INDEX

A.
Abydos, clock star at, [297].
Africa, sacred stones and trees, [235].
Aldebaran, see [Tauri α].
“Allée couverte,” [41], [317].
“All Hallows,” [187]; Irish and Welsh equivalents, [195].
“All Souls,” change of date, [186].
Alsia well, [227].
Altar stone, Stonehenge, [81]; Aberdeen type, [36].
Amen-Rā, [2]; temple of, [55], [297].
Amplitude, [10], [111].
Animals, sacrifices of, [197].
Annu, temples at, [296], [297], [304].
Antares, see [Scorpionis α].
Antiquaries, Society of, [69], [133].
Antrobus, Sir Edward, [49], [69], [94].
Apollo, [52].
Arabia, sacred stones and trees in, [235].
Archæology, relation to astronomy, [4].
Arcturus, see [Boötis α].
Aries, [15], [315].
Armenia, calendar in, [29]; fire festival in, [191].
Aryans, [40], [236].
Ascension Day, [185], [231].
Asherah, [245], [257].
Ash Wednesday, [182].
Assacombe, [158].
Assyria, sacred trees, &c., [245].
Astronomer-priests, procedure of, [110], [316].
Athens, May-day worship, [108]; temples at, [32]; warning stars at, [311].
August-festival, dates of, [185]; in Brittany, [199]; in Ireland and Wales, [186]; warning-stars, [311].
Aurigae α (Capella), clock- and warning-star, [117], [272], [290], [292], [293], [298], [299], [304], [312]; associated with Ptah, [304].
Avebury, cove at, [37].
Avenue, at Stonehenge, [63], [65].
Avenues, in Brittany, [149]; on Dartmoor, [146], [319]; definition of, [37].
Axis (of temple), Stonehenge, [55], [60]; Karnak, [56]; Kouyunjik, [305]; Annu, [305]; change of, [42].
Azimuth, defined, [10], [111]; changes in, [122]; of May sunrise, [264].
Azimuth-marks, illumination of, [110].
B.
Baal, [197], [249], [259].
“Baal’s Fire” (Beltan), [40].
Babylon, [24], [240], [259], [295], [308]; May year in, [304].
Babylonians, astronomical knowledge of, [240]; early navigators, [241].
Baker, Sir Samuel, [235].
Balder, [320].
Balfour, Prof. Bayley, [201].
Ball, Dr. Henry, [26].
Balus, first king of Orkney, [259].
Baring-Gould, Rev. S., [149], [190], [194], [198], [213], [215], [239], [256].
Barnstone-Maeshowe (Orkney), [129].
Barrows, burials in, [323]; chambered, [164], [192], [317]; date of, [78], [238]; employment of, [38], [110], [140], [268]; varieties of, [143].
Bartinné, Cornwall, [219].
Battendon, [158].
Batworthy, avenues near, [160].
Bede’s well, near Jarrow, [230].
Beirna-well (Barnwell), [230].
Bell, Mr. J., of Dundalk, [253].
Beltaine, ceremonies at, [40], [197], [285], [320]; variations of, [201], [204], [218], [259].
Betelgeuse, see [Orionis α].
Bethel, [245], [255].
Bigswell, [218].
“Blind Fiddler,” The, [291].
Blisland, Cornwall, [291].
Blocking-stones, [156], [176].
Blow, Mr., [69].
“Blue stones,” at Stonehenge, [80], [91].
Bolitho, Mr. Horton, [140], [219], [268], [270], [277], [282], [287], [289], [291].
Bonfires, see [Fires].
Bookan, Ring of, [128].
Boötis α (Arcturus), [117], [137], [150], [151], [156], [158], [159], [160], [161], [163], [174], [273], [280], [299], [301], [311], [314].
Borlase, Dr., [134], [218], [219], [234], [254], [255], [267], [289], [323].
Borlase, Mr. W. C., [37], [213], [266], [274].
Boscawen-Un, [287], [290], [309], [314].
Boswens Common, [282].
Britain, introduction of clock-stars, [299]; May-year temples, [309]; pre-Celtic inhabitants, [250].
Brittany, festivals, [198]; megalithic remains, [96]; solstitial fires, [194].
Britons, Saxon slaughter of, [95].
Bronze-age, [75], [78].
Brugsch, [1], [296].
Budge, Dr., [296].
Burials, [146], [164]; in mounds, [323].
Burton, Captain, [235].
C.
