Tubilustrium at Rome, i. 268 n. 1

Tulava, sacred prostitution in, i. 63

Tully River, in Queensland, belief of the natives as to conception without sexual intercourse, i. 102

Tum of Heliopolis, an Egyptian sun-god, ii. 123

Turner, George, on sacred stones, i. 108 n. 1

“Turquoise, Mistress of,” at Sinai, i. 53

Tusayan Indians, their custom at planting, i. 239

Tuscany, volcanic district of, i. 208 n. 1

Tusser, Thomas, on planting peas and beans, ii. 134

Twin, the navel-string of the King of Uganda called his Twin, ii. 147

Twins, precautions taken by women at the graves of, i. 93 n. 1

Two-headed deity, i. 165 sq.

Tyana, Hittite monument at, i. 122 n. 1

Tybi, an Egyptian month, ii. 93 n. 2

Tylon or Tylus, a Lydian hero, i. 183;

his death and resurrection, 186 sq.

Tylor, Sir Edward B., on fossil bones as a source of myths, i. 157 sq.;

on names for father and mother, 281

——, or Set, the brother of Osiris, ii. 6;

murders Osiris, 7 sq.;

and mangles his body, 10;

interpreted as the sun, 129.

See also Set

Tyre, Melcarth at, i. 16;

burning of Melcarth at, 110 sq.;

festival of “the awakening of Hercules” at, 111;

king of, his walk on stones of fire, 114 sq.

——, kings of, their divinity, i. 16;

as priests of Astarte, 26

Tyrimnus, axe-bearing hero at Thyatira, i. 183 n.

Tyrol, feast of All Souls in the, ii. 73 sq.

Tyropoeon, ravine at Jerusalem, i. 178

Ucayali River, the Conibos of the, i. 198;

their greetings to the new moon, ii. 142

Uganda, the country of the Baganda, ii. 167;

temples of the dead kings of, 167, 168 sq., 170 sqq.;

human sacrifices offered to prolong the lives of the kings of, 223 sqq.

See also Baganda

Uncle, dead, worshipped, ii. 175

——, maternal, in marriage ceremonies in India, i. 62 n. 1

Uncleanness caused by contact with the dead, ii. 227 sqq.

Unconquered Sun, Mithra identified with the, i. 304

Unis, king of Egypt, ii. 5

Unkulunkulu, “the Old-Old-one,” the first man in the traditions of the Zulus, ii. 182

Unnefer, “the Good Being,” a title of Osiris, ii. 12

“Unspoken water” in marriage rites, ii. 245 sq.

Upsala, human sacrifices in the holy grove at, i. 289 sq., ii. 220;

the reign of Frey at, 100

Up-uat, Egyptian jackal-god, ii. 154

Uranus castrated by Cronus, i. 283

Uri-melech or Adom-melech, king of Byblus, i. 14

Usirniri, temple of, at Busiris, ii. 151

Valesius, on the standard Egyptian cubit, ii. 217 n. 1

Vallabha, an Indian sect, men assimilated to women in the, ii. 254

Valley of Hinnom, sacrifices to Moloch, in the, i. 178

—— of the Kings at Thebes, ii. 90

—— of Poison, in Java, i. 203 sq.

Vancouver Island, the Ahts of, ii. 139 n. 1

Vapours, worship of mephitic, i. 203 sqq.

Varro, on the marriage of the Roman gods, ii. 230 sq., 236 n. 1;

his derivation of Dialis from Jove, 230 n. 2;

on Salacia, 233;

on Fauna or the Good Goddess, 234 n. 4

Vase-painting of Croesus on the pyre, i. 176

Vatican, worship of Cybele and Attis on the site of the, i. 275 sq.

Vegetable and animal life associated in primitive mind, i. 5

Vegetation, mythical theory of the growth and decay of, i. 3 sqq.;

annual decay and revival of, represented dramatically in the rites of Adonis, 227 sqq.;

gardens of Adonis charms to promote the growth of, 236 sq., 239;

Midsummer fires and couples in relation to, 250 sq.;

Attis as a god of, 277 sqq.;

Osiris as a god of, ii. 112, 126, 131, 158

“Veins of the Nile,” near Philae, ii. 40

Venus, the planet, identified with Astarte, i. 258, ii. 35

—— and Vulcan, ii. 231

Venus, the bearded, in Cyprus, ii. 259 n. 3

Vernal festival of Adonis, i. 226

Verrall, A. W., on the Anthesteria, i. 235 n. 1

Vertumnus and Pomona, ii. 235 n. 6

Vestal Virgin, mother of Romulus and Remus, ii. 235

—— Virgins, rule as to their election, ii. 244

Vicarious sacrifices for kings, ii. 220 sq.

