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.