Persephone, mourning for, [348] sq.
Persia, cure for toothache in, [59];
the feast of Purim in, [393]
Persian framework of the book of Esther, [362], [401]
—— kings married the wives of their predecessors, [368] n. 1
—— marriages at the vernal equinox, [406] n. 3
Persians annually expel demons, [145];
the Sacaea celebrated by the, [402]
Peru, Indians of, [3];
Incas of, [128];