African religion, 41; sacrifices, 106, 117 \"n"., 122; absence of interest in heavenly bodies, 171
\"Agap", Christian, 314, 326, 412
Agdestis, 316, 321
Agesilaus, 127 "n".
Agni, gives Gods immortality, 51; origin of, 53, 100, 318; as messenger of the Gods, 216, 221; as "Logos", 221, 290; in Vedas, 284; as dove, 290; as bull, 299
Agnostics and atheists, religious by definition, 19 "n".; the term "agnostic," 233
Ahriman, 16, 86, 166, 290
Ahura Mazda, origin of, 284-5; relation of to Mithra, 288 ff., 294, 296, 311, 315, 410; a husband and father, 294 "n".; in Avesta, 288 ff., 308 "n"., 311; in trinity, 315; and Ameshaspentas, 317
Ai, 150
Ainu, the, 30
Ajtasatru, 252, 254
Akatuira, 43
Akhunaton, 60, 75, 82, 84 \"n".
Akkadian civilisation, 78-9, 128, 343
Albanians, human sacrifices by, 125
Alexander Severus, 278
Alexandria, human sacrifice at, 126
Algonkins, human sacrifice by, 156
Allegory in religion, 328-9
Allen, Grant, on Christian origins, xxiii-v; on human sacrifices, 210 "n"., 317 "n".
Amun, 92, 95, 205 \"n".; sacrifice of ram to, 131, 301, 303, 320 \"n".
Anahid, 293
Anahuac, 342
Anaitis, 217 "n"., 293, 296, 322, 326
Anathema, 138
Ancestor-worship, 31-2, 40 ff., 47 ff., 103
Andhras, the, 247 "n".
Androphagoi, 128
Angels, belief in, 86, 105; the angel in the Pentateuch, 163, 218, 220, 315, 428
Animals, sacred, 184
Animism, 9, 24, 33, 220, 226
Anna, 97
Anointing, in sacrifice, 112, 125; of priests, 158; of Jesus, 201
Anquetil, 294 "n".
Anthropology, 98
Anthropophagy. See "Cannibalism"
Antigonus, 181, 193
Antiochus Epiphanes, 88, 173
Anu, 221
Aphrodit, 295; as masculine, 297 "n".
Apocalypse, Jesus in, 142, 164; Lamb in, 142, 164, 208, 330; Judaic character of, 164; elders in, 179; Mithraic details in, 205, 208; \"tau" in, 310; Mazdean elements in, 142, 164, 330
Apollo, evolution of, 95, 96, 176 \"n"., 322; cult of, 320 "n".; descent to Hades of, 307; human sacrifice to, 124; and Thargelia, 148; titles of, 332; as Teaching-God, 214, 217, 222; Destroyer and helper, 293; as
p. 440
feminine, 297 "n".; Cave-God, 304 "n".; God of Rocks, 305 "n".
Apollonius of Tyana, 57, 274-80; and Jesus, 277; birth-story of, 277
Aquarius, 337
Arabs, life of, 53 "n".; use of cross by, 157; treatment of camels by, 184 "n".; human sacrifices by, 126, 131-2, 134 \"n"., 137 "n".
Arahatship, in Buddhism, 248
Arbitrary, meaning of word, 5
Archelaus, 264-5
Ardivisura, 293
Arianism, 96
Aries, 207, 301, 319
Arishtanemi, 252
Aristobula, 188
Aristodemus, 64, 123, 127
Aristophanes, cited, 127
Aristotle, 198
Armenia, Mazdeism in, 291
Arminius, 57
Arnold, 77 "n".
Art, Greek, 329; Assyrian and Persian, 300; Mexican, 344
Artaxerxes Mnemon, 290-1
Artemis, human sacrifices to, 60, 188; a saviour, 206
Arthur's Oon, 282
Aruntas, the, 19, 99 "n"., 407
Aryans, religion of early, 53, 71 "n".
Ascension, the, 401
Asia, and Oceanic peoples, 153; and America, xxiii, 156, 340 ff.
in Judaism, 163, 166-7, 268; in Greece, 167; in Manichism, 268; their relation to history, 279; in Mazdeism, 294; survival values of, 328-9; in America, 370 ff.; attributes of, 375 "n".
Belti, 297
\"Bema", the, 268, 272
Bentley, 143 "n".
Bernard, St., 426
Berosus, 145, 146
Bhagav, 244
Bibliolatry, 66
Bimbisra, 252
Birds, sacred, 92 "n"., 357 ff.
Bishops, Christian, their rites and robes, 331
Black in sacrifice, 171
Blavatsky, Mme., as cult-founder, 58
Bleek, discussed, 159 "n".
Blood, religious use of, 111, 115, 128, 129, 130, 141, 189, 213 \"n"., 320 and "note", 362, 373
Bodhisatvas, 257
Boeckh and Burckhardt, cited, 94
Bonny, sacrifices at, 133, 183
\"Book of the Great Decease", 245
Boora Pennu, 64 "n"., 109 ff., 215
Boughs, symbolic meanings of, 191 "n".
"Bouphonia", 130-1
Bousset, xiv
Brahma, 218, 219
Brahmanas, the, 219, 221
Brahmanism and magic, 13, 21; and pantheism, 76; "Logos in", 218-9; creation doctrine of, 221; and Babylonia, 221; and Buddhism, 250, 254 ff., 260, 263
Communion, Christian, 212; theories of, 143. See "Eucharist" and "Sacrament"
Comte, cited, 15; on law of three stages, 384; as cult-founder, 58
Confucius, 239
Congo, sacrifices in, 170
Conquest and civilisation, 36, 79
Consciousness, religious, 24, 25, 27, 34, 60, 62
Constant, B., cited and discussed, 58 "n"., 384
Constantine, 325
Convents, pagan, 353
Corts, 371
Cosmic emotion, 58
Couperie, 61 "n".
Cow, the sacred, 130
Crawley, Rev. E., criticised, xiv, 402 ff.
Creuzer, cited, 310, 313 \"n".
Criminals, sacrificed, 125, 127, 134 ff., 182
Criobolium, the, 208, 303, 335
Crocodile, sacrifices to, 155
Cross, the, in human sacrifice, 112-13, 118, 151, 154, 157; Judaic symbol, 157, 158; meanings of, 190; in Osirian cult, 190 "n"., 196; in other cults, 319, 368; Arab symbol, 157; Hindu symbol, 157 "n".; Mithraic symbol, 309
Crowns, in sacrifice, 112, 114 \"n"., 178, 191; in Mithraism, 314, 319 \"n". Crucifixion, the Christian, 118 ff., 144 ff.; Roman resort to, 120 "n"., 126; mode of, 152; of Prometheus, 167; of Cyrus, 167; of Manichus, 266; mystical, 196; in pagan cults, 319, 389, 433
\"Crux Ansata", the, 189
Cubricus. See "Manichus"
Cudworth, cited, 419
Culin, S., cited, 341 "n".
