INDEX
[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] K [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] Q [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] X [Y] [Z]
A Acacia, the, [11], [39], [40], [45] Accadians, the, [2], [4], [6], [111], [133] Acis, metamorphosis of, [81] Adonis, [11], [75], [81], [159] Aesculapius, laurel sacred to, [37] Alexander the Great, and the flower-maidens, [60]; and the Persian tree-oracles, [99] Ama-ravati, Buddhist sculptures at, [14] Ambrosia, [126] America, tree-worship in, [16], [17] Amrita, [125] Aphrodite, [30], [32], [46], [81], [88]; apples sacred to, [37]; myrtle sacred to, [37] Apollo, [47], [76], [98], [99]; and Daphne, [77]; laurel sacred to, [36], [47], [50], [77] Apples, sacred to Aphrodite, [37]; of Hesperides, [119] Arabia, the Jinni of, [24], [52], [54], [94]; tree-oracles in, [99], [102]; tree-worship in, [45] Argo, oracular beam of the, [98] Armenia, tree-oracles in, [99]; use of branches in, [49] Artemis, [49], [76]; a vegetation deity, [29], [88]; sacred tree of, [45], [49] Ashêra, the, [8], [88], [96] Assyria, tree-worship in, [5], [6], [88] Astarte, [8], [30], [87]; the cypress sacred to, [40] Athena, [152]; the olive sacred to, [38] Athens, festivals at, [48], [151] Atlantis, the lost, [139] Atlas, Mount, [110], [119], [135], [136] Attis, a tree-god, [11], [75], [80], [81], [154], [159] Auxerre, sacred tree of, [20] Avalon, the isle of, [140]
B Babylonia, tree-worship in, [6]; mountain worship in, [112]; world-tree of, [111] Banian, the, [42], [64], [76] Basil, Holy, of India, [43] Baucis and Philemon, metamorphosis of, [79] Bavaria, Whitsuntide custom in, [159] Beech, the sacred, [46] Bharhut, Buddhist sculptures at, [15], [40], [42] Bo-tree, the, [40], [116] Bodhi-trees of the Buddhas, [40] Borneo, tree-worship in, [16] Bötticher, general conclusion of, regarding tree-worship, [21] Brahma, [14], [43], [115] Branches forced into flower at Christmas, [170]; religious use of, [13], [36], [37], [38], [47], [48], [91] Brittany, use of laurel branch in, [91] Buddhas, the Bodhi-trees of the, [40] Buddhism, tree-worship and, [14], [40], [110], [116], [142] Burma, tree worship in, [16]; tree-spirits of, [65]
C Canaan, tree-worship in, [3], [8], [88]; tree-oracles in, [95] Canute forbids tree-worship, [20] Carinthia, Green George of, [157] Cedar, the sacred, [7], [39], [40], [99], [95] Centaurs, the, [55], [56] Ceres, sacred grove of, [63] Chaldaea, cosmogony of, [113]; demons of, [53]; divination in, [105]; illustrious mounds of, [112]; oracles of, [95], [99]; tree-worship in, [4], [6]; world-tree of, [111] Charlemagne destroys the Irmensûl, [120] China, divination in, [105]; legends of, [83]; paradise legends of, [133]; tree-worship in, [15]; world-tree of, [118] Christmas observances, [162] et seq. Christmas-tree, introduction into England of, [165]; origin in Germany of, [165] Churches, decoration of, at Christmas, [164] Circassia, pear-tree worshipped in, [153] Clymene, the daughters of, [78] Clytia, metamorphosis of, [80] Columbus and the earthly paradise, [141] Cronos, [163]; a vegetation deity, [29] Cybele, [12], [30], [75], [81] Cyclops, the, [55], [56] Cypress, the sacred, [5], [13], [17], [39], [40], [51], [89], [131]
