FOOTNOTES:
[237] The illustrations in this article are for the most part copied, by permission of Messrs. Cassell & Co., from the Magazine of Art, in which the Essay appeared.
[238] Part of the pattern ([Fig. 5], b) recurs on the New Zealand Bull-roarer, engraved in the Essay on the [Bull-roarer].
[239] See Schliemann’s Troja, wherein is much learning and fancy about the Aryan Svastika.
INDEX.
[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [Y] [Z]
Accadia, [62], [137], [151], [154]
Achbor, [115]
Acosta, [19]
Adityas, [135]
Æetes, [95]
Ælian, [109]
Æschines, [39]
Africa, [149]
— customs of women in, [72]
— divining rod in, [184-186]
Aleutians, [74]
Amazon, Indians of, [131]
Ancestor worship among Hottentots and elsewhere, [197-211]
Ancestors in stars, [129], [130]
Animal bride, [76]
— deities, [103-120]
— worship, [118]
Animals—
bear in religion, [176]
descent claimed from, [104], [128]
in stars, [121-142]
sacred, [103-120]
sun regarded as a beast, [133]
Apollo and the mouse, [103-120]
Apollodorus, [49]
Apollonius Rhodius, [95]
Apsaras, [65]
Apsyrtos, [95]
Arcadians, [128]
Ares, [126]
Argives, [110]
Aristophanes, [133]
Arktos, [141]
Arnobius, [39]
Art, early Greek, [303]
— gods in, [118]
Art of Ojibways, [293]
— of savages, [276-304]
— Palæolithic, [297]
Artemis Orthia, [33]
Aryan myths parallel with savage, [83], [96], [97], [103-120], [141]
— nuptial etiquette, [76]
— race, [117]
Aryans and savages, [134-135]
— sensitive to ‘loud’ colours, [69]
Ashanti, [24]
Assyria, army of, destroyed, [112]
Assyrian etymologies, [28]
Astley, [72]
Athens, owl of, [110]
Aurelii, [104]
Australia, [72]
— arts of, [283]
— divination in, [170]
— Herbert Spencer on, [125]
— moon myth, [54]
— native stratagem, [41]
— religion of, [231]
— swallowing myth, [54]
Aymar, Jacques, [191-195]
Baal, [62]
— Hamon, [61]
Ballad of ‘Bonny Hind,’ [175]
Ballads, [156-179]
Barbadoes, [20]
Bear among stars, [121]
— Callisto changed into, [128]
— in Finnish and other religions, [176]
— Max Müller, Mr., on Great, [139]
— Totem of Iroquois, [110]
— tribes, [128]
Beaver, myth of, [79-81]
Bergaigne, [241]
Bernier (Abbé), [197]
Berosos, [60]
Bheki, [77-80]
Bible, [183]
Bongoes, [150]
Boyd, Dawkins, [299]
Brahmana Aitareya, [134]
— Satapatha, [134]
Brahmanas, [69]
Brazil, mysteries in, [43]
Brown, Mr. Robert, [60]
— on Moly, [151-153]
— on star myths, [137]
Buddhist story, [132]
Bull-roarer, [29-44]
— art of, [295]
— their star myths, [122], [124], [131]
— swallowing myth of, [53]
Callaway, [84]
Callisto, [132]
Campbell, J. F., [93]
Cannibals, [88]
Cappadocia, [152]
Castor and Pollux, in Australia, [128]
Castren, [78]
Catlin, [40]
Cat, recognised as the moon, [117]
Celts, art of, [289]
Chanson de Geste, [161]
Cheparas, [34]
Chevreuil on divining rod, [188]
China, planchette in, [187]
Clemens of Alexandria, [39]
Coins, [110]
‘Comparative Mythology,’ [58]
Congo, mysteries on, [40]
Costigan, Captain, [41]
Cronus, myth of, [45-63]
— sickle of, [61]
Crow, [126]
Culture-Hero, [55]
‘Cupid and Psyche,’ [64-86]
Curtius, [3]
Cushing, [37]
Customs, savage Greek of expiation, [96]
— of savages, [72]
— among Yorubas, [73]
— in Australia, [72]
— Aleutian, [74]
— Bulgarian, [73]
— Breton, [75]
— Carib, [73]
— Carian, [74]
— Circassian, [73]
— Futa, [72]
— Iroquois, [73]
— Kaffir, [74]
— Milesian, [74]
— in Naz, [75]
— Spartan, [73]
— Timbuctoo, [72]
— Welsh, [74]
— Zulu, [74]
Dacotah, [117]
Dalton, [81]
Dancing, Lucian on, [41]
— myth, [56]
— Urvasi recognised as, [68]
Dead, the home of the, [171]
— worship of, [197-211], [239]
De Brosses, [214-216], [224], [227]
De Cara, [3]
Delphi, fetich-stone of, [52]
Deluge myth, [34]
Demeter, [19]
— and the ram, [6]
Devas, [234]
‘Dionysiak Myth,’ [60]
Divination in Australia, [170]
Divining rod, [180-196]
Dog-star, [154]
Dozon, [73]
Dumuzi, [137]
Edomites, [115]
— cats sacred in, [113]
— mouse myth in, [111]
— rats sacred in, [113]
Emerald, worship of, [105]
Eos, [69]
Epic, Greek, its origin, [161]
— of Finns, [156-179]
Eratosthenes, [125]
Eskimo, [130]
— art of, [285]
— moon myths, [132]
Euhemerism, [199]
Eustathius, [103]
Exogamy, [24], [102], [245-275]
— in Finland, [164]
Ezekiel, [115]
Fairy-bride, [82]
