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D.

Dancing Stones of Stackpool, the, 375

Dancing in Churchyards, 273 " with Fairies, 70

Death Portents, 212

Devil, when Invented, 210 " as a Familiar Spirit, 197 " exorcising the, 199 " in his Customary Form, 202 " measured for a Suit of Clothes, 202 " his Stupidity, 202 " as a Bridge-builder, 206 " at Tintern Abbey, 207 " and the Foul Pipe, a Legend, 204

Devil's Bridge, Legends of the, 205 " Nags, the, 170 " Pulpit, the, 207 " Stone at Llanarth, the, 378

Dewi Dal and the Fairies, 61

Didactic Purpose in Welsh Fairy Tales, 44 " " " Spirits, 145

Dissenters, Fairy Antipathy to, 6

Divination, 302

Dog of Darkness, the, 168

Dogs of the Fairies, 234 " " Hell, 233 " " the Sky, 233 " Fetichistic Notions of, 172 " Ghosts of, 167

Dracae, 47

Dragons, 391

Dreams of Flying, 164

Druidic Fires, 278

Druids, Fairies Hiding, 129

Duffryn House, the Ghost of, 143

Duty-compelled Ghosts, 146

Dwarfs, 27

Dwynwen, the Welsh Venus, 299, 350

Dyfed, the Ancient, 5

E.

Early Inscribed Stones, Superstitions concerning, 373

Easter Customs, 269

Egg-shell Pottage, Story of the, 60

Eisteddfodau, 293

Eithin Hedges, a Protection against Fairies, 115

Elf Queen, the, 14

Elfin Dames, 34 " Cow, the, 36

Elidurus, the Tale of, 65

Ellylldan, the, 18

Ellyllon, 12

Elves, 13

Enchanted Harp, the, 94

Epimenides, 89

Equestrian Fairies, 107 " Ghosts, 174

Eumenides, 12

Euphemisms, 12, 114, 209

Excalibur, 53

Exorcism of Changelings, 57 " " Devils, 199 " " Fairies, 112, 116 " " Ghosts, 165 " " Child-stealing Elves, 62

Expanding Stone, the, 365

F.

Fair Folk, 12

Fairies, existing belief in, 2 " King of the, 6 " Welsh names of, 12 " at Market, 9 " of the Mines, 24 " of the Lakes, 34 " of the Mountains, 49 " Dancing with, 70 " of Frennifawr, Legend of the, 82 " on Horseback, 107 " the Red, 127 " hiding Druids, 129 " why in Wales, 132 " their Origin, 127 " Bad Spirits, 134 " on familiar terms with Ghosts, 157 " of the Cromlechs, 380

Fairy Land, 5 " Queen, 14 " Islands, 8, 45 " Food, 13 " Gloves, 13 " Coal-mining, 27 " Father, the, 45 " a, captured by a Welshwoman, 78 " Song, 99 " Rings, 103 " Conversations, 106 " Battle, a, 107 " Animals, 108 " Sheepfold, the, 109 " Gifts, 119 " Tales, debris of Ancient Mythology, 135

Falling of Coychurch Tower, 386

Familiar Spirits, 187 " " in Female Form, 191

Family Ghosts, 142

Fatal Draught, the, 83

Fetches, 215

Fetichism, 338

Fetichistic Notions of Lower Animals, 171

Ffarwel Ned Pugh, 99

Ffynon yr Yspryd, 178

Ffynon Canna, 362

Fiend Master, Legend of the, 86

Fire-damp Goblins, 27

Fires, Mysterious, 213

First Foot on New Year's Day, 254

First Night of Winter, 280

Flowering Sunday, 266

Food at Funerals, 322

Forest of the Yew, Legend of the, 73

Foul Pipe, Story of the, 204

Fountain of Venus, the, 350

Fountains Flowing with Milk, 356

Fourth of July, 278

Frennifawr, the Fairies of, 82

Friday, its Bad Reputation, 268

Frugal Meal, Legend of the, 58

Funeral Customs, 321 " the Goblin, 231

Future Life, the Question of a, 247

Fuwch Gyfeiliorn, the, 36

G.

Gallery under the Sea, 10

Gast Rhymhi, the Legend of, 381

Ghosts, Existing Belief in, 137 " in America, 139 " Classification of, 141 " with a Duty to Perform, 146 " of Ebbw Vale, 142 " on Horseback, 154, 174 " Exorcising, 165 " of Animals, 167 " Grotesque, 174 " Gigantic, 176 " their Origin, 247 " of Bells, 339 " Stories of-- The Weaver's Ghost, 147 Cadogan's Ghost, 149 The Ghost of Ystradgynlais, 157 The Admiral's Ghost, 143 The Miser's Ghost, 152 The Ghost of St. Donat's, 143 The Pont Cwnca Bach Ghost, 144 The Ghost of Noe, 147 Anne Dewy's Ghost, 153 The Clifford Castle Ghost, 155 The Ghost of Ty'n-y-Twr, 155 The Ghost of the Silver Spurs, 156 The Tridoll Valley Sprite, 181 The Mynyddyslwyn Sprite, 187

Giants, 370

Giants' Dance, the, 371

Gigantic Ghosts, 176

Giraldus Cambrensis, 65

Gitto Bach, the Legend of, 119

Gnomes, 24

Goats, Strange Beliefs concerning, 53

Gobelin, the French, 32

Goblin Animals, 167 " Funerals, 231

God's Name as an Exorcism, 112 " " in the Bardic Traditions, 209

Good Friday Customs, 266

Good Old Times, the, 252

Grassless Grave, Legend of the, 331

Green Lady of Caerphilly, the, 132 " Meadows of the Sea, 8

Groaning Spirits, 222

Grotesque Ghosts, 174

Guest, Lady Charlotte, 5

Guy Fawkes Day Customs, 284

Gwahoddwr, the, 307

Gwenfrewi, Legend of, 347

Gwerddonau Llion, 8

Gwion Bach (Taliesin), 88, 394

Gwrach y Rhibyn, the, 216

Gwragedd Annwn, the, 34

Gwraig of the Golden Boat, the, 41

Gwydion, the Wizard Monarch, 5

Gwyllgi, the, 168

Gwyllion, 49

Gwyn ap Nudd, 6, 372

H.

Hafod Lwyddog, Legend of, 124

Hallow E'en Customs, 280

Hares, Mythological Details, 162

Harp Music among Welsh Fairies, 94

Haunted Bridge, the, 144 " Castles and Houses, 143 " Margaret, 165

Headless Horse, the, 216

Hecate, 49

Hermes, 236

Hidden Treasures and Perturbed Ghosts, 151 " " Dragon-Guarded, 386

Hobgoblin, 32

Holy Thursday, Superstition concerning, 25, 268

Horse-Weddings, 310

Hot-cross Buns, 267

Household Fairy, the, 31

Howell Dda, 298