INDEXAABALL, Celtic term for apple,95Abella, city of Campania,95Accadian concept of the abyss,34-35; sun myth,155Adjacent method in mythology, the,83Adonis represents revival of vegetation,135Aeracura, Celtic deity,294Æacus, son of Zeus and Ægina,206Æneid, Servius's commentary on the,78Ængus, Irish deity,295Æolus, Greek wind-god,133Ætiological (explanatory) myth,15n.; story of Orestes an,79;Jevons on,86-87; Marett on,89African myth, Lang on,71; ideas of future life,216After-life, ideas of,195et seq.Agamedes, builder of Apollo's palace,121Agave, mother of Pentheus,243Agni, Hindu fire-god,52,130,131,256,259; birth of,160Agricultural gods,113,128-129Ahriman, Persian evil principle,169; Molina on,310Ahts Indians, beast myth of,145; creation myth of,147;fire-stealing myth of,149; flood myth of,153Ai and Edda, dwarfs in Norse myth,262Aimon Kondi, deity of Arawak Indians,139,179Ainu (Japan), soul myth of,152A-Kikuyus, myth to account for customs and rites of,157Alatnir, Slavonic magical instrument,208Albiorix, Celtic (Gaulish) deity,204Algonquin Indians, belief in destruction by fire,139; myth of birthof gods of,144; dualistic myths of,145; dismemberment myth of,146;creation myth of,147,177; culture myth of,150; fire myth of,152;belief in after-life of,212Algonquin Legends of New England, Leland's,271Allatu, Queen of Assyrian Hades,201-202,288'All-Father,' gods and sky-gods;74n.; Lang's theoryof the,67-71,73-74Alligator as totem of Muskhogean Indians,307Ama-terasu, Japanese sun-goddess,120,168,260Amaethon, British deity,296Amei-malghen, guardian spirits of Araucanian Indians,311Amen, Egyptian god,114America, anthropological theories applied to myth of, by Payne,84;mound-building in,305-306; sun-worship in,305.See alsoBrazil, Mexico, South America,etc.American Indians, North, myths of,31; flint-gods of,26et seq.;fire myths of,139; myth of origin of man of,143; place of reward of,153; star myth of,156; creation myths of,174-186; ideas ofafter-life among,211-215; mythic writings of,270Ancestor-worship,104,110-112Andaman Islanders, fire-stealing myth of,149Andes, thunder-gods of,122-123Animal worship in Egypt,45Animatism, definition of,22n.Animism, definitions,17,22,52; Tylor on origin of,23n.; placein mythic development,31; Tylor's theory regarding,58-59; causes of,according to Spencer,59-60; Lang's criticism upon theory of,72-73;universal nature of early,82; and the supernatural idea of water,97;definite form of, developed in Egypt,97; origin of, Elliot Smith'stheory of the,97; distinction between, and polytheism,109; animisticconception of thunder,122; and corn myth,129-130Animistic myth, classes of,23Anthropological school of mythology51; its criticism of Müller'stheories,52-53; recognizes gender-termination as survivalfrom animistic stage,53; its position,54-55; Tiele on,65-66;'ignorant camp-followers' of,66Anthropomorphism,20,110,119,125et seq.Anti, Araucanian sun-deity,315Antike Wald- und Feldkulte, Mannhardt's,53Antis Indians, dismemberment myth of,146; culture myth of,150;flood myth of,153Anu, Babylonian deity,166,251,288Anubis, Egyptian god,285Apep, night-serpent in Egyptian myth,99Aphrodite, mandrake cult of,93; description of,285Apollo, as fire,41; apple cult of,93,94-95; as mistletoe,95;origin of,95; as sun-god,119; solar myth of,121; as wielderof lightning spear,124,127; as guardian of crops,129; Homeron,258; described,283-284; Celtic gods equated with,294;Bilé equated with,296Apo-ulmenes,309-310Apple-trees, cult of,95Apsaras, Hindu nymphs,291Apsu, Babylonian monster,34,166,296Aqas Xenas Xena, American Indian myth of,214Aradia, the Gospel of the Witches of Italy, Leland's,236Araucanian (Chilean) Indians,308et seq.; Peruvianinfluence upon myth of,309-310; deluge myth of,310-311;lack of worship among,311; castes of priests among,312;beliefs regarding the soul among,313; place of the deadaccording to,313; funeral practices of,313-314Arawaks of Guiana, fire myth