Myth, Ritual, and Religion/Volume 2/Index

by Andrew Lang

INDEX.

Abipones, the, their belief in sorcery, i. 118

Achilles, analysis of name, ii. 278

Acosta, i. 206; on religious dances, i. 284; on Tezcatlipoca, ii. 77; on Quetzalcoatl, ii. 78; on Mania Cora, ii. 79

Acuna, on Amazon totems, i. 76

Aditi, ii. 128, 131, 135, 137, 145

Adityas, the, ii. 136, 138

Adon, meaning of, ii. 253

Adonis, ii. 253; rites of, ii. 253; Oriental influence in rites of, ii. 253

Æetes, as the moon, i. 16; as the wind, i. 16

Ægeus, Ægae, Ægina, meaning of, i. 280

Ægeus, ii. 250

Æschylus, on the Python, ii. 196

Africa, metamorphosis in, i. 118, 119; deluge myth in, i. 177; totemism in, 67, 69, 70; myths, i. 147, ii. 12

Agdistes, ii. 308

Aglaophamus, Lobeck in the, i. 20; on gods of early tribes, i. 33; on the mystic deposits, i. 261; on the turndun, i. 285; on the Orphic poems, i. 292; on the Orphic cosmogony, i. 316; on the Orphic doctrine, i. 317; on the use of skins of animals in rites, ii. 178; on Zagreus, ii. 225, 226; on Dionysus, ii. 228, 229, 253; on the bull-feast, ii. 232; on beans in Greek and Roman ritual, ii. 265; on religious mysteries, ii. 232

Agni, i. 235, 249, ii. 126, 128

Ahanâ, meaning of, i. 159, ii. 246

Ahts of Vancouver Island, the, i. 188; myths of, ii. 25, 49; religion of, ii. 342

Aias, ii. 188

Ainos of Japan, the, i. 139

Aitareya Brahmana, the, i. 99, 137, 223, ii. 139, 143, 149, 152

Alalkomeneus, i. 321

Aleut dog-hero, the, ii. 52

Aleuts, descended from a dog, i. 192

Algonkin races, i. 50, 54, 181; legends, i. 39, 181–184

Allouez (Père), on Missibizi, ii. 56

Alo-Alo, ii. 263

Alos, human sacrifices at, i. 267

Alphesibœa, ii. 252

All Souls' Day, the Athenian, ii. 259

Amazon Indian myths, i. 89

American beliefs, ii. 41; divine myths, ii. 36; heroic beasts, ii. 27; lower races, ii. 41; magic, i. 98, 106; myths, i. 39, 53, 86, 129, 201–205, 209, ii. 25, 49–81; sorcerers, i. 110, 111, 120; tradition of bear, i. 57; totemism, i. 59, 71–77

Ammon Ra, ii. 86, 89

Ananzi whip-story, ii. 6

Anapou, ii. 301

Ancestor-worship, Vedic, i. 226

Andaman toad, the, i. 41; islanders, i. 171; myths, i. 41, 171

Anecdote of Père Brébeuf, i. 89; of Australian native, ii, 4

Angakuts or Angekkok, the, i. 115

Animal-worship, i. 64, 265, ii. 3, 201, 213, 232, 266; and see Totemism; in Egypt, ii. 97, 98, 101

Animism, i. 52; theories of origin of, i. 103

Anthropology, comparative, i. 27; method of, i. 27–45; touchstone of, ii. 332

Ant, as totem, i. 68, 277

Anubis, ii. 93, 98

Aphrodite, ii. 250–255; in Homer, ii. 251; Asiatic influence in rites of, ii. 251; sacrifices to, ii. 252; cult, traces of, in Germany, ii. 254; as the dawn, ii. 254; as the moon, ii. 252

Apis, ii. 94

Apollo, ii. 191–208; disguised as a dog, i. 9, ii. 205; Helios Hyperion, ii. 192; in the Odyssey, ii. 192; in measurement of time, ii. 194; and the dolphin, ii. 197; and Artemis, ii. 198; hymn to, ii. 198; Lukios, ii. 201; Smintheus, ii. 201; in the Iliad, ii. 203; loves of, ii. 203; worship of, ii. 206; and Mitra, ii. 206; and Diana, ii. 217

Apollodorus, version of Philomela, i. 142

Appendix, the, ii. 321

Apuleius, on chapel of Demeter, ii. 263

Arab romance, i. 30

Arcadian legend of Artemis, ii. 211; Demeter, ii. 265

Areas, ii. 211

Argus, slaying of, ii. 258

Arion, ii. 267

Aristophanes, on mysteries of Eleusis, ii. 261

Aristotle, on education of the young, i. 2; on discoveries and inventions, ii. 321

Artemidorus, on phallic Hermes, ii. 256

Artemis, ii. 208–221; of Arcadia, i. 7, ii. 211; Brauronian, i. 7, ii, 211; in the Odyssey, i. 7, ii. 218; Triclaria, i. 270; Calliste, ii. 212; symbolic explanation of, ii. 215; Tauropolis, temple of, ii. 216; of Ephesus, ii. 217; in the Iliad, ii. 218

Aryan philology, i. 22; ghosts, i. 227; myth of heaven and earth, i. 252; popular tales, ii. 296

Aschera, ii. 252

Asclepiadæ, the, ii. 203

Asclepius, genealogies of, ii. 205

Ashanti, i. 67

Astarte, ii. 252

Asterios, Zeus, i. 25

Astrabacus and Alopecus, ii. 216

Asuras, the, i. 232, ii. 131; in the Atharva-Veda, ii. 131; in the Satapatha Brahmana, ii. 133

Asvins, the, ii. 154; birth of, ii. 156; benefactors of man, ii. 157; in the Rig-Veda, ii. 155, 156, 158

Ataensic, i. 181

Atahocan, ii. 57

Atharva-Veda, the, ii. 229, ii. 131, 143, 149

Athenian tradition, a, from Varro, i. 258; Feast of Dead, ii. 259

Athene, ii. 241–255; metamorphoses of, ii. 242; birth of, savage parallels, ii. 244; conjectures on, ii. 244; temples of, ii. 245; as the dawn, ii. 246; the cloud-goddess, ii. 247; sacred animals of, ii. 249

Athenæus, on a statue of Leto, i. 265; on bull-Dionysus, ii. 234

Atkinson (J. J.), on the ancestral lizard, i. 57; a Kaneka ghost-story, i. 104; on the watchers of the dead, New Caledonia, i. 261

Attes, i. 8, ii. 179

Attica, legends of, ii. 211; wolves buried in, i. 277; law, i. 259

Attic bear-dance, the, ii. 213

Atuas, the, ii. 31

Australian bear-myth, ii. 7; birraark, the, i. 105; compared with Scotch seers, i. 107; black-fellows, i. 60; gods, i. 168, ii. 3–8; marriage laws, i. 64; myths, i. 124, 128, 141, 147, 168, 170, ii. 3; compared with Greek story of frogs, i. 149; native family names, i. 63; necromants, i. 105; totemism, i. 61–66, 168; wild dog, i. 58; wizard, an, compared with Greek and Egyptian beliefs, i. 106, 107.

