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