[546] Cf. Πολίτης, Παραδόσεις, i. p. 357.
[547] Ibid. ii. p. 1308.
[548] Abbott, Maced. Folklore, p. 74.
[549] Voyage de la Grèce, vi. p. 157.
[550] Δελτίον τῆς Ἱστορ. καὶ Ἐθνολ. Ἑταιρ. τῆς Ἑλλάδος, ii. pp. 137–141.
[551] Ἰ. Μιχαήλ, Μακεδονικά, p. 39. Πολίτης, Παραδ. ii. 1251 note 2.
[552] loc. cit.
[553] Καμπούρογλου, Ἱστ. τῶν Ἀθην. iii. pp. 66 and 156.
[554] Παραδόσεις, i. p. 334.
[555] The word means literally men whose attendant genii (στοιχει̯ά, on which see the next section) are ‘light’ (ἀλαφρός) instead of being solid and steady. The temperament of such persons is ill-balanced in ordinary affairs, but peculiarly sensitive to supernatural influences; it often involves the gift of second sight and other similar faculties.