——mothers, tales of, v. 264;
of gods and heroes, v. 107
—— priestesses of Ephesian Artemis, i. 38;
in Peru, Mexico, and Yucatan, ii. 243 sqq.
Virginia, rites of initiation among the Indians of, xi. 266 sq.
Virginity offered to rivers, ii. 162;
test of, by blowing up a flame, ii. 239 sq., x. 139 n.;
sacrifice of, v. 60;
recovered by bathing in a spring, v. 280
Virgins plant and gather olives, ii. 107;