of,139,152; legend of world-treeamong,141; culture myth of,150; flood myth of,153; creationmyth of,177-179Arianrhod, British deity,296Arician grove, cult of,76; priest of, as incarnation oftree-spirit,77. See alsoGolden BoughAricoute, Tupi-Guarani hero,183Arran, sacred stone of,27Artemis, as moon,41; mugwort cult of,93; as moon-goddess,127;Homer on,258Arthur, King, as sun-hero,122; his Round Table as the sun,122Aruru, creatrix of Eabani in the Gilgamesh epic,250Ascent of Olympus, The, Harris's,93Aschochimi Indians, beast myth of,145; flood myth of,153Ashtaroth, or Astarte, compared with Venus,285Askr and Embla, Norse Adam and Eve,170Asshur, Assyrian god,286; described,288Assyrian Hades,201-203Astrology and myth,202Athapascan Indians, creation myth of,147,179;fire-stealing myth of,149Athene, Homer on,20,258; the name,47n.; as owl,94;described,284-285Atius Tirawa, Caddoan creative deity,181Attys, vegetation god,135Augustine, St, on myth,43Aurora, Greek divinity,50Australia, early isolation of,36-37Australians (aboriginal), myth of moon of,19; Lang on,68; beastmyth of,145; dualistic myth, of,146; myth of origin of man of,148; culture myth of,150; taboo myth of,150; death myth of,151; star myth of,156Avaggdu, British deity,296Aztecs, war-god of,32,298; fire myth of,152; myth of place ofreward of,154; sun myth of,155; moon myth of,156; abodeof dead of,211; deities of,299.See alsoMexicansBBAAL, Bealltainn sacrifice believed to be to,240Babylonians, creation myth of,34-35,146,165-166,173; dualisticmyth of,145; culture myth of,149; deluge myth of,153;place of punishment of,154; myth of journey throughUnderworld of,154; food of the dead myth of,155;sun myth of,155; moon myth of,155; star myth of,156,252-253; general description of myths of,286Bacchus, connected with the earth,134; Leland on invocation to,237Bacon, Francis, his interpretation of myth,45Bakairi Indians, star myth of,140; and Orion,141; creation-myth of,182Balder, his journey to Hel,196Balor, Celtic god,294-295Banier, Abbé, historical treatment of myth,45Bast, Egyptian goddess,110Bat-god of Kakchiquel steals seeds of fire,268Bealltainn, Scottish festival of,240et seq.Beast myths, table of,144Beelzebub, Syrian deity,44Beetle as creative agency in Egypt and South America,181,183Bel in Gilgamesh epic,253Belenos, Celtic (Gaulish) deity,294Belial,44Bellerophon, Hellenic sun-hero,122Bel-Merodach, Babylonian god,34; description of,287-288Belus, supposititious connexion of, with Bealltainn festival,241-242Beowulf, myth of,121-122Berecyntia, goddess of Autun,294Bhaga, Indian deity,256Biblical narrative, how it colours myth,37Biblical creation story,167Bilé, British god,242,296Bird myths,31-32Birth of gods myths, table of,144Blood, natural food of spirits,106Blue Jay, god of Chinook Indians, myths of,31-32,68,301-302Boag, Johnny, legend of,234Boat-language of Scottish fishers,235Bohemian festival, return of summer,136Book of the Dead,246Boreas, Harris on,95; as wind in Greek myth,133Bornean ideas of after-life,216-217Bororo Indians and Milky Way,141Borvo, Celtic (Gaulish) god,294"Bragaræthur," the, a portion of the Edda,260Brahma, Hindu deity,115,256,290-291; as creator,160,162;his mythological side,291Brahmanas, savagery in,20Bran, British deity,296Brasseur de Bourbourg, Abbé, French translator ofPopol Vuh,187-188,290Brazilian Indians, earth myth of,134; fire myth of,139; moonmyth of,156Bres, Celtic god,295Bretons, fire-stealing myth of,149"Brewing ofÆgir, The," Norse myth,262Brigit, Irish goddess,296Brinton, Professor D. G., hisMyths of the New World,190-191;mentioned by Leland,270Britain, totems in,28British gods,296et seq.Brounger, myth of,26; folk-song on,27et seq.Browny, a goblin,44Bryant, Jacob, hisAnalysis of Ancient Mythology,46Buddhists, place of reward of,153Bull-roarer,19; gods evolved from,24Buri, Norse primeval deity,170Burnt-offerings to spirits,106-107Burry Man, the,135-137Bushmen, myth of Kwai Hemm