Zoological Mythology; or, The Legends of Animals, Volume 2 (of 2)

by Angelo De Gubernatis

(This Index is compiled at the instance of the Publisher, and is not by the Author.)

Absalom and his hair, i. [334].
Achilleus, horses of, i. [351].
Acheloos, horn of, i. [266].
Açvinâu, the, i. [18], [19];
friendship for Tritas, [25];
awakening of, [27];
and the aurora, [30];
eyes to the blind, feet to the lame, [32], [36];
and Kabandhas, [63];
the sons of, [78];
as the two ears of Vishnus, [81], [285]-[287], [300]-[302], [304], [306]-[308], [310], [315], [319], [321], [327], [370];
ass of, [371].
Adam and Eve, legend of, ii. [411].
Aditis and the cow, in Vedic literature, i. [5], [6], [23], [70], [74].
Adonis, ii. [14]-[16].
Adrikâ, the nymph-fish, ii. [331];
son and daughter of, [332].
Æschylos, fabled death of, ii. [197].
Æsculapius, i. [353].
Afrasiab, i. [114], [116], [117].
Agas and synonyms, i. [402].
Agnis, as the fire-god, i. [10];
adjutant to Indras, [13], [299], [301].
Agnus Dei, sacrifice of the, i. [423].
Ahalyâ, legend of, i. [414].
Ahura Mazda, i. [97], [109].
Aiêtas, bulls of, i. [267].
Ai-Kan, story of, i. [146].
Alexander the Great, i. [119];
and augury, ii. [178];
and the fish, [333];
and the crab, [355].
Allwis, the dwarf, i. [207], [225], [260], [261].
Amalthea, i. [430].
Amazons, the, i. [211], [212].
Ambrosia, i. [5];
giver of, [18];
the milk which forms, [52], [54];
contest for, [53];
the demons and, [53];
Gandharvas, guardians of, [53], [81];
of the cow, [275], [276];
the origin of, ii. [361];
the phallical reference of, [361], [365].
Ampelos, i. [267].
Amphisbhæna, the, ii. [386].
Anantas, the serpent, ii. [398], [399].
Angadas, i. [337].
Animals, gradation of, for sacrifice, i. [44];
substitutes for, in sacrifice, [44];
battles of tame and savage, [186];
inviolability of the mysteries of, [246];
mythical identification of, ii. [123];
colours of, in mythology, [295], [296].
Ansumant, i. [332].
Antony, St, the Vedic, i. [47];
and the hog, ii. [6].
Antelopes and the Marutas, ii. [83], [84];
king disguised as an, [86].
Ants, the, and the serpent, ii. [44];
and the shepherd's son, [45];
and the grain, [47];
and the horses, [50];
Indian, [50], [51];
that dig up gold, [51];
the monster, [51].
Apâlâ, Indras, and the somas, ii. [3];
and her ugly skin, [5].
Aphroditê, i. [394];
and Hermes, ii. 197.
Apollo, and Laomedon, i. [279];
Smintheus, ii. [68];
and the crow, [254].
Apple-tree, the legend of, i. [251];
the mythical, [405];
and the goat, [405].
Aquila and Aquilo, ii. [191], [192].
Arabs, the, saying of, ii. [11].
Arachnê, ii. [163].
Arcadia, i. [387], [390].
Ardshi-Bordshi Khan, the history of, i. [120];
stories from, [134], [139].
Ardvî Çûra Anâhita, the Persian, i. [99], [100].
Argos panoptes, i. [418].
Argus, ii. [327].
Arǵunas, i. [79], [104].
Ariadne, i. [212].
Arkas, ii. [118].
Arnê, ii. [259].
Artemis and Aktaion, ii. [86];
the huntress, [87];
and hind, [88].
Arunas, i. [292].
Ases, the three, and the eagle, ii. [191].
Ashis Vaguhi, i. [108], [109].
Ass, the, among the Greeks and Romans, i. [259], [260];
in the East, [360];
in the West, [360];
mistakes about, [361];
Christianity powerless to redeem, [361], [362];
hymn in honour of, [361], [362];
treatment of, by the Church, [363];
downtrodden condition of, [363];
in the Rigvedas, [364];
names of, [364], [365];
of Apuleius, [366];
which carries mysteries, [367];
and flight into Egypt, [367];
of the Açvinâu, [371];
of Indras, [371];
phallic nature of, [372], [373];
chastisement of, for phallic offences, [372], [373];
fall of, in the Rigvedas, [372], [374];
the demoniacal, [374], [376];
slowness, [374];
the golden, [375], [376];
the Hindoo, [377];
and the jackal, [377], [378];
-lion, [378], [379];
-musician, [378], [379];
three-legged, braying, [379];
and lion, [380];
braying of, and the merchants, [380];
and Vesta, [384];
and the Trojans, [386];
ears of, [386];
skin of, [388];
that throws gold from its tail, [388];
and the waters of Styx, [390];
horned, of India, [390], [391];
horn of the Scythian, [390], [391];
and Silenos, [391], [392], [394];
and Bacchus, [392];
and the talisman, [393];
skin of, [394];
proverbs about, [394];
the combed, [395];
shadow and nose, [395];
golden, of Apuleius, [395];
uncontainedness, [396];
that brays, [397], [398];
in hell, [398];
knowledge of, [398].
Assassins, story of the king of the, ii. [35].
Atavism in mythology, i. [199].
Atli, i. [226].
Attis, the Phrygian, ii. [409].
Audhumla, the cow, i. [224].
Aulad, the warrior, i. [112], [113].
Aurora, the cow, process of re-creating, i. [20];
cow of abundance, [26];
relations to Indras, [27];
the milk of, [27];
and her cows, [25], [29];
the girl, the swift one without feet, [30], [31];
the evening, perfidy of, [32];
as a sorceress, [33];
persecutions of, [34];
the saviour, [35];
once blind, now seeing and sight-giving, [36];
and the night, [36]-[38];
the sisters, [38];
the younger, [38], [39];
nuptials of, and its conditions, [39];
fruit of the nuptials of, [39], [40];
and Rakâ, [50];
characteristic form of, [50];
as a cow, [51];
mother of the sun, [51];
rich in pearls, [56];
and the moon, [56], [65];
the Persian, [100]-[102], [121]-[125], [146];
awakener of, [163], [170];
amours of, [324];
the two, and the fox, ii. [124].
Avesta, the, i. [109], [110].
Bacchus and the asses, i. [392].
Bâlin and Sugrîvas, i. [312], [313]; ii. [100], [101].
Barrel, the mythical, i. [197].
Basiliça, story of, i. [298], [299].
Batrachomyomachia, the, ii. [71].
Battos the shepherd, i. [279].
Bear, at blind-man's-buff with the maiden, ii. [69];
and Vicvâmitras, [109];
king of the bears, [109];
in the forest of honey, [109];
eater of honey, [110];
and peasant, [110]-[112];
duped by the peasant, [112];
and the fox, [113];
king and the twins, [114], [115];
the demoniacal, and the two children, [115], [116];
disguises of, [117];
woman in the den of, [117], [118];
half bear half man, [118];
as musician, [118], [119].
Beaver, the, ii. [79], [80].
Bees and the Açvinâu, ii. [215];
Vedic gods as, [216];
as moon, [217];
from the bull's carcase, [217];
in Finnish mythology, [218];
spiritual and immortal, [218]-[220];
wax of, [219];
and young hero, [220];
as musician, [223].
Beetle, the, and eagle, ii. [209];
the sacred, [209];
red, [209], [210];
names of the red, [210], [211];
and first teeth of children, [211];
worship of the red, [211], [212];
green, [214].
