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Kava drinking and shell-tnimpets, 41- 



42. 

 Krishna. An incarnation of Vishnu, 



S9; discovery of pearls attributed 



to, 87 ; Panchajanya, conch-shell 



trumpet of, 59. 

 Kurma, tortoise incarnation of Vishnu, 



59-60, 63. 



Laconian Purple, 12. 



Marine pearls. See Pearls. 



Marriage. Shell-trumpets associated 

 with, 32, 37; pearls ditto, 70, 8i- 

 82; cowries ditto, 127, 142, 145-146, 

 IS3> 157. 164, 172. 



Matsya, fish incarnation of Vishnu, 



58-59, 195. 

 Maya gods. 

 55-58, 68; 

 gods, 58-61, 



Shells associated with, 

 compared with Hindu 

 with Aztec gods, 56-57; 

 60. See 



tortoise associated with, 

 also Chac. 



Maya manuscripts. Shells figured in, 

 55-58. 



Maya Rain and Moon God. See Chac. 

 . Medicine. See Pearls; also Pearl-shell. 



Megalithic Culture. Purple associated 

 with, 14, 25, 27-28, 72 ; shell- 

 trumj>ets associated with, 14, 25, 27, 

 29, 72; pearls associated with, 14, 

 25, 27, 29, 72, 77, 90; cowries 

 associated with, 74. 



Mexican manuscripts. Purple dye used 

 in, 25-26; shell - trumpets figured in, 



50-55- 



Mexican Moon God. See Tecciztecatl. 



Mexican Rain God. See Tlaloc. 



Minoans. Invention of purple dye 

 attributed to, 9; shell-trumpets used 

 by, 33-35, 61; shell-trumpets figured 

 on seals of, 33-34; shell-trumpets 

 found in Sanctuaries of, 35. 



Money-cowry, The. Regarded as sacred 

 by North American Indians, 184-186; 

 found in N. American mounds, 186- 

 190. See also Cowries. 



Moon, The. Conch-shell as emblem of, 

 52; influence of, on women, 52, 69, 

 on crops, 53, on shell-fish, 68-69; 

 Hindu god of, 53-55; Aztec god of, 

 56; Maya god of, 57; Japanese god 

 of, 62. 



Mother-of-Pearl. See Pearl-shells. 



Mummified shell-fish found in Egypt, 



Murex-^tWs. Purple dye obtained 

 from, 5-6, g, 12-14; used as symbol 

 on Tyrian coins, 5, 195; used as 

 trumpets, 35, 49-50. 



Mycenaean use of Triton as ornament, 

 34- 



Mytilus-^e\\s. Pearls found in, 89, 

 108. 



Ovulum ovum (Indo-Pacific shell). In 

 Gothlandic tomb, 134; as canoe 

 ornament in the Pacific Islands, 175, 

 20I; associated with use of shell- 

 trumpets, 199-200; Moto, the Mailu 

 name for, 200; in " pig-magic " in 

 New Guinea, 200; Raiatean legend 

 of its association with the god Tan- 

 garoa, 202; on Triton poles in New 

 Caledonia, 202. 



Ovulum verrucosum (Indo - Pacific 

 shell). In Californian graves, 192; 

 as an amulet in Pacific Islands, 192; 

 rubbed down on back like money- 

 cowry, 192; as ornament of witch- 

 craft packets in New Caledonia, 201. 



Panchajana. 59. 



Panchajanya, 59. 



Pearls. Megalithic Culture associated 

 with, 14, 25, 27, 29, 72, 77, 90 ; 

 commerce in, 70, 72, 77, 88-89, 93" 

 95, 97-99> 107-109, 112-113, 120; 

 superstitious reverence of, 70, 81, 

 86-87, 92, 100-103; medicinal use of, 

 70, 89, 91, loi; said to be con- < 

 gealed dew-drops, 70, 72, 81, 85, 



90, 120; as symbols of purity, 70; 

 Phoenician influence and the ap- 

 preciation of, 72-73, 76, 79, 82, 84- 

 85, 9S, 97-99 ; artificial production 

 of, 73, 104-106, 113; references in 

 Classics to, 73, 77, 81, 83, 87-88, 

 93-94, 96, 104; as earrings, 75, 

 78-81, 87-88, 109, 115, 1 19-120; 

 influence of thunderstorms on breed- 

 ing of, 77; in nose-rings, 78, 80, 

 120; solar origin attributed to, 78; 

 on coins, 79-80, 83; drilling of, 80, 

 86-87, 89, loi, 106, 112-117; refer- 

 ences- in Scriptures to, 82; colour 

 of, 83, 86-87, 94, 106; discovery 

 of, attributed to Krishna, 87; as 

 eyes for idols, 87; associated with 

 sharks, 88, 104; in making lime, 89, 



91, 93-94; placed in mouth of dead, 

 89-90, loo-ioi, 106, 114, 204; as 



