Dâbh grass, sacred, I. 160.
Dadhicha, II. 205.
Dadhikra, II. 204.
Dadhyanch, II. 205.
Dâdu, a saint, I. 184.
Dæmon, the, I. 234.
Dafâli caste, priests of the Pîr, I. 206.
Daharchandi posts, the, I. 101.
Daitra Bîr, I. 255.
Daitya, the, I. 255.
Daitya ka Hâr, the, I. 256.
Dâkinî, the, I. 94.
Daksha, legend of, I. 12.
Dalbhyeswara, a weather godling, I. 66.
Dalhâm, the, I. 267.
Dânapurwâla Sâhib, the, II. 179.
Dance, sacred, I. 154; II. 95.
Dando, a ghost, I. 262.
Dâng Diwâlî feast, the, II. 297.
Dano, the, I. 233, 253, 284.
Dantadhâvana, the, II. 89.
Dântan Deo, worship of, I. 119.
Darbha grass, sacred, I. 273; II. 29.
Darha, worship of, II. 113, 192.
Darrapât Deo, a hill godling, I. 62.
Dasaratha, legend of, I. 228.
Dast-i-ghâib, the, I. 214.
Dattâtreya, a saint, I. 196; II. 220.
Days, lucky and unlucky, II. 52.
Dead, offerings to, II. 68;
road of the, II. 55.
Death summons, the, I. 256;
well of, II. 215.
Deazil, rite of, I. 11.
Debt, removed at a tank, I. 59.
Deerhurst, dragon of, II. 130.
Demeter, worship of, I. 26, 117.
Deo, the, I. 253.
Deohâr, a shrine, I. 97; II. 164.
Deorâsan, a demon, I. 62.
Deota, the, I. 3.
Deothân feast, the, II. 300.
Desauli feast, the, II. 325.
Deserts, a haunt of Bhûts, I. 278.
Deva, the, I. 3.
Devadekhni, the, I. 84.
Devak, the, II. 155.
Devaki, daughter of, I. 94.
Devasena, a Mother, I. 112.
Devî, worship of, I. 62, 84, 125, 236.
Devî Dâî, worship of, I. 32.
Devil, clubfooted, I. 280.
Devil’s Punch Bowl, the, I. 54.
Dhâk, a sacred tree, II. 111.
Dhâman snake, the, II. 141.
Dhanchirya bird, the, II. 249.
Dhângar tribe, barring the ghost, II. 58;
worship of Râhu, I. 19;
totemism, II. 150.
Dhânuk tribe, ghost worship, I. 198.
Dhanwantara, legend of, I. 196; II. 285.
Dharitrî, worship of, I. 26.
Dharkâr tribe, hill worship, I. 62.
Dharmasila, a sacred hill, I. 64.
Dharmdevata, a title of the sun, I. 9.
Dharmi, a title of the sun, I. 10.
Dhartî Mâta, worship of, I. 26, 32.
Dhela Chauth Mela, the, I. 16.
Dhenuâr tribe, totemism, II. 159.
Dhenuka, a demon, II. 208.
Dhor tribe, marriage rites, II. 47.
Dhriti, a Mother, I. 112.
Dhruva, legend of, I. 24.
Diamond, legend of, II. 18.
Diarmid, legend of, II. 154.
Dichali, godling of death, I. 136.
Dih, worship of, I. 95.
Dill, a protective, II. 25.
Direction of village shrines, I. 96.
Dirty places, haunts of Bhûts, I. 293.
Disease, charms, I. 159;
cured by fetish stones, II. 182;
cured by the nudity charm, I. 70, 72;
demoniacal theory of, I. 123;
exorcism of, I. 146;
godlings of, I. 123;
scapegoats, I. 169;
transference of, I. 164, 290.
Distillers, worship of, I. 183.
Diuli ceremony, the, I. 165.
Diwâlî festival, the, II. 295;
water drawn at, I. 50;
return of spirits at, II. 74,
296.
Dnyândeva, worship of, I. 196.
