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    ngoverthefireshandinhandyveryarriageotivearriedarkedthedsuerongtheesthonians,astheyonaydayangourselves,yhavesprung,notfrohereliakers,butfroysteriousbondantotheursesoftheheavensatthistuingpointoftheyear

    atthefestivalsofkindlingbonfiresisnlyassoely,thebenefitsthefire,boundtoapplyitalsotothetorareansofdiffusingfarandesareafeebleitationinfavourofthisvieaybesaidthatsotisthetor,andeintentionlivealsfrohebonfiresaresotisplaen,en,andiinultiplipartingfeagihattheretheiatheysaythatthesintotheaioraresuaybethoughttoeodythesaideainastillregraphi;sinerelyitslightandheatrepresentedbytorofalsthroughthebonfire;andifthebonfireisasunustbesoalso

    3thepurificatorytheoryofthefirefestivals

    thusfaraybesaidforthetheorythatattheeuropeanfirefestivalsthefireiskindledasaanandbeast,forandfruitsitreinstonsideraybesaidagainstthistheoryandinfavourofthevieployednotasaents,aterialorspiritual,enacealllivingthingshdiseaseanddeath

    first,then,itistobeobservedthatthepeoplesappeaevertoallegethesolartheoryinexplanationofthephatiisnevertoberejestobenoadequatereasonforrejepleandobviousthatituldhardlyesanationofthesun,oratalleventsaslinkedtoitbyabondofphysitoproduptingtoexplainpopularonyofthepeopletheelvesnoetisgraphiberthegreatholdindinallages,aysuspeitiesthatbefalln,theircattle,andtheircrops

    thissuspiediheevilsforedyforest,perhaps,angtheseevilsayreilkfroheayperhapsberegardedastheparentoftheperiodiedyforarrainorotherdiseaseofofkindlingtheneedfiregoesbaeaninnypartsofeurope;andeansofbanningtheothangslavoni

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