Grimm, J., on need-fire, i. 270 _n._, 272 _sq._; on the relation of the Midsummer fires to Balder, ii. 87 _n._ 6; on the sanctity of the oak, 89; on the oak and lightning, 300 Grisons, threatening a mist in the, i. 280 Grizzly Bear clan, ii. 274 Groot, J. J. M. de, on mugwort in China, ii. 60 Grottkau, precautions against witches in, ii. 20 _n._ Ground, sacred persons not allowed to set foot on, i. 2 _sqq._; not to sit on bare, 4, 5, 12; girls at puberty not allowed to touch the, 22, 33, 35, 36, 60; magical plants not to touch the, ii. 51; mistletoe not allowed to touch the, 280 Grouse clan, ii. 273 Grove, Miss Florence, on withered mistletoe, ii. 287 _n._ 1 Grove, Balder’s, i. 104, ii. 315; sacred grove of Nemi, 315; soul of chief in sacred, 161. _See also_ Arician Grubb, Rev. W. B., i. 57 _n._ 1 Grün, in Bohemia, mountain arnica gathered at Midsummer at, ii. 58 _n._ 1 Guacheta in Colombia, i. 74 Guaranis of Brazil, their seclusion of girls at puberty, i. 56 Guaraunos of the Orinoco, uncleanness of menstruous women among the, i. 85 _sq._ Guardian angels, afterbirth and navel-string regarded as a man’s, ii. 162 _n._ 2 —— spirit, afterbirth and seed regarded as, ii. 223 _n._ 2; acquired in a dream, 256 _sq._ Guatemala, the _nagual_ or external soul among the Indians of, ii. 212 _sq._ Guatusos of Costa Rica, use of bull-roarers among the, ii. 230 _n._ Guayquiries of the Orinoco, their beliefs as to menstruous women, i. 85 Guelphs, the oak of the, ii. 166 Guiana, British, the Macusis of, i. 60; ordeals undergone by young men among the Indians of, 63 _sq._ ——, French, the Wayanas of, i. 63 _Guizing_ at Christmas in Lerwick, i. 268 _sq._ Guleesh and the fairies at Hallowe’en, i. 277 _sq._ Gunn, David, kindles need-fire, i. 291 Guns fired to drive away witches, ii. 74 Gwalior, Holi fires in, ii. 2 Hadji Mohammad shoots a were-wolf, i. 312 _sq._ Haida Indians of Queen Charlotte Islands, girls at puberty secluded among the, i. 44 _sq._ Hail, bonfires thought to protect fields against, i. 344; ceremonies to avert, 144, 145; Midsummer fires a protection against, 176; mountain arnica a protection against, ii. 57 _sq._ —— and thunderstorms caused by witches, i. 344 Hainan, island, i. 137 Hainaut, province of Belgium, fire customs in, i. 108; procession of giants in, ii. 36 Hair, unguent for, i. 14; prohibition to cut, 28; of girls at puberty shaved, 31, 56, 57, 59; Hindoo ritual of cutting a child’s, 99 _n._ 2; of the Virgin or St. John looked for in ashes of Midsummer fire, 182 _sq._, 190, 191; external soul in, ii. 103 _sq._, 148; strength of people bound up with their, 158 _sq._; of criminals, witches, and wizards shorn to make them confess, 158 _sq._; of children tied to trees, 165; of novices cut at initiation, 245, 251 —— and nails of child buried under a tree, ii. 161