The Book of Hallowe'en

by Ruth Edna Kelley

INDEX

[A]

[B]

[C]

[D]

[E]

[F]

[G]

[H]

[I]

[J]

[K]

[L]

[M]

[N]

[O]

[P]

[R]

[S]

[T]

[U]

[V]

[W]

[Y]

[Z]

• Aberdeenshire, [60]
  
• Adder-stone, (serpent's-egg badge), [11], [27]
  
• Ailill, [36]-[38], [39]
  
• Ale, [80], [103]
  
• All Hallows Eve, [29], [88], [102], [106]. See also [Hallowe'en]
  
• All Saints', [4], [29]-[30], [110], [118], [126]
  
• All Souls', [4], [30]-[31], [98]-[99], [106], [110], [113], [118], [142], [144]
  
• Alphabet, [96], [160], [166]-[167]
  
• America, [149], [153]
  
• Anaxarete, [24]
  
• Angus, [36], [38]-[39]
  
• Ankou, [109], [115]
  
• Apollo, [1], [129], [134]
  
• Apparitions. See [Ghosts]
  
• Apples, [23], [26], [50]-[53], [72], [77]-[78], [92], [95], [103]-[104], [106]-[107], [115], [120], [149], [155], [157]-[158], [161], [162], [164], [166]
  
• Apple-island, [85]
  
• Apple-seeds, [92]-[93], [158]-[159]
  
• Arabs, [147]
  
• Ariel, [87]
  
• Armorica, [108]
  
• Arthur, King, [84], [108]
  
• Ash-tree, [63], [105], [122], [137];
  
  • berries of, [29]
    
• Ashes, [56], [60], [68], [83]
  
• Augury. See [Omens]
  
• August, Roman festival in, [25]-[26]
  
• August first, Celtic festival of, [15]
  
• Augustus, [27]
  
• Avilion (Avalon), [84]-[85], [107]
  
• Ayrshire, [68]
  

• Baal, [8], [12]-[13], [17]
  
• Baal-fire, [12]
  
• Baldur, [120]-[121]
  
• Balmoral, [61]
  
• Barra, [79]
  
• Bats, [134], [152], [155]
  
• Bay-leaves, [170]
  
• Bean, [94]
  
• Bedivere, [84]
  
• Belgian, [144]
  
• Beltaine, [12], [79]
  
• Bells, [99], [111], [116], [118], [132], [137], [142], [154]
  
• Benevento, [131]
  
• Bergen, [130]
  
• Black, [156]
  
• Black sheep, [17], [50]
  
• Black sow, [102]
  
• "Black vespers," [113]
  
• Blindfolded seekers, [33], [70], [73], [77]-[78], [83], [160]
  
• Blocksberg, [130], [141]
  
• Boats, [146], [163]
  
• Bochica, [1]
  
• Bonfires, [3], [8]-[9], [12], [13], [17], [21], [50], [59]-[61], [101]-[102], [125];
  
  • to light through Purgatory, [31], [106];
    
  • to protect from evil, [29], [101]
    
• Boniface, [29]
  
• Border, Scottish, [62], [81], [111]
  
• Bretons, [99], [110]-[111]
  
• Briar, [57]
  
• Briar-Rose, [125]
  
• Bride, [36]
  
• Britain, [5]-[6], [27], [87], [109], [111]
  
• British Isles, [5], [107], [109], [126]
  
• Brittany, [108]-[109], [142], [145], [166]
  
• Brynhild, [124]
  
• Buchan, [59]
  
• Button, [156], [164]
  

• Cabbages, [53]-[54], [70]-[72], [77], [95], [104], [164], [168]-[169]
  
• Cadwallo, King, [104]
  
• Caer, [38]
  
• Cæsar, [5]-[8], [109]
  
• Cake, [13], [33], [79], [97]-[98], [103], [144], [145], [156]
  
• Callcannon, [51]
  
• Canada, [167]
  
