Fürstenwalde, harvest ceremonies in, ii. 7 Gablingen, harvest customs in, ii. 13 Galela, ceremony at the initiation of boys amongst the, ii. 353 Galicia, harvest customs in, ii. 8 Gall-bladder the special seat of courage amongst the Chinese, ii. 87 Gareloch, Dumbartonshire, harvest customs on some farms on the, i. 345 Garos, rain-charm used by the, i. 18 Georgia, rain-charm in, i. 17 Germany—German peasants and a whirlwind, i. 30; sacred groves common amongst the ancient Germans, i. 58; ceremony on felling a tree, i. 64; rain-charm, i. 93; custom after a death, i. 147; superstition regarding the knife, i. 177; superstition concerning hair cutting, i. 196, 199; harvest custom, i. 337, 345, 374, 375; ii. 9; harvest cries, i. 408, 409; way to free a garden from caterpillars, ii. 130; beating as a charm, ii. 216, 217; oak the sacred tree, ii. 291; oak log burnt on Midsummer Day, ii. 294; the external soul in German stories, ii. 310-312 Gervasius, rain spring mentioned by, i. 19 Ghosts, the soul carried off by, i. 129-132; annual expulsion of the ghosts of the dead, ii. 163 Giant, sham, procession and burning of the, ii. 280-282 Gilgit, ceremony on felling a tree in, i. 65; sacred cedar of, i. 69 _sq._; harvest custom at, ii. 73, 74 Gilyak sacrifice of the bear, ii. 105-107 Girls secluded at puberty, ii. 225-247; reason for, ii. 238-242; not allowed to touch the ground or see the sun, ii. 225-253; traces in folk tales of the rule which forbids girls at puberty to see the sun, ii. 235-237 Goat, the, sacred, ii. 56, 63; Dionysus as a, i. 326-328; ii. 34-37; the corn-spirit as a, ii. 12-19 God, killing the, i. 213; ii. 218-222; killing a god in animal form, i. 327, 328; motives for killing the god, i. 214-216 God’s Mouth, the name of the supreme ruler of the old Prussians, i. 223 Gods die and are buried, i. 213, 214 —— incarnate, slain, ii. 218-222 Gold Coast, sacrifices of the negroes of the, i. 67; their superstition with regard to iron, i. 173 Golden Bough, Turner’s picture of the, i. 1; legend of the, i. 4; the representative of the tree-spirit, i. 107; between heaven and earth, ii. 223-243; what was it, ii. 224; the Golden Bough is the mistletoe, ii. 363, 368; why was the mistletoe called the Golden Bough, ii. 365; the Golden Bough an emanation of the sun’s fire, ii. 367 Goldi sacrifice of the bear, ii. 107, 108 Gommern, harvest festival at, i. 370 Gonds, human sacrifices by the, i. 252, 384; mock-human sacrifices, i. 252; scapegoats amongst the, ii. 200 Good Friday custom, ii. 216 Gout transferred from a man to a tree, ii. 153 Grand Lama, death and reappearance of the, i. 42, 43; and the shadow of Sankara, i. 142 Grandmother, a name given to the last sheaf, i. 336 Granny, a name given to the last sheaf, i. 336 Grass king, i. 91-93, 247 Grätz, midsummer custom in, ii. 267