Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics / Embracing the Myths, Traditions, Superstitions, and Folk-Lore of the Plant Kingdom

General Index.

Aaron, 130, 342, 501
Abraham, 20, 61, 561
Adam, 115, 240, 311, 335, 362, 456, 475, 501
Adam in Eden, 15
Adam Tree of, 17, et seq.
Africans, 80
All Saints’, or All Hallows’, Day, 60
Almanacks, 137, 167
Animal-bearing Tree, 210
Animals, 145, et seq.
Annunciation, 56, 269
Anthropological Trees, 116
Antiochus Epiphanes, 27
Antony, 27, 517, 522
Apollo, 24, 295, 384, 481, 560
Apple Lore, 217
Argonauts, 81, 249, 408, 465
Arvales, 292, 335
Ascension Day, 58, 213
Asgard, 9
Asherah, 6
Asoka, 5, 229
Assyrians, 24, 346, 387
Assyrians, Sacred Tree of the, 6
Astrology, 164
Asvattha, 5, 236
Atalanta, 477
Augury by Birds, 138
Avalon, 9, 218, 490

Bacchus, 25, 388, 435, 496, 499, 517
Baldr, 24
Balm, 123, 124, 239
Barnacle Tree, 118
Barometz, 121, 243
Battle Field Flowers, 505, 524, 549
Bertha, 24, 40, 339
Bethlehem, 41, 43
Birds, 137, et seq.
Black Dwarfs, 67
Bongos, 80
Brahma, 22, 106, 180, 252, 419
Bridal Floral Ceremonies, 33
Buddha, 4, 229, 241, 419, 490, 538
Buddhists, 4, 5, 22, 293, 300, 419, 490, 538, 539
Buddhists, World Tree of the, 4
Bujan, 10
Burial Customs, 194, 196, 497
Burmans, 22, 79, 268
Butterfly Tree, 121

Calumny-destroyer, 109
Calvary, 48, 228, 375, 479, 550
Candlemas Day, 256, 546
Centaurs, 25
Cerberus, 94
Ceremonies, Floral, 26, et seq.
Ceres, 25, 292, 306, 455, 458, 500, 504
Chaldæans, 107, 113, 176, 294
Chaplets, 36
Charles II., 471
Charms and Spells, 96, 234, 259, 261, 287, 288, 309, 313, 318, et seq., 327, 332, 339, 349, 357, 364, 368, 369, 370, 372, 377, 383, 396, 399, 400, 407, 417, 427, 431, 439, 442, 450, 460, 463, 489, 490, 493, 498, 506, 511, 512, 523, 527, 528, 530, 532, 537, 554, 564, 567, 573
Cheese-colouring, 249
Chinese, 23, 113, 117, 178, 226, 240, 241, 271, 289, 351, 425, 437, 459
Chiron, 25, 277
Christian Church, Plants of the, 40, 55, 57, 440, 533
Christmas, 44, 60, 377, 462
Christmas-tree, 337
Churchyards, 192, 590
Circe, 91, 94, 325, 358, 426
Cleopatra, 27, 517, 522
Coffins, 192
Corn Spirits, 81
Corpus Christi Day, 59
Corpus Domini Procession, 32
Cosmogonic Trees, 1–8
Cross Oaks, 61, 469
Cross, Wood of the, 46, 273, 304, 386, 471, 475, 483, 503, 530
Crown of Thorns, 44, 359, 377, 512, 524, 564
Crucifixion, 47, 374, 385, 479
Cruciform Flowers, 55, 180
Cuckoo, 137, 300
Cupid, 267, 305, 517, 579
Cybele, 24, 28, 292, 517

Danes, 310, 479, 546
David, 17, 303
Dead Sea Fruit, 124, 225
Dead, The, 193, 230, 246, 247, 248, 358, 488
Death Portents, 198
Deborah, 190, 464
Dedication, Feast of, 57
Demons, 4, 16, 80, 83, 279, 331, 336, 396, 451, 490, 534
Devil, Plants of the, 82, et seq., 332, 462, 472, 549
Dew, 30, 59
Diana, 24, 228, 440, 444
Dictionary of Flowers, 185
Disease-bearing Trees, 81, 97, 259, 386, 470
Distillatory Plant, 127
Divination by Plants, 52, 101, 108, 138, 188, 221, 231, 248, 258, 264, 290, 291, 294, 295, 309, 370, 377, 381, 383, 398, 446, 450, 462, 476, 479, 489, 498, 504, 506, 513, 522, 523, 527, 535, 537, 563
Divining Rod, 113, 354, 363, 501
Doctrine of Plant Signatures, 154, et seq.
Dragons, 152, 314
Dream-procuring Plants, 102, 105, 107, 324
Dreams, 211, 225, 226, 249, 257, 260, 265, 271, 280, 288, 290, 295, 300, 301, 306, 308, 310, 322, 336, 337, 338, 349, 355, 357, 364, 372, 385, 392, 397, 408, 413, 429, 433, 436, 449, 452, 457, 460, 461, 463, 472, 473, 476, 477, 478, 483, 486, 490, 497, 499, 502, 508, 509, 510, 511, 512, 524, 527, 534, 559, 560, 563, 565, 571, 578, 581, 582, 585, 587, 588, 589, 592
Druids, 107, 113, 137, 181, 218, 250, 289, 441, 467, 529, 539, 542, 573
Dryads, 74, 307

