# Journal of American Folk-Lore/Volume 12/Index

INDEX TO VOLUME XII.
Africa, 144, 183.
American Folk-Lore Society: Tenth Annual Meeting, 51; Report of the Council, 51; Treasurer's Report, 52; papers presented, 52; officers, 307; honorary members, 307; life members, 307; annual members, 307; libraries subscribing, 312; subscribers to Publication Fund, 314.
Animals, in folk-lore and myth: Alligator, 259; bat, 49; bear, 115, 172, 173, 175, 176; cat, 48–50, 57, 60, 68, 127, 132, 145, 146, 228, 268, 286; coon, 109, 113; deer, 119, 123; dog, 112, 168; duck, 19; eagle, 85, 229; fox, 19, 113, 229; goose, 171; gull, 175; hawk, 175; hog, 261; jaybird, 269; louse, 269; lemming, 19; mouse, 268; narwhal, 169; owl, 19, 132, 269; porcupine, 46; possum, 113; ptarmigan, 19, 172; rabbit, 56, 108, 115, 229, 261; raven, 19, 173; salamander, 255; snake, 46, 60, 256, 257, 259, 268; snowbird, 19, 172, 174; swan, 121; swordfish, 175; terrapin, 269; toad, 46, 122; wolf, 108; turtle, 119, 121; worm, 175; wren, 229.
Backus, E. M., Christmas Carols from Georgia, 270.
Backus, E. M., Tales of the Rabbit from Georgia Negroes: How Brer Rabbit practise medicine, 108; Why the people tote Brer Rabbit foot in their pocket, 109; Brer Rabbit born to luck, in; Why Mr. Dog runs Brer Rabbit, 112; How Brer Rabbit bring dust out of the rock, 113; When Brer Rabbit save the pig, 114.
Beings, imaginary: Devil, 43, 126, 212; Eskimo giant, 167; Jack-o'-the-Lantern, 261; water-monsters, 255.
Books Reviewed: Abercromby, J., The Pre- and Protohistoric Finns, 76; Bugge, S. (translated by W. H. Schofield), The Home of the Eddie Poems, 301; De Kay, C, Bird Gods, 238: Evans, E., The High History of the Holy Grail, 236; Fleeson, K. N., Laos Folk-Lore of Farther India, 303; Furness W. H., Folk-Lore in Borneo, 303; Gomme, A. B., The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 73; Higginson, W. W., Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic, 157; Hull, E., Cuchullin Saga in Irish Literature, 151; The International Congress of the World's Columbian Exposition, 231; Lang, A., The Making of Religion, 234; Parker, K. L., More Australian Legendary Tales, 155; Pokagon, Chief, Ogimaw-kwe Mit-i-gwaki (Queen of the Woods), 153; Russell, Frank, Explorations in the Far North, 300.
Brinton, D. G., Memorial Notice of, 215.
Ceremonies and Customs: Animation of idols, 67; consecration, 163, 165; courtship, 229; divination, 231; funeral, 232; judicial, 3; marriage, 4; orientation, 104; sacrificial, 144; taboo, 5; whipping at boundary, 274; worship, 105, 161.
Chamberlain, A. F., American Indian Names of White Men and Women: Algonkian, 24; Iroquois, 28.
Chamberlain, A. F., In Memoriam: Daniel Garrison Brinton, 215.
Chamberlain, A. F. and I. C, Record of American Folk-Lore, 136.
Chamberlain, I. C, Contributions toward a Bibliography of Folk-Lore relating to Women, 32.
Charms and Incantations, 49, 56, 100, 110, 133, 22S, 229.
Connelley, W. E., Notes on the Folk-Lore of the Wyandots: I. Religion, 116; list of gods, 117; 1. Hooh mäh'-yooh-wäh″-neh′', Big chief that lives above the sky, 117; 2. Tsēh-zhooh-skäh′-häh, Great one of the water and land, 11S; 3. Skĕhn-rīh′-äh-täh′, War god; 4. Täh-rĕh-nyōh-träh'′squäh, god of dreams; 5. Hēh′-nōh, thunder god; 6. the animals, 118; 7. the woman who ell from heaven; 8. the Twins; 9. Täh′-tēhkëh′-äh. the Little People, 119; 10. the Hooh'″-kēh′, or medicine-man ​myths; the Woman who Fell from Heaven, 120; the Great Island, 122; the Twins born; the Deer and the Rainbow; or, how the animals got into the sky, 123.