Cæsar, [52], [323], [324].
Cairns, employment of, [38], [142], [164], [192], [289]; Biblical references to, [244]; burials in, [252]; orientation of, [254].
Calabria, [312].
Calends, the winter, [195].
Calendar, changes in the, [23]; Armenian and Turkish, [29]; Celtic, [186]; Koptic, [28].
Camden, [289].
Canaan, sacred stones and trees in, [245].
Canis Majoris α (Sirius), [108], [117], [143], [311].
Candlemas, [143], [184], [185], [188], [191].
Canopus, [18].
Capella, see [Aurigae α].
Capricorni α, [117].
Caradon Hill, [143].
Carn Kenidjack, [278].
Carnac, bonfires at, [40]; menhirs at, [98], [105], [239]; sacrifices at, [199].
Carruthers, Mr., [69].
Castallack, Cornwall, [267].
Castor, see [Geminorum].
Cattle, drenching in holy wells, [230].
Caves, purpose of, [244], [254].
“Cave of Elephanta,” [256].
Celts, calendar of the, [186], [195]; intrusion of, [324]; worship, [32].
Ceylon, [235].
Chabas, [1].
Chaldea, [12].
Challacombe, [158]; multiple avenue, [149], [159]; solstitial worship, [314].
Chapel Euny, Cornwall, [219], [226].
Chaucer, [203].
“Cheesewring, The,” [134].
Chichén-Itzá, [32], [308].
“Choir Gawr,” [53].
Chûn Castle, Cornwall, [284], [286].
Chûn Cromlech, Cornwall, [284].
Churches, replaced stone circles, [219].
Chysoister, [323].
Circles (stone), employment of, [232], [316]; associated with wells, [228]; classification of, [36], [37]; star observations in, [109].
Cists, [164]; burials in, [323].
Clock-stars, employment of, [108], [294], [296], [298], [299], [304], [308]; fall into disuse, [322].
Coinage, early British, [52].
Collimation-marks, [316].
Constantine, Cornwall, [269].
Cord, The stretching of the, [1].
Cormac, Archbishop, [181], [189], [195], [204].
Cornish, Mr., [270], [282].
Cornwall, astronomical conditions in, [262]; azimuths of May sunrise, [264]; clock-stars in, [299]; May bathing in, [227]; stone circles in, [36], [262]; wells and circles in, [219].
Cosens, Bishop, of Durham, [184].
Council of Nice, [23].
Couvade, [319].
Coves, [37], [316].
Cresset-stones, [190], [256].
Cromlechs, defined, [37]; employed, [101], [102], [161], [253]; in cairns, [253]; uses of, [110], [141], [245], [252], [317].
Crosses (stone), old monoliths, [141], [273].
Crozon, monuments at, [101].
Cult, change of, [320].
“Cultus Lapidum,” denouncement of, [39].
Cumberland, stone circle in, [36].
Cunnington, Mr., [79], [81], [90].
Cups, for containing lamps, [319].
Cursiter, Mr., [35], [123].
Cursus, The, at Stonehenge, [154], [155], [319].
D.
Danams, [90].
Danckworth, Dr., [111].
Dartmoor, avenues on, [146], [151], [319].
Davies, Mr., [27], [95].
Declination, defined, [10]; change of, [111].
Deepdale, [132].
Dekkan, sacred stones and trees in the, [235].
Denderah, [295], [297].
Dessil, pre-Christian custom, [234].
Devoir, Lieut., [98], [104], [105], [145], [152].
Diana, temple of, [31].
Diodorus Siculus, [51].
Diseases, cure of, [318].
Divination, at holy well, [226].
Dolmens, [255], [316]; derivation of name, [38]; à galerie, described, [38]; à l’allée couverte, described, [38]; in tumuli, [253]; in Ireland, [37]; purpose of, [41], [252], [254]; Semitic origin of, [245].
Down Tor, May-year at, [309].
Draconis γ, [295], [296], [299], [305].
Drizzlecombe, [158].
Druids, arrival of, [27]; customs of, [259], [319], [323]; mistletoe and the, [210]; teachings of, [52].
Dümichen, [1].
Durandus, [183], [192].
Durham, cathedral customs at, [184].
Dwellings of priests, [317], [323].
Dymond, Mr., [166], [171].
E.
Easter, [40], [182], [183]; May festival replaced by, [231]; variation of date, [24].
Ecliptic, change of obliquity, [15].