• Candlemas Day, [88]
  
• Candles, [50], [53], [55], [59], [69], [80], [95]-[96], [99], [112], [118], [145], [155], [158], [163]
  
• Cardiganshire, [102]
  
• Carnutes, [109]
  
• Cat, [11], [49], [66], [68], [134], [152], [155], [164]
  
• Catskill Mts., [150]
  
• Celtic twilight, [58]
  
• Celts, classes of, [5];
  
  • beliefs, [6], [15], [18], [30], [33], [79], [82], [107]-[110], [124], [125], [142];
    
  • characteristics of, [115], [119]
    
• Cemeteries, [54]-[55], [113]-[114], [142]
  
• Changelings, [35]-[36], [86]
  
• Charms. See [Omens]
  
• Chartrain, [109]
  
• Cherokees, [3]
  
• Chinese, [145]
  
• Christ, [4]-[5], [27], [119]
  
• Christian religion, [3], [27]-[31], [50], [59], [83], [101], [109], [126], [129];
  
  • in Britain, [27], [129];
    
  • in Ireland, [42];
    
  • in Brittany, [109];
    
  • in Scandinavia, [126]
    
• Christmas, [3], [97], [110], [154]
  
• Church, [3]-[4], [30]-[31], [80], [89], [113], [118], [143], [144];
  
  • festivals, [3]
    
• Circle, [8]
  
• Claudius, [27]
  
• Cluny, [30]
  
• Coel Coeth, [101]
  
• Coins, [51]-[52], [72], [156]
  
• Colonies, [149]
  
• Columb Kill. See [St. Colomba]
  
• Connaught, [35]
  
• Continent, [3], [118]
  
• Corn, [138];
  
  • -stalks, [155]
    
• Cornwall, [85], [108]
  
• Creed, [55]
  
• Crom Croich (Cruaich), [20]-[21]
  
• Cross, sun-symbol, [8];
  
  • Christian, [29], [42], [63], [137];
    
  • -roads, [65], [103], [137]
    
• Cruachan, [35], [37]
  
• Cuchulain, [41]-[42], [84]
  
• Cuckoos, [134], [139]-[140]
  
• Cyniver, [105], [168]
  

• Dagda, [39]
  
• Dahut, [111]
  
• Dance, [3], [44], [56], [61], [67], [80], [81]-[82], [103], [106], [126], [133]
  
• Danann. See [Tuatha De Danann]
  
• Danu, [20]
  
• Dathi, [43]
  
• Dead, [19]-[20], [30], [37], [98]-[99], [109]-[117], [129], [142] et seq.;
  
  • return, [4], [99], [107], [114]-[117], [145], [146], [149];
    
  • disturbed by weeping, [117], [145]
    
• Death, [10], [112], [156];
  
  • Lord of. See Saman.
    
  • Samhain associated with, [20]-[21], [30]-[31];
    
  • prophesied, [52], [57], [60], [65], [83], [102], [106]
    
• Decoration of graves, [118], [144]
  
• Delphi, [129], [134]
  
• Derbyshire, [99]
  
• Deux-Sèvres, [109]
  
• Devil, [43], [50], [55], [57], [66]-[68], [89], [102], [133]-[135], [140]
  
• Dew, [136], [139]
  
• Dietrich von Bern, [131]
  
• Dishes, [73], [83], [104], [165], [168]
  
• Dispater, [109]
  
• Dissatisfied, [39]-[40], [57]-[58], [132], [141]
  
• Djinns, [147]-[148]
  
• Doll, wax, [151]
  
• Dolmens, [110]
  
• Dorsetshire, [99]
  
• Dovrefeld, [130]
  
• Dragon, [145]
  
• Dreams, [140];
  
  • prophetic, [14], [57], [79], [165], [169]
    
• Drink, [57], [79]
  
• Druid, meaning, [6]-[7];
  
  • draught, [42];
    
  • festivals, [11], [26], [101];
    
  • lamps, [73];
    
