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.;