the mythical, a form of the great Asiatic goddess, ii. [258]

Semites, agricultural, worship Baal as the giver of fertility, i. 26 sq.;

sacred stocks and stones among the, 107 sqq.;

traces of mother-kin among the, ii. [213]

Semitic gods, uniformity of their type, i. 119

—— kings, the divinity of, i. 15 sqq.;

as hereditary deities, 51

—— language, Egyptian language akin to the, ii. [161] n. 1

—— personal names indicating relationship to a deity, i. 51

—— worship of Tammuz and Adonis, i. 6 sqq.