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Folklore 119 (December 2008): 374-381 Index to Folklore 118, 2007 Compiled by Jacqueline Simpson /Xam (a Bushman people), 307-24 Aborigines, 270-1 Africa, 270-1, 307-24 African-Americans, 91-9 Agricola, 328, 335 Albertus Magnus (Albert the Great), 327, 330-1, 333 alectorius (cock’s stone), 325-41 Alien Big Cats, 233-4 Alps, 264-6 America, 91-9, 231-3, 270 American army entertainments, 100-5 Amerindians, 270-1 amulets, 368 Antichrist, 364 Anttonen, Pertti J., his Tradition Through Modernity reviewed, 242-3 apes, 270-2, 274 Arabian Nights, 108-9 Argentina, 48 Aristotle, 80 Arthur, King, 123-38 Asia, 262-6 (see also individual countries) Assyria, 342-55 Australia, 141-61, 268, 270-1 babies, 109-10 back-rider, 26-8, 32-3, 36-7, 40 Balina, Marina, Helena Goscilo, and Mark Lipovetsky (eds), their Politicizing Magic: An Anthology of Russian and Soviet Fairy Tales reviewed, 114-16 Basaran, Fatma Nur, and Banu Tipigil Gtirkiim, article, 217—28 Bavaria, 265 Belanus, Betty J., reviews, 112, 116-17 Belgium, 23-40, 65-77, 369 benandanti, 49, 56 Bennett, Andrew, reviews, 231-2, 233-4, 371 Bennett, Gillian, 65, 69-70; her Bodies: Sex, Violence, Disease and Death in Contemporary Legend reviewed, 239-40 Berger, Helen A. (ed.), her Witchcraft and Magic: Contemporary North America reviewed, 232-3 ISSN 0015-587X print; 1469-8315 online/08/030374-8; Routledge Journals; Taylor & Francis © 2008 The Folklore Society DOT: 10.1080 /00155870802352319 Folklore 119 (December 2008): 374-381 Index to Folklore 118, 2007 Compiled by Jacqueline Simpson /Xam (a Bushman people), 307-24 Aborigines, 270-1 Africa, 270-1, 307-24 African-Americans, 91-9 Agricola, 328, 335 Albertus Magnus (Albert the Great), 327, 330-1, 333 alectorius (cock’s stone), 325-41 Alien Big Cats, 233-4 Alps, 264-6 America, 91-9, 231-3, 270 American army entertainments, 100-5 Amerindians, 270-1 amulets, 368 Antichrist, 364 Anttonen, Pertti J., his Tradition Through Modernity reviewed, 242-3 apes, 270-2, 274 Arabian Nights, 108-9 Argentina, 48 Aristotle, 80 Arthur, King, 123-38 Asia, 262-6 (see also individual countries) Assyria, 342-55 Australia, 141-61, 268, 270-1 babies, 109-10 back-rider, 26-8, 32-3, 36-7, 40 Balina, Marina, Helena Goscilo, and Mark Lipovetsky (eds), their Politicizing Magic: An Anthology of Russian and Soviet Fairy Tales reviewed, 114-16 Basaran, Fatma Nur, and Banu Tipigil Gtirkiim, article, 217—28 Bavaria, 265 Belanus, Betty J., reviews, 112, 116-17 Belgium, 23-40, 65-77, 369 benandanti, 49, 56 Bennett, Andrew, reviews, 231-2, 233-4, 371 Bennett, Gillian, 65, 69-70; her Bodies: Sex, Violence, Disease and Death in Contemporary Legend reviewed, 239-40 Berger, Helen A. (ed.), her Witchcraft and Magic: Contemporary North America reviewed, 232-3 ISSN 0015-587X print; 1469-8315 online/08/030374-8; Routledge Journals; Taylor & Francis © 2008 The Folklore Society DOT: 10.1080 /00155870802352319 Index to Folklore 118, 