Tradition, Principally with Reference to Mythology and the Law of Nations

by Baron John Francis Arundell Arundell of Wardour

INDEX.

• Aboriginal races, their mysterious origin, [35].
• Acton, Lord, [251].
• Adam, supposed identity with Prometheus and Hercules, [42], [180];
  • with Fohi, [64], [232];
  • meaning of the word, [134];
  • correspondence of, with Chaldæan god, Ana, [189].
• Adams, Mr Arthur, [348].
• Adaptability of law of nations, [410].
• Adonis and Venus, myths of, [396], [397].
• Adrastus, the legend of, [179].
• Æneid, the, of Virgil quoted, [212].
• Æschylus, the “Supplicants” of, quoted, [131].
• Africa, commemorative ceremonies of Deluge, [248], [250];
  • Captain Burton’s account of, [251];
  • compared with Catlin’s narrative, [254–260].
  • See also [Deluge], [Commemorative Festivals.]
• Africanus, [95].
• Age of Bronze, the, [334], [335];
  • commencement of, [336].
• Age, the Golden, [323];
  • theory of and commencement, [323];
  • tradition of, [328].
• Age, the Iron, [129].
• Agnatic relationship, [357], [358], [360].
• Algonquins, the, [152].
• Allies, Mr, on divergence between religion and philosophy, [108].
• America, the Mozca Indians of, [70];
  • diluvian traditions in, [242];
  • the “O-kee-pa” of the Mandans, [245], [246];
  • Catlin’s account of ceremonies, [254–262];
  • the Peruvian deity, [186];
  • Peruvian worship, [304].
  • See also [Deluge], [Commemorative Festivals].
• America, the discovery of, a proof of tradition, [324].
• American continent, source of peoples of, [263–266].
• American Indians, the legend of Michabo among the, [152], [153];
  • tradition of fire among, [320].
• Amida or Adima, the Japanese god, [65].
• Amphictyonic Council and League, [361–365].
• Ana, a Chaldæan god, [187];
  • traditional identity of with Adam, [189];
  • a reduplication of Enu or Enoch, [192].
• Ancestors, worship of, [161], [205].
• Ancient society, the unit of, [339].
• Andamans, the, [308], [313].
• Andriossy’s hypothesis regarding overflow of the Nile, [68].
• Anthisteries, the, [226].
• Antiquity of man, [91].
• Apollo, [241].
• Apotheosis of Nimrod, [160].
• Arab and Iroquois, exceptional instances of human progress, [33].
• Arba-Lisun, the, or Four Tongues, [184].
• Arbitration instead of war, [380].
• Areopagus, a cosmopolitic, [383].
• Argos, feast of the deluge at, [243].
• Argyll, Duke of, on tradition, [120], [123];
  • on capability of savage races, [314].
• Arrival and conflict of different races in India, [35–38].
• Aryan nations in India, their struggle with the Santals, [36];
  • their dialect, [36];
  • Mr Tylor on, [41];
  • one of the primitive races, [43];
  • probable identity with Japhetic race, [43];
  • their colour, [84];
  • their mythology, [168].
• Ash, the, tradition regarding, [175], [176].
• Assemblies of Greece, the, [369].
• Assyrian history, corroboration of, [289].
• Assyrian mythology, [182];
  • deities of, 183;
  • Il or Ra, [185];
  • L’Abbe Gainet on, [187];
  • Ana, [187];
  • Bil or Enu, [190];
  • Hea or Hoa, [194];
  • Nebo, [206].
• Asteropœus, [252].
• Astral religion, [163].
• Astronomical cycle of China, [61].
• Athens, the Hydrophoria at, [244].
• Atlantis, the, of Plato an embodiment of tradition, [367].
• Autochthones, or earth-born, [131].
• Avocations of primitive life—hunter, husbandman, and shepherd, [33].
• Babylonian chronology, [57], [58];
  • Hales on, [57].
• Bacchus, connection of, with Saturnalia, [214];
  • reduplications of, [215], [216].
• Baldr, the legend of, localised and individualised, [171];
  • in the Scandinavian Edda, [172];
  • paralleled with an account of the Fall, [172].
• Ballad, Welsh, quoted, [253].
• Basis of international law, [11].
• Basis of theory of Golden Age, [323].
• Baskets of water, the, parallel accounts of by Burton and Catlin, [256].
• Bastian, M.A., on human progress, [75].
• Bath, the Marquis of, [408].
• Bel Nipru or Nimrod, [191].
• Belligerent Rights, [376], [377].
• Belus, the god, [133];
  • identity of with Nimrod, [159].
• Bentham, on International Law, [3], [5];
  • his peculiar crotchet, “utility,” [6];
  • on public opinion, [7];
  • the “greatest happiness” principle, [13];
  • criticism on Blackstone’s views of primitive life, [54].
• Benthamism tested by Darwinism, [17].
• Berosus’ account of Hoa, [327].
• Bertrand, M., legend concerning the man-bull, [203].
• “Bhilsa Tope,” the, [252].
• Bifrons, a name applied to several gods, [220].
• Big battalions, [412], [413].
• Big canoe, the, parallel accounts of, by Burton and Catlin, [255];
  • correspondence of to the canopied boat of Egyptians, [273].
• Bil or Enu, a Chaldæan deity, [190].
• Blackness of complexion, the result of the curse of Canaan, [79];
  • associated with evil, [79];
  • traditions regarding, [81], [82];
  • a mark of inferiority, [84];
  • how used by satirists, [85];
  • operation as a curse, [89], [90].
• Blackstone on primitive life and a state of nature, [54].
• Boat, philology of the word, [196].
• Bochica, [325].
• Bolabola, declaration of war at, [388], [389].
• Bonzies, the, [270].
• Book of Genesis, the, [120].
• Book of Sothis, [95].
• Bougainville on divinities of the Tahitians, [315].
• Boulanger, M., quoted, [118];
  • on diluvian tradition, [242], [243], [247], [262];
  • on the Golden Age, [328], [329].
• Brace, Mr, his “Ethnology,” quoted, [27], [37], [267].
• “Breach of etiquette,” a, consequences of, [403];
  • the ostensible pretext of Franco-German war, [404].
• Brigham Young and the Mormons, [18].
• British Medical Journal on explosive bullets, [400].
• Bronze Age, the, [293], [334], [335];
  • its commencement, [336].
• Bryant, Mr J., [xi].;
  • on creation of man, [133], [136];
  • on the symbol of the bull, [203];
  • on Dionusus, [215];
  • on Noah and Janus, [219];
  • his derivation of Juno and Venus, [392];
  • on the dove, [395].
• Buddhist legend, [136].
• Buffaloes, Feast of the, [260].
• “Bull-dance,” the, [254];
  • parallel accounts of, by Burton and Catlin, [254].
• Bunsen, Baron, [37];
  • on Chinese and Egyptian chronology, [58–62], [73];
  • on Egyptian chronicles, [94–96];
  • on tradition of creation, [132];
  • on the Kabiri, [198];
  • on Arya, [335].
• Burial customs among Mandans and Formosans, [268].
• Burial, mode of, common to several savage nations, [308].
• Burton, Capt. Richard, on Fetish, [80];
  • on Dahome customs, [250];
  • the bull-dance, [254];
  • the big canoe, [255];
  • the baskets of water, [256];
  • the gourds or calabashes, [257];
  • the “aged white man,” [258], [259];
  • customs at Whydat, [262].
• Burton, J. Hill, [3].
• Cadmus and alphabetic writing, [221].
• Caduceatores, the, [390].
• Cain, tradition in Tonga connected with, [82].
• Calmet on “Sem,” or Shem, [207];
  • on Saturn, [210].
• Canaan. See [Chanaan].
