consulted as oracles, [167], [171], [172], [195];
human sacrifices to, [173];
worshipped by the Barotse, [194] sq.
—— men believed to beget children, i. 91, 264
—— Sea, i. 23
Death in the fire as an apotheosis, i. 179 sq.;
the pollution of, ii. [227] sqq.
—— and resurrection, annual, of gods, i. 6;
of Adonis represented in his rites, 224 sq.;
coincidence between the pagan and the Christian festival of the divine, 308;