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THEOPHILUS G. PINCHES, LL.D., M.R.A.S., ON THE 
SECTION E.— Persia and Iran. 
Has the theory called ‘“ naturism” its justification in the 
Vedic hymns ? 
Was the liturgy of the Brahmans and the Sutras before or 
after the hymns “of the Rig-Veda ? 
The relation of the northern Buddhist Scriptures with 
corresponding works in Pali. 
The origin and history of religious iconography in India. 
Ancestor-worship in Hindooism. 
The institution of pilgrimages in Hindooism. 
Try to find the exact relations between the religion of the 
Persians at the time of the Achwemenides and the Avestic 
worship adopted by the Sassanides. 
Determine critically which are the most ancient parts of 
the Gathas and the Avasta (i.e, those of the period before 
the Sassanians). 
SECTION F'.—Greece and Rome. 
What are the surest methods to apply to the study of the 
Greek religions ? 
The Homeric poems. 
The worship of Apollo at Delphos. 
The contributions of recent archeological discoveries to a 
knowledge of the Etruscan religion. 
The diffusion of Oriental paganism in the provinces of the 
Roman empire (Africa, Spain, Portugal, Gaul, Britam, the 
Rhein and Danube provinces). 
The survival and adaptation of Italian pagan myths, ete., 
in Italy and Greece. 
SECTION G.—German, Celtic, and Slavonic. 
Celtic eschatology. 
The origins of the Celtic church in Ireland, Scotland, 
Wales, and Gaul. 
The origin of the Germanic divinities Woden, Donar, Tiu, 
etc. Do they belong to the Indo-Germanic pantheon, or are 
they the development of demons in their nature ? 
The original or derived character of the principal myths of 
the Edda. 
The god of thunder among the German and Slav nations. 
