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AND

CHRONOLOGY

OF

MYTH

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AGE,

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BY

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OF

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CONTENTS.

PAGE

Preface
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BOOK
Chapter

I.

THE

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Introductory

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years

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laws

the

of

root-germ

start

by

forms

into

thoughts

the

to

and

formation

as

family,

able

down

the

that

united

them

actual

grow,

life is the

more

the

indicated

sources

translation

of

minds

must

we

the

historical

the

of

elucidation

Southern

of

the

in

Neither

holding

forward

on

India

North
the

the

of

North

definite
the

from

that

village
were

place

paths

of

xli

Preface,
till

they

had

framed

together,a history of

their

past

career,

advance

social

The

first

two

the

showed
the

goal

alone

subsistence

from

"religio"

or

the

favour

the

succession

of

the

For

binding duty

of

of

night
of

infraction

or

it

their

soul

of

was

patriotic
their

drew

they
that

taught

the

seed

time

who

and

secure

ordained

harvest,

who

and

primary
to

was

powers

year,

laws

reach

depopulated by drought,

unseen

the

and

would

community

day,

of

seasons

who

whence

and

the

and

dissensions

animating

each

protection of

and

recurring

neglect

withered

being

religion.

its initial stages

in

land

the

saved

pestilence.

and

the

expounders

society

national

by those

third

the

and

binding

internal

from

avoided

winners, while

as

life,which

famine

be

pitfallsto

belief of its

in the

them

preserved

laws

and
the

punished

by disease, social ruin, and

death.
Hence

community

first tasks

of the

one

that

was

when

dates

the

able

be

they might

of

of

the

earliest

of

Measurer
its sequence
who
the

and

sown,

of

to

and

moon

and

time,

He

stars

and

together with
most

of

section
lands
The

of

Pole

Star

South,
in

the

ritual

of

which

in
round

eyes

of

the

the

birth,
national

which
these

and

the

races,

round
this

to

the

seeds

the

tillers

the
the

sun,

Pole

Creator

of

preserved

were

customs

observances

units, which

North

orders

of

of

changes,

receive

daily

and

hunting

whose

it gave

the parent

to

worship

protecting

national

reaped by

went

distinctive

their

from

by

ordained

Maker

seasonal

earth

that

so

knowledge

the

by

crops

Being

original social

the

the

set, and

other

their

offshoots

as

ill the
were

the

life to

precious

fitted the

and

the

the

imparted

pursued

the

supreme

society was

accompanying

the

rose

the

who

ripen

was

of

rules

the

and

grow

soil.

the

its

plants,and

and

trees

God

animals

life,with

gave

of

organisers

the

to

the

mate
approxi-

other,

with

season

associated

and

each

Consequently

the

time,

each

begin

to

order

followed

seasons

each

by

ascertaining the

propitiatory ceremonies.
God

undertaken

as

by

emigrated

to

the

every
other

stems.

the

central

heavenly

starless

bodies

primitive pioneers

the

void

revolved,
dwelling-

xiii

Preface,
of

places

the

parent-creating

engendering
of

the

Chinese,

sketched

called

Greek

in

work,

whose

wife

the

the

whose

was

the

of

the

Rigel

who

earth

to

which

the

ascended
the

sap whence

mother

p. 139,

note

3,

The

God

who

and

Pole.