Cooke, E. J., English Folk-Tales in America: The Bride of the Evil One, 126.
Dances, Si.
Days and Festivals: Christmas, 50; Easter, 106; Halloween, 49, 56; Holy Thursday, 163; Palm Sunday, 162.
Dixon, R. B., The Color-Symbolism of the Cardinal Points: Difficulties arising from imperfect information, choice of colors, 10; factors in the choice, sun-colors of East and West, 11; effect of geographic position, climate as factor, 12; color of north, various, religion as factor, comparisons of color-systems, 13; shifting and reversal, 15; diversity, not uniformity, characteristic of symbolism, 16.
Dorsey, George A., The Ocimbanda, or Witch-Doctor of the Ovimbundu of Portuguese Southwest Africa: Importance of the witch-doctor, 183; art acquired by apprenticeship, outfit, 184; basket-shaped gourd used in divination, images employed in ceremony, method of diviner, 185; antelope horn, small charms, 186; poison test, 187; remedies used, 188.
Dramatization, 95, 162, 164.
Edwards, G. D., Items of Armenian Folk-Lore collected in Boston: Dreams, 97; superstitions, 9S; diseases, 100; riddles, 101; games, club fist, 102; candle game, customs, 103; Easter, 106.
Eskimo, 17, 166.
Ethical conceptions, 1.
Fewkes, J. W., Hopi Basket-Dances: Variants of basket-dance, 81; dates, public Lalakonti at Walpi, 82; public Lalakonti at Oraibi, 84; public Lalakonti at Cipaulovi, 85; altar of the Cipaulovi Lalakonti, 86; Owakulti, Kohonono basket-dance, 87; Tanoan variant of coronet, 89; coronets of two women in the Mamzrauti, 90; relation of the Bulintikibi to the Hopi ritual, 91; conclusion, 93; nature of the cult introduced, 94.
Figures and Symbols, 10, 233.
Folk- Lore Scrap Book: Ghosts as guardians of hidden treasure, the boy and the ghost, 64; penalties for injuring Chinese scriptures, and rewards for their distribution, 65; extracts from the Yü-li or Precious Records (continued from No. XLIII.); Rewards for preventing suicide, 66; edict of the President of the Sixth Hall of Judgment in Hades, 67; Irishman stories: The Irishman and the pumpkin, The sea-tick and the Irishman, The Irishman and the moon, 226; The Irishmen and the watermelon, The Irishmen and the deer, 227; Two Irishmen at sea, The trick bone of a black cat, 228; How to conjure, Remedies to cure conjuration, A word of courtship, Why the wren does not fly high, Brer Rabbit beats Brer Fox, 229; Osakie legend of the Ghost Dance, by W. Jones, 284; Passion Play at Coyoacan, 286; cures by conjure doctors, 288; modern conjuring in Washington, 289.
Games, 74, 102.
Gatschet, A. S., Various Ethnographic Notes: African masks and secret societies, 208; Mumbo Jumbo, 209; the deities of the early New England Indians, 211; the Kalapuya people, 212.
Gatschet, A. S., Water-monsters of American aborigines: Animal prodigies universal, made up of human and brutish elements, 255; horned snake of Wabenaki, 256; snake of Micmacs, 256; Potawatomi serpent of Lake Manitou; "tiger" of Peorian Indians, 257; dwarfs, river fairies, wood-spirits of Creeks, of Siouan family, of Winnebagos, of Cherokees, 258; of Iroquois, horned snake of Creeks, horned alligator of Kiowas, monster of Indians near Willamette River, 260.
Hawaii, 233.
Horsford, Cornelia, A Tradition of Shelter Island, N. Y., 43.
