Vallabhacharyas or Maharajas, a Hindoo sect, believe that barren women can be fertilized by bathing in a sacred well, ii. 160;

men assimilated to women in the, vi. 254.

See also [Maharajas]

Vailancey, General Charles, on Hallowe'en customs in Ireland, x. 241 sq.

Vallée des Bagnes, cursing a mist in the, x. 280

Vallericcia, near the Alban Lake, archaic Greek relief found in the, i. 11 n. 1

Valley of Hinnom, sacrifices of children to Moloch in the, iv. 169, v. 178

—— of the Kings of Thebes, vi. 90

—— of Poison, in Java, v. 203 sq.

Vampyres, charms against, ix. 153 n. 1;