INDEX TO MYTHOLOGY 
ter of the Greeks, 96; worship of, at Rome, 
155. 
Charites, the, or Graces, 128. 
Charon, the ferryman of the lower world, 144. 
Charybdis, 141. 
Cheiron, the centaur, 92. 
Chimera, the, 134. 
Chinese, the, primitive religion of, 19 ; Lao-T'se, 
the first reformer, 20 ; doctrines of Confucius, 
20, 21; the priests or Bonzes, 21 ; the temples, 
ib. ; superstitious rites, 22. 
Christianity and the principal branches of the 
Christian church, 162. 
Chrysaor, the man with the golden sword, 134. 
Clio, one of the Muses, 129. 
Clotho, one of the Fates, 123. 
Ceelus, a god of the physical universe, 109. 
Concordia, the goddess of harmony, 157. 
Confucius, the doctrines of, 20, 21. 
Consualia, a feast in honor of Neptune, 151. 
Cornucopia, the, or horn of plenty, 87. 
Coronis, myth relating to, 107. 
Corybantes, the, or priests of Cybele, 90. 
Cosmogony of the Hindoos, 3, 4; peculiar, of 
Lamaism, 17; of the Persians, 27; of the 
Babylonians, 48, 49 ; of the Pheenicians, 50 ; 
Scandinavian, 52-55 ; the Aztek or Mexican, 
80; of the Greeks, 86. 
Cronos, myth relating to, 87. 
Cupid, or Eros, 115-117. 
Cybele, myth relating to, 89. 
Cyparissos, a favorite of Apollo, 107. 
Dalai Lama, the, 18, 19. 
Daphne, the story of, 108. 
Dead, the tribunal of, as described by the ancient 
Egyptians, 47. 
Death, the god of, 131. 
Delphi, oracle of Apollo at, 147. 
Demeter, her attributes and myth relating to, 
96, 97. 
Devs, the, or evil spirits, 27. 
Diana, worshipped by the Gauls, 75 ; the Artemis 
of the Greeks, 109 ; worship of, at Rome, 154. 
Dii majorum gentium, 149, 156; Dii minorum 
gentium, 156-159. 
Dike, one of the Hours, 127. 
Dio, or Demeter, 96. 
Dionysos, attributes and representations of, and 
myths relating to, 117-121 ; festivals in honor 
of, 146. 
Dioscuri, the, 135, 158. 
Dreams, the children of Night, 131. 
Druids, the, 76; rites and ceremonies, 77, 78. 
Dualism, 2. 
Durga, the Nemesis of the Hindoos, 9. 
Edda, the, an ancient sacred poem of the Seandi- 
navians, 52. 
Egyptians, the, observations on the mythology of, 
30, 31; myth of Osiris and Isis, 31-33 ; their 
theogony, 33-35 ; myths and symbols, 35-41 ; 
worship and priesthood, 41-43 ; the mysteries, 
43-45; state of astronomy among, 45, 46; 
doctrines of, concerning the future state of the 
soul, 46, 47; the Abraxas and Abraxoides 
gems, 47, 48. 
Eirene, one of the Hours, 127. 
Elves, the, or Alfs of the Scandinavians, 62. , 
Elysium, 144, 145. , 
Endymion, the story of, 111. 
Epimetheus, the brother of Prometheus, 132. 
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Erato, one of the Muses, 129. 
Erebos, 130. 
Erinnyes, the, 88, 89, 123. 
Eros, attributes and representations of, 115, 116 ; 
the story of Psyche, 116, 117; worship of, at 
Rome, 156. 
Erymanthian boar, the, 137. 
Etruscans, the gods of the, 147, 148. 
Eumenides, the, 123. 
Eunomia, one of the Hours, 127. 
Euphrosyne, one of the Graces, 128. 
Europa, the story of, 93. 
Euryale, one of the Gorgons, 134. 
Euterpe, one of the Muses, 129. 
Falcon, the, a sacred bird with the Egyptians, 39. 
Fates, the, 123. 
Faunus, the Grecian Pan, 158, 159. 
Festivals, religious, of the Slavono-Vendie nations, 
73 ; of the Mexicans, 81, 82; of the Greeks, 
146 ; of the Romans, 159, 160. 
Fetishism, 2. 
Fides, the goddess of fidelity, 157. 
Fire worship, 2, 29 ; traces of, among the ancient 
Germans, 67. 
Flamines, the, a class of Roman priests, 160. 
Flora, the goddess of flowers, 159. 
Flyntz, a Slavono-Vendie deity, 71. 
Foism,.a variation of Buddhism, 19 ; nature of 
the worship, 21, 22. 
Fortuna, the goddess, 157. 
Freya, a Scandinavian goddgss, 59, 60. 
Freyr, a Scandinavian deity, 59. 
Frigga, a Seandinavian goddess, 57, 58; wor- 
_ shipped by the Germans, 67. 
Furie, the Furies, 123. 
Gea, the ancestress of the gods, 87. 
Ganymede, the cup-bearer of the gods, 122. 
Gauls, the, principal deities of, 74-76 ; the Druids, 
Bards, and Vates, 76 ; religious rites and cere- 
monies, 77, 78. 
Genii, the, 144. 
Genius, a Roman deity, 155. 
Germans, the, mythology of, 67; priests and 
priestesses, 68. 
Geryon, the giant, 137. 
Giants, the, of the Hindoo theogony, 11; of the 
Pheenician, 50; of the Scandinavian, 63 ; of 
the Grecian, 88, 143. 
Glaucos, a sea-god, 124. 
Gods, the, of the Hindoos, 4-11; of Lamaism, 
16; of the Japanese, 24; of the Javanese, 25 ; 
of the Egyptians, 33, 34, 35-39 ; of the Baby- 
lonians and Syrians, 49 ; of the Scandinavians, 
55-66 ; of the ancient Germans, 67,68 ; of the 
Slavono-Vendic nations, 69-71 ; of the Gauls, 
74-76 ; of the Mexicans, 79, 80; of the 
Greeks, 86-131; of the Romans, 147-160. 
Gorgons, the, 133. 
Graces, the, 128, 156. 
Gree, the, 133. 
Gration, one of the giants, 143. 
Greeks, the. general observations on the religious 
system of, 84-86 ; cosmogonies and theogonies, 
86-90; the superior or Olympic gods, 90-113 ; 
notions of, with regard to Olympos, 113, 114; 
gods of the lower world, 114,115; the inferior 
gods, 115-122 ; subordinate deities, 122, 123 ; 
aerial gods or winds, 123 ; gods of the water, 
123-125 ; of mountains, forests, and fields, 
125-127 ; goddesses of time, 127, 128; the 

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