  • stone, [11];
    
  • stones, [110];
    
  • wand, [7];
    
  • -fire, [50], [166]
    
• Druids, [9]-[11], [29], [42]-[43], [92], [103], [109]-[110], [122]-[123], [126];
  
  • as priests, [5]-[6];
    
  • powers of, [7], [27]
    
• "Drus," [6]
  
• Dumb-cake, [80], [168]
  
• Dwarfs, [110]
  

• Earth, [54], [83], [165]
  
• Edane, [47]. See also [Etain]
  
• Edda, [124]
  
• Egg, [165], [167];
  
  • white of, [77]-[78], [168];
    
  • -shells, [36]
    
• Egyptian beliefs, [1], [18]
  
• Eichstatt, [136]
  
• Elder, [123], [137]
  
• Elizabeth, Queen, [99]
  
• Elm, [63]
  
• Elves, [121], [149], [152]
  
• Emer, [42]
  
• England, [87], [89], [97], [99], [106], [108], [119], [144]
  
• English, [149]
  
• Eochaidh, [39]-[40]
  
• Episcopalians, [30]
  
• Eriskay, [81]
  
• Etain, [39]-[40]
  
• Ethal, [38]
  
• Europe, [87], [130], [135], [142], [145]
  
• Excalibur, [84]
  
• Exorcism, [9], [29], [42]
  

• Fagots, [96], [169]
  
• Fairies, [6], [44], [46], [49], [61]-[65], [81]-[82], [84]-[85], [96], [103], [107], [110], [149]
  
• Fand, [41]-[42]
  
• Fates, [89], [123], [134]
  
• Feast, of dead, [116], [143];
  
  • of poor, [144]
    
• Feng-Shin, [145]
  
• Feralia, [114]
  
• Fern, [14], [59]
  
• Finistère, [110], [117]
  
• Fir Bolgs, [20]
  
• Fire, [21], [23], [45], [123]-[125];
  
  • -god, [120];
    
  • spirits of, [147]
    
• Fires, [11], [17], [28]-[29], [50], [52], [101], [109], 112. See also [Bonfires]
  
• Flamina, [25]
  
• Flour, [52], [57], [154], [158]
  
• Flowers, [118], [144]
  
• Fomor, [20], [35]
  
• Footprints, [57], [60], [83]
  
• "Forced-fire," [17]
  
• Fort Worth, [170]
  
• Forts, fairy, [37], [44], [46]
  
• France, [108], [110], [112], [118], [131], [142]
  
• Franks, [111]
  
• "Free-night," [141], [154]
  
• Freya, [120], [127], [129], [131], [134]
  
• "Furious Host," [131]
  
• Future, questions about, [34], [69]
  

• Gabriel Ratchets, [90]
  
• Gaul, [5]-[6], [27], [109], [119]
  
• Germans, [119]
  
• Germany, [130], [131], [134], [136], [144]
  
• Ghosts, [49], [63], [69], [76]-[77], [88], [116], [127], [144], [146], [152], 155. See also [Dead]
  
• Glass, [10]-[11], [96], [166]
  
• Gnomes, [48]
  
• Goat, [67]-[68], [134]
  
• Goblin, [35]-[36], [61], [64], [149], [153]
  
• Gods of Ireland. See [Tuatha De Danann]
  
• "Good Neighbors," [63]
  
• "Good People," 45, [49]
  
• Goths, [119]
  
• Grallon, [111]
  
• Great Britain. See [Britain]
  
• Greek, [1], [5], [6], [30], [85], [120]
  
• Gregory, [29]-[30]
  
• Guleesh, [46]
  
• Gunnar, [124]
  

• Hair, [77], [96], [138], [166]-[167]
  
• Hallowe'en, [3]-[4], [35], [43], [46], [49]-[50], [61], [64]-[66], [68], [72], [79], [81], [85], [89], [90], [95]-[96], [99], [103], [105], [106], [112], [129], [138], [140], [142], [144], [149], [152], [154], [164], [165], [170];
  
