O Oak, the sacred, of Ceres, 63; of the Druids, 20; of Esthonia, 122; of Finland, 19, 44, 121; of Pan, 56; of the Roman Capitol, 25; at Romove, 44; of Zeus, 28, 35, 37, 93, 96, 101, 155 Olive, the, sacred to Athena, 38; venerated by the Semites, 39, 49 Olympus, 134 Omens, tree, 101 Oracle-lots, 102 Oracles, tree, 93 _et seq._ Origin-myths, 73 Oschophoria, the, 48, 152 Osiris, his emblem, the Didû or Tât, 34, 117; a tree-god, 11, 40, 159 P Palestine, tree-demons of, 54; tree-worship in, 7, 8 Palm-tree, the, 5, 45, 49, 88, 99 Pan, a tree-god, 31, 33, 46, 56; the pipe of, 81 Paradise, 128 _et seq._; an artificial, 143; the earthly, 136; trees of, 131, 142, 170 Paradise-plays, mediaeval, 169, 171 Patagonia, tree-worship in, 17 Pear-tree, the, worshipped in Circassia, 153 Permians, trees worshipped by the, 19 Persia, creation legends of, 23, 130; haoma ritual of, 123; tree-oracle in, 99; tree-worship in, 13, 123; use of branches in, 49; world-tree of, 115, 142 Peru, wood-ghost of, 71 Pfingstl, the, 159 Phyllis, metamorphosis of, 79 Pine, the sacred, 28, 31, 56, 58, 59, 80; venerated by the Semites, 39 Pippala, the, associated with Brahma, 14; with Gautama, 41 Plane-tree, the, of Armavira, 99; its connection with Pelops, 86; with Persian kings, 13 Poland, tree-worship in, 19 Pomegranate, the, 5, 30, 80 Poplar, the, sacred to Dis, 39; Zeus born beneath, 76 Puritans, denunciation of May-poles by, 21, 146 R Robin Hood, king of the May, 158 Rome, grove oracle in, 100; tree-worship in, 17, 28, 47 Romove, sacred oak of, 44 Russia, tree-demons of, 19, 66, 69; tree-worship in, 19; Whitsuntide custom in, 150 S St. Mark’s, Venice, symbol of sacred tree in, 2, 5, 7 Sânchi, Buddhist sculptures at, 14, 42 Sanctuary, the tree as, 49 Sarmatia, divination in, 102 Saturnalia, the, 163, 172 Satyrs, the, 55, 56, 57 Scandinavia, world-tree of, 112 Scythia, divination in, 102 _Seīrīm_, “Satyrs” of the Bible, 54 Semites, tree-oracles of the, 95; tree-worship amongst the, 7, 39-87 Sia Indians, cosmogony of, 118 Siam, tree-worship in, 16 Sileni, the, 55, 56 Silvanus, 28, 57 Sioux, creation legend of, 74 Soma, 124, 126 Sudan, tree-worship in the, 10 Sumatra, tree-worship in, 16 Swabia, spring observances in, 160 Sweden, divination in, 105; May observances in, 150; tree-spirits of, 68 Switzerland, tree-demons of, 68 Sycamores, the sacred, of Egypt, 9, 25, 27, 44, 45, 118