—— ilex, the evergreen oak, its acorns eaten in Spain, ii. 356
—— robur, the British oak, its diffusion in Europe, ii. 355
Querquetulani, Men of the Oak, a tribe of the Latin League, ii. 188
Quetzalcoatl, a Mexican god, ix. 281, 300;
personated by a priest, viii. 90;
man sacrificed in the character of, ix. 281 sq.
Quiches of Central America, their offerings of first-fruits, viii. 134
Quicken-tree, an English name for the rowan or mountain-ash, ix. 267 n. 1
“Quickening” heifers with a branch of rowan, ix. 266 sq.
Quilacare, in South India, suicide of the kings of, iv. 46 sq.