Bellerophontes, i. [305], [338].
Berta, i. [85];
the Russian Queen, [218];
Queen, legend of, [251]-[257];
large-footed, [253].
Betta and the cake-youth, ii. [238], [239].
Bharatas, King, ii. [85].
Bharadvâǵas, ii. [275], [276].
Bhîmas the terrible, i. [77]-[79], [104].
Bhogavatî, city of, ii. [403].
Bhrigus and Cyavanas, ii. [10].
Binding, vanquishing by, i. [106], [107].
Birds, language of, i. [151], [152];
the mythical impersonations of, ii. [168], [169];
the wise, story of, [169]-[172];
virtue of feathers of, [172];
the language of, [174];
story of, and the queen, [175];
excrement of, [176];
the blue, [176];
Semiramis and, [176];
as diviners, [177];
auguries from, [178];
the, of Bretagne, [271], [272].
Bitch, the mythical, ii. [19]-[25];
as spy, [35].
Blind lame one, the, i. [31], [32].
Blue Beard, the Esthonian, i. [168].
Boar, the, of Erymanthus, ii. [9];
of Meleagros, [9];
the monster wild, in the Rigvedas, [9], [10];
Indo-European tradition of, [13];
tusks of, [15].
Brahmadattas and the crab, ii. [356].
Brahmanâs, the, i. [414].
Bréal, M., i. [263].
Bribus, ii. [308].
Bridge, the mythical, i. [228].
Brian, the Celtic hero, i. [239], [240].
Brother, the third, i. [79], [83];
the Turanian, and his dream, [139]-[142];
the riddle-solving eldest Turanian, [142];
the third, in quest of the lost cow, [155], [156];
journey to hell, [157];
as counsellor, [156], [159];
royal, as peasant, [162];
awakener of the princess of the seven years' slumber, [162], [163];
who mounts to heaven, [176];
and the tree-purchaser, [176];
endeavour of, to milk the bull, [177];
who snaps his fingers, [184];
ascent into and descent from heaven of, [189], [190];
who steals from the other two, [194];
and the flying-ship, [205];
in bronze, silver, and gold, [291].
Brothers, the three, i. [77], [80], [82], [104];
the Persian, [105];
the two, [107], [108], [120];
the three, [109], [111], [125], [128];
the four, and the pearls, [127];
the six, Calmuc story of, [128], [129];
the two, Calmuc story of, [130];
the two Calmuc, rich and poor, [131], [132];
the two (lion and bull), and the fox, [134];
the three, [148], [153], [156], [161];
the three dwarf, story of, [161], [162];
the two rich and poor, and magic stone, [177];
the three, of the purse, whistle, and mantle, [288], [289];
the two, who go one to the right and the other to the left, [317], [319], [327].
Brünhilt, i. [212].
Brutus, the first, i. [199].
Bufonite, ii. [384].
Buhtan and the fox, ii. [134], [135].
Bull, the sun a, i. [4];
the, fecundator of the cow, [5];
the great bellowing, [7]-[10];
the horns of, [9];
a symbol of royalty, [44];
of the Persians, [95];
the excrement of, [80], [95];
disembodied soul of, [97];
ambrosial, [99];
capacity of, for drinking, [175];
in the council of animals, [185];
which comes out of the sea, [222], [223];
which carries the maiden, [223];
about to be sacrificed, [270];
without entrails, [270], [271].
Buri, i. [224].
Butterfly, the mythical, ii. [213], [214].
Butter-ears, the cat, ii. [53], [54].
Bucephalus, i. [338].
Cabala, i. [73].
Cacus, i. [280], [281].
Caduceus of Mercury, ii. [219], [220].
Çakuntalâ, i. [219].
Calf, the, as marriage-priest, i. [257].
Çambaras, cities of, i. [13].
Çantanus, myth of, i. [67], [68].
Canicula, the, ii. [33].
Çaoka, i. [98].
Çaradvat, ii. [332].
Çarmishthâ, the witch, i. [83], [84].
Carp, the, ii. [351], [352].
Carpus, ii. [352].
Cat, the white, ii. [42];
penitent, [54];
fox, and fattened mouse, [56];
and sparrow, [56];
dog, and ring, [56], [57];
and dog and supposititious child, [57];
and moon, [58];
and Diana, [58];
and St Martha, [58];
and Freya, [59];
and St Gertrude, [59];
the chattering, [59];
and fox, [59];
and cock, [59];
and lamb, [60];
the grateful, [60];
the white, Blanchette, [61];
and the house, [62].
Cats, the enchanted, ii. [62];
the black, [62], [63];
ill-omened apparitions of, [63];
and witches, [63], [64];
the two, [64].
Çavarî, i. [64], [66], [69].
Cerberi, the, i. [49].
Cerire, i. [117].
Chameleon, the, ii. [161].
Charlemagne, tradition of, i. [161];
and Orlando, [256].
Children, king of, story of, i. [135], [136].
Chimæra, the, ii. [158].
Chinese, the, and Little Tom, i. [336].
Christ and Prometheus, ii. [40].
Christopher, St, and Christ, ii. [57];
and lark, [274];
and the cocks, [284].
Chrysaor, i. [305].
Cianna and the grateful ant, ii. [46].
Cicada, the, ii. [223], [224].
Cienzo and Meo, story of, i. [329], [330].
Cinderella, origin of the legend of, i. [31], [101], [126], [161];
the Russian, [196], [197]; ii. [5], [197], [281], [304].
Circe and the ass's head, i. [366];
and the companions of Odysseus, ii. [6].
Çivas, the deus phallicus, i. [44], [59]; ii. [160].
Claudius, Publius, and the auguries, ii. [291].
Clodoveus and St Martin, i. [356].
Clouds, the, i. [6]-[9];
mythical conceptions of, [11], [12];
sky with, as a forest, [14];
as mountains, [61];
battles in, [62];
as barrels, [63].
Cock, the mythical functions of, ii. [278];
and Mars, [280];
Indras, the paramour of Ahalyâ, as a, [280];
and hen in India and Persia, and sacredness of the, [282], [284];
crowing of, [282], [285], [286];
Christus invoked as a, [283];
in the Gospels, [283];
the miraculous, [284];
of night, [285];
and Minec' Aniello, [287];
Esthonian legends of, [288];
hitting the, [289];
as a symbol, [290];
-fights, [290];
the Danes and, [290];
auguries from, [291].
Coition, mythical, i. [348].
Cornucopia, Scandinavian, i. [225].
Cosmogony, the Persian, ii. [412].
Cosimo and the fox, ii. [135], [136].
Cow and the Bull, the, origin and meaning of the myth, i. [3], [4];
respect paid to, in the family, [46].
Cow, the infinite, celestial, i. [5], [6];

son of the, [5];
-child, the spotted, [6], [14];
as monster, [15];
-moon, [19];
-aurora, [19], [20];
of abundance, [26], [95];
hide of, as symbol of fecundity, [46], [47];
sour milk of, as favourable to generation, [47];
milk-yielding, of night, [48];
invocation of the spotted, [50];
the sacred, of the Persians, [97];
purification by the excrement, [99];
pearl excrement of, [129];
the black, [167];
and the weather, [174];
Vedic, double aspect, [175];
filled with straw and sparrows, [187];
of abundance, Scandinavian, [224];
red, [228];
German proverbs relating to, [229];
and dwarf Allwis, [260];
testicles of, and the jackal, [233];
the, that spins, [250];
the Sabine, [268];
the sacrificed, [269];
the ashes of, [276].
Cow-cloud, the, i. [14], [15], [74].
Cow-moon, the, i. [274], [275].
