thought to blight the fruits of the earth, ii. 102;
fertilized by water-spirits, ii. 159 sqq., v. 213 sq., 216;
resort to graves in order to get children, v. 90;
entice souls of dead children to them, v. 94;
hope to conceive through fertilizing influence of vegetables, xi. 51.
See also [Childless]
Barrenness of women cured by passing through holed stone, v. 36, with n. 4;
removed by serpent, v. 86;
children murdered as a remedy for, v. 95
Barricading the road against a ghostly pursuer, xi. 176