Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion: A Study in Survivals - J. C. Lawson

This is not Platonic philosophy but popular religion. Phrase after phrase reveals the origin of this conception of Love. The hopes most high were the hopes held forth by the mysteries; the blessedness and the loving fellowship with gods were the fulfilment of those hopes. In such language did men ever hint at the joys to which their mystic sacraments gave access. And Plato here ventures yet further. The author of those high hopes, the founder of that blessedness, he proclaims, is none other than Love—Love that appealed not to the soul only of the initiated, but to the whole man, both soul and body—Love that meant not only the yearning after wisdom and holiness and spiritual equality with the gods, but that same passion which drew together man and woman, god and goddess—the passion of mankind for their deities, fed in this life by manifold means of communion and even by sacramental union, satisfied hereafter in the full fruition of wedded bliss.

GENERAL INDEX

Ablutions, at weddings and at funerals, [555]
Aborigines, regarded as wizards, [248];
their relations with invaders, [244]
Absolution, and dissolution, [401];
of the dead, [396] ff.
Achaeans, religion of, [521] f.
Adonis, story of, [582];
story of, how interpreted, [580];
as type of the initiated, [582]
Aeschylus, popular beliefs utilised by, [437] ff., [459] f.;
religious sympathies of, [523]
Aetolus, story of, [273]
Agamemnon, as revenant, [438]
Alastor, application of word, [465] ff.;
as proper name (in Homer), [473];
as term of abuse, [477];
derivation of word, [471];
development of meaning of word, [475] f.;
meaning of, [476];
original meaning of, [472]
Alastores, [462] ff.;
not originally deities, [467] ff.
Allatius, on vrykolakes, [364] ff.
Amorgos, oracle of, [332]
Amulets, [12–13], [21], [140]
Amymone, story of, [593]
Ancient language, attempted revival of, [30]
Angels, exorcism of, [68];
good and bad, [288];
worship of, [42]
Animals, unlucky species of, [307]
Anointing, of the dead, [557]
Anthropomorphic conception of God, [52]
Antigone, as ‘bride of Acheron,’ [551]
Antiphon, on blood-guilt, [443]
Aphrodite, [117–120];
‘eldest of the Fates,’ [120];
mystic rites of, [580]
Apis, story of, [459]
Apollonius of Tyana, [257]
Apostasy, [409]
Apple, symbolic usage of, [558]
‘Arabs’ (a class of demons), [211], [276] f.;
identified with vrykolakes (q.v.), [277]
Ariadne, story of, how represented on sepulchral monuments, [598]
Aristomenes, [76]
Arrogance of Greeks, [29]
Art, in relation to religion, [1]
Artemidorus, on death and marriage, [553] ff.
Artemis, [163–171];
as huntress, [165];
as the Moon, [165];
bathing of, [164–5];
displaced by S. Artemidos, [44];
modern character of, [169];
offerings to, [170]
Asclepius, in serpent-form, [274] f.;
re-incarnation of, in mock-mysteries, [589]
Ass-centaurs, [235] and [237] f.
Athene, and the owl, [207];
succeeded by Virgin Mary, [45]
Athenians, religious sympathies of, [523]
Attis, [586]
Augury (see [Auspices])
August, certain days sacred to Nymphs, [152]
Auspices, [308] ff.;
affected by number, [313];
from any movement of birds, [311];
from cry of birds, [311];
from flight of birds, [311];
from posture of birds, [311];
modified by position of observer, [312]
Avengers, dead persons as, [438]
Avengers of Blood, ancient names for, [462] ff.;
their resemblance to modern vrykolakes, [458]
Axe, double-headed, as religious symbol, [72]
‘Baboutzicarios,’ [217]
Bacchic rites, [38]
Baptism, exorcisms at, [15];
neglect of, [409]
Beast-dances, [224] ff.
Bed-chambers, in temples, [587]
Beehive tombs, original use of, [94]
Bells, worn at popular festivals, [224] ff.
‘Binding’ and ‘loosing,’ [397]
Binding-spells, [19];
means of loosing, [19]
Birds, as messengers, in modern ballads, [316] f.;
as messengers of particular gods, [309];
colloquial application of word, [315];
in popular ballads, [315];
still acknowledged as messengers of heaven, [315];
which classes observed for auspices (q.v.), [308] f.;
why selected for divination, [308]
Black-handled knife, as charm, [286]
Blessing the waters, [197]
Blood-guilt, ancient conception of, [451];
Attic law concerning, [443];
penalties for, [453];
Plato’s legislation concerning, [444]
Blue beads, as amulets, [12]
Body and soul, relation of, [361] ff., [526] ff.;
re-union of, [538]
Bones of the dead, how treated after exhumation, [540] f.
Boreas, [52]
Breast-bone of fowl, divination from, [327]
Bridal customs (see [Wedding], [Marriage])
‘Bridge of Arta,’ The, [262] f.
Brumalia (in Greece), [221]
Burial (see also [Cremation], [Inhumation]);
demanded by ghosts, [431];
lack of, [407] f., [427], [449];
lack of, as punishment, [457]
Buzzing in ear, as omen, [329]
Callicantzari, [190–255];
afraid of fire, [202];
beast-like elements in, [203];
compared with Centaurs, [253];
demons or men?, [207–211];
description of, [191];
description of smaller species of, [193];
development of superstition concerning, [254];
dialectic forms of name, [211] ff.;
footgear of, [221]; general habits of, [194];
how outwitted, [196–200];
identified with Centaurs, [235];
identified with were-wolves, [208];
offerings to, [201], [232];
originally anthropomorphic, [206];
origin of name, [211] ff.;
power of transformation possessed by, [204], [240];
precautions against, [200–202];
resembling Satyrs and Centaurs, [192];
sources of their features and attributes, [237] ff.;
stories concerning, [196–200];
their activity limited to Christmastide, [221];
their relation to Satyrs, etc., [229] ff.;
two main classes of, [191];
variously represented, [190];
whether demons or men originally, [209] ff.;
wives of, [200]
Callicantzaros, The Great, [195]
Callirrhoë, as sacred spring, [555]
Candles, thrown into grave at funeral, [512]
‘Captain Thirteen,’ a folk-story, [75]
Carnival, celebrations of, [224] ff.
Cat, jumping over dead person, [410];
omens drawn from, [328]
Caves, haunted by Nymphs, [160]
Cenotaphs, [490]
Centauros, son of Ixion, [242]
Centaurs (see [Callicantzari]), [190–255];
and Lapithae, [242];
as wizards, [248] f.;
compared with Callicantzari, [253];
general character of, [246];
Heracles’ fight with, [253];
how represented in Art, [247];
in Hesiod, [242];
in Homer, [243];
in Pindar, [241];
popular conception of, how affected by Art, [252];
Prof. Ridgeway’s view of, [244] ff.;
various species of, [235], [237];
whether human or divine in origin, [241] ff.;
why called ‘Beasts,’ [245] ff.
Cephalus, [601]
Cerberus, [97], [99]
Character of modern Greeks, [28] ff.
Charms, [286]
Charon, [98–117];
addressed as ‘Saint,’ [53];
ancient literary presentation of, [106];
as ferryman, earliest mention of, [114];
brother to Uranos, [116];
identified with Death, [114]
Charon’s obol, [108], [285];
as charm to prevent soul from re-entering body, [434];
custom of, how interpreted, [405] f.
