_Lingucs Melitenses_, 189 Linnæus, 54 “Lithica,” Orphic poem on stones, 137, 224 Lithomania, 19 “Liver-stones,” 186 Livia, wife of Augustus, 397 Loadstone, 64–68, 119, 313 as elixir of youth, 68 oracle, De Boot’s, 65, 66 for the gout, 68 of Maniolæ Islands, 64 Robert Norman’s poem on, 66, 67 Loch-mo-naire in Scotland, legend of, 155, 156 “Loda’s stone of power,” 35 Los Muertos, Zuñi, jar with turquoise inlays found at, 309 Lough Neagh, Ireland, legend of yellow crystal there, 35 Louis XIV, 133 Louis XVI, 153 Louvre Museum, 280, 291, 389 Lucia, St., 258, 271, 275 legend of, 257 “Lucky stone,” 28 Luminous stone of male cobra, 237 Lusus Naturæ, stones bearing naturally marked images, 47–51 Luther, Martin, 249 _Lychnis_ of Pliny (tourmaline?), 52 _Lychnites_, 176 Lysander, 79 M Maccabæus, Judas, 325 “_Madstones_,” 225 _sqq._ _Mafkat_ (Egyptian for turquoise?), 316 Magic stones, 1–71, 109 _sqq._ belief in, condemned by Church Councils, 38, 39 “day-stone” and “night-stone,” 70 of Guernsey, 40 of Island of Arran, 40 of Island of Fladda, 40 stone that attracts hair, 69, 70 _Magnes_ (loadstone), 124 Magnusen, Finn, 198 _Main-de-gloire_, 334 Malachite, 148, 291 curative use of, 150 “Malediction stones” in Ireland, 46, 47 Mallet, F. H., 233 Mamoun, Khalif, 279 Maquam Ibrahim, sacred stone in Kaabah at Mecca, 88 Marbodus of Rennes, 174 Marco Polo, 343 Margaret, St., 270, 275 Margarita, Queen of Italy, 380 Marguerite de Flandres, 335 Mariette, 279 Mark, St., 290 Marquette, Jacques, 35 Marriage sword, Chinese ceremony of, 384, 385 Marshall, J. H., 299 Martial, 60 Martin, St., 271 and the Devil, legend of, 44 Mary of Scotland, 337 Mask, ancient Mexican, with turquoise inlays, 306, 307 Mas’ûdi’s “Meadows of Gold,” 321, 322 Matthias, St., 270 Meander River, magic stone of, 12 “Median stone,” for colic, 144, 151 Medici, Catherine de’, 332 her bracelet of charms, 334 Medicine-men, 348, 349, 353–358 cure by dancing and howling, 357 in Australia, 17 medicine-bag of, 356, 360 of the Kainugá Indians, Paraguay, 18 of New Guinea, 19 Medicine-women of Araucarian Indians, Chili, 351 Megara, sonorous stone at, 2 Megenberg, Konrad von, 12, 151 Memmiæ, St., 252 Memnon, Vocal, 1 Mentzel, Christian, 187 Mephniel, angel of January, 248 Mercato, Michele, 93, 212 _Mesticas_ of the Malays, 17, 18 invulnerability conferred by, 18