rites of initiation among the, [233] sq.;
initiation of medicine-men among the, [238]
Aryan god of the thunder and the oak, i. 265
—— peoples, stories of the external soul among, ii. [97] sqq.
Aryans of Europe, importance of the Midsummer festival among the, ii. [40];
the oak the chief sacred tree of the, [89] sq.
Ascension Day, parasitic rowan should be cut on, ii. [281]
Asceticism not primitive, i. 65
Ash Wednesday, effigy burnt on, i. 120
Ash-trees, children passed through cleft ash-trees as a cure for rupture or rickets, ii. [168] sqq.