Charos, appearance of, [100];
as agent of God, [101–4];
as archer, [105];
as ferryman, [107];
as godfather, story of, [102];
as horseman, [105];
as pirate, [107–8];
as warrior, [105];
as wrestler, [104], [105];
Christianised character of, [101];
coin as fee for, [109];
functions of, [101];
household of, [99];
in connexion with Christianity, [101];
originally Pelasgian deity, [116];
pagan character of, [105]
Charun, Etruscan god, [116]
Child-birth, precautions against Nereids observed at, [140];
precautions at, [10–11]
Children, conceived or born on Church-festivals, how afflicted, [408];
liable to lycanthropy, [208];
preyed upon by Gelloudes, [177];
preyed upon by Striges, [181];
stricken by Nereids, how treated, [145];
suspected of lycanthropy, how treated, [210]
Chiron, [241] ff., [248];
as magician and prophet, [248] f.
Cholera, personified, [22]
Christ, accepted as new deity by pagans, [41]
‘Christian,’ popular usage of word, [66]
Christianity, became polytheistic, [42];
and paganism, [36]
Church, influenced by paganism, [572] f.
Churching of women, [20]
Clement of Alexandria, on the Mysteries, [570], [572];
on rites of Aphrodite, [581]
Clytemnestra, ghost of, [474]
Cock, as victim, [326]
Cocks, superstitions concerning, [195]
Coin, as charm, [111];
placed in mouth of dead persons, [108], [405];
placed in mouth of dead persons, various substitutes for, [112]
‘Comforting,’ feast of, [533]
Common origin of gods and men, [65]
Communion with gods, philosophers’ views of, [296]
Conquering and conquered races, relations of, [244]
Conservatism, religious, [95], [295], [337]
‘Constantine and Areté’ (ballad), [391] f.
Continuity of Greek life and thought, [552]
Convention, literary, [429]
Corpse, re-animation of, [112] (see [Re-animation], [Resuscitation])
Corycian cave, [161]
Courage of Greeks, [28]
Cremation (see also [Funeral-rites]), [485] ff.;
ceremonial, [496], [512];
ceremonial substitute for, [491];
Christian attitude towards, [501];
combined with inhumation, [494];
disuse of, [501] f.;
for disposing of revenants in Ancient Greece, [416];
for disposing of vrykolakes, [411];
in theory preferable to inhumation, [488] f.;
in recent times, [503];
introduced by Achaeans, [491];
motives for, [502] f.;
preferred to inhumation, [500] f.;
revival of, [502];
serving same religious end as inhumation, [491] ff.
Crockery broken at funerals, [520]
Crow, [309];
exception to ordinary rules of divination, [310]
Curses, [387] ff., [409];
diagnosed by their effects, [396];
executed by demonic agents, [448];
fixity of, [417];
in Euripides, [418];
in Sophocles, [419];
operation of, [447];
parental, [391] ff.;
revoking of, [388] f.
Custom-dues, for passage of soul to other world, [285]
Customs-officers, celestial, [284]
Cybele, rites of, [586]
Daemons, Plutarch’s theory of, [583] f.
Danaids, as types of unmarried women, [592]
Dances, [34]
Dead, messages to the, [345];
worship of the, [529] note 1
Dead persons, as messengers to the other world, [344] ff.;
what kinds of food presented to, [533] f.
Deadly sins, [425] ff.
Death, as penalty for bloodguilt, [455];
conceived as a form of marriage, by Sophocles, [549] ff.;
conceived as a form of marriage, in modern dirges, [546] ff.;
conceived as a wedding with Persephone, [595];
how personified in the Alcestis, [115];
in correlation with marriage, [553];
represented as a wedding on sepulchral monuments, [597] f.;
sudden or violent, [408], [427]
Death-struggle, [288], [289];
how eased, [389]
Decomposition (see [Dissolution])
Degeneracy of mankind, [294]
Deities, gregarious or solitary, [70];
non-Christian, how denoted, [67];
pagan, local names for, [69]
‘Delivering unto Satan,’ [406]
Demeter (see also [Mysteries of Demeter]), [79–98];
and Poseidon, modern story of, [86];
as corn-goddess, [562];
character of, [92];
Cretan legend of, [579];
displaced by S. Demetrius, [44];
dwelling-place of, [92];
evidence for identity of, [92];
her priestesses officiating at weddings, [590];
horse-headed, [87], [252];
in Homer, [522];
in modern story, [54];
modern functions of, [93];
modern titles of, [89];
modern worship of her statue, [80];
mysteries of (see [Mysteries]);
represented by S. Demetrius, [79];
stories of her union with men, [579] f.;
story of, compared with story of Christ, [576];
where originally domiciled, [93–96]
Demeter and Persephone, modern legend of, [80];
symbolism of myth concerning, [88];
unity of, [88]
Demetrius Poliorcetes, story of, [587]
Demons, exorcism of, [68]
Despoina, [579];
marriage with, [596]
Deucalion, [93]
Devils, entering bodies of dead men, [416];
exorcism of, [68]
Devil, responsible for resuscitation of dead persons, [402]
‘Diana,’ [164]
Dionysus, and Prosymnus, story of, [585];
displaced by S. Dionysius, [43];
festivals of, [228–230];
identified with Adonis, [599];
identified with Hades, [585], [599];
in scenes on sepulchral monuments, [598] f.;
marriage of the ‘queen’ with, [583];
mystic rites of, [582]
Dioscuri, [286]
Dipylon-cemetery, excavations in, [494]
Dirges, [347];
character of modern, [549];
examples of modern, [546] ff.;
purpose of, [519], [549]
Diseases, caused by demons, [22]
Dishonesty of Greeks, [31]
Disintegration (see [Dissolution])
Dissolution, and absolution, [401];
best secured by cremation, [502];
desire for, a feature of Pelasgian religion, [524];
distinguished from annihilation, [525], [538];
summary of ancient views concerning, [526];
time required for, [486] ff.;
why desired, [515] ff.
Divination, at weddings, [326];
by chance words, [303] ff.;
by lot, [303];
by sacrifice, [264], [318];
‘domestic,’ [327];
from birds (see also [Auspices]), [308] ff.;
from breast-bone of fowl, [327];
from chance words, in antiquity, [305];
from demeanour of victim, [326];
from eggs, [331];
from involuntary movements of limbs, etc., [329];
from meetings on the road, [306];
from pig’s spleen, [325];
from sheep’s shoulder-blade, [321] ff.;
from sieves, [331];
from water, [332] f.;
methods of, compared, [298];
suggested divisions of, [298];
various branches of, [298]
Dog howling at night, significance of, [328]
Dogs, [32]
Donkey, ill-omened, [307]
Dragons, as guardians of buried treasure, [281];
in folk-story, [82];
popular conception of, [280];
story of, [281] f.
Drama, primitive, [224–6];
restrictions of, [429];
rudiments of, [35]
Dreams, [300] ff.;
deliberately induced, [303];
ecclesiastical use of, [301]
Dress, at weddings and at funerals, [557]
‘Drumlike’ (as description of dead bodies) (see [τυμπανιαῖος]), [370]
Drunkenness, when permissible, [303], [533]
Dryads, [151]
Eagle, [309]
Easter, [575] f.;
celebration of, [572] ff.