2007 Bernheimer, Richard, 262—7 bigfoot, 262, 270 Bilbé, Tina, review, 234-5 birthmarks as sign of power, 45-8, 50-3, 55, 57 Blécourt, Willem de, article, 23-43 Boden, Gill, review, 109-10 Bord, Janet and Colin, their The Enchanted Land reviewed, 233-4 Brazil, 85-6 breath, healing by, 45, 54, 57-8 Brewer, Teri, review, 120-1 Briggs Folklore Award 2006, 106-7 Britain, 120-2 bunyip, 142-50 Burns, William E., his Witch Hunts in Europe and America: An Encyclopaedia reviewed, 232-3 Campagne, Fabian Alejandro, article, 44—64 Campion-Vincent, Véronique, her Organ Theft Legends reviewed, 113-14 Canada, 270 Carnival, 369-70 Catholicism in Mexico, 282-303 caul, 50 Cavaglion, Gabriel, article, 245-60 Celtic literature, 240-1 charms, 368 Chaudhri, Anna, see Davidson, Hilda childbirth, 109-10 childbirth, 35-6 Chile, 48 chimpanzees, 270-2 Christianity, 282-303, 366, 369-70 Chronicon de Lanercost, 8 clairvoyance, 44—57 Clarke, Pjhilip A., article, 141-61 cock’s stone, 325-41 Collins, Fiona, review, 118-20 commedia dell’arte, 117 Cornwall, 130-5 creation myth, 307-24 crosses, 292-3, 297-8 cryptozoology, 261-81 cunning men/women, 56-8, 162-82, 364 Cutting, John, his History and the Morris Dance reviewed, 233-4 Dames, Michael, his Taliesin’s Travels reviewed, 121-2 Damigeron, 326-8, 331-2 dance, of Yeome Indians (Mexico), 282-306 Daniel, William, 342-55 376 Index to Folklore 118, 2007 Davidson, Hilda E., and Anna Chaudhri (eds), their Supernatural Enemies reviewed, 364-5 dead, the, 110-12 (see also ghosts) death, 318-20 deer dancing, 282-303 Delgardo-Shorter, David, article, 282-306 Denmark, 35-6 Devil, 292-4, 369 Disocorides, 329 Donabed, Sargon, article, 342-55 drama, occultism in, 117-18 dress, bridal (in Turkey), 217-28 Duffin, Christopher John, articles, 78—90, 325-41 Early, Biddy, 162- — East Anglia, 238- Easter drama (in ia 298-9 Eastwood, Richard, his Seven Welsh Folktales rev iewed, 371 Effelterre, Katrien Van, article, 65-77 Egypt, 116-17 Eliade, Mircea, 48— England, 112, 120-1, 123-40, 183-216, 203-16, 232-4, 235- epic, Assyrian, 342-55 Europe, 261-81 (see also individual countries) fairytales, Russian, 114-16; English, 123-40 Falk, Owen, article, 1-22 festivals, 298-9, 369-70 Fielding, Henry, 126-7 Fimi, Dimitra, reviews, 365-—7 Finland, 231, 365-6 fire and treasure, 9-12; power over, 44-9 fire-walking, 44, 46, 53 fish otoliths, 78-90 Flanders, 23-40, 65-77 Flores, Indonesia, 261, 265-7 flower symbolism, 288, 297-9 folk medicine, see healers, healing folkloristics, history of, 203-16; theories in, 242-3 folktales, 234-5, 307-24, 366-7, 371 Forth, Comat. article, 261-81 fossils, 78-90 France, 81 Franklin, Rosalind, her Baby Lore: Superstitions and Old Wives’ Tales from the World Over Relating to Pregnanc y, Birth and Baby Care reviewed, 109- 10 frogs, 312-13, 320 Index to Folklore 118, 2007 Germany, 23-40, 265-6 ghosts, 65-77, 111, 143, 148-9, 152-4, 183-202 giants, 129-37 Gibson, Marion, review, 232-3 Good Friday, 47 Goscilo, Helena, see