Easter, 58, 486
Ecstasies, 105, 178, 371, 406
Eden, 11
Egyptians, 23, 26, 105, 181, 195, 215, 299, 346, 349, 371, 373, 387, 421, 459, 476, 485, 488, 553, 560
Eiresione, 31, 32
Elder Mother, 80, 318
Elder Queen, 80, 318
Eleusinian Mysteries, 292
Elves, 64, et seq., 318, 470
Elysian Fields, 189, 457
Embalming, 178, 195
Eve, 15, 16, 18, 240, 362
Evil Eye, 91, 102, 108, 110, 212, 227, 253, 333, 357, 450, 509, 513, 529, 532

Fabulous, Wondrous, and Miraculous Plants, 116, et seq.
Fairies, 50, 64, et seq., 264, 288, 333, 344, 356, 361, 526, 538, 566
Fairy Revels, 67
Fairy Plants, 69
Fairy Unguent, 71
Fates, The, 25, 385, 426, 458
Father Garnet’s Straw, 134, et seq.
Fauns, 74, 497
Festaroli, 39
Festivals, Floral, 34
Festivals, Church, 57
Fijians, 290
Fire, 236, 347, 359, 376, 394, 396, 460, 467, 480, 489, 501, 513, 514, 540, 543, 552
Fire Generator, 236, 491, 539
Flora, 28
Floralia, Festival of, 29
Floral Ceremonies, Wreaths, and Garlands, 26, et seq.
Floral Symbols, 180
Floral Games and Festivals, 34, 212, 520
Floral Vocabulary, 185
Flowers, Dictionary of, 185
Flowers of the Saints, 53, et seq.
Flowers of the Church’s Festivals, 57, et seq.
Forbidden Fruit, 16
Frau Holda’s Tree, 7
Freemasonry, 195, 295
Freyja, 24, 40, 42, 499
Frigg, 24, 440, 479, 556
Funeral Pyre, 39, 195, 359
Funeral Trees and Plants, 189, et seq., 473, 485, 494, 497, 503, 504, 507, 522, 525, 544
Furies, The, 25

Games, Greek and Roman, 38
Gandharvas, 25, 236, 548
Garland of Julia, 184
Garlands, Chaplets, and Wreaths, 36, et seq.
Garnet’s Straw, 134
Garofalo, 270
Gipsies, 47
Glastonbury, 63, 352, 362
Gold, 111
Golden Herb, 289, 542
Golden Apple, 123, 477, 501, 508
Golden Rose, 518
Good Friday, 44, 254
Goose Tree, 118
Gospel Oaks, 60, 468
Graces, The, 517
Graves, 193, 379, 485
Greeks, Mother Tree of the, 6
Greeks, Floral Ceremonies of the, 27
Greeks, Games of the, 38
Greeks, Passion for Flowers among the, 177
Greeks, Sacred Plants of the, 24
Greeks, Wreaths and Garlands of the, 37
Groves, Sacred, 76

Hags, 91, 94, 97, 358, 449
Hallowe’en, 220, 264, 462
Hamadryads, 74
Haoma, 5, 9, 378
Hecate, 91, 385, 549
Heliogabalus, 27, 517
Herbalists, 97, 161
Herbals, 160
Hercules, 25, 217, 305, 397, 474, 477, 481, 485, 508
Hesperides, 9, 123, 217, 477, 508
Hindus, 3, 22, 39, 79, 173, 177, 180, 188, 213, 214, 227, 228, 229, 236, 237, 239, 241, 245, 251, 252, 293, 296, 312, 313, 315, 339, 356, 373, 391, 398, 400, 419, 423, 428, 439, 473, 480, 513, 539, 544, 547
Hindu World Tree, 3
Holdikens, 92
Holy Family, 41
Hulda, 24, 318, 319, 339, 340
Huzza, 206
Hyacinthia, 384