Cows, the, of night, i. [17];
the two, [27];
that do not cover themselves with dust, [28], [31];
seen in dreams, [47], [48];
coming forth of, [50].
Cowherd, the hero disguised as, i. [168], [169].
Cox, Mr, i. [262], [263].
Crab, the, in the riddle, ii. [354];
celestial, in June, [354];
in the myth of Herakles, [355];
and Alexander, [355];
and the deceiving crane, [355];
and the serpent, [356];
sun and moon as, [356];
and fox, [357];
"from a man, a," 358;
as a charm, [359];
Cancer, the, [359].
Crescentia, the Persian, i. [121].
Cross, the, ii. [411];
of paradise, [411].
Crow, the, in borrowed feathers, ii. [246];
mythical significance, [250], [251];
and cheese, [251];
disguised, [251], [252];
the enchanted, and Râmas, [252];
cunning of, [253];
Râmas and Apollo as, [253];
and Pallas and Yamas, [254];
of evil omen, [254];
the giant, [255];
and the dead, [255];
and the old man, [255];
the procrastinating, and Phœbus, [256];
as messenger, [257];
the egg, [257];
brood, [257].
Cuckoo, the, and Zeus, i. [248];
its mythical congeners, ii. [226];
Indras as a, [228], [229], [231];
birth of the, [231];
a phallical symbol, [232];
and Hêra and Zeus, [232];
and marriage, [232];
as mocker, [233];
harbinger of spring, [233];
sinister aspect of, [234];
as cuckold, [234];
as a bird of omen, [234], [235];
immortal and omniscient, [235];
and nightingale, [235].
Çunahçepas, i. [35];
story of, [69]-[72], [74].
Cupid and Psyche, i. [368], [369]; ii. [378].
Cypresses, riddle of the two, ii. [174].
Cyrus, legend of, i. [110], [118]
Cyzicene, the, i. [275].
Dædalus and Icarus, ii. [186].
Dadhyanć, the head of, i. [303], [304].
Dadhikrâ, the solar horse, i. [337].
Dakshas, ii. [364].
Danaidæ, the, i. [265].
Daphnê, i. [170], [273].
Darius Hystaspes, myth of, i. [346].
Daughter, the third, and the toad, i. [381];
and the magician, [382], [383].
Dawns, the two, i. [27].
Dejanira, i. [212].
Delilah, counter-types of, i. [212].
Deluge, the Vedic, ii. [335].
Demons, mountain of, i. [96].
Demosthenes on Athênê, ii. [247].
Devayânî, the nymph, i. [83], [84].
Devil, the, as a bull, i. [184];
and the waters, ii. [390], [391].
Dhâumyas, three disciples of, i. [79].
Diana (Hindoo), ii. [43].
Dead, the, good luck brought by, i. [198].
Dionysos, ii. [217];
and the panther, [160].
Dioskuroi, i. [304], [305];
the legend of, [318].
Dîrghatamas, i. [84], [85].
Dog, the, and cat, ii. [56], [57].
Dolphin, the, ii. [351].
Dominic, St, and the dog, ii. [40].
Domitian and the astrologer, ii. [39].
Dove, in the Rigvedas, ii. [297];
Agnis as, [297];
Moses and the flesh of, [297];
self-sacrificing, [297];
and the ant, [298];
stories of the maiden (and prince) transformed into, [298];
story of the twelve sons changed into, [298], [299];
of the prince and servants changed into, [299]-[301];
the two, and Gennariello, [300]-[302];
the funereal, [303];
as announcer of the resurrection, [304];
the daughters of Anius changed into, [304];
the two, and Little Mary, [304];
and Zezolla, [305];
doves and the rosebush-maiden, [305];
Peristera changed into, [305];
and Venus, [305];
the laughing, [306];
and Aspasia, [306];
infidelity of, [306].
Drinking, trial of, i. [206].
Drusilla, Livia, and the white hen, ii. [196].
Duck, swan, or goose, the, Agnis as, ii. [307];
the Marutas, and the horses of the Açvinâu as, [307];
and golden egg, [308];
the sun as, [309];
in the lake, [309];
the white, and her three sons, [311];
death of, [311];
that lays a golden and a silver egg, [311], [312].
Drunkenness, and madness, ii. [348], [349].
Dundus, i. [75], [76].
Dundubhis, the cloud-monster, i. [75].
Eagle, the, and Zeus, ii. [195]-[197];
and the classic heroes, [196];
the Hellenic, [196];
and Aphroditê, [197].
Earrings, theft and recovery of the, of Karnas, i. [80], [81].
Eel, the, as phallical, sacrificial, and divine, ii. [341];
proverbs about, [341];
eating, [342];
with two heads and two tails, [342];
transformation into a fountain and an, [343];
the maiden changed into an, [343];
and monster-serpent, [343];
diabolical, [344];
the epic exploit, [344].
Eggs, hatching of, and thunder, ii. [281];
worship of, [291];
the golden, [292];
beginning with, [292], [293].
Elephant and the hare, ii. [77];
mythical qualities of, [91];
general mythical significance, [92];
Airavanas, [92];
the white, overcome by the monkey, [93];
in the lake, [93];
that supports the world, [92], [93], [95];
and the tortoise, [93]-[95];
the Vedic, [94].
Emilius, the lazy, and the grateful pike, i. [195]-[198].
Empusa, i. [367].
Endymion, i. [429].
Epics, the, killing of the serpent the theme of all, ii. [392].
Eros as a fish, ii. [340].
Esmeralda and Quasimodo, loves of, i. [421].
Eulenspiegel, ii. [246].
Eurôpê, i. [264], [265], [272].
Exchanges, tales of unfortunate, i. [176].
Farquhar II., death of, ii. [14].
Fecundity, symbols of, i. [49].
Feridun, episode of old age of, i. [111].
Finger, the knowing little, i. [166];
Small Little, story of, ii. [151], [152].
Finns, the, the epopee of, i. [150].
Firefly, the, ii. [212], [213].
Firud, i. [117].
Fish, the laughing, i. [249];
symbolic meaning of, [249];
the April, [250];
and the man's seed, [250];
celestial metamorphosis into, ii. [331];
become a stone, [331];
laughing, [333];
Alexander and the, [333];
the little gold, [334];
Vishnus as a, [334], [335];
and Aphroditê, [340];
phallical, [341];
wise and stupid, [349];
and the ring, [350];
the heroic, [350], [351];
and pearl, [352];
sacred, [353].
Fly, the, and bear, ii. [221];
and ant, [222].
Flies, ii. [221].
Fleece, the golden, i. [146], [429].
Flute, the magic, i. [161], [195].
Fool, the fortunate, i. [195];
the would-be, fortune-making, i. [240].
Fox, the, and the bear, ii. [113];
mythical significance, [122];
and jackal, [123];
double aspect of legendary, [123], [124];
the wolf and honey, [128], [129];
and the old man whose wife is dead, [129], [130];
as weeper, [130];
and tail, [131];
and four hungry animals, [131];
the hungry, and bird, [131];
and wolf, [132], [133];
and lost girl, [133];
and the cheese, [133];
as go-between, [134];
and Buhtan, [134], [135];
and Cosimo, [135];
and hare, [136], [137];
and cock, [137], [138];
knaveries and cunning, [139];
and other animals, [139], [140];
the sick, and lion, [140];
human antitype, [140];
Lycaon, [147].
Formicola, Captain, and the shepherd's son, ii. [45].
Freya, i. [212];
the foot of, [253].
Frog, the, and mouse, ii. [71], [72].
