Radium, bearing of its discovery on the probable duration of the sun, ii. [307] n. 2
Rahu, a tribal god in India, ii. [5]
Rain, Midsummer bonfires supposed to stop, i. 188, 336;
bull-roarers used as magical instruments to make, ii. [230] sqq.
—— -clouds, smoke made in imitation of, i. 133
—— -makers (mythical), i. 133
—— -water in Morocco, magical virtues ascribed to, i. 17 sq.
Raking a rick in the devil's name, i. 243;
the ashes, a mode of divination, 243
Ralston, W. R. S., on sacred fire of Perkunas, ii. [91] n. 3