Index 



Auk, great auk, exterminated, 



22. 



Aurora, sister of Pallas Athene, 



1 60. 

 Auspex on Etruscan scarab 



with bird, 43; with Roman 



legions ; at founding of Rome, 



69; Etruscan, 69. 

 Awke, awkward, English words 



derived from gawk, cuckoo, 



79- 



Bacchus or Dionysos, 200 ; cu- 

 rious connection with swan, 

 208. 



Balder, shot like Lemminkainen 

 and Achilleus, 199. 



Bertha of the Big Feet, a Val- 

 kyr or swan maiden, 192. 



Blathmaid, " blossom," taken 

 from Cuchullaind by Curoi, 

 who is slain in revenge, 100. 



Briseis, captive taken from 

 Achilleus, parallel in Blath- 

 maid of Ireland, 99. 



Britons, the ancient, xiii. 



Buddha, xvii. 



Buffalo, swept from North 

 America, xviii. 



Camesa, wife and sister of Ja- 

 nus, shows cuckoo origin, 77. 



Castor, son of Leda, 207, 215. 



Ceres, turns son of Styx to 

 owl, 170. 



Charon, on Etruscan coffins, 174. 



Cheiron, restored sight to 

 Phoenix, 220. 



Chinese, swan enchantment, 

 191. 



Christ, xvii. 



Christian soldiers destroy owl 

 temple, 172. 



Ciconia, Latin word for stork, 

 derived from Esth kuik, 190. 



Clusium, scarab seal found at, 

 171 ; Anubis vase, 20S. 



Conanicut, 211. 



Conchobar, an old Irish hero, 

 his life based on cuckoo's, 

 77, 92 ; robs kingdom from 

 his father and marries his 

 mother, 107. 



Cormac Conlingeas, son of Con- 

 chobar by Nessa, 107. 



Corpse-bird, corpse-hen, names 

 for owl, 155. 



Corvus, Valerius Corvus helped 

 in duel by raven or crow, 46 ; 

 parallels in Wales and Ireland, 

 46. 



Couvade, "brooding," custom of 

 nursing the father when a child 

 is born, xvi ; still existing 

 among Tupis, formerly among 

 Spanish Basques, 88; among 

 old Irish and Persians, 89 ; 

 explanation sought in psychol- 

 ogy, but really found in imita- 

 tion of birds, 90; explains 

 lethargy of Ulster heroes and 

 mutilation of Saturn, 108, 144. 



Cuchullaind, xvi ; helped by 

 two speaking ravens, 46; his 

 doubtful birth, 76 ; regarded 

 as historical by the Irish, 91 ; 

 cuckoo in his name and ex- 

 ploits, 92 ; was a boy named 

 Setanta, 92 ; how he got his 

 second name, 93 ; survival in 



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