Valhalla, 121-122

Vali, 121

Valkyries, 122, 136

Vandals, 119

Venus, 131-132

Vertumnus, 24-25

Vortumnalia, 25

Vulcan, 120

Vurdh, 123

Wales, 27, 101, 105, 106, 108, 144, 168;
belief in fairies in, 6

Walnut-tree, 92

Walpurga, 136

Ward, Hill of. See Tara

Water, 57, 68, 97, 165

Wedding of sun and earth, 126, 136

"Weird Sisters," 123

Wendy, 64

Wheel,
sun-symbol, 8, 13, 17;
of fortune, 163

White Lady, 62

Wild Huntsman, 90, 131

Will-o'-the-wisps, 121

Windsor Forest, 90

Winnowing, 75-76

Winter, first day of, 18, 44, 87, 102, 112

Witches, 4, 60-61, 65-69, 89, 99, 101, 129-131, 133-135, 146, 155

Witchcraft, 4, 81, 89, 134

Wood, 52, 57, 97

Wotan. See Odin

Yarn, 55, 75, 104, 140, 165

Year's end, 10, 17-18, 84

Yellow, 156

Yggdrasil, 122

Yorkshire, 97

Yule, 3, 126

Zschokke, 140

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

Represented the "oe" ligature as [oe].

Adjusted placement of footnotes.

Page 88: Retained alternate spelling of "Candelmas" in quoted
material versus standard spelling in index.

Page 182: Standardized punctuation.

Pages 191 & 194: Standardized index cross-reference words.

Page 204: Standardized spelling of "sick-bed."

Page 207: Standardized spelling of _Voeluspa_.

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