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INDEX. 



Kjokkenmoddings, stone implements 



of, 197. 

 Knives, stone flake-, 194-8, 210. 



Language, origin of, 15, 55-8, 64 ; Chi- 

 nese myth of, 59 ; stories of attempts 

 to discover original 1. by experiments 

 on children, 80-2 ; speech compared 

 with gesture-language, 58-64 ; i^re- 

 dicative and demonstrative roots 

 compared nith two classes of ges- 

 ture-signs, 59-62 ; concretism, 62 ; 

 verb-roots, 63 ; syntax, 63 : relation 

 of speech to thought, 68-75 ; deaf- 

 and-dumb of themselves speak, 

 72-5 ; their lip-inutatiou of words, 

 73 ; language modified by supersti- 

 tions concerning words, in Polynesia 

 144, Australia 145, Tasmania 145, 

 among Abipones 146, Kafirs 147, 

 Yezidis 147, Enghsh and Americans 

 147 ; evidence from language as to 

 progress in culture, 162-4, 253 ; as 

 to Stone Age, 212-4. 



Lartet and Christy, on bone caves of 

 Perigord, 196. 



Lazarus, Prof, 215, 283, 287. 



Letters. See Phonetic Characters. 



Life, future, 5-10, 293, 349-52. 



Little Eed Riding- Hood, 338. 



Livre des Sauvages, 89. 



Madagascar, 167-9, 225, 239. 



Magic and sorcery, theory of, 118-39. 



Malay stone-implements, 211. 



Malayo-Polynesians, 167, 178, etc. 



Mammoths and other extinct animals, 

 possible recollection of, 303 ; myths 

 derived from remams of, 308-12. 



Man, his degeneration in size and length 

 of life, 316 ; mental luiiformity of, 

 361-3 ; primary condition of, 368. 



Man in the Moon, etc., 326. 



Man swallowed by Fish, 336-8. 



Map-making, 90. 



Marriage, prohibition of, among kin- 

 di-ed, 277, etc. ; in Europe, 277 ; 

 Asia, 277-9 ; Africa, 280 ; Australia, 

 280; America, 281-3; extended to 

 imaguiary kindred, 284 ; wife carried 

 off by force, 280, 284 ; crossing male 

 and female lines, 277-81. 



Martins, Dr. v., his theory of degene- 

 ration, 135, 364. 



Massagetae, 206. 



Metal-working in Mexico and Peru, 205. 



Mexico ; — picture-writuig, 91-7, 304 ; 

 calendars, 92, 332 ; phonetic charac- 

 ters, 94-6 ; Quetzalcohuatl and the 



Toltecs, 151-4 ; stone implements, 

 191 ; metal-work, 205 ; fire-drill, 

 239 ; Humboldt on connexion of 

 Mexican civilization with Asia, 92, 

 206, 275, 305, 331. 



Mirrors of pyrites and obsidian, 251, 259. 



Moslems, their opinion on images, 121. 



Mound-builders of Mississippi Valley, 

 204. 



Miiller, Prof. Max, 61, 147. 



Myths, 306-60, 370 ; of origin of lan- 

 guage, 59 ; connected with shapes of 

 rocks, 114 ; of footprints, 115 ; of 

 Quetzalcohuatl, 151-4 ; Sun-myths, 

 151-4, 338-43,354; myths relating 

 to stone arrow-heads, 210, 223 ; to 

 dolmens in North Aft-ica, 221 ; of 

 tliundevbolt, 222-7 ; of Prometheus, 

 228, 254 ; of origin of fire in Poly- 

 nesia, 230; China, 252; Phcenicia, 

 253 ; of monstrous tribes, 234 ; 

 growth of, 232 ; permanence of, 233 ; 

 of Old World transferred to New, 

 250 ; geographical distribution of, 

 325-60 ; common nature and charac- 

 ter of, among different races, 326-9 ; 

 man in the moon, etc., 326 ; sun and 

 moon brother and sister, 327 ; Castor 

 and Pollux in Tasmania, 327 ; trans- 

 mission of, 329-31, 367; derived from 

 Bible stories, etc., 329-31 ; of Ame- 

 rica compared with those of Old 

 Worid, 332-60 ; World-Tortoise, 

 332-6; Man swallowed by Fish, 

 336-8; Sun-Catcher, 338-43; Tom 

 Thumb, 336-40 ; Little Eed Riding- 

 Hood, 338 ; Jack and the Beanstalk, 

 340-9 ; ascent to heaven by the Tree, 

 341-9 ; Swan-coat, 346 ; Bridge of 

 Dead, 349-52 ; Fountain of Youth, 

 352-5; Tail-fisher, 355-8; Moon taken 

 for cheese, 355 ; stumpy-tailed ani- 

 mals, 355 ; Diable Boiteux, 358-60 ; 

 value of myths as historical evidence, 

 367. See also Myths of Observation, 

 Beast-Fables, and Traditions. 



Myths of Observation, 298, 306-24 :— 

 petrified lentils, 307 ; sun hissing in 

 sea, 307 ; rain of stones, 308 ; con- 

 nected with fossil remains, 308-24 ; 

 mammoths, mastodons, etc., 308-14 ; 

 rhinoceros horns, 310-2 ; griffins, 

 310-2 ; animals coming out of caves, 

 312 ; creatures which die on seeing 

 dayhght, 309, 313 ; giants, 314^7 ; 

 degeneration of man's stature, 316 ; 

 bearing of fossils and remains of boats 

 on Deluge-traditions, 317-24 ; bones 

 of whales on high mountains, 319. 



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