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, 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, THE END
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