Nu-Chi, Chinese goddess, [268].
Nu Kwa, [220], [345];
as goddess of West, [151];
Japanese Jokwa, [152];
Chinese Ishtar, [269];
Fu Hi as brother of, [277];
in Deluge myth, [267].
Oak, reverenced by Ainu, [331].
Obsidian, mirrors of, [211], and also note [1];
use of, by early seafarers, [28]
(see [Mirror]).
Ohonamochi, flight of, from Hades, [376];
in Creation myth, [376];
elfin deity and, [377];
the story of, [373].
Ojin Tenno, the Mikado, [385].
“Opening of Mouth” ceremony in Egypt and China, [222];
in Chinese myths, [258]–[62].
Orange Tree of Life, [379], [380]
(see [Tree of Life]).
Osiris, agriculture and, [6];
as the Nile, [8], [53];
as dangerous god, [53];
as serpent of Nile, [52];
Babylonian Ea and, [30];
cult of, [9];
missionaries of, [9], [10];
Dionysos and Bacchus and, [10];
dragon-lore and, [54];
gazelle and, [52];
potter’s wheel and, [20].
Pʼan Ku, as ancestor of three races, [274];
as world artisan, [260];
as Chinese Ymir, [260];
Egyptian Ptah and, [262]–[5];
Emperor Yu as, [284].