He

the

the

Southern

its trunk
life

and

five-day

born, and

was

of the

which,

as

rice

The

as

seed

and

less
sex-

life,came

described

as

the

in

The
the

this

rain-

creating-

seed

the

in

plant

in

explained
impart

to

Sanskrit

Ocean.

branches

of

mother-tree,

the

have

was

story

of

father

of

legends,

64, 65.

engendered

of

believed

was

leader

heavenly

and

belief

soul

the

and

II. pp.

the

worship

rice

Chapter III.,

Brigit, the

to

of

husband

historical

united

the

mud

Pleiades,

her

as

Orion,

Chapter

rain

the

in

the

bride

was

seed

the

his

but

indigenous Southern
was

in

dual

through

show

Northern

this

in the

Chapter II., in

of life

in

according

grew,

germ

told

by

parent-god,

find

to

year,

of

ships,the seventy-two

seventy-two

engendered

down

star

course

(pho^)of Time,

Canopus

the

year-god

the
(77171/17),
goddess

Pleiades, round

the

theology

the

Spinners, and
I

ever-

in the

goddess

as

of

goddess Brihati, is
germ

its web

Orendel

in

voyage

weeks

Path

Orion, who,

by

or

toe

the

primitive astronomy

the Orwandil
whose

of

or

the

the

is

shown

the

Krittakas

stars, headed

This
be

of

of

of

will

God

heaven

in

was

in

as

weaver

year-star

succeeded
the

the

was

creed

479.

p.

the

Odusseus,

in India

called

VII.

soul

creating year-path

or

the

in

mythology,

who

Penelope,

conceived

as

Tao

life,the

Chapter

in

of this

was

of

germ

the

power,

tree

or

IV.

Chapter

its life to

its

sumers.
con-

"

fittingtimes

different

rules

successive
and

festivals

the

of

season

the

was

the

at

disseminated

year,

consecutive

attempts

races,
to

held

learn

of

series
who
the

principalsubject dealt

at

which

in different

periods

dominant

being

with

favour

the

beginning
as

of each

show,

It

is the

reckoned

history of

of time

growing
measurement,

in this book.

tiated
propi-

recurring
by

at different

various

the

year-reckonings calculated
the

the

at

be

to

was

parts of the world, and

ruled
laws

whose

was,

time.
of

life-givingrain

the

world,

by
in

which

the

their
is the

Preface.

xiv

first of these

The
of

who
villages,

permanent

first set
chosen
the

after

the

them

by

of

of which

in Hindu

was

by Agastya, the
revolving
looked
believed

annual

circuit

months

from

after the
The

five

ist

measured

the

unknown,

number

of

covered
and

in
also

of

and

Daksha,
of

the

and
who
the
the

our

each

of the

well

All

in

as

It

space.

was
was

host, their

this

daily

and

the

during

sun

for the

six

months

six

next

became

two

god
the
two

and

November,

which

All

of

the

the

It was,

ist

and

of

year

South

the
of

of

goddess

of

of the

is,in
the

the

and

by
of

which

All

Souls*
custom

of

Chapter

in

Asia

and

Bran, meaning

raven-star

Dagda,
ritual

of

year.

the

Canopus,
the
Celtic
the

Indian

forrns
Indian

thirty-sixfive-day weeks

Pleiades

the

Indian

November

I show

as

whole

dead,

showing (dak) hand, the

Brihati, who

halves

founders

Saints*

the

Brigits, daughters
of

the

reckoned

throughout South-western

in the

ber
Novem-

hundred

three

to

of

creating hand.

village officers,a

on

the

weeks

and

that

so

earliest

Eve,

election

the

that

days' feast

in Ireland

been

nights

or

was

the

by

by months,

periods between

weeks

election

official year

had

of the

Aldermen.

and

by

each

Hallow

the

reckoned

fingers of

the

three

the

with

Sanskrit

Brahmanas,

year*

with

English Mayors

Raven,

the

31st of October, and

not

but

seventy-two

as

preserved
the

May

This

villages,began

Europe,

ruled

heavens,

in

the

central

land

starry

; and

set

was

yet

of

Druids,

II.,once

This

and

brightest of

polar
the

and

Equator,
the

the

till the
to

Southern

Southern

before

May

thus

sixty days.

still

of

it marked

centre.

as

the

Pole

set

of November

one

was

Days,

the

and

the

ist

"May,

survives

the

antarctic

Pleiades

Thirty-six weeks

Celtic

to

of

Pleiades

the

the

as

days,

year

close

was

sun.

