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— version of Vedic hymn,83

Müller, C. O.,128

Murri,127

Mysteries,29-44

— Dionysiac,39

— in Brazil,43

— of Bushman,42

Myths, Accadian,137

— Algonquin,99

— Australian,130

— Brazilian,131

— Bushman,131

— Chinese, of mice,112

— diffusion of,23,24

— Egyptian, of mice,112;of stars,130

— Eskimo,130,132

— Finnish,101

— Indian, of serpent,81

— Japanese,93

— names of taboo on,82

— of animal bride,76-80

— of beaver (Ojibway),79

— of Cronus,45-63

— of Finland,156-179

— of Hottentots,197-211

— of Jason,87-102

— of Melanesia,56

— of Mélusine,76

— of mice,103-120

— of night,55

— of plants,143-155

— of ‘sun frog,’77-80

— of swallowing,53,54

— of tabooed names,82

— of wind,55

— Peruvian,129

— Samoan,97

— Samoyed,88

— solar,131-133

— star,121-142

— Zulu,84,85,88,93

Mythology—a ‘disease of language,’1philological method of,201-211systems of interpretation of,1-9views of Grohmann,117— of Gubernatis,117

Naga (or serpent) race,81

Names as germs of myths,1

— arguments against,2,3

— of husbands not to be uttered by wives,74

Naz, a fabulous country,75

New Caledonia,230

New Mexico,31

New Zealand,35,143

Nicht Nought Nothing,89

Night myth,55

Oceanus,48

Odin,27

Odysseus,20

‘Odyssey,’144,147

Œdipous,5

Ojibways, art of,293

— myths,79

Orion,121

Osiris, barrows of,205

Osiris,130

Ovahereroes,20

Owl of Athens,110

— sacred in Samoa,119

Pacarissa, Peruvian word forTotem,104

Pachacamac,105

Palæolithic man, his art,299

Pausanias,33,52,223

Pauthier,50

Paoli,110

Papa,45,46

Peau d’Ane,64

Persephone,19,65,171

Perseus,5

Peru, art in,288

— religion of,103-107

Pezazi,15

Philistines,115,116

Philology, method of, in mythology,97,201

Phocians,41

Picture-writing,292

Pindar,95

Piper, the Pied,114

Planchette, in China,187

Plants, folklore of,143-155

Pleiades,23,121

— in Australia,126

Popular element in myth and religion,178,179

— tales (see‘Märchen’)

Poseidon,126

— swallowing of,51

Pottery, common features of early,22

— early,289

Pragapati,59,134,211

Preller,61,96

Psyche,171

Puang-ku,50

Pundjel,73,130

— Australian god,35

Pururavas,65-67,76

— etymology of, disputed,68,69,71

Qat,55

Qing,42

Ra,113

— rat of,115

Rainbow,117

Ram, in stars,129

— Zeus and the,6

Rat, sacred in Egypt,113

Red Indians,21,152

— swallowing myth,55

Religion, Aryan,212-242

— Greek and Egyptian,118

— origins of,212-242

Rhodes,61

Ῥόμβος,39

Rhys,82

Riddles,14

Rikshas,140

Ritual,113

Robertson Smith on Totems,115

Rome, sun worship in,104

Roth differs from Müller and Kuhn as to etymology of Urvasi,70

Rowan,154

Rudra, mouse sacred to,116

Rue,152

Sacrifice, human,61

Sahagun,16

St. Gertrude,119

Samoa,33

— animal worship in,119

Samoans,152

Samoyeds, myths of,88

Sampo,169

Sanskrit,77,140

Saturn,61

Savage ideas in Greece,119

Savages,72

— and Aryans,135

— art of,276-304

— fancy of, creates myths,passim

— their astronomy,138

— their customs in regard to marriage etiquette,73,74

Sayce, Prof.,62,141,151

— on myth of mice,112

— on Totemism in Egypt,118

Scandinavia, gods of,27

Scarabs,113

Schliemann,288

Schrader,4

Schwartz,61,96

— sees storm myths everywhere,71

Seb,60

Semitic peoples, Totemism of,115

— sacrifice,61

Sennacherib,112

Serpent,117

— myth of,81

— dance,21

Servius,37

Sethos,111,112

Shaman,136

Siati, the Samoan Jason,97

Sickle of Cronus,61

Σμίνθιος, Σμινθεύς,103-120

Σμίνθος,108

Snakes as ancestors,227

Sneezing, superstition of,14

Sparta,33

Spencer, Herbert,125,199

Spiritualism,36

Socrates,46

Solar myth (see‘Sun’)

Sophocles,61

Sorcerers,130

Star myths,121-142

Stone Age, implements of,12

— fetich,224

— knives of,226

— weapons,125

Strabo,108-113

Sun adored by Incas and Aurelii,104

— as a beast,133

— frog,64-86

— god (Ra as),113

— Medea and Jason explained as sun myth,87-102

— myth in New Zealand,133

— America,133

— myth of,131-133

— myths of frog explained as sun myth,77

— Ra and Rudra as,113-116

— worshipped in Peru and Rome,104

Svastika,288,289

Swallowing myths, Indian, Basuto, Jewish, Zulu, Eskimo,55

— of Australians,54

— of Bushmen,53

— of Kaffirs,54

Swan, Zeus as a,126

Tabooed meats in Israel,115

Taboo,85

— on food of dead,171

— on iron,64

Taboos,73,75

— on food,113,119

Tale, far-travelled,87-102

‘Tales of West Highlands,’93

Tales, Popular (see‘Märchen’)

Taylor, Mr. Isaac,62,81

Temples, Egyptian,112

— Greek,111

— Peruvian,105

Thamyris,97

Theal,38

Theocritus,29

— on Adonis’ feast,105

Thunder-bird,117

Tiele,3,62

Toots, Mr., quoted,65

Tortures inflicted on boys,33

Totam, spelling ofTotemin 1792,105

Totem, orOte, orOtem,105

— in Egypt,118

— in Greece (?),109,110

— in Israel,115

— in Peru,105

Totemism,227,278,279

— explained,106,107,245-275

— in Egypt,107

— in Greece,107

— in relation to the family,245-275

— of Semitic people,115

Totem not to be eaten,113

Troad, mice myths connected with,103-120

Tsui Goam,149,197-211

Tumatuenga,45et seq.

Tuoni, Hades of Finns,171

Turndun (see‘Bull-roarer’)

Turner, his ‘Samoa,’119

Turtle, Totems of Iroquois,110

Tutenganahau,45

Tylor,38,50,127

— on star myths,142

Uranus,48,61

Urvasi,65,66,67,77

— etymology of, disputed,68-71,72

Vannus Iacchi,36,37

Veda, gods of,212-242

— Rig,65,66

Vedas,213,216,217,234,241

Vishnu Purana,67

Volkslieder,157,159

Wäinämöinen (see‘Kalevala’)

Wäinämöinen,100

Wallace, Alfred,43,44

Water tabooed to frog and beaver brides,77-80

Welsh,74

— fairy,82

‘West Highlands, Tales of,’93

Wind, charms to raise,35

— god of New Zealand,45

— myth,55

Wives not to be seen,72,73

— not to use husband’s name,74

Wolf and Kid, story of,54

— Totem of Iroquois,110

Women, customs of,71-75

Yorubas,73

Zend Avesta,117

Zeus,6,47

— and the ram,6

— as a beast,134

— as medicine man,200

— loves one of Pleiades,126

— shares accomplishments of savage medicine men,83

— swallowing myth of,53

Zoolatry,226

Zulu, myth of,84

Zulus,117

Zuni,37

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