INDEX

A

ABALL, Celtic term for apple, 95
Abella, city of Campania, 95
Accadian concept of the abyss, 34-35; sun myth, 155
Adjacent method in mythology, the, 83
Adonis represents revival of vegetation, 135
Aeracura, Celtic deity, 294
Æacus, son of Zeus and Ægina, 206
Æneid, Servius's commentary on the, 78
Ængus, Irish deity, 295
Æolus, Greek wind-god, 133
Ætiological (explanatory) myth, 15 n.; story of Orestes an, 79;
Jevons on, 86-87; Marett on, 89
African myth, Lang on, 71; ideas of future life, 216
After-life, ideas of, 195 et seq.
Agamedes, builder of Apollo's palace, 121
Agave, mother of Pentheus, 243
Agni, Hindu fire-god, 52, 130, 131, 256, 259; birth of, 160
Agricultural gods, 113, 128-129
Ahriman, Persian evil principle, 169; Molina on, 310
Ahts Indians, beast myth of, 145; creation myth of, 147;
fire-stealing myth of, 149; flood myth of, 153
Ai and Edda, dwarfs in Norse myth, 262
Aimon Kondi, deity of Arawak Indians, 139, 179
Ainu (Japan), soul myth of, 152
A-Kikuyus, myth to account for customs and rites of, 157
Alatnir, Slavonic magical instrument, 208
Albiorix, Celtic (Gaulish) deity, 204
Algonquin Indians, belief in destruction by fire, 139; myth of birth
of gods of, 144; dualistic myths of, 145; dismemberment myth of, 146;
creation myth of, 147, 177; culture myth of, 150; fire myth of, 152;
belief in after-life of, 212
Algonquin Legends of New England, Leland's, 271
Allatu, Queen of Assyrian Hades, 201-202, 288
'All-Father,' gods and sky-gods; 74 n.; Lang's theory
of the, 67-71, 73-74
Alligator as totem of Muskhogean Indians, 307
Ama-terasu, Japanese sun-goddess, 120, 168, 260
Amaethon, British deity, 296
Amei-malghen, guardian spirits of Araucanian Indians, 311
Amen, Egyptian god, 114
America, anthropological theories applied to myth of, by Payne, 84;
mound-building in, 305-306; sun-worship in, 305. See also
Brazil, Mexico, South America, etc.
American Indians, North, myths of, 31; flint-gods of, 26 et seq.;
fire myths of, 139; myth of origin of man of, 143; place of reward of,
153; star myth of, 156; creation myths of, 174-186; ideas of
after-life among, 211-215; mythic writings of, 270
Ancestor-worship, 104, 110-112
Andaman Islanders, fire-stealing myth of, 149
Andes, thunder-gods of, 122-123
Animal worship in Egypt, 45
Animatism, definition of, 22 n.
Animism, definitions, 17, 22, 52; Tylor on origin of, 23 n.; place
in mythic development, 31; Tylor's theory regarding, 58-59; causes of,
according to Spencer, 59-60; Lang's criticism upon theory of, 72-73;
universal nature of early, 82; and the supernatural idea of water, 97;
definite form of, developed in Egypt, 97; origin of, Elliot Smith's
theory of the, 97; distinction between, and polytheism, 109; animistic
conception of thunder, 122; and corn myth, 129-130
Animistic myth, classes of, 23
Anthropological school of mythology 51; its criticism of Müller's
theories, 52-53; recognizes gender-termination as survival
from animistic stage, 53; its position, 54-55; Tiele on, 65-66;
'ignorant camp-followers' of, 66
Anthropomorphism, 20, 110, 119, 125 et seq.
Anti, Araucanian sun-deity, 315
Antike Wald- und Feldkulte, Mannhardt's, 53
Antis Indians, dismemberment myth of, 146; culture myth of, 150;
flood myth of, 153
Anu, Babylonian deity, 166, 251, 288
Anubis, Egyptian god, 285
Apep, night-serpent in Egyptian myth, 99
Aphrodite, mandrake cult of, 93; description of, 285
Apollo, as fire, 41; apple cult of, 93, 94-95; as mistletoe, 95;
origin of, 95; as sun-god, 119; solar myth of, 121; as wielder
of lightning spear, 124, 127; as guardian of crops, 129; Homer
on, 258; described, 283-284; Celtic gods equated with, 294;
Bilé equated with, 296
Apo-ulmenes, 309-310
Apple-trees, cult of, 95
Apsaras, Hindu nymphs, 291
Apsu, Babylonian monster, 34, 166, 296
Aqas Xenas Xena, American Indian myth of, 214
Aradia, the Gospel of the Witches of Italy, Leland's, 236
Araucanian (Chilean) Indians, 308 et seq.; Peruvian
influence upon myth of, 309-310; deluge myth of, 310-311;
lack of worship among, 311; castes of priests among, 312;
beliefs regarding the soul among, 313; place of the dead
according to, 313; funeral practices of, 313-314
Arawaks of Guiana, fire myth of, 139, 152; legend of world-tree
among, 141; culture myth of, 150; flood myth of, 153; creation
myth of, 177-179
Arianrhod, British deity, 296
Arician grove, cult of, 76; priest of, as incarnation of
tree-spirit, 77. See also Golden Bough
Aricoute, Tupi-Guarani hero, 183
Arran, sacred stone of, 27
Artemis, as moon, 41; mugwort cult of, 93; as moon-goddess, 127;
Homer on, 258
Arthur, King, as sun-hero, 122; his Round Table as the sun, 122
Aruru, creatrix of Eabani in the Gilgamesh epic, 250
Ascent of Olympus, The, Harris's, 93
Aschochimi Indians, beast myth of, 145; flood myth of, 153
Ashtaroth, or Astarte, compared with Venus, 285
Askr and Embla, Norse Adam and Eve, 170
Asshur, Assyrian god, 286; described, 288
Assyrian Hades, 201-203
Astrology and myth, 202
Athapascan Indians, creation myth of, 147, 179;
fire-stealing myth of, 149
Athene, Homer on, 20, 258; the name, 47 n.; as owl, 94;
described, 284-285
Atius Tirawa, Caddoan creative deity, 181
Attys, vegetation god, 135
Augustine, St, on myth, 43
Aurora, Greek divinity, 50
Australia, early isolation of, 36-37
Australians (aboriginal), myth of moon of, 19; Lang on, 68; beast
myth of, 145; dualistic myth, of, 146; myth of origin of man of,
148; culture myth of, 150; taboo myth of, 150; death myth of,
151; star myth of, 156
Avaggdu, British deity, 296
Aztecs, war-god of, 32, 298; fire myth of, 152; myth of place of
reward of, 154; sun myth of, 155; moon myth of, 156; abode
of dead of, 211; deities of, 299.
See also Mexicans

