inoculation among the, viii. 159;

seclusion of girls at puberty among the, x. 28, 29

Barren cattle driven through fire, x. 203, 338

—— fruit-trees threatened in order to make them bear fruit, ii. 20 sqq.

—— women, charms to procure offspring for, i. 70 sqq.;

sterilizing influence ascribed to, i. 142;

embrace a tree to obtain offspring, i. 182;

thought to conceive through eating nuts of a palm-tree, ii. 51;

fertilized by trees, ii. 56 sq., 316 sq.;