The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 12 of 12)

by James George Frazer

the cultivation of the staple food in the hands of women (Pelew Islands), vi. 206 sq.;

their social importance increased by the combined influence of mother-kin and landed property, vi. 209;

their legal superiority to men in ancient Egypt, vi. 214;

priests dressed as, vi. 253 sq.;

dressed as men, vi. 255 n. 1, 257, 262 sqq., 263;

milk cows, vii. 118;

influence of corn-spirit on, vii. 168;

swear by the Pleiades, vii. 311;

thought to have no soul, viii. 148;

ceremonies performed by, to rid the fields of vermin, viii. 279 sq.;