• Canada, Col. Macdonell’s service in, [xxiii.], [xxiv.]
• Canaanite race, the correspondence between and aboriginal tribes in India, [39], [48];
  • literal fulfilment of prophecy regarding, [40], [41], [83], [85].
• Canopied boat, the, of the Egyptians, [273].
• Carver, Mr, on Indian wars, [28];
  • the Indian mode of declaration of war, [399], [401];
  • Indian flags of truce, [405].
• Cashmir, tradition of Deluge in, [68];
  • commemorative festival in, [69].
• Catholicism and Christianity, identity of, [113].
• Catlin, Mr G., on traditions of Creation among the Indians, [134], [138];
  • of Deluge, [223];
  • the “O-kee-pa,” [245];
  • the big canoe, [255];
  • the baskets of water, [256];
  • the gourds or calabashes used by the Indians, [257];
  • the “first man,” [258], [259];
  • the “evil spirit,” [260];
  • water ceremonies, [262];
  • on the pheasant, [266];
  • description of a “whale ashore” at Vancouver’s Island, [317];
  • on the cranial development of the Flathead and Crow Indians, [318].
• Caverley’s Theocritus quoted, [217].
• Centre of tradition, the, [339].
• Ceremony at Gorbio, [307].
• Chaldæa, early inhabitants of, [184].
• Chaldæan Pantheon, deities of the, [183].
• Chaldæan system of chronology, [57];
  • religion, [163].
• Champagny, M. F. de, [404], [409].
• Chanaan, or Canaan, the curse of, [79];
  • tradition of this curse among the Sioux Indians, [81];
    • in Tonga, [82].
  • Chandordy, Count, [405].
  • Chaos in the Phœnician cosmogony, [174];
    • the commencement of all things, [174–177].
  • Chateaugay, [xxviii.]
  • China, certain and uncertain history of, [58], [59];
    • astronomical cycle of, [61];
    • aboriginal tribes, [133];
    • belief in, as to creation of man, [134].
  • Chinese chronology, [58–65];
    • confusion in, [65].
  • Chinese tradition of first and second heaven, [328].
  • Chin-nong, [240].
  • Chippeways and Natchez tribes, institution of perpetual fire among, [320].
  • Choctaw Indians, tradition regarding creation of man, [134].
  • Christian doctrine, the foundation of, [142].
  • Chronicles of Egypt, [93].
  • Chronology, Egyptian, Palmer on, [92–104];
    • the Sothic cycle, [96–100];
    • various systems of, [101].
  • Chronology, from the point of view of science, [72];
    • Bunsen’s views, [73];
    • Lyell’s, [73];
    • Sir John Lubbock’s, [73–75];
    • Hales on, [85].
  • Chronology, from the point of view of tradition, [55];
    • historical testimony and evidence in favour of Scriptural, [55];
    • Indian, [56];
    • Babylonian, [57];
    • Hales, Rev. W., on, [57];
    • Chinese, [58–65].
  • Chronos, Saturn as, [218].
  • Cicero, on International Law, [10];
    • “De Legibus” quoted, [368];
    • the “Offices,” [375].
  • Civilisation, a state of, the primitive condition of man, [284].
  • Civilisation, principles and teaching of, [339].
  • Civilisation, progress of man to, [329], [331].
  • Cognation and agnation among the Romans, [357], [358].
  • Coincidences of the Bible with Sanchoniathon, [130].
  • Coleridge, H. N., on oral transmission of tradition, [122].
  • Coleridge, Rev. Henry J., [224];
    • on conflicting elements of heathenism, [344].
  • College, the Fecial, [373].
  • Colour in man, persistency of, [77].
  • Coloured cloth and feathers, emblematic of peace and war, [388–392], [398].
  • Commemorative Festivals. See [Festivals, Commemorative].
  • Comity of nations, restriction of the 379.
  • Communal marriage, [51], [52].
  • Commune, the, [110].
  • Communistic schemes, [109].
  • Comte and the Comtists, [112].
  • Conflicting elements of heathenism, [344].
  • Confusion of tongues, Hesiod on the, [334].
  • Confusion of tradition of Enoch with Xisuthrus and Noah, [326].
  • Conscience, Mr Darwin on, [2], [12];
    • its subjective existence, [12];
    • outward expression, [13].
  • Constituent Assembly, the, of 1789, Montalembert on, [113].
  • Cook, Capt., on customs at Huaheine, [271], [272];
    • quoted, [298];
    • on declaration of war at Bolabola, [388], [389].
  • Copan, the peaceable people of, [29].
  • Cosmogony, Roman ideas of the, [23].
  • Cosmopolitic Areopagus, a, [383].
  • Cox, Rev. G. W., [xiv].;
    • on mythology, [158], [165], [168];
    • on myths of Venus and Adonis, [396], [397].
  • Cranial development of Flathead and Crow Indians, [318].
  • Creation of man, tradition of among Red Indians, [133];
    • Max Müller on, [133].
  • Creation, the, Mexican tradition of, [152], [153];
    • Slavonian account of, [154].
  • Creoles, the persistency of colour in, [77].
  • Cunningham, Major, the “Bhilsa Tope,” [252].
  • Curse of Canaan, the, [79];
    • traditions of, [81–85], [217].
  • Customs of the Samoides, [28];
    • at Huaheine, [271].
  • Cycle, astronomical, of China, [61];
    • the Sothic, [96], [98–100].
  • Dagon, the god of the Philistines, [200];
    • the Fish-man, [219];
    • Mr Layard on, [238].
  • Dahome, the “So-sin” customs of, [250], [251], [254–262];
    • precedence of women in, [259].
  • Dancing an Indian ceremonial, [302], [303].
  • D’Anselme, Vicomte, on philology of Noah and boat, [196].
  • Darkness, associated with the Serpent, [173];
    • the parent of light, [174–177].
  • Darwinism, Benthamism tested by, [17].
  • Darwin on Conscience, [2], [12];
    • and the utilitarians, [15–17].
  • Davies, Rev. E., [xi.], [253].
  • Day and night, used as symbols, [84].
  • Declaration of war, the, [386];
    • accompanied by religious formalities, [386], [387];
    • method of, at Bolabola, [388], [389];
    • at St Julian, [389];
    • symbols used at, [389–392];
    • Plutarch on, [397];
    • traditionary modes of, [398–400];
    • importance attached to forms of, [402];
    • consequences of the violation of forms of, [406–411].
  • Deities of the Chaldæan Pantheon, [183].
  • “De Legibus” quoted, [10], [133].
  • De Quincey, quoted, [383].
  • Deluge of Deucalion, the, [224], [225], [229].
  • Deluge of Ogyges, the, [229];
    • anterior to that of Deucalion, [230];
    • its date, [231].
  • Deluge, the—traditions of, localised in China, [65–67];
    • commemorative monument of, [67];
    • traditions of, in Egypt, [67];
    • in Cashmir, [68];
    • among Sioux Indians, [81];
    • among Tartar tribes, [135];
    • L’Abbé Gainet on, [137];
    • Phrygian legend of, [193];
    • Phœnician legend of, localised, [198];
    • Santal legend of, [199];
    • Etruscan monument commemorative of, [204];
    • connection of Saturn with, [210–212];
    • of Ogyges and Deucalion, [222];
    • traditions of, among Indian tribes, [223];
    • Sanscrit story of, [224];
    • its date, [231];
    • traditions of, among Greeks, [230–235];
    • Frederick Schlegel on, [233], [234];
    • traditions of, in Africa and America, [242];
    • Boulanger on, [242], [243];
    • commemorative festivals of, [243–246], [252–262], [275–282];
    • the dove and rainbow of, [393], [396].
    • See also [Noah].