Balina, Marina Gowers, Mark, note, 100—5 Greece, 53 Green Knight, 364 Green, Thomas, article, 123-40 Gregory, Lady, 168-70, 176-7 Grettis saga, 5, 9-12, 14 Girkiim, Banu Tipigil, see Basaran, Fatma Nur Gwion Bach, 121-2 Hallmundarkvidh, 8-9 Harpur, Merrily, her Mystery Big Cats reviewed, 233-4 Harris, Max, his Carnival and Other Christian Festivals reviewed, 369-70 healers, charismatic, 44-64 healing, magical, 44-64, 78-87, 165-82 Henderson, Lizanne, review, 364-5 heroic poetry, 342-55 History of Jack and the Giants, 129-37 Hobbs, Sandy, review, 113-14 hominids, 261-2, 272-7 hominoids, 261—77 hunting, 282-90, 300, 314-19 hydrophobia, 44-7, 52, 54-8 Iberia, 44—64 Iceland, 1—22, 84, 366-7 Indonesia, 261, 264, 267, 279 Ingemark, Camilla Asplund, her The Genre of Trolls reviewed, 365-6 initiatory visions, 46, 49 Internet, 245-60 Ireland, 162—82, 240-1 Israel, 245-60 Italy, 54-6 Jack the Giant-Killer, 123, 129-37 Japan, 365 Jenkins, Richard, article, 162—82 Jesus, 297-300 Jones, Kelly, reviews, 117-18, 235-6, 369-70 Koppana, K. M., her Over Nine Forests reviewed, 231 Korom, Frank J., his South Asian Folklore: A Handbook reviewed, 370-1 Koven, Mikel J., article, 183-202; reviews, 239-40, 242-3 378 Index to Folklore 118, 2007 lapidaries, 81—4, 325-41 legends, aetiological, 2-4, 7; migratory, 23-4; of the supernatural, 23-43, 65-77, 366-7; contemporary, 65-77, 113-14, 239-40; local, 112; Icelandic, 366-7 Leick, Gwendolyn, review, 108-9 Lilith, 351 Lima, Robert, his Stages ofE vil: Occultism in Western Theater and Drama reviewed, 117-18 Lipovetsky, Mark, see Balina, Marina Lithuania, 231 Lovell, Robert, 83-4, 86 MacDonald, Margaret Read, her Ten Traditional Tellers reviewed, 118-20 MacLeod, Mindy, and Bernard Mees, their Runic Amulets and Magic Objects reviewed, 368 Madagascar, 266 Magnus, see Albertus Maguire, Eunice Dauterman, her The Rich Life and the Dance: Weavings from Roman, 3yzantine and Islamic Egypt reviewed, 116-17 Marbode of Rennes, 327, 330, 333, 337 Marshall, Peter, his Beliefs and the Dead in Reformation England reviewed, 110-12 Mary, 297-9 masking, 288-9, 299, 303 Maya, 294-5 McAndrews, Kristin M., her Wrangling Women: Humor and Gender in the American West reviewed, 231-2 Mees, Bernard, see MacLeod, Mindy Melia, Daniel F., reviews, 121-2, 240-1 memorates, 26-8 menarche, 307-20, 322 menstruation, 307-20 Merlin, 125, 127 Mesopotamia, 364 Mexico, 282-306, 369 Mieder, Wolfgang (ed.), his The Netherlandish Proverbs reviewed, 236-8 Miles, David, his The Tribes of Britain: Who are We and Where do We Come From? reviewed, 120-1 Montgomerie, Norah and William, their The Folk Tales of Scotland reviewed, 234-5 Morden, Daniel, his Dark Tales from the Woods reviewed, 371 Morocco, 53 morris, 233-4 Most Haunted (television programme), 183-202 mumming, 100-5 myth, 113; Aboriginal, 146-9; /Xam, 307-24 Nagy, Joseph Falaky (ed.), his Memory and the Modern in Celtic Literature: COSANA Yearbook 5 reviewed, 240-1 Naithani, Sadhana, review, 