Ecstasy, in ancient religion, [37];
religious, [294] f., [576]
Eleusinian mysteries (see [Mysteries of Demeter])
Eleusis, excavations in cemetery at, [495]
Empusa, [174], [175]
Entrails, inspection of victim’s, [320], [325]
Ephialtes, [21] (note 2)
Epiphany, observance of, [197];
superstitions concerning, [221]
Equality of men and gods, [604]
Erinyes (see [Furies])
Eros, [118–120]
‘Eternal drunkenness,’ [39]
Ethical influence of Christianity, [39]
Eudaemonia, as goddess, [602]
Eumaeus, reception of Odysseus by, [32]
Euphemistic names for deities, [69], [70]
Euripides, popular form of imprecation utilised by, [418]
Evil Eye, amulets against, [13];
animals affected by, [11–12];
cures for maladies caused by, [14];
effects of, [10];
inanimate things affected by, [12];
in Greece, [9–15];
means of averting, [14];
persons affected by, [11];
to whom attributed, [9–10];
widespread belief in, [8]
Excommunication (see also [‘binding’ and ‘loosing’]), [401];
causing non-dissolution, instances of, [398] ff.;
effects of, [386], [396] ff.;
origin of, [406];
pagan influence on doctrine of, [401] f.
Execration (see [Curses], [Imprecations])
Exhumation, [540];
at end of three years, [487]
Exile, as punishment of homicide, [445], [455]
Exorcism, by witch, [14–15]
‘Fair Lady of the Mountains,’ [166]
Faith-cures, [60], [62]
Fallmerayer, [25]
Fasts, strictly observed, [574]
Fate, [289]
Fates, the, [120–130];
appearance of, [124];
at birth of Athena, [130];
character of, [125];
distribution of functions among, [127];
functions of, [124], [127];
inexorability of, [122];
invocations of, [122], [128];
number of, [124];
offerings to, [120], [121], [125];
prayer to, [123];
seen or heard, [125–6];
the lesser, [127–8];
visits of, [125];
wrath of, [126]
Festival-dress, as heirloom from mother to daughter, [537]
Festivals, popular, [34], [35];
survival of pagan, [221] ff.
Fire, kept burning at grave-side, [507] ff.;
omens drawn from, [328]
Fishing-net, as prophylactic, [21]
Five, ominous number, [307] (note 1)
Flood, modern traditions of the, [93]
Folklore, antiquity of, [8];
as clue to ancient religion, [7];
laws of, [8]
Folk-stories and ancient myths, relation of, [76]
Foreign cults naturalised in Greece, [580]
Forestry, superstitions relating to, [158]
Fortieth day after death, customs and beliefs concerning, [486] ff.
Foundation-stone, ceremonial of laying, [264]
Funeral-customs, [345] ff., [496] ff.;
assimilated to marriage-customs, [560];
compared with marriage-customs, [554] ff.;
in relation to the Mysteries, [593] f.
Funeral-feasts (see also [Memorial Feasts]), [532] f.
Funeral-meats, [533] f., [535] f.
Funeral-rites, Christian and pagan contrasted, [501];
Homeric, [492];
in Dipylon-period, [494];
Mycenaean, [493];
purpose of, [485] ff.;
why necessary for due dissolution of body, [490]
Funerals, Solon’s regulations concerning, [346] ff.
Funeral-usage, summary of conclusions concerning, [513] f.
Furies, as agents of Clytemnestra, [448];
as personified Curses, [448];
in Homer, [522];
origin of Aeschylus’ conception of, [460] f.
Furtwängler, on death conceived as wedding, [597]
Future life, Achaean conception of, [521] f.;
conceived in general as resembling life of gods, [525];
Homeric conception of, [516] ff.;
material character of, [524];
modern conceptions of, [518] f.;
Pindaric conception of, [518]
Garlands, at weddings and at funerals, [557] f.
Garlic, as prophylactic, [140]
‘Garlic in your eyes,’ [14]
Gello, [71];
by-names of, [179];
story of, [177]
Gelloudes, [176–9], [211];
activities of, [179];
cure for injuries inflicted by, [179]
Genii, [255–291];
confused with victims offered to them, [267], [271] ff., [276] f.;
definition of, [256];
how related to the place or object which they inhabit, [259];
in form of bulls, [261] f., [277];
in form of dragons, [262], [280];
in form of snakes, [258], [259], [272] f.;
in Homer, [269];
in human shape, [275];
mating with Lamiae, [276];
of air, [283] ff.;
of bridges, [262];
of buildings, [259–275];
of churches, [261];
of houses, [259];
of human beings, [287] ff.;
of mountains and caves, etc., [280] ff.;
of water, [275] ff.;
offerings to, [260], [274];
sacrifice to, [262] ff.;
sacrifice to, in Ancient Greece, [269] ff.
Gennadius, story of, [399]
Getae, human sacrifice among the, [350]
Ghosts, asking for burial of body, [431];
conventionally substituted for revenants in ancient literature, [429];
haunting neighbourhood of tombs, [430] f., [433];
in ancient literature, [427];
a modern Greek notions concerning, [428]
Giants, story of, [73]
Gifts to the dead, [493], [528] ff.;
how regarded by the Church, [531] f.;
in form of clothing, [536] f.;
in form of drink, [536];
in form of food, [533] ff.;
in modern Greece, [532];
in the classical-period, [530] f.;
in the Dipylon-period, [530];
in the Homeric Age, [529];
in the Mycenaean Age, [529];
motive for, [531], [537];
on what days presented, [530] f.;
until what date continued, [539] f.
Goat-skins, worn at certain popular festivals, [223] ff.
God, as controller of weather, in popular phrases, [51];
modern applications of word, [48]
‘God of Crete,’ [74]
Godhead, ancient view of, [65];
attainable by men, [604] f.
Gods, character of Greek, [526];
Greek conception of, [292] f.
Good Friday, [572] ff., [574] f.
Gorgons, [184–190];
and Scylla, [188];
appearance of, [184];
as deities of the sea, [188];
character of, [185];
compared with Sirens, [187];
depravity of, [185–6]
Gorgon, meaning of the word, [186]
Goshawk, [311]
Guardian-angels, [288]
Guardian-spirits, in ancient Greece, [290]
Hades, [97];
house of, how conceived by Homer, [517];
modern presentment of, [518], [549]
Hair, as source of strength, [76];
cf. [83]
Hare, unlucky to meet, [307]
Hawks, [309]
Headache, magical cure of, [22]
Healing, miraculous, [60], [302]
Hebrew religion, contrasted with Greek, [3]
Helena, [286]
Helios, displaced by S. Elias, [44]
Hemlock, [578]
Hera, as type of women, [591];
cults of, [591];
wedding of, [599]
Heracles, [469]
Hermes Agoraeus, oracle of, [305]
Hermes, as escorter of the dead, [544];
succeeded by S. Michael, [45]
Heroes, in form of serpents, [273]
Heron, [309]
Hesiodic Ages of mankind, [294]
Hesperides, [282]
Hiccough, as omen, [330]
Hippolytus, oath of, [418]
Holy Ghost, rarely named by peasants, [51]
Holy Week, [572] ff.
Homicide, Delphic tradition concerning, [444], [480];
Plato’s legislation concerning, [451]
Honey-cakes, as diet of genii, [274]
Honey, as food for the dead, [533];
chief offering to Nymphs, [150];
offered to the Fates, [121]
Hospitality of Greeks, [31]
Human sacrifice, [262] ff., [273], [276];
a modern conception of, [341] ff.;
as means of sending a wife to some god, [583];
long-continued in Ancient Greece, [343];
modern story of, [339], [436];
substitute for, [583]
Humour, popular sense of, [69]
Hylas, modern parallel to story of, [161]
Hymenaeus, legend of, [552]
Iasion, as type of the initiated, [579]
Icarus, [76]
Icons, [301]
Idolatry, popular inclination towards, [59]
Image, magical treatment of, [16]
Immorality of ancient deities, [39]
Immortal fruit, [281] f.;
waters, [281]
Immortality, doctrine of, [350] f.
