Mythology

Sight: Good eyesight may be obtained by eating the flesh of a kite. Sigurd: The hero of the Volsunga Saga. He is reared by Regin, slays Fafnir, is engagedto be married to Brynhild, but after drinking of a magic potion, marries Gudrun. He wastreacherously slain by Gunnar’s brother. cf. Siegfried. Silene: A Phrygian deity. According to Greek mythology, he was a jester in Olympia. Hewas foster-father of Bacchus. Silk: To dream of being dressed in silk denotes honour; to dream you are trading in silkis an indication of profit and joy. Vide Lumbago, Nose, Ribbon. Silver: A Welsh witch shifts her form frequently into that of a hare, and while in this formno shot, except a silver coin can penetrate her body. (RHYS, C.F., p. 294.) Silver Fish: A kind of insect or book-worm. In China it is believed that if this insect getsinside a Taoist Classic and eats certain characters, its silvery body will become fivecoloured. If this five-coloured insect be subsequently caught and eaten, the one whoeats it will overcome death and develop into a spiritual being. (Enc. Rel. Eth., Vol. VIII,p. 261.)
Silver Fox: Chin. Folklore. These animals have the power of influencing human beings.
They are yellow, red or white in colour; some species of them can even learn to speakthe human language in course of time, and are known as "Speaking Foxes." (Chin,
Volhsm rchen, p. 181.) Sin: Babyl. Myth. A moon-god. The meaning and etymology of the word Sin is not quiteclear. Siren: Class. Myth. One of a group of sea-nymphs, generally represented as partwoman, part bird. They were three in number, and were supposed to frequent an islandnear the coast of Italy. They lured mariners to destruction by their enchanting singing.
Theodore de Gaza saw several sirens on board ship in the Peloponnesian Sea, whichwere put back in the water. (LANDRIN, Les Monstres Marins, p. 265 et seq., quoted byBASSETr, p. 169.)
cf. Parthenope, Lorelei, Nixie, Bugarik, Airinach, Jal Pan, Apsaras, Hounis. Sisa: "Ghost". The kia of the Gold Coast negroes of West Africa becomes a sisa afterdeath, and can remain in the same house with the corpse, but is only visible to the spirit-
doctor. (TYLOR, P.C., Vol. 1, p. 402, quoting STEINHAUSER.) Sister: If two sisters are married within one year (Altenburg), or on the same day(Silesia), both, or at least one of them will be unhappy in her married life. (WUTTKE, p.
206.)

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