INDEX TO MYTHOLOGY 
the Mexicans, 81, 82; sacrificial festivals of 
the Romans, 159, 160. 
Salii, the priests of Mars, 152 ; annual solemnity 
celebrated by, 152, 153. 
Salmacis, the naiad, 125. 
Sanashis, the, or Saniassi, 12. 
Saravadi, the wife of Brahma, 6. 
Saturnalia, the, 149. 
Saturnus, myth relating to, 149, 155. 
Satyrs, the, 127. 
Seandinavians, the, cosmogony of, 52-55; the 
principal divinities of, and myths relating 
to them, 55-65; their belief in the final 
destruction of the visible creation, 65, 66; 
worship and religious ceremonies of, 66; 
festivals, 66, 67. 
Schiites, the, a Mahomedan sect, 132. 
Seylla, 141. 
Sea-gods, the, 123-125. 
Seasons, the, 128, 157. 
Selene, a name for Diana, 109. 
Semele, the story of, 118. 
Ship, the sacred, of the Egyptians, 40, 41. 
Sibylline books, the, 160. 
Sieba, a Slavono-Vendic deity, 71. 
Siebog, a Slavono-Vendic deity, 71. 
Signa Panthea, statues so called, 157. 
Silenos, representations of, 126,127; his progeny, 
Sinto or Xinto religion, tenets of the, in Japan, 
222s. 
Sirens, the, 141. 
Sistrum, the, a musical instrument invented by 
sis 37. 
Sisyphos, the punishment of, 145. 
Siva, history of, 8-10. 
Sivaism, 3. 
Slavonians, the, mythology of, 69-73. 
Sleep, the god of, 130, 131. 
Sol, the god of the sun, 155. 
Soul, the, Egyptian belief in the immortality of, 
46 ; ideas of the Greeks on the subject, 144— 
of the Romans, 159. 
Spes, the goddess of hope, 157. 
Sphinxes, various representations of, 40. 
Stars, worship of the, 2. 
Stheno, one of the Gorgons, 134. 
Stymphalides, the, 137. 
Sun, the, adoration of, 29. 
Sunnites, the, a Mahomedan sect, 164. 
Suovetaurilia, a religious festival among the 
Romans, 159. 
Surya, or the god of the sun, 10, 11. 
Svantevit, a Slavono-Vendie deity, 70. 
Svartalfs, the, of the Scandinavians, 62. 
Symbols of the Hindoo mythology, 4, 9, 10. 
Syrians, the ancient, idolatry among, 49, 50. 
Syrinx, the, or pastoral pipe, origin of, 126. 
Syuntoo, a Japanese sect, 24. 
Tages, an Etruscan deity, 148. 
Tantalos, the punishment of, 145. 
Taran, or Taranis, a name for Jupiter among the 
Gauls, 75. 
Tartaros, 144, 145. 
eos the protector of convalescents, 
122. 
Tellus, the deity of the earth, 155. 
Temples, Chinese, 21; Japanese, 23 ; 
vono-Vendic, 72; Mexican, 83; 
145. 
Tensju, the priests of the, 15, 
Sla- 
Grecian, 
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Terminal statues, 105. 
Terpsichore, one of the Muses, 129. 
Thalia, one of the Graces, 128 ; one of the Muses, 
129. 
Thanatos, the god of material death, 131. 
Theogony and theology, the, of the Hindoos, 
4-13; of the Japanese, 22, 23; of the Egyp- 
tians, 33-35 ; of the Babylonians, Syrians, and 
Pheenicians, 48-50; of the Scandinavians, 
52-66 ; of the Mexicans, 80; of the Greeks, 
86, 144; of the Romans, 147. 
Thetis, the wife of Peleus, 124. 
Thibet, the priesthood in, 18, 19. 
Thor, the god of thunder and son of Odin, 
56; his adventures on his journey to Ut- 
gard, 63-65; worshipped by the Germans, 
67. 
Thot, or Theut, an Egyptian deity, 38. 
Tibris, the river god, 158. 
Tina, an Etrusean deity, 148. 
Tisiphone, one of the Eumenides, 123. 
Titans, war of the, and the gods, 87, 88. __ 
Tribunal of the dead, as described by the ancient 
Egyptians, 47. 
Trigler, a Slavono-Vendie deity, 71. 
Trimurti, or the Indian trinity, 4. 
Triptolemus, a favorite of Demeter, 97. 
Tritheism, 2. : 
Tritons, the, 124. 
Tyr, the son of Odin and god of battle-fields, 
myth relative to, 56, 57. 
Ulysses, the story of, 140-143. 
Urania, one of the Muses, 129. 
Uranos, myth relating to, 87. 
Utgard, the giant-king of, 63. 
Valhalla, the residence of Odin, 54. 
~Valkyre, the, or Valkyryor, 62. 
Vanir, the, the second class of Scandinavian 
deities, 58. 
Vates, the, a class of priests among the Gauls, 
76. 
Vedas, the four, or holy books of the Hindoos, 
3 
Vejovis, a Latin deity, 148. 
Vendes, the, mythology of, 69-73. 
Venus, worshipped by the Gauls, 75 ; the Aphro- 
dite of the Greeks, 100 ; worship of, at Rome, 
153, 154. 
Vertumnus, a Roman deity, 159. 
Vesta, or Hestia, 99, 155. 
Victimarii, the, assistants in the sacrificial service, 
160. 
Victoria, the goddess of victory, 157. 
Virgins, the Vestal, 155. 
Vishnavins, the, 12. 
Vishnu, history of, and his Avatars, 6-8; 
various representations of, 8; his paradise, 
ib. 
Vishnuism, 3. 
Voltumna, an Etruscan goddess, 148. 
Votive-hands, the, of the Egyptians, 43, 
Vulcan, worshipped by the Gauls, 75; the He- 
phestos of the Greeks, 99; worship of, at 
Rome, 153. 
Water, gods of the, 123-125. 
Winds, the, or aerial gods, 123. 
Wodan, or Odin, 67. 
Xinto religion, tenets of the, in Japan, 22, 23. 
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