Authorities, nature of, in savage myths, ii. 331

Avila, on Uiracocha, i. 249; on Huarochiri Tales, ii. 315

Aztec myths, i. 126, 201, 204; gods, ii. 65–81; moral aspects of, ii. 81; meals, ii. 349

Aztecs, the, 199, ii. 346

Baal, i. 307

Babylon, myths of, obscure, i. viii; Aphrodite in, ii. 292

Bacchici, the, ii. 232

Bacchylides, on Hecate, ii. 219

Bachofen, on the couvade, ii. 223, 224

Baiame, ii. 4, 8

Ballen-Ballen, ii. 5

Balonda, the, i. 119

Bancroft, on Honduras sorcerers, i. 118; on Maya sorcerers, i. 119, ii. 69, 71, 72

Banks Island myths, ii. 23

Barotse, the, i. 119

Barth, on the Vedas, ii. 130, 221, 228; on fetishism, i. 226

Bat totem of the Cakchiquels, i. 207

Batavian belief, a, i. 58

Bates, on savage lack of curiosity, i. 84

Bear, traditions of, i. 57; myth of, i. 136

Bear-brother, the, i. 139

Bear-myth, Australian, ii. 7

Beast-headed gods, ii. 105

Beasts in Christian art, ii. 107

Bechuana totemism, i. 69

Bechuanas and Dr. Moffat, i. 93

Beginning of man, the, i. 167

Belief in metamorphosis universal, i. 117

Bellay, Joachim du, ii. 263

Bel-Maraduk, i. 188

Benfey, on the Maruts, ii. 159; and Cosquin, on popular tales, ii. 304–313

Bengal myth of Sing Bongo, i. 150; totemism, i. 77

Bergaigne, on Vedic sacrifices, i. 98; on Ahanâ, i. 159; on Prajapati, i. 249; on Aditi, ii. 136; on the Asvins, ii. 158; on Kanva, ii. 158

Biblical truths in fable, i. 20

Bird (Miss), on Aino kinship with animals, i. 139

Bird-gods, ii. 8, 100

Birds honoured as ancestors, i. 143

Birraark, the, i. 106; compared with Scotch seer, i. 107

Birth of Athene, savage parallels, ii. 244

Bitiou, ii. 301

Black Demeter, the, ii. 266; Yajur-Veda, the, i. 217; and White Yajur, the, i. 217

Bleek (Dr.), on Hottentots and Bushmen, ii. 9; on the mantis, ii. 14

Blood, purification by, i. 286

Bolivian story of tree turned into a man, i. 156

Bonis of Guiana, the, i. 76

Book of the Dead, ii. 87, 97, 120; of respirations, ii. 119

Bosman, i. 69

Brahman sun-myth, i. 126

Brahmana: origin of species in, i. 248

Brahmanas, the, i. 218, their date, i. 229–232

Brahmanaspati, i. 239

Brahmanic absurdities, i. 247

Brazilian night-myth, i. 127

Brébeuf (Père), anecdote of, i. 89

Brewin, Ballumdut, and Baukan, ii. 7

Bribbun or turndun, i. 284

Brinton (Dr.), on Ataensic, i. 183; on the Great Spirit of the Red Man, ii. 44; on the Great Hare, ii. 56; on Michabo, ii. 57, 59, 350

British Columbian myth, i. 191

Brugsch, on Egyptian myth, ii. 117

Bryant (Dr.), on Biblical truth in fable, i. 20

Bull-Diouysus, ii. 232; ritual of, ii. 232; sacrifice to, ii. 233; epithets of, ii. 234; bull-roarer, ii. 284

Bun-jel, i. 168, ii. 3. See Pundjel.

Bushman dances, i. 70; belief in metamorphosis, i. 118; notion of the wind, i. 161; cosmogonic myths, i. 174, 175; religion, ii. 11; prayer, a, ii. 12; probable degeneration of the, ii. 327; myths, i. 147, 174, ii. 12.

Cadmus, ii. 238

Cagn, i. 175, ii. 12; myth of, compared with Minos, Samson, &c., ii. 13

Cairn-worship in Africa, ii. 19

Cakchiquel totem, the, i. 207

Cakchiquels of Guatemala, the, i. 118, 203

Californian sun and moon myth, i. 126

Callaway (Bishop), on Zulu spirits and sorcerers, i. 108, 109; on Zulu chiefs and sorcerers, i. 109

Callisto, myth of, ii. 181, 211

Cameo of Dionysus as a bull, ii. 232

Cannibal gods, i. 3, 267; Greek, 273

Cannibalism, i. 68, 207, 258

Casalis, on Bechuana totemism, i. 69, 70; on kinship with vegetables and beasts, i. 71

Caste, i. 221, 246

Cat, Great Lady of the, i. 70

Catlin, on Mandan superstition, i. 91

Cedreatis, a name of Artemis, ii. 219

Chaldean myth of creation, i. 187

Chaos, i. 299; immorality of the myth, i. 301

Charlevoix, on American totemism, i. 72; on Huron philosophy, i. 89; on savage credulity, i. 91; on the Jossakeed, i. 111

Chay-her, ii. 49

Chibiabos, ii. 271

Chiefs and sorcerers, i. 108

Chimalpopoca manuscript, the, i. 202

Chinook myth, a, i. 191

Chippeway totemism, i. 71; legend of robin, compared with Greek myths, i. 144

Chnum, ii. 302

Chousor or Chrysor, i. 324

Christian Fathers, on heathen myths, i. 16; on Eleusinian mysteries, ii. 276

Christian Quiches of Guatemala, compared with Scotch Highlanders, i. 57

Christoval de Moluna, on a Peruvian myth, i. 209

Chrysor, i. 324

Chthonian Demeter, ii. 264.

Cieza de Leon, on South American cannibalism, i. 69; on totemism in Peru, i. 76; on Pachacamac, i. 212

Cinderella, story of, ii. 314.

Citlalatonic and Citlalicue, i. 204

Claus, on Artemis, ii. 208, 210, 215, 218; on meaning of Artemis, ii. 209; on Artemis as wife of Zeus, ii. 210

Clay, daubing with, in Greece, i. 285, ii. 226; in America, i. 286; in Africa, i. 287, ii. 18; in Australia, i. 287; in New Mexico, i. 287

Cleansing from blood-guiltiness, i. 286

Clemens Alexandrinus, on religious conservatism, i. 265; on animal-worship, i. 276, 277; on use of serpents in rites of Zeus, i. 287; on Zeus, ii. 174, 175, 177; on Zagreus, ii. 226; on Dionysus, ii. 233

Coatlan, ii. 76

Coatlicue, ii. 69

Cocoa-nut tree, myth of origin of, i. 157

Codrington (Rev. K. H.), on magic stones, i. 96, 97; a Melanesian sun-myth, i. 127; Melanesian myths, ii. 22; on evidence of savage myths, ii. 336

Cogaz and Gcwi, ii. 12

Colpias, i. 324

Commutations of human sacrifices, i. 271

Comparative anthropology, i. 27; ritual and customs, evidence of, ii. 331–350; "Comparative Mythology," i. 22

Confusions of myth, i. 163

Conus, the, i. 284

Corinthian legend of Dionysus, ii. 235

Cosmic egg, the, i. 316

Cosmogonic myths, i. 163; Phœnician, i. 322

Cosquin, on Aryan tales, ii. 296–300; on belief in sympathies, ii. 306; on popular tales, ii. 313; on equality of man and beast, ii. 318

