Men Tyrannus, Phrygian moon-god, i. 284;

custom as to pollution of death at his shrine, ii. [227]

Mentras or Mantras of the Malay Peninsula, their tradition as to primitive man, ii. [140]

Mephitic vapours, worship of, i. 203 sqq.

Mercurial temperament of merchants and sailors, ii. [218]

Mesha, king of Moab, i. 15;

sacrifices his first-born, 110

Messiah, “the Anointed One,” i. 21

Meteor as signal for festival, i. 259

Metharme, daughter of Pygmalion, i. 41