at Whitsuntide in Germany and Austria, pp. 60-65; tree-spirit killed
annually lest he should grow old and feeble, p. 65 sq.; resemblance of
these modern mummers to the King of the Wood, p. 66 sq.; a mock
human sacrifice often substituted for a real one, pp. 67-70.
§ 5. Attis, pp. 130-137.—Attis a Phrygian deity of vegetation, his death and
resurrection annually celebrated, pp. 130-132; originally a tree-spirit, but
also identified with the corn, pp. 132-134; his priests probably slain in