  • “Democracy in America,” Tocqueville’s, [8].
  • Demonolatry, [146].
  • “De Rerum Natura” quoted, [334].
  • Deucalion, [222];
    • Mr Grote on traditions of, [224], [225];
    • Max Müller on legend of, [226];
    • Mr Kenrick on, [230–232], [241];
    • connected with Hydrophoria at Athens, [244].
  • Devil, the, belief in among savages 302.
  • Devil-worship, [141].
  • Diana, the temple of, [364].
  • Diffusion of Hamitic races, [41].
  • Dike and dikaspoloi, [347].
  • Diluvian tradition. See [Noah], [Deluge].
• Diluvian traditions in Africa and America, [242–282].
  • See [Deluge]. [Festivals (commemorative)].
• Diogenes Laertius’ scheme of chronology, [101].
• Dionusus, identified with Noah, [215];
  • the first king of India, [220], [221].
• Dionysia, [249].
• Discovery of America, the, a proof of tradition, [324].
• Dispersion, the, [329], [336]; rise of government under, [342].
• Disraeli, Mr, on sceptical effects of discoveries of science, [xvi.], [xvii.]
• Distribution of races, [89].
• Divergence between religion and philosophy, [108].
• Divinities of the Tahitians, [315].
• Divinity attaching to forms, [402], [403].
• Dixon, Hepworth, his conversation with Brigham Young, [18];
  • his views of human progress, [32].
• Donoughmore, Earl of, [408].
• Dove, the bird of Venus, [392];
  • traditions of, [394–396].
• Duc de Grammont, the, [404].
• Dyaks and Javanese, contrast in colour, [81].
• Dyans, [170].
• Dyer, Dr, on the Sabines, [352];
  • the temple of Diana, [364].
• Dynasties of Egypt, [97], [98], [102], [103].
• Dynasty of the Popes, [381], [382].
• Eastern Islanders, tradition among the, [200].
• Egg, the mundane, tradition of, [306];
  • an emblem of the Creation, [307];
  • the Mahabarata account of, [308].
• Egypt, chronology of, [92];
  • its Chronicles, [93];
  • dynasties of, [97];
  • commemorative festival of the Deluge in, [249].
• Egyptian chronology, Palmer on, [92–104].
• Egyptians, the, canopied boat of, [273];
  • Jewish rites and ceremonies borrowed from, [274].
• Ellis’s “Polynesian Researches” quoted, [265];
  • on Tahitian relics, [312].
• Endogamy, [45–47], [50].
• English socialists, [110].
• Enoch, result of his disappearance regarding Nimrod, [160];
  • embodied traditionally in Chaldæan gods Ana and Enu, [192].
• Enu or Bil, a Chaldæan deity, [190];
  • a reduplication of Enoch, [192].
• Epimetheus (afterthought) and Prometheus (forethought), [180].
• Epochs of prehistoric archæology, [287], [288].
• Equality of the sexes, [109].
• Eratosthenes, [95];
  • scheme of chronology of, [103].
• Eros and Iris, [394].
• Eschylus, the “Supplicants” quoted, [398].
• Esquimaux, the, [311].
• Ethnological difficulties, [89–91].
• Etruscan monument commemorative of the Deluge, [204].
• Etymologies—of man, [134], [227], [228];
  • Noah, [196];
  • boat, [196];
  • river, [253];
  • horse, [253], [255];
  • plough, [255];
  • names of metals, [290];
  • fire, [321];
  • plough, [335].
• Euridike and Orpheus, [173].
• European league, a general, [381], [382].
• European radicalism, [110].
• Eusebius’ testimony to value of tradition, [120].
• Evil associated with blackness, [79].
• Evil Spirit, the, in Mandan ceremonies, [260].
• “Excursion,” the, of Wordsworth quoted, [145].
• Exogamy, [45–47].
• Falconer’s “Palæontological Mem.,” [139].
• Fall, the, Lenormant on, [128].
• Family, the, [26];
  • tendency to dispersion of, [27];
  • gradual consolidation and expansion into tribes and then to states, [30], [31];
  • the unit of ancient society, [339].
• Family tradition, confusion of, [116].
• Fatimala, the, [40].
• Feast of the Buffaloes, the, [260].
• Feathers, coloured, emblematic of peace and war, [389–392].
• Fecial College, the, [373];
  • correspondence of, with Herald’s College, [374].
• Federal union between Romans and Latins, [355].
• Feegees, the, religion among, [301];
  • their characteristics and civilisation, [313].
• Fergusson, Adam, on the Six Nations, [365].
• Festivals, commemorative, of the Deluge, [66];
  • in Cashmir, [69];
  • among various nations, [243];
  • the Hydrophoria at Athens, [244];
  • the “O-kee-pa,” [245];
  • the Panathenæa, [248];
  • the Dionysia, [249];
  • in Egypt, [249];
  • among the Mandan Indians, [250];
  • the “So-sin” customs of Dahome, [250], [251];
  • at Sanchi, [252];
  • the “Bull-dance,” [254];
  • the “big canoe,” [255];
  • the baskets of water, [256];
  • the gourds and calabashes, [257];
  • the “first man,” [258], [259];
  • among the Santals, [262];
  • among the Japanese, [268], [269];
  • at Huaheine, [271];
  • among the Egyptians, [273];
  • among the Patagonians, [275–279];
  • Pongol Festival of Southern India compared with Mandan and Dahoman ceremonies, [275–282].
  • See [Deluge].
• Fetish, [80].
• Feuds and wars, origin of, [27–29].
• Fire, unknown to various ancient nations, [128], [129];
  • knowledge of among savages, [318–320];
  • Polynesian etymology of the word, [321].
• “First man,” the, in Mandan ceremonies, [258], [259], [263].
• Fish-god, the, of Berosus, [202].
• “Fish, history of the,” [197].
• Flag, the white, a symbol of peace, [391].
• Flags of truce, Carver and Count Chandordy parallelised, [405].
• Flathead and Crow Indians, the heads of, [318].
• Flint, use of, among ancient nations, [297].
• Fohi the great, [63];
  • identified with Adam, [64], [232].
• Formation of States, [342], [343].
• Formosans, burial customs among the, [268].
• Foundation of law of nations, [412].
• Foundation of Christian doctrine, the, [142].
• Foundation of Roman law, [352–360].
• Four Races, the, or Kiprat-Arbat, [184].
• France against Austria, consequences of the war of, [407–409].
• Franco-German war, the, its ostensible pretext, [404];
  • its abnormal character, [404];
  • origin of traced to Congress of 1856, [406].
• Fresquet, De, on declaration of war, [386], [387].
• Fuegians, religion among the, [303], [304];
  • the lowest race of savages, [313].
• Fulfilment of prophecy regarding Chanaan, [40], [41].
• Gainet, L’Abbé, on diluvian tradition, [137];
  • on mythology, [159];
  • on Chaldæan monotheism, [187];
  • translation of the “History of the Fish,” [197];
  • on Deucalion, [228];
  • on Mandan traditions, [272].
• Genesis, the Book of, [120];
  • relation of traditions to, [127], [128], [130].
• Geological speculations, [233].
• “Gesta Romanorum,” tale from the, [179].
• Gibbon, on the use of letters, [120];
  • his “Decline and Fall,” quoted, [120], [361].
• Gladstone, W. E., his “Juventus Mundi,” [114];
  • on the mythology of Homer, [162];
  • on tradition, [182], [183];
  • on impersonation of good and evil, [310];
  • the key to the Homeric system, [332];
  • the progress of Greek morality, [349];
  • the Homeric age, [375].
• Gnostic sect, a curious, [154].
• Goguet, M., on origin of laws, [121];
  • human progress, [128];
  • kinship, [129];
  • Janus, [219].