Family, the history of, [245-275]
— gods, [119]
Farrer, [82]
Fauriel, [178]
Fetich-stone of Delphi, [52]
Fetich-stones, [224]
Fetichism, [212-242]
Finns, poetry of, [156-179]
Folklore, [6]
— method of, [10-28]
— of plants, [143-155]
Food of dead men, [171]
Frog, descent claimed from, [104]
Futa, [72]
Gallinomeros, [133]
Gaunab, [205-211]
Garcilasso de la Vega, [103-107]
Gens (see ‘[Family]’)
Γένος (see ‘[Family]’)
‘Gentile system,’ [236]
Gervase (of Tilbury), [76]
— (ancestral), [199]
Giant, [90-92]
Giordano Bruno, [139]
Glacial age, [298]
Gods, family, [119]
— horned, [60]
— in art, [118]
— in bestial form, [134]
— in Samoa, [119]
— lame, [206]
— of Greece, [27]
— of Hottentots, [197-211]
— Vedic, [234]
— Vedic and Brahmanic, [27]
Greece, fetich-stones in, [224]
Greeks, their star myths, [136]
Guiana swallowing myth, [55]
Hades, [65]
Halévy, [155]
Hamelin, Piper of, [114]
Hare and moon, [132]
— in Zulu myths, [168]
Harpocration, [40]
Hartung, [61]
Harvest home, superstitions of, [18]
Heaven and earth, [45]
— — Indian myth of, [50]
Heitsi Eibib, [209]
Hittites, [153]
Horned gods, [60]
Horus, [113]
Hottentots, [197-211]
— Herb-lore of, [143-155]
Howitt and Fison, [34]
Huacas, [105]
Human sacrifice, [61]
Ice, Age of, [298]
Il, [60]
Iliad, [103]
Inca, [103]
Indra, [134]
— a ‘shape-shifter,’ [126]
Infinite, the, [206]
Initiation (see ‘[Mysteries]’)
Ioxidæ, [119]
Iron, a tabooed metal, [64]
— the birth of, [169]
— in Vedic India, [217]
Isaiah, [115]
Isis, [130]
Israel, Totems of, [115]
Jacob, Verge de, [187]
Japanese, [93]
Jason, [5]
— the myth of, [87-102]
— the Red Indian parallel, [99]
— Samoan parallel, [97]
Job Ben Solomon never saw his wife, [72]
Jonah, [55]
Jurupari pipes, [43]
Kaffir swallowing myth, [54]
Kamilaroi, [34]
Karnos, Karnu, Keren, [60]
Kathasarit sagara, [92]
Kohl, [80]
Κῶνος, [39]
Krāna, [59]
Krishna, [170]
Κρονίων, [57]
— differs from Mr. Max Müller on etymology of Urvasi and Pururavas, [70]
— sees fire myths everywhere, [70]
Kurnai, [34]
Kwai Hemm, [53]
Language and thought, [211]
— childhood of, [218]
Lightning, [117]
Loftie, Mr., [113]
Long on ‘Totamism,’ [105]
Lönnrot, [160]
Lucian, [41]
Lyons, murder at, [191]
M‘Lennan, Mr., on the family, [245-275]
Magic, [146]
— Algonquin, [99]
— in Vedas, [241]
— note of lower culture, [78]
Maine, Sir Henry, on the family, [245-275]
Maize, superstition about, [20]
Malagasy Märchen, [93]
Malebranche, [190]
Mandragora, [143-155]
Mandrake, [144-152]
Manabozho, [293]
Maoris, art of, [286]
— myths of, [45-50]
Märchen—
Algonquin, [82]
Bornoese, [82]
Dutch, [76]
features of, [157], [158], [163]
of Nicht Nought Nothing, [89]
of Swan Maidens, [82]
Russian, [93], [171]
Scotch, [89]
South African, [171]
West Highland, [93]
Marriage, early, [245-275]
— law of exogamy in, [24], [102]
— in connection with Totemism, [106-107]
Master of Life, [105]
Medea recognised as Moon, [96]
— as Lightning, [96]
Melanesian myths, [56]
Mélusine, [117]
— myth of, [76]
Merman, forsaken, [76]
Mexico, [16]
Meyer, [66]
Milky Way, [122]
Mimnermus, [95]
Moloch, [62]
Moluna, Christoval de, [105]
Moly, [143-155]
Mongols, divining rod among, [184]
Moon and hare, [132]
— Australian myth of, [54]
— man in, [132]
— Medea thought to be, [96]
— myths, [132]
‘Moon-cat,’ [117]
Mouse and Apollo, [103-120]
‘Mouse of Night,’ [117]
Mouse tribe, [114]
Mouse-Apollo, [103-120]
Muir, [50]
Müller, Mr. Max, [57], [66], [67]
— on childhood of language, [74], [218]
— on etymology of Urvasi, [68], [69]
— on fetichism, [212-242]
— on Hottentot myths, [197-211]
— on Hyperion, [132]
— on myth of sun-frog, [77], [78]
— on Ote, [105]
— on spelling of Totem, [105]
— 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]
— Zulu, [84], [85], [88], [93]
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]
Sayce, Prof., [62], [141], [151]
— 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]
Spencer, Herbert, [125], [199]
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]
Urvasi, [65], [66], [67], [77]
— 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]
Wives not to be seen, [72], [73]
— 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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