Iduna, 217
Ilpa, 3
Incense, 26, 178, 346, 395, 454, 525, 539, 551
Indians, 79, 240, 289, 315, 488, 560
Indians, South American, 263, 265, 271, 281, 297, 311
Indra, 22, 293
Inscriptions in Plants, 127
Iranians, World Tree of the, 5
Iris, 387
Irminsul, 7, 23, 471
Isis, 337, 341, 346, 421, 560

Janus, 25
Japanese, 36, 124, 178, 266, 282, 446, 488, 499
Japanese New Year’s Festival, 36
Jerusalem, 393
Jesus Christ, 41, 43, 386, 478, 481, 496
Jews, 8, 11, 13, 21, 23, 24, 50, 61, 131, 180, 181, 190, 205, 211, 225, 238, 240, 247, 256, 258, 263, 270, 271, 273, 282, 283, 291, 300, 303, 311, 321, 336, 339, 346, 349, 355, 359, 362, 364, 365, 370, 373, 380, 385, 386, 393, 394, 396, 405, 409, 426, 452, 453, 456, 459, 464, 474, 476, 483, 497, 501, 525, 528, 558, 560
Job, 340, 393
Jonah, 393
Joseph, 40, 41, 342, 473, 478, 481
Joseph of Arimathea, 352, 362
Judas Iscariot, 49, 317, 321, 394
Julie de Rambouillet, 348
Juno, 24, 25, 40, 217, 385, 397, 424, 444, 477, 500
Jupiter, 24, 25, 217, 305, 385, 397, 474, 477, 481

Kalpadruma, 3
Kâmadeva, 39, 177, 420, 429, 557
Khatties, 117
Krishna, 245

Language of Flowers, 176, 185
Lamb-bearing Tree, 122
Lamb, Vegetable, 121, 243
Leap Year, 248
Lent, 411, 458
Lepers, 285
Lightning, 111, 138, 142, 235, 359, 363, 376, 382, 407, 440, 460, 461, 480, 489, 530, 543, 544, 552, 554, 563
Loki, 82, 217, 461, 472
Lotos-eaters, 418
Love, 101, 108
Love Charms, 101, 107, 108, 231, 301, 302, 326, 370, 381, 383, 446, 462, 479, 506, 522, 523, 575
Love Philtres, 94, 107
Luckflower, 422, 553
Lunacy, 248
Lunar Herb, 125
Lunar Influence on Plants, 167

Madness, 88, 100, 368
Madonna, 43
Magi, 347
Magical Plants, 105
Magic Wands and Divining Rods, 113, et seq.
Mahâdeva, 39, 242
Mahomet, 10, 24, 425, 514, 516
Man in the Moon, 174, 265, 271, 565
Manna, 429, 448
Marcon, 341
Marriages, 33, 251, 293, 295, 315, 329, 359, 433, 455, 461, 466, 478, 501, 513, 525
Mars, 24
Martyrs, 54
Mary Magdalene, 43, 296, 424, 444
Mary. See Virgin Mary.
May-day Customs, 29, 30, 31, 58, 360
May Tree, 31, 359, 435
Medea, 91, 329
Memorial Trees, 60
Mercury, 25, 362
Michaelmas, 258
Midsummer, 50, 60, 69, 83, 96, 111, 295, 331, 361, 370, 479, 489, 522, 535
Minerva, 25, 473
Miraculous Trees and Plants, 129, et seq.
Mithridates, 161, 532, 568
Moly, 442, 531
Moon, Man in the, 174, 265, 271, 565
Moon and Gardening, 167
Moon and Seed Sowing, 170
Moon Plants, 125, 166, 172, 271, 444
Moon Tree, Hindu, 4
Monstrosities, 129
Moses, 17, 115, 262, 283, 485
Moss Folk, 66, 289, 445
Mother Tree of the Greeks, Romans, and Teutons, 6, et seq.
Mundane Tree, Norse, 2

Naiades, 72
Neptune, 24, 25, 473
Nero, 27, 517
Nightingale, 138
Noah, 115, 475, 576
Norse Gods, Plants of, 24
Norse World Tree, 2
Noxious, Deadly, and Ill-omened Plants, 86, et seq.