  • pagan, [3], [21];
    
  • charms at, [26], [33], [53], [56];
    
  • born on, [54], [62]
    
• Hallowe'en, poem, [70], [168]
  
• Hansel and Grethel, [134]
  
• Hares, [135]
  
• Hartz Mts., [130]
  
• Harvest, [3]-[4], [15], [17], [25], [30]-[31], [34], [59], [69], [97], [106], [112], [137], [155]
  
• Hawthorn, [123], [137]
  
• Hazel, [85]
  
• Hearts, [156]
  
• Hebrides, [79]
  
• Hel, [122], [131]
  
• Hemp, [14], [33], [53], [74]
  
• Henry VIII, [99]
  
• Henry Hudson, [150]
  
• Herbs, [46]-[47], [53], [66], [126], [129]-[130]
  
• Herne the Hunter, [90]
  
• Herodotus, [5]
  
• Hesperides, [85]
  
• Highlands, [59], [65], [77]
  
• Hodur, [121]
  
• Holda, [131]-[132], [136]
  
• Holiday, [61]
  
• Hollow Land, [41]
  
• Holly, [63]
  
• Hoop, [157]
  
• Horselberg, [131]
  
• Horseshoes, [138], [152]
  
• Horus, [1]
  
• Husking-bees, [3]
  

• Iceland, [125]
  
• Idun, [120]
  
• Immortality, [10], [85], [107], [120]
  
• Indians, [3], [145], [150]
  
• Invocation, [21], [92]
  
• Iona, [50]
  
• Iphis, [24]
  
• Ireland [3], [5], [13], [15], [17], [20], [35], [48]-[50], [59], [62], [72]-[73], [78]-[80], [104], [107], [127], [170];
  
  • belief in fairies, [6], [35]
    
• Irish Sea, [20]
  
• Iron, [152]
  
• Italy, [119], [131], [142]
  
• Ivy, [57]
  

• Jack-o'-lantern, [49]-[50], [69], [121], [155]
  
• Japan, [2], [146]
  
• Jokes, [154]
  
• Jonah, [13]
  
• Juniper, [123], [137]
  
• Jupiter, [8]
  

• Kale. See [Cabbages]
  
• Kensington Gardens, [64]
  
• Ker-Is, [111]
  
• Kettle, [89], [134], [155]
  
• Key, [55], [72], [144], [156]
  

• Laeg, [42]
  
• "Lambswool," [51]
  
• Lammas, [28]
  
• Lancashire, [99]
  
• Land of Heart's Desire, [36]
  
• Land of Youth, [40]
  
• "Lanterns of the dead," [112]
  
• Lanterns in Japan, [146]
  
• Latin. See [Rome]
  
• Lead-melting, [55]-[56], [77], [168]
  
• Leek, [104]-[105]
  
• Legends, origin of, [2]
  
• Lemons, [170]
  
• Leprechauns, [48]
  
• Lewis, [80]
  
• Liban, [41]
  
• Lincolnshire, [89]
  
• "Little People," [48]-[49], [85]
  
• "Livelong," [53]
  
• Loki, [120]
  
• London, [97]
  
• Lords of Misrule, [88]
  
• Love-knots, [156]
  
• Lucifer, [120]
  
• "Luck of Edenhall," [96]
  
• Luggies. See [Dishes]
  
• Lugh, [14]-[15]
  
• Lugnasad, [15], [28], [33]
  

• Macbeth, [123]
  
• Magic, [7], [15], [155];
  
  • black, [28], [156]
    
• Maine, [165]
  
• Malt, [80]
  
• Malta, [144]
  
• Man, Isle of, [20], [82]
  
• Manitous, [150]
  
• Mars, [8]
  
• Martinmas, [62]
  
• Mary, Virgin, [29], [126], [132], [138], [145]
  
• Mary Avenel, [62]
  
