W.

Wâgh Deo, worship of, II. .

Wagtail, the, II. .

Waking the dead, II. .

Wall shaking, I. 223.

Warden deities, I. 84.

Warren Hastings, ghost of, II. .

Warts, charming of, I. 15.

Washerman, ghost of, I. 133;
omens from, II. .

Watching the corpse, II. .

Water, burying of, I. 78;
demons, I. 42;
of the Ganges, I. 37;
god, I. 47;
holes, danger of looking into, I. 43;
horse, I. 44;
a protective, II. ;
of wells curing disease, I. 50.

Waterfalls, I. 53.

Waving rite, the, I. 239; II. .

Wayland Smith, I. 280.

Weapon fetishes, II. .

Wearing the Rose, II. .

Weasel, omens from, II. .

Weather, demoniacal control of, I. 67.

Weddings, godling of, I. 119, 139.

Well, of death, II. ;
digging of, I. 48;
folk-lore of, I. 48;
connected with the Ganges, I. 51;
discovery by goats, I. 51;
of life, I. 47;
magic, I. 210;
marriage of, I. 49;
connected with rainfall, I. 52;
omens from, I. 53;
worship of, I. 11, 51.

Werewolf, the, II. , .

Whirlpools, the haunt of demons, I. 43.

Whirlwind, the, I. 78, 80 sqq.;
godling of, I. 88, 267.

White, a protective colour, II. .

Whooping cough, charm to cure, I. 164; II. .

Whuppity Stoorie, II. .

Wild dogs, II. .

Wild huntsman, the, I. 261.

Will-o’-the-Wisp, I. 261; II. .

Wind enclosed in a sack, I. 67.

Winnowing, II. ;
basket fetish, II. .

Witch, the, II. ;
charm against, I. 150;
extracting parts of the body, II. ;
in folk-lore, II. ;
haunts of, II. ;
ordeals, II. ;
punishment of, II. ;
seasons, II. ;
causing cholera, I. 143;
or tempests, I. 80;
tests of, II. ;
as tigers, II. .

Witchcraft, by means of images, II. ;
instruction in, II. .

Wolf, children. II. ;
omens from, II. ;
totemism, II. ;
prejudice against killing, I. 75.

Woli, a hail charmer, I. 80.

Women, exposed to Bhûts, I. 235;
excluded from worship, I. 33; II. ;
loved by Bhûts, I. 238;
rites confined to, I. 69, 92, 204;
saint of, I. 204.

Wonder-working tombs, I. 225.

Woodpecker, the, II. .

Wool used in a charm, I. 163; II. .

Worm, charm to remove, I. 160.

Worthies, worship of, I. 183.

Wren hunting, I. 172.

Wrestlers, worship of Hanumân, I. 87;
of Sakhi Sarwar, I. 210.

Wulpurgis night, I. 64.