Volders, in the Tyrol, custom at threshing at, vii. 224
Volga, sacred groves among the tribes of the, ii. 10;
the Cheremiss of the, viii. 51, x. 181
Volksmarsen in Hesse, Easter fires at, x. 140
Volos, the beard of, name given to unreaped patches of corn in Russia, vii. 233
Voluntary human victims at religious rites, iv. 140 sq., 143 sq., 145;
substitutes for capital punishment in China, iv. 145 sq., 273 sqq.
Voluspa, the Sibyl's prophecy in the, x. 102 sq.
Vomiting, homoeopathic cure for, i. 84;
as a religious rite, viii. 73, 75