Odin, 24
Old English Funeral Customs, 196, et seq.
Old Herbals, The, and Herbalists, 160, et seq.
Oracles, 106, 249, 406, 465, 475
Ordeal by Fire, 434
Ormuzd, 1, 9, 21, 301
Osiris, 346, 421, 560
Oyster-bearing Tree, 120

Palasa, 5, 480
Palm Sunday, 58
Pan, 25, 344
Paradise, 12, 319
Paradise, Celtic, 9
Paradise, Græco-Roman, 9
Paradise, Hindu, 10
Paradise, Iranian, 9
Paradise, Mosaic, 10
Paradise, of Mahomet, 10
Paradise, Russian, 9
Parsis, 9, 21, 293, 306, 378
Peascod Wooing, 489
Persians, 24, 79, 193, 226, 306, 376, 572
Phœnix, 284
Phooka, 258
Pixies, 64, et seq., 567
Planetary Government of Plants
Planets, 164, et seq.
Plants of the Christian Church, 40, et seq.
Plants of the Crucifixion, 47, et seq.
Plants of the Virgin Mary, 41, et seq.
Plants of St. John the Baptist, 50, et seq.
Plants of the Devil, 82, et seq.
Plants of the Fairies and Naiades, 65, et seq.
Plants of the Water Nymphs and Fays, 71, et seq.
Plants of the Witches, 90, et seq.
Plants used for Charms and Spells, 96, et seq.
Plants antagonistic to Witchcraft, 102, et seq.
Plants bearing Inscriptions and Figures, 127, et seq.
Plants connected with Birds and Animals, 137, et seq.
Plants of Our Saviour, 43, et seq.
Plants and the Planets, 164, et seq.
Plants of the Moon, 172, et seq.
Plants as Death Portents, 198, et seq.
Plant Signatures, 154
Plant Symbolism and Language, 176, et seq.
Pluto, 24, 316, 424
Poisonous Trees, 86
Pomona, 76
Portents, 198, 407, 414, 435, 452, 471, 486, 490, 506, 523, 557, 563
Priapus, 25, 305
Procca, 67
Prophecy, 370, 406
Prophets, 106, 406
Proserpine, 24, 25, 292, 424, 458, 500, 504
Puck, 82, 484, 567
Purification, 43, 56

Quack Doctors, 97

Rhabdomancy, 113
Robin, 140, 564
Rogation Week, 58, 220, 348, 437
Romans, Anthropological Tree of the, 7
Romans, Floral Ceremonies of the, 27
Romans, Sacred Plants of the, 24
Romans, Wreaths and Garlands of the, 36
Rosary, 43, 519, 531
Rose Elf, 66
Rose-pelting, 35
Rosière, 35, 519
Royal Oak Day, 59, 471
Russalkis, 71
Russalka, 278
Rush-bearing, 58, 533

Sacred Groves and their Denizens, 76, et seq.
Sacred Trees and Plants of the Ancients, 21, et seq.
Saffron Walden, 300
Saint Andrew, 56
Saint Anne, 54
Saint Athanasius, 561
Saint Barbara, 54, 375, 475
Saint Barbatus, 584
Saint Barnabas, 54, 56, 59, 584
Saint Bartholomew, 56
Saint Benedict, 53, 374, 525
Saint Bernard, 413
Saint Cecilia, 133
Saint Christopher, 53, 374
Saint Clara, 413
Saint David, 410
Saint Dominic, 43, 413
Saint Dorothea, 133, 518
Saint Dunstan, 223
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, 133, 519
Saint Francis, 53, 413
Saint George, 53
Saint Gerard, 53, 374
Saint Hilarion, 411
Saint James, 53, 56, 59, 510
Saint Jerome, 413
Saint John the Baptist, 50, 60, 270, 330, 423, 536, 556
Saint John the Evangelist, 56, 483
Saint Joseph, 40, 413
Saint Joseph of Arimathea, 62
Saint Jude, 56
Saint Katherine, 54, 398, 413
Saint Leonard, 414
Saint Louis de Gonzague, 413
Saint Louis de Vincennes, 62
Saint Luke, 56
Saint Margaret, 54, 374, 424, 431
Saint Mark, 56
Saint Martin, 62, 130, 280
Saint Matthew, 56
Saint Médard, 35, 519
Saint Michael, 18, 54, 56
Saint Mungo, 73
Saint Nicholas, 413, 489
Saint Patrick, 54, 363, 541, 544
Saint Paul, 54, 56, 59
Saint Peter, 54, 56, 279, 539
Saint Peter of Vincennes, 62
Saint Philip, 59
Saint Robert, 54, 375
Saint Rosa, 519
Saint Rosalia, 519
Saint Serf, 130
Saint Simon, 56, 280, 475
Saint Stephen, 56
Saint Thomas, 54, 56, 130, 268, 413
Saint Urban, 133
Saint Veronica, 48
Saint Winifred, 55
Saint John’s Eve and Day, 50, 60, 69, 83, 96, 111, 331, 361, 400, 409, 489, 490, 536
Saints, Flowers of, 53, 536
Saints’ Floral Directory, 56
Sardanapalus, 27
Saturn, 24
Satyrs, 74, 540, 541
Saxons and Apples, 218
Scriptures, Floral Symbols of the, 181
Serpents, 2, 18, 84, 121, 152, 153, 155, 160, 161, 162, 163, 206, 208, 226, 227, 231, 232, 233, 251, 258, 262, 299, 313, 328, 329, 359, 364, 369, 376, 380, 396, 397, 409, 415, 450, 485, 531, 549, 568, 574, 581, 584, 587, 592
Seed-sowing and the Moon, 170
Selenite, 173
Serpent-bearing Tree, 121
Seth, 17, 18, 19, 303
Shakspeare, Floral Emblems of, 184
Sheba, Queen of, 18, 19, 303
Shefro, 344
Sif, 24
Signatures of Plants, 154
Siva, 245, 560
Skull, Moss on Human, 445
Solomon, 17, 19, 62, 111, 263, 273, 283, 303
Soma, 3, 106
Somnus, 25
Spells, 96
Spirits, 78, 83
Still Folk, 67
Stone Tree, 126
Strömkarl, 71
Sun, 126, 166, 228, 309, 326, 366, 481, 558
Superstitions connected with Plants, 97
Sybarites, 521
Sylvans, Wood Nymphs, and Tree
Spirits, 74, et seq.
Symbolism, 176