Culture-history, difficulties of, 349; value of American civilisations for, 349
Cumont, services of to hierology, xxii; on distribution of Mithraic monuments, 282 "n".; on Gods as fathers, 294 "n".; on Chaldean elements in Mithraism, 300 "n".; on cave-worship, 304 "n".; on Apuleius, 321 "n".; on Roman Mithrums, 324 "n".; on women in Mithraism, 326 "n".; and Fr. Martindale, 426
Cunningham, J. F., 107
Cup, the mystic, 318
Custom, dissolution of, 37
Cybel, 206, 302, 326, 335
Cyprus, human sacrifices in, 61
Cyrus, debt of Judaism to, 67, 83; and Saca, 148 "n".; crucifixion of, 167; and history, 232; tomb of, 273; birth of, 321
Dabaiba, 350
Dagon, 208
Dahomey, human sacrifices in, 61, 136; cannibalism in, 141
Dall, cited, 346 "n".
Damascius, 220
Damis, 276
Daniel, 316
Dapper, 109 "n".
Darius, 290
Darmesteter, on age of Avesta, 285; on Ormazd and Mithra, 288-9; on Mazdean literature, 290; on Logos in Mazdeism, 296 "n".; on Mithraic bull, 298 "n".; on Mithraic trials, 308 "n".; on
p. 443
[paragraph continues] Judaism and Persia, 315 "n".; on stable-birth, 322-3 "n".
Daumer, xxv
David, 85, 167
Davids, Prof. Rhys, services of to hierology, xxvi; on Buddhism, 240 ff.
Ellis, A. B., cited, on Gods of fear, 2; on thank offerings, 105 "n".; on slain messengers, 108 "n".; on African sacrifices, 117 "n".; on white in sacrifice, 151 "n".
Ellis, W., cited, 17 "n"., 215
El Shaddai, 67 "n".
Enemies, sacrificed, 135 "n"., 351, 364
Enlil, 292, 297
Enoch, book of, 89, 164, 226
Epimenides, 149
Epiphanius, 204 "n".
Er, 272
Erua, 221
Eskimo religion, 14 "n".
Esoteric religion, 330
Esther, 145
Ethical Societies, Crawley on, 404
Ethics, Christian and pagan, 32, 426; and early law, 54-5; and religion, 40, 55, 56, 58, 72, 76 ff.; Hebrew, 68 ff.; sacrificial, 32, 72; Mithraic, 288-9, 311, 326; Mazdean, 288-9, 312; Ancient American, 366 ff.; Brahmanic, 290 "n".; of Apollonius of Tyana, 279; and supernaturalism, 383 ff.
Fiji, priest-kings in, 36; religion in, 343 "n"., 386; cannibalism in, 133, 134 \"n"., 365
Finow, King, 61, 365 \"n".
Fire, symbolic, 206; cult of, 373, 377
Fire-God, sacrifices to, 119, 271, 344, 373; as "Logos", 221; Babylonian, 269; American, 119, 271, 368, 373; origin of, 285, 318; festival of, 368; sacrament of, 368, 373
Firmicus, 296, 306, 310 \"n"., 318
First-born, 296; sacrifices of, 123, 128, 152; name of "Logos", 218, 222, 224, 296
First fruits, 148, 178
Fish, the divine, 207, 301-2, 364
Fison, Mr., cited, 41
Five, sacred number, 181, 343
Flaubert, 82
Flaying, in human sacrifice, 137, 190, 266, 270, 344, 364, 373
Fleet, Dr., 261
Florus, cited, 125 "n".
Fohsu, 117 "n".
Folklore, xxii
Fomagata, 360
Founder, place of in religion, 57-8
Four, sacred number and symbols, 309 "n".
Francis Island, cannibalism in, 135
Francis, Saint, 57
Fraud, religious, 63
Frazer, J. G., services of, to hierology, xxiii; theory of, as to Christian "sacra", 118, 144 ff.; on magic and religion, 11 ff., 20, 24, 36; on the Christian crucifixion, 118; on Athenian human sacrifices, 127; on Barabbas, 162; on Purim, 143, 145, 168; on Firmicus, 306 "n"., 319 "n".; on Vegetation-Gods, 307; on magic and progress, 35 ff.; on magic and art, 35 "n".; on Adonis, 433; on Godhood of kings, 47 "n".; on primitive idea of duration, 47; on totemism, 99 "n"., 102 "n".; on Porphyry, 137 "n".; on Gods and animals, 320 "n".; on entry into Jerusalem, 185; on sacrificial scourging, 189 "n".
Freethinkers, duty of, 383
Funeral sacrifices, 107, 136
Furuhers, 294 "n".
Fustel de Coulanges, discussed, 54
Gad, 176, 177 \"n".
Gall in the mysteries, 191
Gallwey, quoted, 154
Gammadion, the, 309
Ganesa, 157 "n".
Garcilasso, 378
Gthas, the, 285, 286 ff.
Gauls, human sacrifices by, 137
Gebelezeis, 269
Gelele, King, 61
Gelon, 61
Genius, moral, and religious reform, 60, 72, 78
George, St., 333
Gezo, King, 61
Ghasiyas, sacrifice by, 172
Ghillany, xxiv, xxv, 150 "n"., 173
Ghosts, savage ideas of, 41 ff., 54
Gibbon, 294 "n"., 402
Gibil-Nusku, 221, 269
Gill, cited, 43
Girard, discussed and cited, 50 "n"., 94
Gladstone, cited, 68 "n".
Glass, as cult-founder, 57
Gnosticism, and ancestor Gods, 47; and Judaism, 95; and the early Church, 96; and mystery dramas, 204 "n".; and fish symbol, 208; and Babylonian theosophy, 222, 267; and Mithra, 334
Gonds, cannibal sacrament of, 132; symbolism of, 139
Gore, Bishop, 404
Gospels, the, crucifixion details in, 119 ff., 192, 193; theophagy in, 141; text of mystery drama in, 197 ff.; their value as history, 228 ff., 234-6; brethren of the Lord in, 399-400; the Primitive, 201
Gotama, 240, 244. See "Buddha"
Gracchus, 331
Granger, cited, 2 "n".
Grannos, 215
Gratian, 331
Gratitude in religion, 3, 8, 29, 40
Graves, evolution of, 317 "n".
Greek religious thought, 15, 52, 94; influence on Judaism, 88, 90; influence on Semitic culture, 218 "n".; influence on Islam, 93; influence on Rome, 45-6; science, 38; human sacrifices, 60, 64, 135; animal sacrifices, 171; ethics and Jewish, 68 "n".; culture, value of, 76
Gregorie, 176 "n".
Gregory, St., 331
Grey, Sir G., 209 "n"., 212
Griffin, 300 "n".
