INDEX

Aesir,

[267]

Ahura Mazda,

[387]

Allah,

Allat, "The Lady,"

Amartas,

Anaitis,

Ancestor-worship,

primitive,

China,

Aryan,

India,

Angels and demons, Persia,

Animals, worship of,

in Peru,

in Babylonia,

in Egypt,

how accounted for,

in Arabia,

in Greece,

Animation of Nature in savage thought,

[24]

Animism,

meaning of,

in Roman religion,

Anthropomorphism,

Babylonia,

Egypt,

Greece,

Apocalypse,

Arabia,

before Mahomet,

[218]

gods of,

[219]

Judaism and Christianity in,

[223]

Art,

Phenician,

Egyptian,

Greece,

Aryans, the,

description of,

in Europe,

religion,

etymology of names of gods,

[250]

Ascetics, Brahmanic,

[350]

Ashera, Canaanite goddess,

[172]

Ashtoreth,

[176]

Association, forms of religious,

Totem-Clan,

nation,

Greek mysteries,

Greek schools,

new form in Israel,

new form in Islam,

Asuras,

Baal, Canaanite god,

Babylon and Assyria,

religion of,

[93]

connection with Egypt,

[94]

[96]

[97]

connection with China,

[93]

[98]

mythology of,

[100]

Belief,

an essential part of religion,

[9]

[13]

less important than rite in primitive religion,

[66]

Brahman, etymology of,

[339]

Brahmanism,

[338]

Buddhism,

[353]

sqq.

in China,

[123]

Burnt Njal

[264]

Burton, Captain,

Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Mecca

Caaba,

Cabiri,

Canaanites,

religion of,

Caste,

Celts,

China,

connection with Babylonia,

[107]

state religion of,

[111]

Christianity,

[411]

sqq.

Civilisation and religion advance together,

[15]

origin of,

[19]

Classification of religions,

[80]

Confucius,

[107]

[117]

sqq.

Continuity of growth in religion,

[6]

Curiosity, an element of religion,

[12]

Daniel,

[213]

Decalogues,

[202]

Definition of religion,

preliminary,

[8]

fuller,

[13]

Degeneration in civilisation,

in religion,

Deuteronomy,

Devas,

Development of religion,

[8]

[51]

sqq.

[430]

sqq.

Domestic worship,

origin of,

China,

Aryans,

Iceland,

Greece,

Rome,

Brahmanic,

Dualism,

Eddas,

Egypt, religion of,

sqq.

Elijah and Elisha,

[190]

Elves,

[265]

Ephod,

[188]

Etruria, religion of,

[318]

Exile of Israel,

[202]

Ezra,

[204]

Fairy Tales (German),

Fate,

Festivals, Greek,

Fetish-worship,

Fetishism,

Fire,

Frazer, Mr.,

;

Golden Bough

[28]

[279]

Frisia, religion in,

[263]

Functional deities,

Greece,

Rome,

Funeral practices,

Egypt,

Icelandic,

Greece,

India,

Persian,

Games, Greek,

Gautama Buddha,

his death,

Germans, the ancient,

[258]

their gods,

[259]

their gods identified with Roman,

working religion of,

later religion,

Ghosts,

Gods, the great,

in Babylonia,

in Egypt,

of the Aryans,

German,

Icelandic,

of Homer,

Roman,

Indian,

Gomme,

Ethnology in Folklore

Greece,

Grimm, German Mythology,

Hades,

Hammurabi,

Hanyfs,

Hartmann, Edward von,

[46]

Heaven,

[52]

an object of primitive worship,

Babylonia,

China,

Arabia,

India,

Hegira,

Hell,

Henotheism,

Heroic legends,

Babylonian,

German,

Hesiod,

Homer,

worship in,

Homeric gods,

Hymns,

Babylonian,

Egyptian,

Vedic,

Persian,

. See

Iceland,

decay of old religion of,

[272]

Idols,

none in primitive religion,

Arabia,

German?

Immortality,

China,

[115]

Egypt,

[152]

Incas, the religion of,

[85-88]

India,

[324]

Individual, the, not considered in primitive religion,

[76]

Individual religion,

Babylonia,

Israel,

Greece,

India,

a high stage of religion,

[429]

the porch to universalism,

See

Indo-Europeans. See

Isaiah xli.-lxvi.,

Islam,

. See

meaning of,

spread of,

a universal religion,

[240]

weakness of,

[241]

Israel,

[179]

Israel and Canaanites,

Prophets,

reforms of religion,

exile,

the return,

Istar,

Jainism,

Japan,

Jehovah,

Jesus Christ,

sqq.

Jewish religion,

[205]

spiritual elements of,

[209]

heathenish elements of,

[210]

Persian influence on?

Jinns,

Job,

Judaism,

sqq.

Hellenistic period of,

at time of Christ,

Kathenotheism,

Koran,

Lang, Andrew,

;

Myth, Ritual, and Religion

Legge, Dr.,

Literatures, sacred,

Babylonia,

Buddhist,

China,

Eddas,

Egypt,

Koran,

Israel,

Sibylline books,

Vendidad,

Zend-Avesta,

Local nature of early religion,

[60]

Local observances,

Aryan,

[253]

old German,

[262]

Icelandic,

[264]

Lockyer,

Dawn of Astronomy

Magi,

Magic,

Babylonia,

Egypt,

Mahomet,

sqq.

preaching,

[228]

leaves Mecca,

[231]

at Medina,

[232]

breach with Judaism and Christianity,

[234]

domestic,

[235]

Manicheism,

[408]

Mannhardt,

Feld- und Waldkulte

Manu, law of,

Massebah,

Maya,

Lennan,

Mecca,

becomes capital of Islam,

Meyer, E.,

Mithra,

Moloch,

Monarchical Pantheon of the Aryans,

[253]

Monotheism,

not primitive,

[37]

[56]

in Egypt?