Frogs, the, in the sky, ii. [373];
imitating the sounds of, [373];
and the serpent or heron, [374];
in the 103d hymn of the Rigvedas, [374];
and Indras and Zeus, [374];
and the moon, [375]-[377];
the dumb, [375];
and Proserpina, [375];
and serpent, [376];
and rook, [376];
the diabolical, [376], [377];
two dragons in the form of, [377];
the maiden changed into, [377]-[379].
Gahs, the, i. [98].
Galanthis, ii. [53].
Galathea, i. [421], [422].
Gandhamâdanas mountains, i. [52], [55].
Gandharvas, the, i. [52], [53], [149], [160], [311];
appetites of, [365], [367], [369], [370], [379].
Ganeças, ii. [68].
Gangâ, the nymph, i. [68].
Ganges, the, ii. [308].
Ganymede, rape of, ii. [196].
Garatkarus, the wise, i. [68], [69].
Gardabhas, i. [365], [369].
Gargantua, at birth, i. [259].
Garudas, the bird, and elephant, ii. [94], [95];
and the monsters, [184];
and the birds, [245], [363].
Gâtâyus, the omniscient vulture, ii. [185].
Gazelle, the misleading, ii. [84].
Gefion, voyage of, i. [222].
Gemshid, legend of, i. [95].
Geneviève, the Persian, i. [121], [219].
Gennariello and Milluccio, ii. [300]-[302].
Geusurva, the, i. [98], [99].
Gerion, the oxen of, i. [273], [277].
Ghoshâ, the leprous, ii. [3], [5].
Giant-monster, the, and dwarf, i. [148], [149].
Giovannino, the fearless, i. [202], [388].
Girl, the, persecuted, i. [121];
affianced to three, [123];
in the chest, Calmuc story of, [131];
seven years old, Esthonian story of, [153];
wise, of the wood, [154];
the poor, and the lady of the waters (Esth.), [154];
the beautiful, and the witch, [218].
Giuseppe, the boy, and the ant's leg, ii. [45], [46].
Gnat, the, ii. [221].
Goat, the, triple aspect of, i. [401];
the cloud as, [402];
the he-, [402], [403];
Açvinâu as, [403];
and apple-tree, [405];
and walnut-tree, [405];
kids of, and wolf, [406], [407];
revenge of the goat, [406], [407];
mythical meaning, [407];
he-, and merchant's daughter, [410];
the sacrificed he-, [415], [416];
as all-seeing, [418];
with seven eyes, [419];
with twelve eyes, [419];
constellation of the, [421];
as rain-bringing, [421];
milk of the, [421], [424];
blood of the he-, [422];
stones, [422];
sacrifice of he-, [423];
cunning of the she-, [424];
the witch and the boy goatherds, [425];
and the peasants of Sicily, [426];
and the goatherd of Val di Formazza, [426];
and the god Thor, [426];
in the Scandinavian mythology, [427];
the horned, [427], [428];
lust of, [427], [428];
in Greek mythology, [428].
Gods, the cheating of, i. [44], [45].
Gold, hand of, ii. [32].
Goose, the, and pearl, ii. [309];
the miraculous, [312];
foot of, [315];
the disenchanted, [315];
eating of, on St Michael's Day, [316].
Gorgons, the, ii. [9].
Godiva, the Mongol, i. [138].
Grasshopper, the, the wedding of, with the ant, ii. [48], [49];
as diviner, [48];
song of the wedding, [49].
Griffins, the, ii. [204], [205].
Gudrun, i. [226].
Guhas, i. [58].
Guhas, King, ii. [333].
Halcyon, the, phallical nature of, ii. [269];
the Greek, [270].
Hansas, the, ii. [306], [307], [309].
Hanumant in quest of the herb of health, i. [52], [57]-[59], [61], [64], [78], [89];
the monkey, ii. [101], [106].
Haoma, the ambrosial god, i. [97], [104].
Harayas and Haritas, i. [376].
Hare, the mythical, ii. [76];
habitat and king, [76];
and the elephant, [77];
and hungry lion, [77];
and the lion, [78];
and dying eagle, [78];
and cave of the wild beasts, [79];
and lamb, [79];
transfigured by Indras, [79];
and parturition, [80];
that sleeps with eyes open, [80];
and bear, [81];
and a wedding procession, [81];
and the girl that rides on it, [82].
Hariçcandras, i. [69]-[72].
Haris and hari, meanings of, i. [376]; ii. [99], [320].
Harpies, the, ii. [201], [202].
Hawk, mythical meaning of, ii. [192], [193];
as a badge of knighthood, [193];
sacredness of, [193];
and Attila, [194];
and the Greek gods, [194];
superstitious beliefs about, [194].
Heads, exchange of, i. [303], [304].
Health, herb of, i. [52]-[54];
Gandharvas, guardians of, [53].
Heaven, cup of, i. [8];
battle in, [10], [11].
Hedgehog and wolf, ii. [11], [12].
Helen, the Argive, i. [170], [212]; ii. [318].
Hen, the crowing, ii. [284], [285];
dreaming of the brood of the, [288].
Herakles and Augeias, i. [143];
and Cacus, [232], [235], [266], [267];
and the golden cup, [273];
and the oxen of Gerion, [277];
competes with the he-goat, [428];
and the boar, ii. [9].
Hermes and Admetos, i. [279];

and Sârameyas, ii. [22].
Hermits, the dwarf, ii. [364].
Hero, the solar, riddle of, as a wonderful cowherd, i. [29];
maiden helper, [209];
concealed, [237];
in the night, [326];
saved by a tree, [334], [335].
Heroes, the, hunger and thirst of, i. [8];
chief arena of, [15];
weapons of, [62];
mountain of, [97];
biblical, [118];
disguise of, ii. [2];
noises at the birth of, [373].
Heroines, perverted, i. [211], [212].
Hesperides, garden of the, i. [274]; ii. [410], [418].
Hippolytos, the legend of, i. [345].
Hippomenes and Atalanta, ii. [159].
Hog, as guise of the hero, ii. [2];
the skin of, [5];
bristles of, [5];
dedicated to St Anthony, [6];
lust of, [6];
as Vishnus, [7], [8];
and wolf, [11].
Holda, the dark, i. [251], [252].
Hoopoe, the, ii. [230].
Horse, the, of the sun, i. [290], [291];
black, [291], [292], [295];
the three, [291], [296];
tail and mane, [295];
and the cat, [317];
the myth of, [330], [331];
fat of, [332];
the strength of Indras, [336];
the symbolic meaning of head of, [339];
the hero's, [340];
binding of, [341];
the neighing of, [346], [347];
tears of, [349], [350];
mythical, [349];
the foam of, [352];
the hoofs of, [353], [354];
and the gods, [355].
Husband, the wicked, i. [124].
Husbands, exchange of, i. [317].
Idol, the wooden, Æsop's fable of, i. [177].
Ichneumon, the, ii. [51]-[53].
Iliad, the, most solemn moment of, i. [16].
Ilvalas and Vâtâpis, legend of, i. [414].
Indras, the rôle of, i. [7], [15];
appetite and food, [8];
horns of the bull, [9];
as the fire-god Agnis, [10];
his fields of battle, [12], [15];
great exploits of, [12];
threefold victory, [13], [14];
weapons of, [14];
companion of Somas, [18], [19];
the triple, [20];
moments of, [20], [23];
special function, [27];
relations to the aurora, [27];
and the blind lame one, [32];
destroyer of the witch Aurora, [33];
lover of the aurora, [35];
personified in Râmas, [59]-[61];
slays Viçvarûpas, [76];
fall of, [76];
protector of Utankas, [80], [81];
transformation, [89];
quarrel of, with the Marutas, [106];
horses of, [351];
as a ram, [403];
with the thousand eyes, [418];
the rudder of, ii. [7];
as a wild boar, [8];
and the dwarf hermits, [95];
and Vishnus, [99], [100];
and the monkeys, [101];
and Vritras, [154], [155];
deprived of strength and beauty, [155];
as a hawk, [181];
and Ahalyâ, [280], [281], [330];
impotent, [326];
unchaining the waters, [330];
drunk, [349];
and the monster, [393], [394];
killing the monster, [394], [395].
