G Gautama, 14, 41, 43, 76, 116; and the Indian shot, 82 Germany, autumn festival in, 163, 166, 170; Christmas-tree in, 165; divination in, 102, 105; May customs in, 150, 155; tree-demons of, 19, 66; tree-worship in, 18 Gilgames, 119, 137 Gilgit, sacred cedar of, 90 Glastonbury thorn, the, 166, 168 God, the, and the tree, 24 _et seq._ Gods, food of the, 113, 114, 122 Greece, creation legends of, 74; harvest customs of, 151; paradise legends of, 131; tree-worship in, 12, 17, 28, 46 Green ladies, the, 68 H Hamadryads, the, 57, 58 Haoma, 13, 123, 130 Harvest May, the, 151, 173 Hāthor, a tree-goddess, 9, 10, 25 Helen, sacred tree of, 18, 31 Hera, 29, 32, 76, 155 Hermes, 79; birth of, 76 Hesperides, trees of the, 101, 119, 136 I Iceland, paradise legend of, 138 India, paradise legend of, 129; soma ritual of, 124; tree-worship in, 13, 14, 35, 40, 43, 64; world-tree of, 115 Indra, the paradise of, 129; and the soma, 125 Irmensûl, the, 120 Israelites, tree-worship amongst, 3, 8; use of branches by, 48 Istar, 6, 8, 30, 88 Italy, modern belief in wood-spirits in, 58; tree-oracles in, 100; tree-worship in, 12, 17, 28, 37, 47 J Jack-in-the-Green, 148, 157 Japan, legends of, 83, 84; paradise legend of, 141; tree-demons of, 70; tree-worship in, 15; world-tree of, 118 _Jinni_ of Arabia, the, 24, 52, 54, 94 L Laurel, the sacred, 36, 47, 50, 59, 77, 91, 98 Life-rood, the (Lebensrute), 103, 127, 170 Life, the tree of, 15, 130, 131, 142, 170 Life-tree, the, 84, 101 Little Daedala, festival of the, 155 Ljeschi, 69 M Mahometan paradise, the, 132, 134 Maid Marian, 158 Maundeville, Sir J., his account of paradise, 137; his description of a tree of paradise, 143 May-bride, the, 158 May celebrations, 21, 145 _et seq._ “May,” the, 149, 151, 153 May-pole, the, 146, 154, 155 May queen, the, 146, 156 Melcarth, the cypress sacred to, 40 Melus, metamorphosis of, 80 Metamorphosis into trees, 77 _et seq._ Metempsychosis into trees, 82 _et seq._ Mexico, human sacrifices in, 159; tree-symbol found in, 16; tree-worship in, 17 Milton, his description of paradise, 135 Mistletoe, 20, 164 Mithra, 13, 40, 163 Moss-women, the, 67 Myrtle, the sacred, 13, 29, 37, 39, 86 Mulberry-tree, the, 96 N Nakhla, sacred acacia of, 45 Nantes, tree-worship condemned by Council of, 20 Narcissus, metamorphosis of, 81 Nejrân, sacred palm of, 45, 99 New Zealand, cosmogonic legend of, 110 Nicaragua, tree-worship in, 17 Nu̔ît, a tree-goddess, 10, 25, 27, 117; goddess of the sky, 110, 117