• Golden Age, the, and Noah, [323];
  • basis of the theory, [323];
  • its commencement, [323];
  • under Saturn, [325];
  • tradition of, [328];
  • Boulanger on, [328], [329];
  • Sir Henry Maine on, [351].
• Gorbio, curious ceremony at, [307].
• Gould, Mr Baring, [xvi.];
  • on “Origin and Development of Religious Belief,” [140];
  • summary of his views, [141];
  • his views opposed to tradition, [142];
  • partial recognition of the value of revelation, [147];
  • on monotheism, [150];
  • on the Samoyed superstitions, [155].
• Gourds and calabashes, the, used in Dahoman and Mandan festivals, [257].
• Govat, Charles E., his description of the Pongol festivals, [275–282].
• Governments, rise of, after Dispersion, [342].
• Gradual progress of religion among primitive peoples, [143], [144], [148], [154].
• Great Hare or Rabbit, tradition of the, [152], [153].
• Greatest happiness principle, the, [13], [16].
• Grecian mythology, [164–170].
• Grecian traditions of the Deluge, [230–235].
• Greek and Latin Leagues, [367].
• Greenwood’s, Col. G., “Rain and Rivers,” quoted, [233], [234].
• Grote, Mr, [30], [42]; on importance of myths, [117];
  • on Deucalion, [224].
• Grotesque belief of the Hindoos as to support of the Earth, [138].
• Guanches, religion of the, [305].
• Guinea, religious festival in, [303].
• Guinnard, M., his narrative of Patagonian ceremonies, [275–279].
• Hales, Rev. W., on chronology, [57], [85], [90].
• Ham, identified with Hoang-ti, [64];
  • prosperity of, [85];
  • tradition of his blackness of complexion, [86];
  • Sir J. G. Wilkinson on, [86];
  • Bacchus identified with, [215].
• Hamitic races, diffusion of the, [41];
  • apostasy of, [160].
• Hea or Hoa, a Chaldæan deity, [194];
  • the inventor of cuneiform writing, [195].
• Heathenism, conflicting elements of, [344].
• Heavens, First and Second, Chinese tradition of, [328].
• Helps, Mr, on worship of Peruvians, [304];
  • his traditions of Peru compared with classical and oriental traditions, [325–327].
• Hercules or Herakles, supposed identity with Adam, [42];
  • confusion of traditions regarding, [158], [180].
• Herodotus quoted, [33], [68].
• Hero-worship an early form of idolatry, [160], [161];
  • among the Chaldæans a source of deification, [188], [190], [191].
• Hesiod and the Iron Age, [129];
  • on the confusion of tongues, [334].
• Hetairism, [53].
• Heterogeneity, [46].
• Hieroglyphic of the Dove, [395].
• Hindoo laws of war, [400].
• Hindoos, curious belief as to the world’s support, [138].
• “Historicus” (in Times) on International law, [384].
• “History of the Fish,” [197].
• History of Western civilisation, Dr Newman on, [338–340].
• Hoa or Hea, [194].
• Hoa, account of, by Berosus, [327].
• Hoang-ti, [60], [63];
  • identified with Shem or Ham, [64];
  • with Noah, [65].
• Home and Foreign Review on Belligerent Rights at Sea, [376], [377].
• Homeric Age, the, [375].
• Homer’s Iliad quoted, [347].
• Hooker, Dr, on the beliefs of the Lepchas, [305];
  • on the Khasias, [306];
  • on the conduct of war, [400].
• Horrors of war, limitations to, [400].
• Horse, etymology of the word, [253], [255].
• Houacouvou, director of evil spirits, Patagonian festival in honour of, [277].
• Huaheine, customs at, [271].
• Human race, tradition of the, [105–153].
• Human society founded upon a contract, [21].
• Hunter, Mr, on Indian traditions, [29];
  • on primitive life in India, [34], [36];
  • on Aryan colour, [84];
  • on Santal customs, [247], [262].
• Husenbeth, Very Rev. Dr, [xv.]
• Huxley’s definition of Positivism, [113].
• Hydrophoria, the, at Athens, [244].
• Hyksos or Shepherds, dynasty of, [102].
• Identification of Noah with Saturn, [325].
• Identity of Christianity and Catholicism, [113].
• Il or Ra, the Chaldæan deity, [183];
  • account of, by Rawlinson, [185].
• Iliad, the, quoted, [347].
• Illustrated London News on Japanese religious festivals, [268];
  • on ceremony at Gorbio, [307].
• Impersonation of good and evil, Mr Gladstone on, [310].
• Indian ceremonials, Washington Irving on, [302].
• Indian chronology, [56].
• Indian mode of declaration of war, [399], [401].
• Indian tribes, close resemblance of one to another, [77].
• Indian wars, their causes, [28], [29].
• Indians, Red, tradition regarding creation of man, [133];
  • of the earth, by Michabo, [152], [153];
  • ordeals and tortures, [247].
• Indians, traditions among Mozca, [70].
• Indo-Germanic races identified with descendants of Japheth, [42].
• Influence of Stoics on Roman law, [372].
• Inheritance through females, [52].
• Interfusion of ancestral and solar worship, [205].
• International Law, the Tablet on, [3];
  • Bentham on, [3], [5], [6];
  • its origin and growth, [4];
  • an unwritten law, [4];
  • De Tocqueville on, [8];
  • Pall Mall Gazette on, [9], [11];
  • Cicero on, [10];
  • an “organised constraint,” [10];
  • analogy with law of honour, [11];
  • original idea at its basis, [11];
  • relation to utilitarianism, [14], [15];
  • the jus feciale, [373];
  • “Historicus” on, [384].
• International Society, the, [110].
• Invention of writing, [123].
• Inventiveness of savage races, Sir J. Lubbock on, [310].
• Ionian federation, the, [364].
• Iris and Eros, [394].
• Iron Age, the, [129].
• Iroquois, traditions regarding creation of man, [135].
• Irving, Washington, on Indian ceremonials, [302].
• Jacob, [151].
• James, W., [xxiii.]
• Janus, [217];
  • derivation of January, [218];
  • a double-headed god, [219], [220];
  • identified with Noah, [326].
• Japan, commemorative festival of the Deluge in, [268], [269].
• Japanese legend of the bull and the egg, [257].
• Japetus, identity of with Japheth, [43].
• Japheth, fulfilment of prophecy regarding the race of, [41];
  • their prosperity, [41];
  • identity with Indo-Germanic races, [42].
• Javan, son of Japheth, identified with Yavana, [43].
• Javanese and Dyaks, contrast in colour, [81].
• Jenkins, Captain, [xxvii.]
• Jewish monotheism, [149].
• Jewish rites and ceremonies borrowed from Egyptians, [272–274].
• Juno and Venus, derivation of names of, [392].
• Jus Feciale, the, [373].
• Jus Gentium, the, [351], [353], [373].
• Kabiri, the, [197];
  • Bunsen on, [198].
• Kant’s scheme of a universal society, [383].
• Kenrick, Mr, on Manu, [228];
  • the tradition of Deucalion, [230–232].
• Khasias, the, superstitions of the, [306].
• King, Captain, quoted, [265];
  • on Sandwich Islanders, [315].
• Kinship through females, [46], [47], [51];
  • Goguet on, [129].
• Kiprat-Arbat, the, or Four Races, [184].
• Klaproth, on Sanscrit history, [68];
  • on the curse of Canaan, [83].
• Kronos, or Noah, [136].
• Lacordaire, L’Abbé, [4];
  • on tradition, [105–107].
• Laertius’, Diogenes, scheme of chronology, [101].
• Lamech, the story of, embodied in various traditions, [178], [179].
• Lapland tradition, a, [296].