Imprecations (see also [Curses]), [387] ff.
Incantation, against whirlwinds, [150]
Incorruptibility (see also [Vrykolakes]), [384];
ancient imprecations of, [417] ff.;
Apollo’s threat of, [421];
as punishment of blood-guilt, [456];
ecclesiastical view concerning, [396]
Inhumation (see also [Funeral-rites]), [485] ff.;
ceremonial substitutes for, [489] f.;
combined with cremation, [494];
serving same religious end as cremation, [491] ff.;
the Pelasgian rite, [491]
Initiated, future happiness of the, [563] f.;
hopes of the, [578] f.
Ino, parallel to story of, [138]
Insanity, popular view of, [299]
Inspiration, [299]
Interment (see [Inhumation])
Intoxication, when permitted, [303], [533]
Iphigenia, sacrifice of, [270]
Iron, as prophylactic, [140]
Islands of the Blest, [520]
Itching of hand or foot, as omen, [330]
Ixion, [242]
Kalándae (festival of the Kalends of January), [221]
Ker, [289] f.
Key laid on breast of corpse, [109], [112]
Knife, black-handled, as charm, [20], [172]
Kore (see also [Persephone]); as representative of the initiated, [578];
story of, how represented on sepulchral monuments, [597] f.
Laceration of checks, etc., at funerals, [346]
Lamentation, at funerals, [347]
‘Lame Demon,’ The, [195]
Lamia, ancient conception of, [175];
of the Sea, [171];
responsible for water-spouts, [172]
Lamiae, [174–6];
character of, [174];
mated with genii, [276]
Lamp, in Prytaneum, [513];
‘The Unsleeping,’ [508];
thrown into grave at funeral, [512];
why placed in graves, [505] f.
Language, as evidence of tradition, [35]
Law governing evolution of Greek folklore, [206]
Leaven, damaged by Evil Eye, [12]
Left hand, unlucky, [312]
Left to right, lucky direction, [312]
Lenormant, on death conceived as a wedding, [601]
Leprosy, penalty for eating pig’s flesh, [87];
why named by Aeschylus among penalties of blood-guilt, [453] f.
Lightning, as instrument of God’s vengeance, [73];
persons and objects struck by, [73]
Literature, in relation to religion, [2]
‘Loosing,’ [397];
equivalent to both ‘absolution’ and ‘dissolution,’ [401]
Love, as the bond of feeling between men and deities, [603];
in relation to the doctrine of the Mysteries, [606]
Love-charms, [18]
Lucian, on offerings to gods, [335]
Lycaean Zeus, [352]
Lycanthropy, [208], [239] f.;
in children, [380];
infants liable to, [183]
Lying-in-state, [497]
Madness, [299];
among penalties of blood-guilt, [454]
Magic, [15–25];
sympathetic, [16], [521]
Maniotes, the, [441]
Mankind, of same race as gods, [65], [604]
Marriage and death, correlation of, [533]
Marriage, arranged by Athenians between Athene and Demetrius Poliorcetes, [587] f.;
as ‘initiation,’ [590];
association of the Mysteries with, [590] f.;
binding-spells to prevent consummation of, [19];
mimetic, as culminating point of Mysteries, [589];
mimetic, enacted in many cults, [577–587];
of men with deities, [545] ff.;
of men with deities, as a religious doctrine, [560] f.;
of men with deities, as mystic doctrine (summary), [602] f.;
the Sacred (ἱερὸς γάμος), [591]
Marriage-customs, compared with funeral-customs, [554] ff.;
transferred to the funeral-rite, [560]
Masks worn at popular festivals, [222] ff.
Matrimonial prospects, divination concerning, [303]
Meat, excluded from funeral-repasts, [532]
Medea, [463], [468]
Medicine, popular, [21]
Megrim, cure of, [23]
Memorial-feasts, [486] ff.;
dates of, [534];
real purpose of, [534] f.;
significance of the dates of, [539]
Men elevated to rank of daemons, [211]
Messages to the dead, [344] ff.
Metamorphosis (see [Transformation])
Metempsychosis, Plato’s theory of, [604] f.
Miastor, application of word, [463] f.;
meaning of, [477] ff.;
original meaning of word, [465]
Miastores, [462] ff.
Midday, dangers of, [79]
Miracles, expected by common-folk, [59];
genuine, [60];
sham, [60]
Mirrors, superstition concerning, [10]
‘Mistress, The,’ [89];
marriage of, [97]
‘Mistress of the Earth and of the Sea,’ [54], [91], [579]
Monotheism, compared with polytheism, [40];
no popular tendency towards, [3]
Morality, little connected with ancient religion, [37]
Mormo, [175]
Mountain-nymphs, [148]
Mourners, conduct of, [347];
professional, [347]
Mouse, omens drawn from, [328]
Mouth, as exit of soul, [111]
Mummers, at Christmastime and at Carnival, [223] ff.;
representing Callicantzari, [227]
Mumming, a survival of Dionysiac festivals, [229] ff.
Murder of kinsman, [425];
legal punishment for, [457]
Murdered men as avengers (see [Avengers], [Revenants])
Murdered persons, avenging their own wrongs, [437] ff.;
bodily activity of, [438];
future lot of, [434] f.;
mutilation of, [435];
personal activity of, [440] ff.;
returning in bodily form, [438]
Murderers, future punishment of, [434] ff.;
penalties incurred by, [453] ff.
Mutilation of murdered persons, [435]
Mysteries, alleged impurity of, [569] f.;
allusions to, in Tragedy, [550];
associated with funerals, [594] f.;
associated with wedding-rites, [590] f.;
benefits secured by participation in, [38];
Christian attitude towards, [569];
containing no doctrine alien to popular religion, [567];
grades of initiation in, [566];
main doctrines of the, [569];
openly performed in Crete, [568];
of Aphrodite, [581] f.;
of Cybele, [586];
of Demeter, (see below [Mysteries of Demeter]);
of Dionysus, [582];
parodied by the false prophet Alexander, [588] f.;
Sabazian, [585];
summary of doctrines taught by, [589] f.;
summary of argument concerning, [602] f.;
their doctrines kept secret, [567];
their promises summarised by Theo Smyrnaeus, [566]
Mysteries of Demeter, Achaeans excluded from, [567] f.;
ancient references to, [563] f.;
Christian attitude towards, [578];
compared with modern celebration of Holy Week and Easter, [572] ff.;
dramatic nature of, [577];
their effect on spectators, [576];
held in great veneration, [562] f.;
how understood by participants, [578] f.;
Pelasgian in origin, [567];
safeguards of morality in, [577] f.;
specific charge of impurity against, [577];
test of linguistic purity imposed at Eleusis, [568];
their kinship with Christian beliefs, [576];
their promises based on ideas of popular religion, [565];
their promises summarised, [565]
Naiads, [159]
‘Nailing,’ magical rite, [17]
Nationality, [27]
Nereids (see also [Nymphs], [Sea-nymphs], [Mountain-nymphs], [Tree-nymphs], and [Water-nymphs]), [130] ff.;
animals susceptible to influence of, [135];
appearances of, [131];
bride-like appearance of, [133];
by-names of, [132];
called ‘she-devils,’ [149];
children carried off by, [150];
confusion of different species, [153];
consorts of, [149];
cruelty of, [139];
cures for mischief done by, [145];
depart at cock-crow, [137];
description of, [132–4];
domestic accomplishments of, [133];
dress of, [133];
famed for skill in spinning, [134];
festival of, [153];
forms of name, [130] (note 3);
general precautions against, [144];
in old signification, [146];
inconstancy of, [135], [138];
longevity of, [156];
magical kerchief of, [136];
male, [149];
means of protection against, [140];
not immortal, [156];
offerings to, [140], [150];
responsible for whirlwinds, [150];
‘seizure’ by, [142];
story of wedding-procession of, [149];
supernatural qualities in dress of, [136];
theft of children by, [141];
their love of children, [140];
their marriage with men, [134];
their relations with men, [134–9];
their relations with women, [139];
transformation of, [137];
widespread belief in, [131];
with feet of goat or ass, [133]
Nether world (see [Under-world])
Nomocanon de excommunicatis, [397]
Nomocanon concerning vrykolakes, [365], [402] f.
