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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 |