Vicarious and nutritive types of sacrifice, ii. 226

Victims, sacrificial, hung on trees, i. 146

Victoria Nyanza Lake, Mukasa the god of the, ii. 257

Victory, temple of, on the Palatine Hill at Rome, i. 265

Viehe, Rev. G., on the worship of the dead among the Herero, ii. 187 n. 1

Vine, the cultivation of, introduced by Osiris, ii. 7, 112

Vintage festival, Oschophoria, at Athens, ii. 258 n. 6

—— rites at Athens, ii. 238

Violets sprung from the blood of Attis, i. 267

Virbius or Dianus at Nemi, i. 45

Virgin, the Heavenly, mother of the Sun, i. 303

—— birth of Perseus, i. 302 n. 4

—— Mary and Isis, ii. 118 sq.

—— Mother, the Phrygian Mother Goddess as a, i. 281

—— mothers, tales of, i. 264;

of gods and heroes, 107

Virginity, sacrifice of, i. 60;

recovered by bathing in a spring, 280

Virgins supposed to conceive through eating certain food, i. 96

Virility, sacrifice of, in the rites of Attis and Astarte, i. 268 sq., 270 sq.;

other cases of, 270 n. 2

Vitrolles, bathing at Midsummer at, i. 248

Viza, in Thrace, Carnival custom at, ii. 91

Volcanic region of Cappadocia, i. 189 sqq.

—— religion, i. 188 sqq.

Volcanoes, the worship of, i. 216 sqq.;

human victims thrown into, 219 sq.

Vosges, the Upper, rule as to the shearing of sheep in, ii. 134 n. 3

—— Mountains, feast of All Souls in the, ii. 69

Votiaks of Russia, annual festivals of the dead among the, ii. 76 sq.

Voyage in boats of papyrus in the rites of Osiris, ii. 88

Vulcan, the fire-god, father of Caeculus, ii. 235

——, the husband of Maia or Majestas, ii. 232 sq.;

his Flamen, 232

—— and Venus, ii. 231

Wabisa, Bantu tribe of Rhodesia, ii. 174

Wabondei, of Eastern Africa, their belief in serpents as reincarnations of the dead, i. 82;

their rule as to the cutting of posts for building, ii. 137

Wachsmuth, C., on Easter ceremonies in the Greek Church, i. 254

Wagogo, the, of German East Africa, their ceremony at the new moon, ii. 143

Wahehe, a Bantu tribe of German East Africa, the worship of the dead among the, ii. 188 sqq.;

their belief in a supreme god Nguruhe, 188 sq.

Wailing of women for Adonis, i. 224

Wajagga of German East Africa, their way of appeasing ghosts of suicides, i. 292 n. 3;

their human sacrifices at irrigation, ii. 38

Wales, All Souls' Day in, ii. 79

Wallachia, harvest custom in, i. 237

Wamara, a worshipful dead king, ii. 174

Waning of the moon, theories to account for the, ii. 130;

time for felling timber, 135 sqq.

War, sacrifice of a blind bull before going to, ii. 250 sq.

—— -dance of king before the ghosts of his ancestors, ii. 192

Warner, Mr., on Caffre ideas about lightning, ii. 177 n. 1

Warramunga of Central Australia, their belief in the reincarnation of the dead, i. 100;

their tradition of purification by fire, 180 n. 2

Warts supposed to be affected by the moon, ii. 149

Water thrown on the last corn cut, a rain-charm, i. 237 sq.;

marvellous properties attributed to, at Midsummer (the festival of St. John), 246 sqq.;

prophetic, drunk on St. John's Eve, 247

—— of Life, i. 9

Waterbrash, a Huzul cure for, ii. 149 sq.

Wave accompanying earthquake, i. 202 sq.