old heathen festival of, in Europe and the East, v. 249 sq.;
divination at, v. 252 sq.;
wells crowned with flowers at, xi. 28;
processions of giants at, xi. 33 sqq.;
sacred to Balder, xi. 87
—— bonfire called “fire of heaven,” x. 334
—— bonfires in Sweden, ii. 65;
intended to drive away dragons, x. 161.
—— Bride and Bridegroom in Sweden and Norway, ii. 92, v. 251