and Minerva,86,87;and Cadmus,87-90,261;and Vulcan,91;father of Œnomaüs,170;M. and Atalanta,265;in Trojan War,285,287,290;C. 28Marsyas (mär´sĭ-ăs),112,138,451;C. 87, 113Maruts (mur´ŏŏts). SeeHindu divinities(1)Mass,4Mä-t. SeeEgyptian divinities(2)Ma´ter Ma-tū'ta, the goddess of the dawn, Aurora; among the Romans the name was applied also to Ino (Leucothea),63Ma´ter Tur´rĭ-ta: Cybele, or Cybebe, with the mural crown, as protectress of walled citiesMat-ro-na´lĭ-a,C. 26Me-co´nē. SeeSicyonMe-de´a, myth of,232-236,242,243,252,455;C. 163-167;genealogy,172, table LMedici (med´ḗ-chē), the Venus of,32,33;C. 35Me-dū´sa, myth of,208-211;extract from William Morris' Doom of King Acrisius,209,210;from Shelley's Medusa of Da Vinci,210;C. 149-154Me-ġæ´ra,54Meg-ȧ-len´sian Games,C. 41Meg´ȧ-ra,201,202,246Meg´ȧ-ra, wife of Hercules,216,220Me-lam´pus,450Mel-e-a´ġer or Me-le´ȧ-ġer,206,225,231,242,265,275;myth of,237-241;as the sun,432;C. 168Mel-e-siġ'e-nēs̟,C. 298Melibœus (mel-ĭ-be´us), a herdsman of pastoral poetry. SeeVirgil, Bucolics 1Mel´ic Nymphs,5Mel-ĭ-çẽr´tēs̟, a sea-god,58,202,261;C. 70Melisseus (me-lis´ūs),C. 146-147Me´lŏs, the Venus of,32;C. 35Mel-pom´e-nē, the muse of tragedy,37;C. 38(4)Mem´nŏn, myth of, extract from Darwin's Botanic Garden,179,180,C. 128;family connections,276,C. 190-194(5);at Troy,307Mem´phis, a city in middle Egypt,C. 30Me-nal´cȧs, a herdsman of pastoral poetryMen-e-la´us,275,278-299,313,314;C. 190-194(2),195, 196Me-ne´nĭ-us,2Menœceus (me-ne´sūs),266;C. 182-189, table NMenœtius (me-ne´shĭ-us), son of Actor and father of Patroclus; an Argonaut;C. 190-194(4)Men´tor,C. 231-244Mentu (men´tōō). SeeEgyptian divinities(1)Mer´cū-ry, Mer-cū'rĭ-us (Herm´es), son of Maia,19;meaning of name,34;attributes,34,35;conductor of ghosts,35,47;among the Romans,59;Argus and Io,66,67;his story of Pan and Syrinx,66,67;with Philemon and Baucis,77;and Psyche,136;myths of, Homeric Hymn to,150,151;aids Perseus,209;aids Hercules,220;father of Daphnis,223,224;M. and Nephele,229;and Priam,305;and Ulysses,325,331;and Æneas,351;interpretations of,432,440;C. 36, 109Mĕr´o-pē, of Arcadia,241;C. 169Mĕr´o-pē, daughter of Œnopion,122Mĕr´o-pē, the Pleiad,124;C. 97, 155, tableMes-se´nē,115,243Mes-se´nĭ-a,241;C. 80Met´ȧ-bus,364Met-ȧ-môr´pho-sēs̟, Ovid's,456,457Me-temp-sy-ꞓho´sis,360;C. 255-257Me´tis,C. 55Mezentius (me-zen´shĭ-us),364,367,370,371Mi´dȧs, with Apollo and Pan,110,111;with Bacchus and Pan,152,157,158;the choice of,157;C. 85-87, 113Mid´gärd,373,374,378,389,392,394Mid´gärd serpent,377,386,387,395Mi-lan´ĭ-ŏn (or Hip-pom´e-nēs̟),C. 103Mi´lo. SeeMelosMi´mȧs,C. 8Mime (mē'mẽ), in the Rhine-gold,414,421-424;in the Volsunga Saga, seeReginMimir (mē'mēr),374Mĭ-nẽr´va (Ȧ-the´na, Ȧ-the´nē),7;quotation from Odyssey,18;daughter of Jupiter,19;attributes,23;meaning of her names,23;herægis,23;favorite cities and animals,23;among the Romans,59;myths of,81-84;contest with Neptune,81,82,249;with Arachne,82-84;quotation from Spenser's Muiopotmos,83;contests with Mars,84-86;helps Cadmus,88,89;inventor of the