INDEX TO MYTHOLOGY 
AND RELIGIOUS RITES. 

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’ Axapyr, the, or the sacred stone, 87, 88. 
Abelio, a name for Apollo among the Gauls, 75. 
Abraxas and Abraxoides gems, 47, 48. 
Acteon, 111. 
Adonis, the story of, 102. 
JEsculapius, the god of medicine, 121. 
Agathodemons, the, or good genii, 144. 
Aglaia, one of the Graces, 128. 
Ahriman, 26; myth relating to, 27, 28. 
Alecto, one of the Eumenides, 123. 
Alfadur, the Supreme Being of the Scandinavian 
mythology, 52. 
Alfs, the, or Elves, of the Scandinavians, 62. 
Alrunes, the, or sacred virgins of the German 
mythology, 68. 
Amazons, the, 135. 
Amor, or Cupid, worship of, at Rome, 156. 
Amphion, king of Thebes, 111. 
Amphitrite, the wife of Poseidon, 95. 
Amrita, the draught of immortality, 6. 
Amshaspands, the seyen, 26. 
Amun, or Jupiter Ammon, 33, 34, 35. 
Amymone, the nymph, a favorite of Neptune, 95. 
Ancharia, an Etrusean goddess, 148. 
Anchises, the love of Aphrodite for, 102. 
Anemone, origin of the, 102. 
Animals, worship of, among the ancient Syrians, 
49 ; sacred, among the Greeks, 143, 144. 
Antinous, a species of worship rendered to, 159. 
Anubis, 32, 33, 38. 
Apeliotes, or the east wind, 123. 
Aphrodite, her dress, attributes, and myths relating 
to, 100-102. 
Apis, the bull, 33. 
Apollo, worshipped by the Gauls, 75 ; attributes 
and representations of, in the Grecian mytho- 
logy, 106, 107; myths relative to, 107, 108; 
oracle of, at Delphi, 147; worship of, at 
Rome, 153. 
Ares, attributes and various representations of, 
102, 103. 
Argos, the hundred-eyed, 92. 
Ariadne, the story of, 120, 121. 
Artemis, her attributes and representations, with 
the legends relating to her, 109-112. 
Ascetics, fraternities of, among the Hindoos, 12. 
Asclepios, the god of medicine, 112, 121. 
Asir, the, a class of Scandinavian deities, 57. 
Assyrians, the, mythology of, 48, 49. 
Astaroth, or Astarte, a Pheenician goddess, 101. 
Astarte, a Syrian goddess, 49. 
Astrea, the goddess of equity, 157. 
Astrology, study of, among the Egyptians, 34. 
Astronomy, advances made in, by the Egyptians, 
45. 
Athene, the birth of, 93, 94; her contest with 
Poseidon, 96; attributes, dress, and representa- 
tions of, 97-99 ; festivals in honor of, 146. 
Atlas, king of Ethiopia, 134, 138. 
Atropos, one of the Fates, 123. 
Atys, the lover of Cybele, 89. 
Augures, the, a college of priests at Rome, 160. 
Aum, or Om, a symbolical figure, 4. 
Aurora, the goddess of the morning, 157. 
Avatars, the, of Vishnu, 6-8. 
Azteks, the, mythology of, 79 ; peculiar custom 
of, 82. 
Baal, or Belus, a Babylonian divinity, 49 ; tem- 
ple of, at Tyre, 50; various idols known by 
the name of, 50, 51. 
Babylonians, the, mythology of, 48 ; cosmogony 
of, 48, 49 ; gods and idols of, 49, 50. 
Bacchanalia, the, 146, 155. 
Bacchantes, the, 127. 
Bacchus, the Dionysos of the Greeks, 117, 155. 
Baldur, myth relative to, 60, 61. 
Bards, the, a class of priests among the Gauls, 76. 
Belen, or Belin, a name for Apollo among the 
Gauls, 75. 
Bellerophon, myth relating to, 134, 135. 
Bellona, the sister of Mars, 152. 
Bely, the giant, 7. 
Bhavani, or the Maya, 4. 
Bonus Eventus, a Roman deity, 156, 157. 
Bonzes, the, or priests of Fo, 21. 
Boreas, or the north wind, 123. 
Braga, a Scandinavian deity, 57. 
Brahm, myths relating to, 3, 4. 
Brahma, account of the birth of, 4,5; creation 
of the world and of the human race by, 5; 
origin of castes, ib. ; his rank in the Trimurti, 
ib. ; worship of, 5, 6. 
Brahmaism, 3. 
Brahmins, the, 12. 
Buddha, the history of, 13 ; spread of Buddhism, 
13, 14; distinctions between Buddhism and 
Brahmaism, 14 ; doctrines, ib. ; spirit world of 
the Buddhists, 15 ; sects, 15, 16. 
Buddsdo, a Buddhist form of worship in Japan, 
oa, ot: 
Caaba, the, or national temple of the Mahome- 
dans, 164. 
Cacodemons, the, or evil genii, 144. 
Cahitra, the ark, 6. 
Calliope, one of the Muses, 129. 
Calypso, 141. 
Camadeva, the god of love, 11. 
Camel, the sacred, of the Egyptians, 39. 
Campus Martius, celebration of games in honor 
of Mars in the, 153. 
Canope, or sacred jugs of the Egyptians, 41. 
Castes, origin of, among the Hindoos, 5. 
Castor, one of the Dioseuri, 135, 158. 
Be ean a name for Ceres among the Romans, 
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Centaurs, the, 92. 
Cerberos, 138, 144. 
Ceres, worshipped by the Gauls, 76; the Deme- 
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