Eden Hall, [227].
Edgar (A.D. 963), [233].
Edmonds, Mr., [267].
Egypt, astronomy in, [249]; calendar, [28]; clock-stars, [295]; equinoxes in Lower, [108]; May-year, [304]; sequence of worships, [312]; solstices, [258]; temple azimuths, [298]; year-gods, of, [259].
Elias (Elijah), or Al-Khidr or El-Khidr, [29], [257].
Ephesus, [32].
Equator, apparent path of stars at, [7].
Equinoxes, the, [13], [18], [108], [211]; temples for, [32]; in Britain, [64], [315].
Erechtheum, the older, [31], [108], [142].
Euphrates, rise of the, [30].
Evans, Sir John, [76].
F.
Falmouth, Lord, [268].
Farr, Sutherlandshire, [229].
Farmer, Prof., [27].
Feasts, [187], [319].
February, warning-stars in Britain, [312].
Ferguson, Dr., [110].
Fernworthy, avenues at, [158].
Festivals, [182], [185], [258]; Cornish, [139]; May, [40], [185], [196], [198], [226], [247], [258].
Fires, at various seasons, [30], [32], [39], [183], [184], [189], [194], [204]; Druidical, [181]; in cromlechs, [317]; in hollowed stones, [323]; pagan, [191]; Roman Catholic and Protestant, [182]; sacred, [195], [248], [256]; customs, [190], [199]; festivals, [194]; rites, [192]; signals, [21]; wheels, [193].
Flints, [79].
Florence, fire customs, [193].
Folklore, [179]; Babylonian and Indian, [242]; Semitic and British, [246].
Fosseway, the Great, [147].
Fougou, [192], [267].
Fountains, [246].
France, place names derived from wells, [234].
Frazer, Dr., [26], [28], [40], [189], [209].
Friar’s Heel, the (Stonehenge), [53], [60], [68], [90], [93].
“Furry Dance,” the, [206].
G.
Gaillard, [96], [104].
“Galgal,” description of, [38].
Games, [319].
Garments, offerings of, [318].
Gauls, [323].
Gavr Innis, [38], [255].
Gemini, [15].
Geminorum, α, β and γ, [117].
Geoffrey of Monmouth, [52].
Glamorgan, rites at holy wells, [223].
Globe, celestial, [8]; precessional, [114].
Goidels, [237].
Gomme, Mr., [195], [213], [216], [221], [222], [227], [236], [238].
“Goon-Rith,” [266].
Gould, Baring-, see [Baring-Gould].
Gowland, Prof., [3], [45], [69], [72], [74], [75], [76], [80], [82], [87], [91], [321].
Greece, astronomical observations in, [34], [298], [311]; divisions of year in, [20], [304]; temples in, [34], [306], [311], [313], [315]; temple building in, [299].
Grimm, [26], [211].
Grovely Castle, [66].
Groves, Biblical reference to, [245]; sacred, [27], [258].
Giraldus Cambrensis, [52].
Gudea (2500 B.C.), [242].
Guest, Dr., [95].
H.
Hall, Mr., [237].
Halley, [54].
Hallowe’en, [125], [143], [201], [311].
Hallowmass, [187].
Hameldon, [147].
Hammerstones, and axes, [74].
Harrison, Mr., [50].
Har-Tor, [158].
Harvest, season of, [139], [304].
“Hautville’s Quoit,” [167], [168].
Hawthorn, [201], [202], [221].
Hawk’s Tor, [291].
Hazlitt, [183], [197], [239].
Hecatæus, of Abdera, [51].
Hecatompedon, the, [31], [108], [154].
Helios, [29].
Hellard, Colonel, [270].
Helston, May-day at, [205].
Henderson, Capt., [140], [270], [274].
Henry of Huntingdon, [52].
Hermes, [259].
Hieroglyphics, [38].
Higgins, Mr., [62].
Hills, actual and angular heights, [112]; effects of, [120], [264], [291].
Hoare, Sir R. C., [61], [149].
Holed stones, see [stones].
Hollantide, [188].
Holne (Dartmoor), [195].
Holy of Holies, [16], [55].
Holy Thursday, [185].
Honeysuckle, [207].
Hook Lake, [158].
Hope, [213], [228], [231], [233].
Horizon, angular elevation of, [112]; early employment of, [2], [5], [250].
Horses, at May-day festivals, [319].
Horus, [32], [195].
