iv. 92;

his sacrifice of children of living parents, vi. 248

——, sun-god at Emesa, v. 35

Heliopolis (the Egyptian), Tum the god of, i. 419; the gods of, ii. 131; wine not to be taken into the temple at, iii. 249 _n._ 2; the mummy of Toumou at, iv. 5; Mnevis the sacred bull of, iv. 72, viii. 34; trial of the dead Osiris before the gods at, vi. 17

—— (Baalbec), in Syria, v. 163 _n._ 2; sacred prostitution at, i. 30 _n._ 3, v. 37, 58

Hell-broth in rain-charm, i. 352

—— -fire in Catholic and Protestant theology, iv. 136

“—— -gate of Ireland,” x. 226

Helle and Phrixus, the children of King Athamas, iv. 161 _sqq._

Hellebore, curses at cutting, i. 281

Helmsdale, in Sutherland, need-fire at, x. 295

Helpful animals in fairy tales, xi. 107, 117, 120, 127 _sqq._, 130, 132, 133, 139 _n._ 2, 140 _sq._, 149

Hemingway, Mr., on unlucky marriages in India, ii. 57 _n._ 4

Hemithea, her sanctuary at Castabus, viii. 24 _n._ 5, 85

Hemlock as an anaphrodisiac, ii. 138, 139 _n._ 1; burned on May Day as a protection against witches, ix. 158 _sq._

Hemlock branch, external soul of ogress in a, xi. 152

—— branches, passing through a ring of, in time of sickness, xi. 186

—— stone in Nottinghamshire, x. 157

Hemorrhoids, root of orpine a cure for, xi. 62 _n._

Hemp, homoeopathic magic to promote the growth of, i. 137 _sq._; augury as to the height of the, ix. 315; dances to make hemp grow tall, ix. 315; intoxication of women to make hemp grow tall, x. 109; leaping over the Midsummer bonfire to make the hemp grow tall, x. 166, 168

Hemp dance on Shrove Tuesday, i. 138

—— seed, divination by, at Hallowe’en, x. 235, 241, 245

Hen sacrificed by woodman after felling tree, ii. 14; soul in form of, iii. 42 _n._; heart of, not eaten, viii. 142, 147. _See also_ Hens

—— and chickens imitated by a woman and her children at Christmas, x. 260

Hen’s egg, external soul of giant in a, xi. 140 _sq._

Henderson, William, on need-fire, x. 288 _sq._; on a remedy for cattle-disease, x. 296 _n._ 1; on burnt sacrifice of ox, x. 301

Henna, image of Demeter at, vii. 65

Hennepin, L., on the New Year festival of the Iroquois, ix. 128 _n._

Heno, the thunder-spirit of the Iroquois, ii. 369 _sq._

Henry II., Hampstead in the reign of, ii. 7; at Rouen, ii. 164, 165

Hens not eaten lest they make the eaters timid, viii. 140, 142, 147; the straw of the Shrovetide Bear supposed to make the hens lay eggs, viii. 326. _See also_ Hen

Henshaw, Richard, on external or bush souls in Calabar, xi. 205 _sq._

Hepding, H., on Attis, v. 263 _n._ 1; on Catullus’s poem _Attis_, v. 270 _n._ 2; on the bath of Cybele’s image, v. 280

Hephaestion, funeral games in honour of, iv. 95

Hephaestius, a Greek month, vii. 46 _n._ 2

Hephaestus, the Greek fire-god, reputed father of Erichthonius, ii. 199; (Ptah), temple of, at Memphis, iv. 259 _n._ 1; and hot springs, v. 209; said to have killed Adonis, viii. 23; worshipped in Lemnos, x. 138

Hephaestus and Talos, iv. 74

Heqet, Egyptian frog-goddess, vi. 9 _n._

Hera, her adoption of Hercules, i. 74; the love of Zeus for, i. 161; as an oak-goddess, ii. 142, 142 _n._ 2; race of girls in honour of, at Olympia, iv. 91; the sister of her husband Zeus, iv. 194; represented wearing a goat’s skin, vii. 23 _n._ 4

——, Argive, her sacred grove among the Veneti, i. 27

—— the Flowery at Argos, ii. 143 _n._ 2

—— and Hercules, i. 74

—— and Zeus, their sacred marriage, ii. 137 _n._ 1, 140 _sq._, 142 _sq._,