J Jack-in-the-Green, [148], [157] Japan, legends of, [83], [84]; paradise legend of, [141]; tree-demons of, [70]; tree-worship in, [15]; world-tree of, [118] Jinni of Arabia, the, [24], [52], [54], [94]
L Laurel, the sacred, [36], [47], [50], [59], [77], [91], [98] Life-rood, the (Lebensrute), [103], [127], [170] Life, the tree of, [15], [130], [131], [142], [170] Life-tree, the, [84], [101] Little Daedala, festival of the, [155] Ljeschi, [69]
M Mahometan paradise, the, [132], [134] Maid Marian, [158] Maundeville, Sir J., his account of paradise, [137]; his description of a tree of paradise, [143] May-bride, the, [158] May celebrations, [21], [145] et seq. “May,” the, [149], [151], [153] May-pole, the, [146], [154], [155] May queen, the, [146], [156] Melcarth, the cypress sacred to, [40] Melus, metamorphosis of, [80] Metamorphosis into trees, [77] et seq. Metempsychosis into trees, [82] et seq. Mexico, human sacrifices in, [159]; tree-symbol found in, [16]; tree-worship in, [17] Milton, his description of paradise, [135] Mistletoe, [20], [164] Mithra, [13], [40], [163] Moss-women, the, [67] Myrtle, the sacred, [13], [29], [37], [39], [86] Mulberry-tree, the, [96]
N Nakhla, sacred acacia of, [45] Nantes, tree-worship condemned by Council of, [20] Narcissus, metamorphosis of, [81] Nejrân, sacred palm of, [45], [99] New Zealand, cosmogonic legend of, [110] Nicaragua, tree-worship in, [17] Nu̔ît, a tree-goddess, [10], [25], [27], [117]; goddess of the sky, [110], [117]
O Oak, the sacred, of Ceres, [63]; of the Druids, [20]; of Esthonia, [122]; of Finland, [19], [44], [121]; of Pan, [56]; of the Roman Capitol, [25]; at Romove, [44]; of Zeus, [28], [35], [37], [93], [96], [101], [155] Olive, the, sacred to Athena, [38]; venerated by the Semites, [39], [49] Olympus, [134] Omens, tree, [101] Oracle-lots, [102] Oracles, tree, [93] et seq. Origin-myths, [73] Oschophoria, the, [48], [152] Osiris, his emblem, the Didû or Tât, [34], [117]; a tree-god, [11], [40], [159]
P Palestine, tree-demons of, [54]; tree-worship in, [7], [8] Palm-tree, the, [5], [45], [49], [88], [99] Pan, a tree-god, [31], [33], [46], [56]; the pipe of, [81] Paradise, [128] et seq.; an artificial, [143]; the earthly, [136]; trees of, [131], [142], [170] Paradise-plays, mediaeval, [169], [171] Patagonia, tree-worship in, [17] Pear-tree, the, worshipped in Circassia, [153] Permians, trees worshipped by the, [19] Persia, creation legends of, [23], [130]; haoma ritual of, [123]; tree-oracle in, [99]; tree-worship in, [13], [123]; use of branches in, [49]; world-tree of, [115], [142] Peru, wood-ghost of, [71] Pfingstl, the, [159] Phyllis, metamorphosis of, [79] Pine, the sacred, [28], [31], [56], [58], [59], [80]; venerated by the Semites, [39] Pippala, the, associated with Brahma, [14]; with Gautama, [41] Plane-tree, the, of Armavira, [99]; its connection with Pelops, [86]; with Persian kings, [13] Poland, tree-worship in, [19] Pomegranate, the, [5], [30], [80] Poplar, the, sacred to Dis, [39]; Zeus born beneath, [76] Puritans, denunciation of May-poles by, [21], [146]
R Robin Hood, king of the May, [158] Rome, grove oracle in, [100]; tree-worship in, [17], [28], [47] Romove, sacred oak of, [44] Russia, tree-demons of, [19], [66], [69]; tree-worship in, [19]; Whitsuntide custom in, [150]
S St. Mark’s, Venice, symbol of sacred tree in, [2], [5], [7] Sânchi, Buddhist sculptures at, [14], [42] Sanctuary, the tree as, [49] Sarmatia, divination in, [102] Saturnalia, the, [163], [172] Satyrs, the, [55], [56], [57] Scandinavia, world-tree of, [112] Scythia, divination in, [102] Seīrīm, “Satyrs” of the Bible, [54] Semites, tree-oracles of the, [95]; tree-worship amongst the, [7], [39]-87 Sia Indians, cosmogony of, [118] Siam, tree-worship in, [16] Sileni, the, [55], [56] Silvanus, [28], [57] Sioux, creation legend of, [74] Soma, [124], [126] Sudan, tree-worship in the, [10] Sumatra, tree-worship in, [16] Swabia, spring observances in, [160] Sweden, divination in, [105]; May observances in, [150]; tree-spirits of, [68] Switzerland, tree-demons of, [68] Sycamores, the sacred, of Egypt, [9], [25], [27], [44], [45], [118]
T Taara, a tree-god, [44] Talmud, the, paradise of, [132]; life-tree mentioned in, [85] Tammuz, [6], [11], [12], [111], [159] Tapio, [70] Tât-pillar, the, [34], [117] Tengus of Japan, the, [70] Travancore, sacred tree in, [14] Tree, the, births beneath, [76]; Chaldaean symbol of the sacred, [2], [5], [30], [88]; dressed or carved as anthropomorphic god, [27], [31], [32], [35], [103]; of the community, [86], [154]; of the family, [86], [101]; of life, [15], [130], [131], [142], [170]; lights on, [91], [171]; offerings to, [30], [45], [46]; of paradise, [131], [169]; in relation to human life, [72]; as symbol of fertility, [88]; of universe, [109] et seq., [173] Tree-deities, [9], [16], [24] et seq. Tree-demons, [16], [24], [52], [55] et seq. Tree-nymphs, [55], [56], [58], [59], [61], [62] Tree-oracles, [93] et seq. Tree-origins, [73] et seq. Tree-omens, [101] Tree-sanctuaries, [49] Tree-soul, the generalised, [90]; primitive conception of, [1] Tree-worship, in Africa, [11]; in America, [16], [17]; in Arabia, [45]; in Assyria, [6]; in Borneo, [16]; in Burma, [16]; in Canaan, [3], [8]; in Chaldaea, [4], [6], [111]; in China, [15]; in Egypt, [9], [10], [25], [45]; in England, [20]; in Esthonia, [19]; in France, [19]; in Finland, [19]; in Germany, [18]; in Greece, [17], [28], [46]; in India, [13], [14], [35], [40], [43], [64], [124]; in Japan, [15]; in Mexico, [17]; in Nicaragua, [17]; in Palestine, [3], [7], [8]; in Patagonia, [17]; in Persia, [13], [123]; in Phoenicia, [8], [12]; in Phrygia, [12]; in Poland, [19]; in Rome, [17], [46]; in Russia, [19]; in the Semitic area, [7], [39], [87]; in Siam, [16]; in the Sudan, [11]; in Sumatra, [16]; origin of, [22] Trees, Christmas flowering, [116]; legends of bleeding, [62], [63]; legends of speaking, [101] Tristram and Iseult, legend of, [82] Trophonius, oracle of, [94] Tylor, Mr. E. B., on tree-worship, [21] Tyrol, wild women of, [67]
U Upsala, sacred grove of, [43]