Dog, connected with Bhairon, I. 108, 160; II. 219;
bite, charm for, I. 151;
a destroyer of corpses, II. 219;
respect paid to grave of, II. 220;
fairy, I. 243;
associated with spirits, II. 222;
tongue of, II. 223;
tortured to stop rain, I. 77;
wild, II. 223;
worship of, II. 218.
Dokarkaswa, a bugaboo, II. 82.
Dokhutiya, the, II. 174.
Doll producing water, I. 50.
Dom tribe, respect for iron, II. 12;
for the Nîm tree, II. 106;
worship of Gandak, I. 197.
Domunha snake, the, II. 137.
Dove, the, II. 246.
Drac, a water demon, I. 44.
Dragon, the, II. 158;
cave of, II. 130 sq.;
sacred, II. 129.
Drake, Sir F., I. 256.
Draupadî, worship of, I. 94, 199.
Dreams, savage theory of, I. 231.
Drona Achârya, worship of, I. 196.
Drowned people, ghosts of, I. 45.
Drowning people, prejudice against saving, I. 46.
Drum, beaten at shrines, I. 95, 99;
sacred, I. 28, 108.
Dûb grass, sacred, I. 49; II. 29, 45.
Duck, used in disease transference, I. 165.
Dûdha Mâî, worship of, II. 181.
Dûlha Deo, worship of, I. 75, 119, 292; II. 312.
Dûnd, the headless horseman, I. 256.
Dundhas, a Râkshasî, II. 313.
Dundubhi, a buffalo demon, II. 237.
Dung, offensive to Bhûts, II. 36.
Dûngar Deo, worship of, I. 61, 103.
Durgâ Devî, vehicle of, II. 156;
worship of, I. 3, 94; II. 108.
Durgâ Kâlî, sister of Sîtalâ, I. 129.
Durgâgiya Deota, II. 322.
Dûrva grass, sacred, II. 29.
Dusâdh tribe, worship of Gauraiya, I. 197;
of Râhu, I. 19;
of Salhes, I. 197.
Dust, mystic power of, I. 28.
Dwâra Gusâîn, worship of, I. 104.
Dwârapâla, a guardian deity, I. 84.
Dyaus, worship of, I. 5, 36.
Dyers, saint of, I. 203.
Dying man laid on the ground, I. 27; II. 55.
Eagle, feathers of, II. 215.
Ear, a spirit entry, I. 242.
Earth, dying person laid on, II. 55;
flung into the grave, I. 30;
a household goddess, I. 29;
a remedy for disease, I. 28;
sleep of, II. 293;
worship of, I. 26;
worship of, a rain charm, I. 72.
Earthen vessels broken at death and eclipses, I. 21; II. 74.
Earthquakes, I. 35.
Eating food from the hand of a corpse, I. 171;
in secret, I. 293.
Eclipses, I. 18;
observances at, I. 21;
protection of cattle at, II. 234.
Eel, the, II. 255.
Egg, belief regarding, I. 104; II. 13.
Eilythyia, I. 115.
Ekka, a totem sept, II. 151.
Elder tree, respect for, II. 107.
Eldest son, a family priest, I. 177, 180.
Elephant, the, II. 238;
in folk-lore, II. 240;
footsteps of, I. 28;
connected with Ganesa, II. 239;
hair of, II. 240;
selecting a king, II. 240;
white, II. 240.
Elflocks, I. 107.
Elisha, the prophet, I. 48;
staff of, II. 178.
Elisoeus, a saint, I. 48.
Ellekone, the, I. 255.
Elsie Venner, II. 126.
Elves, the, II. 76.
Embalming corpses, II. 65.
Emerald, a sacred stone, II. 17.
Emigration, due to displeasure of the local deities, I. 101.
Eorosh, the, II. 158.
Epilepsy, charms for, II. 45.
Equilateral triangle, the, II. 39.
Erinyes, the, I. 126.
Eumenides, the, I. 126.
Euphemistic names of animals, II. 54, 142;
of deities, I. 126.
Europeans, ghosts of, I. 228;
tombs of, II. 199;
power over ghosts, II. 9;
figure of, painted on houses, II. 10.