Grote, on human sacrifice, 127; on historical evidence, 231 ff.
Guatemala, human sacrifice in, 354, 362-3
Gubernatis, xxvi
Guerinot, 252 "n".
Guiana, sorcery in, 23 "n".
Guizot, 294 "n".
Gunkel, 437
Hades, 53
Hadrian, 125
Haeckel, cited, 341
Haidas, sacrifices of, 171 "n".
Haigh, on Dionysus, 97 "n".
Hair, cutting of, for sacrifice, 111, 307
Haman, 145, 296 \"n".
Hamilcar, 126, 161 \"n".
Hammurabi, 78-9, 166, 214
Hanging as mode of sacrifice, 149-50, 151
Haoma, the, 100, 285, 318
Harnack, xii
Harrison, Miss, on the religion of fear, 3 "n".; on origin of Dionysus, 53 "n".; on sacrifice, 106 "n"., 171
Herakles, in Homer, 81 "n".; labours of, 308, 336; cult of, 99, 131, 167, 195, 337; sacrifices to, 130, 195, 337; crown of, 191; cave God, 304 "n".; resurrection of, 195 "n"., 307; a Saviour, 206; and history, 234
Hercules, 337
Heresy, 96
Hermes, as teacher of Apollo, 214; rival and son of Apollo, 292; Logos, 217, 222; epithets of, 299; birth of, 304 "n"., 321 "n".; as lamb bearer, 332
Herod the Great, character of, 90; and Antigonus, 181; theatres built by, 204
Antipas, in Gospels, 193, 199
Herodotus, cited, on Egyptian sacrifices, 123, 131; on Scythians, 127-8; on Herakles in Egypt, 191; on Osirian mysteries, 194; on the Budini, 267; on Zalmoxis, 269; on Persian religion, 295
Hershon, 168
p. 446
Hervey Islands, religion in 43, 181
Hesiod, 47, 50 "n"., 51
Hexateuch, 84, 159 \"n".
Hiawatha, 352
Hibbert Journal, review in criticised, xii, 396 ff.
Hiel, 64 "n"., 161 "n".
Hierocles, 278
Hieroglyphics, 345, 354
Hierology, purpose and principles of, xxii, 98, 387
High-places, Assyrian, 182 "n".; vogue of sacrifices on, 292-3; Asiatic and American compared, 343, 354; Polynesian, 343; Mexican sacrifices on, 362; in legend of Quetzalcoatl, 366
Hillebrandt, 290 "n".
Hillel, 179
Hindus, religion of early, 41, 47 "n".
History, critical method in, 231 ff.
Hobbes, 29
Holden, 124 "n".
Holy Spirit, sex of, 92, 220, 297 \"n".; in Judaism and Jesuism, 92; the Christian, 96-7; in paganism, 206; evolution of, 220; in Philo, 227-8
Huxley, services of, to hierology, xxvi; on Hebrew development, 65 "n".; on Hebrew monotheism, 76, 77 "n".; on the Bible, 77 "n".; on agnosticism, 233; on witch of Endor, 233; Crawley on, 402
Hyde, cited, 265 "n".
Ibsen, 197
Ibus, the, sacrifice among, 136 "n".
Idolatry, resistance to, 70, 82, 85, 298
Idols, Mexican, 353
Ieoud, 137, 161, 186
Ifa, 217
Ihering, von, 53-4
Ihne, 45
Immortality, idea of, 47 ff.; acquired by Gods, 51; doctrine of, in Mithraism, 311, 314; Gnostic, 222; baneful effect of, 385
Imperialism, ancient, 79, 324-5, 328; and human sacrifice, 361
Incas, 366, 376 ff.; rationalism among, 383
Incense, 210, 366
India, sacred animals in, 184
Indian religion, 44, 47 "n"., 51, 72, 218-9 (see also "Buddhism"); human sacrifices, 122, 212; use of cross, 157 "n". Indra, evolution of, 95
Isaiah, and suffering Messiah, 166-7; and the mystic rock, 316-7
Ishmael, 162
Ishtar, 145, 189, 293 \"n".
Isis, 16; as magic-worker, 21 "n".; cows sacred to, 159 "n".; and Nephthys, 195; in Plutarch, 299; mysteries of, 204 "n"., 308 "n"., 321 "n".; as teacher, 215
Islam, 66, 87, 93, 238-9
Israel (Kronos), 161, 162 \"n"., 186
Issedones, 128
Ixion, 318 "n".
Jacob, 48, 51 "n".
Jacobi, cited and discussed, 250, 251 ff.
Jainas, the, 250 ff., 257
Jainism, 243
Jairus daughter, story of, 277
Jakri, the, 110
Jamblichus, cited, 16
James "brother of the Lord," xviii, xix, 399 ff.
Jansen, 57
Jansenism, 196 "n".
Janus, Jevons on, 45; evolution of, 46; as teacher, 214; and Mithra, 325; and Peter, 332-3, 406
Japan, ancestor-worship in, 43; human sacrifices in, 61, 138, 183
Jastrow, cited, 76 "n".
Jenkery, 113 "n"., 114
Jensen, 437
Jephthah, 64, 124, 352
Jeremiah, 67, 68, 176
Jerome, on "Gospel According to Hebrews", 192 "n".; on Archelaus, 264; on Mithraic initiation, 308-9, 416; on Bethlehem cave, 321
p. 447
Jerusalem, siege of, 191
Jesus (= Joshua), cult of, 57, 90 ff., 95; crucifixion legend of, 118 ff., 144 ff., 192; the Apocalyptic, 142, 164, 205 \"n"., 208; a pre-Christian God, 162 ff., 398; a demi-god in the "Teaching of the Twelve Apostles," 164, 188; unhistorical, xvii ff., 228 ff., 396 ff.; as Fish, 207, 302; in Pauline epistles, 237, 400; in Manichism, 273; as Rock, 317; litany of name of, 332, 423-4; pagan attributes of, 332
-- high-priest of the Return, 86 "n"., 91, 166
-- son of Ananus, 193
-- the Talmudic, 91, 194, 205, 237, 397, 405
Jevons, F. B., discussed, xxvi, 4 ff., 20 ff., 52, 59, 62, 65 \"n"., 67 "n"., 70, 74 \"n"., 94, 384; on earliest Gods, 1, 22, 23, 41; on taboos, 4-7, 25, 384; on rise of idea of duty, 6, 55; on superstition, 8; on magic and religion, 9-11, 14, 20, 22, 46; definitions of religion by, 20 ff., 24, 34, 60 \"n".; on the sacramental meal, 22, 59; on Egyptian religion, 23; on Supreme Gods, 24; on Pantheism, 24; on animism, 24; on belief, 25; on mythology, 26; on religious evolution, 27, 59-65 \"n".; on the Eleusinian mysteries, 28; on totemism, 27, 44, 99 \"n"., 100 "n"., 102 "n".; on ancestor worship, 41, 44, 52; on human sacrifices, 154 "n"., 209 "n".; on sacred stones, 317 "n".; on king-priests, 374; on Mexican priests, 375 "n".; on Roman religion, 45; on religious reformers, 62; on Monotheism, 65 "n"., 69 "n".