D Damaras, creation legend of the, [74] Daphne, [94]; metamorphosis of, [77] Daphnephoria, the, [47] Delphi, sacred laurel of, [36], [47], [50], [77], [98]; oracle of, [36], [50], [77], [94], [98], [102] Didû, the, emblem of Osiris, [34], [117] Dionysus, fruit-tree dressed as, [31], [33]; sacred tree of, [27]; a tree deity, [11], [12], [31], [32], [39], [48], [49], [57], [126], [159] Divination in Germany, [102]; by leaves, [107]; by roots, [106]; in Sarmatia, [102]; in Scythia, [102]; in Sweden, [105] Divining rod, the, [103] et seq. Dodona, oracular oak of, [28], [36], [93], [96], [98], [102] Druids, the, [20], [35], [103], [105], [161], [164] Dryads, the, [55], [58], [63] Dusares and the vine, [40]
E Ea, [7], [95], [111]; sacred cedar of, [40], [131] Eddas, the, account of man’s origin in, [73]; description of Yggdrasil in, [112] Egypt, sacred sycamores of, [9], [25], [27], [44], [45]; tree-demons of, [55]; tree-worship in, [9], [10], [25], [45]; world-tree of, [110], [117] Eiresione, the, [48], [151], [173]; addressed as a person, [153] Elves, [24], [52], [63], [65] England, Christmas-tree in, [165]; May celebrations in, [144] et seq.; tree-worship in, [20] Esdras, paradise of, [131] Esthonia, tree-worship in, [19], [44]; world-tree of, [122]
F Fairies, the, [65] Fauns, the, [55], [58] Faunus, grove oracles of, [100] Fertility, the tree as genius of, [87], [153] Ficus ruminalis, the, [76], [86] Fig-tree, the, associated with the silvani, [58]; carved as Pan, [33]; spirit of, [58] Finland, tree-spirits of, [70]; tree-worship in, [19]; world-tree of, [120] Flower-maidens, the, [60] France, divination in, [105]; harvest custom in, [150]; tree-worship in, [19]
G Gautama, [14], [41], [43], [76], [116]; and the Indian shot, [82] Germany, autumn festival in, [163], [166], [170]; Christmas-tree in, [165]; divination in, [102], [105]; May customs in, [150], [155]; tree-demons of, [19], [66]; tree-worship in, [18] Gilgames, [119], [137] Gilgit, sacred cedar of, [90] Glastonbury thorn, the, [166], [168] God, the, and the tree, [24] et seq. Gods, food of the, [113], [114], [122] Greece, creation legends of, [74]; harvest customs of, [151]; paradise legends of, [131]; tree-worship in, [12], [17], [28], [46] Green ladies, the, [68]
H Hamadryads, the, [57], [58] Haoma, [13], [123], [130] Harvest May, the, [151], [173] Hāthor, a tree-goddess, [9], [10], [25] Helen, sacred tree of, [18], [31] Hera, [29], [32], [76], [155] Hermes, [79]; birth of, [76] Hesperides, trees of the, [101], [119], [136]
I Iceland, paradise legend of, [138] India, paradise legend of, [129]; soma ritual of, [124]; tree-worship in, [13], [14], [35], [40], [43], [64]; world-tree of, [115] Indra, the paradise of, [129]; and the soma, [125] Irmensûl, the, [120] Israelites, tree-worship amongst, [3], [8]; use of branches by, [48] Istar, [6], [8], [30], [88] Italy, modern belief in wood-spirits in, [58]; tree-oracles in, [100]; tree-worship in, [12], [17], [28], [37], [47]
J Jack-in-the-Green, [148], [157] Japan, legends of, [83], [84]; paradise legend of, [141]; tree-demons of, [70]; tree-worship in, [15]; world-tree of, [118] Jinni of Arabia, the, [24], [52], [54], [94]
L Laurel, the sacred, [36], [47], [50], [59], [77], [91], [98] Life-rood, the (Lebensrute), [103], [127], [170] Life, the tree of, [15], [130], [131], [142], [170] Life-tree, the, [84], [101] Little Daedala, festival of the, [155] Ljeschi, [69]
