—— -Eysn, Mrs., on the processions and masquerades of the _Perchten_, ix. 245 _sq._, 249
Andriamasinavalona, a Hova king, vicarious sacrifice for, vi. 221
Anemone, the scarlet, sprung from the blood of Adonis, v. 226
Ang Teng, in Burma, sacred fish at, viii. 291
_Angakok_, Esquimaux wizard or sorcerer, iii. 211, 212
Angamis (Angami), a Naga tribe of Assam, death custom among the, iv. 13; their human sacrifices, vii. 244; spare butterflies, viii. 291
Angass, the, of Manipur, their rain-making, i. 252; a tribe of the Brahmapootra, their custom of stabbing those who die a natural death, iv. 13; believe that the souls of the dead are in butterflies, viii. 291
——, the, of Northern Nigeria, their belief in external human souls lodged in animals, xi. 210
Angel, the Destroying, over Jerusalem, v. 24
—— -man, effigy of, burnt at Midsummer, x. 167
Angla, on the Slave Coast, prohibition to ride on horseback in, viii. 45
——, the Ovakumbi of, i. 318 _n._ 6; the Mucelis of, ii. 262; the Bangalas of, ii. 293; Humbe in, iii. 6; the negroes of, speak respectfully of lions, iii. 400; Cassange in, iv. 56, 203
Angoni, the, of British Central Africa, their way of stopping rain, i. 263; their sacrifices for rain and fine weather, i. 291; drive away the ghosts of the slain, iii. 174; purification of manslayers among the, iii. 176; custom observed by manslayers among the, iii. 186 _n._ 1; ceremony of standing on one leg among the, iv. 156 _n._ 2; sham burial to deceive demons among the, viii. 99; eat parts of enemies to acquire their qualities, viii. 149
Angoniland, British Central Africa, rain-making in, i. 250; the Nyanja-speaking tribes of, viii. 26; customs as to girls at puberty in, x. 25 _sq._; customs as to salt in, x. 27
Angoulême, poplar burned on St. Peter’s day in, ii. 141
Angoy, the king of, must have no bodily defect, iv. 39
Angus, belief as to the weaning of children in, vi. 148; superstitious remedy for the “quarter-ill” in, x. 296 _n._ 1
Anhalt, custom at sowing in, i. 139, v. 239; harvest customs in, vii. 226, 233, 279; Easter bonfires in, x. 140
Anhouri, Egyptian god, the mummy of, iv. 4 _sq._
Animal, corn-spirit as an, vii. 270 _sqq._; killing the divine, viii. 169 _sqq._; worshipful, killed once a year and promenaded from door to door, viii. 322; bewitched, or part of it, burnt to compel the witch to appear, x. 303, 305, 307 _sq._, 321 _sq._; sickness transferred to, xi. 181; and man, sympathetic relation between, xi. 272 _sq._