Ireland, sacred oaks in, i. 37 n. 2
Irle, J., on the religion of the Herero, ii. [186] sq.
Iron not allowed to touch Atys, i. 286 n. 5
Irrigation in ancient Egypt, ii. [31] sq.;
rites of, in Egypt, [33] sqq.;
sacrifices offered in connexion with, [38] sq.
Isa or Parvati, an Indian goddess, i. 241
Isaac, Abraham's attempted sacrifice of, ii. [219] n. 1
Isaiah, on the king's pyre in Tophet, i. 177, 178;
possible allusion to gardens of Adonis in, 236 n. 1;