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The evil eye. An account of this ancient and wide spread superstition

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Eighty persons killed by the <strong>eye</strong>, 15<br />

Eiresioiie, 62<br />

Elephant hates the pig, 40 ; not<br />

sacred, 332<br />

Elephant's tusk at S<strong>evil</strong>le, 214<br />

Eleusinian mysteries, 326, 334<br />

Ellis, 420<br />

Elton, C. I., Origins <strong>of</strong> English<br />

Hist., 9, 63, 64, 65, 90, 196, 202,<br />

204<br />

Elton, Mrs. C, 390<br />

Elzanan <strong>of</strong> Gozola, 14<br />

Emanations from the <strong>eye</strong>s, 6<br />

Emblem, definition <strong>of</strong>, 1 17<br />

Enceladus <strong>and</strong> Athena, 292<br />

Enchantments against poison, 446 ;<br />

to counteract, 34<br />

Encyclopadia Britannica, 81<br />

EfigUsk Folk Loj-e, 84<br />

Enna, Demeter cult <strong>of</strong>, 336<br />

Envenomed exhalations, 8<br />

Envious <strong>eye</strong>, 8 ; looks pierce, 13<br />

" Envy," Bacon, Essay on, i ; excited<br />

by good fortune, 12<br />

Ephesian Artemis, sovereign <strong>of</strong> hu-<br />

midity, 194, 332, 361, 363, 365<br />

Epidaurus, temple at, 313<br />

Epiphanius, 395<br />

Erasmus <strong>and</strong> Sir Thomas More, 53<br />

Esetat-Jedhri, 193<br />

Esquiline, temples on the, 194<br />

Ethelward's coin, 285<br />

Ethnographical Suri'ey <strong>of</strong> United<br />

Kingdom, 70<br />

Etruscan coin, 156; custom <strong>of</strong> r/azv/w<br />

fgere, 328 ; helmets, 201 ; necklaces,<br />

136<br />

Etruscans used <strong>eye</strong> amulets, 127<br />

Etudes Egyptiennes, 52 ; see Maspero<br />

Etymology <strong>of</strong> fascination, 7<br />

Eutelidas, self- fascinated, 14<br />

Evangelists, attributes <strong>of</strong>, 185<br />

Evans, A. J., 371, 372, 373, 374,<br />

375. 376, 385<br />

Evil <strong>eye</strong>, altar <strong>of</strong>, 195 ; povvfer <strong>of</strong><br />

monks, 22 ; spirits cause <strong>of</strong> mortal<br />

calamities, 35 ; spirits personified,<br />

230<br />

Excantation, laws against, 15<br />

Ex votos, 305, 306, 336, 387<br />

Eye amulets, 127 ; as the centre <strong>of</strong><br />

amulet, 129 ; biting witches exe-<br />

cuted, 1 1 ; chief medium <strong>of</strong> <strong>evil</strong>,<br />

; <strong>of</strong> Osiris, 126<br />

34<br />

INDEX 457<br />

Eyelets denote objects as amulets,<br />

242<br />

Facing the east, 66<br />

" Fading Histories," 73<br />

Fair at Padua, 337, 342<br />

Falcon killed by <strong>eye</strong>, 19<br />

Falling stars, 424<br />

Fan, the symbol <strong>of</strong> life, 177<br />

Farnesian statues, 364<br />

Farrar, in Smith's Diet, <strong>of</strong> Bib., 47,<br />

124<br />

Fascination, 2, 5, 7<br />

Fascinator <strong>of</strong> infants, 18<br />

Fascimim, 149, 357<br />

Fascinus, the god, 368, 420<br />

Fasting spittle, 418<br />

" Fatall dayes," 408<br />

Fathers <strong>of</strong> the Church, 3<br />

Fattura delta viorte, 57<br />

Fauvel, 397<br />

" Favere, turpissime," 416<br />

Favourite ornament, the h<strong>and</strong> a, 254<br />

Fayrer, Sir Joseph, 94<br />

Fear <strong>and</strong> worship <strong>of</strong> serpent at same<br />

time, 315; more potent than grati-<br />

tude, 32, 87 ; <strong>of</strong> bad luck, 13 ; <strong>of</strong><br />

mentioning names, 31<br />

Features <strong>of</strong> the h<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> foot, 234<br />

Fescennine songs, 16<br />

"Fig, Don't care a," 255<br />

Fig-leaf, the, 375 ; tree a phallic<br />

symbol, 325<br />

Figure <strong>of</strong> horse in the <strong>eye</strong>, 1<br />

Fingers, names <strong>of</strong> the, 414<br />

Finocchi, Sig., <strong>and</strong> the Mano Pantea,<br />

300<br />

Fish an amulet, 274, 354, 367 ;<br />

symbol <strong>of</strong> Isis, 228<br />

Fishermen very superstitious, 31<br />

Fitz-James family, 167<br />

Flagellum <strong>of</strong> Osiris, 301<br />

Flaming sword, 207<br />

Fleabane, 446<br />

Flesh <strong>of</strong> the tortoise, 324<br />

Fleur-de-lis, the, 339<br />

Florentine diavolo, 231<br />

Flying goddess, 359<br />

Folk-Lore Jourtial, 84<br />

Fools, infinite number <strong>of</strong>, 35<br />

Foot, G. S., 411<br />

Foot-track, story <strong>of</strong> nailing a, 84<br />

Fora fasci7io, 404<br />

Foray <strong>of</strong> Queen Meave, 89<br />

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