Ghosts extracted from wooden posts, i. 8; fire used to get rid of, ii. 17 _sqq._; mugwort a protection against, 59; kept off by thorn bushes, 174 _sq._; creeping through cleft sticks to escape from, 174 _sqq._ Giant who had no heart in his body, stories of the, ii. 96 _sqq._, 119 _sq._; mythical, supposed to kill and resuscitate lads at initiation, 243 Giant-fennel burnt in Midsummer fire, i. 213 Giants of wicker-work at popular festivals in Europe, ii. 33 _sqq._; burnt in the summer bonfires, 38 Giggenhausen, in Bavaria, burning the Easter Man at, i. 144 Gion shrine in Japan, i. 138 Gippsland, the Kurnai of, ii. 216 Giraldus Cambrensis on transformation of witches into hares, i. 315 _n._ 1 Girdle of wolf’s hide worn by were-wolves, i. 310 _n._ 1; of St. John, mugwort, ii. 59 Girdles of mugwort worn on St. John’s Day or Eve as preservative against backache, sore eyes, ghosts, magic, and sickness, ii. 59 Girkshausen, in Westphalia, the Yule log at, i. 248 Girl at puberty said to be wounded by a snake, i. 56; to be swallowed by a serpent, 57 —— and boy produce need-fire by friction of wood, 281 Girls at puberty, secluded, i. 22 _sqq._; not allowed to touch the ground, 22, 33, 35, 36, 60; not allowed to see the sun, 22, 35, 36, 37, 41, 44, 46, 47, 68; not allowed to handle food, 23, 28, 36, 40 sq., 42; half buried in ground, 38 _sqq._; not allowed to scratch themselves with their fingers, 38, 39, 41, 42, 44, 47, 50, 53, 92; not allowed to lie down, 44; gashed on back, breast, and belly, 60; stung by ants, 61; beaten severely, 61, 66 _sq._; supposed to be attacked by a demon, 67 _sq._; not to see the sky, 69; forbidden to break bones of hares, 73 _n._ 3 Gisors, crawling through a holed stone near, ii. 188 _Givoy agon_, living fire, made by the friction of wood, i. 220 Glamorgan, the Vale of, Beltane and Midsummer fires in the, i. 154; Midsummer fires in, 201, 338 Glands, ashes of Yule log used to cure swollen, i. 251 Glanvil, Joseph, on a witch in the form of a cat, i. 317 Glass, the Magician’s or Druid’s, i. 16 Glatz, precautions against witches on Walpurgis Night in, ii. 20 _n._ Glawi, in the Atlas, New Year fires at, i. 217 Glencuaich, the hawk of, in a Celtic tale, ii. 127 _sqq._ Glenorchy, the Beltane cake in, i. 149 “Glory, the Hand of,” mandragora, ii. 316 Gloucestershire, mistletoe growing on oaks in, ii. 316 Gnabaia, a spirit who swallows and disgorges lads at initiation, ii. 235 _Gnid-eld_, need-fire, i. 280 Goajiras of Colombia, their seclusion of girls at puberty, i. 34 _n._ 1 Goatsucker or fern owl, sex totem of women, ii. 217 God, Aryan, of the thunder and the oak, i. 265 —— on Earth, title of supreme chief of the Bushongo, ii. 264 Godolphin, in Cornwall, Midsummer fires on, i. 199