flute,112;M. and Medusa,208;Perseus,209,213;Bellerophon,215;Hercules,216,220;Perdix,248;Erichthonius,249;Theseus,256;Tiresias,266;Paris,278;in Trojan War,284,289,290,300,302,308-311;Orestes,317;Ulysses,332-340;C. 10-15, 27Mĭ-no´id (Mĭ-no´is), Ariadne, daughter of Minos,254Mi´nŏs I, judge of the shades,51,53,356;son of Europa,71,207;the house of,206,246-248;C. 57, table D,148(1),172Mi´nŏs II,201;myths of,242,246,247,252,259,275Minotaur (min´o-tôr),246,252,256;C. 172, 176-181Minyæ (min´ĭ-ē): descendants of Minyas, king of Thessaly; ArgonautsMist,3Mnemosyne (ne-mos´ĭ-nē),4;mother of the Muses,37;C. 4Mœræ (me´rē), Par´çæ. SeeFatesMœragetes (me-răj´e-tē[+s]): name applied to Zeus as leader of the FatesMo´ly,319,325Mo´mus,C. 49, table BMongolians,448Mop´sus, attendant of the Argonauts,451Mop´sus, an ideal singer of elegies. SeeVirgil, Bucolics 5Morpheus (môr´fūs),177;C. 125.SeeSomnusMôr[+s], Than´ȧ-tŏs, Death,298Mos´ꞓhus, Lang's translation of Idyl II,68-70;of Idyl VI,189;C. 59, 298Mountain giants,376,378-386,393Mul´çĭ-bẽr,59;C. 29Munin (mōō'nḗn),374Munychia (mū-nik´ĭ-a),C. 32.SeeDianaMū-sæ´us, a mythical poet,451Mū-sæ´us, writer of Hero and Leander,141;translation by Fawkes in English Translations from Ancient and Modern Poems, Vol. II;C. 104, 298Mū-saġ'e-tēs̟: name of Apollo as leader of the MusesMuses (Mū´sæ),18,30;names and attributes,37;C. 38(4)Music, Lydian, Dorian, etc.,C. 59Muspelheim (mōōs´pel-hām or mōōs´-pel-hīm),373,395Mut (mōōt), or Maut. SeeEgyptian divinities(2)My-çe´næ:,22,216,275,280,316Myg-do´nĭ-an flutes,69;C. 59Myrmidons (mẽr´mĭ-dŏns̟),75,269,297;C. 61My´rŏn, a sculptor,C. 64Myr´rha (mĭr´a),126,150Myrtilus (mẽr´tĭ-lus),171Mysia (mish´ĭ-a),179,222,231;C. 128, 156-162Mysteries of Eleusis,C. 114-117Myth, stages of mythological philosophy, study of myth, see Introduction;definition of,1;compared with fable,1,2;of existent races,2;Greek myths of creation,3-17;of great divinities of heaven,64-151;of great divinities of earth,152-158;of earth and underworld,159-168;of waters,169-171;of lesser divinities of heaven,172-180;of lesser divinities of earth and underworld,181-197;of lesser divinities of waters,198-205;of the older heroes,206-264;of the younger heroes,265et seq.;of the Norse gods,373-397;of Norse and Old German heroes,398-409.Kinds of myth,431;explanatory,431;æsthetic,432;æsthetic myth ishistoricorromantic,433;of unconscious growth,433;divisions of inquiry,433.Origin and Elements of myth,433-446;the reasonable element,434;part played by imagination,434;and by belief,435;the unreasonable element,436;theories of,436;theory of deterioration,436-440;theory of progress,440-446.Interpretation, methods of:historicalor Euhemeristic,436;philological,437;allegorical,438;theological,439;the mental state of savages,440-442;senseless element, a survival,442;anthropological method of study,ætiologicalorigin,442;other germs than savage curiosity and credulity,442;phases of myth-development,443-445;physical, religious and moral import,444;myth more than sham