Cormac Mac Art, king of Ireland, iv. 39
Corn ground by pregnant women, i. 140;
defiled persons kept from the, ii. 112;
reaped ear of, displayed at mysteries of Eleusis, ii. 138 sq., vii. 38;
sheaf of, dressed up to represent Death, iv. 248;
water thrown on the last corn cut, a rain-charm, v. 237 sq.;
sprouting from the dead body of Osiris, vi. 89;
personified as Demeter, vii. 42;
the various kinds of, called “Demeter's fruits,” vii. 42;
first-fruits of, offered to Demeter and Persephone at Eleusis, vii. 53 sqq.;