso bird, legend concerning 226 



As.SASSiNS, employment of 357 



Aster — 



used in folk-lore 84 



used in medicine 43 



Atab.\c,\ Indians, beliefs as to 



eclipses 257 



Atabapo Indians, belief as to God 117 



Atorai Indiax.s, belief as to petri- 

 faction of body 152 



Attacapa — 



linguistic material of 19 



research among the 18 



Auguries. See Omens. 