Indus, i. [18].
Io, i. [264], [265], [271], [272].
Iphiklos, ii. [198], [199].
Isfendiar, seven adventures of, i. [118].
Iskander, legend of, i. [119].
Ivan, three essays of, i. [301], [302];
(and Mary), with horse, dog, and apple-tree, ii. [28];
resuscitated, [29];
the three, sons respectively of the bitch, the cook, and the queen, [29];
and the ring, [345];
and his frog-bride, story of, [377]-[379].
Ivan Tzarević and the serpent, i. [177];
and Helen and the bear, [178];
and Princess Mary, [179]-[182];
and the demoniacal cow, [181];
and the magic apples, [182];
and the witch in the balance, [183];
and the hero Nikanore, [184];
and the theft of the black bull, [186];
son of the black girl, [188];
and his brothers, killing the serpents, [191];
and the rescue of the three sisters, [194];
of the dog, [194];
the drinker, [194];
and the dead body of his mother, [198], [199];
courage of, [201];
variations of, [202]-[204];
horse of, [340].
Ivan Durak and the humpbacked horse, i. [293], [294];
and the fire-breathing grey horse, [296];
who, mounted, three times kisses the princess through twelve glasses, [297].
Ivanushka and little Helen, i. [409].
Jack and the beanstalk, i. [244].
Jackal and the ass, i. [378];
the perfidious, ii. [125];
friend of the hero, [125];
in borrowed feathers, [126];
the, inquisitive and vile, [126];
and the parrots, [127].
Joan lou Pec, i. [397].
John, little, and his red shoes, i. [195], [196].
Johnny and the goose-swans, ii. [309], [310].
Jonah (the Hindoo), ii. [337].
Jorsh, the, ii. [336]-[345];
trial by the fishes of, [346]-[349];
and Reinecke Fuchs, [348].
Julius Cæsar, horse of, i. [338], [350].
Jupiter Ammon, i. [429].
Kabandhas, the monster, i. [62]-[64].
Kaçapas, the, ii. [362].
Kaçyapas, the fecundator, ii. [364].
Kadmos, i. [265], [272].
Kai Khosru, the hero, i. [117], [118].
Kan Pudai, Altaic story of, i. [144], [145].
Kapilas, ravisher of the sacrificial horse, i. [331].
Kapis, ii. [98], [99].
Katoma and the hero's horse, i. [340], [341].
Kâuçalyâ, i. [332].
Kawus, King, i. [112], [113], [115], [116].
Kentaurs, the, i. [367]-[369].
Ker Iupta and the third brother, i. [290].
Kereçâçpa, the Persian hero, i. [106], [108];
myth of, [313], [314], [335].
King's son, the, and the peasant girl, i. [163]-[166].
Kishmar, cypress of, i. [96].
Krimhilt, i. [212].
Krishnas, celebration of birth of, i. [51];
father of, [75].
Kruth, the bird, and tortoise, ii. [369], [370].
Kuhn, A., i. [263].
Kumbhakarnas, the monster, ii. [400], [401].
Lakshmanas, i. [55];
and Râmas, [62], [63], [66], [77]; ii. [85].
Lame, the, and the blind, i. [217].
Lapillus Alectorius, ii. [287].
Lanka, three brothers of, i. [77].
Lark, the, in cosmogony, ii. [273], [274];
and St Christopher, [274];
the crested, [275];
Bharadvâǵas, [275].
Leaf, the magic, i. [155], [156].
Lear, King, in embryo, i. [85]; ii. [230].
Lêda, ii. [185].
Lion, the, and the bull, i. [278];
(and tiger) symbol of strength and majesty, ii. [153];
Indras as a, [154];
virtue of hair of, [155];
lion's share, [156];
-sun, the western, [157];
sign of, [159];
Androcles and, [157];
the Nemæan, [158];
afraid of the cock, [159].
Lizard, the, as witch, ii. [385];
as omen, [385];
the little, [385];
the green, [386], [387];
and poor Laric, [387].
Locust, the nocturnal, ii. [47].
Lohengrin and Elsa, the legend of, ii. [317]-[319].
Loki, i. [226], [227];
and the pike, ii. [333], [334].
Louse, the, stories of, ii. [222].
Lucìa, St, the Vedic, i. [36], [254];
feast of, ii. [210].
Lucius, of Apuleius, i. [366].
Lunus, i. [58];
the god, [139], [324].
Lynx, the, ii. [54].
Madonna the old, and the maiden who combs her head, i. [180].
Magician, the, of the seven heads, ii. [36].
Magpie, the, in mythology, ii. [258], [259];
as a robber, [259];
knowledge and malice of, [259];
bird of omen, [260].
Mahâbhâratam, the, most solemn moments of, i. [16].
Mahrusa, i. [125].
Maiden, the enchanted, and her hair, i. [146];
Esthonian story of the prince and persecuted, [151]-[153];
and the golden slipper, [208];
that by a puppet weaves a shirt for a prince, [208];
the, and the apple-tree, [251];
the fairies' favourite, and the enchanted prince, ii. [286], [287].
Man and woman, the old, with the nine cows, i. [132], [133];
the old, who essays heaven in vain with his wife, [190];
and the cabbage, beanstalk, &c., [190], [191];
the old, and the beanstalk, [243].
Man-bull, Calmuc tale of, i. [129].
Mandaras, the, ii. [361], [362].
Manus, ii. [248];
and Vishnus as a fish, [335].
Mansûr, i. [315].
Marcellus, St, the legend of, ii. [159].
Mare's head and the two girls, i. [298].
Mârǵâras, ii. [42], [43].
Marîças, the stag, i. [64]; ii. [85].
Mars and the wild boar, ii. [14].
Martin, St, and birds of, ii. [270].
Marutas, or winds, i. [5]-[7], [10], [12];
kindred of, [17], [59]; ii. [7];
horses of, [83], [84];
as monkeys, [99].
Marziella and the geese, ii. [313].
Mary and the cow's ear, and the step-mother with three daughters, i. [179]-[182];
little, and the slipper, [196], [197].
Matsyâs, the, ii. [332].
Mâyâvin, the monster, i. [313].
Max Müller, i. [262], [263];
and the panegyric of the frogs, ii. [371], [372].
Medea, of the Vedas, i. [33], [35].
Medea, i. [212].
Medusa, i. [305].
Menas, ii. [87].
Merchant, synonymous with miser, i. [184];
son of the, who transforms himself into a horse, [342];
the, and his three daughters, [410].
Mercury, i. [335];
legend of, ii. [23].
Merdi Gânbâz, the faithful, i. [120].
Merhuma, the story of, i. [120], [121], [315].
Merula, the fish, ii. [340].
Metempsychosis, ii. [328].
Mice and the dead, ii. [67];
apparitions of, [67];
men transformed into, [67];
presages from, [67], [68];
and lion and elephant, [68];
war of, with the frogs, [72].
Michael, St, i. [183].
Midas, myth of (the Mongolian), i. [381];
(the Phrygian), [382], [383];
as musical critic, [385];
ears of, [386];
as a miser, [389];
the progenitor and judge, [390].
