Mistletoe, the, worshipped by the Celts and gathered by the Druids, ii. 285, 286, 288, 289, 295; gathered on Midsummer Eve, ii. 286 _sq._; qualities of, ii. 289; viewed as the seat of life, ii. 295; life of the oak in the, ii. 360, 361; not allowed to touch the ground, ii. 361; a protection against witchcraft, ii. 362; the Golden Bough the, ii. 363, 368; reason it was called the Golden Bough, ii. 365; why called golden, ii. 366, 367; divining rods made from, in Sweden, ii. 367; gathered at midsummer and Christmas, ii. 367 Mithraic mysteries, ii. 358 Mnevis, the bull, ii. 60, 61 Moa, expulsion of diseases to sea by the, ii. 192 Mock executions, i. 261 —— human sacrifices, i. 250-253 Mole, Le, i. 5 Moluccas, festivals in the, i. 40; treatment of clove-trees in blossom in the, i. 60; soul abduction in the, i. 133, 134; ceremony in the, after a journey, i. 158 Mondard, the great, ii. 40 Mongolians, stuffing the skin of a sacrificed animal by the, ii. 124 Mongols, the, and the soul, i. 128 Monomotapa, precautions taken for the king of, i. 159 Montalto, Mid Lent custom in, i. 262 Mooris, custom at births by the, ii. 329 Moosheim, fire festival at, ii. 278 Moqui Indians, belief in the transmigration of human souls into turtles held by the, ii. 98, 99; totem clans of the, ii. 99 Moresby, Captain, at Shepherd’s Isle, i. 152, 153 Morocco, iron a protection against demons in, i. 175; ants eaten in, ii. 87; diverting evil spirits in, ii. 151 Mother-cotton, the, i. 353 —— of the maize, i. 350-352 Motumotu theory of storms, i. 27 ——, the soul believed to be in the reflection by the, i. 145 Mowat, the chief of, supposed to have power of affecting crops, etc., i. 46; boys beaten to make them grow in, ii. 216 Mozcas, weather kings of the, i. 44 Muato Jamwo, a capital offence to see him eat, i. 162 Mundaris, sacred groves of the, i. 63; superstition concerning the felling of sacred groves, i. 67; harvest festival, ii. 172 Mundas, ceremony at the planting of the rice by the, i. 288, 289 Munster, rain fountain in, i. 19 Münsterland, Easter fires in, ii. 252, 253 Murrain, cure for the, ii. 191 Murrams of Manipur, restrictions of food among the, i. 208 Muyscas, weather kings of the, i. 44 Nagual, the, of the Indians of Guatemala, ii. 333, 334 Nails, cutting the, i. 195, 196; burying the first cuttings of a child’s, i. 201; cuttings of, preserved, i. 202-205 Namaquas, foods eaten and rejected by the, ii. 86 Nanumea, precautions against strangers in the island of, i. 151 Narrinyeri and their totems, i. 165, 166 Nass River, Indians of the, and the recall of the soul, i. 140, 141 Natchez, harvest festival by the, ii. 382-384 Nature, kings of, i. 52; dependence of, upon the divine king, i. 109 Nauders, sacred larch-tree at, i. 61, 62 Naudowessies, initiatory ceremony amongst the, ii. 350 Navarre, rain-making in, i. 15 Ndembo, the, ii. 345