Teutons, Mother Tree of the, 7
Teutons, Sacred Plants of the, 24
Tooba, 10, 13
Tree of Life, 13
Tree of Knowledge, 15, 241, 355
Tree of Adam, 17, et seq.
Tree of Death, 190
Tree of Judas Iscariot, 49, et seq.
Trees of Paradise, and Tree of Adam, 9, et seq.
Trees, Celebrated, 61
Trees, Memorial, 60
Trees, Fabulous, 116
Toulouse, Floral Games of, 34, 212, 520, 579
Triumphs, Roman, 28
Toads, 82, 153, 566
Trinity, 287, 375, 545
Trinity Sunday, 59, 287
Tree Spirits, 58
Tree Spirits, Indian, 59
Tree Spirits, Burman, 59
Tree Spirits, African, 60
Tree Spirits, German, 60
Trolls, 64, 353, 568
Tombs, 189, 193, 379, 522
Thunder, 111, 361, 460, 544, 552, 554
Treasure-Caves, 112, 544, 552, 556
Tyr, 24
Thor, 24, 293, 305, 318, 362, 389, 460, 461, 489, 529
Tulipomania, 570
Tulasî, 245, 568

Unshoeing Horses, 113, 381, 444, 445, 551, 571

Vegetable Monstrosities, 129
Virgin Mary, 40, 41, 142, 362, 363, 395, 402, 412, 433, 437, 469, 518, 519, 526, 535, 546, 556
Venice Treacle, 162, 568
Venus, 24, 40, 42, 216, 218, 402, 411, 454, 477, 516
Vishnu, 22, 177, 241, 245, 419

Wassail Bowl, 220, 526
Wassailing, 219
Wreaths, 36
Weddings. See Marriages.
Well-flowering, 32
Whitsuntide, 59, 254, 256, 261
Water Nymphs, 71
Wells, Nymphs of, 72
Wells, 33, 73, 554
Wands, 113, 363
Waterloo, 505
War of the Roses, 520
Witches, Plants of, 91, et seq., 209, 277, 358, 369, 373, 403, 444, 492, 509, 541, 542
Witches, Plants antagonistic to, 102, 252, 258, 287, 313, 333, 374, 377, 495, 532, 537, 554
Witches’ Children, 92
Witches’ Chain, 101
Witches’ Charms, 101
Witches’ Gowan, 353
Witches’ Potions, 93
Witches’ Spells, 96
Witches’ Steeds, 92
Widows, Hindu, 250, 285
Wise Women, 97
Woden, 24
Wood of the Cross, 46, et seq.
Wood Nymphs, 74
Wondrous Plants, 123
World Trees of the Ancients, 1, et seq.

Yama, 188
Yule Log, 235
Yggdrasill, 2, 7, 189, 232, 592

Zoroaster, 5, 21, 26, 306, 376, 378, 521, 540

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