were

and

of

king

the

year

which

the

the

on

the

was

Pole

followers, round

attendant

began

the

lead

to

because

of

Canopus, which,

near

as

on

Lanka,

This

region

lay

Pleiades

the

November.

mythological astronomy

star

stars

in that

when

Day,

founders

the

by

year

of

ist

Year's

which

called

Ceylon,

the

New

Spring

hemispheres

Northern

their

began

on

their

as

beginning

island

sun

measured

that

was

years

of

Preface.
The

revolution

of

measured

thought
the

was

this

be

to

bearer

of

which

traced

the

may

have

into

Shu.

the

*'

bird

At
that

the
This

Shu.

of

bird's head

and

who

sibilant

into

the

as

bird's

the

god

call

wc

feather, the

the star

with

ordained

of

the seasonal

the

pilot

heaven,

rains

the

that

over

Ocean

Indian

Northern

Khu
of

sons

themselves
the

by

the

Saus

Sumerians

-bird, who

stole

Egypt, Dhu-ti,
Thoth,

the

who

had

pen

of

the

which

of

They

the

Ma

round

the

region

of

drove

Agastya,

the

Argo,
the

and

Pole, and
the

earth

cradle

bring

tropical equatorial

constellation

Akkadian

was

which

the

to

those

were

Monsoons,

seasons.

following "tars,

their

of the

the

Canopus,

mother-ship

Southerners

recording

regularly recurring periodical rains


at

Northern

early astronomy

North-east

and

South-west

of

winds

time-measuring

lands

the

in his hand.

time chronicler,

the

used

the

storm

in

became,

it

guttural,and

reputed

called

Zu,

he

life

the

changed

into

the

or

changed

was

the
(//*),

races,

Shu, Khu,

name

2," and

life

of

(dhu)

trading

traders

Delta

Bel

of

races,

was

Indian

early genealogies,

both

and

it

rate

any

bird, the

gutturals. Perhaps

by

the order

and

seed

Northern

cloud-bird

reversed

tablets

of the

Indian

original Southern

Euphratean

The

the

leader

the

to

was

Akkadians
This

the

descent

made

one

Southern

of

of the

of

the

raven.

in

was

their visible

of

divine

fathers
fore-

our

they reckoned,

and
'

which

by

years

Khu

the

national

was

an

cloud-bird

winds,

bird

representing

callingthe

sons

the

parent

interchange
changing

the

became

the

as

other

creating rain,

brought, the
sibilants

the

by

black-cloud,

bodies

heavenly

and

caused

Egyptians, which

or

the

xv

of

the

Pleiades,

distributed
on

the

infant

shores

civilised

humanity.

During
of Pole

'

Star

the

Ibid., Hibbcrt

period

worship,

Sayce, Assyrian

rcprc^nted by
"

first

the

the

Grammar

historical

my

earth

Syllabary

hieroglyph
Lectures

of

was

thought

Sign 73.

of the bird.

for 1887, Lect.

iv. p. 297.

Khu

the

survey,
to

be

is the

age

station-

Egyptian

word

xvi

Preface,
oval

ary

plain, resting

whence

the

of

Life,

the

the

vice-gerent,
heavens

stored

of

God,

the

in the

mud

left

the

raven

the

Bran,

in

Tower

of the

laid

by

Pole

the

the

bird

of the

Garutmat
its Pole

Star

and

historical

Hindu
laid

by

Star

from

about

the

hundred

the

oval

creators

Argo,

the

egg

was,

This

this

Rhys,

The

the

to

X.