• Maryland, [165]
  
• Massachusetts, [164]
  
• Master of the Revels, [97]
  
• May-bride, [126]
  
• May Eve and Day, [4], [11]-[13], [29], [33], [45], [47], [107], [125], [135], [136], et seq.;
  
  • -fires, [13], [61];
    
  • -pole, [126];
    
  • -ridings, [125];
    
  • -shooting, [140]
    
• Meal, [83], [164]
  
• Meath, [15], [17]
  
• Medb, [36], [39]
  
• Meg, [68]
  
• "Men of Peace," [63]
  
• Mercury, [8], [15]
  
• Midir, [39]-[41]
  
• Middle Ages, [129]
  
• Midsummer, [3], [11], [20], [28], [33], [53], [125], [146]
  
• Milk, [45], [51], [112]
  
• Minerva, [8]
  
• Mirror, [85], [129], [146]-[147], [149], [161]-[162]
  
• Miserere, [142]
  
• Mistletoe, [7], [40], [120]
  
• Modred, [84]
  
• Mona, [27]
  
• Monastery, [62]
  
• Moon, [40], [74], [76], [77], [146], [155], [162]
  
• Moray, [59]
  
• Moytura, [20], [22], [35]
  
• Music, [36], [39]-[40], [43]-[47], [56], [64], [67], [87], [111]
  
• Myths, origin of, [2]
  

• Naples, [142]
  
• Needles, [117], [133], [151], [158], [166]
  
• Negroes, [153]
  
• Nera, [37], [107]
  
• Net, [83]
  
• Neverland, [64]
  
• New Brunswick, [167]
  
• New Hampshire, [165]
  
• New Year, [82], [102], 154. See also [Year's end]
  
• New Year's Day, [17]
  
• Niflheim, [122]
  
• Nikko, [146]
  
• Norse, [80], [82], [119], [134]
  
• Norway, [1], [126], [130]
  
• "Nos Galan Gaeof," [102]
  
• November, Eve, [33], [35], [37], [44], [50], [59], [79], [101]-[102], [107], [112], [137];
  
  • first, [4], [11], [16], [25]-[26], [137], [144];
    
  • in Rome, [30];
    
  • second, [30], [118], [144]
    
• Nuts, [26], [33], [50]-[52], [73], [90]-[92], [103]-[104], [109], [115], [144], [155], [159]-[160], [169]
  

• Oak, [6]-[7], [27], [40], [122]
  
• Oats, [55], [77]
  
• Oatmeal cakes, [79]
  
• Obsession, [44]
  
• October 31st, [4], [10], [17], [50], [82], [85], [118]
  
• Odin, [120], [124], [129], [131]
  
• "Oidhche Shamhna," [50]
  
• Olaf, [126]
  
• Omens, [14], [22], [26], [50]-[52], [104], [117], [137];
  
  • from sacrifices, [9], [17], [33], [123], [166];
    
  • evil, [28]
    
• Oonah, [45]
  
• Ops, [23]
  
• Ordeal, [9], [123]-[124]
  
• Osiris, [1], [18]
  
• Ossian, [47]-[48], [150]
  
• Ostia, [25]
  
• Otherworld, [19], [39], [42], [47], [84], [103], [107], [111], [115], [121], [146], [150]
  
• Ovid, [24], [114]
  
• Owls, [134], [152], [155]
  

• Paddy Beg, [46]-[47]
  
• Paddy More, [46]-[47]
  
• Paganism, [30], [35], [59], [109], [141]
  
• Pageant, [170]
  
• Pantheon, [29]
  
• Paradise, [31]
  
• Partholon, [13]
  
• Parties, Hallowe'en, [155]
  
• Peace, [171]
  
• Peas, [92], [94]
  
• Pelagius, [83]
  
• Pennsylvania, [165]
  
• Perthshire, [59]
  
• Peru, [1]
  
• Peter Pan, [63]-[64]
  
• Phœnicians, [5]
  
