Elian
ward off thieves.

TRAVELLERS, St. Raphael, because he assumed the guise of a traveller in
order to guide Tobias from Nineveh to Rag[^e]s (_Tobit_ v.).

VINTNERS and VINEYARDS, St. Urban.

VIRGINS, St. Winifred and St. Nicholas.

WHEELWRIGHTS, St. Boniface, the son of a wheelwright.

WIGMAKERS, St. Louis.

WISE MEN, St. Cosme, St. Damian, and St. Catherine.

WOOLCOMBERS and STAPLERS, St. Blaise, who was torn to pieces by "combes
of yren."

=Sakhar=, the devil who stole Solomon's signet. The tale is that Solomon,
when he washed, entrusted his signet-ring to his favorite concubine,
Amina. Sakhar one day assumed the appearance of Solomon, got possession
of the ring, and sat on the throne as the king. During this usurpation,
Solomon became a beggar, but in forty days Sakhar flew away, and flung
the signet-ring into the sea. It was swallowed by a fish, the fish was
caught and sold to Solomon, the ring was recovered, and Sakhar was
thrown into the sea of Galilee with a great stone round his
neck.--Jall[^a]lo'ddin, _Al Zamakh_. (See FISH AND THE RING.)

=Sa'kia=, the dispenser of rain, one of the four gods of the Adites (2
_syl._).

Sakia, we invoked for rain;
We called on Razeka for food;
They did not hear our prayers--they could not hear.
No cloud appeared in heaven,
No nightly dews came down.

Southey, _Thalaba, the Destroyer_, i. 24 (1797).

=Sakunta'la=, daughter of Viswamita and a water-nymph, abandoned by her
parents, and brought up by a hermit. One day, King Dushyanta came to the
hermitage, and persuaded Sakuntala to marry him. In due time a son was
born, but Dushyanta left his bride at the hermitage. When the boy was
six years old, his mother took him to the king, and Dushyanta recognized
his wife by a ring which he had given her. Sakuntala was now publicly
proclaimed queen, and the boy (whose name was Bh[^a]rata) became the
founder of the glorious race of the Bh[^a]ratas.

This story forms the plot of the famous drama, _Sakuntala_, by
K[^a]lidasa, well known to us through the translation of Sir W. Jones.

=Sakya-Muni=, the founder of Buddhism. Sakya is the family name of
Siddharta, and _muni_ means "a recluse." Buddha ("perfection") is a
title given to Siddharta.

=Sal'ace= (3 _syl._) or SALACIA, wife of Neptune, and mother of Triton.

Triton, who boasts his high Neptunian race,
Sprung from the god by Salace's embrace.

Camoen