314; whale-goddess of,314Pentecost Islanders, dualistic myth of,146; death myth of,151Pentheus, legend of,243"Period of the Gods," a cycle of Japanese myths,260Peroun, Slavonic god,28Persephone,114; myth of,129-130,206,288,304Persians, dualistic myth of,145; creation myth of,146; floodmyth of,153; place of reward of,153Personality, theory of—seeAnimismPeruda, Tupi god of generation,184Peruvian Indians, their name for Earth-Mother,134; belief indestruction by fire among,139; myth of birth of gods among,144;creation myth of,147; their myth of origin of man,148; theirmyth of origin of heroes,149; culture myth of,150; fire mythof,152; flood myth of,153; place of punishment of,154; moonmyth of,156; star myth of,156Peruvian myth,16,84; sun-god in,119; Mama-cocha ('Mother Sea')in,125,314; Copacahuana (idol) in,125; creation myth,173-174;Paradise and Hell in,212Pherecydes of Leros, his adjustment of myth to popular belief,42Pherecydes of Syros, his treatise on myth,41-42Philological school, the,47-51; its sub-schools,50; method of,criticized by Lang,71Picumnus,134Picus, Latin deity,32,117Pillan, Araucanian deity,308-309,312Pilumnus, Latin rural deity,134Pirrhua Manca, Peruvian sun-god,16Place of punishment,195et seq.; myths of, classified,154Place of reward,195et seq.; myths of, classified,153-154Plant cults,93Pleiades, different conceptions of,140,141,142,156; Bakairi ideaof,182; Tupi-Guarani idea of,184Plutarch, on Egyptian animal deities,15; his pragmatical explanationof myth,43; his writings on Egyptian myth,246Pluto, ruler of Greek Hades,45,206,218Podarge, white-footed wind,133Poetry, English, myth in,275-281Polynesians, dismemberment myth of,146; myth of origin of man of,148;death myth of,151olyonymy, factor in formation of myth,48Polytheism, definition of,29; strange gods readily adopted in astate of,34Pomona, Latin goddess of fruit-trees,135Popol Vuh, Kiche mythic book,172,187,190; not influencedby Biblical ideas,188-189; material of,264; creation storyin,264-265; importance of,269; English translation of, inThe Wordby Guthrie,270Porphyry on myth,43Poseidon, Greek sea-god,41,126; as brother of Pluto,206'Powers,' Marett's definition of,24Prajapati, Indian creative deity,160-161Prehistoric Man, Wilson's,306n.Priests, Araucanian,312Primitive Culture, Tylor's,55-58Primitive Marriage, McLennan's,59Prince, Professor,271Principles of Sociology, Spencer's,59Prithivi, Hindu Earth-Mother,289Procris, as dew,50Prodicus, his interpretation of myth,42Prolegomena zit einer wissenschäftlicherMythologie, Müller's,46Prometheus, bird-form of,123; as fire-stealer,140; compared withLoki,293Prometheus Unbound, Shelley's poem,276Proserpine and golden bough,78,80,81Proteus, Gwydion compared with,296Ptah, Egyptian creative god,115,165,285Pueblo Indians, belief in destruction by fire,139Punchau Inca, Inca sun-god,309Purusha, Indian deity,159-160Pyrrha,178QQUEENSFERRY(Scotland), ceremony of Burry Man at,135-137Quetzalcoatl, as agricultural god,129; in creation myth,171; asMexican wind-god,264-299Qui-oki, Nottoway god,305RRA, Egyptian solar deity,114,115; as creator in form of Khepera,163;chief of Egyptian heaven,199; described,285Ragnorök, Norse day of doom,261Raini, Mundruku creator,183Ramayana, the, Hindu epic,256et seq.Rama,256Reinach, Salomon, his works,84-85,109Religion, definitions of,14; pre-animistic,23; sacred and frivolousin,67; difference between myth and,68; primitive, two great typesof,82Religion of the Semites, Robertson Smith's,61,83Religious sentiment, survival of,70Researches into the Early History of Mankind, Tylor's,55Revue de l'histoire des religions,Tiele's,65Rex Nemorensis(King of the Wood),79Rhadamanthus, one of the tribunal of the Greek Underworld,206;ruler of Elysian Fields,207Rhea, wife of Cronus,18,134,276,277"Rígsmál," Norse mythic book,262Rig-Veda, Indian sacred book, creation myth in,159-160Rites, myths of, classified,157Ritual, and myth,89,238et seq.;movements,239;in folk-belief,239-240River Chaco Indians of