Vegetable and animal life associated in primitive mind, i. 5
Vegetation, mythical theory of the growth and decay of, i. 3 sqq.;
annual decay and revival of, represented dramatically in the rites of Adonis, 227 sqq.;
gardens of Adonis charms to promote the growth of, 236 sq., 239;
Midsummer fires and couples in relation to, 250 sq.;
Attis as a god of, 277 sqq.;
Osiris as a god of, ii. [112], [126], [131], [158]
“Veins of the Nile,” near Philae, ii. [40]
Venus, the planet, identified with Astarte, i. 258, ii. [35]
—— and Vulcan, ii. [231]