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Anito: The Irayas and Catalangans of Luzon worship the souls of their ancestors under
the name of Anitos. These are household deities; some of them reside in pots, and
miniature houses standing near the family dwelling are sacred to them. (FRAZER,
G.B., Vol. II, P. 463.)
Ankle Bones: The ankle bones of a hare are superstitiously believed by the Arabs to be
a powerful weapon against Jinns, Ghouls and even Satan himself. (HASTINGS, Dic
Bib., Vol. IV, p. 603.)
Anne, St.: Vide Riches, Wealth Beslowers.
Annwn: Celt. Myth. The British Hades, represented as a sea-girdled, revolving fortress.
Gwyn was the leader of the dead.
Anqa: Turkish Folklore. A fabulous bird of enormous size, said to inhabit the Caucasus
range (REDHOUSE, Turkish-English Lexicon, Constantinople, 1890, p. 1325; KUNOS,
T.F.T.).
He whose head touches the shadow of a flying anqa, will wear a crown (ZENKER,
Dictionnaire turc-arabe-persan, Leipzig, 1876, p. 640.).
Ant: When ants are unusually busy, foul weather is at hand (SKEAT, Malay Magic, P.
535).
Ants never sleep. (EMERSON, Nature, Vol. II, P. 53.)
To have an ants nest made near your door portends security and riches (LEAN, Vol. II,
P. 53)
If you dream of ants, you will live in a great town, and be happy, industrious, well-married,
and have many children.
According to Alexander Ross, the cruel battle between the Venetians and theInsubrians, as also the one between the Li geois and the Burgundians, in which30,000 men were slain, was presignified by combats between two swarms of ants. VideWorm.
Anteus : Gr. Myth. A giant, son of Neptune and the Earth, who was killed by Hercules.
Vide Bernardo del Carpio. Anthony, St.: Cures erysipelas. Antigone: Gr. Myth. A daughter of OEdipus (q.v.) and Jocosta, typical of faithfulnessand heroism in the Greek ideal of womanhood. She was her father s guide after he hadtorn out his eyes. Antiope: A Theban princess carried off by Epopeus. She became the mother ofAmphion and Zethus. She was maltreated by Dirce, wife of Lycus, and unknowinglytook refuge with her sons, who were ordered by Dirce to tie her to the horns of a wild
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