talisman against scorpions at, viii. 281;
Midsummer custom of throwing water on people at, x. 216, xi. 31
Fictitious burials to divert the attention of demons from the real burials, viii. 98 sqq.
Fictores Vestalium, fictores Pontificum, ii. 204
Ficus Indica (the bar tree) sacred in India, ii. 43
—— religiosa (the pipal tree) sacred in India, ii. 43
—— Ruminalis, the fig-tree under which Romulus and Remus were suckled, ii. 318
—— sycomorus, used in kindling fire by friction, ii. 210
Fida. See [Whydah]
“Field of the giants,” called so from great fossil bones, v. 158