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Palaeolithic Age, skull forms of in France, [8]; Palestine in, [10]. Palestine, early races in, [10]; Palaeolithic finds in, [10]; cave dwellers of, [10], [11]; in empire of Naram Sin, [129]; Abraham's wanderings in, [245]; tribes he found in, [245], [246]; Elamites in, [247], [248], [249]; Necho's campaigns in, [489]. Pan, Ea-bani and, [135]; the pipes of, [238]. Pantheon, the National, during Isin Dynasty, [132]. Pap-sukal (pap-sü´kal), messenger of gods, rescues Ishtar from Hades, [97]. Paradise, childless ghosts excluded from, [71]; the Indian, Germanic, and Egyptian, [209]; Babylonian beliefs, [210]. See Hades. Patesi (pa´te-si), priest king, [1]. Patriarch, the, Apuatu as, [xxxii]; Sargon of Akkad as, [xxxiii], [91]; Yama as, [xxxii], [56], [200]; Osiris and Tammuz as, [xxxii], [82], [86], [90], [297]; Scyld or Sceaf as, [92]; Yngve, Frey, Hermod, and Heimdal as, [93]; the mythical "sleepers" and, [164]; Nimrod as, [170], [277], [354]; Gilgamesh as, [xxxii], [200]; Mitra as, [201]; the Biblical Asshur, [276], [327], [354]; King Ninus of Nineveh and, [424], [425]; the Persian and Cyrus, [493]. Paul, Mars' hill sermon of, [59], [60]. Pekah, King of Israel, [450], [451]; Assyrian king overthrows, [453]. Pelasgians, the, Sumerian kinship with, [9]; Achaeans and, [393]. Pennsylvania, University of, expedition of, [xxiv]. Penrith, "Long Meg's" stone circle near, [156]. Persephone (per-sef´on-ē), the Babylonian, [53]; as lover of Adonis, [90]. Perseus, legend of, [152]; the Babylonian, [159], [164]. Persia, fire worship in, [50]; Yama of India and Gilgamesh, and Yima of, [200], [201]; the mythical Ages of, [202]; eagle symbol of great god of, [347], [493]; Ashur cult and, [355]; Britain and Russia in, [357]; Cyrus King of, [493]; religion of and Babylonian influence, [496]. Persian Gulf, early Sumerians traded on, [2]; Eridu once a port on, [22]. Petrie, Professor Flinders, dating of, [xxv], [212]; alien pottery in Egypt found by, [263]; on Egypt's culture debt to Syria, [275]. Pharaoh, "Piru" theory, [458], 458 n[[526]]. Philistines, the, their god Dagon, [32], [33]; "way of" an ancient trade route, [357]; invasion of Palestine by, [379]; as overlords of Hebrews, [379], [380]; Hittites and, [386]; civilization of, [387], [403], [405]; as vassals of Damascus, [414]; tribute from to Assyria, [439]. Phoenicians, Baau, mother goddess of, [150]; traditional racial cradle of, [244]; appearance of on Mediterranean coast, [245]; Melkarth, god of, [346]; as allies of Hebrews, [388]. Phrygia, thunder god of, [261]; Cybele and Attis of, [267]; Muski and, [395]; King Midas of, [460]; Cimmerians overrun, [472]; Lydia absorbs, [494]. Picts, why they painted themselves, [212]. Pig, demon in, [71]; sacrificed to Tammuz, [85]; associated with Osiris, [85]; sacrifice of to cure disease, [236]; totemic significance of, [293]; as the devil in Egypt and Britain, [293]; Ninip as boar god, [302]. Pigeons. See Doves. Pillar worship, "world tree" and "world spine", [334]. Pinches, Professor, on Ea, Ya or Jah, and Dagan, [31]; on Babylonian "Will-o'-the-wisp", [66]; on Babylonian boar god, [86]; on flocks of Tammuz, [93]; on Creation hymn, [149], [150]; on Babylonian monotheism, [160]; on names of Hammurabi, Tidal, &c, [248]; on Merodach as Nimrod, [277]; on Nebo and Ramman, [303]; on Ashur worship, [352], [353]; on Nusku and Tammuz, [353], [354]; on Ashur, Merodach, and Osiris, [354]; on the sacred doves, [427]. Pir-na-pish´tim, the Babylonian Noah, [27]; sun god and, [55]; Gilgamesh's journey to island of, [177], [178], [180]; revelation of, [181], [182]; the flood legend of, [190] et seq.; the Indian Yama and, [200]; the Persian Yima and, [201]. Planets, deities identified with, [296]; Merodach as Jupiter and Mercury, [299]; Venus female at sunset and male at sunrise, [299]; when gods were first associated with, [300]; Horus identified with three, [300]; the seven included sun and moon, [301]; Jupiter as "bull of light", [301]; the "bearded Aphrodite" and Ishtar, [301]; Ninip (Nirig) and Horus as Saturn, [302]; Nebo and Merodach as Mercury, [303]; Nergal and Horus as Mars, [303], [304]; in doctrine of mythical Ages, [313] et seq.; the Babylonian and Greek, [316]; in astrology, [318]. Plant of Birth, Etana's quest for, [164]. Plant of Life, Gilgamesh's quest for, [164], [177]. Plato, the dance of the stars, [333]. Pleiades (plī´a-dēz), the. See Constellations. Pleistocene (plīst´o-sēn) Age, the, Palestinian races of, [10]. Pliny, on the "Will-o'-the-wisp", [67]. Plutarch, the Osirian bull myth, [89]; on Babylonian astrology, [318]. Poetry, magical origin of, [236] et seq. Poets, inspired by sacred mead, [45]. Polar star, as "world spike", [332]; Lucifer as, [331], [332]. Pork, tabooed by races, [293]. Poseidon (pō-sī´don), [64], [105]. Postal arrangements, in Hammurabi Age, [251]. Pottery, linking specimens of in Turkestan, Elam, Asia Minor, and Southern Europe, [5], [263]. Prajapati (prăjä´păti), the Indian god, creative tears of, [45]. Preservers, the, mother goddesses as, [100]. Priests, En-we-dur-an-ki of Sippar, [42]; the sorcerer's spell, [46]; Dudu of Lagash, [120]; as rulers of Lagash, [121]; and burial ceremonies, [208], [209]; fees of cut down by reformer, [210], [211]; as patrons of culture, [287], [288], [289]. Pritha (preet´hä), mother of Indian Karna, [126]. Prophecy, blood-drinking ceremony and, [48]; breath of Apis bull and, [49]. Prophets, clothing of, [213], [214]. Psamtik (sam´tik), Pharaoh of Egypt under Assyrians, [483]; throws off Assyrian yoke, [486]. Ptah (tä), the Egyptian god, Ea compared to, [30]; cult of and mother worshippers, [105]; deities that link with, [263], [264]. Pül, Assyrian king called in Bible, [444]. Pumpelly expedition, Turkestan discoveries of, [5], [6], [263]. Punt, the land of, as "cradle" of Mediterranean race, [39]. Purusha (pür-üsh´ă), the Indian chaos giant, [429].