Oakley, Mr.: Indian snake-charmers, 131
Oameni micuti, small men, 131
Odin, 159
Oliana, the Slavonic spirit of water, 35
Olof Tryggvasen, 113
Om ren, the wild man, 131
Ora de Crucibus, or eggs with crosses on them, 78
Oriental origin of Slavonian and Hungarian Folk-lore, 155
Origin of witch-meetings, 142, 143
Orken, Roumanian fairies, 67
Owen, Miss Mary, of St. Joseph, Missouri, 99
Palace in Italy long closed, 167
Pale Boshe, 45
Panusch, or Pan, 130
Paphnutius, St., Incantations to, 33
Paracelsus, Fairy mythology, 67
Paraschiva, Venus, 125
Patterns in Persian carpets made intricate to avert witchcraft and the evil eye, 98
Paul, St., prayer against snakes, 38
Pchuvasi, spirits of water, 46, 48, 49;
ancestors of a gypsy tribe, 70
Pchuvus’ wife, 59;
Pchuvus, Incantation to, 61
Peacocks, 154
Peel or Primrose witches, 155
Peklo, Pikuljk, a Lithuanian god, 29
Periani, Parjandra, Perun, 40
Persian dancers, 158
Peru urphu, 117
Peter Pindar (Wolcott), 217
Peter, St. (toothache), 38
Phooka, 204
Phynoderee, Manx fairy, 203
Pig as an amulet, 102
Pigwiggan, a fairy, 204
Pipernus, P., “De Effectibus Magicis,” 46, 64, 149
Pixey, 202
Plato, Memory according to, x, 220
Pliny incantations, 54
Plundering of peasants by gypsies, 214, 215, 216
Poetical and artistic composition always the result of awakening the Dream faculty,
166;
its action asleep or waking, 166
Porcellana, porcella, porcelain, 102
Portalis, “Couleurs Symboliques,” 28
Potions, Revolting, 127
Povodne Vile, Slavonian water-spirits, 69
Pozemne Vile, Slavonian earth-spirits, 69
Prætorius, J., Witch-ride and Elder, 30;
meal, 58, 59, 63, 78;
on gypsies, 176, 177
“Practical Education,” by C. G. Leland, 171, 184
Prag, Prague, cemetery, 30
Prediction and Prophecy, their origin, 189
Prediction, Unconscious, by the author, Two instances of, 174
Priccolitsh, Priculics, 62
Priest, Unlucky to meet a, 129
Princess, The, and boots, 116
Prschemischl, Legend of shoes, 115, 116
Property, To recover stolen, 109, 110
Prophecy developed by unconscious action of Memory and Dream-power, 169, 170
Pscipolnitza, Flox goddess, 125
Pudding, The Witch’s, 56
Puschkeit, a form of Pluto, 29
Pythagoras, 220
Quail, the devil’s bird, 89;
the Quail in Greek mythology, 89, 90
Quails used to cure cattle, 87, 88
Quail-weed (Wachtelkraut), 90
Quatrefages, M. de, 6
Queen of England, Her Majesty the, 247, 248
Queen, The, extract from, relative to witches and eggs, 75, 76
Quickness of perception, 172
Quintus Serenus, garlic, 136
Radical function of Dream-power, to prevent images from being forgotten, 169
Rainbow, Pointing at, 128
Read, T. B., the poet, 165
Religion: Sorcery called the “old religion” in Tuscany, xiv
Ribbon, Red or yellow, 113
Richmond, John Bell, 197
Richter, Jean Paul, 185
Ring, Charm with a, 118
Robin and wren, 127
Romance, Life requires, 186
Roman Catholic magic, exorcisms, incantations, &c., 149, 150, 151
Roots, Magic power of, 153
Rose, Plucking a, 106
Rosicrucian doctrine of Spirits, 67
Roth, Rudolf, “Litteratur und Geschichte des Veda,” 54
Roumanian superstitions, 121, 125
Rowan tree, charm against witches, 197, 198
Rules, Infallible, for fortune-telling, 182, 183
Running water, Divination by means of, 55, 56
Rynt, aroint, 199
Sacramental bread and wine used by witches for sorcery, 149
Sacrifices one of the first results of supernatural fear, 5
Saga, Hervor, Gautrek, Olof Tryggvason’s, 145
Saints’ days and Shamanism, 126
Salt used in sorcery, 19;
salt dreaded by devils, 19
Salves, Magic, 20
Samovile, or samodivi, 67
Saxon superstitions, 126
Scapegoat, Gypsy, 15
Scent revolver, 139
Schafarik, “Slawische Alterthümer,” Shoe-lore legend, 115
Schlemihl, Peter, 116
Scholomance (Salamanca), 128
Schwenki (“Myth. der Slaven”), 29
Science, Enlarged views in, ix, x
Scissors or shears in sorcery, 128
Scotch clergyman, Anecdote of, 118
Scott, W., “Lady of the Lake,” 55
Seventh sons and daughters, 45, 46
Serpent, Charm against, 35, 38
Servetus, burned by Calvin, 239
Seven League Boots, 116
Shakespeare staff-rhymes, 43
Shamanism: its first stage, or witchcraft in a rude form, 6;
Shamanic magic of Tartar origin, 8;
Shamanism, or early witchcraft, still the prevalent faith of the lower orders in India,
9;
worship of water, 34, 35 (Incantation), 35;
Shamanic exorcisms, xiii, xiv, Chap. III., 124, 157
Shaman, The, his origin and influence on man, 5
Shelley, 166
Shells as amulets and as used in sorcery, 102, 232, 233, 234, &c.