Coti, ii. 12

Couto de Magelhães, on a Brazilian myth, i. 128

Couvade, the, ii. 223

Cow-myth, Zulu, i. 180; Vedic, ii. 137

Coyote Prometheus, the, i. 191

Coyotes, the first Indians, i. 186

Crane, Australian legend, of the, i. 147

Crantz, on Eskimo moon-myth, i. 130; on Eskimo gods, ii. 48

Creation, legends of the, i. 163–213, 238–252; African, i. 173–175, 178, 180; Aht, i. 188; Aleut, i. 192; Algonkin,i. 183; American, i. 181, 192, 203, 208; Andaman, i. 171; Australian, i. 168, 170, 176, 177; Aztec, i. 203, 204; Brahmana, i. 248; Bulgarian, i. 182; Bushman, i. 174, 175; Chaldean, i. 187; Dieyrie, i. 170; Digger Indian, i. 186; Egyptian, i. 321; Galician, i. 182; Greek, i. 258, 319; Huron, i. 181; Inca, i. 208, 211; Indian, i. 238–252; Koniaga, i. 192; Mangaian, i. 194; Namaqua, i. 177; Navajoe, i. 184; New Zealand, i. 193; Oregon, i. 191; Ovaherero, i. 176; Papago, i. 189; Peruvian, i. 208–211; Pima, i. 190; Quiche, i. 197; Samoan, i. 196; Thlinkeet, i. 192; Tinneh, i. 192; Vogul, i. 182; Winnebagoe, i. 187; Yakut, i. 192; Zulu, i. 178, 180

Creeds in America, ii. 41

Crepitus, ii. 48

Creuzer (Friedrich), on symbols of pure theosophy in myths and mysteries, i. 20; and Guigniaut, on savage confusion of ideas, i. 51

Crevaux, on totemism in Guiana, i. 76

Crocodile, great man of the, i. 70

Cronus, disguised as a horse, i. 9; myth of, i. 295–303; explanation of myth, i. 304; meaning of name, i. 304; was he borrowed? i. 306; prevalence of the myth, i. 313

Crow, Bushman legend of the, i. 147; Greek legend, ii. 204

Cuckoo-Zeus, ii. 179

Culture in America, ii. 37

Curtius, on name of Athene, ii. 246; on name of Achilles, ii. 278

Cushing (Frank), on the Zunis, ii. 60

Cycnus, i. 278

Cyllene, Hermes in, ii. 255

Dacotahs, the, their descent, i. 152; medical practice, i. 98; medicine-men, i. 111

Dalton, on Bengal totemism, i. 77; on a Ho sorcerer, i. 119

Dances, religious, ii. 283

Daphnæa, a name of Artemis, ii. 219

Daphne, i. 22, ii. 158

Daphnephoria, the, ii. 194

Dapper, on the Hottentots, ii. 18

Dararwigal, ii. 4

Darmesteter, on evidence of use and custom in religion, ii. 344; on Aditi, ii. 135; on history of religion, ii. 231

Dasse Hyrax, ii. 14

Dawkins, on Australian sorcery, i. 107

Dawn and Daphne, i. 158; and Hare, i. 184; Athene, ii. 246

Dawn-Aphrodite, ii. 254; on "Wounded-Knee," ii. 19

Dawson, on Australian totemism, i. 61; on Pirnmeheal, ii. 6

Dead, food of the, a universal superstition, ii. 273

De Avila, on Peruvian tales, ii. 315

De Brosses, a founder of anthropological school of mythology, i. 29

De Charency, on a Huron myth, i. 182; on Agdistis, ii. 180

Decharme, on hymn to Apollo, ii. 198; on Taurian Athene, ii. 217; on the bull-feast, ii. 232; on a cameo of Dionysus, ii. 232

Degeneration. Are savages degenerate? ii. 327

Deity, origin of belief in, i. 327

Delphi, last oracle from, ii. 207

Delphic stone, the, i. 303; oracle, the, ii. 197

Deluge myth in Africa, i. 177; Peru, i. 209; Thlinkeet, ii. 51

Demeter, ii. 260–276; compared with earth deities, ii. 261; cult of, ii. 261; in the Iliad, ii. 262; titles of, ii. 263; shrines of, ii. 263; in popular Greek religion, ii. 263; rites of, ii. 264; and Zulu parallels, ii. 265; with mare's head, ii. 265; the black, ii. 266; Erinnys, compared with various other myths, ii. 266; mysteries of, ii. 268; rites of, compared with Khond and Pawnee mysteries, ii. 270

Dènè Hareskins, tradition of the, i. 184

Departmental deities, ii. 30, 126

De Quille, on Piute Indian myth, i. 130

De Smet (Père), on Pawnee legend, ii. 270

Devapatre, the, i. 253

Diana and Apollo, birth of, ii. 217

Diana of the Ephesians, ii. 217

Digger Indians, the, ii. 327

Dione, Diana, or Artemis, ii. 209

Dionysus, ii. 221–241; birth of, ii. 222; sacrifices of, ii. 231; bull-feast of, ii. 232, 233; passion of, ii. 226; fig-tree, ii. 235; tree-worship, ii, 235; Zagreus, ii. 225, 226

Divine myths, American, ii. 36; Greek, ii. 163; Mexican, ii. 65

Divine menageries, ii. 107; society, heroic, ii. 167; names, meanings of, ii. 276

Diversities of Vedic translation, i. 234

Dobrizhoffer, on metamorphosis in Paraguay, i. 118

Documents of Indian mythology, i. 215; native Egyptian, ii. 112

Dog, Red Indian descent from, i. 120; Aleut descent from, i. 192; sacrifices of the, i. 279; Apollo, ii. 205

Dolphin-Apollo, ii. 197

Dolphins, metamorphosed pirates, i. 144

Donkey, fable of the, i. 140

Dracæna, ii. 196

Drakos, the, ii. 196

Dryopians, the, i. 321.

Dualism of gods, i. 336

Duchess of Sutherland, the, i. 70

Dyaus, ii. 134; see Zeus, ii. 169

Eagle-hawk, the, i. 168, ii. 3

Earth-deities, ii. 261

Earth, food-offerings to the, ii. 262

Earth-prophet, i. 190

Eclipse-myths, i. 132, ii. 133

Edfou monuments, the, ii. 115

Eichaknanabiseb, i. 177

Eilithyia, ii. 198

Eiresione, the Attic, compared with Aztec and Peruvian rites, ii. 263

Egede, on the Angakuts, i. 115

Egg-myth, the, i. 252, 316

Egg, the cosmic, 316

Egypt, mythology of, ii, 82; religion of, ii. 84, 92; polytheistic, ii. 89

Egyptian antiquity, ii. 82; animal-worship, ii. 91, 93; myth, complexity of, ii. 107; gods, summary of, ii. 110; native documents, ii. 112; myth, savage parallels, ii. 117; of Osiris, ii. 112

El, i. 324

Elands, origin of, i. 147

Elean chant, the, ii. 232

Eleusinian mysteries, compared with Peruvian mysteries, i. 281–283; with Pawnee mysteries, ii. 270

Elioun, i. 324

Eméric-David, on beasts, &c. , as symbols, i. 8

Eros, a stone idol of the Thespians, i. 275

Eskimos, the, i. 114, 115, ii. 47, 48; myth, ii. 48

Etymological guesses of Socrates, i. 12

Eubuleus, story of, ii. 269

Euemerus on myths, i. 15; defence of, i. 15

Eumæus, ii. 187

Euripides on Dionysus, ii. 238–240; on Artemis, ii. 220

Eusebius, on myths, i. 16–18; on religious conservatism, i. 37; on human sacrifices, i. 267; on Phœnician myth, i. 320

