# Myth, Ritual, and Religion/Volume 2/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
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