All Souls, feast of, [133].

Ama-terâsu, Japanese sun goddess, [339];
creates children from jewels, [366], [367];
necklace of, [362];
sun goddess (cave and mirror myth), [368].

Amber, Buddhist belief in, [126].

America, ancient mariners in, [45];
gem symbolism in, [336];
whale worshipped in, [49].

Amoy, religious significance of situation of, [236].

Amrita, [145], [146] (see [Soma]).

Amulets, mortuary, in Egypt and China, [222].

Ancestor worship, Chinese, [242];
Egyptian Pharaoh worship, [242].

Aniconic Pillar, in Shinto myth, [350];

— Pillars, the Far Eastern, [333].