M Mahometan paradise, the, [132], [134] Maid Marian, [158] Maundeville, Sir J., his account of paradise, [137]; his description of a tree of paradise, [143] May-bride, the, [158] May celebrations, [21], [145] et seq. “May,” the, [149], [151], [153] May-pole, the, [146], [154], [155] May queen, the, [146], [156] Melcarth, the cypress sacred to, [40] Melus, metamorphosis of, [80] Metamorphosis into trees, [77] et seq. Metempsychosis into trees, [82] et seq. Mexico, human sacrifices in, [159]; tree-symbol found in, [16]; tree-worship in, [17] Milton, his description of paradise, [135] Mistletoe, [20], [164] Mithra, [13], [40], [163] Moss-women, the, [67] Myrtle, the sacred, [13], [29], [37], [39], [86] Mulberry-tree, the, [96]
N Nakhla, sacred acacia of, [45] Nantes, tree-worship condemned by Council of, [20] Narcissus, metamorphosis of, [81] Nejrân, sacred palm of, [45], [99] New Zealand, cosmogonic legend of, [110] Nicaragua, tree-worship in, [17] Nu̔ît, a tree-goddess, [10], [25], [27], [117]; goddess of the sky, [110], [117]
O Oak, the sacred, of Ceres, [63]; of the Druids, [20]; of Esthonia, [122]; of Finland, [19], [44], [121]; of Pan, [56]; of the Roman Capitol, [25]; at Romove, [44]; of Zeus, [28], [35], [37], [93], [96], [101], [155] Olive, the, sacred to Athena, [38]; venerated by the Semites, [39], [49] Olympus, [134] Omens, tree, [101] Oracle-lots, [102] Oracles, tree, [93] et seq. Origin-myths, [73] Oschophoria, the, [48], [152] Osiris, his emblem, the Didû or Tât, [34], [117]; a tree-god, [11], [40], [159]
P Palestine, tree-demons of, [54]; tree-worship in, [7], [8] Palm-tree, the, [5], [45], [49], [88], [99] Pan, a tree-god, [31], [33], [46], [56]; the pipe of, [81] Paradise, [128] et seq.; an artificial, [143]; the earthly, [136]; trees of, [131], [142], [170] Paradise-plays, mediaeval, [169], [171] Patagonia, tree-worship in, [17] Pear-tree, the, worshipped in Circassia, [153] Permians, trees worshipped by the, [19] Persia, creation legends of, [23], [130]; haoma ritual of, [123]; tree-oracle in, [99]; tree-worship in, [13], [123]; use of branches in, [49]; world-tree of, [115], [142] Peru, wood-ghost of, [71] Pfingstl, the, [159] Phyllis, metamorphosis of, [79] Pine, the sacred, [28], [31], [56], [58], [59], [80]; venerated by the Semites, [39] Pippala, the, associated with Brahma, [14]; with Gautama, [41] Plane-tree, the, of Armavira, [99]; its connection with Pelops, [86]; with Persian kings, [13] Poland, tree-worship in, [19] Pomegranate, the, [5], [30], [80] Poplar, the, sacred to Dis, [39]; Zeus born beneath, [76] Puritans, denunciation of May-poles by, [21], [146]
R Robin Hood, king of the May, [158] Rome, grove oracle in, [100]; tree-worship in, [17], [28], [47] Romove, sacred oak of, [44] Russia, tree-demons of, [19], [66], [69]; tree-worship in, [19]; Whitsuntide custom in, [150]
