traditionary death of Asiatic kings and heroes on a, ix. 387, 388, 389 sqq.
—— or Torch, name of great festival at the Syrian Hierapolis, v. 146, ix. 392
Pyrenees, prehistoric cave-paintings in the, i. 87 n. 1;
tree burned on Midsummer Eve in the, ii. 141;
Midsummer fires in the French, x. 193
Pyrites, iron, fire made by means of, ii. 258
Pythagoras, his maxim about footprints, i. 211;
his maxim as to bodily impressions on bed-clothes, i. 213;
superstitious nature of the maxims attributed to, i. 213 sq., iii. 314 n. 2;
his epitaph on the tomb of Apollo at Delphi, iv. 4;