Huc, [236].
“Hurlers, The” (Cornwall), [36], [133], [134], [135]; alignments at, [137]; change of warning star at, [311]; dates of construction, [139]; May-year at, [309]; solstices at, [314].
Hyperboreans, [51].
I.
Ihering, [241].
Illuminations, collimation-mark, [317]; May-day, [204].
Implements, flint, [74].
Inverness, type of circle at, [36].
Ireland, division of the year in, [30]; festivals in, [187], [197], [309].
Isis, [32].
Isle-of-Man, festivals in the, [187], [207]; wells and circles in the, [219].
J.
James, Sir Henry, [219].
Japan, [3], [84].
Jews, equinoctial festivals among the, [258].
Johnston, Colonel, [111], [129], [135], [152], [166].
Jones, Inigo, [53].
Jones, Prof. J. M., [250].
Josephus, [32].
Judd, Prof., [80], [91].
June-Year, [93], [251].
K.
Karnak, temples at, [55], [297].
Kenidjack, Carn, [278].
Kerenneur, [105].
Kerlescant, [39].
Kerloas, [105].
Keswick, [35], [111].
King’s Teignton, [196].
Kingstone, The, at Roll-Rich (Oxon.), [36].
Kit’s Coity House, [37].
Knightlow Hill (Coventry), [188].
Knut (A.D. 1018), [233].
Kouyunjik, [308], [322].
L.
“Lammas,” [186].
Lanyon, [273].
Lanyon Quoit, [280].
Latitude, results of, [291].
Layard, Sir H., [241], [307], [308].
Lent, origin and customs of, [183], [184].
Leslie, Colonel, [218], [235], [255].
Lewis, Mr. A. L., [35], [123], [176].
Lockyer, Dr., [111].
Longstones, found in barrows, [268].
Longstone, The (Tregeseal), [278], [280], [309], [314].
“Lug,” the Irish Sun-God, [186].
Lugnassad, Irish feast, [186].
Lukis, Dr., [37], [133], [144], [150], [253], [265], [287], [291], [292].
Luxor, [297].
Lyrae, α (Vega), [297], [315].
M.
MacRitchie, Mr., [192], [317].
Madron (Cornwall), [225].
Maeshowe (Orkney), [35], [123], [125], [253], [254]; date of, [129]; use of, [192].
Markab, see [Pegasi α].
Marriage, customs, [285], [319].
Martin, St., in Germany, [187].
Martinmas, old, [188].
Maudslay, Mr., [32], [308].
Mauls, [75].
May-day, [108], [201], [204].
May-eve, [95], [207].
May-festivals, [40], [185], [196], [198], [226], [247], [258].
Maypole, [205], [227].
May-sun, [36], [151], [262], [263].
May-thorn, [202], [212], [320].
May-year, the, [19], [181], [232], [304], [320]; divisions of, [263], [304]; provided for, [18], [35], [64], [93], [98], [104], [105], [127], [174], [241], [247], [271], [280], [284], [286], [290], [304], [306], [307], [308], [309], [321]; relation to June-year, [106], [230], [251], [261]; warning-stars, [117], [142]; worship, [95], [96], [109].
Mecca, [245].
Meinrethydd (May-eve), [95].
Melon, island of, [102].
Memphis, Capella at, [304]; May-worship, [18]; temples at, [297], [298].
Mên-an-tol, [284], [286].
Ménec (Le), [39], [98], [159].
Menhirs, [37], [105]; ceremonies at, [256]; in Brittany, [96]; near holy wells, [225]; various, [39], [101], [102], [103], [152], [157].
Men-Peru, [269].
Menu or Min, temple of, [29], [31], [108], [142], [297], [298], [305]; associated with Spica, [299].
Mercury, [259].
Merrivale, avenues at, [147], [153], [154]; May-year at, [309].
Merry Maidens, [265]; alignments at, [271], [276]; clock-stars at, [302]; May-year at, [309].
Midsummer, ceremonies at, [231], [285].
Midsummer eve, mistletoe on, [210].
Mihr, Armenian fire-god, [191].
Mistletoe, [26], [27], [201], [210], [320]; as a medicine, [210]; “Oil of St. John,” [210]; Swedish notions concerning, [209].
Mitchell’s Egyptian Calendar, [28].
Molech, [248].
Molene Island, [103].
Monoliths, [81], [216], [244].
Montelius, [76].
Moon, employment of the, [18]; worship of the, [249].
