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.

See [Midsummer fires]

—— Bride and Bridegroom in Sweden and Norway, ii. 92, v. 251