“Metropolis of the Corn,” Athens called the, by Delphic oracle, vii. 58
Metsik, a forest-spirit, the patron of cattle, ii. 55;
his effigy carried out of the village by the Esthonians on Shrove Tuesday, iv. 233, 252 sq.
Metz, F., on the fire-walk among the Badagas, xi. 9
Metz, cats burnt alive in Midsummer fire at, xi. 39
Mexican calendar, its mode of intercalation, vi. 28 n. 3
—— custom of veiling the images of the gods during the king's sickness, iii. 95 n. 8;
of making images of gods out of dough and eating them sacramentally, viii. 86 sqq.
—— human sacrifices in connexion with the maize crop, vii. 236 sqq., 251;
assimilation of the victims to the gods in, vii. 261, ix. 275 sqq.