W.
Wâgh Deo, worship of, II. [213].
Wagtail, the, II. [248].
Waking the dead, II. [76].
Wall shaking, I. 223.
Warden deities, I. 84.
Warren Hastings, ghost of, II. [82].
Warts, charming of, I. 15.
Washerman, ghost of, I. 133;
omens from, II. [50].
Watching the corpse, II. [76].
Water, burying of, I. 78;
demons, I. 42;
of the Ganges, I. 37;
god, I. 47;
holes, danger of looking into, I. 43;
horse, I. 44;
a protective, II. [25];
of wells curing disease, I. 50.
Waterfalls, I. 53.
Waving rite, the, I. 239; II. [23].
Wayland Smith, I. 280.
Weapon fetishes, II. [185].
Wearing the Rose, II. [294].
Weasel, omens from, II. [48].
Weather, demoniacal control of, I. 67.
Weddings, godling of, I. 119, 139.
Well, of death, II. [215];
digging of, I. 48;
folk-lore of, I. 48;
connected with the Ganges, I. 51;
discovery by goats, I. 51;
of life, I. 47;
magic, I. 210;
marriage of, I. 49;
connected with rainfall, I. 52;
omens from, I. 53;
worship of, I. 11, 51.
Werewolf, the, II. [211], [281].
Whirlpools, the haunt of demons, I. 43.
Whirlwind, the, I. 78, 80 sqq.;
godling of, I. 88, 267.
White, a protective colour, II. [28].
Whooping cough, charm to cure, I. 164; II. [207].
Whuppity Stoorie, II. [5].
Wild dogs, II. [223].
Wild huntsman, the, I. 261.
Will-o’-the-Wisp, I. 261; II. [197].
Wind enclosed in a sack, I. 67.
Winnowing, II. [308];
basket fetish, II. [189].
Witch, the, II. [259];
charm against, I. 150;
extracting parts of the body, II. [268];
in folk-lore, II. [263];
haunts of, II. [283];
ordeals, II. [271];
punishment of, II. [280];
seasons, II. [266];
causing cholera, I. 143;
or tempests, I. 80;
tests of, II. [272];
as tigers, II. [267].
Witchcraft, by means of images, II. [278];
instruction in, II. [264].
Wolf, children. II. [153];
omens from, II. [49];
totemism, II. [153];
prejudice against killing, I. 75.
Woli, a hail charmer, I. 80.
Women, exposed to Bhûts, I. 235;
excluded from worship, I. 33; II. [257];
loved by Bhûts, I. 238;
rites confined to, I. 69, 92, 204;
saint of, I. 204.
Wonder-working tombs, I. 225.
Woodpecker, the, II. [250].
Wool used in a charm, I. 163; II. [45].
Worm, charm to remove, I. 160.
Worthies, worship of, I. 183.
Wren hunting, I. 172.
Wrestlers, worship of Hanumân, I. 87;
of Sakhi Sarwar, I. 210.
Wulpurgis night, I. 64.