[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] K [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] Q [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] X [Y] [Z]
A Acacia, the, [11], [39], [40], [45] Accadians, the, [2], [4], [6], [111], [133] Acis, metamorphosis of, [81] Adonis, [11], [75], [81], [159] Aesculapius, laurel sacred to, [37] Alexander the Great, and the flower-maidens, [60]; and the Persian tree-oracles, [99] Ama-ravati, Buddhist sculptures at, [14] Ambrosia, [126] America, tree-worship in, [16], [17] Amrita, [125] Aphrodite, [30], [32], [46], [81], [88]; apples sacred to, [37]; myrtle sacred to, [37] Apollo, [47], [76], [98], [99]; and Daphne, [77]; laurel sacred to, [36], [47], [50], [77] Apples, sacred to Aphrodite, [37]; of Hesperides, [119] Arabia, the Jinni of, [24], [52], [54], [94]; tree-oracles in, [99], [102]; tree-worship in, [45] Argo, oracular beam of the, [98] Armenia, tree-oracles in, [99]; use of branches in, [49] Artemis, [49], [76]; a vegetation deity, [29], [88]; sacred tree of, [45], [49] Ashêra, the, [8], [88], [96] Assyria, tree-worship in, [5], [6], [88] Astarte, [8], [30], [87]; the cypress sacred to, [40] Athena, [152]; the olive sacred to, [38] Athens, festivals at, [48], [151] Atlantis, the lost, [139] Atlas, Mount, [110], [119], [135], [136] Attis, a tree-god, [11], [75], [80], [81], [154], [159] Auxerre, sacred tree of, [20] Avalon, the isle of, [140]
B Babylonia, tree-worship in, [6]; mountain worship in, [112]; world-tree of, [111] Banian, the, [42], [64], [76] Basil, Holy, of India, [43] Baucis and Philemon, metamorphosis of, [79] Bavaria, Whitsuntide custom in, [159] Beech, the sacred, [46] Bharhut, Buddhist sculptures at, [15], [40], [42] Bo-tree, the, [40], [116] Bodhi-trees of the Buddhas, [40] Borneo, tree-worship in, [16] Bötticher, general conclusion of, regarding tree-worship, [21] Brahma, [14], [43], [115] Branches forced into flower at Christmas, [170]; religious use of, [13], [36], [37], [38], [47], [48], [91] Brittany, use of laurel branch in, [91] Buddhas, the Bodhi-trees of the, [40] Buddhism, tree-worship and, [14], [40], [110], [116], [142] Burma, tree worship in, [16]; tree-spirits of, [65]
C Canaan, tree-worship in, [3], [8], [88]; tree-oracles in, [95] Canute forbids tree-worship, [20] Carinthia, Green George of, [157] Cedar, the sacred, [7], [39], [40], [99], [95] Centaurs, the, [55], [56] Ceres, sacred grove of, [63] Chaldaea, cosmogony of, [113]; demons of, [53]; divination in, [105]; illustrious mounds of, [112]; oracles of, [95], [99]; tree-worship in, [4], [6]; world-tree of, [111] Charlemagne destroys the Irmensûl, [120] China, divination in, [105]; legends of, [83]; paradise legends of, [133]; tree-worship in, [15]; world-tree of, [118] Christmas observances, [162] et seq. Christmas-tree, introduction into England of, [165]; origin in Germany of, [165] Churches, decoration of, at Christmas, [164] Circassia, pear-tree worshipped in, [153] Clymene, the daughters of, [78] Clytia, metamorphosis of, [80] Columbus and the earthly paradise, [141] Cronos, [163]; a vegetation deity, [29] Cybele, [12], [30], [75], [81] Cyclops, the, [55], [56] Cypress, the sacred, [5], [13], [17], [39], [40], [51], [89], [131]
D Damaras, creation legend of the, [74] Daphne, [94]; metamorphosis of, [77] Daphnephoria, the, [47] Delphi, sacred laurel of, [36], [47], [50], [77], [98]; oracle of, [36], [50], [77], [94], [98], [102] Didû, the, emblem of Osiris, [34], [117] Dionysus, fruit-tree dressed as, [31], [33]; sacred tree of, [27]; a tree deity, [11], [12], [31], [32], [39], [48], [49], [57], [126], [159] Divination in Germany, [102]; by leaves, [107]; by roots, [106]; in Sarmatia, [102]; in Scythia, [102]; in Sweden, [105] Divining rod, the, [103] et seq. Dodona, oracular oak of, [28], [36], [93], [96], [98], [102] Druids, the, [20], [35], [103], [105], [161], [164] Dryads, the, [55], [58], [63] Dusares and the vine, [40]
E Ea, [7], [95], [111]; sacred cedar of, [40], [131] Eddas, the, account of man’s origin in, [73]; description of Yggdrasil in, [112] Egypt, sacred sycamores of, [9], [25], [27], [44], [45]; tree-demons of, [55]; tree-worship in, [9], [10], [25], [45]; world-tree of, [110], [117] Eiresione, the, [48], [151], [173]; addressed as a person, [153] Elves, [24], [52], [63], [65] England, Christmas-tree in, [165]; May celebrations in, [144] et seq.; tree-worship in, [20] Esdras, paradise of, [131] Esthonia, tree-worship in, [19], [44]; world-tree of, [122]
F Fairies, the, [65] Fauns, the, [55], [58] Faunus, grove oracles of, [100] Fertility, the tree as genius of, [87], [153] Ficus ruminalis, the, [76], [86] Fig-tree, the, associated with the silvani, [58]; carved as Pan, [33]; spirit of, [58] Finland, tree-spirits of, [70]; tree-worship in, [19]; world-tree of, [120] Flower-maidens, the, [60] France, divination in, [105]; harvest custom in, [150]; tree-worship in, [19]
G Gautama, [14], [41], [43], [76], [116]; and the Indian shot, [82] Germany, autumn festival in, [163], [166], [170]; Christmas-tree in, [165]; divination in, [102], [105]; May customs in, [150], [155]; tree-demons of, [19], [66]; tree-worship in, [18] Gilgames, [119], [137] Gilgit, sacred cedar of, [90] Glastonbury thorn, the, [166], [168] God, the, and the tree, [24] et seq. Gods, food of the, [113], [114], [122] Greece, creation legends of, [74]; harvest customs of, [151]; paradise legends of, [131]; tree-worship in, [12], [17], [28], [46] Green ladies, the, [68]
H Hamadryads, the, [57], [58] Haoma, [13], [123], [130] Harvest May, the, [151], [173] Hāthor, a tree-goddess, [9], [10], [25] Helen, sacred tree of, [18], [31] Hera, [29], [32], [76], [155] Hermes, [79]; birth of, [76] Hesperides, trees of the, [101], [119], [136]
I Iceland, paradise legend of, [138] India, paradise legend of, [129]; soma ritual of, [124]; tree-worship in, [13], [14], [35], [40], [43], [64]; world-tree of, [115] Indra, the paradise of, [129]; and the soma, [125] Irmensûl, the, [120] Israelites, tree-worship amongst, [3], [8]; use of branches by, [48] Istar, [6], [8], [30], [88] Italy, modern belief in wood-spirits in, [58]; tree-oracles in, [100]; tree-worship in, [12], [17], [28], [37], [47]