or Corn-maiden, name given to puppet made of rye at end of reaping near Wolfenbuttel, vii. 150
Maiden Feast at end of harvest in Perthshire, vii. 156
“—— -flax” at Midsummer, xi. 48
Maiden's Well at Eleusis, vii. 36
Maidenhead, name of last standing corn on the Gareloch, vii. 158
Maidhdeanbuain or Maighdean-Bhuana, “the shorn Maiden” at harvest in the Highlands of Scotland, vii. 155 sq., 164, 165
Maidu Indians of California, taboos observed by women and children in absence of hunters among the, i. 122;
the importance of shamans among the, i. 357 sq.;
seclusion of girls at puberty among the, x. 42;
their notion as to fire in trees, xi. 295;