Jews, contemporary, rites of, 152. See "Hebrews"
Job, book of, 77, 85, 86
Johnston, Sir H., on negro religion, 40, 170-1
Jolley, A. J., cited, 201
Jonah, book of, 85
Joseph, 163, 167
-- of Arimathea, 201, 203
Josephus, on siege of Jerusalem, 120 "n".; on Jewish human sacrifice, 173; on temple miracle, 191; on Herod's theatres, 204
Joshua (= Jesus) the high-priest, 86 "n"., 91, 166; myths of, 64, 72, 163, 396, 428; sacrifices to, 64 "n".; the hero, 91; sacrificial acts of, 150, 181; an Evemerised deity, 163 ff.
Josiah, 82
Jovian, 328
Judas, 121-2, 197, 198, 199, 398, 401
Judges as Gods, 42, 47 "n".
Julian, 312, 326, 327-8
Julius Csar, sacrifices by and to, 129; cited, 137
Juno, 359
Jupiter, human sacrifices to, 128, 129
Justi, cited, 291 "n".
Justin Martyr, on the paschal lamb, 157 "n".; on Mithraic eucharist, 307, 421; on Mithraic rock, 316
Kings as Gods, 47 "n".; sacrifices of, 137, 145, 148 ff., 161, 181, 182, 186; and priests, 288 "n"., 353; and progress, 35-6, 75, 361; abolition of human sacrifice by, 60 ff., 361
Kingsborough, Lord, 349 "n".
Kingsley, Miss, 41
Kinvad bridge, 311
Kista, 315
Kitimba, 155
Koeppen, 242 "n".
p. 448
Kollmann, P., cited, 30
Koreamoku, 215
Koyis, the, 114 "n"., 117
Krishna, evolution of, 95; and Buddha, 239, 252, 262; cult of, 284; and Jainism, 252
Kronos, human sacrifices to, 126, 137, 161, 162 \"n"., 186; cult of, as Zervan, in Mithraism, 283, 291, 417 Kuenen, cited, 67 "n"., 68 "n"., 260 Kulischer, xxiv
Kyriak, 180 "n". 429
Lactantius, 278; cited and discussed, 121 "n"., 129, 279
Laing, S., 402
Lajard, services of, to hierology, xxii; on Riccio, 283; on Mithraic origins, 300 "n".; on Mithraic degrees, 309, 417; on Mithraic monuments, 325 "n".
Lake of fire, the, 205
Lamb, the divine, 142, 208; the God, in the Apocalypse, 142, 164, 205 \"n"., 320; substituted for children in sacrifice, 153, 213 \"n".; sacrificed by Christians, 143, 207, 318, 320; as crucified, 157 "n".
Lampridius, 313
Lang, A., cited: on taboo, 4; on Dr. Frazer's definition of religion, 12 "n".; on ancestor-worship and name-taboo, 48, 49; on Zulu religion, 50 "n".; on Supreme Gods, 71, 384, 386; on Dr. Frazer's theory, 146, 148 \"n"., 149; on the paschal massacre, 152 "n".; on scourging of victims, 188; on the "Golden Bough", 191 "n".; on sacrifices, 209 "n".; on savage survivals, 384; on Australian religion, 12; on primitive idea of immortality, 47; on totemism, 100 "n"., 102 "n".
Language, evolution of, 346
Lao-Tsze, 219 and "note"
Lardner, cited, 278
\"Lares Praestites", the, 46
Las Casas, 381
Law, early, and religion, 55 ff.
"Lectisternia", 178 "n"., 196 "n".
Leibnitz, 283
Lenormant, cited, 296 "n".
Lent, 306
Leonard, Major, 133 "n"., 134 "n".
Lessing, xiv, 314, 384
Letourneau, cited, 209 "n".
Letronne, 300 "n".
Leucadia, sacrifice at, 139
Levites, 80, 152, 353
\"Libra", 323
Light-Gods, 284, 326, 331
Lillie, cited and discussed, 254 "n".
Limb-breaking, in sacrifice, 113, 119, 153, 155, 156
Lion-headed God, 283, 291, 298
Literatures, ancient, 78
Livingstone, 18, 103
Livy, cited, 129 "n".
"Logoi", 226
\"Logos", doctrine of, in Jewry, 86, 90, 163-4, 178, 218, 222, 226; in the Apocalypse, 205 "n".; in Egypt, 217; in Mazdeism, 218, 289; in Mithraism, 292, 296, 314 ff., 409; evolution of, 218 ff.; in Brahmanism, 218-9; in China, 219; in Plato, 220; in Babylonia, 220 ff.; in Philo, 220, 223-8; in Mexico, 375 "n".; in Clem. Alex., 174 "n".; in Greece, 217, 218 \"n".
Lord's Day, 175, 180, 305, 429
Lubbock, Sir J., 102 "n".
Lucian, 73
Lunus, 177
Luther, as cult-founder, 57
Lyall, Sir A. C., on magic and religion, 11; on origins of Gods, 231 ff. Lycaon, 123
Lycurgus, 238
Lydus, Johannes, 305 "n".
Maat, 177 "n"., 216
Mabon, 215
Maccabees, the, 89
Macdonald, Rev. D., 43 and note, 102 "n".
Macpherson, 108
Macrobius, 419
Madagascar, taboo in, 50 "n".
"Magi", the, 322-3 "n".
Magic, origin of, 10, 15, 23, 28; and religion, 7, 9 ff., 28 ff., 99; in Brahmanism, 13; in Egypt, 13; in Chaldea, 14; primitive, 13 ff., 21; among Jews, 16, 21 "n"., 30; "sympathetic" and "art," 16, 28, 29, 182; and progress, 35 ff.; and art, 35 "n".; private and public, 29
Mahaffy, cited and discussed, 127
Mahvra, 251, 252
Maimonides, 179
Maistre, Joseph de, cited, 381
Maitreya, 257
Malabar, human sacrifice in, 138
Malachi, 87
Malagasy, taboo of names by, 50 "n".
Malayan human sacrifices, 122; animal sacrifices, 170-1
Malcolm, cited, 119
Maleus, 161
Mamili, 117
Manah, 177 "n".
Manco Capac and Mama Ocello, 215, 342
Manes, the, 46
p. 449
Mangaia, 152 "n".
Manichism, 96, 273; and Mithraism 334
Manichus, legend and problem of 264 ff.; flaying and crucifixion of 266; name of, 268; story of, and cave, 269; mystery-drama of, 272 writings of, 273
Manna, 177 "n".