Evergreen trees, II. 85.
Evil Eye, the, II. 1 sqq.;
causing cholera, I. 143;
influencing rain, I. 78;
charms to avert, I. 160;
theories regarding, II. 2;
persons naturally protected from, II. 36.
Exogamy, II. 148.
Exorcism, of disease, I. 146;
instruction in, I. 147;
of snake-bite, II. 140.
Eyes, offering of, I. 209;
throbbing of, II. 52.
Face, covering the, II. 47.
Fairy, gifts, I. 287;
changelings, I. 265;
lake of gifts, I. 55;
in the court of Indra, I. 66;
haunting mountains, I. 61;
guarding treasures, I. 249;
successors of a pigmy race, II. 12.
False Bride, the, II. 8.
Family fetishes, II. 184.
Famine, exorcism of, I. 116;
goddess of, I. 116.
Fan, a fetish, I. 133; II. 27, 187.
Faqîr, causing rain, I. 50.
Fat, human, II. 176;
of the eel,
II. 255.
Fâtima, a Pîr, I. 202;
worship of, I. 111.
Faun, the, I. 264.
Fazl-ul-haqq, I. 222.
Feast, the funeral, II. 65.
Feathers, a protective, II. 9.
Fee! Fo! Fum! I. 246.
Feet, turned backward, I. 238, 262, 270; II. 79;
flat, I. 242;
a spirit entry, I. 241;
washing of, I. 31, 241.
Female line, descent in, I. 70, 111; II. 46.
Fenodyree, the, II. 77.
Festum Stultorum, the, II. 321.
Fetish, defined, II. 159;
stones, II. 179;
stones an abode of spirits, II. 183;
stones curing disease, II. 183.
Fever, caused by the snake godlings, I. 136; II. 132;
charms, I. 239; II. 45.
Field sprites, II. 307.
Fig tree, respect for, II. 97.
Filthy places, haunts of Bhûts, I. 293.
Fir tree, respect for, II. 86.
Fire, drill, the, II. 194;
fetish, the, II. 192;
walking through, I. 19; II. 317;
ordeal, I. 52;
refusal to give from the house hearth, II. 289;
a scarer of Bhûts, II. 59;
worship of, I. 265; II. 193;
worship of Rahu, I. 19.
First-fruits, II. 307.
Firstborn son, I. 35.
Fish in folk-lore, II. 254;
food of Bhûts, I. 243;
sacred, II. 253;
a vehicle, I. 47; II. 156.
Flagellation, I. 99, 155; II. 34.
Flags, use of, II. 24.
Flesh, human, powers of, II. 171.
Flies. II. 257;
dispelled by a saint, I. 218;
abode of the ghost, II. 257.
Floods and drowning people, I. 46;
propitiation of, I. 46.
Flour mill, a fetish, I. 135.
Flowers, a haunt of Bhûts, I. 291.
Fly, a Life Index, II. 71.
Flying Dutchman, the, I. 44.
Food, of Bhûts, I. 236;
for the dead, II. 67;
at eclipses, I. 21;
protected from the Evil Eye, I. 11;
from Râkshasas, I. 248;
connected with totemism, II. 158;
of spirit land, I. 271; II. 68;
vases, II. 74.
Foot presentation, persons born by, II. 36.
Footsteps, witchcraft through, II. 280.
Forespeaking, II. 4.
Forest, remnant of, II. 90.
Forge, water of, II. 25.
Forty-nine, a mystic number, II. 51.
Fowl, the, II. 245;
offering of, I. 103;
let loose, I. 169.
Fraud in exorcism, I. 159.
Freemasons, II. 179.
Frog, the, II. 255;
used in rain-charming, I. 73.
Fruit which makes an old man young, II. 89;
a spirit scarer, II. 36.
Funeral, feast, the, II. 65;
in effigy, II. 75, 114;
use of Nîm leaves at, II. 105.
See Burial.
Gabriel’s Hounds, I. 245.
Gâê Jâtra, the, II. 233.
Gâikwârs, ancestor worship, I. 181.
Gaja Mukta, the, II. 240.
