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some of the other primitive names of the Supreme Being. The root 

 aou, to shine (which is in its organic formation, as well as in its signifi- 

 cance, almost identical with r), is found nearly pure in C. haou, 

 appearance of the sun rising, the light of the heavens ; M. 3252-4, 

 gaou, aou or yaou, the light of the sun, M. 2932; Iowa, hawe, day; 

 Eg. auu, splendor, aui, to glorify ; H. "nx, light ; L. aurora, Y. auro, 

 morning. The same root is traceable, with some slight modifications, 

 in C. ou or woo, bright, M. 11747, yaou, very white, the splendor of 

 the sun, M. 11965, 11973, yuh, the splendor of the sun, M. 11870, 

 heu or yu, the air extending itself, great, warmth, sunlight, morn- 

 ing, M. 3738-41, 3756-7, tsaou, morning, M. 10540, chaou, the 

 splendor of the sun, daylight, M. 349, 1459, keaou, lohite, M. 

 5578, we or wei, the light of the sun, M. 11661, wang, the sun 

 going forth and shedding his illuminating beams, M. 11620, paou, 

 the fierce rays of the sun ; D. wi, the sun, agpao, dawn, daylight; 

 Assiniboin, aumpa, day; Pawnee, tewauwaupits, lightning; Shy- 

 enne, iwonit, the moon rising, iniwooniyots, day breaking, wowoiwo, 

 morning star ; Algonquin, kayshoh ("the mighty Yoh" =: mag- 

 nus Jov- = Shyenne mah-io), su7i, day ; S. djval, to blaze, dyu, to 

 shine, dyaus, the bright heaven; Gr. ?«;?, L. Eurus, C. heuh, the 

 light of the morning, M. 3857. 



Materia*! existence is principally manifested through the medium 

 of light, and accordingly we find C. we or wei, to be, M. 11640, 

 yew, existence, M. 12107 ; Eg. au, to be; Alg. iah, iau, to be, to do, 

 to have; Chaldee, yao;* H. n',nin'; Ger. wesen; E. was. Prof. 

 Max Miiller has well shown the connection of deus, deva, Osoq, Zevq, 

 with S. dyau«!, and the resemblance of the Hebrew n , nirr' on the 

 one side to Alg. iah, iau, and on the other to L. Ju-, Jov-, has been 

 pointed out by different writers, but I think no one has shown how 

 readily all these forms may be connected through the Chinese 

 heaou, vapor, breath, M. 3556, 3580; yaou, the glory of the sun, 

 M. 11965; yew, existence; teaou, the sovereign or watchful 

 yaou, M. 9992, 10004; teaou, to look to a distance, a species of 

 dragon, M. 10031, 10045 ;f taou, the principle from ivhich hea- 

 ven, earth, man, and all nature emanates. According to Morrison, 

 " Taou, in the books of Laou tsze, is very like the Eternal Reason, 



* See Bunsen's Egypt, vol. iv, p. 193-4. 



t Cfr. S. drg, Gr. Jcp/cu, L. draco (= "the Watcher"'). The dragon if the 

 badge of the Emperor of China, and is embroidered or painted on his standards, 

 •'in the manner of the ancient Scythians, Parthians, Persians, and Romans." 

 The basilisk was also the emblem of the sun-god and of the monarch in Egypt. 



