on modern survivals of festivals of Adonis, 246;
on Easter ceremonies in the Greek church, 254 n.
Wyse, W., ii. [35] n. 1, [51] n. 1
Xenophanes of Colophon on the Egyptian rites of mourning for gods, ii. [42], [43]
Yam, island of Torres Straits, heroes worshipped in animal forms in, i. 139 n. 1
Yap, one of the Caroline Islands, prostitution of unmarried girls in, ii. [265] sq.
Yarilo, a personification of vegetation, i. 253
Year, length of the solar, determined by the Theban priests, ii. [26]
——, the fixed Alexandrian, ii. [28], [49], [92]
——, the Celtic, reckoned from November 1st, ii. [81]