Gâlava, legend of, II. 204.
Gallows, superstition regarding, I. 226.
Gambling in folk-tales, II. 160.
Ganapati, worship of, I. 90, 95.
Gandak, worship of, I. 197.
Gândharî, legend of, I. 127.
Ganesa, worship of, I. 110, 160;
connected with the elephant, II. 239;
legend of, I. 13;
vehicle of, II. 156;
worship of, I. 49, 84.
Ganga Jâtra, the, II. 169.
Gangânâth, worship of, I. 194.
Ganges, worship of, I. 35.
Ganor, queen of, I. 195.
Gansâm, worship of, I. 117.
Gantarâm, worship of, II. 182.
Gânwdevata, a village godling, I. 96; II. 164.
Ganymede, I. 119.
Gardener, a priest of Sîtalâ, I. 131.
Gârdevî, a river spirit, I. 43.
Garha Era, worship of, I. 45.
Garland, a protective, II. 36.
Garlic, a protective, II. 35.
Garo tribe, bridegroom capture, I. 121;
theory of disease, I. 124;
worship of the bamboo, II. 113.
Garuda, II. 138, 158, 165, 248.
Gâû Mâta, worship of, II. 233.
Gauhar Shâh, a saint, I. 189.
Gaur Râjput sept, ghost of, I. 253.
Gauraiya, worship of, I. 197.
Gaurî, worship of, I. 49, 112; II. 157.
Gaurochana, II. 228.
Gaurua, the, II. 42.
Gautam Râjput sept, sword worship, II. 185.
Gautama, legend of, I. 13;
well of, I. 52.
Gayâl, the, I. 234.
Gâyatrî, the, I. 8; II. 232.
Gendâ Bîr, worship of, I. 254.
Gettysburg, ghosts at, I. 259.
Getuli, the, I. 285.
Ghaddâr, the, I. 267.
Ghadsi tribe, legend of the sandal, II. 114.
Ghâgarapen, worship of, I. 168.
Ghanta Karana, worship of, I. 84, 137.
Ghasiya tribe, ancestor worship, I. 176;
barring the ghost, II. 59;
worship of Dulha Deo, I. 120;
earth worship, I. 32;
moon legend, I. 21;
tattooing, II. 32.
Ghataut, the, I. 115.
Ghatotkacha, worship of, I. 94.
Ghaus-ul-Azam, the saint, I. 216.
Ghâzi Miyân, a saint, I. 203 sqq.;
marriage of, II. 324.
Ghâziya, worship of, I. 217.
Ghentu, the itch godling, I. 136.
Ghergis, I. 48.
Ghi, a protective, II. 28.
Ghisâdi tribe, respect for dogs, II. 220.
Ghoghar, a bugaboo, II. 82.
Ghoradeva, worship of, II. 208.
Ghost, barring of, II. 55;
departure facilitated, II. 55;
detection of, by the Ojha, I. 152;
friendly, II. 76;
dread of the foam of the horse, II. 207;
power of lengthening themselves, II. 75;
of murdered persons, I. 234;
occupying the body during a dream, I. 232;
recalling, II. 72;
resting-place for, II. 58;
of trees, II. 77;
fear of running water, II. 72.
Ghostly Army, the, I. 258.
Ghoul, the, I. 267.
Ghraukâ Devî, worship of, I. 133.
Ghûl, the, I. 267.
Gideon, fleece of, I. 49.
Gira, the, I. 270.
Glashan, the, II. 77.
Glass, a spirit scarer, II. 35.
Goat, blood of, offered, I. 98;
dung used in charming rain and hail, I. 77, 80;
offered to Nanda Devî, I. 173;
habit of shaking or shivering, I. 263; II. 224;
connected with totemism, II. 225.
God, marriage to a, I. 109; II. 118.
Godâm, rite, I. 132.
Godiva, legend of, I. 68; II. 47.
Godling, identification of, I. 100;
local, I. 94;
pure and impure, I. 4.
Goea, I. 26.
Goghar kâ Dhâr, a sacred hill, I. 64.
Gohem, a cholera godling, I. 136.