Manu, Queen, 61
Manyema, the, 155
Maoris, magic and religion among, 13 14; and images, 71 "n".; cannibalism of, 104 "n"., 365; human sacrifices by 122, 161 \"n"., 209 "n".; and colour red 271 "n".
March, 359
Marcion, 274
Marduk. See Merodach
Margoliouth, Dr., discussed, 396
Maries, the two, 200, 205
Mariner, cited, 116 "n"., 365 "n".
Mark, gospel of, 229 "n".
Markham, C., discussed, 378 "n".
Mark on the forehead, the mystic, 309.
Marquesans, 133, 365
Mars, human sacrifices to, 129; symbol of, 319, 357; names of, 357; and Mithra, 325; origin and evolution of, 358-9; the star, worship of and sacrifices to, 271
Marti, 84 "n".
Martindale, Fr., criticised, 413 ff.
Marucchi, 335 "n".
Mary, 21 "n"., 97, 228, 322 \"n".
-- Magdalene, 185
Masai, the, 36 "n".; taboo of names among, 50
Mashya and Mashyana, 294 "n".
Maspero, cited, 13
Mass, the, origin of name, 425
Massaget, 128, 160 \"n".
Massey, G., cited, 297 "n".
Massilia, human sacrifice at, 139 "n".
Matarisvan, 221 "n".
Mathew. cited, 44 "n"., 100 "n".
Maui, 43
Maury, 136 "n".
Maya, the, 369-70, 371
Mazdeism, origins of, 288 ff., 291; prayer in, 305 "n".; and Judaism, 83, 85-6, 166, 218 ff., 320, 422-3
Mead, G. R. S., 204 \"n".
Mediatorial Gods, 206, 222, 294 and "note", 314, 412
Medicine, from the Gods, 215
Meir, Rabbi, 165 "n".
Meis, 266
Melchizedek, 175-6
Melkarth, human sacrifice to, 126; and Athamas, 302 "n".
Mn = Meni, 176-7, 298
Menahems, 268
Menelaus, 123
Menu, 238
Meredith, G., quoted, 229
Meriah, 110 ff.
Merodach, and Ea, 95, 216; in creation myth, 130; and book of Esther, 145; as mediator, 206, 222 \"n".; as "Logos", 216; as Saviour, 222 "n".; festival of, 292; and Nabu, 292
Mesi, King, 62 "n".
Mesopotamian culture, 69, 74, 75, 78-80
Messenger, sacrificed, 105 ff., 190; of the Gods, 216, 217, 269, 270, 344
Messiah, rise of doctrine of, 79, 89, 166, 180; as priest, 158, 175, 179; in Book of Enoch, 89, 167; the two Messiahs, 167, 268-9; the suffering Messiah, 120, 166-7, 269 \"n".; Mexican, 370 ff.
Metatron, the, 163, 220 \"n"., 314-5
Methana, sacrifices at, 171
Metis, 217, 222
Mexico, religion of ancient, 355 ff.; human sacrifices in, 132, 151, 271, 360 ff.; ethics of ancient, 366 ff.; eucharist in, 144; Teaching-Gods of, 216; language of, 382 "n".; modern civilisation of, 382
Mexitli, 358
Meyer, E., cited, 51 "n"., 217 "n".
Michael, 324, 333
Michelet, cited, 379 "n".
Mihr, 289, 293, 322 \"n"., 323
Mihrgan, 323
Mihrvard, 322 "n".
Milinda, King, 249
Mills, L. H., cited and discussed, 286 ff., 295 "n".
Moses, 57; and Mithra, 16; as God, 17; myth of, 67, 80, 175, 190, 217, 238, 239, 273 \"n"., 316-7; in Philo, 226-7
Mosheim, 283, 419
Mother-Goddess, Babylonian, 220; in Christianity, 228, 333; in Paganism, 321-2, 333; Mexican, 364
Mounds, the Mississippi, 343, 354
Mount, the heavenly, 287 "n".
Mourning, ritual, 306
Moymis, 220
Muggleton, 58
Muir, 218-9
Mller, J. G., cited and discussed, on monotheism and polytheism, 69 "n".; on theophagy, 144; on Asia and America, 347; on feather symbol, 359 "n".; on humanity in religion, 366 "n".
-- K. O., on Dionysus, 97 "n".; on Apollo, 307
-- Max, his teaching, 71 "n".; on the "Logos" doctrine, 218; on Brahmanism and Buddhism, 253 "n".; on Mitra, 293 "n".
"Mundus", 304
Murray, Gilbert, quoted, 97
Musus, 238
\"Myazd", 318, 332
Mylitta, 295-6
Mystery-drama, the Eleusinian, 28, 195; the Christian, xi, xxi, xxv, 187, 188, 193, 194-204, 212, 396 ff., 436; first Christian production of, 204; the Rhodian, 187; in the pagan cults, 181, 194, 205, 308-14; survivals of, 391 ff.; the Manichan, 272
Nigeria, human sacrifices in, 132, 135; cross in, 154; animal sacrifices in, 170; cattle sacred in, 184; Teaching-Gods of, 217; trinity in, 223; creation in, 221
Nile, sacrifice to, 135
Nilus, 137 "n"., 183 "n".
Nine, sacrifice of, 107 and note
Ninlil, 297
Nonnus, 416
\"Nous", 315
Nubia, cannibalism in, 133
Numa, 217, 238
Numina and Gods, 45
Nurundere, 214
Nuruz, 319 "n".
Oannes, 208, 214
Obubura sacrifices, 151
Occult, idea of, 15
Oceanic peoples, Asiatic origin of, 153
p. 451
Odds, the, 125 "n".
Odin, cult of, 151; as teacher, 215
Odyssey, the, 81 "n".
Oki, 351
Oldenberg, cited, 13; on Buddhism, 245, 247, 255, 259
Olympic Gods, 86
Omanus, 296, 418
Omar Khayyam, cited, 309 "n".
Only-begotten, sacrifice of, 137, 162, 187, 351; name of the "Logos", 218, 222; saviours, 167
Onophrius, 190 "n".
Origen, 21 "n"., 92, 162, 302, 328
Ormuzd, 283. See "Ahura Mazda"
Orpheus, descent of, to Hades, 191 "n"., 307; as teacher, 217; and the bough, 191 "n".; a day God, 307; and history, 238
Passover, date of, 145-6; and crucifixion, 149; rite of, 152, 157, 163, 213 \"n".
"Pater Patrum", 336 ff.
Patroclus, 107 "n".
Paul, as cult-founder, 57; and Jesus, xiii, xviii, 121, 234-5, 236, 237, 397 ff.; on the crucifixion, 196; and his converts, 314
Pausanias, 123, 127, 171
Peacock, symbol, 109
Pelopidas, 127 "n".