149,

group
land

villages

was

the

Star

in

B.C., from
of

the

Ma,

Legend

3.

in

the

Persian

VI.

an

or

the

meaning

also

p. 310,

earlier birth-

mother

into

Origin

{kur\

hundred

the

Pole
bom

were

tortoise

of

from

became

egg

Lyra, the

world's

Satavaesa,

chap, xiii.,*Thc

the

which

reproduction

Zendavestay

Arabs

Chapter

Vega

the

{murgh)y the

This

in

as

highest heavens,

2.

sun

on

dwell

to

God,

in the

told

as

8000

of

mogony
cos-

been

by the

popular belief, divided

300"314

Rg. i. 164, 46,

all

had

{sin) bird

dwells

sons

Akkadian

Arthurian

the

as

looked

was

called

moon

birth of the

in

growing

cleared

believed

{ruakh)

the

Kauravyas,

(va^sa) of

bird

mythology,

story, tellingof the

the'

different

which

now

begets

10,000

earth, and

was

which

Gan-dharl,

that

in

appeared

grove

the

worship

cloud-bird,

the

Rigveda,

home,

of

the world

breath

Sin-murgh,

or

village

parent -tree-gods of

the

was

the

of

soil,and

centre

this

In

great

This

Star.

the

in

fixed

roots

village,just

Lunar-Solar

developed.

Simurgh

="

as

forest-races.

was

the

its

the

central

of

of

age

of

tree

raven-bird, which

Rukh,

pp.

god

his

by

Turning

or

seed

Cauldron

Star

is

name

the

the

Pole

superincumbent

standing

Indian

next

monsoon

the

home

the

by

egg

in

from

guarded

from

up

world's

the

of

midmost

founded

the

Sidi

grew

central

the

as

centre

the

an

and

Celtic

Caer

through

forest-trees

In

the

Life

of

Tree

earth

was

whose

god

called

Southern

of

Blood

or

the

by

Ocean,

The

on

Southern

born

was

creating-waters

watch-tower

the

of

rain-cloud-bird, the offspring of

Grail

Holy

mud

mother-tree

world's
the

brought by

the

on

{sata)
lation
constel-

ship.
a

of the

Northern

Holy Grail,*

xviii

Preface.

told

as

should

stars

of

be

Sita, the
of

path
of the

It

in

by

fixed

by

Equinox.
in

I have

pointed

the

Sun-god
the

that

first

beginning
the

at

winter

Indian

the

by

was

Autumnal

positions of

the

of the

ruler

this

who

open

New

I show

Zend

with

Equinox

and

Year's

the

sun

solstice

when

of the

three-

year

kings.

The

the

framers

sun

to

the

on

p. 22, for

sun-bird

of

the

beginning

in

preparing

Revati

month

Autumnal

as

f Piscium,

ushered

first star

the

star

in

Equinox.

"

the

New

He

was

I show

to

in note

began,
But

the

also that

the

of

god

It
the

born

Equinox,

The

it.

in

shown

Nag-kshetra

Autumnal

September).
the

as

solstice, as

marking
Year

early

Kushika

and

zodiacal

the

with

the

of Rama

year,

winter

list of

their

was,

the

solstice.

Orion's

the

Jews,

conservatism, preserved

the

(August

Bhadrapada

p. 209,

at

beginning

year

they placed /8 Arietis


with

of

the

by

hand,

year

Aries,

This

referred

winter

Indian

reckoning

of

of

other

the

the

at
true

rule

traditions

when

time

with

of the

of

the

Malay

that

the

at

into

sun

reckoned

the

on

in Cancer

was

of this year,

memory

stars

back

date

3, p. 207,

the

in

Syria

trumpets.

founded

evidence

208, and

207,

pp.

when

Indian

the

that

208, probably

i, p.

of

entry

ram-horn

on

in

begun

was

still survives

Day

blasts

it with
in note

the

who
fire-worshippers

the

Aries

at

three-years cycle-year

Autumnal

on

Cancer

of

the

recorded

time

Nag-kshetra,

show

which

into

sun

of

I have

as

ff.,to

of

other

in
as

revolutions

cycle.