Milky-sea, the, i. [52];
-way, the, [228].
Millstone, the devil under the, i. [114].
Milôn of Kroton, ii. [113], [147].
Minotaurus, the Calmuc, i. [129], [265].
Minućehr, the hero, i. [112].
Mithra, the solar god, i. [95], [102], [103];
bow of, [107].
Mitras, the sun, a witch at a riddle, i. [30], [31], [52].
Mole, the, ii. [73], [74].
Monkey, original home of myth of, ii. [97];
equivalents, [97], [98];
and Vishnus, [99];
mythical significations, [99];
king of, [100], [101];
Hanumant, [101]-[106];
mistaken for a man, [103];
tail of, [107];
divination from, [107];
and Jove, [108];
as stupid, [108];
musician, [119].
Monster, the celestial, i. [10], [12];
subdued by Indras, [12]-[14];
that keeps back the waters, ii. [393];
killing of, [394], [395];
and the egg of the duck, [395];
the eggs of, [396];
the aquatic, [404].
Moon, the mythical nature and office of, i. [18];
as a pearl, [54];
as a good fairy, [56], [57];
as a bull, [58];
Indian, ii. [87].
Mother of gold and her three dwarf sons, i. [153];
story of the, who recovers her hands and son by throwing her arms into a fountain, ii. [31];
and the hands of gold, [31].
Mouse, transformed by the penitent into a beautiful maiden, ii. [65], [66];
and the mountain, [66];
and maiden, [69];
the grateful, [70];
and sparrow, [70], [71];
the, Psicharpax, [71].
Muses, the, and the bee, ii. [223].
Mûsh (mûshas, &c.), ii. [43].
Music in the heavens, sorrow-inspired, i. [149].
Mythology, the Greek, i. [262];
mobile nature of the objects of, [319], [320];
allegorical treatment of, [421];
a Semitic, ii. [412];
the science of, [422];
principal error in the scientific study of, [422], [423];
concord of the learned in, [423];
way to study, [424];
animal, [425];
product of imagination, [427].
Myths, the central interest and most splendid moments of, i. [15], [16];
development of objects in the, into personalities with relationships, [320], [321];
the negative as a factor in the formation of, [322];
the uncertain subjective in, [323];
entrance of variety into, [324];
interpretation of, [323]-[326].
Nakulas, i. [311]; ii. [43], [51], [52].
Nalas, ii. [404].
Neptune, i. [430].
Netherworld, the, ii. [403].
Nibelungen, the, most solemn moments of, i. [16], [257].
Night and the aurora, i. [36], [37].
Nightingale, as prognosticator, ii. [236];
whistling of, [237];
propitious to lovers, [239].
Nisos and Scylla, ii. [197].
Noah, the Vedic, ii. [335].
Nose, the bleeding, Calmuc story of, i. [131].
Nükteus, ii. [246], [247].
Numbers, sacred, i. [6], [76], [77]; ii. [416].
Odin, i. [224], [226], [227].
Odysseus, i. [266].
Oidin-oidon, i. [398], [399].
Okeanos, the bull-headed, i. [267].
Onokentaurs, i. [367]-[369].
Orpheus, i. [149], [160].
Otter, the monster, ii. [391].
Owl, the, as the bird of death, ii. [244];
as an evil genius, [244];
and vulture, [244], [245];
and the crows, [245], [246];
cunning, [246];
and Athênê, [247];
eggs of, [247];
the male, [247], [248];
prophetic faculty of, [249];
horned, [249], [250].
Ox, the speaking, i. [247];
and Zeus, [248];
as priest, [258].
Pallas and the war of the frogs and mice, ii. [72];
and the crow, [254].
Pan and Midas, i. [385];
and the ass, [387], [391];
god of shepherds, [387];
at Marathon, [389], [428], [429].
Panayas, the, ii. [19], [20].
Pândavas, the five brothers, i. [77]-[79].
Pandora, i. [34].
Pandus, ii. [84].
Paravriǵ, the blind-lame, i. [32].
Parîkshit, King, ii. [84].
Parrot, the, myth of, ii. [320];
and the colour haris, [321];
as çukas, [321];
lunar character of, [322];
as counsellor, [322].
Partridge, the devil as, ii. [227];
Talaus changed into, [228];
and peasant, [228].
Pasiphaë, myth of, i. [237], [266].
Peacock, the mythical equivalents of, ii. [323];
the hiding of, [324];
as rival of the cuckoo, [324];
and dove, [324];

Indras as, [325], [326];
feather of, and the younger brother, [325];
tail of, [326], [327];
as a symbol of immortality, [327].
Pearl, the ambrosial, i. [54].
Peasant, riddle-solving, i. [142].
Pêgasos, and Hippocrene, i. [176], [291], [305], [338].
Penelope, i. [428];
and he-goat, ii. [163].
Pepin, the times of, i. [252];
King, [255], [256].
Peirithoos and Trikerberos, ii. [39].
Perrault, story of, i. [367].
Perrette, the Calmuc, i. [134], [135].
Peter, St, and the dog, ii. [27].
Phaethôn, i. [277];
the bull, [277], [343], [344].
Phalaris, the bull, i. [239].
Phineus, ii. [74].
Phrixos and Helle, the Russian, i. [409], [429].
Phœnix, the, mythical significance of, ii. [200], [201];
death of, [200].
Piçâcâs, the ass, i. [375], [376].
Piccolino, ii. [151].
Picus, King, ii. [265], [266].
Pike, the luminous, ii. [334];
the brown, [337], [338];
and Emilius, [338];
the phallical, [339];
and crab and heron, [339];
drunk, [349].
Pimpi, the stupid, and the hog, ii. [10].
Pipetta and the sackful of souls, i. [388].
Pipkin, the miraculous, i. [126];
the stories of, [243]-[245].
Piran and Pilsem, i. [314].
Poem, an epic, i. [141].
Polyphêmos, i. [266].
Porcupine, the, ashes and quills of, ii. [12], [13].
Pork, virtues of, ii. [10], [11].
Porringer, the enchanted, i. [126].
Portugal, third son of the King of, and the dragons, ii. [187]-[189].
Poseidôn, i. [266].
Praǵâpatis, i. [47].
Pretiosa, disguised as a bear, ii. [117].
Priapos, i. [394], [396];
and Silenos, [384].
Priçnayas, the, i. [6], [16], [17].
Prince, the, and princess of the bird's egg, i. [170];
who three times wins the race, [291];
and enchanted mantle, [411].
Princess, three-breasted, i. [86], [122];
in the chest, Celtic story of, [241];
and the pups, [412].
Proserpina, the Teutonic, i. [252], [260].
Proverb, the, of shutting the stable after the cow is stolen, i. [231];
of shutting Peppergate, [231];
recovering the cow's tail, [232];
of the cow's tail wagging but never falling, [234];
of the egg-hatching cow, [238];
of the cow and the hare, of the cow and the moon, [241], [242];
of hunting by blowing a horn, [242];
of the blind cow finding the pea, [243];
of the laughing cow, [245];
of the spinning cow, [250], [251];
of the cow-maid that spins, [250].
Proverbs, German, relating to the cow, i. [229];
mythical, [230], [231].
Puppets, the three, i. [207].
Purse, the enchanted, i. [126].
Purûravas, myth of, i. [67].
Pûrus, i. [84].
Pûshan, i. [409].
Pyramos and Thysbe, ii. [157].
Pythagoras once a peacock, ii. [327];
the belief of, [328].
Quail, the, in Rigvedas, ii. [276];
as symbol of the Tzar, [276];
and Hercules and Latona, [277];
and moon, [277];
the game of, [277];
as a bird of omen, [277], [278].