S St. Mark’s, Venice, symbol of sacred tree in, [2], [5], [7] Sânchi, Buddhist sculptures at, [14], [42] Sanctuary, the tree as, [49] Sarmatia, divination in, [102] Saturnalia, the, [163], [172] Satyrs, the, [55], [56], [57] Scandinavia, world-tree of, [112] Scythia, divination in, [102] Seīrīm, “Satyrs” of the Bible, [54] Semites, tree-oracles of the, [95]; tree-worship amongst the, [7], [39]-87 Sia Indians, cosmogony of, [118] Siam, tree-worship in, [16] Sileni, the, [55], [56] Silvanus, [28], [57] Sioux, creation legend of, [74] Soma, [124], [126] Sudan, tree-worship in the, [10] Sumatra, tree-worship in, [16] Swabia, spring observances in, [160] Sweden, divination in, [105]; May observances in, [150]; tree-spirits of, [68] Switzerland, tree-demons of, [68] Sycamores, the sacred, of Egypt, [9], [25], [27], [44], [45], [118]
T Taara, a tree-god, [44] Talmud, the, paradise of, [132]; life-tree mentioned in, [85] Tammuz, [6], [11], [12], [111], [159] Tapio, [70] Tât-pillar, the, [34], [117] Tengus of Japan, the, [70] Travancore, sacred tree in, [14] Tree, the, births beneath, [76]; Chaldaean symbol of the sacred, [2], [5], [30], [88]; dressed or carved as anthropomorphic god, [27], [31], [32], [35], [103]; of the community, [86], [154]; of the family, [86], [101]; of life, [15], [130], [131], [142], [170]; lights on, [91], [171]; offerings to, [30], [45], [46]; of paradise, [131], [169]; in relation to human life, [72]; as symbol of fertility, [88]; of universe, [109] et seq., [173] Tree-deities, [9], [16], [24] et seq. Tree-demons, [16], [24], [52], [55] et seq. Tree-nymphs, [55], [56], [58], [59], [61], [62] Tree-oracles, [93] et seq. Tree-origins, [73] et seq. Tree-omens, [101] Tree-sanctuaries, [49] Tree-soul, the generalised, [90]; primitive conception of, [1] Tree-worship, in Africa, [11]; in America, [16], [17]; in Arabia, [45]; in Assyria, [6]; in Borneo, [16]; in Burma, [16]; in Canaan, [3], [8]; in Chaldaea, [4], [6], [111]; in China, [15]; in Egypt, [9], [10], [25], [45]; in England, [20]; in Esthonia, [19]; in France, [19]; in Finland, [19]; in Germany, [18]; in Greece, [17], [28], [46]; in India, [13], [14], [35], [40], [43], [64], [124]; in Japan, [15]; in Mexico, [17]; in Nicaragua, [17]; in Palestine, [3], [7], [8]; in Patagonia, [17]; in Persia, [13], [123]; in Phoenicia, [8], [12]; in Phrygia, [12]; in Poland, [19]; in Rome, [17], [46]; in Russia, [19]; in the Semitic area, [7], [39], [87]; in Siam, [16]; in the Sudan, [11]; in Sumatra, [16]; origin of, [22] Trees, Christmas flowering, [116]; legends of bleeding, [62], [63]; legends of speaking, [101] Tristram and Iseult, legend of, [82] Trophonius, oracle of, [94] Tylor, Mr. E. B., on tree-worship, [21] Tyrol, wild women of, [67]
U Upsala, sacred grove of, [43]
V Vine-women of Lucian, the, [60] Vine, the, sacred to Dionysus, [39]; to Dusares, [40]; venerated by the Semites, [39] Vishnu, [43], [76]
W “Wege-warte,” legend of the, [83] Wends, the, and the May-pole, [156] Wild-fanggen, the, [67] Wild men of the woods, [21], [52], [56], [66], [68], [71], [161] Willow, the, connected with Artemis, [29]; with Hera, [29], [76]; inhabited by tree-spirit, [62] Woden, [43] Wood-maidens, [67] World-mountain, the, [110], [112], [118], [134] World-tree, the, [109] et seq.; of Buddhists, [116]; of Chaldaea, [111]; of Egypt, [110], [117]; of Esthonia, [122]; of Finland, [120]; of India, [115]; of Persia, [115]; of Scandinavia, [112]
Y Yggdrasil, [112] et seq.
Z Zeus, a tree-god, [18], [28], [29], [35], [46], [155]; oracle of, at Dodona, [93], [96] Zeus-Ammon, oracle of, [96]
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