Spectre Huntsman, 90 Spirits, 6, 20, 103; abroad, 14, 22, 31, 35, 44, 48; evil, 4, 18, 20, 56, 63, 87, 99, 129 Staffordshire, 98 Stones, 60, 101-102, 106, 109 Stories, 81, 96, 149, 169 Straw, 77, 99 Strunt, 79 "Summer's end," 3-4, 11-12, 16, 25, 44 Sun-god, 1-3, 8, 15, 44, 84-85, 87, 120-121, 124, 126, 136; -worship, 21; -wise, 3, 17, 60, 67 Superstitions, 33, 62, 83, 135, 153-154 Swans, 38-39, 41 Swastika, 8 Sweden, 126, 133 Symbols, 7-8, 28 Tam o' Shanter, 68-69, 89 Tannhäuser, 131-133 Tara, 17, 21, 43, 48, 59 _Tempest_, 87 Teuton, 108, 124, 142 Teutonic, 4, 125 Thanksgiving, 3-4; for harvest, 59 Thimble, 51, 72, 83, 156 Thor, 134 Thorn, 45 Thread, 138, 167 Thuringia, 131 Tiberius, 27 Tigernmas, 20-21 "Tin Islands," 5 Tlactga, 17 Toads, 152 Toasts, 126 Todmorden, 90 Torches, 14, 60-61, 68, 99 Tree-worship, 7-8, 92, 123 Trefoil, 8, 29 Trinity, 29 Tripod, 65, 134, 155 Trolls, 121, 130, 150 Tuatha De Danann, 20, 29, 38-39, 43, 48-50, 107-108 Tub, 53, 93, 96, 160; apples in. See Apples Tyr, 123 United States, 153 Valhalla, 121-122 Vali, 121 Valkyries, 122, 136 Vandals, 119 Venus, 131-132 Vertumnus, 24-25 Vortumnalia, 25 Vulcan, 120 Vurdh, 123 Wales, 27, 101, 105, 106, 108, 144, 168; belief in fairies in, 6 Walnut-tree, 92 Walpurga, 136 Ward, Hill of. See Tara Water, 57, 68, 97, 165 Wedding of sun and earth, 126, 136 "Weird Sisters," 123 Wendy, 64 Wheel, sun-symbol, 8, 13, 17; of fortune, 163 White Lady, 62 Wild Huntsman, 90, 131 Will-o'-the-wisps, 121 Windsor Forest, 90 Winnowing, 75-76 Winter, first day of, 18, 44, 87, 102, 112 Witches, 4, 60-61, 65-69, 89, 99, 101, 129-131, 133-135, 146, 155 Witchcraft, 4, 81, 89, 134 Wood, 52, 57, 97 Wotan. See Odin Yarn, 55, 75, 104, 140, 165 Year's end, 10, 17-18, 84 Yellow, 156 Yggdrasil, 122 Yorkshire, 97 Yule, 3, 126 Zschokke, 140 TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES Represented the "oe" ligature as [oe]. Adjusted placement of footnotes. Page 88: Retained alternate spelling of "Candelmas" in quoted material versus standard spelling in index. Page 182: Standardized punctuation. Pages 191 & 194: Standardized index cross-reference words. Page 204: Standardized spelling of "sick-bed." Page 207: Standardized spelling of _Völuspa_. End of Project Gutenberg's The Book of Hallowe'en, by Ruth Edna Kelley