This

on

the
to

was

installed

was

years

as

it

ecliptic

evidence

Birth

the

205

one

was

of

the

the

The

seems,

A., On

stars, pp.

entry

year

of

stars

its date

Section

According

that

Rama

V.

reckoned
the

zodiacal

to

as

track

the

reckoning

snakes, first began.

Zodiacal

thus

the

that

the

in

the

egg.

age

collect

to

Chapter

dated
year

sun

theNaga

able

out

this

all

in

the

with

driven

uniform

sun,

in which

make

to

as

so

ape,

plough

the

round

of the

field of

been

and

during

was

Rama's

moon

heavens

the

by

direction

the

determined

turned

furrow

the

presence
or

He

p. 208.

on

list closes

close

then,
sun-ram

from

as

of

the

I show
of

the

the
tree

"

"

Preface,
of the
Asia

fish-mother-star, worshipped throughout South-western


the

as

Derceto,

Akkadian

and

Tirhatha,
Pisces,

Appendix

of

C,

230,

pp.

the bisexual

of the

in

Cancer

and
January),

in

Pisces
and

14,000
that

proves

it

who

astronomers

it

by

the

Breton

the

sun

whole

and

subsequent

the

the sun
The

in Taurus

was

by

houses began

the

to

of

branches

of

dwelling-places

huntingraces.
Day,
Nightand
the

theirdescendants

of

by

users

the

turning
of the

Greeks

much

first makers
2

when

bodies
,

worshipwhen

built

ground,

rude
which

primitive agricultural and

of moistened

months,

time

Northern

the

in

beavers,

the

Age,

rock-shelters, and

stuck

the

the

its axis, and

on

developed

caves,

the

called

the

to

up

was

trees

human

first

brains

the

fifteen

and

revolving heavenly

and

These

Polu-deukes,

beaver,and
god.were

supersede

throughout

the

Equinox.

as

the

in the

household-fire,

the

huts made

of

I show

as

was,

269.

"

stationaryfloating-eggwas

as

266

pp.

Myth-making

eleven

pictured it

change originated

I^rs of

the

Vernal

the

at

is shown

as

by the position of

year-reckonings

doctrine

the

thus reversed

^"ere

which

one

begun,

of

of

years

of the earth

conception

followed

This

the

of

in

continued

epochs

remaining

includingthose

thus

time

festivals

South-western

Europe,

described

its

priestly

annual

and

Western

regularly

stars,

the

countries

to

of

of the

dates, determined

recorded

of

dates

calendars

reckoning

zodiacal

in

the

the

"

to

as

by

"

from

date

evidence

reckoned

year

carried

was

The

position

(December

September), to

"

The

(September

solstice

B.C.

Malayan

stone

The zodiacal
from the

the

the

by

Equinox

winter

i5,ocx)

determined

throughoutIndia,
Asia,whence

the

(August

was

prove

Shem-i-ramot,

is shown

Autumnal

at

in

three-years cycle-year.
which

one

of

as

was,

the

show

as

She
mother

in

preserved

and,

Whale.

the

the

at

October),in

use

of
is

Aries

Dolphin,

the

Syrian Atergatis,

is

memory

traditional

goddess

reckoned

between

the

the

year thus
sun

whose

Cetus

231,

the

goddess Nana,

constellations

on

xix

of

sons

Castor,

the

the

{polu) wetting

unsexed

[deukes)

for

building, and

sun-dried

bricks, and

earth
of

Twins

Preface,

XX

of pottery made
the

polar

Thigh

the

on

who

ape
of

stars

Kapi.
which

the

Great

drill breeds

fire,the

according

Akshivan,

the
the

Hermes,

stars

in which

the

tent

Harmonia
of the

to

arrange).