• “Last Rambles,” the, of Catlin, quoted, [134].
• Latin League, the, [355].
• Law connected with religion, [368].
• Law, International. See [International Law].
• Law of honour, the, [11].
• Law of Nations, the, an unwritten law, [4];
  • Sir Henry Maine on the, [338];
  • common to all nations, [345];
  • testimony to in the Manx Thing, [347];
  • ancient codes of, [350];
  • the jus gentium, [351];
  • origin of the phrase, [352], [353];
  • the Amphictyonic Council, [361];
  • primary objects of, [367];
  • common source, [371];
  • discussed on the basis of usage, [378];
  • the lex legum of mankind, [385];
  • a modern transgression of, [405];
  • the seizure of Papal States a flagrant violation of, [407–409];
  • adaptability of, [410];
  • foundation of, [412].
  • See [International Law].
• Law of Nature, the, [20];
  • question whether there is or is not a, [20];
  • different solutions of this question, [20];
  • Sir G. C. Lewis on, [22];
  • Sir H. Maine on, [22], [25];
  • what the Roman meant by it, [23];
  • among the ancients, [23];
  • a social compact, [23], [24];
  • tradition of, [350];
  • origin of the phrase, [352], [353].
• Law, unwritten, [369];
  • Ozanam on, [370], [371].
• Laws, the first, of all nations, [121].
• Layard, Mr, on the man-fish, [238].
• League of the Ten Kings, [367].
• Legend of the tortoise, [138], [139];
  • of Michabo, [152], [153];
  • of the bull and the egg, [257].
• Legends of Œdipus and Perseus, [178].
• Legists of different nationalities, their agreement accounted for, [385].
• Lenormant, on Noe, [88];
  • on the Fall, [128].
• Lepchas, the, curious legend of, [224];
  • religion among the, [305], [307].
• Letters, the use of, a distinction between a civilised and savage people, [120].
• Levitical worship, the ceremonial borrowed from Egypt, [272], [273].
• Lewis, Sir G. C, on Law of Nature, [22], [24], [380].
• Light and darkness, as symbols, [84].
• Limitations to horrors of war, [400].
• Local tradition, persistency of, [117].
• Lower Egypt, dynasties of, [103].
• Lowest races of savages, the, [313].
• Lubbock, Sir John, on primitive marriage, [51];
  • on the antiquity of man, [91];
  • on water-worship, [252];
  • on tradition, [283];
  • his theory opposed to that of De Maistre, [287];
  • division of pre-historic archæology, [287],288;
  • untrustworthiness of tradition for evidence of history, [294];
  • on religion among savage races, [299], [300], [308];
  • his suppositions regarding inventiveness of savage races, [310–314];
  • views supported by Duke of Argyll, [314];
  • description of a “whale ashore” in Australia, [316];
  • on the knowledge of fire, [318–321].
• Lucas, Mr Edward, [xv.]
• Lucretius’ “De Rerum Natura” quoted, [334].
• Lyell, Sir C., [xiii.];
  • on human progress, [73], [123].
• Macaulay, Lord, on Benthamism, [13], [15];
  • the dynasty of the Popes, [381], [382].
• Macdonell, Col. George, [xii.];
  • memoir of, [xix.];
  • parentage, [xx.];
  • an admirer of the Stuarts, [xxi.];
  • results of a letter to the War Secretary, [xxii.];
  • raises a regiment of Macdonells, [xxiii.];
  • service in Canada, [xxiv.];
  • the taking of Ogdensburg, [xxv.–xxix.]
• M’Lennan, Mr, on primitive marriage, [44];
  • on marriage customs, [47], [125].
• Macrobius, on Janus Bifrons, [218].
• Maine, Sir Henry, [xv.];
  • on the law of nature, [22], [25];
  • on the law of nations, [338];
  • the unit of ancient society, [341];
  • notions of primitive antiquity, [343];
  • on ancient codes, [350];
  • the jus gentium, [351];
  • origin of name of law of nations, of nature, &c., [352], [353];
  • the foundation of Roman law, [357], [358];
  • his distinction between jus gentium and jus feciale, [373].
• Maistre, Count Joseph de, his theory regarding the early races of man, [78];
  • his view of tradition, [283–286];
  • on the pontifical power, [381].
• Malays, traditions among the, [136].
• Malthus, Mr, theories regarding over-population, [17].
• “Man,” Max Müller on derivation of the word, [134];
  • its etymology, [227], [228].
• Man and the monkey, traditions connecting the, [136].
• Man-bull, the, traditions of, [203].
• Manco-Capac, [240];
  • the lawgiver of Peru, [325];
  • identity of with Quetzalcohuatl, [326].
• Mandan Indians, traditions among the, [134], [138];
  • tradition of the Deluge, [191];
  • commemorative festivals among, [250], [254–262];
  • the Evil Spirit of, [200];
  • source and origin of, [263–266];
  • mode of burial of, [268];
  • art of fortifying their towns, [314].
• Manetho, [94];
  • system of chronology of, [95], [96].
• Man-fish, Mr Layard on the, [238].
• Manning, Dr. See Westminster.
• Manning, W. Oke, [14], [384].
• Man’s progress, from a savage to a civilised state, [32];
  • exceptional cases of the Arab and Iroquois, [33];
  • Lyell’s views of, [73];
  • Lubbock’s views, [73], [75];
  • Bastian’s views, [75].
• Manx Thing, the, [347].
• Maritime Alps, local ceremony in the, [307].
• Marriage, primitive, [44], [125];
  • customs, [47];
  • communal, [51], [52].
• Maupertuis’, M., account of a Lapland tradition, [296].
• Meaco, ceremony in the temple of, at Japan, [269].
• Meaning of the word Adam, [134].
• Melia, Very Rev. Dr P., [xv.]
• Memoir of Colonel Macdonell, [xix–xxix].
• Memphis, [67].
• Menes, the first king of Egypt, [67];
  • early legend regarding, [192];
  • the first who put laws in writing, [295].
• Menu, Ordinances of, [40], [49].
• Metallic weapons of ancient races, [290], [293].
• Metallurgy of the ancients, Mr Vaux on the, [292].
• Mexico, the States of, [366].
• Mexicans, traditions among the, regarding creation of man, [133];
  • of the earth, [153].
• Michabo, the legend of, among the American Indians, [152], [153].
• Mill, Mr J. S., quoted, [32];
  • on the status of women, [109].
• Mistletoe, the legend of the, [172], [176].
• Mivart, Mr St George, [xv.]
• Modes of settlement into communities, [31].
• Monkey and man, traditions connecting the, [136].
• Monogamy, [124].
• Monotheism, Jewish, [149];
  • Semitic, [170];
  • Chaldæan, [187].
• Mosaic law, origin of, [359].
• Montagu, Lord Robert, M.P., [xvi.]
• Montalembert, De la, [4], [113];
  • on results of Congress of Paris, in 1856, [406].
• Montesquieu, [384], [385].
• Montfauçon on Bacchus, [215];
  • the declaration of war, [387].
• Mormons, the, [18].
• Mosaic authorship of Pentateuch, evidence of, [359].
• Mozca Indians, the, [70];
  • tradition of Bochica among, [325].
• Müller, Mr Max, on Aryan dialects, [36];
  • on Comparative Philology, [116];
  • on derivation of the word man, [134], [228];
  • nature-worship, [143];
  • mythology, [165], [167–170];
  • on legend of Deucalion, [226];
  • “Comparative Philology” quoted, [393].
• Mundane egg, the, [306], [307].
• Myrmidon, [240].
• Mysterious origin of aboriginal races, [35].
• Mythological tradition among the Eastern Islanders, [200].