Penitentes, 391 ff.
Persephon, 167 "n"., 191 "n"., 195, 306 \"n".
Perseus, 64 "n"., 310, 316, 336
Persian religion, influence of on Jewish, 83, 84, 85-6, 315 \"n".; human sacrifices, 123
Peru, ancient religion of, 215-6, 272, 376 ff.; civilisation of, 347, 380; drama in, 193, 377
Peter, and cock, 199, 333; treason of, 199, 202; and rock, 202, 317, 330; and Proteus, 332-3; and Janus, 332-3; chair of, 334 ff.
Petra, the God, 330, 333
Petronius, cited, 1
Pfleiderer, xiii, 435 "n".
Pharmakoi, 148, 171
Philo, "Logos" doctrine of, 220, 223-8; relation of, to Hebrew sacred books, 227 "n".; his conception of sacrifice, 177-8, 227 and "note"
Philostratus, 275 ff.
Phnician human sacrifices, 61, 64, 124, 126
Photius, 264, 313
Phrixos, 302
Phrygia, religion in, 274, 318
Pickering, 342, cited, 103 "n".
"Pidyen haben", 152
Pig, sacred, sacrifice of, 154
Pilate, 199, 203
-- \"Acts of," 202
Plato, "Logos" of, 220, 222; birth story of, 239, 277
Pliny, cited, 126, 128
Plunkett, Miss, 285 "n"., 300 "n".
Plutarch, cited, 125 "n".; his "Isis and Osiris", 299; on Mithra, 412
Polixena, 106 "n"., 172
Polynesia, intoxicants in, 116; mystic rock in, 316; human sacrifice in, 122, 154, 209 \"n".; symbolic use of boughs in, 191 "n".; pyramid-temples in, 343 "n".
Porphyry, and Abammon, 16; on human sacrifices, 129, 137; on the Rhodian sacrifice, 137, 187; on Mithra, 299 "n"., 319, 320, 337, 430; on sacred caves, 304; on Mithraic initiation, 308-9
Poseidon, 330
Positivism, 57, 404
Prajapati, 219
Prah, 117 "n".
Pratt, A. E., cited, 14 "n"., 134 "n".
Prayer, logic of, 19, 21, 32; psychology of, 35
Preller, 180 "n".
Prescott, cited, 341, 383 \"n".
p. 452
Priestcraft, 6, 30, 62, 407
Priests, as taboo-makers, 6; and religion, 6, 13, 17; inspired by the God, 216; and Kings, 62, 288 \"n"., 374; as promoters of human sacrifice, 361, 364-5, 366, 374 ff.; hostility of to magic, 30; reduction of status of Gods by, 51; and reform of religion, 60, 62; psychology of, 367
Privileges of victims, among Codooloos, 114; among Khonds, 111, 116; at Bombay, 119; among Albanians, 125; at Rhodes, 137; in Polynesia, 154; in America, 354, 363; at Bonny, 183; among Native Americans, 183; among Hindus, 183-4
Prometheus, crucifixion of, 167
Prophets, sincerity of, 62-3
Protestantism and the backward races, 382
Proteus, 277, 332
Psychology of religion, 34-5, 39
Punjab, religion in ancient, 253 ff.
Purgatory, doctrine of, 333
Purim, 143, 145 ff.
Purity of sacrificial victims, 135, 151, 153, 161, 352
Reinach, S., on religion, 58 "n".; on totemism, 99 "n"., 100 "n".
Religion, meaning of, 7, 8, 11, 12, 28, 32; definition of, 57-8; and taboo, 6, 7, 25, 33-4; and philosophy, 32 ff., 39, 56; and magic, 9 ff., 12 ff., 28 ff.; and totems, 19, 44; and law, 54-6; scientific view of, 20, 28 ff., 52, 56, 57-8, 385; evolution of, 66, 94 ff.; and reform, 60 ff.; fixation in, 66; retrogression in, 41 "n"., 140; and ethics, 367-8; Constant on, 58 "n"., 384; Reinach on, 58 "n".; Rville on, 58 "n".; Crawley on, 402 ff.
Renaissance, culture of, 39
Renan, 66; on the Jews, 94; on the Greeks, 94; on night in the East, 198; on Mithraism, 330 "n".; on Bbism, xvii
Renouf, Le Page, cited, 77 "n"., 87 "n".
Resurrection, idea of, 144, 189; of the saints, 192, 200. See "Immortality", and "Osiris", "Mithra", "Dionysos", "Herakles", etc.
Rville, A., on religion, 58 "n".; on burying alive, 379 "n".; on polytheism, 71 "n".; on Apollonius of Tyana, 276, 277 \"n".; on Judaic science, 93 "n".; on American civilisations, 342; on Jansenism, 196 "n".; on cross-symbol, 368 "n".; on "Christianity and Mythology", 435
-- J., 277 \"n".
Rhodes, human sacrifices at, 65 "n"., 137, 186, 187
Riccio, 283
Ritter, 267
Rix, Herbert, xvi
Robe, the Buddhist, 242 "n"., 344; the seamless, 330; of righteousness, 364
Rock, of Israel, 175, 316, 317; in Jesuism, 202, 316, 330, 331, 335; in Mithraism, 305, 316 ff., 410; in other cults, 316
Roman symbolism, 139; human sacrifice, 128-9, 135 \"n".; religion, 2 "n"., 32, 45 ff., 51 "n"., 53, 68; law, 53 "n".; imperialism, 80; civilisation, 39; taboo of God names, 49
-- \"human", disused in prosperity, 64; revived in disaster, 65, 140; forms of, 105 ff.; in Greece, 60-1, 123, 129, 135, 139; in Egypt, 61, 123, 129, 135; Phnician, 61, 64, 124, 126, 129; Polynesian, 61, 122, 150 \"n"., 151, 154, 156, 189; Japanese, 61. 127, 183; in Dahomey, 61, 136, 270; Chinese, 61, 366; Hebrew, 64, 65, 107 \"n"., 124, 149-50, 158 ff., 168 ff., 186, 189; Athenian, 106, 127; in Uganda, 107, 125 \"n"., 155; at Benin, 107-8, 135, 138 \"n"., 151, 154; in Sumatra, 116, 126; in Nigeria, 132, 134, 136 \"n"., 150; to the Rain God, 135; to the Nile, 135; in Malabar, 138; in Brazil, 350-1; American, 106, 122, 183, 350 ff.; Mexican, 119, 151, 271, 360 ff.; Peruvian, 366, 378; Khond, 108 ff.; universal, 122 ff.; Albanian, 125; to Zeus, 123, 125; to Jupiter, 128, 129; ancient Mesopotamian, 128; Persian, 123; Roman, 128-9; Arab, 126, 129; Rhodian, 137; analogous to executions, 135; evolution of theory and practice of, 138 ff., 156, 186 ff., 209-13, 361; Teutonic, 151; to Dionysos, 123; to Kronos, 126, 137; to Melkarth, 126; to Mithra, 126, 312; Scythian, 127-8, 269, 270; to the sea, 129 "n"., 183; in Bombay, 119; African, 122, 132-3, 151; Malay, 122; Indian, 122, 127; Russian, 122; Maori, 122, 365; Aryan, 122; Slavonic, 123; in modern Greece, 125; by Catalinarian conspirators, 125; in Gaul, 137
Sagan, the, 159
Sahagun, 381
Sainte-Croix, 313, 414
Salamis, human sacrifices at, 125, 127
Salih, 270 "n".