[144]

emergence of, in Israel,

[196]

in India,

[348]

Morality,

in primitive religion,

Egyptian religion,

Greece,

Vedic religion,

Brahmanism,

of Buddhism,

Moslem,

meaning of,

duties of the,

Müller, Mr. Max,

his theory of the origin of religion,

[43]

Mycenæ,

[282]

Mysteries, the Greek,

[298]

Mythology,

origin of,

Babylonia,

Egypt,

Greece,

Icelandic,

Indian,

National religion,

how different from earlier form,

Israel,

Natural religion,

Nature gods, growth of,

[51]

Nature-worship,

the greater,

the minor,

Nirvana,

Omens,

Roman,

Orientation, of temples,

[100]

Origin of religion,

(1) Primitive revelation,

[26]

(2) Innate idea,

[26]

(3) Psychological necessity,

[27]

Orphism,

[302]

Other World, the

in Egypt,

[151]

with the Semites,

[167]

Jewish beliefs about,

Arabia,

Iceland,

Homer,

Pantheism,

in Egypt,

[148]

India,

[336]

[348]

Patriarchal society and religion of Aryans,

Perkunas,

Persia,

primitive religion,

contact of Jews with,

Pfleiderer, Otto,

Phenicians,

religion of,

influence on Greece,

Philistines,

Philosophy,

Greek,

[301]

Indian,

[347]

Polytheism,

origin of,

[53]

Indian,

[335]

Prayer,

primitive,

Israel,

Indian,

Persian,

Priestly code,

Priests,

none in the earliest religion,

[72]

not necessary in early Israel,

[187]

Roman,

[313]

Brahmans,

[338]

Primitive religion, the,

[21]

difference between it and later forms,

[79]

Prophets, in Israel,

[189]

their criticism of the old religion of Israel,

[192]

Psalms,

[210]

. See

[Hymns]

Purity, laws of,

Israel,

[209]

Persia,

[404]

Rationalism,

Greece,

[297]

India,

[350]

Reforms,

of Israelite religion,

of Augustus,

Renouf, Le Page,

Revealed religion,

Réville, M.,

Resurrection,

Retribution, after death,

in Egypt,

Mahomet,

Israel,

Rig-veda, the,

Ritualism,

Brahmanic,

Roman,

Persian,

Jewish,

Rome,

sqq.

Rougé, M. de la,

Sacred places,

Semitic,

Canaanite,

Arabia,

Germany,

Sacred seasons,

Sacrifice,

primitive, generally a meal,

in China,

Semitic,

human (Phenician),

human (Israel),

human (Icelandic),

early Israelite,

denounced by O. T. prophets,

Jewish,

Icelandic,

Homeric,

Persia,

Saussaye, P. D. Chantepie de la,

[17]

Savage elements in all the great religions,

[21]

Savages,

their religion falls short of the definition,

[8]

represent the original state of mankind,

[19]

mental habits of,

[23]

all have religion,

[25]

the religion of, described,

[29]

sqq.

their beliefs furnish the elements of the great religions,

Schrader (Aryans),

Semites,

religion of,

gods of,

goddess of,

Seraph,

Shin-to,

Sin,

Babylon,

Israel,

Slavs,

Smith, Robertson,

;

Religion of the Semites

Spencer, Mr. H.,

Spirit, the great,

Spirits,

of dead persons,

[33]

worship of, the origin of all religion?

in Babylonia,

in China,

in Arabia,

in Greece,

in Persia,

Standing stones,

Sun,

Sun-gods,

Babylonia,

Egypt,

Phenician,

Arabian,

Supreme Being, an object of primitive worship?

[36]

Survival of savage state in the great religions,

[21]

Synagogue,

[212]

Syncretism, of gods in Egypt,

Taboo,

Taoism,

Taylor, Dr. I.,

Temples,

not primitive,

Babylonia,

Egyptian,

Phenician and Jewish,

Greek,

Roman,

Teraphim,

Teutons,

. See

Thunder,

Tiele, Dr. C. P.,

Totemism,

Transmigration,

Tree-worship,

primitive,

Babylonia,

Canaanites,

Arabia,

Greece,

Tribal religion,

Tylor, Mr.,

Primitive Culture

Under-world, the,

Babylonia,

Egypt,

Unity of all religion,

[4]

Universal deities of the Aryans,

[252]

Universalism,

in O. T. prophets,

in Islam,

in Christianity,

Urim and Thummim,

Vedic hymns,

Vedic religion,

sqq.

its gods,

[326]

is it early or late?

[331]

Vow, original meaning of,

[75]

Waitz and Gerland's

Anthropologie der Naturvölker

Wellhausen, J.,

Wells, sacred,

Worship,

an essential element of religion,

primitive,

Chinese,

Egyptian,

Canaanite,

Israelite,

Jewish,

Roman,

See

Zeus, etymology of,

Zoomorphism,

Zoroaster,

his call,

his doctrine,

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