Indian Tribes: Apache, 13, 16, 219. Aztec, 294. Blackfoot, 24. Cherokee, 13, 258. Cheyenne, 24. Chinook, 213. Creek, 12, 258, 259. Hopi, 12, 81. Iroquois, 28, 259. Kalapuya, 212, 259, 260. ​Kiowa, 259. Massachusetts, 211. Maya, 13, 15, 16. Miami, 258. Micmac, 256. Montagnais, 25. Mississaga, 25. Navaho, 2, 12. Nipissing, 25. Ojibwa, 26. Omaha, 13. Oregonian, 214. Ottawa, 28. Peoria, 257. Pottawattamie, 154, 257. Sac and Fox, 284. Sia, 13, 15. Siouan, 258. Trique, 38. Wyandot, 116. Zuni, 13, 15.
See also "Record of American Folk-Lore."
Journals, Indexed, 7S, 158, 305.
Kroeber, A. L., Animal Tales of the Eskimo: Animals frequent in Indian mythology, but absent in Eskimo, 17; genuine animal tales few, marriage between animal and human being a favorite theme, tales similar to European beast-fables, 18; Eskimo animal tales proper form a class by themselves, 20; animals not associated with cosmogony, totemism wanting, 21; list of Eskimo animal tales, 22.
Kroeber, A. L., Tales of the Smith Sound Eskimo: I. The Tutuatuin, 166; II. Inukpan; III. The woman who married a Tuneq; IV. The Tornit and the Adlit, 167; V. The woman who married a dog, 168; VI. The origin of the narwhal, 169; VII. The man who married a goose, 170; VIII. Quatipalung; IX. The origin of the bear; X. The origin of the snow-bunting and the ptarmigan; XI. Naulaxssaqton, 172; XII. The Pleiades; XIII. The raven, 173; XIV. Terieniaq; XV. The gull; XVI. The Uingniaqsuqssuin; XVII. The black bear, 175; XVIII. The Aglirtoq woman and the bear; XIX. Qigexssuung; XX. The bear, 176; XXI. Kiviung; XXII. Igimāssuxssuq, 177; XXIII. Qauaxsaqsuq; XXIV. The tortured girl, 178; XXV. Akssait Iqoxie (He cut off her fingers); XXVI. The sun and the moon, 179; XXVII. Aningan; XXVIII. Irdlirvirisisong, 180; XXIX. Qalutaling; XXX. Fragments, 181.
Local Meetings and Other Notices: Annual Meeting of the American Folk-Lore Society, 1899, 230, 287; Baltimore Branch, 147, 296; Boston Branch, 71, 149; Cambridge Branch, 148; Cincinnati Branch, 150, 297; Presentation to the Folk-Lore Society of objects illustrating Mexican folk-lore, 230; International Congress of the History of Religions, 231; International Congress of Folk-Lorists, 297; Twelfth International Congress of Orientalists, 299; Congress on Basque Studies, 297.
Louisiana, 146.
Luck, 45, 132.
Magic and Witchcraft, 50, 93, 109, 132, 145, 183, 201.
Matthews, Washington, The Study of Ethics among the Lower Races: European prejudices, 1; absence of definite standard, use of myth and tradition for determining ethical ideas, 2; Navahoes, absence of punishment among, 3; sacredness of kinship, 4; Navahoes not untruthful, 5; savages shocked by civilized customs, no system of rewards and punishments in future life, 5; sense of shame, 6; unselfish morality, 7; good manners of aborigines, 8; courtesy, 9.
Medicine, popular, 47, 62, 100, 186.
Mexico, 12, 13, 161, 230.
Nature, phenomena of: Earth, 40; four directions, 10, 13; fire, 104; lightning, 46, 91; moon, 39, 47, 48, 179; rainbow, 123; raincloud, 83, 84, 94; seasons, 265; stars, 173; sun, 11, 39, 106; 179, 212 ; thunder, 46.
Newell, W. W., Early American Ballads, 241: Ancient English ballads, older than the fifteenth century, continued composition of ballads in inferior style, 241; local ballads of New England, W. M. Beauchamp on, account of the death of a child, 242; The Lancaster maid, 245; The Lady in the west, 247; Polly's love, 248; variant of theme, 249; confession of a criminal, 250; Creation, 250; Beautiful Katie and the gray mare, song of Lovewell's fight, 253; manuscript ballad of 1755, 254.
