certain flowers at Midsummer a protection against, xi. 54, 58, 59;
the sound of bull-roarers thought to imitate, xi. 228 sqq.
See also [Lightning]
—— and lightning, imitation of, in rain-making ceremonies, i. 248, 309 sq.;
sacrifices to, v. 157; the Syrian, Assyrian, Babylonian, and Hittite god of, v. 163 sq.;
the Yule log, a protection against, x. 248, 249, 250, 252, 253, 254, 258, 264;
bonfires a protection against, x. 344;
smoke of Midsummer herbs a protection against, xi. 48;
vervain a protection against, xi. 62;
name given to bull-roarers, xi. 231 sq.