• Mythology, [157];
  • source and origin of, [159–164];
  • solar, [166];
  • Rev. G. W. Cox on, [168];
  • Max Müller on, [167–170];
  • complications and confusion in, [171–181];
  • Assyrian, see [Assyrian mythology].
• Myths connecting man with the monkey, [136].
• Myths, their importance, [117].
• Natchez tribes, institution of perpetual fire among, [320].
• Nations, law of. See International Law, Law of Nations.
• Natural right, [5].
• Nature, law of. See Law of Nature.
• Nature-worship, [143], [163], [173].
• Nazarians, the, a curious Gnostic sect, [154].
• Nebo, a Chaldæan deity, [206];
  • resemblance of, to Shem, [207].
• Necessities of the pastoral life, [27].
• Negro, the, persistency of colour in, [77];
  • subserviency of, [80].
• Ner, soss, and sar, Chaldæan periods of time, [57].
• Nergal identified with Mars, [164].
• Newman, Dr, [310], [323];
  • on history of Western civilisation, [338–340].
• New Zealanders, curious tradition among, [139];
  • their degeneration and retrogression, [321], [322].
• Nicolas, Mon. A., [107].
• Niebühr, quoted, [364].
• Nillson, Professor, on the Stone Age, [290], [292];
  • quoted, [297].
• Nimrod, a powerful chieftain, [88];
  • in the Chaldæan mythology, [158];
  • identity with Belus, [159];
  • his apotheosis confounded with Enoch’s disappearance, [160].
• Nin or Ninip, the true fish-god, [200];
  • identification with Noah, [202];
  • emblem of, in Assyria, [203];
  • note of Rawlinson on, [205].
• Noah (or Noe), identified with Shin-nong, [64], [232];
  • with Oannes, [139];
  • confusion of traditions regarding, [158];
  • traditions of, among the Chaldæans, [183];
  • philology of the name, [196];
  • warlike epithets applied to, [202];
  • correspondence of Nin to, [202];
  • Nebo a counterpart of, [206];
  • identifications of (with Xisuthrus) [208], (with Saturn) [210–212], (with Bacchus) [215], (with Janus) [217], [326], (with Ogyges and Deucalion) [222];
  • the depositary of tradition and channel of law, [236];
  • summary of evidence regarding traditional identifications, [236–241];
  • and the Golden Age, [323];
  • proofs of identity with Saturn, [325];
  • associations of dove and rainbow with, [393], [396]. See also Deluge, Festivals, commemorative.
• Nomadic life, [27].
• Normandy, the Marquis of, [408].
• Notions of primitive antiquity, [343].
• “Num,” the deity of Samoides, [155].
• Oannes, the mysterious fish, [199];
  • the god of science and knowledge, [201].
• Oceanus, Saturn identified as, [217].
• Œdipus, legend of, [178];
  • identified with Lamech, [178];
  • corruption of the legend in the “Gesta Romanorum,” [179].
• “Offices,” the, of Cicero quoted, [373].
• Ogdensburg, the taking of, [xxvii.]
• Ogier, M. Pegot, on the worship of the Guanches, [305].
• Ogilby’s “Japan,” quoted, [268], [269].
• Ogyges and Deucalion, traditional connection of, with Deluge, [222].
• “O-kee-pa,” the, a religious ceremony of Mandans, [245], [246].
• Old Chronicle of Egypt, the, [93];
  • analysis of, [97].
• Opischeschaht Indians, ceremonies among the, [268].
• “Oracula Sybillina,” the, quoted, [188], [195], [236], [237].
• Oral transmission of tradition, [121], [122];
  • H. N. Coleridge on, [122].
• Orbis terrarum, the, [338], [339];
  • nucleus of, [344].
• Ordeals among the Indians, [247].
• Ordinances of Menu, [40], [49].
• Oriental religions, Cardinal Wiseman on the, [154].
• “Origin and Development of Religious Belief,” Mr Baring Gould on, [140–153].
• Origin and growth of International law, [4].
• “Origin of Laws,” Goguet’s, quoted, [128].
• Origin of Mosaic law, [359].
• Orpheus and Euridike, [173].
• “Orvar Odd’s saga,” [296], [297].
• Osiris, the judge of the soul, [189], [240].
• Over-population, Malthus’ views regarding, [17].
• Ox Temple of Meaco, ceremony in the, [269].
• Ozanam, on Laws, [370], [371].
• Pachacamac, the Peruvian deity, [186], [304], [305].
• Pagan view of the social compact, [23].
• Pall Mall Gazette, the, on the Darwinian theory of conscience, [2], [12];
  • on laws, [9], [11];
  • on utilitarianism, [14], [18];
  • on European radicalism, [110];
  • on the custom of the Manx Thing, [347].
• Palmer, Mr William, on Egyptian chronology, [92–104], [159];
  • on Osiris, [189].
• Panathenæa, the, [248].
• Pantheon, the, of the Egyptians, [159];
  • of the Chaldæans, [163].
• Papacy, the, head of a general European league, [381], [382].
• Papal States, seizure of the, [407–409].
• Paralleled traditions, [254–262];
  • customs, [268];
  • festivals, [275–282], [325–327].
• Parlementaires, [405].
• Pastoral life, necessities of, [27].
• Pastoret’s History, quoted, on Amphictyonic Council, [363], [364], [369].
• Patagonians, religious festivals among the, [275–279].
• Peace and war, symbols of, [388–392].
• Peacock, the, symbol of the rainbow, [388–392].
• Pelasgians, the, [361].
• Pelasgus, [240].
• Pentateuch, the Rev. W. Smith’s work on, quoted, [272], [273], [359].
• Pentheus, the fate of, [217].
• Peopling of American Continent, how accomplished, [263–266].
• Persistency of colour in African races and others, [77].
• Perseus, legend of, [178].
• Persians, ancient tradition of the, [128].
• Peru, the deity of, [186].
• Peruvians, worship of the, [304];
  • Garcilasso de la Vega on, [305].
• Pheasant, the, relation of, to the Mandans, [266].
• Philology, comparative, [116].
• Philosophy alone is not religion, [145].
• Phœnician tradition of Deluge, [211];
  • cosmogonies, [132], [159].
• Phoroneus, the father of mankind, [90], [239].
• Phrygian legend of the Deluge, [193].
• Pinkerton’s account of religion of the Samoides, [155].
• Plato, tradition of condition of families recorded by, [30], [332];
  • his Atlantis, an embodiment of tradition, [367].
• Plough, etymology of the word, [255], [335].
• Plumtre’s Æschylus, [390].
• Plutarch’s “Numa,” quoted, [397].
• Polyandry, regulated and rude, [48], [49].
• Polygamy, [125].
• “Polynesian Researches,” quoted, [265].
• Polytheism and monotheism, [149–151].
• Pongol festival of Southern India, [275–282].
• Pontifical power, the, [381].
• Poole, Mr, [76].
• Pope, the, centre of a European league, [382].
• Pope’s Odyssey quoted, [389].
• Poseidon, [240].
• Positivism, Huxley’s definition of, [113].
• Posterity of Ham, the, [87], [88].
• Precedence of women in Dahome, [259].
• Pottery, the art of, an evidence of progress, [73], [311].
• Pre-historic Archæology divided into four epochs, [287], [288].
• Prayer and Punishment, expressed by same word by Latins, [286].
• Prescott’s “History of Mexico” quoted, [309], [366].
• Prevost, Sir G., [xxv.], [xxvi.]
• Primary objects of Law of Nations, [367].
• Primitive condition of mankind, traditions regarding, from Sanchoniathon, [126], [284].
