Index 



kene, little moon, 189; in 

 Greek myth, 193. 



Dechtir6 of Ulster, sister and 

 wife of Conchobar, mother of 

 Cuchullaind, 96. 



Deino, name of one of Graiai, 

 197. 



Delos, Hyperboreans send gifts 

 to Apollo's shrine on, 11. 



Diarmuid of Ireland, demigod 

 with some traits like Cuchul- 

 laind, 92. 



Dionysos, wine god, is a night 

 god, 208 ; connection with the 

 swan, 209. 



Di-oscuri, darkness gods, Castor 

 and Pollux, 207. 



Dirge of the swan founded on 

 fact, 72)^ 183. 



Dove, the douve with her 

 eyen meeke, 3 ; goes with 

 Venus, 6 ; doves draw 

 Aphrodite's chariot, 6 ; called 

 "wedded turtil"by Chaucer, 

 6; Christian use as symbol, 7 ; 

 both for marriages and fun- 

 erals, 8; prophetic doves at 

 Dodona, 10; old name for 

 rock pigeon in Greek is oinas, 

 same root as Venus, 14, 16 ; at 

 temple in Jerusalem, not 

 eaten at Hierapolis, 18 ; 

 iEneas from oinas, an old 

 dove god, 19; gold image 

 with dove on head at Hiera- 

 polis, 20; doves at marriages 

 and funerals, 21 ; on grave 

 slabs of Longobards, 21 ; 

 portents from, 21. 



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Druid, 31. 



Drumming of woodpecker, 30 ; 

 Lapp use of magic drum, 31. 



Duck, Labrador duck extermin- 

 ated in the United States, 23. 



Diomedes, like father Tydeus 

 and patroness Pallas, descends 

 from an owl god, 17. 



Dodona, oak grove and doves 

 gave prophetic oracles, 10 ; 

 prophetesses tell Herodotus a 

 tale, 10 ; an oracle place long 

 before Greeks, 1 1 j tributes 

 to Apollo from Hyperboreans 

 stopped there, 11 ; oracle told 

 Greeks to use old names of 

 gods, 14; dove offerings at 

 Jerusalem, 18; never eaten at 

 Hierapolis, Syria, 18 ; one of 

 many groves seized by Greeks, 

 20. 



Eagle, at very early period bird 

 of Pan, 132, 145; given later 

 to Zeus, 132 ; Eagle of Zenith 

 of American tribes, 145; bird 

 of fire and lightning, 210 : 

 symbol of five great nations, 

 211 ; legends of immortality 

 of eagle, 212; dialogue be- 

 tween eagle and King Arthur, 

 212; Charlemagne's bronze 

 eagle, 212; a guardian of Wal- 

 halla, 213; Romans called 

 banners eagles, 213; stones 

 found in eyries cure disease 

 and help women in labor, 213 ; 

 Simurg of Persia discussed 

 predestination with Solomon, 

 214; eagle of Gwernabw^ and 



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