Aramaic

which

the

driven

was

Sanskrit
bound

was

by

then
the

through

the

to

subsequent development

belief,detached

the

tree

stationary

overarching

of the

web

the

from

became

the

of

path

and

the

and

sun-bird
in

field

or

the track
Mundas
the

Phoenician

(dhu)

Dumu-zi,
succeeded
the

the

of the

boundary

sun-bird
in

Nag-

boundary

stars

first solar

of the

Chapter

South-west

the

of the

II. p. 22,

the

at

the

Egyptian

(//),who

was

{dutnu) of
the

Southern

life

leader
star

Dhu-ti

originally
{zi)^the
of the

became

star

stars

of the

year

which

began
solstice/

winter

the

flying-snake was

of

as

race.

heavenly
the

The

life

latter

It indicated

Naga

in

Canopus

^.

of

of the

son

sign

good snake

the

mythology

form
of

the

Sarmo-bel

formed.

were

astronomical

described

sun-goddess

dialectic forms

the

Agathodaemon,

round

the

or

the

meaning

Hindu

set

sun

hence

Phoenician

sacred

Syriac

in

guardian mother-ring of tilled

Sarmo-bel

of the

name

the

village,called
marked

its

as

of icaXfA^

{kad^ root

Kharman,

to

the

Kadmus,

called

goddess

Chaldaic

the

husband

the arranger

the

given

bridal-veil

or

her

gift by

was

Harmonia

under

kshetra

Peplos

primaeval villagegrove,

depicted

when

it

as

fire-

the

as

Ixion, the

by

its

They

{kedem)^ and

encircled

distinctive

bird

it

{aksha)^who

in

first

sat.

turning-tree,

born

was

ape

recording gnomon-pillar,

But

the

Kharmano,

is the

the

axle

time-

visible

She

name

This

belief

the

wedding

East

of her

when

with

first the

as

Indian

turned

ape

was

man

land

stars

Dravidian

tent.

This

snake

in

Potter

lights of heaven,
heavens*

life

the

Potter, the

Great

of the'

theology

changed

hand, and

the

of

whence

Bear.

as

were,

the

heat

of

Great

into

latter

his

with

form

Greek

to

man

Bear

of the

god of the

of the

stars

the

the

These

stars

Northern

the first form

engendered

round,

the

turned

wise-ape Kabir, the


In

potter'swheel.

goddess
or

the

Taut,

Thoth,

the

Akkadian

Orion, which
round

invisible

the
to

Pole

the

Preface,
Indian
the

Rephaim

This

or

in

Oscan

hidden

veil

they

Europa,

Kadmus,

and

of her

she

is

husband

order.

also

was

the

Harmonia,
be

the

as

preserved

of Gi-bil

In

the

house

Axis

5^^" 5^9"
Die

Movers,

chap. xiii.

p.

658

Myths,
573

Gortyna

in

with

vol.
Goblet

Kabir,

the

Law,

as

circular

in

things

Hebrew

II. Ixviii. 43, among

and

is said

dwarf

that

ordainer, who,

all

Hom.
;

form,

Pausanias

by

of

bridal-veil

the

II. i, 7,

in

i.

p.

world's

tree

looked

another

in

on

as

the

flying

the Veil, vol. ii. p.

308;

i.

chap.

xiii. pp.

O'Neill, Night of the Gods,

Polar

504

"

507,

Myths,

as

sun-bird

877.

Origine

Lenormant,

aspect

one

cU

d'Alviella,Migration of Symbols^
vol.

3.

by the over-arching veil of the

roofed

tent

Phonizier,

of

male

and

the
revolving fire-drill,

"

gave

sister

the

of

the

the

form

O'Neill, Night of the Gods, Wearing


Ibid.,

also

guardian-snake,and

PP* 95"
3

by

mother-goddess,

the

firmament

"

or

the

Syrian seaport bearing the name


Akkadian
fire-god who produced the

Gabala,

the

by
creating-fire

Lapps,

Khusartis, from

her
as

Thuroh

named

Bil-gi,the

or

Zeus

called

smith, put

goddess Doto,

at

oak,

parent-oak-tree

circle-maker

Aramaic

an

who

depicted

coins

arranger,

Doto, named

is

Nereids,

also

was

the

the

Khrusor,

She

the

of

{ereb\

the

brain.

