S.
Sacramental bread and wine used by witches for sorcery, [149]
Sacrifices one of the first results of supernatural fear, [5]
Saga, Hervor, Gautrek, Olof Tryggvason’s, [145]
Saints’ days and Shamanism, [126]
Salt used in sorcery, [19];
salt dreaded by devils, [19]
Salves, Magic, [20]
Samovile, or samodivi, [67]
Saxon superstitions, [126]
Scapegoat, Gypsy, [15]
Scent revolver, [139]
Schafarik, “Slawische Alterthümer,” Shoe-lore legend, [115]
Schlemihl, Peter, [116]
Scholomance (Salamanca), [128]
Schwenki (“Myth. der Slaven”), [29]
Science, Enlarged views in, [ix], [x]
Scissors or shears in sorcery, [128]
Scotch clergyman, Anecdote of, [118]
Scott, W., “Lady of the Lake,” [55]
Seventh sons and daughters, [45], [46]
Serpent, Charm against, [35], [38]
Servetus, burned by Calvin, [239]
Seven League Boots, [116]
Shakespeare staff-rhymes, [43]
Shamanism: its first stage, or witchcraft in a rude form, [6];
Shamanic magic of Tartar origin, [8];
Shamanism, or early witchcraft, still the prevalent faith of the lower orders in India, [9];
worship of water, [34], [35] (Incantation), [35];
Shamanic exorcisms, [xiii], [xiv], Chap. III., [124], [157]
Shaman, The, his origin and influence on man, [5]
Shelley, [166]
Shells as amulets and as used in sorcery, [102], [232], [233], [234], &c.
Shoe-string, an amulet, [246], [247]
Shoe love-charm, A, [113];
Shoe-lore, [113]–117;
symbol of life, [114]
Sights, scents, and tastes by telegraph, [175]
Silver, or a white object, peace, [113]
Simeon and Antony, Saints, [126]
Sisinie, St., Invocation to, [36]
Siva, [52]
Skeat, “Et. Dict.” [197]
Skidbladnir, [73]
Skogsnufvaz, Swedish fairies, [67]
Skulls of horses and cattle used for charms, [127], [128]
Snails, Magic and Folk-lore connected with, [96], [97];
incantation to, [223]
Somersaults, Turning, to be free from pains in the back, [129]
Song conducive to cure, [22]
Songs used in sorcery, [98]
Sorceresses in Hungary, [46]
Spiridsui, Spiridush, an attendant spirit, [136]
Spirit of Earth in saffron, [27]
Spirit, Struck by: to cure sore caused by a spirit’s blow or breath, [20], [21]
Spirits, Elementary, the Vilas-Sylvana, [67]
Sprenger, [240]
Staff-rhymes, [43]
Standard (London), Fetishism from the, [xiii], [xiv]
Stanko, Story of, and the Vila, [68]
St. James’s Gazette on the corpse candle, [xiii];
on the Hindoo priest, [9];
scent revolver, [139];
on peacocks, [152]
Stoddard, R. H., [254]
Stokepitch’s can, [202]
Stomach, Pains in the, [61], [62]
Stones thrown when a child is born, [135]
Story, W. W., “Castle, St. Angel,” [26], [27]
Straw, Straw-lore, [30], [31], [32], [60]
Strega, Strege, [63]
Strix, Strighoi, Streghe, from “stringere,” to strangle, [135]
Stupidus, or the dumb god, in Latin, German and Sanskrit tradition, [104], [105]
Supernatural, First effort of the mind towards the, [xiii];
instinctive creation of, [3]
Superstition allied to religion, [xiv];
prevalent in all classes, [xv]
Swallows, luck-bringing birds, [127], [128]
Swine, Charm to protect, [85], [93]
Swords and knives used by executioners, [230], [231]