South America, creation myth of,183Romans, their myth of origin of heroes,149; soul myth of,152;fire myth of,152; place of reward of,153; moon myth of,156Round Table, King Arthur's, as the sun,122Rudra, Hindu deity,132,291; swallows universe,163Rumanians, dismemberment myth of,146Russians, dismemberment myth of,146Rustem, as sun-hero,122SSABITU, Assyrian sea-goddess,252,254Sacred, idea of the,33; sacred stones,27Sahagun, Father Bernardino, Spanish historian of Mexico,263-264Samoyede fetishes,104-105Satapatha Brahmana, Hindu sacred book, creation mythin,160et seq.Saturn, Milton on,277; Keats on,276-277Savage and civilized myths compared,71-72Savage and irrational element in myth,15,16,45,51; Tieleon,65; Lang on,67Scandinavian creation myth,170,193-194Schelling, Friedrich, on myth and national development,46Science, early, and myth,20et seq.Science of Fairy Tales, Hartland's,92Science of Language, Sayce's,223Scotland, Faust legend variant in,228-233; fisher beliefs of,234;boat-language of fishers of,235; taboo of animal names in,235;May-time ceremonies in,240et seq.Sea-gods,125Secondary myth,90; frequently arises out of ritual,238Serpent, horned, in American myth,307Servius, his allegorical interpretation of the golden bough,78Shaddai, orShedi('my demon'), early form of Yahweh,74Shamans, of Chinooks,303-304Shamash, Babylonian god,250,288Sheol, Hebrew Hades,203-204Shesu-Heru,198Shintoism in theKojikiandNihongi,260Shropshire Folklore, Burne's,226Shu, Egyptian god,165; birth of,163Sidhe(fairy folk) in Irish myth,295Siegfried,122Sif, Norse goddess, wife of Thor,294Sigfusson, Sæmund, Norse historian,261Sigu, deity of Arawak Indians,Sigurd, as sun-hero,122Sin, Scandinavian deity,123Sin, Babylonian moon-god,288Sir John Rowll's Cursing, mythological allusions in,44-45Sita, Hindu goddess,256Siva, Hindu deity,291Skasa-it (Robin) in myths of Chinook Indians,302Skrymir, Norse giant,45Sky, Egyptian ideas regarding,165Sky-god, and Lang's 'All-Father' deities,74n.; European,89;Sky-Father,133Slavonic place of the dead,207-209Smith, Professor G. Elliot, theories of,36-37.95-100Smith, William Robertson, his theories regarding myth,61-64;on the non-religious character of myth,61Snorri Sturlason, Norse mythologist,260Socrates, on the analysis of divine names,42Solar myth,36; Lang on,54; its groundwork,120-122'Solar' theory, its mythological merits,120Solomon Islanders, death myth of,151Soma,256,291"Song of Thrym, The," Norse mythic book,262Soul, early beliefs about,22et seq.;conception of,59;conception of, not essential to idea of god,72; myths of,classified,151-152; search for, among the Chinooks,303-304;belief regarding, among Araucanian Indians,313South America, star myths of,140-142; creation myths of,177-179Southern Cross (constellation), in South American myth,141;different conceptions of,184Southern Indians, death myth of,151Spencer, Herbert, his definition of religion,14; his system ofmythology,59; refutation of his theories by Lang,60Spirit, Tylor on,59,102; idea of,102-104; distinction between,and god,128; idea of, connected with wind or breath,298Staden, Hans, on Tupi-Guarani beliefs,183Star myths,140-142; classified,156Stars, personification of,202Stratification of myth, theory of,81-82Studies in Ancient History, McLennan's,59Subterranean passage, legend of,227-228Sun-gods,118-122; in Peru,119; later phases of,119; in Egyptianmythology,119-120; animistic and anthropomorphic ideas of,120;myths classified,155; worship in Mexico,299-300; in America,305Supernaturalism, Marett's definition of,24Surya, Hindu deity,289Susa-no-o, Japanese deity,260Sym Skynar,45Symbolik und Mythologie, Creuzer's,46Synonymy, factor in formation of myth,48TTABOO, myths of,143; myths of, classified,150; of animal namesin Scotland,235Tacullies, creation myth of,147Taittiriya Brahmana, Hindu sacred book, creation myth in,160-161Tales, children and 'mis-telling' of,38Taliesin, ancient British bard,296Talmud, the,204Tamandare, Tupi-Guarani