Non-dissolution (see also [Vrykolakes]), [366];
ancient imprecations of, [417] ff.
Numbers, lucky and unlucky, [313]
Nymphs (see also [Nereids]), [130] ff.;
not immortal, [156];
punishment for violence done to, [584];
seizure by, [142]
Oedipus, curse pronounced by, [419]
Offerings, how affected by Christianity, [337];
to Artemis, [170];
to Callicantzari, [201];
to genii, [274];
to gods, motive of, [335], [336] f.;
to Nereids, [140];
to Saints, [58], [337];
to the dead (see [Gifts]), [493]
Oil, spilling of, as omen, [328]
Olive, foliage or wood used in funerals, [498] f.
Olympus, as abode of the Fates, [128]
Omens (see [Divination]);
from dripping of water, [121]
Oracle of Amorgos, [332]
Oracles, [305], [331] ff.
Orchestra, [35]
Oreads, [148]
Orestes, how spurred on to vengeance, [441] f.;
with what penalties threatened by Apollo, [421]
Orithyia, [601]
Orphics, [38]
Orphic tablets, [595] f.
Owl-faced Athene, [207]
Owls, [309], [310], [311]
‘Ox-headed man,’ The, (popular story), [278]
Pagan customs, inveteracy of, [46];
deities, how denoted, [67]
Palmistry, [329]
Pan, [77–9]
Panagia, portraits of, [301]
Paradise, popular conception of, [519]
Parga, evacuation of, [503]
Parthenon, Christian use of, [45];
figures in east pediment of, [130]
Patriotism of Greeks, [28]
Patroclus, funeral of, [348] f., [529]
Patroclus’ ghost, [429];
why desirous of burial, [516]
Pausanias, on human sacrifice, [353]
Pedantry of Greeks, [30]
Pelasgians, religion of, [522] f.
Peleus (see [Thetis])
Pentacle, [113], [406]
Perpería, [24]
Persephone (see also [Kore], [Demeter]);
‘bridal-chamber’ of, [595]
Pharmakos, [355] ff.
Pheneos, Lake, [85]
‘Pheres,’ [243]
Philinnion, story of, [413], [433]
Phlegon, story of revenant narrated by, [412] ff.
Phlya, mystic rites at, [587]
Physique of Modern Greeks, [26], [27]
Pig’s flesh, taboo, [87];
spleen, used for divination, [325]
Plague, personified, [22];
personified as trio of female demons, [124]
Pollution, [425];
ancient conception of, [451];
of bloodguilt, [445]
Polydorus, ghost of, [429]
Polynices, doom of, [420]
Polytheism, compared with monotheism, [40];
merits of, [292];
modern, [47], [48];
popular bent towards, [54]
Pomegranate, symbolic usage of, [558] ff.
Poseidon, [75–77];
as healer, [46]
‘Possession,’ by angels or devils, [68];
by devils, [144];
by the devil, as punishment, [406]
Poultry, divination from, [312]
Prayer, usually accompanied by offerings, [335]
Predestination, [122]
Priest, unlucky to meet, [306]
Prometheus, legend of, [74]
Prometheus’ prophecy of Zeus’ downfall, [552]
Prytaneum of Athens, shape of, [96]
Psellus, on divination, [321], [324]
Pulcra montium, [167]
Punishment after death, [419] ff.
Purification, from bloodguilt, [451], [483];
means of, [357]
Purity, confusion of physical and moral, [37]
Pythagoras and Zalmoxis, [351]
‘Queen of the Mountains,’ The, [163]
‘Queen of the Shore,’ The, [163]
Quince, symbolic usage of, [558] f.
Rail (ornith.), [309]
Rain-charm, [23]
Rain-making, [49]
Ram, as victim, [326]
Rat, unlucky to meet, [307]
Raven, [309]
Re-animation (see also [Resuscitation], [Vrykolakes]), [384];
of corpses left unburied, [449];
of dead body by the soul, [432] ff.
Religion, Achaean and Pelasgian elements in, [522] f.;
character of Greek, [2], [294], [361] f., [545];
complexity of Greek, [4]
Religious feeling, dominance of, [5–7];
literature, absence of, [2–5]
Resuscitation (see also [Re-animation], [Vrykolakes]), [388];
of dead persons, how viewed by the Church, [402] ff.;
of dead persons, summary of Hellenic belief concerning, [434]
Retribution, doctrine of future, [523];
exactitude of, [453] ff.;
law of, [435]
Revenants (see also [Vrykolakes]);
ancient names for, [462] ff.;
ancient Greek instances of, [412] ff.;
as Avengers of blood, [434] ff.;
as Avengers of blood, summary of ancient belief concerning, [461];
as Avengers of blood, their traits transferred to the Furies, [460];
called up by sorcerers, [404];
contrasted with ghosts, [427];
different species of, [384];
distinguished from ghosts, [416];
exacting their own vengeance, in ancient literature, [438];
Greek conception of, [394];
harmless type of, [394] f.;
Hellenic conception of, [412];
in ancient literature, [430], [438] f.
Rhapsodes, [34]
Richard, le Père, on vrykolakes, [367]
Ridgeway, on cremation and inhumation, [491]
Right hand, lucky, [312]
‘Riotings,’ The, [226]
River-gods, [277], [280]
Rohde, on cremation, [492]
rosalia, [45]
Sabazian mysteries, [585]
Sabazius, in form of snake, [586]
Sacrifice (see also [Human Sacrifice]), [335] ff.;
at launching of ship, [266];
at laying foundation-stone, [264];
at opening of quarry, [265];
at weddings, [326];
human, [262] ff.;
to genii, [276];
to genii, Slavonic influence upon, [268]
Sacrifices, classification of, [338]
Sacrificial omens, [319]
Saints, functions of, [55];
functions suggested by names of, [56];
offerings made to, [58];
sometimes reputed immoral or malign, [56];
substituted for ancient gods, [43];
with titles denoting locality, function, etc., [55];
worship of, [42]
S. Artemidos, cures children ‘struck by the Nereids,’ [44];
successor to Artemis, [44]
‘Saint Beautiful,’ [164]
S. Catharine, [303]
S. Demetra, at Eleusis, [80];
Eleusinian legend of, [80]
S. Demetrius, successor to Demeter, [44]
S. Dionysius, successor to Dionysus, [43]
S. Elias, responsible for thunder, [52];
successor to Helios, [44]
S. Elmo’s light, [286]
S. George, displacing Theseus or Heracles, [45];
legend concerning, [261]
‘S. John of the Column,’ [58]
S. John the Baptist, [37], [304]
S. Luke, as painter, [301]
S. Michael, successor to Hermes, [45]
S. Nicolas, [340];
patron of sailors, [287];
superseding Poseidon, [75]
Salt-cake, [303]
Salt, dissolving of, as magical ceremony, [388] f.
