leaf-clad representative of the spirit of, burnt, xi. 25;
W. Mannhardt's view that the victims burnt by the Druids represented spirits of, xi. 43
Vegetation-god, Easter an old vernal [pg 511] festival of the death and resurrection of the, ix. 328
Vehicle, expulsion of evils in a material, ix. 185 sqq., 198 sqq., 224
Vehicles, material, of immaterial things (fear, misfortune, disease, etc.), ix. 1 sqq., 22 n. 2, 23 sqq.
Veil over mouth worn by Parsee priests, ii. 241, 241 n. 4
Veiling faces to avert evil influences, iii. 120 sqq.
Veils worn by candidates for initiation at Eleusis, vii. 38
“Veins of the Nile,” near Philae, offerings of money and gold thrown into the, vi. 40