Queen, the blinded, and her servant, i. [218], [219].
Queen-mother, the, and her wicked sister, i. [412].
Rahus, ii. [252].
Râkâ, i. [50], [56].
Ram, the rain-cloud as a, i. [402];
Indras, [403];
Indras and testicles of, [414];
devourer of, [415].
Râmas, the sun, i. [55], [57]-[59];
alter ego of Indras, [59]-[62];
and Lakshmanas, [63], [77], [311], [312], [315];
ii. [24], [85];
and Kabandhas, i. [64]-[66], [81], [86];
and Bharatas, [374].
Râmâyanam, the, most solemn moments of, i. [16].
Râvanas, the monster, i. [76], [77];
asses of, [375].
Rebhas, i. [299].
Reinardus Vulpes, ii. [141].
Renart, Procession du, ii. [140], [141].
Resurrection, offerings symbolic, of, i. [48], [49];
faith in, [339].
Rhodopê and her slipper, ii. [197].
Ribhavas, the brothers, work and workmanship of, i. [20], [21], [46];
names and relationships, [21], [22];
identification with Indras as Agohyas, [22];
the third of, [20]-[26];
in Hindoo tradition, [25];
protectors of the cow, [27];
and the evening aurora, [33];
the three, in search of the earrings, [79], [81], [125].
Riddles, propounding, i. [82], [102], [112];
solving of, [143];
identification by solving, [206], [207].
Riǵrâçvas, the red horse, i. [415], [417].
Rigvedas, the, i. [4], [40];
28th hymn of 10th book, ii. [77], [78];
the 103d hymn of, [371]-[373].
Rikshas, ii. [98].
Ring of recognition, i. [55];
of Dushyantas, ii. [350].
Rocco, San, and dog, ii. [27].
Rohitas, i. [69]-[72].
Romeo and Juliet, i. [125].
Romulus, i. [118]; and Remus, ii. [177].
Round table, the, poems of, i. [257].
Rudras, i. [5], [47], [89]; ii. [7].
Rustem, the myth of, i. [112]-[116];
and the ass, [379];
horse of, and the lion, [380].
Sack, the, the hero in, i. [237], [239], [240];
the dwarf in, [238];
and the hero cut in pieces, [295].
Sailors, the, saved in the buffalo's hide, i. [239].
Saints, i. [355], [356].
Sal, the hero, i. [112].
Salamander, the, ii. [380].
Sampo, the Finnish cup of abundance, i. [150].
Samson, i. [236];
the Hindoo, ii. [104]-[107];
and the lion, [154]-[156].
Samvaranas, i. [86], [87].
Saramâ, i. [57], [58], [97];
and the Panayas, ii. [19]-[22];
and the cows in the rock, [19];
impersonation of the moon, [21];
sons of, [22];
and Sarameyas, [24].
Sarameyas, ii. [22]-[24].
Savitar, i. [54], [65].
Saranyû, i. [347].
Schmierbock, the cunning, i. [413], [416];
ii. [151].
Schwanritter, the, ii. [319].
Scylla, ii. [34].
Sea-urchin, the, ii. [336], [350].
Sefid, the demon, i. [113].
Selênê, ii. [217].
Serpent, as the privileged demoniac form, ii. [389];
tail of, as betraying the devil, [389];
the devil, and the young widow, [389];
-devil, and the waters, [390];
the killing of, the theme of all epics, [392];
in the Rigvedas, [393]-[396];
that bites its tail, [396];
Agnis as, [397];
Indras, the Marutas, [397];
the wisdom of, [397];
and the Somas, [397], [398];
the phallical, [399];
Anantas, [399];
Vasukis, [400];
and the cloud-monster, [400], [401];
the funereal, [401], [402];
-rope, of Yamas, [402];
collar of, [402];
and Sîtâ, [402];
and riches, [403];
and the lower world, [403];
Karkotakas, and Nalas, [405];
and hunter, [405];
as a wise magician, [405];
the crested, [406];
three-headed, [406];
skin and tongue of, [407];
and lost riches and the dead, [407];
the white, [407];
worship of, [408];
and children, [408];
and the heads of the family, [408];
and the tree, [409];
and moon, [410];
tree guarded by a, [410];
symbol of, [411];
the, in the Persian mythology, [412], [417];
the Çruvara, [412], [413];
the breath of, [413];
and frog, [414];
the two talking, [415], [416];
the three headed, [416];
fairy, and three gifts, [417];
and king who has betrayed the maiden, [417];
the sleeping, with eyes open, [417];
and the king's daughter, [418];
as whistler, [419].
Sheep, the, triple aspect of, i. [401].
Shepherd's son, ii. [45];
and Giuseppe, [45].
Shepherdess, the, who proves herself a queen, i. [209]-[211].
Siddhi-Kûr, stories of, i. [120];
Mongol and Calmuc stories of, [128]-[135].
Sîfrit, i. [213], [214];
and Brünhilt, [329], [330];
horse of, [339].
Sijavush, i. [116].
Simurg, the bird, and the child Sal, ii. [188], [189].
Sirens, the, i. [149], [205], [206].
Sister, triple, i. [85].
Sisters, the three, i. [105];
Calmuc story of, [130].
Sîtâ, the dawn, i. [26], [55]-[60], [62], [65], [66];
fire sacrifice of, [67], [69];
and Saramâ, ii. [21];
and the serpents, [403].
Sky, the glowing, a fire, i. [69];
stone of, [96];
by night, ii. [167];
winged animals of, [168].
Slipper, the lost, i. [31];
enchanted, [126];
origin of throwing the, [196].
Snail, the, ii. [74], [75].
Sohrab, son of Rustem, i. [114], [115].
Solabella and her seven brothers, ii. [314].
Solomon, ring of, and the hero, i. [167];
story of the ring of, ii. [175].
Somas, the, i. [8], [18];
as a bull, and a stallion, [19], [104].
Son, the, who sacrifices his mother, i. [124].
Sons, three, rape and restoration of the, ii. [57];
transformation of, into doves, [57].
Sperm as ambrosia, ii. [181].
Spider, the, and its web, ii. [161], [163], [165];
and the wasp, [164].
Squirrel, the, and fox, ii. [73];
in the Edda, [73].
St James's Way, i. [422];
Day, [422], [423], [430].
Stag, the mythical, ii. [83];
the golden, [85];
the hero, [86];
at the fountain, [86];
Eikthyrner, [87];
and Telephos, [88];
as nourisher of heroes, [88];
silver images of, in churches, [88];
disguise of, [88], [89].
Stone, mountain of, i. [314];
the man turned to, ii. [285].
Stork, the, and heron, ii. [261];
and children, [261];
mythical meaning of, [261];
and the old man, [262];
and the peasant, [262].
Strix, the, ii. [202], [203].
Stymphalian, the, birds, ii. [204].
Styx, the, i. [390].
Sudabe, i. [116].
Sudeshnâ, Queen, i. [85].
Sugrîvas, ii. [109].
Sun, the, as a god, i. [7];
as a bull, [8];
relations of, to aurora, [27];
as a cowherd, [29];
child of night and aurora, [37];
the, in relation to the aurora, [27];
as a lame hero, [31], [32];
persecuted by, and persecutor of, the aurora, [33];
as born of aurora, [51];
the pearl, [54];
and the aurora, [56], [65];
and moon, [65];
light of the, and Ssaran, intrigue of, [138];
firing at, [344];
the, in the cloud, [394].
Sundas and Upasundas, the inseparable, i. [310].
Sunlight and Moonlight, i. [315], [316].
Superlatif, i. [259].