Satan, delivering persons unto, [406]
Saturnalia (in Greece), [221]
Satyrs and Centaurs, closely related, [236]
Satyr-dances, [229]
Scylla, replaced by modern Gorgon, [188];
parentage of, [173]
Scyros, faith-cure at, [62]
Sea-nymphs, [146]
‘Seizure,’ by Nymphs, [142]
Serpents, as incarnations of heroes, [274]
Shadow, as genius, [289]
Shadow-victims, [265]
‘She-devils,’ Nereids so called, [149]
Sheep-dogs, [32]
Shooting-stars, [286]
Shoulder-blade of sheep, used for divination, [321] ff.
Sieve, employed to detain Callicantzari, [196–7]
Sieves, divination from, [331]
Sileni, [230]
Silicernium, [535]
Sins, deadly, [409] f., [425] ff.
Sirens, [187]
Slavonic immigrations, [26];
influence on belief in vampires, [376] ff.
Sleep and Death, [543]
Sleeping in churches, [61]
Small-pox, personified, [22]
Snake, as genius of Acropolis, [260];
auspicious in house, [328];
bearded, [274];
unlucky to meet on road, [307]
Snakes, as manifestations of deities, [275]
Snake-form, assumed by genii (see [Genii])
Sneezing, as omen, [330]
Socrates’ familiar spirit, [291]
Sophocles, popular form of imprecation utilised by, [419]
Sorcery, punishment of, [409]
Sosipolis, story of, [272]
Souls (see [Ghosts])
Soul and body, relations of, [361] ff., [526] ff.;
re-union of, [538]
Soul-cult, Rohde’s theory of, [529], note 1
Soul, emancipation of, [515] f.;
Homeric conception of, [517] f.;
Socrates’ teaching concerning, [516]
Spitting, to avert malign influences, [14], [307]
Stars, baneful influence of, [10], [11]
Stoat, unlucky to meet, [307]
Striges, [179–184], [211];
Italian origin of, [180];
intercourse of devils with, [416];
precautions against, [181];
prey upon children, [181];
stories concerning, [182–3]
Strigla, [282]
Sucking-pig, as victim, [483]
Suicides, [408]
Sun, relics of worship of, [44]
Surrogate Victims, [355]
Swallow-song, [35]
Sympathetic magic, [264]
Taboo, [87], [357]
Taenarus, descent to Hades at, [45]
Tartarus, [98]
Telonia, [284];
local usages of name, [287]
Temples, as treasuries, [96];
converted to churches, [45]
Tenos, Church of Annunciation at, [45], [58];
faith-cures at, [60];
miraculous icon of, [301]
Thargelia, [356]
‘The Beautiful One of the Earth,’ [97]
‘The Great Lady,’ [163]
‘The Lady Beautiful,’ [163]
‘The Lamia of the Sea,’ [171]
‘The Lamia of the Shore,’ [171]
‘The Mistress,’ [89];
marriage of, [97]
Theseum, Christian use of, [45]
Theseus, [469]
Thesmophoria, [87]
Thetis, modern parallel to story of, [137]
Thracians, funeral-rites of, [500]
Thread of life, [124]
Three, ominous number, [307] (note 1), [487]
Thunderbolt, [72]
Thunder-god, [50]
Timothy, Bishop of Ephesus, martyrdom of, [222]
Titans, story of, [73]
Titles of saints, sources of, [55]
Tolerance of pagans, [42]
Torches, at funerals, [505] ff.
Traditions, popular and literary, [432]
Trance, [69]
Transformation, magic power of, [86], [249];
power of, attributed to genii, [276];
power of, how indicated in Art, [251]
Transmigration of souls, Plato’s theory of, [604] f.
Treasure, guarded by dragons, [281]
Treasury of Atreus, original use of, [94]
Tree, supporting the world, [155]
Tree-nymphs, [151];
confused with water-nymphs, [153];
woodcutters’ precautions against, [158]
Trees, not to be cut or peeled on certain days in August, [152]
Tuesday, unlucky day, [313]
Tutelary genii, fed on honey-cakes, [274]
‘Twelve Days,’ The, [221]
Twitching of eyebrow, as omen, [329]
Unburied (see [Burial], lack of)
Under-world (see also [Future life]);
Homeric conception of, [517] f.;
modern presentment of, [549]
Uninitiated, future fate of the, [563] f., [592]
Unmarried, funeral-rite of the, [556];
future fate of the, [592]
‘Unsleeping Lamp,’ The, [540]
Vampires (see [Vrykolakes]);
characteristics of Slavonic, [387];
modern Greek conception of, [363] ff.;
Slavonic treatment of, [410] f.
Vampirism, causes of, [375], [407] ff.;
imprecations of, [387];
instances of, [367] ff.;
widespread belief in, [371] ff.
Vendetta, [440] ff.
Vengeance for blood-guilt, extended to whole communities, [459];
for homicide, Delphic tradition concerning, [444] ff.
Vengeance for murder, effected by a curse, [446] f.;
effected by demonic agents, [448];
exacted by murdered person, [435] ff.;
incumbent on next-of-kin, [440];
legally incumbent on next-of-kin, [443] f.;
methods of, [453] ff.
Vesta, temple of, [96]
Victim, as messenger, [340] ff.;
elevated to rank of genius, [267] ff., [276]
Vintage-festival, [35]
Virgin, worship of the, [51]
Virginity, consecrated to river-god, [592]
Virility, affected by magical spell, [19]
Visualisation, peasants’ powers of, [47]
Votive offerings, character of, [58]
Vows, [59]
Vrykolakas, Greek equivalents for word, [381] f.;
how originally employed in Greek, [378];
occasionally used in sense of ‘were-wolf,’ [379] f.;
origin of word, [377];
original meaning of word, [377] f.;
Slavonic forms of word, [377] (note 2)
Vrykolakes (see also [Incorruptibility], [Resuscitation], [Revenants], [Vampires], [Vampirism]), [361] ff.;
attitude of authorities towards belief in, [371] f.;
belief in them not wholly Slavonic, [381];
capable of sexual commerce, [415] f.;
classes of persons liable to become, [375], [407] ff.;
close resemblance of ancient revenants to, [458];
corporeal nature of, [376];
cremation of, substitutes for, [488];
ecclesiastical view of, [386], [396] ff.;
Greek treatment of, [410] f., [502];
Hellenic element in conception of, [407];
how disposed of, [371] f.;
lineage traced from, [416];
modern Greek conception of, [363] ff.;
nomocanon concerning, [365], [402];
not to be confused with ghosts, [376];
occasional barbarities inflicted upon, [412];
original Greek type of, [391] ff.;
peculiar method of treating, [540];
recent cases of the burning of, [374];
recent Cretan account of, [372];
resuscitated by the Devil, [405] f.;
Slavonic influence upon conception of, [376] ff.;
stories of, [368] ff.;
widespread belief in, [371] ff., [374]
Vultures, [309]
‘Wanderers,’ [473]
Washing, prohibited on certain days of August, [152]
Water, immortal, [281];
miraculous, [60];
oracular property of, [334];
pouring out of, as magic rite, [520];
salt, bars passage of supernatural beings, [368] (note 1), [372];
‘speechless,’ [304], [331];
spilling of, as omen, [328]
supplied daily to the dead, [539];
‘Water-bearer,’ the, [556], [592] f.