Sallust, cited, 125 "n".
Samaritan religion, 85, 86, 92, 163, 213 \"n".
Samoans, taboo of names by, 50 "n".; human sacrifices by, 61, 150 \"n".; religion of, 103, 386
Samson, an Evemerised god, 81, 292; a deliverer, 167; only begotten, 167; as Nazarite, 186; Sun-God, 186, 307; and Mithra, 292; death of, 307; labours of, 308
Samuel, 17; a God, 81
\"Sancu", 379
Sandeman, 57
Sandwich Islands, human sacrifice in, 156
Saoshyant, and Jewish Messianism, 166; characteristics of, 206, 322; and Mithra, 322, 420; Tisdall on, 411
Saracen culture, 39
Sarasvati, 218-219, 221
Sargon, 317
Sarpanitum, 221
Satapatha Brhmana, 117
Saturn, sacrifices to, 126; as Teaching-God, 214. See "Kronos"
Saturnalia, 186
Saul, 233; sons of, sacrificed, 149, 161, 181, 189
Sexual liberty of sacrificial victim, among Khonds, 111, 185; among Codooloos, 114; among Native Americans, 183; in Mexico, 363
Shakespeare, 197
Shamai, 179
Shamas, 214, 292
Sheep, sacrifice of, 131, 272, 379; sacred, 184
Shekinah, 86
Shema, 49
Shew-bread, 178-9
Shintoism, 344
Siddartha, 244 "n"., 252
Sidonius Apollinaris, cited, 278
Silenus, 215
Simon of Cyrene, 199
-- Magus, 252
Sin, theory of, 404
Sin-offerings, 189
Sioux, human sacrifice by, 351
Sin, 61 "n".
Skeat, W. W., 171 \"n".
Skins, sacrosanct, in Mexico, 137, 271, 344, 364, 368, 373; in Scythia, 190, 270
Smith, Prof. Robertson, cited and discussed, on origin of Gods 1 "n".; on origins of religion, 52; on Mohammed, 65 "n".; on Jewish monotheism, 69; on animal sacrifice, 131: on Arab sacrifices, 132 "n"., 134 "n".; on executions and sacrifice, 150 "n".; on Jewish mystery revivals, 173; as editor, 281, 431; on Mexican sacrifices, 363 "n".; on sacred skins, 364; on decay of cannibalism, 365 "n".
-- Adam, cited, 15
-- Prof. W. B., xi, 398
Sokrates (Ecclesiastical Historian), on Mithraic sacrifices, 126, 313; on Manichus, 264
Son of God, notion of, 95 ff., 322; sacrifice of, 161-2
Sophia, doctrine of, in Judaism, 90, 92, 221, 222; evolution of, 219, 221, 222; in Philo, 223, 227; in Christianity, 228; in Gnosticism, 315
Sophocles, 195
Soterism, 72, 92
Spartans, sacrifices of, 135 "n".
Spencer, H., 71 "n".; cited, 40, 50 "n".; on origin of Gods, 42; services of, xxiii, xxvi; on origin of totem, 100-1; on funeral sacrifices, 209; on tree of knowledge, 318 "n".; on evolution of altars, 317 "n".
Spiegel, cited, 269, 274 \"n"., 409
\"Spirits," 15, 42, 46, 51, 86
Spitta, F., xii, xiii
Sraosha, 296 "n"., 314, 315, 322, 410
Stable, the sacred, 322-3 "n".
Stade, cited, 87 "n"., 163 "n".
Steinthal, cited, 17 "n".
Stevenson, W. B., cited, 342 "n".
Strabo, on Leucadian sacrifice, 124; on Albanian sacrifice, 125; on Saca, 148 "n".; on Omanus, 296
Strack, H. L., 160 \"n".
Substitution in sacrifice, among Greeks, 60, 131; in Japan, 61; by kings, 60, 61; among Koyis, 117; among Brahmans, 117; in India, 118 "n".; in Polynesia, 118 "n"., 154; among Arabs, 131; in Egypt, 131; reason of, 134; among Malays, 171 "n".; in Fiji, 365 "n".; in Mexico, 369
Suetonius, cited, xiv, 129, 406
Suidas, quoted, 314
Sunday, 175, 305, 332, 429
Sun-Gods, 293-4, 299 ff., 305; titles of, 175; symbols of, 190; births of, 321; Hebrew sacrifices to, 150; sacrifice of horse to, 184; and Goat-Gods, 302
Sun-worship, 172, 350, 356, 363, 376-7
Supernatural, meaning of word, 1, 20; idea of, 9, 20
Superstition, meaning of, 8-9; Hebrew, 86-7, 93; in times of crisis, 140 ff.
Supper, Holy, 143, 174, 176, 196. See "Eucharists"
Survival, laws of, in religion, 27, 280, 328
Suttee, 61 "n".; Peruvian, 379
Swastika, the, 309
Sword = cross, 319
Symbolism, in sacrifice, 139, 144; in Mithraism, 298 ff.; in Plutarch, 299; in ancient religions, 328
Synagogues of dispersion, 168
Syncretism in religion, 294 "n".
Taaroa, 316
Taboo, origin of, 5-6; effects of, 7; and religion, 6, 7, 49, 55, 57, 404; and social obligation, 6, 55; of names, 49 ff.; among Hebrews, 49; force of, 100
Tears, in Jewish ritual, 159; sacrificial value of, 115, 189
Tell, William, 239
Temple, Jewish legends of, 191-2
Temptation-myth, modern criticism of, xii, xiii
Ten commandments, 238, 312
\"Teraphim", 353
Terebinthus, 264
Tertullian, cited, on child sacrifice, 126; on sacred blood, 129; on willingness of victim, 121 "n".; on Mithraism, 308; on cult of Herakles, 337; on mysteries of Osiris, 306
Tezcatlipoca, as son and lover, 322 "n".; symbol of, 344; attributes of, 358, 363, 375; festival of, 363; and Quetzalcoatl, myth of, 370
Tezcucans, civilisation of, 348 "n"., 366
Thadda Pennu, 109
Thargelia, 106, 127, 139, 148, 188
Thartaboodi, 111
Theism, 12, 19, 33; and kingship, 55
Themistocles, 127
Theodosius, 95 "n".