Shoe-string, an amulet, 246, 247
Shoe love-charm, A, 113;
Shoe-lore, 113–117;
symbol of life, 114
Sights, scents, and tastes by telegraph, 175
Silver, or a white object, peace, 113
Simeon and Antony, Saints, 126
Sisinie, St., Invocation to, 36
Siva, 52
Skeat, “Et. Dict.” 197
Skidbladnir, 73
Skogsnufvaz, Swedish fairies, 67
Skulls of horses and cattle used for charms, 127, 128
Snails, Magic and Folk-lore connected with, 96, 97;
incantation to, 223
Somersaults, Turning, to be free from pains in the back, 129
Song conducive to cure, 22
Songs used in sorcery, 98
Sorceresses in Hungary, 46
Spiridsui, Spiridush, an attendant spirit, 136
Spirit of Earth in saffron, 27
Spirit, Struck by: to cure sore caused by a spirit’s blow or breath, 20, 21
Spirits, Elementary, the Vilas-Sylvana, 67
Sprenger, 240
Staff-rhymes, 43
Standard (London), Fetishism from the, xiii, xiv
Stanko, Story of, and the Vila, 68
St. James’s Gazette on the corpse candle, xiii;
on the Hindoo priest, 9;
scent revolver, 139;
on peacocks, 152
Stoddard, R. H., 254
Stokepitch’s can, 202
Stones thrown when a child is born, 135
Story, W. W., “Castle, St. Angel,” 26, 27
Straw, Straw-lore, 30, 31, 32, 60
Strega, Strege, 63
Strix, Strighoi, Streghe, from “stringere,” to strangle, 135
Stupidus, or the dumb god, in Latin, German and Sanskrit tradition, 104, 105
Supernatural, First effort of the mind towards the, xiii;
instinctive creation of, 3
Superstition allied to religion, xiv;
prevalent in all classes, xv
Swallows, luck-bringing birds, 127, 128
Swine, Charm to protect, 85, 93
Taboo, 109
Teeth, cures and charms, 25, 26
Ten Little Indian Boys, 221
Tennessee, Inhabitants of, reverting to the Red Indian type, 215
Theodore, a goblin saint, personifies the Sun, carries away girls, 126
Thieves, Spell against, 88, 89
Thistles, against witchcraft, 147, 148
Thoreau, 188
Thunderbolts, amulets, 248
Toad and devil, 253;
necklace of toads, 257
Toad and milk-pail, 148
Toothache, Spell against, 38, 39
Toricelli, the conjurer, 183
Tree, Plugging hole in, for magical purposes, 17
Trees trained to three branches for luck, 153;
Witches meet in the tops of, 152, 153
Trescone alla Boema, the polka originally danced by witches, 159
Tresevica, Spell of the, 63
Tribune (New York), on Observation, 172
Tritas, the Hindoo god, 105
Tuckey, C. Lloyd, Dr., “Hypnotism and Psycho-Therapeutics,” 5, 162
Twelfth child, Krstnik, 145
Tyndale, x
Vairus, de Fascinatione, 46
Valentine, Mrs., “Nursery Rhymes,” 221
Valkyries, 67
Vampire, Woman who has had intercourse with a, 100
Varro, 43
Venetian witchcraft, 155
Venus, Paraschiva, 125
Vikings buried in boats, 114
Vilas, Slavonian fairies, 67, 143;
seek the love of men, 145, 147
Vine-leaf, Magic, 138
Voices of the dead heard in a tomb by children, 237
Volga, Princess, 36
Volkv, the sorcerer, 36
Volta, an indecent witch dance, 158
Voodoo in Philadelphia, 16;
Voodoo magic, 39, 40;
Owen, Miss Mary, 99;
how to become a Voodoo witch (voodoo or taboo), 109
Wallace, x
Watching children, 136
Water-boiling to learn who will be the future husband, 118
Water-spirits, Homage to, 130
Wechselbälge, or changelings, 60
Weird, its true meaning, 43
Westwood, 162
Whirlwind, devil dancing with a witch, 128
Wigan, dual action of the brain, 163
Willow-knots, love-charms, 139
Will, Waking, common sense or judgment, 163
Winters, The, a gypsy clan, 206
Witchcraft in England, xiv;
origin of, Chapter I., 1, 6;
preceded Shamanism, 6
Witchcraft in Italy, 155
Witchcraft, Early, the first form or phase of superstition before a cultivated Shamanism, 124, 157
Witch doctors, 192
Witches, Burning, 239
Witches’ foot-prints, 154;
their swimming-places, 155
Witches only powers of nature, 156
Witch, Etymology of the word: names for witches, 66;
signs of a witch, 67
Witch Walnut-tree of Benevento, 149
Wlislocki, Dr., Obligations to, xi;
his works, xiii, 23, 45, 47, 51, 52, 57, 67, 69, 71, 87, 91, 94, 111, 117, 120, 177, 235
Wolos, Sting of, charms, 32, 34
Woman, Old, who lived in a shoe, 117
Women excel in certain qualities, 161
Wordsworth, 166
Wuch-ow-sen, the eagle, 240
Wüthende Heer, or Wild Hunter, the storm, 59
Wuttke, D., “Deutsche Volks aberglaube der Gegenwart,” 72