— 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
— Egyptian, of mice, 112;
of stars, 130
— 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 tabooed names, 82
— of wind, 55
— Peruvian, 129
— Samoan, 97
— Samoyed, 88
— solar, 131-133
— star, 121-142
Mythology—
a ‘disease of language,’ 1
philological method of, 201-211
systems of interpretation of, 1-9
views of Grohmann, 117
— of Gubernatis, 117
Naga (or serpent) race, 81
Names as germs of myths, 1
— of husbands not to be uttered by wives, 74
Naz, a fabulous country, 75
New Caledonia, 230
New Mexico, 31
Nicht Nought Nothing, 89
Night myth, 55
Oceanus, 48
Odin, 27
Odysseus, 20
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 for Totem, 104
Pachacamac, 105
Palæolithic man, his art, 299
Pauthier, 50
Paoli, 110
Peau d’Ane, 64
Perseus, 5
Peru, art in, 288
— religion of, 103-107
Pezazi, 15
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
— 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
Psyche, 171
Puang-ku, 50
— Australian god, 35
— 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
— 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
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
— on myth of mice, 112
— on Totemism in Egypt, 118
Scandinavia, gods of, 27
Scarabs, 113
Schliemann, 288
Schrader, 4
— 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
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
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
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
Tale, far-travelled, 87-102
‘Tales of West Highlands,’ 93
Tales, Popular (see ‘Märchen’)
Temples, Egyptian, 112
— Greek, 111
— Peruvian, 105
Thamyris, 97
Theal, 38
Theocritus, 29
— on Adonis’ feast, 105
Thunder-bird, 117
Toots, Mr., quoted, 65
Tortures inflicted on boys, 33
Totam, spelling of Totem in 1792, 105
Totem, or Ote, or Otem, 105
— in Egypt, 118
— in Israel, 115
— in Peru, 105
— 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
Tumatuenga, 45 et seq.
Tuoni, Hades of Finns, 171
Turndun (see ‘Bull-roarer’)
Turner, his ‘Samoa,’ 119
Turtle, Totems of Iroquois, 110
Tutenganahau, 45
— on star myths, 142
— etymology of, disputed, 68-71, 72
Veda, gods of, 212-242
Vedas, 213, 216, 217, 234, 241
Vishnu Purana, 67
Wäinämöinen (see ‘Kalevala’)
Wäinämöinen, 100
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
— 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
— 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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