——, the Peruvian, net to catch the sun in, i. 316; the Indians of, their thunder-god, ii. 370; Indians of, their fear of the sea, iii. 10; cairns in, to which passing Indians add stones, ix. 9, 10; effigies of Judas burnt at Easter in, x. 128 Andjra, a district of Morocco, magical virtue of rain-water in, x. 17; Midsummer fires in, x. 213 _sq._; Midsummer rites of water in, x. 216; animals bathed at Midsummer in, xi. 31 Andreas, parish of, in the Isle of Man, x. 224, 305, 307 _n._ 1 Andree, Dr. Richard, ix. 246 _n._ 1; on the Pleiades in primitive calendars, vii. 307 —— -Eysn, Mrs., on the processions and masquerades of the _Perchten_, ix. 245 _sq._, 249 Andriamasinavalona, a Hova king, vicarious sacrifice for, vi. 221 Andromeda and Perseus, ii. 163 Anemone, the scarlet, sprung from the blood of Adonis, v. 226 Ang Teng, in Burma, sacred fish at, viii. 291 _Angakok_, Esquimaux wizard or sorcerer, iii. 211, 212 Angamis (Angami), a Naga tribe of Assam, death custom among the, iv. 13; their human sacrifices, vii. 244; spare butterflies, viii. 291 Angass, the, of Manipur, their rain-making, i. 252; a tribe of the Brahmapootra, their custom of stabbing those who die a natural death, iv. 13; believe that the souls of the dead are in butterflies, viii. 291 ——, the, of Northern Nigeria, their belief in external human souls lodged in animals, xi. 210 Angel, need-fire revealed by an, x. 287 —— dance, the, viii. 328 —— of Death, iv. 177 _sq._ Angel, the Destroying, over Jerusalem, v. 24 —— -man, effigy of, burnt at Midsummer, x. 167 Angelus bell, the, x. 110, xi. 47 Angla, on the Slave Coast, prohibition to ride on horseback in, viii. 45 Angola, the Matiamvo of, iv. 35 ——, the Ovakumbi of, i. 318 _n._ 6; the Mucelis of, ii. 262; the Bangalas of, ii. 293; Humbe in, iii. 6; the negroes of, speak respectfully of lions, iii. 400; Cassange in, iv. 56, 203 Angoni, the, of British Central Africa, their way of stopping rain, i. 263; their sacrifices for rain and fine weather, i. 291; drive away the ghosts of the slain, iii. 174; purification of manslayers among the, iii. 176; custom observed by manslayers among the, iii. 186 _n._ 1; ceremony of standing on one leg among the, iv. 156 _n._ 2; sham burial to deceive demons among the, viii. 99; eat parts of enemies to acquire their qualities, viii. 149 Angoniland, British Central Africa, rain-making in, i. 250; the Nyanja-speaking tribes of, viii. 26; customs as to girls at puberty in, x. 25 _sq._; customs as to salt in, x. 27 Angoulême, poplar burned on St. Peter’s day in, ii. 141 Angoy, the king of, must have no bodily defect, iv. 39 Angus, belief as to the weaning of children in, vi. 148; superstitious remedy for the “quarter-ill” in, x. 296 _n._ 1 Anhalt, custom at sowing in, i. 139, v. 239; harvest customs in, vii. 226, 233, 279; Easter bonfires in, x. 140