regarded as representatives of the corn-spirit, vii. 225 sqq., 230 sq., 253;
preferred as human victims, vii. 242
Strangulation as a mode of executing royal criminals, iii. 242, 243
Strap of wolf's hide used by were-wolves, x. 310 n. 1
Strata of religion and society, viii. 36 sq.
Strath Fillan, the harvest Cailleach (Old Wife) in, vii. 166
Strathpeffer, in Ross-shire, Beltane bannocks near, x. 153
Strathspey, sheep passed through a hoop of rowan on All Saints' Day and Beltane in, xi. 184
Stratification of religion according to types of society, viii. 35 sqq.;
of religious beliefs among the Malays, ix. 90 n. 1