Thieves, sacrificed, 135, 137
Thomas, St., 349 "n".
Thomson, B., 134 \"n".
Thoth, and magic, 21 "n".; and seven, 205 "n".; as teacher, 214, 216; moon-god, 217, 221; influence of, on Judaism, 221
Thrace, human sacrifice in, 129
Three, sacrifice of, 115, 181 ff.
Thunder-God, sacrifices to, 141
Thurston, 114 "n".; cited, 118
Tiberius, 126, 128
Tibet, 136
Tiele, on Hebrew religion, 76 "n".; on Hermes, 217 "n".; on magic of names, 220; on Anaitis, 296 "n".
Tisdall, Dr., criticised, 408 ff.
Tlaloc, 356, 368 \"n".
Tlascalans, civilisation of, 345, 368
Toleration, ancient, 75
Toltecs, 348, 361; religion of, 370 ff.
Tonga Islands, human sacrifice in, 61, 151; enemies eaten in, 133; child sacrifice in, 154 "n"., 365; religion in, 216
Totemism, 19, 27, 44, 99; and civilisation, 37 "n".; origin of, 100 ff.; sacrifices relating to, 110 "n"., 210
Transfiguration, the, 203, 204
Tree, the sacred, 118, 318, 319; Mithra in, 319. See "Cross"
Trinity, doctrine of, 87, 295; in Egypt, 206, 295; in China, 219; in Judaism, 228; in Mazdeism, 309 "n"., 315; in Akkad, 297; in Babylonia, 206, 297; in Hinduism, 295; in Nigeria, 220; in Christianity, 228
Uganda, limb-breaking in, 155; cannibalism in, 136; human sacrifice in, 107, 125 \"n".
Ui, 61
Unas, King, 47 "n".
Unitarianism and Christian origins, 431
Upavasatha, the, 175
Uranus, myth of, 53 "n".
Usher, 268
Usury among Hebrews, 87
Vacca, 283
Vch, 218-9, 221
Vaggians, tribe of, 245
Valerian, 129 "n"., 270, 272
Valverde, 381
Van Manen, xviii, 237 "n"., 259 "n"., 398, 400
Varro, 134 "n".
Varuna, 284, 288
Vasishtha, 251
Vatea, 43
Vatican Mount, the, 335 ff.
Veda, first created thing, 219; second created, 219; Agni's mouth, 219
Vedantism, 219
p. 456
Vegetation-Gods, 191 "n"., 195, 307, 358, 433
Vendidad, 285, 311, 314
Venus, 53; double sex of, 297 "n".; the star, 351
Vestals, 379 "n".
Vinet, xxv
Viracocha, 376
Virgil, 191 "n".
Virgin-birth, myths of, 316, 321-2, 359, 410, 420
Virgins, sacrificed, 135; Pagan, 353
Vishnu, 262
Visions, psychology of, 34
Visperd, 285
Vitality in religion, 402 ff.
Vizaresha, 311
Vohumano, influence of on Judaism, 222; in Mazdeism, 226; character and attributes of, 296; in Vendidad, 311; = Sraosha, 322, 410; and Mithra, 332, 410, 418
Voltaire, xv
Votan, 371
Wafer, the sacred, 207 "n"., 208
Wakamba, the, 2 "n".
Wakeman, 402
Wamyamwezi, the, 2 "n".
Ward, Lester, 33 "n".
War-Gods, evolution of, 358-9
Warneck, cited, 2 "n"., 32 "n"., 42-3, 136
Water, sacrament of, 143; and the Spirit, 221; Goddess of, 356
Weber, cited, 221 "n".; discussed, 250 ff.
Week of the Son, the, 166
Wellhausen, cited, xii, 67
White in sacrifice, 151, 168, 170, 172, 184, 352
Whittaker, T., 275 \"n"., 279 "n".
Whydah, sacrifices at, 133
Wiedemann, 47 "n".
Williams, T., cited, 386
Winckler, cited, 296 "n".
Windischmann, xxii
Winds, sacrifices to, 171
Wine, sacrament of, 142 ff., 175 ff.; given to victims, 119 ff., 137, 354; God of, in Mexico, 375. See "Dionysos", "Soma", and "Haoma"
"Wisdom", Book of, 227
Wisdom. See "Sophia"
Witchcraft, effects of, 31
Witch of Endor, 233
Women, position of in ancient world, 78; in Mithraism, 325-6; in Polynesia, 365; sacrifices of, 135, 364; pregnant, in Jewish ritual, 158; Christian Messiah and, 185; and Buddhism, 249
Word. See "Logos"
Writing, art of, 81
Xerxes, 231
Xipe, human sacrifices to, 137, 390
Xiuhteuctli, 119, 271, 368, 373
Yahweh, name of, 220; sacraments of, 174, 175, 177; name tabooed, 49; priestly theory of, 68; as bull, 70 "n".; frauds upon, 72, 87; nature of, 73; worship of, 67, 70 "n"., 78, 152; rise of, 81 ff., 95; as rain-giver, 73, 82, 178; as Saviour, 206
Yakuts, the, of Siberia, 184
Yama, 41
Yashts, the, 285
Yasna, 285
Yasoda, 252
Yeschu, 162
Yima, 299
Yoke, the mystic, 206
Yom Kippur. See "Atonement, day of"
Yucatan, religion of, 353; civilisation of, 354
Yuluca, 359
Zaden, 291 "n".
Zahn, Prof., xii
Zakmuk, 143, 145
Zalmoxis, 160 "n"., 269
Zapotecs, the, religion of, 356 "n".
Zarathustra, as cult founder, 57; and Saoshyant, 166, 322; unhistorical, 238, 286; and Er, 272; and cave, 272, 304; Mills on, 286 ff.; cult of, 286 ff.; in Vendidad, 311, 314; his descent to Hades, 324 "n".; his birth story, 324 "n".
Zechariah, cited, 73, 317; and Mazdeism, 422-3
Zendavesta, 285, 312
Zervan, 283
Zeus, 64 "n"., 96, 294 \"n".; Lycus, 60, 127; human sacrifice to, 125, 127; rain-giver, 177; a Saviour, 206; reason of, 217; lawgiver, 217; cave-born, 321 "n".
Zipaltonal, 360
Zodiac, and lamb sacrifice, 142; in Judaism, 179 "n".; in Christism, 185; in Mithraism, 299, 337; bull in, 298 "n".; origin and antiquity of, 300 and "note;" and evangelist symbols, 309 "n".; and cults of antiquity, 299 ff.; and chair of Peter, 336
Zoganes, the, 160
Zoroaster, 57, 272. See "Zarathustra"
Zulus, human sacrifice by, 124
Printed By Watts And Co., Johnson'S Court, Fleet Street, London, E.c.