—— of East Africa, their faith in an unguent of lion’s fat, viii. 164 ——, the heathen, their custom as to a boy’s cast teeth, i. 181; their way of procuring rain, i. 303; their treatment of a man stung by a scorpion, iii. 95 _n._ 8 —— of Moab, their charm against scorpions, i. 153; their charm to ensure the birth of children, i. 157; their rain-making ceremony, i. 276; their use of shorn hair as a hostage, iii. 273; preserve their nail-parings against the resurrection, iii. 280; resort to the springs of Callirrhoe, v. 215 _sq._; their custom at harvest, vi. 48, 96, vii. 138; their remedies for ailments, vi. 242 —— of Morocco, their custom at the Great Feast, ix. 265; their Midsummer customs, x. 214 —— of North Africa, their rain-charm, i. 277; jinn invoked by their names among the, iii. 390 Aracan, ix. 117; the Mrus of, ix. 12 _n._ 1; dances for the crops in, ix. 236 Arachnaeus, Mount, altars of Zeus and Hera on, ii. 360 Arad, in Hungary, thresher of last corn wrapt in a cow’s hide at, vii. 291 Araguaya River in Brazil, iii. 348 Aran, in the valley of the Garonne, Midsummer fires at, x. 193 Aran Islands, off Galway, St. Eany’s well in the, ii. 161 Aratus of Sicyon, sacrifices to, i. 105; deemed a son of Aesculapius, v. 81 Araucanians of South America, the, ix. 12; their idea as to toads, i. 292 _n._ 3; their belief that thunder-storms are caused by the spirits of the dead, ii. 183; afraid of having their portraits taken, iii. 97; keep their names secret, iii. 324; eat fruit of Araucanian pine, v. 278 _n._ 2 _See also_ Aucas Araunah, the threshing-floor of, v. 24 Arawak Indians of British Guiana, murderers taste the blood of their victims among the, viii. 154 _sq._; their explanation of human mortality, ix. 302 _sq._ Arcadia, the oak forests of, ii. 354 _sq._ Arcadian boys offer their hair to a river, i. 31 —— custom of beating Pan’s image, ix. 256 Arcadians ate and eat acorns, ii. 355, 356; sacrifice to thunder and lightning, v. 157 Arch to shut out plague, ix. 5; creeping through, as a cure, ix. 55; child after an illness passed under an, xi. 192; young men at initiation passed under a leafy, xi. 193; triumphal, suggested origin of the, xi. 195. _See also_ Arches, Archways Archangel, worship of Leschiy in the Government of, ii. 125 Archangels, Persian, ix. 373 _n._ 1 Archbishop of Innocents, ix. 334 Archer (_Tirant_), effigy of, xi. 36 Archery, contest of, for a bride, ii. 306 Arches made over paths at expulsion of demons, ix. 113, 120 _sq._; novices at initiation passed under arches in Australia, xi. 193 _n._ 1 _See also_ Arch, Archways Archigallus, high-priest of Attis, v. 268, 279; prophesies, v. 271 _n._ Archways, passing under, as a means of escaping evil spirits or sickness, xi. 179 _sqq._ _See also_ Arch, Arches Arctic origin, alleged, of the Aryans, v. 229 _n._ 1