370-1 Native Americans, 282-306 Index to Folklore 118, 2007 Neo-Paganism, 172-7, 232 Netherlands, 23-40, 236-8 New Age, 172-7, 232 Newall, Venetia, Obituary of Roy Porter, 229-30 Nicolaisen, W. F. H., review, 236-8 nightmare, 27, 35-6, 51 Nishi, Tetsuo, see Yamanaka, Yuriko Norway, 6, 9-12 organ theft, 113-14, 240 ostension, 183-202 outlaws, 256-8 Pennick, Nigel, his Folk-Lore of East Anglia and the Adjoining Counties reviewed, 238-9 photos/pictures of ghosts, 71-4 place-names, 2-4, 7 Pliny, 80-1, 86, 271, 325-7, 330-1, 337 poetry, Assyrian, 342-55 Porter, Roy, Obituary of, 229-30 Portugal, 44-64 possession, 52—2, 54-5, 117 postmodernism, 242-3 proverbs, 10-11, 16, 236-8 psychic research (on television), 183—202 pygmies, 270-2 Ramayana, 364 rap, 96-8 revenants, 65-77, 111 Roper, Jonathan, article, 203-15 runes, 368 Russia, 114-16 sagas, 1—22 saliva, healing by, 45, 53-5 saludadores, 44—64 sasquatch, 262, 266-7, 270, 274-5 Scotland, 234-5 Segal, Robert J., his Myth: A Very Short Introduction reviewed, 113 seventh son or daughter, 35, 45, 47, 51, 57 sexual deviance and werewolves, 32-40 shamanism, 48-50 Shuck, 364 Simpson, Jacqueline, reviews, 110-12, 113, 231, 238-9, 368; her The Lore oft he Land reviewed, 112; her Icelandic Folktales and Legends reviewed, 366-7 Smith, Debra, note, 91-9 smugglers, 364 380 Index to Folklore 118, 2007 snake-bite, 55 sorcery in sagas, 6—7; in Australia, 144, 150-2 soul, external, 50 South Asia, 370-1 Spain, 44-64, 84, 369-70 spirits (in Australia), 141-61 springbok, 315-20 St Catherine, 45, 47, 51-3, 55 St Constantine, 53 St Judas, 47 St Paul, 55 St Quiteria, 45, 51-3, 55, 57-8 stars, 307-23 stones, curative and magical, 80-90 stones, magical, 325-41 storytelling, 91-8, 108-9, 118-20, 235-6 Sumatra, 264—5, 267-8, 270, 274 Sweden, 27, 35 Switzerland, 264-6 taboos in hunting, 287, 314-16, 323; at menarche, 309-20, 322-3 Taliesin, 121-2 television, 183-202 textiles, Egyptian, 116-17 theft, 245-58 Thoms, W. J., 203-16 Tom Thumb, 123-9, 131, 135-7 treasure, buried, 9-12, 47 trickster, 247, 256, 308-9 Tristan, 128-9 trolls, 365—6 troop entertainment (American), 100-5 Turkey, 217-28 Tyrol, 265-6 vanishing hitch-hiker, 68—70 volcanoes, 1-22 Voluspa, 7-9, 15 Wales, 121-2, 123, 128, 132-7, 240-1, 371 water spirits and monsters, 142-50 wedding customs, 217-28 werewolves, 23-43, 51 Wessels, Michael, article, 307-24 Westwood, Jennifer, and Jacqueline Simpson, their The Lore of the Land reviewed, 112 Wigzell, Faith, review, 114-16 Wild Hunt, 365 wildman, 261-81 Index to Folklore 118, 2007 Willard, Nancy, 171-2 Wilson, Michael, his Storytelling and Theatre reviewed, 235-6 wise women, 162-82 witchcraft, 232-3 witches, 118, 232-3, 364 witch-finders, 44-6, 57 Yamanaka, Yuriko, and Tetsuo Nishi (eds), their The Arabian Nights and Orientalism: Perspectivfersom East and West reviewed, 108-9 Yaqui (Yeomem), 282-306 Yeats, W. B., 168 yeti, 262, 266-8, 274-5 Yoemem (Yaqui), 282-306 Yonge, Charlotte, 127