Water-nymphs, [159];
confused with tree-nymphs, [153];
precautions against, [160]
Water-pitcher (see also [Water-bearer]), [594]
Water-spout, caused by Lamia of the Sea, [52];
superstitions concerning, [172]
Weasel, unlucky to meet, [307];
why unlucky to see, [327]
Weather, chief province of God, [51]
Wedding, ‘The Sacred,’ [599] f.;
in Hades, The, (ballad), [548]
Wedding-customs (see [Marriage-customs])
Wedding-dress, as funeral-garb of betrothed girls or young wives, [557]
Weddings, precautions at, [13];
precautions against magic at, [20];
sacrifice and divination at, [326]
Wedding-scenes on funeral-monuments, [597] f., [601] f.
Were-wolves, [239];
and vampires, [377] f.;
become vampires after death, [385]
Whirlwinds, caused by nymphs, [52], [150];
safeguard against, [150]
Winds, personified, [52]
Wine, passed from left to right, [312];
spilling of, as omen, [328]
Winter festivals, [221] ff.
Witch, as rain-maker in Santorini, [49]
Witchcraft, male and female exponents of, [15], [16]
Witches, [15]
Woodpecker, [309]
Wooing, how conducted, [558]
Wren, [309]
Zalmoxis, [350] f.
Zeus, [72–74];
Lycaean, [352];
Meilichios, [275];
Prostropaeus, [481];
survival of name, [74]

INDEX OF GREEK WORDS AND PHRASES

ἀγάπη, [603]
ἀγγελικά, [68]
ἀγγελοθωρεῖ, [288]
ἀγγελοκρούσθηκε, [289]
ἀγγελομαχεῖ, [289]
ἀγγελοσκιάζεται, [289]
ἀγγελοφορᾶται, [289]
ἁγι̯ασμός, [197]
ἀγιελοῦδες, [147], [176]
ἅγος, [451]
ἀδερφοί μας, οἱ, [70]
ἀδερφοφᾶδες, [208]
ἀερικά, [68], [283]
Ἀκμονίδης, [116]
ἀκοίμητο καντῆλι, τὸ, [508]
ἀλαίνειν, [472], [474]
ἀλάομαι, [474]
ἀλάστωρ (see [Alastor]), [462] f., [465] ff.
ἀλαφροστοίχει̯ωτοι, [204], [288]
ἀλιτήριοι, [482]
Ἀλουστίναι, [155]
ἄλυτος, [381], [397]
ἀμπόδεμα, [19]
ἀμφιθαλής, [600]
ἀναικαθούμενος, [382]
ἀναρᾳδοπαρμένος, [142]
ἀνάρραχο, [381]
ἀνασκελᾶδες, [205] (note 1)
ἀνεμικαίς, [150]
ἀνεμογαζοῦδες, [150]
ἄνθρακες ὁ θησαυρός (proverb), [281]
ἀπάντημα, [306]
ἀπενιαυτεῖν, [445]
ἀποικίζω (in Soph. O. C. 1383 ff.), [419]
ἀπόρρητος, [569]
Ἀράπηδες, [276]
ἀραχνιασμένος, [518]
ἄρρητος, [569]
ἀστροπελέκι, [72]
ἀσώματοι, οἱ, [144]
Ἀφροδίτισσα, [118]
βάμπυρας, [378]
βασίλιννα, [583]
βασίλισσα τοῦ γιαλοῦ, ἡ, [163]
βασίλισσα τῶν βουνῶν, ἡ, [163]
βασκαίνω, [9]
βασκανία, [9]
βασκανισμοί, [14]
βιστυρι̯ά, [9] (note 2)
βόμπυρας, [378]
βουρκόλακας, [364]
Βραχνᾶς, [21]
βρυκόλακας, [364]
βρυκολακιάζω, [390]
Γελλοῦδες, [148], [177]
γενέσια, [531]
γεραραί, [583]
γιαλοῦδες, [147], [176]
Γιλλόβρωτα, [178]
γλαυκῶπις, [207]
Γοργόνες, [184]
γραψίματα τῶν Μοιρῶν, [126]
δᾳδουχία, [566]
δαίμονας τῆς θάλασσας, ὁ, [75]
δαίμονες, [569]
δαίμονες )( θεοί, [41]
δαιμόνια, [68]
δαιμόνιον μεσημβρινόν, [79]
δὲν ξέρει τὰ τρία κακὰ τῆς Μοίρας του, [127]
δένω, [397]
δέσιμον, [19]
δέσποινα, [90]
δέω, [397]
Δημητρεῖοι, [579]
διαβόλισσαις, [149]
δράκος, δράκοντας, [280]
δράσαντι παθεῖν (proverb), [435]
δρύμαις, [151]
δρύματα, [151]
ἐγκοίμησις, [61]
εἰδωλικά, [68]
εἰρεσιώνη, [35]
ἐλευθεροῦν, [424]
ἐναγίσματα, [530], [531]
ἔνατα, [531], [532]
ἐνόδιοι σύμβολοι, [298]
ἐξωπαρμένος, [143]
ἐξωτικά, [143]
ἐξωτικός, [67]
ἑορτοπιάσματα, [208]
ἐποπτεία, [566]
ἐργασάμενος, [578]
ἔρως, [603]
Ἔρωτας, ὁ, [118]
εὐδαίμων, [600]
εὔμορφος, [439]
εὐρώεις, [518]
ἔχει ᾱπ’ ἔξω, [143]
ζαβέται, [146]
ζούμπιρα, [69]
ζωντόβολα, [69]
Θάνατος, personification of, [115]
θεός, modern applications of word, [48]
θεοφιλής, [566]
θύειν, [335]
θυσία, [335]
θυσίαι, [530]
ἱερὸς γάμος, [591]
ἱεροφαντία, [566]
ἱπποκένταυροι, [235]
ἰσκιοπατήθηκε, [289]
ἴσκιος, [289]
ἴυγξ, [18]
ἰχθυοκένταυροι, [235]
κάηδες, [208]
καθαρεύειν τῇ φωνῇ, [568]
καθάρματα, [355]
καϊμπίλιδες, [209]
κακανθρωπίσματα, [205]
κακαουσκιαίς, [153]
καλαὶς ἀρχόντισσαις, ᾑ, [132]
καλαὶς κυρᾶδες, to whom applied, [171]
Καλή, ἡ ἅγι̯α, [164]
Καλὴ τῶν ὀρέων, ἡ, [166]
καλι̯οντζῆδες, [215]
καλιτσάγγαρος, [220]
καλκαγάροι, [213]
καλκάνια, [213]
καλκατζόνια, [215]
καλλικαντζαρίνα, [200]
καλλικάντζαρος, derivation of, [232] ff.;
dialectic varieties of form of, [211] ff.;
proposed derivations of, [215] ff.;
table of dialectic forms of, [214]
καλλικαντζαροῦ, [200]
καλλικυρᾶδες, [132]
Καλλισπούδηδες, [192]
καλοί, οἱ, [70]
καλοΐσκι̯ωτος, [289]
καλοκυρᾶδες, ᾑ, [125], [132]
καλορίζικοι, οἱ, [70]
Κάλω, ἡ κυρά, [163]
καμπουχέροι, [223], [227]
κάνθαρος, [219]
κανίσκια, [487]
καντανικά, [69]
κάντζαρος = κένταυρος, [233]
κάρφωμα, [17]
καταχανᾶδες (see [Vrykolakes]), [372]
καταχανᾶς, [382]
καταχύσματα, [535] (note 4)
κατζαρίδες, [219]
κατσικᾶδες, [193]
κατσιμπουχέροι, [223], [227]
καψιούρηδες, [203]
Κήρ, [289]
κίρκος, [311]
κλεηδόνιος (epithet of Hermes), [306]
κλήδονας, ὁ, [304]
κληδόνες, [298]
κληδών, [304]
κνώδαλα, [460]
κοιμητήρια, [542]
κόλλυβα, [487], [535]
κόλπος, [596]
κόλυμβος, [129]
κόπηκε ἡ κλωστή του (proverbial), [124]
κόρυμβος, [129]
κοσκινομαντεία, [331]
κουκουβάγια, [310], [311]
κουρμπάνι̯α, [322]
κουτσοδαίμονας, ὁ, [207]
κρυερός, [518]
κρυοπαγωμένος, [518]
κυρά, ἡ μεγάλη, [163]
κυρὰ τοῦ κόσμου, ἡ, [89]
κυρὰ τσῆ γῆς καὶ τσῆ θαλάσσης, ἡ, [54], [91]
κωλοβελόνηδες, [192]
λάμπασμα, λάμπαστρο, [381]
λοιβαί, [530]
λουτροφόρος, [556], [594]
Λυκαῖος, [352]
λυκάνθρωπος, [241], [384]
λυκοκάντζαροι, [203], [215]
λυκοκάντζαρος, [239] f.