Suramâ, i. [57], [58].
Sûryâ, i. [65];
husband of, [307].
Svaçvas, i. [343].
Svetazor and his brothers, i. [192]-[194].
Swallows as birds of omen, ii. [240];
the seven, and Sigurd, [240];
and the Lord, [240];
of good augury, [240];
and the crow, [241];
and swan, [241];
as babblers, [241];
dreaming of, [241].
Swan, the, and the prince, ii, [311];
hero as or on, [316].
Swineherd, the, and the hogs' tails, i. [234].
Sword, the enchanted, i. [126].
Tail, the, value of recovering, i. [235], [237];
the fox's, [236].
Takshakas, king of serpents, i. [80], [81].
Tapatî, legend of the loves of, i. [86], [87].
Tâtos, the Hungarian horse, i. [288], [296].
Tehmime and Rustem, i. [114].
Telephos and the stag, ii. [88].
Tereus, the myth of, ii. [229].
Theodore, the hero, i. [296].
Thief and the pigs, i. [200], [201];
the, in the myths, [333].
Thomas, little, and the priest's horse, i. [234];
the ass, [362].
Thor, and the serpent of Midgard, i. [225];
his appetite, [226];
and the goat, [426];
the vessel of, [426];
ii. [6].
Thraetaona, i. [101], [103]-[106].
Three, the number, ii. [416].
Thrita, i. [103]-[105].
Thunder, son of, thunder-god and devil, story of, i. [159], [160].
Thunderbolt, the, i. [9], [14];
symbolic meaning, [250].
Tiger, tail of, ii. [160].
Tistar, i. [98].
Toad, the, as demon and as a diabolic form, ii. [379];
the maiden changed into, [379], [380];
fortune-bringing, [380];
sacredness of, [381];
and the third daughter, [381];
-births, [383];
the dried, as an amulet, [384];
the -stone, [384].
Tom, little, blind of an eye, and his brothers, i. [335], [336].
Tortoise and the elephant, ii. [93]-[95];
the incarnation of Vishnus as a, [360]-[362];
originally, [361];
names of, [361], [362];
and mountain, [362];
and elephant, [363]-[364];
the funereal, [365];
buried, [365];
blood of, [365];
and frogs, [366];
changed into the lyre, [366];
the shields of, [366];
and Zeus, [366], [367];
and new-born children, [367];
mythical meaning, [368];
German legend of, [368];
the island, [368];
and the hare, [369];
and the eagle, [369];
and the bird Kruth, [369], [370].
Tree, the ambrosial, guarded by a dragon, ii. [410], [411].
Triçankus, i. [72]-[74].
Triçiras, i. [76], [77].
Trigatâ, i. [57].
Trinity, Indian, dispute for pre-eminence, ii. [8].
Tritas, i. [8];
horse of, [23];
character and relationships, [23];
why called stupid, [23];
in the well, [24], [25];
and his brothers, [25].
Turn-little-Pea and his brothers, story of, i. [191], [192].
Tuti-Name, the, i. [119].
Tvashtar, i. [21], [34];
the Hindoo Vulcan, ii. [154], [155].
Twilights, the two, i. [18], [27].
Tyrant, the, and the bleating lamb, i. [416], [417].
Tzarevic, Ivan, and his Medea sister Helen, i. [212]-[214];
and his penitent sister, [214]-[216];
and his perfidious mother, [216];
and his perfidious wife, [216], [217];
and his wife Anna, [217].
Uccaihçravas, the horse, i. [288], [289].
Uddâlakas, i. [80].

Ukko, the Finnic thunder-god, i. [147].
Upamanyus, i. [79].
Ursula, St, ii. [118].
Urvaçi, the myth of, i. [39], [67], [84], [170], [273], [365], [369].
Ushâ, i. [26].
Utankas, myth of, i. [80], [81], [95], [331], [333].
Vadhrimatî, ii. [32].
Väinämöinen, dwarf-god, i. [147], [148];
harp of, [149].
Valkyries, the, and their swan forms, ii. [315].
Valmîkam, ii. [43].
Vamrî, ii. [43].
Vamras, ii. [44].
Varunas, i. [52], [69]-[72], [107].
Vasavas, the, i. [68].
Vasishtas, cow of, i. [72]-[74], [87], [88];
vain attempt at self-destruction, [88], [99].
Valas, the grotto of, i. [13];
as a cow, [15].
Vâyus, i. [5]-[7].
Vedas, i. [80].
Vegetables, as symbols of generation, i. [164].
Veretraghna, the bull, i. [103], [104].
Vespasian and the horse's dung, i. [389].
Vesta, i. [384].
Viçvamitras, myth of, i. [72]-[74], [88].
Viçvarûpas, with the three heads, i. [76].
Vikramâdityas, the history of, i. [136], [137].
Vishnus, i. [20], [24], [26], [54], [57];
personified in Ramâs, [59];
three steps of, [301], [302], [334];
as a wild boar, ii. [8], [9];
and Hiranyakshas, [8];
and the monkeys, [99], [100];
as haris, [424].
Vivasvant, i. [34].
Vouru-Kasha, sea of, i. [96].
Vulcan, the Vedic, i. [21];
the Christian, ii. [40].
Vulnerability of the hero or monster, i. [82].
Vulture, the, in the classics, ii. [198];
feathers of, [198];
and the immortal liver, [198];
voracity, [199].
Vultures, the twin, ii. [184].
Walchelm, the priest, i. [293].
Walnut-tree, and goat, i. [405].
Wasp, wisdom of, ii. [221].
Way, the Milky, i. [421];
and she-goat, [422].
Weasel, the, ii. [52], [53].
Wedding-ring, the, i. [169].
Whale, the mythical, ii. [337];
and the fleet, [345].
Wife, the, and the bewitching voice, i. [137].
Willimar and his vow, i. [356].
Wind, Persian god of, i. [105].
Winds, the, as bulls, i. [7], [12].
Wise men, the seven (Angirasas), i. [17], [28].
Wolf, the, and goat's kids, i. [406], [407];
mythical meaning of, [408];
the monster, [408];
the, and the devotee, ii. [142];
impersonations of, [142];
and dog, [143];
heroic forms of, [144];
the she-wolf, [144];
transformation into, [145];
sent by God as instrument of vengeance, [146];
hide and teeth of, [146], [147];
the demoniacal, [147];
as omen of death, [147];
Sköll and Hati, [147];
disguises of, [147]-[149].
Woman, made of wood, story of, i. [137];
the old, and her older sister, ii. [6].
Women, knowledge of, i. [246], [247].
Woodman and painter, the, Calmuc story of, i. [130].
Woodpecker, the mythical meaning of, ii. [265];
and King Picus, [265];
beak of, [267];
and Beowulf, [267];
of evil omen, [267], [268];
and dog, [268], [269].
Wren, the, in mythology, ii. [207];
and the eagle, [208];
and beetle, [208];
and death of Cæsar, [209].
Yamas, i. [23], [71], ii. [25];
kingdom of, [48], [49];
son of, [78], [95], [107].
Yayâtis and the girl in the well, i. [83], [84].
Yggdrasil and the four stags, ii. [87].
Ysengrin, the wolf, ii. [141], [149].
Yudhishthiras, i. [77]-[79], [82].
Yünx, the bird, ii. [269].
Zafarana, ii. [10].
Zeus and Hera, i. [247], [248];
the beetle, and the eagle's eggs, ii. [195];
eagle of, [195], [196];
and Latona, [277], [280];
and Lêda, [318];
and Io, [327];
Faber, [352], [353].
Zezolla, the maiden, and the dove, ii. [304], [305].

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