Sogne Fiord in Norway, Balder's Grove on the, i. 104, ii. [315]
Solar festival in spring, ii. [3]
—— theory of the fires of the fire-festivals, i. 329, 331 sqq., ii. [15] sq., [72]
Solstice, the summer, new fire kindled at the, i. 132, 133;
its importance for primitive man, 160 sq.
——, the winter, celebrated as the Birthday of the Sun, i. 246;
Persian festival of fire at the, 269
Solstices, the old pagan festivals of the two, consecrated as the birthdays of Christ and St. John the Baptist, i. 181 sq.;
festivals of fire at the, 246, 247, 331 sq.;
fern-seed gathered at the, ii. [290] sq.;