INDEX TO MYTHOLOGY 
Charites or Graces, 128 ; the Muses, 129, 130 ; 
nocturnal deities, 130, 131 ; the heroes, 131-143 ; 
the giants, 143 ; the pygmies, ib. ; sacred ani- 
mals, 143, 144; the genii, 144; theology and 
worship of, 144-147. 
Hades, attributes and representations of, 114. 
Hands, the votive, of the Egyptians, 43. 
Harpocrates, various representations of, 38. 
Hebe, the goddess of youth, 122. 
Hecate, the goddess, 110. 
Hela, a Slavono-Vendic deity, 71. 
Helios, the sun god, 108. 
Hephestos, his attributes and myths relative to, 
99, 100. 
Hera, the attributes and representations of, 94. 
Heracles, birth and education of, 135, 136 ; the 
twelve labors of, 136-138 ; representations of, 
139. 
Hercules Saxanus, 75. 
Herme, or terminal.statues, 105. 
Hermaphrodites, myth relating to, 125. 
Hermes, a god of the Egyptians, 31, 33, 38; the 
offices, attributes, and representations of the 
Grecian, 103-105 ; myths recorded of, 105, 106. 
Hermode, a Scandinavian deity, 57. 
Heroes, the, account of the most prominent, of 
the Grecian mythology, 131-143 ; application 
of the term, 143. 
Herse, the daughter of Cecrops, 106. 
Hertha, a goddess of the German mythology, 
67, 68. 
Hesperides, the, 138. 
Hestia, or Vesta, 99. 
Hindoos, the, mythology and worship of, 3 ; cos- 
mogony, 3, 4; symbolical figures, 4; the three 
superior gods, Brahma, Vishnu,.and Siva, 4-10 ; 
theogony and theology, 10-13. 
Hippocamps, the, 125. 
Hore, the Hours, 127, 157. 
Horus, the son of Osiris, 32, 33. 
Hyacinthos, a favorite of Apollo, 107. 
Hydra, the Lernean, 136. 
Hygeia, the goddess of health, 112, 122. 
Hylas, the friend of Heracles, 125. 
Hymen, the god of matrimony, 156. 
Hypnos, the god of sleep, 130, 131. 
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Ibis, the, a sacred bird with the Egyptians, 39. 
Idols, Hindoo, 11 ; of the followers of Lamaism, 
16; Japanese, 24; Javanese, 25; Babylonian 
and Syrian, 49, 50; Pheenician, 50, 51; Ale- 
manic, 68; Slavono-Vendic, 69 ; Mexican, 81. 
Idunna, a Scandinavian goddess, myth relative 
to, 58. 
Tlia, the mother of Romulus and Remus, 151. 
Incarnations, the, of Vishnu, 6-8 ; of Siva, 9. 
Ipabog, a Slavono-Vendie deity, 71. 
Iphigenia, the sacrifice of, 112. 
Iris, the messenger of the gods, 122. 
Isis, the myth of, 31-33 ; representations of, 37 ; 
worshipped by the Gauls, 75. 
Islamism, 163. 
Ixion, the punishment of, 145. 
Izeds, the, or good spirits, 26. 
Janus, the god of time, 148, 155. 
Japanese, the, cosmogony of, 23 ; the Sinto reli- 
gion, ib.; the Buddhist form of worship, 23, 
24; the sect of Syuntoo, 24; idols and tem- 
ples, 24, 25 ; monks and nuns, 25. 
Javanese, the, mythology of, 25. 
AND RELIGIOUS RITES. iii 
Juno, the Hera of the Greeks, 94 ; statues of, at 
Rome, 150, 151. 
Jupiter, worshipped by the Gauls under the name 
of Taranis, 75; the Zeus of the Greeks, 90 ; 
Jupiter Axur of the Latins, 148 ; representations 
and temples of, among the Romans, 149-150. 
Jupiter Ammon, 33, 34, 35. 
Justitia, a Roman deity, 157. 
Kneph, the creator of Osiris, 34, 35. 
Krishna, 8. i 
Lachesis, one of the Fates, 123. 
Lakshmi, the wife of Vishnu, 7. 
Lamaism, account of, 16; peculiar cosmogony, 
17; doctrines respecting a future life, 17, 18 ; 
the priesthood, 18, 19; nature of the worship, 
19. 
Lao-tse, the doctrines of, 20. 
Lares, the, or household gods, 159. 
Latins, the gods of the, 148. 
Latona, or Leto, 93. 
Leda, the story of, 93. 
Leto, the story of, 93. 
Leucothea, the nymph, 118. 
Lingam, the, its origin and nature, 9, 10. 
Loke, a Scandinavian god, attributes of, and 
myth relating to, 60, 61. 
Lotus, the flower of the, held in particular 
esteem among the Egyptians, 40. 
Lucina, a name for Diana among the Romans, 
154. 
Luna, a Roman deity, 156. 
Lunus, a Roman deity, 156. 
Menades, the, 127. 
Magi, the, 26, 29. 
Magusanus, a Belgian deity, 74. 
Mahabharata, the, 3. 
Mahomed, visit of, to the seventh heaven, 164. 
Mahomedanism, brief account of, 163, 164. 
Mars, the Ares of the Greeks, 102 ; worship and re- 
presentations of, among the Romans, 151, 152 ; 
solemnities and games in honor of, 152, 153. 
Marsyas, musical contest between, and Apollo, 
108. 
Matres Auguste, 75. 
Maya, the, or Bhavani, 4. 
Medusa, one of the Gorgons, 133. 
Megera, one of the Eumenides, 123. 
Melian nymphs, the, 89. 
Melicertes, myth relating to, 124. 
Melpomene, one of the Muses, 129. 
Mercury, worshipped by the Gauls, 74; the 
Hermes of the Greeks, 103; worship of, at 
Rome, 153. 
Mexicans, the, gods and idols of, 79-81 ; human 
sacrifices, 81, 82; priesthood, 83; division of 
time, 83, 84. 
Mimas, one of the giants, 143. 
Minerva, worshipped by the Gauls, 76; the 
Athene of the Greeks, 93, 94, 97; worship of, 
by the Romans, 155. 
Minotaur, the, 120. 
Mistletoe, the, ceremonies attending the search 
for, by the Druids, 77, 78. 
Mithras, an object of general adoration to the 
Persians, 26, 28. 
Mnemosyne, the mother of the Muses, 129. 
Mongols, the, religion of, 19. 
Monotheism, 2 ; brief account of the three exist- 
ing forms of, 161-164. 
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