λυόνω, [397]
λύω, [397]
μαζεύει γράμματα γιὰ τοὺς πεθαμμένους (proverb), [346]
μαζώθηκε τὸ κουβάρι του (proverbial), [124]
μακαρία, [532]
μακαρίτης, [532]
μακραίωνες, [156]
μάνα τοῦ Ἔρωτα, ἡ, [118]
μαντική, [298]
μασχαλίζειν, [435] f., [442]
μασχαλισμός, [359]
μάτι, τὸ κακό, [9]
μάτι̯αγμα, [9]
ματιάζω, [9]
μέγαρα, [94]
μελιτοῦττα, [533]
μήνιμα, [447], [449]
μίασμα, [425], [451]
μιάστωρ (see [Miastor]), [462] ff.
μνημόσυνα, [487], [534]
Μοῖρα, [289]
Μοῖραις, [120], [122], etc.
Μόρα (or Μώρα), ἡ, [174]
μυρολογήτριαις, μυρολογίστριαις, [347]
μυρολόγια (see [Dirges])
μύσος, [451]
νὰ φᾶς τὸ κεφάλι σου, [14]
νεκύσια, [531]
νεραϊδάλωνο, [148]
Νεράϊδες, [130]
Νεραΐδης, [149]
νεραϊδογεννημένος, [134]
νεραϊδογνέματα, [134]
νεραϊδοκαμωμένος, [134]
νοικοκύρης, [260]
ντουπί, [370]
νύμφη, [131]
νυμφόληπτος, [142]
νυφίτσα, [328]
Νυχτοπαρωρίταις, [195]
ξαφνικά, [68]
ξεραμμέναις, [160]
ξεφτέρι, [317] (note 1)
ξόανα, [226]
ξόρκια, ξορκισμοί, [14]
ξωτικά, [67], [207]
ὁ βρυκόλακας ἀρχίζει ἀπὸ τὰ γένειά του (proverb), [387]
ὁ διὰ κόλπου θεός, [586]
οἰκοσκοπικόν, [298], [327]
οἰκουροί, [260]
οἰωνός, [308]
ὀνοκένταυροι, [235], [237] f.
ὄρνις, [307]
ὅτι γράφουν ᾑ Μοίραις, δὲν ξεγράφουν (proverbial saying), [122]
παγανά, [67], [207]
παλαμναῖος, [448]
παλμικόν, [298], [329]
πανηγύρια, [34]
παππαροῦνα, [24]
παρηγορία, [533]
παρμένος, [142]
Παρωρίταις, [195]
παστάς, [96], [587]
παστός, [587]
πεντάγραμμον, [113]
πεντάλφα, [113]
περατίκι, [109], [286]
περίδειπνον, [531], [532]
περπερία, [24]
Πεταλώτης (title of S. George), [261]
πιασμένος, [142]
πίζηλα, [70]
Πλανήταροι, [192], [204]
πλάτωμα, [148]
πρόθεσις, [497]
προμνήστρια, [558]
προξενήτρια, [558]
προστρέπω, προστρέπομαι, [479]
προστροπαῖος, [462] f., [479] ff.
προτέλεια, [591]
Ῥἱζικάς, ὁ, [304] (note 3)
ῥουκατζιάρια, [224], [226]
ῥουσάλια, [45]
σαββατογεννημένοι, [288]
σαραντάρια, σαρανταρίκια, [488] (notes 1 and 2)
σαραντίζω, [20]
σαρκωμένος, [382]
σκαλλικάντζαρος (see [καλλικάντζαρος]), [213]
σκατζάρια, [215]
σκατσάντσαροι, [215]
σκηνή, [35]
σκιορίσματα, [203], [205]
σκόρδο ’στὰ μάτι̯α σου, [14]
σμερδάκια, [69]
σπλαγχνοσκοπία, [325]
σπονδαί, [530]
στοιχει̯ά (στοιχεῖα) (see [Genii]);
comprehensive usage of, [69]
στοιχεῖα, development of meaning of, [255] ff.;
τοῦ κόσμου, τὰ (St Paul), [255–6]
στοιχειό, [548]
στοιχειόνω, [267]
στοιχειοῦν, [256]
στοιχειωματικός, [256]
στοιχειωμένος, [258], [382]
στρίγγαι, [144]
στρίγλαις (στρίγγλαις, στρῦγγαι), [180–1]
στριγλοποῦλι, [180]
συρτός, [34]
σφάζειν, [336]
σφανταχτά, [68]
σώθηκε ἡ κλωστή του (proverbial), [124]
ταράματα, τά, [226]
ταριχευθέντα (Aesch. Choeph. 288), [421], [456]
τέλειοι, [591]
τελεύμεναι, αἱ, [590]
τέλη, [553]
τελώνια, comprehensive usage of, [69]
τελωνιακά, [286]
τῆς Λάμιας τὰ σαρώματα (proverb), [174]
τόπακας, [260]
τριακάδες, [531]
τρίτα, [530], [532]
τροῦπαις τοῦ διαβόλου, ᾑ, [85]
τσίκρος, [311]
τσιλικρωτά, [192]
τσίνια, [68]
τυμπανιαῖος, [365], [370], [381], [385] f., [400]
τυμπανίτης (see also [τυμπανιαῖος]), [400]
Τύχη, [289]
ὑδροφορεῖν, [593]
Φανιστής, ὁ, [304] (note 3)
φαντάσματα, [68]
φαρμακός, ὁ, [355]
φάσκελον, τὸ, [14]
φάσματα, [68]
Φῆρες, [245], [250]
χαμοδράκι, [281] (note 2)
χαροποῦλι, [310]
Χάροντας, [97]
Χάρος, [97]
χαρούμενοι, οἱ, [70]
Χαρώνειος, [114]
Χαρωνῖται, [114]
χειροσκοπικόν, [298]
χελιδόνιον, meaning of, [161] (note 2)
χελιδόνισμα, [35]
χοαί, [530]
ψυχόπηττα, [534]
ὠμοπλατοσκοπία, [321]
ὠοσκοπικά, [331]
ὥρα τὸν ηὗρε, [143]

CAMBRIDGE: PRINTED BY JOHN CLAY, M.A. AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

FOOTNOTES

[1] VIII. 38. 7.

[2] Oneirocr. II. 34 and 37.