B

BAAL, Bealltainn sacrifice believed to be to, 240
Babylonians, creation myth of, 34-35, 146, 165-166, 173; dualistic
myth of, 145; culture myth of, 149; deluge myth of, 153;
place of punishment of, 154; myth of journey through
Underworld of, 154; food of the dead myth of, 155;
sun myth of, 155; moon myth of, 155; star myth of, 156,
252-253; general description of myths of, 286
Bacchus, connected with the earth, 134; Leland on invocation to, 237
Bacon, Francis, his interpretation of myth, 45
Bakairi Indians, star myth of, 140; and Orion, 141; creation-myth of, 182
Balder, his journey to Hel, 196
Balor, Celtic god, 294-295
Banier, Abbé, historical treatment of myth, 45
Bast, Egyptian goddess, 110
Bat-god of Kakchiquel steals seeds of fire, 268
Bealltainn, Scottish festival of, 240 et seq.
Beast myths, table of, 144
Beelzebub, Syrian deity, 44
Beetle as creative agency in Egypt and South America, 181, 183
Bel in Gilgamesh epic, 253
Belenos, Celtic (Gaulish) deity, 294
Belial, 44
Bellerophon, Hellenic sun-hero, 122
Bel-Merodach, Babylonian god, 34; description of, 287-288
Belus, supposititious connexion of, with Bealltainn festival, 241-242
Beowulf, myth of, 121-122
Berecyntia, goddess of Autun, 294
Bhaga, Indian deity, 256
Biblical narrative, how it colours myth, 37
Biblical creation story, 167
Bilé, British god, 242, 296
Bird myths, 31-32
Birth of gods myths, table of, 144
Blood, natural food of spirits, 106
Blue Jay, god of Chinook Indians, myths of, 31-32, 68, 301-302
Boag, Johnny, legend of, 234
Boat-language of Scottish fishers, 235
Bohemian festival, return of summer, 136
Book of the Dead, 246
Boreas, Harris on, 95; as wind in Greek myth, 133
Bornean ideas of after-life, 216-217
Bororo Indians and Milky Way, 141
Borvo, Celtic (Gaulish) god, 294
"Bragaræthur," the, a portion of the Edda, 260
Brahma, Hindu deity, 115, 256, 290-291; as creator, 160, 162;
his mythological side, 291
Brahmanas, savagery in, 20
Bran, British deity, 296
Brasseur de Bourbourg, Abbé, French translator of Popol Vuh,
187-188, 290
Brazilian Indians, earth myth of, 134; fire myth of, 139; moon
myth of, 156
Bres, Celtic god, 295
Bretons, fire-stealing myth of, 149
"Brewing of Ægir, The," Norse myth, 262
Brigit, Irish goddess, 296
Brinton, Professor D. G., his Myths of the New World, 190-191;
mentioned by Leland, 270
Britain, totems in, 28
British gods, 296 et seq.
Brounger, myth of, 26; folk-song on, 27 et seq.
Browny, a goblin, 44
Bryant, Jacob, his Analysis of Ancient Mythology, 46
Buddhists, place of reward of, 153
Bull-roarer, 19; gods evolved from, 24
Buri, Norse primeval deity, 170
Burnt-offerings to spirits, 106-107
Burry Man, the, 135-137
Bushmen, myth of Kwai Hemm among, 19; dismemberment myth
among, 146; creation myth of, 147; myth of origin of man of,
148; culture myth of, 150; death myth of, 151; star myth
of, 156; moon myth of, 156
Buyán, isle of, 208