Morbihan, alignments at, [100].
Morgan, Lloyd, Prof., [167], [170], [176].
Morgan, Mr., [53].
Morrow, Mr., [171], [174].
Mountain-ash, [206].
Mungo-Park, [235].
Murray, Mr. George, [27].
Murray, Mr. John, [308].
Mut, temple of, [297].
Mythology, origin of, [19].
N.
Nantwich, [221].
Naos, The, at Stonehenge, [16], [41], [63], [95].
Need fires, [190].
Neolithic-age, [75], [76].
New-Grange (Meath), [38].
Newton’s herbal, [212].
New-year, change of date, [194].
Night-dial, use of, [302].
Nile, [3], [18], [312].
Nimrood, temples at, [241], [308].
“Nine Maidens” (The), [292], [293].
Nineveh, May temple at, [307].
Norwich, sun-wheel at, [193].
Nos Galan-galaf, [187].
Nos Glamau, [207].
November, festival, [186], [195], [290], [311].
O.
Oak, contiguous to sacred wells, [216].
Obliquity of the Ecliptic, change of the, [15], [43].
Observations, astronomical and religious, [125], [322].
O’Connor, Dr., [216].
Odin stone, Stenness, [127], [218], [283], [285].
Offerings, at holy places, [222], [318].
Onston, [132].
Ordeals, [247].
Ordnance Survey, [111], [253].
Orientation, first use of, [18].
Orionis, α (Betelgeuse), [117], [144], [314].
Orkney, [125], [259].
Otley, Mr. Jonathan, [35], [111].
Ouseley, Sir William, [234].
P.
Palenque, [32], [308].
Palæolithic age, [75].
Palm, at vernal equinox, [211].
Palm Sunday, [184], [211].
Panathenæa, [31].
Parallelithons, [148].
“Pardons,” in Brittany, [198].
Parthenon, [298].
Payn, Mr. Howard, [66], [94].
Pegasi, α and β, [117].
Pennant, tour of Scotland, [206].
Penrose, Mr., [31], [34], [38], [42], [51], [62], [78], [89], [93], [94], [109], [142], [154], [298], [306], [310], [312], [313], [315].
Pentecost, feast of, [32], [185].
Pepi, [295].
Percy’s Northumberland Notes, [184].
Perrott, Mr., [148].
Persia, rag-offerings in, [234].
Petrie, Flinders, Prof., [62].
Pet-ser, [2].
Philpot, Mrs., [257].
Picks, of deer’s-horn, [78].
“Pierre du Conseil” (Lagatjar), [104].
Piers’ Survey of S. Ireland, [182], [229].
Pins, as offerings at sacred wells, [222], [227], [258], [318].
“Pipers, The,” [266], [271].
Pitt-Rivers, General, [235], [236].
Plato, [7].
Pleiades, at British monuments, [153], [273], [274], [280], [290]; employed by Semites, [247]; elsewhere, [108], [117], [151], [155], [162], [310], [311].
Ploudalmezeau, monuments at, [100].
Ploy-field, the, at Holne, [196].
Pole, apparent path of stars at the north, [6]; elevation of the, [9]; motion of stars, round, [300], [303].
Pollux, see [Geminorum].
Pompeii, [312].
Pomponius Mela, [322], [324].
Pont l’Abbé, menhirs at, [105].
Portugal, place-names from wells, [234].
Pratt’s flowering plants, [202], [206].
Precession, effects of, [64], [295].
Prestwich, Prof., [79].
Priests, [316], [317].
Processions, sacred, [319].
Ptah, [29], [31], [298], [304].
Pylons, use of, [55].
Pyramids, building of, [18]; worship at, [29].
Pyrenees, genii at holy-wells, [234].
Pyrus aucuparia, [201].
Q.
Quicken-tree, [206], [208].
Quiller-Couch, holy wells, [213], [216], [223], [226], [228].
Quoit, definition of, [38].
R.
Racing, at festivals, [319].
Rags, as offerings in sacred places, [216], [222], [223], [225].
Ram Feast, at Holne (Dartmoor), [196].
Read, Mr. C. H., [237].
Refraction, effect of, [112], [120].
Rent-day, date of, in Ireland, [30].
Rhys, Prof., [26], [30], [186], [188], [202], [206], [207], [208], [213], [215], [219], [220], [223], [250], [260], [319].
Roddon, = Rowan, [206].