winged

were

the

veil

Syros,

the

veil

the

Roman

divine
of

over

personifiedin

was

Kadmus,

Thorah, of which

"

veil

the

creating-wise-ape, the

the

in the

West

of

branches

the

to

in

heavenly

through it.

on

also

by

parent-oak

the

given

and

the

god

".

circle,and

Chrysor, or

the

the

of

of

represented

head

goddess

type

this

seen

goddess of

her

over

Khurs,

to

the

the

sitting in

as

worn

Zeus

On

were

as

Roman

supreme,

hair

by

Druids*.

Minor

the

Pherecydes

to

B.C., thrown

600

rather

stars,or

This

meaning

according

was,

Esthonians, and

the veil

Asia

of

that

creating thought

revolving-world's tree,

Crete

in

dressed

fire-priests,
as

or

about

it to

reached

(rephd) star Canopus.

appears

conically

concealing the

the

Giant

title Tuticus,

the

or

Flamines

wrote

also

had

chief-magistrate Meddix-tuticus,

Tut-ulus

This

who

of the

sons

Tut

name

Tut-anus,
the

farmers

emigrant

xxi

p.

V Histoirgy i.
168

note.

chap. iii.

vol. i. p.

p.

^id

103,

xxii

Preface,
the

measuring

of the

guardian
kindled

the

that

Master

Constellation, pursued

its three
the

Ygg-drasil

of
of

circling waters
IV.

the

the

which

that

the

the

brought
the

it the

and

the

Kush

the

from

is raised

Mount
Kushika

Meru.
birth

plateau, called
the wet

In

story
the

{sak) entrails

{kurra),or

Mallet,

by

"the

Northern

chief

the

myth,
summit
the
it

the

the

Akkadians

(khar)

the

{sak) ox

the

the

of

of the

Western

the

Edition, The

the

plateau, the

Pamir

mountain

sons

heavenly veil is,


mountain

the

{kkar) of

AniiquitieSyBohn's

the

bow.

Akkadian
of

peak

Khar-sak-kurra,

of

and

continental

Kushikas,

or

primitive form
was

surrounding

the

central
of

the

meaning

Indian

of Kaus

under

the

potter'swheel,

the

Kauravyas

tortoise, and

the

of

from

of

land

Indian

the

Time

Creating

Mandara,

emerged

raised

of

trident

mountain

the

mother-mountain
form

this

Tortoise-land,

of

appanage

another

of

and

Izanami, by which

butter

rising from

cone

Himalayas, the crowning

"

cycle-year,

god Poseidon
and

raised

hill which

clay

with

up

This

and

the

of

years

as

sea

of

its central

{mand)

as

Hindu

the

three

successively the

Greek

the

Vasuki

creator

with

Revolving

of Kur

from

revolutions

Indian

Kushikas

area,

land

the

by

was

ocean

of

Chapter

in

milk.

churned
It

three

Trisula

or

described

India, as

the

Trident

the

of the

fountain

Urdar

twin-creators, Izanagi

the

raised

Bear

parent-ash-tree

the

of

the

symbolised
and

year

it

tree, with

world's

of the

became

of

creating-weapon

Japanese

they

in

This,

turning Great

the

those

', to

South,

Takkas

of Orion's

seasons
was

the

Also

tree.

fabricating Master

the

trunk

the

Edda

the

by

175.

p.

the

house

creating trade.

penetrating, like

roots

worshipped

of

the

fire of

world's

mate,

Potter

of belief

the evolution

In

her

his

the

of

the

house-mother,

never-extinguished

or

roof

Finn

the

revolving-stem

this

and

Smith

like

was,

Joula

the

by

under

was

year,

of
East

Prose

this

meaning
the

"

East

(kurra)^,''

Edda,

15,

i6,

pp. 410"413.
"

Hewitt, Ruling Races

of Prehistoric

Times, vol. i., Essay iii.,


p. 143, note4;

Preface.
It

from

was

this

the

Helmend,

descended

Seistan

parent

of

the Pole

the

by

the

first of the

Gonds

for all

of

these

legends

hunter-star
in

Chapter

III.