Euthyphro, i. 301

Evidence upon savage beliefs, ii. 333, 335; of comparative ritual and customs, ii. 343

Evolution of myth, i. 36–45, 251; of sacred statues, i. 274; in Egyptian religion, ii. 92

Evolutionary myths, i. 251

Exogamy, origin of, i. 78

Explanatory myths, ii. 282

Fairbairn (Dr.), on savage races, ii. 326

Fetishes, i. 225

Fetish stones in Greece, i. 275, 304; compared with god at Puka-Puka, i. 275; smearing, i. 274, 303, 304

Fiji story of vegetable metamorphosis, i. 156

Fire, stealing of, by Yehl, ii. 51

Fison, on the Australian savage, i. 62; on Fijian ghosts, i. 105

Fontenelle, on irrational myth, i. 28; his theory of myths, ii. 321–324

Forchhammer, on the Dracæna, ii. 196

Frog-myth, i. 39, 40; wide distribution of, i. 42

Frogs, origin of; compared with Australian myth, i. 149

Fuegians, equality among the, i. 114; probable degeneration of the, ii. 327

Furtwängler, on Athene, ii. 247

Gæa, i. 300, 310

Ganymede, atonement for rape of, ii. 180

Garcilasso de la Vega, i. 206; on Peruvian totemism, i. 75, 207; on Peruvian history and religion, ii. 340

Gargantua and Cronus myth, i. 313

Gaunab, i. 178, ii. 19, 22

Ghost-stories, savage, i. 104

Gibbon, John, on totemistic heraldry, i. 72; Edward, on Pagan myths, i. 295

Gill, on a stone idol of the Thespians, i. 275

Ginnunga-gap, compared with Orphic cosmogony, i. 316

Giraldus Cambrensis, on legend of lycanthropy, i. 119

Glaucopis, a name of Athene, ii. 245

Glooscap and Malsumis, i. 183

Glutton-Zeus, i. 274

God of Plutarch, the, i. 330; of prayer, the, ii. 42; of luck, the, ii. 257; eating, ii. 73; and victim, ii. 231

Gods, departmental, ii. 30, 126; evolution of, ch. xii.; and morality; of myth, i. 331; and demons, i. 332; and their adventures, i. 332; ascent of, from beasts, i. 335; of the lowest races, ii. 1; supernatural births of, ii. 113; and sorcerers, i. 120; and death, ii. 130

Gounja-Gounja, ii. 18

Great hare, the, i. 183, 184, ii. 55–59, 350, 354; a personification of dawn, i. 184; in Egypt, ii. 350–355

Great spirit, the, ii. 44

Greece and Peru, i. 213

Greek civilisation, i. 255; mythology, i. 257; myths, antiquity of, i. 266; myths, cosmogonic, i. 289; myths, divine, ii. 163; totemism, i. 276; religion, antiquity of, ii. 278; village life, i. 263

Gregor, on medical stones in Scotland, i. 97

Grey, Sir George, on Australian totemism, i. 63

Grimm, on savage ideas and thought, i. 47; theory of popular tales, ii. 291–296

Grote, on Hesiod's Theogony, i. 290; on divine agents, i. 296; on divine names, etymology of, ii. 278

Gubernatis, on Indra and the serpent, i. 42; on Indra, ii. 149

Guiana, animism in, i. 52; ideas of spirit in, i. 53; Indians of, i. 137

Haddock, reason of black marks on the, i. 140

Hades and Osiris, ii. 122

Haggard (Commander), on eclipse at Lamoo, i. 92

Hagno, ii. 169

Hahn (Dr.), on the Hottentots, ii. 16; on Hottentot myths, ii. 20; on Tsui Goab, ii. 21; on tales and legends, ii. 296

Haleb, the, i. 118

Hapi, ii. 94, 107

Hare, the great. See Great Hare

Harischandra, ii. 139, 140

Harpocration, on the wolf in Athens, i. 277

Hartt (Prof.), on Amazon Indian tales, i. 86

Haug (Dr.), on hymn of Purusha, i. 245; on soma juice, ii. 146

Hawk, Greek legend of, i. 144

Hawk-headed gods, ii. 93

Hawk-Indra, ii. 149

Hearne, on savage credulity, i. 92

Heathen apologists, i. 3

Heaven and earth, myths of, ii. 29, 113, 144; Aryan myths of, i. 253; Phœnician myths of, i. 324

Hecate, ii. 219

Heitsi Eibib, ii. 18, 141; the curse of, i. 177

Helios Hyperion, i. 337, ii. 192, 193; hymn to, compared with Bushman sun-myth, i. 126

Hellenic and barbaric rites, i. 281

Hera or Leto, i. 17; in the Iliad, i. 173, 174, 185, ii. 173, 182–185

Hermann, on religious conservatism in Greece, i. 264

Hermes, ii. 255–260; phallic, compared with Admiralty Islands, ii. 255–257; of the Pelasgians, ii. 256; god of luck, ii. 257, 258; Homeric hymn on, ii. 258; and the dead, ii. 259; a personification of twilight (?), ii. 259

Hermias, i. 218

Herodotus, on Egyptian superstition, i. 93; on totemism in Egypt, ii. 101; on animal-worship in Egypt, ii. 102; on Osiris, ii. 114; on Set, ii. 119; on Aphrodite in Askelon, ii. 252; on rites of Hermes, ii. 255; on the Thesmophoria, ii. 267

Heroic and romantic tales, ii. 284; beasts, American, ii. 27

Hesiodic myths, i. 289

Hesiod's cosmogony, i. 297; myth of Chaos, i. 299; on Dionysus, ii. 239, 240; on birth of Athene, ii. 243; on Aphrodite, 251

Hierax, legend of, i. 144

Hierome Lalemant (Père), on savage credulity, i. 49

Hieronymus, on the first being, i. 317

Hirpi, wolf-dances of, ii. 213

History of religion, the, ii. 231

Holy dances at Seville, compared with Greek and others, i. 283

Homer, his rejection of impure myths, i. 11; on Dionysus, ii. 237; on Helios Hyperion, ii. 192; on Apollo, ii. 196; on Hermes, ii. 256, 257

Homer's cosmogony, i. 295; Zeus, ii. 182

Homeric chiefs, i. 116; myths, i. 289, 295; religion, ii. 186; hymn on mysteries, ii. 274

Honduras sorcerers, i. 118

Hor, ii. 89

Horse-Demeter, ii. 266; Gods, ii. 157, 266

Horus, ii. 119, 122; and Hera, ii. 122

Ho sorcerer, the, i. 119

Hottentots, the, ii. 16

Howitt, on Australian ghosts, i. 105; on the Birraark, i. 105, 107; on Brewin, ii. 7

Hrimthursar, i. 317

Huarochiri myth, a, i. 177

Huet (Bishop), on Huron tales, ii. 289

Huichilobos, ii. 67

Huitzilopochtli, ii. 69, 70

Huron philosophy, i. 89; myths, 181

Huron, and Père Brébeuf, i. 89

Hymn of the beginning, Vedic, i. 240; of Apollo, ii. 196; of Demeter, ii. 272; of Hermes, ii. 256; of Osiris, ii. 95, 96, 118; of Purusha, i. 243; of Varuna, ii. 127

I Gaunab, ii. 19

Immortality, Vedic legends of, ii. 132

Im Thurn, on animism in Guiana, i. 52, 53, 137

Inca myths, i. 205, 208–212

Incas, the, i. 74, 124, 205, 208, ii. 37

Incantations, i. 101, 102

India, metamorphosism, i. 119; totemism in, i. 77, 79

Indo-Aryan myths, i. 150, 214–254, ii. 125–162

Indra, i. 6, ii. 126, 140–151; and Heitsi Eibib, ii. 141; and Vairupa, ii. 143; Vedic texts on, ii. 144; in childhood, ii. 144; feats of, ii. 146; and the frog, ii. 147; hawk-, ii. 149; ram-, ii. 149

Indrani, ii. 149

Io, ii. 258

Ion, ii. 203

Ioskeha, i. 39, ii. 53; compared with Indra, ii. 53, 147; and Tawiscara, i. 183

Irish chiefs, supposed power over weather, compare Homeric chiefs, i. 116

Irrational myth, i. 28

Isis, ii. 113, 115–119

Istar, a name of Aphrodite, ii. 252.

