Alatuir, the White Stone, 37.
Amulets, 387.
Ancestral Worship, 260.
Bába, Yagá, ogress or witch, 161-164.
Bab'e Lyeto, or women's summer, 254.
Bear King, story of the, 182.
Beauty song, 275.
Besyéda, or social gathering, description of, 36.
Betrothal customs, 267-271; rings, 297.
Bratchina, or brotherly feast, 258.
Bread, superstitions concerning, 247.
Bride, purchase of, 290, 291.
Builínas, or metrical romances, cycles of, 67; story of Svyatogor, 58-63; collections of, 63: Ruibnikof's journey in quest of, 64-76.
Burial of the Gold, game and song of, 200.
Burning of Corpses, 325-330.
Buyan, the Happy Isle of, 3 7.
Byelbog, the White God, 103.
Capture of Bride, 283-286.
Cattle-plague, spells against, etc., 396-402.
Christening of Cuckoos, 215, 217.
Christening of Rusalkas, 144.
Christmas songs, 186.
Coffins, 317.
Corn, superstitions concerning, 247: leading ears of, 248.
Cossack songs, 42-44.
Cuckoos, traditions about, 214; christening of, 215-217.
Danilof, Kirsha, 65.
Dawn, 188, 190, 349.
Dazhbog, the Day-god, 85.
Dead, commemoration of the, 260, 310-313; funeral rites, 313-320; banquet to the, 321.
Dmitry Saturday, commemoration of souls on, 260.
Dodola, 227-229.
Domovoy, or House-spirit, 120-139.
Dyevíchnik, or Girls' party, 271.
Easter, 219.
Elijah's Day, 247.
Epiphany, Eve of the, 207.
Expulsion of Tarakáns, 255.
Fern, traditions about the, 98.
Fire-worship, 257.
Foundations, sacrifices at, 127.
Funerals:--of Kostroma, 244; of Yarilo, 245; wedding-funerals, 309; modern funeral customs, 313-320; funeral banquets, 320; feast to ghosts, 321; ancient funeral rites, 323-327; human sacrifices at, 328, 329; the Strava and Trizna, 331, 332; burial of strangers, 333; songs about the dead, 334-344.
Gadániya, or guessings, 195.
Glory song, 198.
Guessings, 195.
Harvest, opening of the, 249; harvest-home feast, 250, 251.
Hell, Slavonic ideas about, 113.
Historical songs, 54.
House, ceremonies attendant on a change of, 137.
House-spirit, see Domovoy.
Ibn Fozlan, account of a burial by, 328.
Ilya's, or Elijah's Day, 247.
Ilya Muromets, 59-63.
Insect burial, 255.
James, Richard; his collection of Russian historical poems, 55.
Kásha, or stewed grain, 205.
Khorovods, or circling dances to songs, 2, 6-13; 223-226.
Kikimora, or Nightmare, 133.
Kirsha Danilof, 55.
Kolyáda Songs, 186-201.
Koshchei the Immortal, 165-167.
Kosá, or maiden braid of hair, 272-275, 288.
Kostroma, funeral of, 244.
Kostrubonko, 222.
Krasnaya Gorka, or Red Hill, 222, 223.
Kupalo, Midsummer feast of, 239-246.
Kulikovo, battle of, 259.
Laume, story of a, 101.
Lado and Lada, the deities of the Spring and of Love, 105, 241.
Leading ears of corn, rite of, 248.
Love-spells, 369.
Lyeshy, or Wood-demon, 153-160.
Malchik-s-Palchik, or Tom Thumb, 181, 183.
Magpies, 405.
Marriage:--list of the dramatis personæ at a, 263; the proposal and striking of hands, 2 65; the betrothal, 2 6 7-2 7 1; the girls' party, 271-275; the wedding day, 276-280; expenses of a peasant wedding, 281; ancient Slavonic ideas about marriage, 282; capture or purchase of bride, 283-286; her sorrow at leaving her home, 287-292; her feelings towards her parents, 292-295; freedom of choice, 295-301; wife's family position, 302; a bride's lament, 303, 304; songs about a happy marriage, 305; mythical wedding guests, 306-308.
Maslyanitsa, or "Butter-week," 208, 209.
Mavkas, or Little-Russian fairies or water-nymphs, 142, 143.
Midsummer Customs, 239-246.
Mythology:--Old Slavonic Deities, 80-84, 102; Svarog, 85; Dazhbog and Ogon', 85, 86; Perun, 86-102: Byelbog, 103; Lado and Lada, 105; spirit-world, 106; ideas about the soul, 107-118; Paradise, 111; the Rakhmane, 112; the Domovoy, or House-spirit, 120-139; the Rusalka, or Naiad, 139-146; the Vila and Poludnitsa, 147; the Vodyany, or Water-sprite, 148; the Lyeshy, or Wood-demon, 153-160; the Bába Yagá, or Ogress, 161-164; Koshchei the Immortal, 165-167; the Vyed'ma, or Witch, 168-172; the Snake, 173-177; the Water-king, 178: Swan Maidens, 179; Tom Thumb, 183; Kolyáda rites, 186-201; Ovsen, 202-204; New Year, 205-207; the "Butter Week," 209; the death of Winter, 210; reception of Spring, 211-213; Cuckoo christening, 214-218; Tree-worship, 219; Easter and the Krasnaya Gorka, 220-227; Dodola, 228; St. George songs, 229-233; Semík and Whitsuntide, 233-239; Kupalo and Midsummer, 239-243; funeral of Kostroma, or Yarilo, 244-246: traditions about corn, 247; leading ears of corn, 248, 249; the harvest, 250, 251; plaiting Volos's beard, 251; Volos's name, 252; St. Vlas, 253; the Women's Summer, 254; expulsion of Tarakáns, 255; the Ovín, or corn-kiln, 257; Dmitry Saturday and ancestral worship, 259, 260; mythological riddles, 348-350; the Isle of Buyan, 37; the White Stone Alatuir, 37; witchcraft, 37; personification of cattle-plague, cholera, small-pox, etc., 395-403; werewolves and vampires, 403-415, 428-433.
