Firmicus Maternus on the mourning for Osiris, vi. 86;
on use of a pine-tree in the rites of Osiris, vi. 108;
on the murder of Dionysus by the Titans, vii. 13;
on Demeter and Persephone, vii. 40 n. 3
Firs, sacred grove of, ii. 11, 32
——, Scotch, in the peat-bogs of Europe, ii. 351, 352
First-born, sacrifice of the, among the Hebrews, iv. 171 sqq.;
among various races, iv. 179 sqq.;
among the Semites, v. 110; at Jerusalem, vi. 219 sq.
—— -born killed and eaten, iv. 179 sq.