attributed to misconduct of young girls, x. 31
Drowned, souls of the, thought to pass into trees, animals, or fish, ii. 30;
in holy spring, the sacred bull Apis, viii. 36
Drowning as a punishment for sexual crimes, ii. 109, 110, 111;
sacrifice by, ii. 364;
as a mode of executing royal criminals, iii. 242, 243
Drowning girls in rivers as sacrifices, ii. 151 sq.
—— human victims as sacrifices to water-spirits, ii. 157 sqq.
Drowo, gods, in the language of the Ewe-speaking peoples of West Africa, ix. 74
Druid, purification performed by an Irish, ii. 116;