[474] Compounded from Low Latin ‘_bardala_’ = _alauda_, a lark. A form ἀναβαρδοῦ occurs in a similar list of names cited by Dr Rouse from a MS. on magic. See _Folklore_, _l.c._ p. 162. The names said to have been extorted by the Archangel Michael begin there with στρίγλα, γιλοῦ, and belong clearly to a similar female demon. [475] The spelling in the text of Allatius before me is ψυχρανωσπάστρια. [476] Theo. Bent, _The Cyclades_, p. 496. [477] Pliny, _Nat. Hist._ XI. 39. [478] Hyginus, _Fabul._ 28, emend. Barth. [479] _Fasti_, VI. 131 ff. [480] The same apparently as the στρίγλος of Hesychius. The Greek peasants are very vague about the names of any birds other than those which they eat. [481] I. p. 473 (περὶ Στρυγγῶν), Migne, _Patrol. Graeco-Lat._ vol. XCIV., p. 1604. [482] The word is εἰσοικίζει which suggests rather the ‘possession’ of children by Striges as by devils. This however could hardly represent fairly the popular belief. [483] Quoted by Leo Allatius, _op. cit._ cap. iii. [484] So also in Albania, Hahn, _Alb. Studien_, I. 163. [485] From Πολίτης, Μελέτη κ.τ.λ. pp. 179-181. [486] Αδαμάντιος Ἰ. Ἀδαμαντίου, Τηνιακά, pp. 293 sqq. [487] Du Cange, _Gloss. med. et infim. Latin._ s.vv. ‘Diana’ and ‘Striga.’ [488] _Ibid._ [489] A witch of Santorini told me that she had a narrow escape from being burnt for a much less heinous crime, failure to get rain. See above, p. 49. [490] Πολίτης in Παρνασσός, II. p. 261 (1878). [491] Πολίτης, _ibid._ p. 260. [492] Πολίτης, _ibid._ pp. 266-8. [493] Σκαρλάτος, Λεξικόν, s.v. (Πολίτης, _l.c._). [494] Ἐφημ. τῶν Φιλομαθῶν, 1860, p. 1272 (Πολίτης, _l.c._). [495] Νεοελληνικὰ Ἀνάλεκτα, II. p. 191 (Πολίτης, _l.c._). [496] Ἀδαμάντιος Ν. Ἀδαμαντίου, Τηνιακά, pp. 293 ff. Cf. above, p. 183. The forms used are ἡ γοργόνα, τὸ γοργόνι, and γοργονικὸ παιδί. [497] Ἐφημ. τῶν Φιλομαθῶν, 1871, p. 1843 (Πολίτης _l.c._). [498] Published by E. Legrand in _Collection de monuments de la langue néo-hellénique_, no. 16, from two MSS. nos. 929 and 930 in Paris (Bibliothèque Nationale). [499] See above, p. 173. [500] Passow, _Carm. Popul._ no. 337. [501] The date assigned is, I believe, not certain, but is not of great importance. [502] _De monstris et beluis_, edited by Berger de Xivrey in _Traditions Tératologiques_, p. 25. Πολίτης, _l.c._ [503] _Theog._ 270-288. [504] Cf. Pind. _Ol._ XIII. 90. [505] Kuhn in _Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung_, vol. I. pp. 460-1, connects γοργώ with γάργαρα and Sanskr. _garya, garyana_, in sense of ‘the noise of the waves.’ Cf. Maury, _Hist. des relig. de la Grèce antique_, I. p. 303. [506] No. 1002, found at Athens; date 600 B.C. or earlier. [507] No. 534, from Corinth; date about 550 B.C. [508] Πολίτης, _l.c._ p. 269. [509] Hom. _Od._ XII. 73 ff. [510] _Aen._ IV. 327. [511] Παραδόσεις, part ii. of the series Μελέται περὶ τοῦ βίου καὶ τῆς γλώσσης τοῦ Ἑλληνικοῦ λαοῦ. [512] Πολίτης, Παραδόσεις, II. p. 1293. [513] Πολίτης, Παραδόσεις, II. 1295.