May-trees in Europe, especially England; May-garlands in England; May
customs in France, Germany, and Greece; Whitsuntide customs in Russia;
May-trees in Germany and Sweden; Midsummer trees and poles in Sweden;
village May-poles in England and Germany; tree-spirit detached from tree
and represented in human form, Esthonian tale; tree-spirit represented
simultaneously in vegetable and human form; the Little May Rose; the
_Walber_; Green George; double representation of tree-spirit by tree and
man among the Oraons; double representation of harvest-goddess Gauri; W.
Mannhardt’s conclusions; tree-spirit or vegetation-spirit represented by
a person alone; leaf-clad mummers (Green George, Little Leaf Man,
Jack-in-the-Green, etc.); leaf-clad mummers called Kings or Queens (King
and Queen of May, Whitsuntide King, etc.); Whitsuntide Bridegroom and
Bride; Midsummer Bridegroom and Bride; the Forsaken Bridegroom or Bride;
St. Bride in Scotland and the Isle of Man; May Bride or Whitsuntide
Bride.