Westphalia, Whitsuntide customs in, i. 98; harvest custom in, i. 336; ii. 8, 9 Wetar, men injured by attacking their shadows in, i. 142; superstition concerning the blood of women in, i. 187; opinion of the inhabitants as to their descent, ii. 53 Wheat-bride, a name given to the binder of the last sheaf, i. 346 —— dog, a name given to the binder of the last sheaf, ii. 4 White dog, sacrifice of the, ii. 166 —— mice spared, ii. 131, 132 Whitsuntide basket, i. 89 —— bride, i. 98 —— customs, i. 76, 77, 80, 87, 88, 90-96, 98, 242, 243-247 —— flower, i. 88 —— king, i. 90 —— queen, i. 93 Wiedingharde, threshing custom in, i. 378 Wild man, i. 243, 244, 248, 250, 270; ii. 41 Wind, buying and selling, i. 27; fighting the, i. 28-30; wind-making, i. 26, 27 Wine the blood of the vine, i. 184, 185; abstention from, _ib._ Winenthal, midsummer fire ceremony in the, ii. 259, 260 Witchcraft, protection against, ii. 361, 362 Witches, expulsion of, ii. 181 Wolf, the corn-spirit as a, ii. 3-7 Wolfeck, midsummer bonfire in, ii. 277 Women, superstition concerning the blood of, i. 185-187 —— secluded, ii. 238-242 —— and tree-spirits, i. 70-74 Wotjaks, sacred groves of the, i. 65; driving out Satan by the, ii. 179, 180 Wren, hunting the, ii. 140-144; English tradition concerning the hunting of the, ii. 140, 141 Wurmlingen, Whit Monday custom in, i. 242, 243; threshing custom in, ii. 21 Yakut charm for making wind, i. 26; sacrifices, i. 36 Yawning, Hindoo custom when, i. 123 Yarilo, funeral of, i. 273 Yorkshire custom of the clergyman cutting the first corn, ii. 71 Yoruba, precautions against strangers in, i. 151 Yucutan charm for staying the sun, i. 25; New Year’s festival, ii. 272, 273 Yule boar, ii. 29-32, 48 —— straw, ii. 30, 31 Zabern, May Day custom in, i. 77; harvest custom in, ii. 18 Zacynthus, strength thought to be in the hair by the people of, ii. 328 Zafimanelo, the, not seen eating, i. 160 Zaparo Indians of South America, foods eaten and avoided by the, ii. 86 Zapotecs, high pontiff of the, i. 113, 114; ii. 224; harvest custom, i. 352, 353; the tona of the, ii. 332 Zealand, custom at the madder harvest in, i. 378, 379 Zend Avesta, directions by the, concerning the clippings of hair and nails, i. 202 Zeus, a man’s shadow lost on entering the sanctuary of, i. 143; represented by an oak at Dodona, ii. 291 —— and Hera, representation of the marriage of, i. 103 Zoolas, qualities required for the king of the, i. 219 Zulu rain-charm, i. 19; belief in the reflection as the soul, i. 145; kings put to death, i. 218, 219; custom in time of disease, ii. 86; cannibalism, ii. 89; girls secluded at puberty, ii. 226; the Ihlozi of the, ii. 332 Zuni sacrifice of the turtle, ii. 95-99; totem clans, ii. 99 Zürich, fire festival in, ii. 250, 251 FOOTNOTES 1 W. Mannhardt, _Die Korndämonen_, pp. 1-6.