New Year songs and customs, 203-207.
Nightmare, 133.
Ogon', or Fire, 85.
Orphans, songs about, 293, 334.
Ovín, or corn-kiln, respect paid to, 257.
Ovsén songs, 202-204.
Paradise, Slavonic ideas about, 111-113.
Parjanya and Perun, 86.
Perun the Thunder-god, compared with Parjanya, 86; Lettic songs about, 88-91; his statues, 93; myths about, 74-102.
Perkunas, 88-9I, 101.
Pigeons, traditions about, 181.
Plakal'shchitsa, or Wailer, 342.
Poludnitsa, 147.
Posidyelka, or social gathering, 32.
Potters' Field, near Moscow, 333.
Prichitaniya, or laments, 343 344.
Pripyevka, prelude or refrain, 303
Purchase of a bride, 273, 274 283-286, 290, 291.
Purification, rite of, after a funeral, 319.
Rádunitsa, or commemoration of the dead, 222, 310-313.
Rain, effect of witchcraft on, 383.
Rakhmane, or Brahmans, legend of the, 113.
Riddles, 346-356.
Robber songs, 45-47.
Rukobitie, or striking of hands before marriage, 265.
Rusalkas, or Water-nymphs, 139--146, 216.
Semík, feast of, 233.
September customs, 253-256.
Small-pox, Russian ideas about, 403.
Snakes, stories about, 173-176.
Soul, Slavonic ideas about the, 107-118.
Soldier songs, 51-54.
Songs:--general sketch of Russian songs, 1; their influence on the people, 4: their age, 5; their themes, 14; classes of, 39; Cossack songs, 42; Robber songs, 45; Soldiers' songs, 51; historical songs, 54; metres of, 77-79.
Mythic and Ritual songs, 186; Kolyádki, or Christmas songs, 187-201; Ovsén and New Year songs, 202--207; Spring songs, 212; Krasnaya Gorka Khorovods, 223-226; songs about St. George, 230; Semík and Whitsuntide songs, 236238; Midsummer songs, 239-246; Harvest songs, 249-251; Autumn songs, 256)259.
Marriage songs, 262; Betrothal songs, 266-271; Kosá, or Maiden-tresses songs, 272-275, 288; Bridal-benediction songs, .278; the "Sowing of the Millet," 283; bargaining for a bride songs, 286, 287, 220, 291; love songs, 295-302; a bride's lament, 303; happy. marriage songs, 305; songs about Cosmas and Demian, 307.
Funeral Songs; Lament of orphans, 334-337; of widows, 338-340; wailings above graves, 343, 344; a riddle-song, 356; a witchcraft song, 394; cattle-plague songs, 396, 399.
Sowing of the Millet, song of the, 213.
Spells, see Zagovórs.
Spring songs, 212.
Stars, song to the, 207.
Stenka Razín, songs about, 45.
St. George, traditions about, 229-233.
St. John's Day, 240-242.
St. Peter's Day, 246.
St. Philip's Fast, 255.
Strava, or funeral feast, 331.
St. Simeon, 253.
St. Vlas, 263.
Sun, stories about the, 242.
Sun's Sister, story of the, 169.
Svarog, or Ouranos, 85.
Svarozhich, or the Sun, 85, 86.
Swan-maidens, 148, 179.
Tarakáns, expulsion of insects called, 255.
Threshold, traditions about, 136.
Tom Thumb, Slavonic counterpart of, 177, 183.
Toothache, spells against, 367.
Tree-Worship, 219, 238.
Trizna, or funeral feast, 331.
Tsar Morskoi, or Sea-king, 178-180.
Tur, 236-238.
Vampires, 409-415, 432.
Vasíly's, or New-Year's Day, 203-207.
Vodyany, or Water-sprite, 148-153.
Vii, a Servian mythical being, 100.
Vilas, Servian mythical beings, 147-181.
Volos, the Cattle-god, 251,252.
Voplenitsa, or Wailer, 342.
Vyed'ma, or Witch, 168-170.
Water of Life and Death, 9 7.
Water-sprite, see Vodyany.
Water-nymph, see Rusalka.
Werewolves, 403-409, 432.
Whirlwinds, connexion of witchcraft with, 382.
Whitsuntide customs, 233-235.
Widow's lament, 338.
Widow-sacrifice, 327-330.
Winter, death of, 211.
Witchcraft:--stories about witches, 168-170; Russian names for wizards and witches, 378; their power and functions, 380; dealers in amulets, etc., 387; milking of cows by witches, 390; destruction of crops by wizards, 392; poisoning, 393; werewolves, 403-408; vampires, 409-415; history of witchcraft in Russia, 417-427; mythological explanation, 428-433.
Wood-demon, see Lyeshy.
Yarilo, funeral of, 245.
Yegory, or St.. George songs, 229.
Zagádkas, or Riddles, 346-356.
Zakrút, or twisting of ears of corn by a wizard, 392.
Zagovórs, or spells, 357; against toothache, 367; against cuts, 368; to produce love, 369 against a mother's grief, 372 against wild beasts, 388.