history,446;general conclusion concerning elements of myth,446.Distribution of myth,447-449;theories ofaccident,borrowing,origination in India,historical tradition,447;Aryan germ,psychological basis,448;the state of the problem,449.Preservation of myth,450-463;in Greece,450-455;in Italy,456,457;in Scandinavian lands,457-460;in Germany,460,461;in the Orient,462,463.Interpretation and illustration of myths, see Commentary sections corresponding to those of the Text.Mythical musicians and poets,451Mythical prophets,450,451Mythical tales of the Younger Edda,459Naiad (na´yad), the poem by R. Buchanan,190,191Naiads (na´yads), Naiades (na´yȧ-dēs̟),58,98,186,189-191,198,204,222,224;C. 50-52Na´is,185;C. 129-130Nȧ'lȧ, episode of,461,462Nalopákhyánam (nȧ-lo-pä-kyä´nȧm), translation of,C. 303Names, Greek and Latin, system of transliteration of, see Preface;pronunciation of,541,542, and IndexNän´nä,390-392;C. 268-281Nar-çis´sus,188,189;C. 132-133Nausicaa (nô-sik´ā-ȧ),332-336;C. 231-244Nausithoüs (nô-sith´o-us),332Nax´ŏs,153,154,155,156,169,257;C. 110-112Ne-æ´ra, a maiden of pastoral song.SeeVirgil, Bucolics 3Nefer Atum (na´fĕr ä´tōōm). SeeEgyptian divinities(1)Neidings (ni´dings̟),416Neith (na´ith). SeeEgyptian divinities, (2)Neleus (ne´lūs),170Ne´me-a, the city, the valley, and the lion of,216;C. 156-162Ne-me´an, or Ne´me-an, Games, founded by Hercules;held in honor of Jupiter;C. 176-181(Textual)Nem´e-sis,38;C. 38(7)Ne-op-tol´e-mus,276,293,309,313,314,349Ne-pen´thē,314Neph (nĕf), Chnuphis (knōō'fis), Khnum (knōōm), Num or Nu (nōōm, nōō). SeeEgyptian divinities(2)Nephele (nef´e-lē),121,229Nephthys (nef´this). SeeEgyptian divinities(1)Nep´tune, Nep-tū'nus (Po-sei´dŏn),5,6,15,204,454;sometimes reckoned as one of the great gods,19;founder of the younger dynasty of the waters,55,56;among the Romans,59;contest with Minerva,81,82,249;N. and Iphimedia,93;and Phaëthon,97;and Laomedon,110,169,170;and Idas,115;father of Orion,122,170;myths of,169-171;N. and Andromeda,169;sons of N.,170;N. and Amymone, and Ceres, and Arne, and Tyro, and Pelops,170,171;and Erysichthon,192;his sea calves pastured by Proteus,202;his son Antæus,220;and Minos,246;and Hippolytus,260;in Trojan War,285,293-296,301,311;and Ulysses,337;and Æneas,350,352;C. 50-52, table CNe´re-ids (Ne-re´ĭ-dēs̟), the,55,69,97,247Nereus (ne´rūs),55,97,198,204,269Nes´sus,225Nes´tor,179,231,237,239;in Trojan War,280,285,286,294-297Netherlands,405,406Nibelheim (ne´bel-hām or ne´bel-hīm),412et seq.Nibelung (ne´bẽ-lŏŏng), Wagner's Ring of the,410-430Nibelungenlied (ne´bẽ-lŏŏng´en-lēt´),405-409;theories of origin,460,461;C. 283Niblungs (ne´blŏŏngs̟), Nibelungs (ne´-bẽ-lŏŏngs), Nibelungen (ne´bẽ-lŏŏng-en),403-430;lay of the,405-409,460,461;Wagner's Ring of the,410-430;C. 282, 283, 282-283Ni-can´der,C. 298Nidhogg (nēd´hŏg),374Niflheim (nēv´'l-hām or nĭf´l-hīm),373,374,377,379,394;C. 282-283Night, Nyx (nĭx), Nox, a prime element of Nature,3,4;mother of the Fates and of Nemesis,38,176,196;family of,C. 49, table BNi´kē,41. SeeVictoriaNile, the river,