The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 12 of 12)

by James George Frazer

pregnant, sacrificed to the Earth Goddess, ii. 229;

milked through a ring as a precaution against witchcraft, iii. 314 sq.;

sacred to Isis, vi. 50;

milked by women, vii. 118;

the Hindoo worship of, viii. 37;

and their milk, superstitions as to, viii. 84 ns. 1 and 2;

bewitched on Walpurgis Night, ix. 162;

as scapegoats, ix. 193, 216;

witches steal milk from, x. 343;

mistletoe given to, xi. 86;