Jakut totemism, i. 80

Jason, on story of, ii. 290

Jebb (Prof.), on Homer, i. 11

Jewitt, traditions of bear, i. 57

"Jeunesse orageuse" of Zeus, ii. 173

Jossakeed, the, i. 112

Juvenal, on totem wars, ii. 103

Ka-ge-ga-gah Bowh, ii. 46

Kalewala, the, i. 57

Kanva, ii. 158

Karneios, the ram-Apollo, ii. 202

Khoi-Khoi, the, ii. 16

Kiehtan, ii. 46

Kinship, with animals, i. 57, 71, 139; by female side, i. 65, 69; with insects covenanted, i. 139

Kohl, on Ojibeway beliefs, i, 54; on Red Indian incantations, i. 101

Kolb, Peter, on the Khoi-Khoi, ii. 17, 18

Koniaga deities, ii. 52

Kôr, ii. 310

Kuhn. on philology, i. 23; on Hermes, ii. 255

Kutchin totemism, i. 73

Kwai Hemm, i. 312

Lafitau, on survivals from totemism, i. 73

Lamentations of Isis and Nephthis, the, ii. 119; Lang, G. Scott, i. 63

Lapland, metamorphosis in, i. 118

Latium and Mexico, ii. 70

Lauer, on Artemis, ii. 210

Le Duc (Leouzon), on the bear in Finland, i. 57

Lefébure, on myth of Osiris, ii. 122

Legends of the creation. See Creation

Le Jeune, on universal animation, i. 55; on the Manitou, ii. 45; on Messou, ii. 56

Leto or Hera, i. 17; a statue of, i. 265, ii. 198, 199

Lieblein, on Egyptian gods, ii. 92

"Like to like theory," the, i. 95

Livingstone, on the Bushmen, ii. 9; on the Bakwains, ii. 10; on metamorphosis at Loanda, i. 119

Lizard, the ancestral, i. 57, 170

Loanda, metamorphosis of chiefs at, i. 119

Lobeck. See Aglaophamus

Local Greek conservatism, i. 264

Localities of Greek myths well defined, i. 262

Locust-Apollo, ii. 201

Loki, Ahriman, or Tangaroa, i. 334

Long, on Chippeway totemism, i. 71

Longfellow, ii. 44

Lucian, on mystic dances, i. 282; on myth of men produced from the earth, i. 322; on birth of Dionysus, ii. 224

Luck, god of, ii. 257

Lyall, Sir A. C., on metamorphosis in India, i. 119

Lycanthropy, i. 119, ii. 177

Lycaon and Zeus, ii. 177

Lycegenes, a name of Apollo, ii. 199

Lykourgos, ii. 237

Maize, origin of, Ottawa myth, i. 157

Magic, i. 94–120; Australia, i. 100–105; Dacotah, i. 98; war-magic of Dacotahs and Indo-Aryans, i. 99; Eskimo, i. 115; Maori, i. 112; Melanesia, i. 96; New Caledonia, i. 96; Red Indian, i. 111; Zulu, i. 109, 110; singular agreement of European and Australian, i. 99; of incantations, i. 101; metamorphosis, i. 117, 120.

Magical Harris papyrus, the, ii. 112

Mama Cora, ii. 79

Man, various origins of, 167–213. See Creation myths

Manibozho, ii. 58, ii. 271; and Chokanipok, i. 183

Mandan mysteries, i. 286

Mangled man-sacrifice, the, i. 242

Mannhardt, on anthropology and myth, i. 29; on Adonis-feast, ii. 253; on influence of Aphrodite cult, ii. 254

Mantis, the, i. 169, ii. 13

Maori séance, a, i. 112; Pakeha, the, i. 112; hymns, ii. 28

Maoris, the, ii. 27

Märchen, theories of, ii. 286, 310

Marriage laws, Australian, i. 64; American, i. 72; Indian non-Aryan, i. 79.

Maru and Mars, ii. 32

Maruts, the, i. 12, 283, ii. 126; etymology of, ii. 159

Maspero, on Egyptian worship, ii. 89; on Egyptian monuments, ii. 93; on Egyptian animal deities, ii. 100; on meaning of Unnofri, ii. 253

Masters of modern philology, i. 22

Maui, i. 125, ii. 30

Maury, on metamorphosis, ii. 242

Medea, as the dawn, i. 16; as the moon, i. 16

Medical practice, Dacotah, i. 98

Medicine-men, i. 111

Melian nymphs, the, i. 311

Mendieta, on sun-myths, i. 203

Messou, i. 182

Metamorphosis in myth, i. 38, 117; African, i. 118, 119; America, i. 118, 119; Bushman, i. 118, ii. 15; India, i, 119; Lapland, i. 118; Paraguay, i, 118; Scotland, i. 117; into stones, i. 150–155; into plants, i. 155

Metis, i. 314, ii. 173, 243

Metrodorus, on the gods and heroes, i. 15

Mexican divine myths, ii. 65; calendar, the, ii. 75; gods, ii. 67–81

Mice, sacred to Apollo, ii. 201

Michabo, Manabozho, or Michahos, ii. 54

Michilimakinak, island of, i. 183

Mictlanleuctli, i. 204

Misukumigakua, ii. 272

Mixcoatl, ii. 80

Modern systems of myth, i. 19

Moffat, Dr., on African credulity, i. 91; and the Bechuanas, i. 93; on African myth of Morimo, i. 176

Moloch and Cronus, relations between, i. 306, 307

Monotheism in America, ii. 42–45; in Egypt, ii. 96

Moon-myths, i. 128–134; Australia, i. 128; Encounter Bay, i. 128; Eskimo, i. 129; Greek, i. 135; Hervey Islands, i. 134; Himalayan, i. 129; Macassar, i. 130; Malay, i. 132; Mexico, i. 129; Mongolia, i. 134; Muyscas of Bogata, i. 129; Piute, i. 130; Thibet, i. 129; Zulu, i. 129

Moora-Moora, i. 170

Morgan, Lewis, on the Aztecs, ii. 346

Morimo, i. 115

Moschion, on savage origin of man, i. 258

Môt, i. 323

Mother Hertha, ii. 262

Motogon, ii. 4

Mouse-Apollo, ii. 201

Muir (Dr.), on the Vedic hymns, i. 219, 241; on the Rig-Veda, i. 231; on hymn of Purusha, i. 245; on Prajapati, i. 249; on the Devapatre, i. 253; on the Asvins, ii. 155