Gold, house of, I. 39;
producing animals, II. 134;
a protective, II. 15.
Gond tribe, ancestor worship, I. 178;
worship of Bhîmsen, I. 66, 90;
expulsion of cholera, I. 144;
cow-killing, II. 234;
respect for the dog, II. 221;
worship of Dulha Deo, I. 119;
procedure in cases of fascination, II. 37;
worship of Gansâm, I. 118, 172;
worship of Ghâgarapen, I. 168;
horse worship, II. 208;
human sacrifice, II. 170, 176;
their progenitor Lingo, I. 284;
identification of local godlings, I. 101;
marriage rites, I. 239;
river demons, worship of, I. 43;
saturnalia, II. 324;
tiger worship, I. 268;
tree burial, II. 103.
Goose, the, II. 247;
used in disease transference, I. 165;
vehicle of Brahma, II. 156.
Gopâla, worship of, II. 229.
Gorakhnâth, the saint, I. 91, 212; II. 129.
Gor Bâba, a godling. I. 84.
Goreswara, a title of Siva, I. 84.
Goril, a godling, I. 156.
Govardhan, Brâhmans, birth rites, II. 105;
ceremony, II. 296;
hill of, II. 180.
Govinda, worship of, II. 229.
Grace giving, II. 11.
Grahadhâra, a name of the Pole Star, I. 25.
Grain, a protective, II. 26;
sprinkledover a bride, II. 26;
measurement of, II. 311.
Grâmadevatâ, the village godling, I. 94, 96; II. 163.
Grass, a protective, I. 22; II. 29;
ring of, II. 43.
Grasshopper, the, II. 256.
Grease, hateful to fairies, I. 243.
Great Bear, the, I. 24.
Griffin, the, II. 158.
Grindstone, a fetish, II. 166.
Ground, sleeping on the, I. 237.
Grove, planting of, a religious duty, II. 86;
sacred, II. 90.
Gudeman’s Croft, I. 278; II. 92.
Gûga, worship of, I. 206, 211; II. 122;
mare of, I. 212; II. 206;
connected with snake worship, I. 212.
Gûjar tribe, use of amulets, II. 40;
cow worship, II. 233;
patron saint of, I. 210.
Gûlar, a sacred tree, II. 99;
wood used in laying spirits, I. 102.
Gun-firing at childbirth, I. 169;
to scare the cholera demon, I. 141.
Gurang Mâpa, a Râkshasa, I. 250.
Gurda, the sacred chain, I. 99, 155.
Gurtûtna rite, the, II. 324.
Gurui festival, the, II. 139.
Gururu, the, II. 42.
Gusâîn sect, disposal of the dead, I. 185.
Gwydion, legend of, I. 26.
Gyges, tale of, II. 43.
Gypsies, notorious for witchcraft, II. 261;
descended from the sun and moon, II. 150;
respect for the fir tree, II. 86.
Hadakâî, worship of, I. 113.
Hadal, a Daitya, I. 255.
Hail, I. 78;
scaring the demon of, I. 79;
persons who control, I. 80;
cutting hailstones, I. 79.
Hair, cutting, II. 66;
a deus ex machinâ, II. 67;
of the elephant’s tail, II. 240;
growing as a form of curse, I. 239; II. 67;
bride’s hair parting marked with red, II. 173;
respect for, II. 66;
scraper, a fetish, II. 186;
a spirit entry, I. 107;
used in witchcraft; I. 280; II. 277.
Hajar-ul-Aswad, the, II. 180.
Halâlkhor tribe, burial rites, I. 30.
Halkhyo rite, II. 291.
Hand, of Glory, the, I. 261; II. 177, 245;
clapping, I. 168, 241;
laying on of hands, I. 242;
the hidden, I. 214;
a spirit entry, I. 241;
spread, II. 39.
Hangman’s rope, the, I. 226.
Hansa, the, II. 247.
Hanumân, invoked in spells, I. 150;
a village godling, I. 87;
emblem of virile power, I. 87;
fetish worship of, II. 181;
worship of, I. 85;
worshipped by wrestlers, I. 87.
