UAPÈSof Brazil, birth of gods myth of,144,191-192Uitzilopochtli, Mexican deity,32,264,298-299; evolved fromhumming-bird,32n.,110; evolved from bird totem,117;as lightning,123; serpent symbols of,124; sacrifices to,198Ulmenes, lesser spirits of Araucanian Indians,311Underworld, myths of, classified,154-155; man originates in, inAmerican myth,181-182Undry, cauldron of Dagda, a Celtic deity,295Unseen, fear of,103Upsala Codex, the, of Younger Edda,261Uranus, first monarch of Olympus,18,53,283Ut-Napishtim, myth of,252-253V"VAFPRÚTHNISMÅL,"the, Norse mythic book,261Valhalla, Norse Heaven,197-198Varuna, Hindu god,53,130,256,289Vasus,256Vayu, Hindu deity,256,289Vedas, Hindu sacred books,255-256; savagery in,20Veddah of Ceylon, fetishism among,106Vedde-Yakko, Cingalese fetish of chase,106Vedic Hindus, wind-god of,132; myth of birth of gods of,144;fire-stealing myth of,149; myth of place of reward of,153Vegetation spirits,79; rites,135-137Venus,237; as wife of Vulcan,279; allusions to, in poetry ofSwinburne, Lord de Tabley, and Ben Jonson,280-281; associatedwith Ishtar,288Vidhatri, Hindu god,256Vine, sacred,94-95Viracocha, Peruvian water-god,16Virgil on the golden bough,77-78Vishnu, Hindu deity,256,257,290,291Vishnu Purana, Hindu sacred book, creation myth in,161-163Vivasvat,256Volsungs, Teutonic mythical family,262"Völuspá," the, Norse mythical book,261Vukub-Cakix, 'the great Macaw' in Kiche myth,172,265et seq.Vulcan or Hephæstus, as god of fire,131; referred to by Milton andBen Jonson,297WWAÏNAMOÏNEN, Finnish deity,304Wallum-Olum, mythic book of Lenapé Indians,245Wampum Record, Algonquin book translated by Prince,271Water, its connexion with moon,127Wells, holy,226Welsh Celts, mythic book of,262-263West, as place of the dead,219and313Westcar Papyrus,246-247Western Isles, Martin's,27Wind connected with spirit or life298; gods of,132-133Wiradthuri tribes,157Wizard, 'scoring' a,28Women's rites,243-244World, creation of,seeChapter VI,158et seq.Wurm manuscript, of Younger Edda,261XXBALANQUE, hero-god of Kiche Indians,265et seq.Xenophanes of Colophon, his criticism of myth,40-41Xibalba, Hades of Kiches of Guatemala,212-213,266et seq.;ruled by secret society,212-213Xilonen, Mexican maize-goddess,299Ximenez, translator ofPopol Vuhinto Spanish,187,270Xiuhtecutli, Mexican fire-god,131,171Xmucane,172Xolotl, Mexican god,172Xpiyacoc, Kiche primeval deity,172YYAHWEH, god of Hebrews, early form of,74,201-202Yama,256Yesumaro, transcriber of Japanese myth,259Yetl, thunder-bird (Athapascan),123,179Yibil, Babylonian fire-god,131Ymir, Norse earth-giant,170Ynglinga Saga, the, Norse mythic book,261Yorkshire, soul myth in,152Yuba Paik, deity of Choctaw Indians,304Yurakare Indians, star myth of,141ZZEALAND, creation of island of,260Zephyrs, as west wind,133Zeus, Greek deity, birth of,18; as principle of life,41;equation of, with Jupiter and Tyr,48; philologicalschool and his name,48,53,289; as woodpecker,94;oak the dwelling-place of,94; father of Apollo, as thesky,121,305; father of Hephæstus,130; casts him fromOlympus,131; transforms the Pleiades into doves,142;brother of Pluto,206; as portrayed by Homer,258;described,283Zipacna, earth-giant in Kiche myth,265et seq.Zootheism,300,Zulus, creation myth of,147; myth of origin of man of,148;culture myth of,150Zuñi Indiana, dismemberment myth of,146; creation mythsof,147,183; myth of origin of man of,148