INDEX.
- Aboriginal races, their mysterious origin, [35].
- Acton, Lord, [251].
- Adam, supposed identity with Prometheus and Hercules, [42], [180];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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];
- Ash, the, tradition regarding, [175], [176].
- Assemblies of Greece, the, [369].
- Assyrian history, corroboration of, [289].
- Assyrian mythology, [182];
- 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];
- Baldr, the legend of, localised and individualised, [171];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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].;
- Buddhist legend, [136].
- Buffaloes, Feast of the, [260].
- “Bull-dance,” the, [254];
- parallel accounts of, by Burton and Catlin, [254].
- Bunsen, Baron, [37];
- Burial customs among Mandans and Formosans, [268].
- Burial, mode of, common to several savage nations, [308].
- Burton, Capt. Richard, on Fetish, [80];
- 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];
- Canopied boat, the, of the Egyptians, [273].
- Carver, Mr, on Indian wars, [28];
- 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];
- 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];
- Chronology, from the point of view of science, [72];
- Chronology, from the point of view of tradition, [55];
- Chronos, Saturn as, [218].
- Cicero, on International Law, [10];
- 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];
- Constituent Assembly, the, of 1789, Montalembert on, [113].
- Cook, Capt., on customs at Huaheine, [271], [272];
- Copan, the peaceable people of, [29].
- Cosmogony, Roman ideas of the, [23].
- Cosmopolitic Areopagus, a, [383].
- Cox, Rev. G. W., [xiv].;
- 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];
- Customs of the Samoides, [28];
- at Huaheine, [271].
- Cycle, astronomical, of China, [61];
- Dagon, the god of the Philistines, [200];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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].
- tradition of this curse among the Sioux Indians, [81];
- Diluvian traditions in Africa and America, [242–282].
- Diogenes Laertius’ scheme of chronology, [101].
- Dionusus, identified with Noah, [215];
- 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];
- Egypt, chronology of, [92];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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];
- “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];
- 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];
- 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];
- Genesis, the Book of, [120];
- Geological speculations, [233].
- “Gesta Romanorum,” tale from the, [179].
- Gibbon, on the use of letters, [120];
- Gladstone, W. E., his “Juventus Mundi,” [114];
- Gnostic sect, a curious, [154].
- Goguet, M., on origin of laws, [121];
- Golden Age, the, and Noah, [323];
- Gorbio, curious ceremony at, [307].
- Gould, Mr Baring, [xvi.];
- 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];
- 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];
- Herodotus quoted, [33], [68].
- Hero-worship an early form of idolatry, [160], [161];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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];
- Law, unwritten, [369];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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.];
- Macaulay, Lord, on Benthamism, [13], [15];
- Macdonell, Col. George, [xii.];
- M’Lennan, Mr, on primitive marriage, [44];
- 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];
- Malays, traditions among the, [136].
- Malthus, Mr, theories regarding over-population, [17].
- “Man,” Max Müller on derivation of the word, [134];
- Man and the monkey, traditions connecting the, [136].
- Man-bull, the, traditions of, [203].
- Manco-Capac, [240];
- Mandan Indians, traditions among the, [134], [138];
- Manetho, [94];
- 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];
- Manx Thing, the, [347].
- Maritime Alps, local ceremony in the, [307].
- Marriage, primitive, [44], [125];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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];
- Mundane egg, the, [306], [307].
- Myrmidon, [240].
- Mysterious origin of aboriginal races, [35].
- Mythological tradition among the Eastern Islanders, [200].
- Mythology, [157];
- 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];
- Nicolas, Mon. A., [107].
- Niebühr, quoted, [364].
- Nillson, Professor, on the Stone Age, [290], [292];
- quoted, [297].
- Nimrod, a powerful chieftain, [88];
- Nin or Ninip, the true fish-god, [200];
- 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];
- “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];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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];
- Reduplication and confusion of deities, [190].
- Reduplications—of Yao and Hoang-ti, [65];
- 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];
- Samoyed traditions of Creation, [154], [155].
- Sanchi, commemorative festival of Deluge at, [252].
- Sanchoniathon, traditions from, [126];
- Sandwich Islanders, religion among the, [315].
- Sanscrit literature, [56];
- etymology of the word plough, [335].
- Sanscrit story of the Deluge, [224].
- Santals, the, [35];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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];
- Tahitians, the, tools of, [290];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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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