represented by Mexican dance, [59];

the four-spoked wheel of Shamash in Babylonia and Assyria, [332], [356], [365];

symbol of axial rotation and time in Old World, [500];

associated with pole-star in Japan, [501];

use of, known in Japan and China from the earliest times, [501-502];

in Scandinavia, [502];

first religions and their royal symbol—possibly evolved from the stone fire socket, [503] (see [Axial Rotation]).

Wheelwright, E. M., [514], [515].

Whitney, J. D., [449] note, [452], note.

Wickersham, James, [288], [292].