their stories of the origin of death, ix. 303 sq.
—— of Florida, one of the Solomon Islands, their fear of offending ghosts after eating of certain foods, viii. 85
Melawie River, the Dyaks of the, iii. 71
Melcarth, the god of Tyre, identified with Hercules, v. 16, 111;
worshipped at Amathus in Cyprus, v. 32, 117;
the burning of, v. 110 sqq.;
worshipped at Gades, v. 112 sq., vi. 258 n. 5
Melchior, one of the three mythical kings on Twelfth Day, ix. 329 sqq.
Melchizedek, king of Salem, v. 17
Meleager, his life bound up with a firebrand, ii. 265, xi. 103;