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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