Mukjarawaint tribe, totem of, ii. 3

Müller (J. G.), on absence of the pastoral stage in America, ii. 40; on the Mexican calendar, ii. 75; on Huitzilopochtli, ii. 71

Müller (Max), on the irrational element in myth, i. 8; on the Rig-Veda, i. 12; on etymology of Daphne, i. 22, 158; philology of, i. 23; on Tsui Goab, i. 35; on the word "totem," i. 59; on hymn to Helios, i. 126; on the Brahmanas, i. 218; on fetishes, i. 225; on Cronus myth, i. 304; on Motogon, ii. 4; on the Bushmen, ii. 9; on Aditi, ii. 128, 135; on wars of the gods, ii. 131; on Asuras, ii. 131; on the Asvins, ii. 155; on Tvashtri, ii. 159; on the Maruts, ii. 159; on Dyaus-Zeus, ii. 169, 170; on Apollo, ii. 192, 194; on popular tales, ii. 213; on Athene and Ahanâ, ii. 246; on Aphrodite as dawn, ii. 254; on Hermes, ii. 255; on Aryan tales, i. 297; on the savage, ii. 326; on the beginning of man, ii. 330; on the absence of recognised authorities in savage myth, ii. 337; on the Australian deity, ii. 339

Müller (C. O.), on mythology, i. 20; on myths of Zeus, ii. 181; on Metis, ii. 243; on descent from the lower animals, i. 278; on legend of Artemis, ii. 212; on Dionysus Zagreus, ii, 227; on Onomacritus, ii. 228; on Dionysus, ii. 228; on Dionysus rites in Tenedos, ii. 233

Mylitta, a name of Aphrodite, ii. 252

Myrmidon, ii. 176

Mystic dances, i. 282

Myth, rational and irrational, i. 5–10; ancient theories of, i. 1–19; modern systems of, i. 19–25; anthropological theory of, i. 25–45; and religion, ii. 165; explanatory, heroic and romantic, ii. 282

Myth and ideas of savages, evidence on, ii. 331; inconsistent Aryan, ii. 131

Mythological stories, origin of, ii. 321

Mythology, evolution of, i. 36

Myths. See Creation, Eclipse, Heaven and earth, Moon, Sun, Star; African, i. 147, ii. 12; American, i. 39, 144, 151, 152; Andaman, i. 41; Australian, i. 147, 150, ii. 12; Egyptian, ii. 112; Eskimo, ii. 47; Fiji, i. 156; Greek, i. 142, 144, 146, 149, ii. 169–276; Hervey Islands, i. 145; Indian, i. 150, ii. 136, 139, 140, 152, 155, 160, 161; Mangaian, 153, 157; Maori, ii. 29; Melanesian, ii. 23; Mexican, ii. 66–80; nature, i. 123, 160; Negro, i. 81; night, Brazilian, i. 127; Melanesian, i. 127; plant, i. 155; stone, i. 150–155

Nadaillac, on prehistoric America, ii. 38; on the Moquis and Zunis, ii. 39

Namaqua myths, i. 177

Nana, ii. 179

Nanahuatzin, i. 126

Nature-myths, i. 123, 160

Nebrismus, custom of, ii. 229

Nebseni, papyrus of, ii. 112

Nefer, Neferu, meaning of, ii. 352

Negro-myth, i. 81

Nepththys, ii. 113, 119

New Caledonian superstition, i. 96

Nightingale-myth, Greek, i. 142; Red Indian, i. 143

Night-myth, Brazilian, i. 127; Melanesian, i. 127

Non-Aryan totemism, i. 78

Nooralie, the, ii. 4

Norman ballad, a, compared with metamorphosis in India, &c., i. 119

Numi Tarom, i. 182

Nurrumbunguttias, the, i. 166

Nurrumdere, ii. 5

Nut, i. 89, 113

Ocean, personality of, i. 295

Odin, i. 192

Ojibeway beliefs, ii. 54

O-Kee-Pa, i. 286

Old ones, the, i. 177, 179, ii. 4

Omission of impure myths in Rig-Veda, i. 11; in Homer, i. 3

Omumborumbonga-tree, the, i. 176

Onatas, ii. 267

Oneidas, their descent from stones, i. 152

Onomacritus, i. 292, ii. 227, 229

Origin of species, see Creation; of classes, American myth, i. 246; Teutonic myth, i. 246; of eland, i. 147; of frogs, i. 149; of pigs, i. 145; of mythological tales, ii. 321

Origins of man, various, i. 167

Orpen, on Bushman dances, i. 71

Orphic poems, the, i. 291, ii. 227; Phanes, the, i. 317; mode of life, the, i. 292

Osiris, ii. 89, 92, 94, 96, 107, 108, 112, 118, 123; hymn to, ii. 95; myth of, ii. 112; explanations of, ii. 120, 123

Outaonaks, the, totemism of, i. 73

Ovaherero myths, i. 176

Ovakuru Meyuru, the, i. 177

Ovid, on Hecate, i. 279

Owl, legend of, i. 146

Owl, bat, and eagle-owl, legend of, i. 146

Pachacamac, i. 212

Pachyachachi, i. 210

Palenque, city of, ii. 38

Pakeha Maori, the, 1. 112

Panchæa, i. 15

Panquetzaliztli, ii. 74

Paracelsus, his theory on darkness, i. 127

Paraguay, metamorphosism, i. 118

Parkman, on the primitive Indian, ii. 39

Parnopios, statue of, ii. 201

Pastoral stage absent in America, ii. 40

Paul de St. Victor, on Apollo, ii. 193; on Hermes, ii. 259

Pausanias, on temple pictures, i. 2; on human sacrifices to Zeus, i. 268; on Artemis Orthia, ii. 215; on Dionysiac orgies, ii. 227; on Aphrodite, ii. 252; on Pentheus, ii. 235; on rites of Demeter, ii. 264; on the Eleusinia, ii. 271

Pelican, myth of, i. 141

Pentheus, slaying of, ii. 234

Perry, on Vedic texts upon origin of man, ii. 144; on Indra and Vrittra, ii. 147

Persephone, ii. 273

Peruvian mysteries, compared with Eleusinian, i. 283; myths, 205–213; tales, ii. 315; totemism, i. 75, 207

Phallus, ii. 255–256

Pietschmann, on Egyptian animal-worship, ii. 99

Pigs, origin of, i. 145; sacred to Demeter, ii. 261, 269

Pindar, on the gods as cannibals, i. 3; an apologist for myths, i. 4; on origin of man, i. 321

Pinkerton, on sorcery at Loango, i. 110

Pirnmeheal, ii. 6

Piute myths, i. 130, 313

Phaethon, ii. 193

Phallic Hermæ, the, ii. 255, 256, 257

Phanes, i. 317

Philemon, on myth of Niobe, i. 154

Philo Byblius, i. 322

Philology, i. 21–25

Philomela, i. 142

Phœnician cosmogonic myths, i. 322

Phœnix, ii. 252

Phoibos, meaning of, ii. 194

Plant-myths, i. 155, 156

Plastering with clay. See Clay

Platæa, story of, ii. 178

Plato, on religious rites, i. 265; on myths, i. 299

Platonists, the, on Dionysus Zagreus, ii. 225

Plutarch, on legend of Zeus and log of oak-wood, i. 18; on sacrifices, i. 280; on the cessation of oracles, i. 330; the god of, i. 330; on the Delphic responses, ii. 201; on Dionysus, ii. 234; on mysteries of Demeter, ii. 275

