Ukko, the Finnic thunder-god, i.147.Upamanyus, i.79.Ursula, St, ii.118.Urvaçi, the myth of, i.39,67,84,170,273,365,369.Ushâ, i.26.Utankas, myth of, i.80,81,95,331,333.Vadhrimatî, ii.32.Väinämöinen, dwarf-god, i.147,148;harp of,149.Valkyries, the, and their swan forms, ii.315.Valmîkam, ii.43.Vamrî, ii.43.Vamras, ii.44.Varunas, i.52,69-72,107.Vasavas, the, i.68.Vasishtas, cow of, i.72-74,87,88;vain attempt at self-destruction,88,99.Valas, the grotto of, i.13;as a cow,15.Vâyus, i.5-7.Vedas, i.80.Vegetables, as symbols of generation, i.164.Veretraghna, the bull, i.103,104.Vespasian and the horse's dung, i.389.Vesta, i.384.Viçvamitras, myth of, i.72-74,88.Viçvarûpas, with the three heads, i.76.Vikramâdityas, the history of, i.136,137.Vishnus, i.20,24,26,54,57;personified in Ramâs,59;three steps of,301,302,334;as a wild boar, ii.8,9;and Hiranyakshas,8;and the monkeys,99,100;as haris,424.Vivasvant, i.34.Vouru-Kasha, sea of, i.96.Vulcan, the Vedic, i.21;the Christian, ii.40.Vulnerability of the hero or monster, i.82.Vulture, the, in the classics, ii.198;feathers of,198;and the immortal liver,198;voracity,199.Vultures, the twin, ii.184.Walchelm, the priest, i.293.Walnut-tree, and goat, i.405.Wasp, wisdom of, ii.221.Way, the Milky, i.421;and she-goat,422.Weasel, the, ii.52,53.Wedding-ring, the, i.169.Whale, the mythical, ii.337;and the fleet,345.Wife, the, and the bewitching voice, i.137.Willimar and his vow, i.356.Wind, Persian god of, i.105.Winds, the, as bulls, i.7,12.Wise men, the seven (Angirasas), i.17,28.Wolf, the, and goat's kids, i.406,407;mythical meaning of,408;the monster,408;the, and the devotee, ii.142;impersonations of,142;and dog,143;heroic forms of,144;the she-wolf,144;transformation into,145;sent by God as instrument of vengeance,146;hide and teeth of,146,147;the demoniacal,147;as omen of death,147;Sköll and Hati,147;disguises of,147-149.Woman, made of wood, story of, i.137;the old, and her older sister, ii.6.Women, knowledge of, i.246,247.Woodman and painter, the, Calmuc story of, i.130.Woodpecker, the mythical meaning of, ii.265;and King Picus,265;beak of,267;and Beowulf,267;of evil omen,267,268;and dog,268,269.Wren, the, in mythology, ii.207;and the eagle,208;and beetle,208;and death of Cæsar,209.Yamas, i.23,71, ii.25;kingdom of,48,49;son of,78,95,107.Yayâtis and the girl in the well, i.83,84.Yggdrasil and the four stags, ii.87.Ysengrin, the wolf, ii.141,149.Yudhishthiras, i.77-79,82.Yünx, the bird, ii.269.Zafarana, ii.10.Zeus and Hera, i.247,248;the beetle, and the eagle's eggs, ii.195;eagle of,195,196;and Latona,277,280;and Lêda,318;and Io,327;Faber,352,353.Zezolla, the maiden, and the dove, ii.304,305.