—— Wives, the Day of the, Thursday of Mid-Lent, iv. 241
—— Woman, Sawing the, a ceremony at Mid-Lent, iv. 240 sqq.;
name applied to the corn-spirit, iv. 253 sq.;
of the corn, mythical being of the Cherokee Indians, vi. 46 sq., vii. 177;
name given to the last corn cut or threshed, vii. 136 sq., 147, 223;
name given to the thresher of the last corn, vii. 147
—— Woman (Baba), a mummer at Carnival, viii. 332, 333, 334;
perhaps a rustic prototype of Demeter, viii. 334
—— Woman who Never Dies, North American Indian personification of maize, vii. 204 sqq.
—— women as representatives of the Corn-goddess, vii. 205 sq.