• Primitive life, [26];
  • the family, [26];
  • society and government, [26];
  • necessities of pastoral, [27];
  • origin of feuds and wars, [27–29];
  • tendency to dispersion, [27];
  • gradual consolidation, [30], [31];
  • Mr J. S. Mill on, [32];
  • progress from a savage to a civilised state, [32];
  • the Arab and Iroquois exceptional instances, [33];
  • distinctive avocations of hunter, husbandman, and shepherd, [33];
  • in India, Mr Hunter on, [34], [36];
  • exogamous tribes, [46];
  • polyandrous families, [48];
  • marriage, [49–51];
  • views of Blackstone on, [54].
• Primitive marriage, Mr M’Lennan’s theory of, [44];
  • Sir John Lubbock on, [51].
• Primitive races, [43].
• Prophecy of St Malachy, [380].
• Progress of man to civilisation, [329], [331].
• Prometheus, supposed identity with Adam, [42];
  • confusion of traditions regarding, [158], [180].
• Promiscuity, [47], [125].
• Pu-an-ku, the primeval man, [63].
• Public opinion, [6], [7].
• Purification and punishment, association of, [286].
• Pythagoras, [233].
• Quapaws, tradition of the, [29].
• Quetzalcohuatl, identity of with Manco Capac, [326].
• Quincey, De, [136];
  • on Kant’s scheme of a universal society, [383].
• Rabbit, the Great, tradition of, [152], [153].
• Races, primitive, [43].
• Radicalism, European, [110].
• Radien, the deity of Scandinavian mythology, [186].
• “Rain and Rivers,” the, of Col. G. Greenwood, quoted, [233], [234].
• Rainbow, the symbol of peace, [392];
  • tradition of the, [393–395].
• Ra or Il, the Chaldæan deity, [183];
  • account of, by Rawlinson, [185].
• Ravana, [50].
• Rawlinson, Professor, [xvi.], [25], [30];
  • on Babylonian chronology, [57], [58];
  • on good and evil personifications, [83];
  • identification of Nergal with Mars, [164];
  • on deities of Chaldæan Pantheon, [183], [185], [190], [194];
  • on Nin or Ninip, [205];
  • on Noah, [239];
  • corroboration of Assyrian history, [289];
  • the use of metals, [293].
• Reduplication and confusion of deities, [190].
• Reduplications—of Yao and Hoang-ti, [65];
  • of Enoch, [192];
  • of Bacchus, [215], [216].
• Relics of Scriptural tradition in Greece, [182].
• Religion and philosophy, divergence between, [108].
• Religion of the Samoides, [155];
  • among savage races, [299];
  • the Tonpinambas of Brazil, [301];
  • the Feegees, [301];
  • among Indians, [302], [303];
  • in Guinea, [303];
  • among the Fuegians, [303], [304];
  • among Peruvians, [304], [305];
  • among Lepchas and Limboos, [305];
  • among the Khasias, [306];
  • among Andamans, [308];
  • among Tahitians, [314], [315];
  • among Sandwich Islanders, [315];
  • in Vancouver’s Island, [317].
• Religion, gradual progress of, among primitive peoples, [143], [144], [148], [154].
• “Religion the representation of a philosophic idea,” [141].
• Religious formalities on declaration of war, [386].
• Restriction of the comity of nations, [379].
• Revelation, primitive, [146], [147].
• Rites, Levitical, borrowed from the Egyptians, [272], [273].
• River, etymology of the word, [253].
• Rock, the Very Rev. Dr, [387].
• Roman Church, the Spectator on, [110].
• Roman law, [351–353];
  • influence of Stoics on, [372].
• Roman ideas of the cosmogony, [23].
• Romans and Latins, political union of the, [355].
• Rude and regulated polyandry, [48], [49].
• Ryley, Mr E., on Belligerent Rights, [376], [377].
• Sabines, the, [352].
• Sacrifices in the Temple of Neptune, [368].
• Sacrificial weapons, [293].
• St Julian, scene at, [389].
• St Malachy, ancient prophecy of, [380].
• Saluberry, General De, [xxvii.]
• Samoans, the, [313].
• Samoides, customs of the, [28];
  • their religion, [155], [156].
• Samoyed traditions of Creation, [154], [155].
• Sanchi, commemorative festival of Deluge at, [252].
• Sanchoniathon, traditions from, [126];
  • relation of, to Genesis, [127], [128], [130];
  • on diluvian tradition, [211].
• Sandwich Islanders, religion among the, [315].
• Sanscrit literature, [56];
  • etymology of the word plough, [335].
• Sanscrit story of the Deluge, [224].
• Santals, the, [35];
  • struggle with the Aryans for the mastery, [36];
  • traditions of, [223];
  • customs of, [262].
• Satirists, use of blackness of complexion by, [85].
• Saturday Review, the, on Mr Gladstone’s “Juventus Mundi,” [114];
  • on Indian traditions, [228].
• Saturnalia, the, [214].
• Saturn, identified as Nin, [201];
  • traditional connection of, with Deluge, [210–212];
  • reference to as Oceanus, [217];
  • the inventor of agriculture, [325].
• Savage belief in the devil, [302].
• Savage races, vestiges of religion among, [299], [300].
• Scandinavian Edda, story of Baldrin, [172];
  • quoted, [175].
• Scandinavian mythology, the deity of, [186].
• Sceptical effect of discoveries in science, [xvi.], [xvii.]
• Scheme of a universal society, Kant’s, [383].
• Schemes, communistic, [110].
• Schlegel on tradition, [124];
  • on Chaldæan mythology, [188];
  • on Indian traditions, [199];
  • on diluvian tradition, [233], [234].
• Scriptural chronology, historical testimony and evidence in favour of, [55].
• Scriptural tradition, relics of in Greece, [182].
• Scripture and tradition, [119].
• Scythians, the, [33].
• Seebohm, Mr F., [xv.]
• Semitic monotheism, [170].
• Serpent, the, associated with darkness, [173].
• Servitude in marriage, the law of, [109].
• Sethites and Cainites, [188].
• Shakergal, the feast of roses in Cashmir, [69].
• Shem, resemblance of Nebo to, [207].
• Shepherds, dynasty of the, [102].
• Shin-nong, the divine husbandman, [63];
  • identified with Noah, [64], [232].
• Siethas, the, worshipped by the Lapps, [155].
• Sioux Indians, tradition among the, regarding blackness of complexion, [81];
  • of creation of man, [134].
• Six Nations, tribes of the, [365].
• Slavonian account of the Creation, [154].
• Smith, Rev. Dr, on the Pentateuch, [272], [273];
  • origin of Mosaic law, [359].
• Social compact, the, Pagan view of, [23].
• Socialists, English, [110].
• Society and government, elementary constituent of, [26].
• Society, human, founded upon a contract, [21].
• Solar and ancestral worship, interfusion of, [205].
• Solar mythology, [166], [172].
• “So-sin,” the, commemorative festival in Dahome, [250], [254].
• Soss, sar, and ner, Chaldean periods of time, [57].
• Sothic cycle, the, [96], [98–100].
• Sothis, Book of, [95].
• Southern India, Pongol festival of, [275–282].
• “Spanish Conquest of America,” the, of Helps, quoted, [304], [325–327].
• Spectator, the, on the Roman Church, [110].
• Spencer, Dr, [274].
• State of nature, a, [331–333].
• States, formation of, [342–343].
• Stephens’ “Central America” quoted, [29].
• Stevens, Mr E. T., [269], [296].
• Stoics, the, their influence on Roman law, [372].
• Stone Age, the, untenable hypothesis of, [289];
  • Professor Nillson on, [290], [292], [297];
  • evidence in favour of, [296], [297];
  • mode of burial in, [308], [309].
• Stripes of coloured cloth, emblematic, [388].
• “Struggle for existence,” the, [16].
• Subjective existence of conscience, [12].
• Sudra, the, [40].