Roll-Rich, Oxon., [36].
Rolston, Sir. W. E., [120], [122], [290].
Rorrington, Chirbury, [227].
Rowan-tree, [201], [211], [318], [320]; and witchcraft, [206], [208]; near sacred wells, [220].
Rowe’s perambulation of Dartmoor, [147], [148], [152], [158], [287].
Rūz Kāsim, [29].
Rūs Khidr, [29].
S.
Sacred-fires, see [fires].
Sacrifices, [197], [205], [319].
Sagittarius, [15].
Sainhain, feast of, [187].
Sanctuary, at Stonehenge, [55].
St. Aelian, Derbyshire, [216].
St. Blaze (“Blayse,” “Blazeus”), anniversary of, [184].
St. Burian, Cornwall, [267], [271].
St. Claire, [140].
St. Cleer, holy well at, [229].
St. Cuthbert, Cornwall, [228].
St. Herbot, sacrifices to, [199].
St. John’s Day, festivals on, [230].
St. John’s Eve, fire customs, [192].
St. Just, Cornwall, stone circle at, [277].
St. Justin, [140].
St. Martin, feast of, [186].
St. Medan, holy well at Kirkmaiden, [229].
St. Michael’s Mount, [40].
St. Nicodemus, sacrifices to, [199].
St. Peter’s, Rome, [32].
St. Renan, monuments at, [100].
Salisbury, position of cathedral, [65]; solstitial custom at, [43].
Saracens, star-worship among the, [249].
Sardonyx, employment of, [32].
Sarsens, stones, [15], [45], [79], [91].
Scandinavia, temples in, [63].
Schübeler, Prof., [202].
Scorpionis α (Antares), [117], [142], [273], [310], [311].
Scotland, May-year in, [109], [186], [321]; types of stone circles in, [36].
Scott, Sir Walter, [40].
Seasons, astronomical and vegetational, [212].
Semites, beliefs concerning the stars, [249]; in Britain, [243], [246]; temple practices among the, [240], [248], [256].
Sennacherib, May temple of, [308].
Sergi, Prof., [237].
Serpentis α, [117].
Sesheta, [2].
Set, British equivalent of, [195].
Shakspeare, [204].
Sheat, see [Pegasi β].
Shenn Laa Boaldyn (Manx May-day), [204].
Shinto, cult of, [3].
Shovel Down, Devon, [158], [160], [314].
Shrines, trilithons as, [37].
Shrove Tuesday, [182].
Sight-lines, [316]; different methods of marking, [107]; methods of using, [41].
Silbury (or Sidbury), [66].
Sirius, see [Canis Majoris α].
Skins, offerings of, [318].
“Slaughter Stone,” the, [90], [93].
Smith, Colonel Hamilton, [148].
Smith, Dr. J., [52].
Smith, Robertson, Prof., [243], [245], [248], [255], [257].
Society of Antiquaries, [69].
Solstices, the, [13], [108], [120]; azimuths of sunrise at, [43], [291]; at Palenque and Chichén Itza, [308]; celebration of, [40], [193]; date of introduction into Britain, [313]; determination of, [16]; in Egypt, [3], [13]; in France, [99], [103], [104]; in Morocco and Britain, [243]; provided for at British monuments, [93], [129], [176], [274], [280], [290], [312], [314]; sunrise at, [36]; warning stars for, [117], [314]; worship at, [259], [320].
Spence, Mr., [35], [123], [128], [254], [285].
Spica, see [Virginis α].
Stalldon Moor, [150], [163].
Standen (near Hungerford), [79].
Stanton Drew, [166], [167], [170], [173]; cove at, [37]; dates of, [174]; dimensions of circles at, [171]; May-year at, [309]; solstitial worship at, [314].
Stars, changes in declination of, [42], [109]; northern, [114]; heliacal risings of, [108]; reason for observations of, [42]; worship of, [139], [249]. See [clock-stars].
Stenness, [35], [123], [218]; azimuths of sunrise at, [120]; observations required at, [129]; seasons provided for at, [127], [131], [309], [314].
Sterility, [239], [256].
Stirling, festivals at, [238].
Stockwell, [67], [111], [129], [176].
Stone-age, [75].
