Vatican hill, evergreen oak on the, ii. 186

—— statue of Ephesian Artemis, i. 38 n. 1

Vaughan Stevens, H., on the wild tribes of the Malay region, ii. 236 n. 1

Veal eaten by Egyptian kings, iii. 13, 291

Veckenstedt, E., i. 326 n. 5

Vecoux, in the Vosges, cattle believed to talk on Christmas Eve at, x. 254

Vedas, the magical ritual of the, akin to shamanism, i. 229

Vedic age, the Aryans of the, their calendar, ix. 342

—— hymns, the fire-god Agni in the, xi. 295 sq.

—— India, consecration of the sacrificer of soma in, iii. 159 n.;