Harbu, a Pîr, I. 206.
Harda, Hardaul Lâla, Hardaur Lâla, Hardiha, Hardiya, worship of, I. 138 sq.
Hare, the, II. 243;
bone of, II. 45;
euphemism, II. 54;
in the moon, I. 13; II. 50;
omens from, II. 48, 50;
sites selected by, II. 50.
Hari tribe, marriage rites, II. 46.
Hari Sinh, worship of, II. 132.
Hariyâri Pûjâ, the rite of, I. 32.
Harrow used in charming away rain, I. 77.
Harshu Pânrê, worship of, I. 191.
Hasan, a Pîr, I. 202.
Hat, the wishing, I. 214.
Hatâdiya, a sacred bull, II. 235.
Hathîlê, worship of, I. 205.
Hatthî, a cholera goddess, I. 146.
Havva, an evil spirit, I. 115; II. 82.
Hawthorn tree, respect for, II. 86.
Hayagrîva, Hayasiras, Hayasîrsha, horse worship of Vishnu, II. 205 sq.
Hazrat Dâûd, a saint, I. 203.
Hazrat Pîr Zari, a saint, I. 217.
Head, of victim, I. 96;
a spirit entry, I. 158, 238.
Headache, charm to remove, I. 151.
Headless horseman, the, I. 217, 256.
Headman worshipped, I. 178.
Healer developing into a god, I. 147.
Hearth, respect for, I. 292.
Hedali, a Daitya, I. 255.
Heir identified by a snake, II. 142.
Helios, worship of, I. 5.
Hemâdpant, a Râkshasa, I. 251.
Hephaestus, I. 280.
Heroic godlings, I. 83 sqq.
Hill demons, I. 263.
Himâlaya, worship of, I. 60;
home of the sainted dead, I. 60.
Himavat, father of Ganga, I. 36, 61.
Hind, the, in folk-lore, II. 238.
Hiranya-kasipu, legend of, II. 313.
Hiriya Deva, worship of, I. 168.
Ho tribe, barring the ghost, II. 62;
clothes for the dead, II. 68;
the Desauli rite, II. 325;
objection to using cow’s milk, II. 236;
recalling the ghost, II. 72;
tattooing customs, II. 31;
oath by the tiger, II. 213.
Hog, sacrifice of, I. 126, 137, 197, 200; II. 58.
Holî, the feast, origin of, II. 313;
in Braj, II. 315;
indecency at, I. 68;
in Mârwâr, II. 318;
lighting the fire, II. 316.
Holikâ, legend of, I. 146; II. 313.
Homa, the fire sacrifice, I. 20.
Home for the ghost, II. 61.
Hoopoe, the, II. 249.
Horkâ Mâî, worship of, I. 146.
Horn, a spirit scarer, II. 36,
225;
fixed on shrines, II. 225;
on trees, I. 23.
Horse, a scarer of demons, II. 207;
flying, II. 206;
eating flesh of, II. 207;
lucky, II. 207;
protected from the Evil Eye, II. 17;
sacrificed to propitiate floods, I. 46;
shoe, a protective, II. 14;
winged, II. 207;
worship of, II. 204, 208.
Hot springs, I. 53.
House, empty, ghosts of, I. 291;
haunted, I. 291;
protected from the Evil Eye, I. 160.
Hulkâ Devî, a cholera goddess, I. 146.
Human, brains, eating of, I. 247;
sacrifice among the Indo-Aryans, II. 167;
at erection of buildings, II. 173;
connected with small-pox worship, I. 130;
modifications of, I. 146; II. 175;
survivals of, I. 79, 91, 169; II. 173, 320.
Humanas, the, II. 82.
Humayûn, ghost of, II. 82.
Humma, a ghost, II. 82.
Hunting the wren, I. 172.
Huntsmen, ghosts of, I. 261.
Husain, a Pîr, I. 202.
Husain Bhagat, I. 204.
Hut-burning, a cure for barrenness, I. 226.
Hydra, the, I. 44.
Hydrophobia, cures for, I. 51, 151, 222.
Hylas, I. 119.