among,19; dismemberment mythamong,146; creation myth of,147; myth of origin of man of,148; culture myth of,150; death myth of,151; star mythof,156; moon myth of,156Buyán, isle of,208CCABRAKAN, earth-giant in Kiche myth,265et seq.Cadmus, Greek solar hero,122Cahrocs, fire-stealing myth of,149Californian Indian creation myths,180Camulos, Celtic (Gaulish) tribal god,294Carayas Indians, culture myth of,150Caribs (Bakairi), their name for Earth-Mother,134; name forMilky Way,141; (of Guiana) star myth of,142; (Antillean)beast myth of,145; dismemberment myth of,146; culture mythof,150; flood myth of,153; place of reward of,154; placeof punishment of,154; creation myths of,182Castor and Pollux, their human form,156Caturix, Gaulish war-god,294Celtic myth of origin of heroes,149; culture myth,150; placeof reward,153; place of punishment,154; adventures inUnderworld,155; sun myth,155; creation myth,169,194;Otherworld,209-210; mythic system described generally,294et seq.Centeotl, Mexican maize-god,134Central Africans, death myth of,151Centzon Mimizcoa, Mexican name for the star-spirits,211Cephalus as sun,50Cerberus, dog guardian of Latin Hades,44Ceremonies representing details of myths,87Cherokee Indians, culture myth of,150Chiapas Indians, culture myth of,150Chicomecohuatl, Mexican maize-goddess,299Childhood, conservatism of,64Childhood of Fiction, Macculloch's,222Chinese creation myth,166-167,193Chinook Indians, myths of,31,300-304; beast myth of,145; myth ofjourney through Underworld of,155; food of the dead myth of,155;idea of after-life among,213-214; mythic system of,300-304Chippeway Indian belief in after-life,212Choctaw Indians, myths of,304; creation myth of,306-307;Paradise of,307; priests of,308Cingalese, soul myth of,152Cipactli animal in Mexican myth,98Classification of myth,138et seq.Codex Regius, MS. of the Edda,261-262Coem, hero of Tupi-Guarani Indians,183Comes, Natalis, his interpretation of myth,45Compact with gods,112-113,117-118Comparative mythology,47Comparative religion,13Comparative tables of myths,144-157Complementary process in folklore,233Con or Cun, thunder-god of the Collao of Peru,309,310Conservatism of childhood,64Cook, Professor A. B.,89Copacahuana, fish-goddess of Peruvians,125-126,315Corn-sheaf, rites connected with,128Corn-spirit,113-114; distinction between, and god,128;abode of,129-130; as ruler of Underworld,218Cosmic egg in Japanese myth,168Cosmogony generally,seeChapter VI, pp.158et seq.; alsoCreation mythsCosmogonies, relationship of,187-193'Covent Garden' school of mythology,75Cox, Rev. Sir G. W., advocates universality of the sun myth,50;on relationship of mythology to folklore,223Coyote, evil principle in MaiduIndian creation myth,180Creation myths generally,seeChapter VI, pp.158et seq.;Babylonian,34-35,165-166; table of,146-147; Egyptian,163-165;Chinese,166-167; Jewish,167; Japanese,168; Iranian,169;Celtic, 169; Norse,170; Mexican,171-172; Peruvian,173; AmericanIndian,174-186; South American, 177-179relationship of,187-193;conclusions on,192-194; of the Choctaw Indians,306-307Creation Myths of Primitive America, Curtin's,174Creuzer, on religious nature of myth,46Cronus, and savage element in Greek myth,18; as principle of time,41;deposed by his sons,206; shares sovereignty of Elysium withRhadamanthus,207Cult of Othin, Chadwick's,198Cultes, mythes, et religions, Reinach's,85,109Culture-heroes,119Culture myths,149-150Çupay, Peruvian lord of the dead,212,218Cupid and Psyche, myth of,143Curtin, Jeremiah, hisCreation Myths of Primitive Americaquoted,174-177Custom, reasons for its adoption inspired by tradition,96Customs or rites, myths of, classified,157Cythrawl, Celtic evil principle,169-170DDAGDA, Irish deity,295Dakota Indians, soul myth of,212Dancing and myth,238-239Danu, Celtic goddess,295Darmesteter and meteorological myths,51Dea Domnann, Celtic goddess,295Dead, the, as gods,42Death, myths of,142,150-151De Brosses, his explanation of myth,45