interpreted as the sun, 228;
interpreted by the ancients as the god of the reaped and sprouting corn, 229;
as a corn-spirit, 230 sqq.;
hunger the root of the worship of, 231;
perhaps [pg 270] originally a personification of wild vegetation, especially grass and trees, 233;
the gardens of, 236 sqq.;
rain-charm in the rites of, 237;
resemblance of his rites to the festival of Easter, 254 sqq., 306;
worshipped at Bethlehem, 257 sqq.;
and the planet Venus as the Morning Star, 258 sq.;