• Picts, [108]
  
• Piper, fairy, [43]-[44], [64], [87]
  
• Pixies, [103], [110]
  
• Pomona, [4], [23]-[26], [50], [85], [155]
  
• Pontypridd, [101]
  
• Preparedness for Peace, [170]
  
• Procopius, [111]
  
• Prophets,
  
  • Druids as, [9], [43];
    
  • witches as, [89], [134], [151]
    
• Pumpkins, [155], [160]
  
• Purgatory, [31], [99], [106], [145]
  
• Puy de Dome, [131]
  
• "Puzzling-jug," [103]-[104]
  

• Races, [15], [26]
  
• Rapunzel, [125]
  
• Red Mike, [54], [62]
  
• Rick, [55]
  
• Ring, [51]-[52], [55], [72], [96], [156], [165], [168]
  
• Rip Van Winkle, [150]
  
• Rome, [8], [23]-[30], [114], [119]-[120];
  
  • relations to Druids, [27];
    
  • All Saints' in, [32]
    
• Roses, [105]
  
• Rowan. See [Ash-tree]
  

• Sacrifices, [20], [109], [137];
  
  • to Baal, [8]-[9], [11]-[13], [17], [101];
    
  • omens from, [33];
    
  • to Tyr, [123]
    
• St. Augustine, [83]
  
• St. Bridget, [45]
  
• St. Colomba, [50]
  
• St. Gertrude, [126]
  
• St. John's Day and Eve, [3], [28], [109], [110], [137], [141]
  
• St. Kilda, [79]
  
• St. Michael, [85]
  
• St. Ninian, [83]
  
• St. Odilo, [30]
  
• St. Patrick, [5], [43], [83]
  
• Saga, [124]
  
• Salerno, [142]
  
• Salt, [57], [67], [79], [82], [83], [134], [169]
  
• Saman, [10], [31], [50], [80]
  
• Samhain (Sáveen), [16], [18], [20]-[22], [26], [31], [35]-[36], [38], [40]-[41], [43], [48], [59], [65], [82]
  
• Samhnagan, [60]
  
• Samhanach, [64]
  
• Sark. See [Shirt]
  
• Satan, [120], [133]
  
• Sauin. See [Samhain]
  
• Scandinavia, [119], [126], [134]
  
• Scotland, [59], [78], [79], [81], [82], [99], [104], [127], [156];
  
  • belief in fairies in, [6], [62]-[64]
    
• Scots, [108]
  
• Seasons, [1]
  
• Seaweed, [80]
  
• Secrecy, [45], [77]-[78], [124], [155];
  
  • in Druid rites, [9]-[10], [124]
    
• Seed-cake, [97]
  
• Seeds, [14], [92], [121]
  
• Serpent's-egg. See [Adder-stone]
  
• Seville, [131]
  
• Shee, [39]
  
• Shirt-sleeve, wetting the, [56], [78]-[79], [126]-[129], [165]
  
• Shoe, [77], [170]
  
• Shony, [80]
  
• Shropshire, [98]
  
• "Sid," [37], [49]. See also [Forts]
  
• Sigurd, [124]
  
• Sîtou, [18]
  
• Sleep, [39], [47], [87], [124]-[125]
  
• Sloe, [52], [85]
  
• Snakes. See [Adder-stone]
  
• Snap-apple. See [Apples]
  
• Sol, [1]
  
• Soul-cakes. See [Cake]
  
• South, [165]
  
• South Uist, [81]
  
• Sowens, [79]
  
• Spain, [131], [144]
  
• Spectre Huntsman, [90]
  
• Spirits, [6], [20], [103];
  
  • abroad, [14], [22], [31], [35], [44], [48];
    
  • evil, [4], [18], [20], [56], [63], [87], [99], [129]
    
• Staffordshire, [98]
  
• Stones, [60], [101]-[102], [106], [109]
  
• Stories, [81], [96], [149], [169]
  
