W
“Wager, Lying for
a.”
A Serbian folk-tale, 283–287
Wedding Procession.
The, in the Serbian folk-tale “The Biter Bit,” 333
Wedding Tax.
Prince Marko abolishes, 82–86
Whitsuntide.
Serbian festivities during, 52
Witch-es (veshtitze).
Female evil spirits, who are irreconcilably hostile to men and children, 20, 21;
the old, in the Serbian folk-tale “The Bird-Maiden,”
281–283
Worship.
Of the sun and moon, 22;
of fire and lightning, 22;
of animals, 22, 23;
of snakes, 23;
of the dragon—that of Southern Slavs contrasted with that of the
Hellenes, 23
Wrath of God, The.
Mention of, in Serbian ballad “The Saints Divide the
Treasures,” 197