Stonehenge, [41], [50], [51], [52], [58], [88], [91]; amplitudes of stars at, [11]; apparent paths of stars at, [7]; architecture of, [83]; avenue, [63], [65]; axis, [55], [60]; azimuth of sunrise at, [120]; the “Cursus” at, [319]; custom at, [43]; date of, [62], [67], [93]; desecration of, [47]; erection of, [84]; “Leaning Stone” at, [69], [84]; May-year at, [109]; origin of stones, [90]; position of, [65]; rededication of, [109]; solstitial temple, [108], [314]; “Stanenges,” [52]; tools found at, [74].
Stones, as azimuth marks, [110]; anointing of, [255]; cresset-, [190], [256]; holed, [37], [128], [282], [285], [286], [316], [318]; hollowed, [192], [248], [323]; Semitic, sacred, [244]; unhewn and worked, [321].
Stone-worship, proscribed, [271].
Stripple Stones, Cornwall, [36], [292].
Stukeley, Dr., [37], [53], [134], [289].
Sunrise, apparent, [120]; azimuth of, [64]; determination of, [118]; observation of, [63], [66], [99]; November, [93].
Sunset, determination of, [118]; the May-, [93].
Sycamore, [204].
T.
“Tan Heol,” [40].
“Tan St. Jean,” [40].
Tanta Fair, [28], [29].
Tara, perpetual fire at temple of, [191].
Tauri α, Aldebaran, [315].
Tavistock, [147].
Temenos mound, at Stonehenge, [47], [93].
Temple-axis, fixing of, [1].
Temples, associated, [297]; Egyptian, [55]; solstitial, [313].
Thebes (Egypt), [8], [108]; amplitudes at, [11]; stars used at, [299], [304]; May-year at, [247], [305].
Thebes (Greece), [299].
Theodolite, adjustments of, [172], [329].
Thomas, Mr., [277], [282].
Thorn-trees, associated with holy wells, [221].
Thoth, [259].
Thurnham, Dr., [63].
Tigris, rise of the, [30].
Tirehan, [214].
Tissington, Derbyshire, [228].
Tlachtaga, the fire of, [187].
Tombs, dolmens not intended for, [254].
Torches, [317].
Toutates, [260].
Track-lines, [149].
Tradition, [179].
“Treachery of the Long Knives,” [95].
Trees, sacred, [200], [220], [257]; Arabian worship of, [245]; Semitic, [244], [246].
Tregaseal, [277], [278], [280], [309], [314].
Trilithons, [81]; at Stonehenge, [58]; functions of, [37], [41]; in Japan, [3].
Trippet stones, [36].
Tristis rock, [158].
Trowlesworthy, [158], [161], [162].
Truthwall Common, [277].
Tubberpatrick, well at, [225].
Tumuli, [93], [102], [254]; at Stenness, [131].
Turkey, calendar in, [29].
U.
Ursae Majoris α, [295], [298].
V.
Vallum, [47], [291].
Vega, see [Lyrae α].
“Via Sacra,” [60], [155], [163].
Via, stones of, [128].
Virginis α, (Spica), [108], [142], [299], [305], [315].
W.
Wales, wells near churches, [229].
Warning-stars, [108]; in Britain, [310]; in Greece, [311].
Water, near holy places, [246], [317].
Wells, associated with trees, [219], [220]; curative powers, [235]; sacred associations, [206], [214], [216], [217], [218], [219], [228], [229], [234], [257], [273]; “Waking the Well,” [228]; wishing, [215]; worship at, [215], [233]; worship, modern, [221], [223], [225], [226].
Westermarck, Mr., [319].
Westmorland, May-day customs, [207].
Whitethorn, [202].
Whitley, Rev. D., [255].
Whitsuntide, [185], [196].
Willow, blossoms used on Palm Sunday, [211].
Wiltshire Archæological Society, [50].
Windle, Mr., [37].
Witchcraft, [206], [212], [216].
Witchen-tree, [206].
Wood-Martin, Mr., [213], [214], [220], [223], [233].
Woon Gumpus Common, [282].
Worship, British and Semitic, [252]; flower-, [203]; sun- and star-, [260]; well-, [228].
Worth, Mr. Hansford, [146], [148], [150], [153], [164].
Worth, Mr., R.N., [147], [148].
“Wroth silver,” payment of, [188].
Y.
Year, the astronomical, [16], [25]; the Celtic, [186]; division of the, [18]; the Julian, [23]; the lunar-, in Babylon, [24]; the solstitial-, [19], [139], [261]; the vegetation-, [18], [19], [25], [97], [109], [203].
Yucatan, the temples of, [33].

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