• Straw, [77], [99]
  
• Strunt, [79]
  
• "Summer's end," [3]-[4], [11]-[12], [16], [25], [44]
  
• Sun-god, [1]-[3], [8], [15], [44], [84]-[85], [87], [120]-[121], [124], [126], [136];
  
  • -worship, [21];
    
  • -wise, [3], [17], [60], [67]
    
• Superstitions, [33], [62], [83], [135], [153]-[154]
  
• Swans, [38]-[39], [41]
  
• Swastika, [8]
  
• Sweden, [126], [133]
  
• Symbols, [7]-[8], [28]
  

• Tam o' Shanter, [68]-[69], [89]
  
• Tannhäuser, [131]-[133]
  
• Tara, [17], [21], [43], [48], [59]
  
• Tempest, [87]
  
• Teuton, [108], [124], [142]
  
• Teutonic, [4], [125]
  
• Thanksgiving, [3]-[4];
  
  • for harvest, [59]
    
• Thimble, [51], [72], [83], [156]
  
• Thor, [134]
  
• Thorn, [45]
  
• Thread, [138], [167]
  
• Thuringia, [131]
  
• Tiberius, [27]
  
• Tigernmas, [20]-[21]
  
• "Tin Islands," [5]
  
• Tlactga, [17]
  
• Toads, [152]
  
• Toasts, [126]
  
• Todmorden, [90]
  
• Torches, [14], [60]-[61], [68], [99]
  
• Tree-worship, [7]-[8], [92], [123]
  
• Trefoil, [8], [29]
  
• Trinity, [29]
  
• Tripod, [65], [134], [155]
  
• Trolls, [121], [130], [150]
  
• Tuatha De Danann, [20], [29], [38]-[39], [43], [48]-[50], [107]-[108]
  
• Tub, [53], [93], [96], [160];
  
  • apples in. See [Apples]
    
• Tyr, [123]
  

• United States, [153]
  

• Valhalla, [121]-[122]
  
• Vali, [121]
  
• Valkyries, [122], [136]
  
• Vandals, [119]
  
• Venus, [131]-[132]
  
• Vertumnus, [24]-[25]
  
• Vortumnalia, [25]
  
• Vulcan, [120]
  
• Vurdh, [123]
  

• Wales, [27], [101], [105], [106], [108], [144], [168];
  
  • belief in fairies in, [6]
    
• Walnut-tree, [92]
  
• Walpurga, [136]
  
• Ward, Hill of. See [Tara]
  
• Water, [57], [68], [97], [165]
  
• Wedding of sun and earth, [126], [136]
  
• "Weird Sisters," [123]
  
• Wendy, [64]
  
• Wheel,
  
  • sun-symbol, [8], [13], [17];
    
  • of fortune, [163]
    
• White Lady, [62]
  
• Wild Huntsman, [90], [131]
  
• Will-o'-the-wisps, [121]
  
• Windsor Forest, [90]
  
• Winnowing, [75]-[76]
  
• Winter, first day of, [18], [44], [87], [102], [112]
  
• Witches, [4], [60]-[61], [65]-[69], [89], [99], [101], [129]-[131], [133]-[135], [146], [155]
  
• Witchcraft, [4], [81], [89], [134]
  
• Wood, [52], [57], [97]
  
• Wotan. See [Odin]
  

• Yarn, [55], [75], [104], [140], [165]
  
• Year's end, [10], [17]-[18], [84]
  
• Yellow, [156]
  
• Yggdrasil, [122]
  
• Yorkshire, [97]
  
• Yule, [3], [126]
  

• Zschokke, [140]
  

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES Adjusted placement of footnotes. Page 88: Retained irregular spelling of "Candelmas" in quoted material versus standard spelling in index. Page 182: Standardized punctuation. Pages 191 & 194: Standardized index cross-reference words. Page 204: Standardized spelling of "sick-bed." Page 207: Standardized spelling of Völuspa.