F.

Face, covering the, II. .

Fairy, gifts, I. 287;
changelings, I. 265;
lake of gifts, I. 55;
in the court of Indra, I. 66;
haunting mountains, I. 61;
guarding treasures, I. 249;
successors of a pigmy race, II. .

False Bride, the, II. .

Family fetishes, II. .

Famine, exorcism of, I. 116;
goddess of, I. 116.

Fan, a fetish, I. 133; II. , .

Faqîr, causing rain, I. 50.

Fat, human, II. ;
of the eel, II. .

Fâtima, a Pîr, I. 202;
worship of, I. 111.

Faun, the, I. 264.

Fazl-ul-haqq, I. 222.

Feast, the funeral, II. .

Feathers, a protective, II. .

Fee! Fo! Fum! I. 246.

Feet, turned backward, I. 238, 262, 270; II. ;
flat, I. 242;
a spirit entry, I. 241;
washing of, I. 31, 241.

Female line, descent in, I. 70, 111; II. .

Fenodyree, the, II. .

Festum Stultorum, the, II. .

Fetish, defined, II. ;
stones, II. ;
stones an abode of spirits, II. ;
stones curing disease, II. .

Fever, caused by the snake godlings, I. 136; II. ;
charms, I. 239; II. .

Fidelity tests, II. , .

Field sprites, II. .

Fig tree, respect for, II. .

Filthy places, haunts of Bhûts, I. 293.

Fir tree, respect for, II. .

Fire, drill, the, II. ;
fetish, the, II. ;
walking through, I. 19; II. ;
ordeal, I. 52;
refusal to give from the house hearth, II. ;
a scarer of Bhûts, II. ;
worship of, I. 265; II. ;
worship of Rahu, I. 19.

First-fruits, II. .

Firstborn son, I. 35.

Fish in folk-lore, II. ;
food of Bhûts, I. 243;
sacred, II. ;
a vehicle, I. 47; II. .

Flagellation, I. 99, 155; II. .

Flags, use of, II. .

Flesh, human, powers of, II. .

Flies. II. ;
dispelled by a saint, I. 218;
abode of the ghost, II. .

Floods and drowning people, I. 46;
propitiation of, I. 46.

Flour mill, a fetish, I. 135.

Flowers, a haunt of Bhûts, I. 291.

Fly, a Life Index, II. .

Flying Dutchman, the, I. 44.

Food, of Bhûts, I. 236;
for the dead, II. ;
at eclipses, I. 21;
protected from the Evil Eye, I. 11;
from Râkshasas, I. 248;
connected with totemism, II. ;
of spirit land, I. 271; II. ;
vases, II. .

Foot presentation, persons born by, II. .

Footsteps, witchcraft through, II. .

Forespeaking, II. .

Forest, remnant of, II. .

Forge, water of, II. .

Forty-nine, a mystic number, II. .

Fowl, the, II. ;
offering of, I. 103;
let loose, I. 169.

Fraud in exorcism, I. 159.

Freemasons, II. .

Frog, the, II. ;
used in rain-charming, I. 73.

Fruit which makes an old man young, II. ;
a spirit scarer, II. .

Funeral, feast, the, II. ;
in effigy, II. , ;
use of Nîm leaves at, II. .
See Burial.