F.

Face, covering the, II. [47].

Fairy, gifts, I. 287;
changelings, I. 265;
lake of gifts, I. 55;
in the court of Indra, I. 66;
haunting mountains, I. 61;
guarding treasures, I. 249;
successors of a pigmy race, II. [12].

False Bride, the, II. [8].

Family fetishes, II. [184].

Famine, exorcism of, I. 116;
goddess of, I. 116.

Fan, a fetish, I. 133; II. [27], [187].

Faqîr, causing rain, I. 50.

Fat, human, II. [176];
of the eel, II. [255].

Fâtima, a Pîr, I. 202;
worship of, I. 111.

Faun, the, I. 264.

Fazl-ul-haqq, I. 222.

Feast, the funeral, II. [65].

Feathers, a protective, II. [9].

Fee! Fo! Fum! I. 246.

Feet, turned backward, I. 238, 262, 270; II. [79];
flat, I. 242;
a spirit entry, I. 241;
washing of, I. 31, 241.

Female line, descent in, I. 70, 111; II. [46].

Fenodyree, the, II. [77].

Festum Stultorum, the, II. [321].

Fetish, defined, II. [159];
stones, II. [179];
stones an abode of spirits, II. [183];
stones curing disease, II. [183].

Fever, caused by the snake godlings, I. 136; II. [132];
charms, I. 239; II. [45].

Fidelity tests, II. [162], [240].

Field sprites, II. [307].

Fig tree, respect for, II. [97].

Filthy places, haunts of Bhûts, I. 293.

Fir tree, respect for, II. [86].

Fire, drill, the, II. [194];
fetish, the, II. [192];
walking through, I. 19; II. [317];
ordeal, I. 52;
refusal to give from the house hearth, II. [289];
a scarer of Bhûts, II. [59];
worship of, I. 265; II. [193];
worship of Rahu, I. 19.

First-fruits, II. [307].

Firstborn son, I. 35.

Fish in folk-lore, II. [254];
food of Bhûts, I. 243;
sacred, II. [253];
a vehicle, I. 47; II. [156].

Flagellation, I. 99, 155; II. [34].

Flags, use of, II. [24].

Flesh, human, powers of, II. [171].

Flies. II. [257];
dispelled by a saint, I. 218;
abode of the ghost, II. [257].

Floods and drowning people, I. 46;
propitiation of, I. 46.

Flour mill, a fetish, I. 135.

Flowers, a haunt of Bhûts, I. 291.

Fly, a Life Index, II. [71].

Flying Dutchman, the, I. 44.

Food, of Bhûts, I. 236;
for the dead, II. [67];
at eclipses, I. 21;
protected from the Evil Eye, I. 11;
from Râkshasas, I. 248;
connected with totemism, II. [158];
of spirit land, I. 271; II. [68];
vases, II. [74].

Foot presentation, persons born by, II. [36].

Footsteps, witchcraft through, II. [280].

Forespeaking, II. [4].

Forest, remnant of, II. [90].

Forge, water of, II. [25].

Forty-nine, a mystic number, II. [51].

Fowl, the, II. [245];
offering of, I. 103;
let loose, I. 169.

Fraud in exorcism, I. 159.

Freemasons, II. [179].

Frog, the, II. [255];
used in rain-charming, I. 73.

Fruit which makes an old man young, II. [89];
a spirit scarer, II. [36].

Funeral, feast, the, II. [65];
in effigy, II. [75], [114];
use of Nîm leaves at, II. [105].
See Burial.