— 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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