Newell, W. W., The Legend of the Holy Grail: ​V. Manner of development of mediæval tales: (1) Expansion, 189; (2) interpolation of new episodes; (3) process of connecting these by genealogical ties; (4) accentuation of the marvellous element; (5) popularization of tales; (6) creative imagination of the later authors, 191; translations of the Perceval of Crestien; the Parzival of Wolfram, 192; Heinrich vom Türlin, 197; the Later Titurel; Peredur, 200; Sir Percevelle, 204; Notes, 206. VI. Tales related to the enfances of Perceval, 275; folk-tales representing the hero as simpleton, 278; new development of the legend, 280.
Notes and Queries: Two witch-stories: 1. The brothers who married witches; 2. The second wife, 68, F. D. Bergen ; Folk-tale of the Pansy, H. C. Bolton; Ropes of sand; asses; and the Danaides, G. M. Godden, 69; sacrifice among the Wakamba in British East Africa, George A. Barton, 144; Two negro witch-stories, black cats as witches, Fanny D. Bergen, 145; Louisiana ghost story, Fanny D. Bergen, 146; survival in New England of foundation sacrifice, 290; folk-names of animals, rhyme relating to the battle of New Orleans, a nursery rhyme, the mouse, the grouse, and the little red hen, 291; a game of children in Philadelphia, a dance-rhyme of children in Brooklyn, N. Y., 292; negro superstitions of European origin, 294; "buffalo chips" as a remedy, an Aztec spectre, 295.
Omens and signs, 45.
Paraphernalia and Implements of Worship: Altars, 86 ; baskets, 82, 184; cakes, 88; costume, 82, 85, 184; dolls and images, 88, 185; masks, 208; pictures, 84.
Plants in Folk-Lore and Myth: Bean, 211; corn, 86, 91, 211; gourd, 183; irrenkraut, 47 ; knotweed, 47; pansy, 69; toadstool, 269.
Record of American Folk-Lore:
North America, Algonkian, Athapascan, Caddoan, 136; Copehan, Eskimo, Haida, Iroquoian, 137; Pueblos, Tsimshian, Uto-Aztecan, 138; Moki, 139; Central America, South America, 140; æsthetics, archæology, art, ethnography, 141; games, migration, music, 142; sematology, weapons, zoötechny, 143.
Religion: Hopi, 81; Trique, 38; Wyandot, 116.
Riddles, 101.
Seventh Volume of the Memoirs of the American Folk-Lore Society: Richness of the collection, English element controlling, 55; rabbit-foot as charm, amulets, 56; saliva, 58; superstitious beliefs relating to animals, sacred quality of some of these, 59; snake as friendly, cat-omens, 60; introduction by J. Y. Bergen, 61.
Spirits and Ghosts, 64, 70, 146, 233.
Starr, F., Holy Week in Mexico: Viernes de Dolores: Friday of Grief, 162; Palm Sunday, Passion Play, 162; Holy Thursday, 163; Sabado de Gloria: Saturday of Glory, 164.
Steiner, R., Superstitions and Beliefs from Central Georgia: Spirits and witches, 261; cross-marks, luck, 262; signs, 263; weather, 264; seasons, members of the body, 265; popular medicine, 266; cats, 267; snakes, birds, 268; miscellaneous, 269.
Superstitions, 45, 98, 265.
Tales and legends, 17, 108, 120, 226, 229.
Totemism, 21, 95.
Valentini, P. J. J., Trique Theogony, an alleged specimen of ancient Mexican folk-lore, 38.
Weather, 61.
Whitney, A. W., Items of Maryland Belief and Custom: Charms believed in, a cure for "flesh decay," or wasting disease, in a boy, 271; surveyors' custom, why the Devil never wears a hat, 272.
Wiltse, H. M., Some Mountain Superstitions of the South: Superstition, boundary of, uncertain, signs and superstitions, 131; use of the superstitions, 134; "milk-sick," 136.
Wintemberg, W. J., Items of German-Canadian Folk-Lore: Death signs, rain signs, storm signs, good luck, bad luck, 45; thunder and lightning, folk-lore in connection with our fauna, 46; folk-lore in connection with our flora, cures, 47; moon signs, miscellaneous, 48; Halloween observance, 49; a Christmas Eve custom, witches and witchcraft, 50.
Wishes, 43, 104'.