C

CABRAKAN, earth-giant in Kiche myth, 265 et seq.
Cadmus, Greek solar hero, 122
Cahrocs, fire-stealing myth of, 149
Californian Indian creation myths, 180
Camulos, Celtic (Gaulish) tribal god, 294
Carayas Indians, culture myth of, 150
Caribs (Bakairi), their name for Earth-Mother, 134; name for
Milky Way, 141; (of Guiana) star myth of, 142; (Antillean)
beast myth of, 145; dismemberment myth of, 146; culture myth
of, 150; flood myth of, 153; place of reward of, 154; place
of punishment of, 154; creation myths of, 182
Castor and Pollux, their human form, 156
Caturix, Gaulish war-god, 294
Celtic myth of origin of heroes, 149; culture myth, 150; place
of reward, 153; place of punishment, 154; adventures in
Underworld, 155; sun myth, 155; creation myth, 169, 194;
Otherworld, 209-210; mythic system described generally, 294
et seq.
Centeotl, Mexican maize-god, 134
Central Africans, death myth of, 151
Centzon Mimizcoa, Mexican name for the star-spirits, 211
Cephalus as sun, 50
Cerberus, dog guardian of Latin Hades, 44
Ceremonies representing details of myths, 87
Cherokee Indians, culture myth of, 150
Chiapas Indians, culture myth of, 150
Chicomecohuatl, Mexican maize-goddess, 299
Childhood, conservatism of, 64
Childhood of Fiction, Macculloch's, 222
Chinese creation myth, 166-167, 193
Chinook Indians, myths of, 31, 300-304; beast myth of, 145; myth of
journey through Underworld of, 155; food of the dead myth of, 155;
idea of after-life among, 213-214; mythic system of, 300-304
Chippeway Indian belief in after-life, 212
Choctaw Indians, myths of, 304; creation myth of, 306-307;
Paradise of, 307; priests of, 308
Cingalese, soul myth of, 152
Cipactli animal in Mexican myth, 98
Classification of myth, 138 et seq.
Codex Regius, MS. of the Edda, 261-262
Coem, hero of Tupi-Guarani Indians, 183
Comes, Natalis, his interpretation of myth, 45
Compact with gods, 112-113, 117-118
Comparative mythology, 47
Comparative religion, 13
Comparative tables of myths, 144-157
Complementary process in folklore, 233
Con or Cun, thunder-god of the Collao of Peru, 309, 310
Conservatism of childhood, 64
Cook, Professor A. B., 89
Copacahuana, fish-goddess of Peruvians, 125-126, 315
Corn-sheaf, rites connected with, 128
Corn-spirit, 113-114; distinction between, and god, 128;
abode of, 129-130; as ruler of Underworld, 218
Cosmic egg in Japanese myth, 168
Cosmogony generally, see Chapter VI, pp. 158 et seq.; also
Creation myths
Cosmogonies, relationship of, 187-193
'Covent Garden' school of mythology, 75
Cox, Rev. Sir G. W., advocates universality of the sun myth, 50;
on relationship of mythology to folklore, 223
Coyote, evil principle in Maidu
Indian creation myth, 180
Creation myths generally, see Chapter VI, pp. 158 et seq.;
Babylonian, 34-35, 165-166; table of, 146-147; Egyptian, 163-165;
Chinese, 166-167; Jewish, 167; Japanese, 168; Iranian, 169;
Celtic, 169; Norse, 170; Mexican, 171-172; Peruvian, 173; American
Indian, 174-186; South American, 177-179relationship of, 187-193;
conclusions on, 192-194; of the Choctaw Indians, 306-307
Creation Myths of Primitive America, Curtin's, 174
Creuzer, on religious nature of myth, 46
Cronus, and savage element in Greek myth, 18; as principle of time, 41;
deposed by his sons, 206; shares sovereignty of Elysium with
Rhadamanthus, 207
Cult of Othin, Chadwick's, 198
Cultes, mythes, et religions, Reinach's, 85, 109
Culture-heroes, 119
Culture myths, 149-150
Çupay, Peruvian lord of the dead, 212, 218
Cupid and Psyche, myth of, 143
Curtin, Jeremiah, his Creation Myths of Primitive America
quoted, 174-177
Custom, reasons for its adoption inspired by tradition, 96
Customs or rites, myths of, classified, 157
Cythrawl, Celtic evil principle, 169-170

D

DAGDA, Irish deity, 295
Dakota Indians, soul myth of, 212
Dancing and myth, 238-239
Danu, Celtic goddess, 295
Darmesteter and meteorological myths, 51
Dea Domnann, Celtic goddess, 295
Dead, the, as gods, 42
Death, myths of, 142, 150-151
De Brosses, his explanation of myth, 45