• Sun-worship, [154–156], [163].
• Superstitions of the Khasias, [306].
• “Supplicants,” the, of Æschylus quoted, [131].
• Symbols of peace and war, [388–392].
• Syncellus, [94], [95], [97];
  • quoted, [199].
• Tablet, The, quoted, [2];
  • on Arbitration instead of War, [380];
  • on position of the Papacy, [382].
• Tahitians, the, tools of, [290];
  • religion and civilisation of, [314], [315].
• Tamanacs, tradition of the, [229].
• Tangaloa, the Tonga god, [82].
• Tartar tribes, tradition of Deluge among, [135].
• Tasman’s “Voyage of Discovery” quoted, [298], [299].
• Tasmanians, knowledge of fire among the, [319].
• Taurus, [204].
• Taylor, Rev. Richard, on the New Zealanders, [321], [322].
• Temple of Diana, the, [364].
• Temple of Neptune, sacrifices in the, [368].
• Tendency of tradition to uncertainty and distortion, [115], [116];
  • to reduplication, [209].
• Ten Kings, League of the, [367].
• Themis and Themistes, [346], [348], [349].
• Three stages of progress with man, [32].
• Times, The, quoted, [245], [380];
  • on Franco-German war, [403].
• Tlascala, the republic of, [366], [367].
• Tlascopan, the kingdom of, [366].
• Tocqueville, De, on international law, [8].
• Tohil, the fire-god, [319].
• Tonga, tradition in, regarding blackness of complexion, [82].
• Tongusy, the religion of the, [156].
• Tonpinambas, the, of Brazil, [301].
• Topan, the idol, [269].
• Tortoise, curious belief regarding the, [138], [139].
• Tortures among the Indians, [247].
• “Totems and Totemism,” [125].
• Tradition—among Mozca Indians, [70];
  • of the human race, [105];
  • Père Lacordaire on, [105–107];
  • common origin of, [108];
  • antagonism of religion to, [109];
  • tendency of, to uncertainty and distortion, [115], [116];
  • confusion of family tradition, [116];
  • persistency of local, [117];
  • unity of Scripture with, [119];
  • Duke of Argyll on, [120];
  • testimony of Eusebius to value of, [120];
  • oral transmission, the main channel of, [122];
  • Schlegel on, [124];
  • Sanchoniathon on, [126];
  • concordance and divergence in, [130];
  • truth and persistence of, [131];
  • of the creation of man, [131–137];
  • intellectual strictures upon, [139];
  • opposition of Baring Gould’s views, [142];
  • relics of scriptural, in Greece, [182];
  • of the man-bull, [203];
  • of the Deluge among American Indians, [223];
  • among Santals and Lepchas, [224];
  • the Saturday Review on Indian, [228];
  • Sir John Lubbock on, [283];
  • De Maistre’s view, [283–286];
  • untrustworthiness and uncertainty of, according to Lubbock, [294];
  • a Lapland, [296];
  • capacity of savages for transmission of, [297–299];
  • evidences of, in religion of savage nations, [301–306];
  • of the mundane egg, [306–308];
  • of fire, [319], [320];
  • the discovery of America a proof of, [324];
  • of Bochica among Mozca Indians, [325];
  • Peruvian, compared with classical and oriental, [325–327];
  • transfusion and intermixture of, [327], [328];
  • of Golden Age, [328];
  • of first and second heavens among Chinese, [328];
  • of age of primitive equality, [332];
  • coincidence of science with, [334];
  • the centre of, [339];
  • preservation of, under patriarchal governments, [343];
  • of a law common to all nations, [345];
  • of a law of nature, [350];
  • the Atlantis of Plato an embodiment of, [367];
  • of law connecting religion, [368];
  • of the rainbow, [393–395];
  • of the dove, [393–396];
  • of modes of declaration of war, [398].
  • See also [Deluge], [Festivals], [Noah].
• Traditions connecting man with the monkey, [136].
• Traditions, paralleled and compared, of diluvian customs, [254–262], [268].
• Transition from Stone to Bronze Age, [293].
• Treaties, the violation of, [409], [410].
• Tressan, L’Abbe, on mythology, [208].
• Tribes of the Malay peninsula, [136];
  • of the Six Nations, [365].
• Triptolemus, the inventor of the plough, [216].
• Truth and persistence of tradition, [131].
• Turanian race, their migrations, [37].
• Turditani, the, [240].
• Tylor, Mr E. B., [xiv.], [41];
  • on myths connecting man with the monkey, [136];
  • on Animism, [300].
• Union of Romans and Latins, the, [355].
• Universal society, scheme of a, [383].
• Unwritten laws, [369].
• Usage the basis of law of nations, [378].
• Untenable hypothesis of a Stone Age, [289].
• Urquhart, Mr D., [386].
• Utilitarianism and international law, [14], [15].
• “Utility,” Bentham’s peculiar crotchet, [6];
  • the basis of his juridical system, [12].
• Vaivaswata, [197].
• Valdegamas, Marquis de, [112].
• Vancouver’s Island, scene on, [317].
• Vaux, Mr, on metallurgy of the ancients, [292].
• Vega, Garcilasso de la, on Peruvian religion, [305].
• Venus, [396];
  • myths of, [396], [397].
• Vestiges of religion among savage races, [299], [300].
• Vigne, Mr G. G., [64], [69].
• Violation of treaties, the, [409], [410].
• Virgil, lines of, on Saturn, [137];
  • his Æneid quoted, [211];
  • the Eclogues, [327].
• Virtue and vice personified as white and black in the Zendavesta, [83].
• Voltaire, the intellect of, [113].
• Voltairean prejudices against primitive records, [25].
• Vul, the son of Ana, [193].
• Wallace, Mr, [81];
  • on man, [91].
• Wallis, Captain, [291], [389].
• Wallis, Mr J. E., [2].
• War and peace, symbols of, [388–392].
• War, the Declaration of, [386]. See Declaration of War.
• Warburton, E., on oral transmission of past events among the Indians, [121].
• Waring, Mr J. B., [308].
• Warlike epithets applied to Noah, [202].
• Water, etymology of the word, [253].
• Weapons of metal among ancient races, [290], [293].
• Weld, Rev. A., [xiv.]
• Weld, F. A., Governor of Western Australia, [297].
• Welsh ballad quoted, [253].
• Westminster, Archbishop of, [xv.]
• “Whale ashore,” a, contrasted descriptions of, by Catlin and Sir John Lubbock, [316], [317].
• Whately, Archbishop, [283].
• White and black personifications of vice and virtue in the Zendavesta, [83].
• White flag, the, a symbol of peace, [391].
• Wilkinson, Sir J. G., on Ham, [86];
  • his “Ancient Egyptians” quoted, [335].
• Wilson’s “Archæologia of Scotland” quoted, [289], [293].
• Wiseman, Cardinal, [39];
  • on the distribution of man, [82];
  • the unity of Scripture with tradition, [119];
  • the Oriental religions, [154];
  • conformity of grammatical forms, [189];
  • Jewish rites and ceremonies, [274];
  • the growth of nations, [331].
• Wordsworth’s “Excursion” quoted, [145].
• Women, their status, [109];
  • precedence of, in Dahome, [259].
• Worship, mode of, among the Peruvians, [304].
• Worship of ancestors, [161], [205].
• Writing, its invention, [123];
  • cuneiform, [195];
  • Greece indebted to Cadmus for, [221].
• Xisuthrus, attempted identification of with Noah, [208].
• Yao or Yu, [65];
  • erection of monument by, commemorative of the Deluge, [67].
• Yavana identified with Javan, son of Japheth, [43].
• Yokohama, religious festivals at, [268].
• Zendavesta, the, [83].
• Zeus, [169–171].

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