the Yule log in, 251

Vilavou, New Year's Men, name given to newly initiated lads in Fiji, ii. [244]

Village surrounded with a ring of fire as a protection against an evil spirit, i. 282

Vimeux, Lenten fires at, i. 113

Vintage, omens of, i. 164

Vipers sacred to balsam trees in Arabia, ii. [44] n. 1

Virbius at Nemi interpreted as an oak-spirit, ii. [295]

Virgil, on the fire-walk of the Hirpi Sorani, ii. [14];

his account of the Golden Bough, [284] sq., [286], [293] sq., [315] sqq.

Virgin, the, blesses the fruits of the earth, i. 118;