Polytheism in Egypt, ii. 89

Popul Vuh, hymns of, i. 199

Popular tales, ii. 283–320; Märchen, ii. 86; epic poetry and legend, ii. 286; difficulties of, ii. 317

Porphyry, an apologist for myths, i. 4; on Egyptian kinship with nature, i. 80; on sacred images, i. 265; on human sacrifices, i. 307

Pond, on Dacotah medicine-men, i. 111

Poseidon, disguised as a horse, i. 9

Po'shai-an-K'ia, ii. 63

Powell, on the Ute hero, ii. 55

Prajapati, i. 235, 248, 249, 252, ii. 132

Preller, on Cronus, i. 304, 308; on Zeus, ii. 175; on the Argive Apollo, ii. 200; on mouse-Apollo, ii. 201; on Apollo a shepherd, ii. 202; on Artemis, ii. 210; on Semele, ii. 221, 222; on Zagreus, ii. 230; on Athene, ii. 246, 248; on Hermes, ii. 258, 259

Prey-gods, Zuni, ii. 63

Priests of sacred tribes, their evidence on myths, ii. 338

Primitive conception of objects, i. 137, ii. 325

Prithivi, ii. 134

Proclus, on the Daphnephoria, ii. 194

Progression and culture, ii. 327

Prytaneion, the, i. 268

Psyche, ii. 263

Pueblo Indians, ii. 38

Puluga, i. 172

Pund-jel, i. 168, ii. 3

Puranas, the, i. 250

Purusha, i. 242; hymn of, i. 243; date of hymn, i. 245

Python, the, ii. 195

Pythius, meaning of, ii. 196

Qasavara, i. 153, ii. 24

Qat, i. 314, ii. 23

Qat, Michabo, or Ormuzd, i. 334

Qing, ii. 9, 11

Qong, i. 127

Quawteaht, i. 188, ii. 26, 49, 50

Quetzalcoatl, ii. 68, 77, 78

Quiches, the, i. 197, 198

Quoarnah, excavations at, ii. 109

Ra, ii. 111

Ralston, on Egyptian and Hottentot tales, ii. 305, 306

Ram-Apollo, ii. 202

Ram, Hermes with the, ii. 256

Ram-Indra, ii. 149

Rangi and Papa, i. 193

Râ-Shou, ii. 97

Rasles (Père), on Outaoak totemism, i. 73

Rational and irrational myth, i. 5–10

Raven, incarnation of a Shaman in a, i. 119

"Red Dawn" or "Wounded-Knee," ii. 19

Red Indian sorcerers, i. 98, 101, 111

Reed-bed, the, i. 179, 180

Regnard, on metamorphosis in Lapland, i. 118

Reiderbecke (Rev. H.), on Ovaherero myths, i. 176

Religion and myth, i. 327, ii. 165; of Egypt, ii. 84

Religious conservatism, i. 260

Renan, on Phœnician myth, i. 326

Renouf (Le Page), on Egyptian monuments, ii. 85; on Egyptian religion, ii. 88; on Egyptian monotheism, ii. 96; on Osiris, ii. 350; on the Great Hare in Egypt, ii. 350

Réville on Huitzilopochli, ii. 72; on Tlaçoleotl, ii. 80; on Tlaloc, ii. 80

Rhea, i. 303

Rig-Veda, omission of impure myths in, i. 11; hymns, i. 240, ii. 127; texts on Indra, ii. 144; Indra in, ii. 146, 147, 148, 150; Ushas in, i. 152; Asvins in, ii. 156

Rink, on Eskimo tales, ii. 49

Rishis, the, i. 223–226

Risley (H. H.), on Bengal totemism, i. 78

Rites of Hellas and of barbarism, i. 281

Ritual and religion, i. 260

Roast-pig, ii. 261

Romilly, on unsatisfactory nature of savage evidence on myth, ii. 336

Roscher, on Apollo, ii. 194; on Artemis, ii. 210; on Ascelpius, ii. 205; on sacrifice, ii. 234

Roth, on the Asvins, ii. 155; on Indra, ii. 142

Rudra, ii. 160

Sacred images, i. 265; evolution of, i. 274

Sacrifice, mangled man, i. 242

Sacrifices, human, i. 267–274, ii. 67, 73, 79, 80, 216; animal, ii. 78, 106, 201, 214, 229, 233, 252, 264, 267, 269

Sadhyas, the, ii. 131

Sagas and stories, problems of, ii. 287

Sahagun, on Mexican gods, ii. 78

Salvado, on Australian god, ii. 339

Sama-Veda, the, i. 217

Samoan myths, i. 125, 196, ii. 33; totemism, ii. 33, 34

Sanchoniathan, i. 322, 323, 326

Saranyu, ii. 156

Satapatha Brahmana, the, i. 250, 251

Savage, the, defined, i. 31; credulity of, i. 49, 90; divine myths, i. 327; imagination of the, i. 56; ideas, i. 47, 53, 138; ghost stories, i. 104; mental condition of the, i. 84, ii. 325; myth, i. 50; myths and beliefs, evidence on, ii. 331–345; rites, ii. 226; speculation, i. 49; survival in ritual, &c., i. 257–288

Sayana, on Indra, ii. 141

Sayce (Prof.), on Babylonian myth, i. viii; on Cronus, i. 307

Scalping, ii. 40

Scapegoats, human, i. 272

Schljam Schoa, ii. 52

Schoolcraft, on Indian credulity, i. 49; on Algonkin tales, i. 50; on Algonkin races, i. 54; on American totemism, i. 72, 73; on the thunder-bird, i. 110

Schwartz, on Athene, ii. 247; on Daphne, ii. 206; on Demeter, ii. 266

Schreiber, on Artemis, ii. 209

Scott (Sir Walter), on popular tales, ii. 290

Seb, ii. 100; and Nut, ii. 89, 113

Sebak, ii. 105

Sehuiab, the, i. 191

Sekhet, ii. 105

Selene and Endymion, i. 135

Semele, ii. 221, 222

Semitic races, and Aphrodite, ii. 252

Serpent, changed into stone, i. 155

Serpents, use of, in mysteries, i. 287

Set, ii. 92, 119, 122

Siati, song of, ii. 315

Sing Bonga, i. 150

Skins of animals, use of, in rites, ii. 213

Sky-Dyaus-Zeus, ii. 169

Sky-person, sky-god, i. 337

Smith (Mrs. E.), on Iroquois gods, ii. 53; on the Great Spirit, ii. 44

Smith (Prof. Robertson), on offering of totem-beast, ii. 279; on totemism among Semitic races, i. 81; on wolf-Zeus, i. 273

Smyth (Brough), on Australian wild dog, i. 58; on Australian frog fable, i. 40; on Australian gods, ii. 7

Socrates's etymological guesses, i. 12

Sokar, ii. 94

Soma, i. 233, ii. 151, 158

Soma juice, ii. 146, 147, 151

Sophocles, on Apollo, ii. 200

Sorcery. See Magic

Spencer (Dean of Ely), on Hebrew ritual, i. 28

Spencer (Herbert), i. 53, on savage curiosity, i. 84, 85

Spirits of the dead, i. 103, ii. 23

Sproat, on the worship of the Ahts, ii. 25; on Quawteaht, ii. 50; on religion on savages, ii. 341

