Mikados, descent of, from deities, [378];
the ancient, [378].
Milk, Egyptian goddesses suckle souls, [133];
from cockle-shells in Japanese myth, [374];
from cockle-shells in Scotland, [374], and also note [4];
motherless children in Tibetan myth, [261];
offered to dead in Scotland, [133];
in Egyptian Paradise [133];
Sea of, [111], [112].
Milk goddesses, Chinese tigress and European and Egyptian forms of, [237];
vultures with breasts in Egyptian myth, [238];
Egyptian cow-goddess, [238] (see [Mother Goddess]).
Milky Way, as source of Chinese, Egyptian, and Indian rivers, [110], [111];
Celestial River of, [148];
Chinese sage reaches, [144];
holy woman reaches, [149];
Island of Blest in, [106];
souls in, [319];
Spinning Maiden of, [147].
Ming Dynasty, [292].
Mirror, [369];
in Amaterâsu cave myth, [369]
(see [Obsidian]).
Mistletoe, as plant of life, [100];
in Asia, [176];
sacred to Ainu, [330];
see [Plant of Life].
Mongol Dynasty, [292].
Moon, as “Pearl of Heaven”, [44];
as source of dew and nectar, [157];
as source of life, [150];
bamboo and, [150];
Chinese woman in, [144];
jade, pearls, mandrake, &c., shine like, [216];
Man in the, [146];
Indra in, [146];
dog in, [147];
metals of, [219];
Mother Goddess and, [146];
night-shining stones and herbs and, [186];
pearls and, [218];
as pearl, [64], [157];
silver as metal of, [37];
as source of Water of Life, [183];
Tree of, [145];
vapour from, causes pregnancy, [286];
yellow dragon and, [149].