hero,183Tammuz, Babylonian deity,251,288Tangoroa, in Polynesian dismemberment myth,143Tapio, forest-god of Finns,76Tartarus, region in the Greek Hades,206Tawiscara, (Dark One), Huron evil deity,27,37,191Taylor, Thomas, his translation of Pausanias,46Tefnut, Egyptian goddess,163; birth of,164Tempuleague, whale-goddess of the Pehuenche Indians,314Tepeyollotl, Mexican god,134Termagent or Tyr, Scandinavian deity,43Test of recurrence in myth,32,47,91; definition of,39; Lang on,71Tethra, lord of Celtic Underworld,295Teutates,294Teutonic mythology described,292et seq.Teutons, dualistic myth of,145; creation myth of,147; culture mythof,150; taboo myth of,150; fire myth of,152; flood myth of,153;place of reward of,153; place of punishment of,154; creationstories among,170; realm of woe of,196; Valhalla of,197; mythicwritings of,260-262Texts, comparative lateness of most traditional,91Tezcatlipoca, Mexican deity,74,115,133,171,264; as Lord of NightWind,132,297-298Theagenes of Rhegium,15; his criticism of myth,41Theobiography, or life-history of gods,63Thetis supplies Apollo with divine food,121Thlinkeet Indians, thunder-god of,123; myth of birth of god of,144;beast myth of,145; dualistic myth of,146; fire-stealing mythof,149Thoms, W. J., his definition of folklore,223Thor, Norse deity,123,124,262,293-294Thoth, Egyptian deity,115,127,285; commands creation,165Threshold of Religion, Marett's,23,88Thunder and lightning, myths of,51Thunder-gods,122-124; Andean ideas of,122; as birds,123-124;their lightning spears,123; connected with flint,124;with rain,124Thunderer, supernatural being of Chinook Indians,301Tiawath, Babylonian monster,34-35,166,167,283,287Tiele, Cornelius Petrus, his position,65; on barbarous survivals,65;on the anthropological school,65-66Tien or Shang-ti, Chinese creative deity,167Time, reckoning of, anciently regarded as a science,126-127Tinneh or Déné Indians (Hare-skins), beast myths of,145; creationmyth of,147; soul myth of,152; flood myth of,153Titans, Keats on,277Tlaloc, Mexican water-god,171,299,309; as ruler of terrestrialParadise,196,210Tlazolteotl, Mexican goddess,115Tobacco, ceremonial use of, among American tribes,312Toci, Mexican Earth-Mother,299Todas Indians, myth to account for custom or rites of,157Tohil, deity of Kiche Indians,26,268Tollan, ancient Mexican city,264Toltecs, culture myth of,150Tonacaciuatl, Aztec creative goddess,211Tonacatecutli, Aztec creative deity,211Tonga Islanders, place of reward of,154Tootah, thunder-bird of Vancouver Islanders,123Torquemada, writer on Mexican myth,264Toru-guenket, Tupi moon and principle of evil,184Toru-shom-pek, Tupi sun and principle of good,184Totemism, definitions of,28-29; German ignorance of,85Totems, British,28; examples of, in myth,28; allusion to, inantiquity,29; Lafitau's interpretation of,29; Jevons on,86;development of, into gods,108-110; animal attributes of,109;distribution of, among tribal gods,109; manner of determining,109;causes which tend to humanize,110; various methods of fusion of,with the god,110Tradition, definition of,11; use of the term,13n.; comparativelateness of written,91; unequal method of recording,91;interpretation of its testimony,91; evidence of age in,91;metamorphoses of,91Transition from hunting to agricultural religion,117Tree of Life, Crawley's,14Tree-spirit, in cult of Arician grove,76; represented byliving person,76Triduana, St, legend of,224-227Trophonius,121,206Tsuki-yumi, Japanese moon-god,168Tuatha de Danann (Children of Danu), Celtic deities,220,263,294,295et seq.Tuonela, Finnish place of dead,304Tupi-Guarani Indians, star myth of,141; dualistic myth of,146; firemyth of,152; flood myth of,153; creation myth of,183-186Tutivillus, a fiend,44Two Brothers, Egyptian story of,247-248Tylor, Sir E. B., definition of religion,14; his general thesis,55-56;on language and formation of myth,56-57; his animistic theory,58-59Tyr, Norse deity equated with Jupiter and Zeus,48Tzentals, creation myth of,147Tzitzimime, Aztec demons,211U