Srannan, the, i. 284

St. Victor, Paul de, ii. 193, 259

Star-myths, Piute, i. 130; Malay, i. 132; Sanscrit, i. 136, 137

Stesichorus, on Helios, ii. 192

Stones, metamorphosis into, i. 151, 155

Stones, gods and men, i. 153

Strachey (William), on Red-Indian gods, ii. 55

Strahlenberg, on Jakut totemism, i. 80

Suidas, on Zeus Laphystius, i. 274

Summary of divine myths, i. 332

Sun-myths, 124–135; American, i. 125; African, i. 126; Australian, i. 124, 126; Aztec, i. 126; Californian, i. 126; Encounter Bay, i. 128; Hervey Islands, i. 134; Ho, i. 132; Mexican, i. 126; Malay, i. 132; Muyscas of Bogota, i. 129; New Zealand, i. 125; Piute Indian, i. 130; Samoan, i. 125

Surya, i. 249; or Savitri, ii. 160

Sûryâ, ii. 155, 161

Survivals of myths, i. 33; in Greek customs, i. 259; in mysteries, i. 280

Swallow-myths, i. 313, ii. 243–244

Swan of Apollo, i. 278

Sympathies, the belief in, ii. 306

Tabu, i. 113

Tacitus, on Diana and Apollo of the Ephesians, ii. 217; on Mother Hertha, ii. 262

Tacullies, myth of the, i. 191

Taittarya Sanhita, the, i. 217, 247

Tales, popular, ii. 283–320

Taliesin, story of, i. 315

Tamate, the, ii. 23

Tangaloa, i. 196

Tanner, John, among the Indians, ii. 46

Taplin, on marriage in Australia, i. 63, 64; on Nurrumdere, ii. 5

Taût, i. 324

Tawhiri Matea, i. 301

Taylor, on Maori gods, ii. 30

Telmessus, ii. 205

Tennes, i. 278

Teteo Innan, ii. 80

Tezcatlipoca, ii. 69, 79

Thargelia, the, i. 272

Theagenes, an apologist for myths, i. 4; physical philosophy of, i. 14

Thesmophoria of Deineter, the, ii. 267

Thoth, ii. 89, 100

Thunder-bird, the, i. 110

Ticiviracocha, i. 210

Tiele (Prof.), on philology, i. 24; on comparative anthropology, i. 43; on Cronus, i. 309, 310; on Egyptian religion, ii. 90; on Set, ii. 95; on the Book of the Dead, ii. 97; on Egyptian animal-worship, ii. 101; on Egypt, ii. 108

Ti-iti-i, i. 196

Tlaçolteotl, ii. 80

Tlaloc, ii. 80

Toad, the Andaman, i. 41

Tohunga, a, i. 119, 113

Tonga, earth-god in, ii. 263

Tootooch, ii. 26

Torngak, the, i. 115

Torngarsuk, i. 115, ii. 47

Totem, the word, i. 59; the sun a, 74, 208; beast, offering of the, i. 279; of Apollo, ii. 205

Totemism, i. 58–81; traces of, i. 276; Africa, i. 66, 69, 70; Amazon, i. 76; America, North, i. 71; Australia, i. 61, ii. 3; Bechuana, i. 69; Egypt, ii. 101–105, 354; Greece, i. 276, ii. 205; Guatemala, i. 208; Guiana, i. 76; India, i. 77–79; Jakut, i. 80; Mexico, ii. 68, 71, 72, 76; Peru, i. 75, 207; Samoa, ii. 33, 34; Non-Aryan, i. 79

Tree-worship, ii. 219, 235

Tsui Goab, i. 35, ii. 18, 20, 21, 22

Tŭ, ii. 30

Turndun, the, i. 284

Turner, on Samoan gods, ii. 34

Tvashtri, disguised as a horse, i. 9, 239, ii. 143, 159

Twilight of the gods, ii. 277

Two brothers, story of the, i. 155, ii. 300; examination of the story, ii. 304

Tylor (E. B.), on animism, i. 52; on Huitzilopochtli, ii. 74; on magic of savages, i. 95; on mythology, i. 34; on savage imagination, i. 56; on savage beliefs, ii. 233; on evidence of anthropology, ii. 322–333

Typhon, ii. 113–116, 120

Uiracocha, i. 249

Ulhaipa, the, i. 191

Unkulunkulu, myth of, i. 167, 179, 180

Unne-fer, or Unnu-neferu, ii. 351, 353

Unnu, ii. 351

Unnut, ii. 351, 354

Uranus, i. 310

Ushas, ii. 152

Uthlanga, i. 179

Uttanapad, i. 239

Vairupa, ii. 143

Valentyn, on the Khoi-Khoi, ii. 18

Varuna, i. 6, ii. 138; hymn of, ii. 127

Vatea, i. 195

Vayu, ii. 126

Vedas, the, i. 216–237; confusion in the, ii. 134; diversities in translation of, i. 234

Vedic ancestor-worship, i. 227; fetishism, i. 225; gods, ii. 125–161; moral aspect of, ii. 129; India, i. 219; myths, compared with savage, i. 238; serpent, the, i. 42, ii. 146

Vimont (Père), on Ioskeha, ii. 54

Visvarupa, slaying of, i. 12

Visvasvat, ii. 137, 156

Voigt, on rites of Dionysus, ii. 234

Voodoo-dance, the, ii. 240

Vrittra, i. 43, ii. 143, 147

Vuis, the, ii. 23

Vulture and heron, legend of, i. 144

"Wanderung's theorie," of Märchen, ii. 314

Wandong, ii. 4

War-magic, i. 98, 99

Water-thief, story of the, i. 39–42, ii. 147

Weber, on the Brahmanas, i. 237; on the Vedas, i. 217; Vedic priests, i. 223

Welcker, on Athene, ii. 245; on Demeter, ii. 263; on Hermes, ii. 255, 256

Were-wolf in Arcadia, the, i. 273

Whitney, on Aryan ghosts, i. 227; on the Atharva hymns, i. 230

Wilkinson, on the eating of crocodiles, ii. 104

Wolf-Apollo, ii. 200; Zeus, ii. 273; honoured by Athenians, the, i. 277; wolf-dances, see Hirpi

Woman giving birth to animals, stories of, i. 58

"Wounded-Kuee," ii. 19

Wurpl, ii. 3

Xenophanes, his poem on the gods, i. 3; an apologist for myths, ii. 4; on likeness of gods to men, ii. 167

Yehl, i. 192, ii. 50

Ygdrasil, the African, i. 176

Ymir, i. 316

Zagreus, ii. 225; sky, ii. 169

Zeus, i. 7, ii. 163, 198–191; and log of oak-wood, ii. 178; and Callisto, ii. 211; and Lycaon, ii. 177; and Metis, ii. 243; and Semele, ii. 222; and Zagreus, ii. 225; antiquity of, ii. 166; in bestial shapes, ii. 175; degeneration of, ii. 189; in Homer, ii. 182; in religion, ii. 186; wild legend of, ii. 179; Arotrios, i. 225; Dyaus, ii. 170; Kappotas, i. 275; Meilichios, i. 324; sky-god, i. 337

Zoomorphic idols, i. 9, ii. 266

Zulus, the, i. 178; märchen, ii. 316; myths, see Myths

Zunis, the, ii. 60^[1]

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Notes

1. (I am indebted for this Index to my friend Mrs. Ogilby.)