dread of menstruous, x. 76 sqq.;
at menstruation painted red, x. 78;
leap over Midsummer bonfires to ensure an easy delivery, x. 194, 339;
fertilized by tree-spirits, xi. 22;
creep through a rifted rock to obtain an easy delivery, xi. 189;
not allowed to see bull-roarers, xi. 234, 235, 242.
See also [Barren], [Childless], [Menstruous], [Pregnant], and [Sacred women]
Women, barren, thought to sterilize gardens, i. 142;
tied to wild fig-trees to be fertilized by them, ii. 316;
passed through holed stones as cure for barrenness, v. 36, with n. 4, xi. 187;