IV.

three

Kurd

back

traced

slain

the

at

of
142,

*.

Kuskikas

worshipped
Ararat,

Mount
the

to

pregnant
the

which

round

Finns,

by

141,

pp.

and

of

infant-

horse

seasons

sons

in

found

the

Akkadians

Northern

was

the

was

reindeer-sun-god, who,

89,

p.

Zarah

parent- mountains

be

the

the

drove

of

year

the

can

of

Chapter

of the

and

kings,

Tum-aspa,

in

modern

or

lake, Kavad,

Kush

national

India

mother-mountain

this

show

this mother-mountain

not

was

Kashava

called

ruling the

goat

Lake

the

the

of

parent-river

Zendavesta,

of

Uz,

as

was,

the

the

Kabir

or

goat-god

Star

the

reeds

Kavi

He

of
to

the

in

the

darkness.

But

Haetumant

and,

the

Uzava,

that

mountain

Kushikas,

xxiii

described

as

close of his year

the

at

winter solstice.
In the

form

of

this historical

of Mount

Mandara,

there

with

rose

it and

the North
sun-hen

and

like

Night

and

horse,

called

of

and

Syllabary, No.

voL

the

Hewitt,

these, instead

the

seen

through

stars

the

original

form

of

myth

chariot
which

of

they

the

female

bore

the

Mahabharata
is that
of

revolving

Magic

pp.

sun-

Twins
This
the

ass

Rigveda

Trikshi

of

Ocean-

the

{Nagur

constellation

308, 169

the

sun-maiden.

sons

Great-Bear

veil,

the

male

and

the

in

Nahusha

the

302,

of

Ucchaishravas,

called

maining
re-

rain-shedding

it like
the

the

it, and

circled

revolved,

of

Sayce, Assyrian

Grammar

399.

Ruling

Races

302,

of

Zamyad

Zendavesta

xxiii. pp.

All

of

the

and

Khu

with

horse

the

Chaldaan

Lenormant,

mesteter,

ears,

cloud-bird

sun-

sufi-god

reindeer

round

the

in

long

the

snake

in

Day

Tarkshya,

and

'

cloud

the

year, drew

the

in

cloud,which,

the

the

heavens.

Mandara

it took

that

land

continental
of

place

rising

Mahabharata

the

Southern

the

Mount

which

world
re\'olving

with

the

in

of

fringe

the

of both

stationary
within

its

flying round

told

are

took

horse, who]

ass, or

we

legend telling of the

221

Prehistoric

Yashi,

Times^
x.

West, Bundahishy

66,

vol. i.. Essay iii.,p

parvardin

xxxi.

23;

Yasht,
S.B.E.,

145

131 ;

vol.

v.

p.

; Dar-

S.B.E.,
136.

Preface,

XXIV

This

Nahur),
the

of Trikshi,

son

called

is

{arishtd)wheel
I show

as

in

of

god

sun-god

ass

the

the

under

shov/,

Eygptian

birth

took

2000

the

sun

This
said

divine
the

order,
of

for

the

of

and

r,

Vedic

Virgo,
god
of

Kapheira, the

monia,
She
with
was,

was

the
as

of

mother

also

the

horse's
I show

parent-god
thousand

head

the

mares

Mahabharata

'

Frazer, Fausanias,

Adi

"

substituting /

god

form

Khabar,
heaven.

of
the

Har-

of

goddess

by Poseidon,
originally the
from

Boreas

428.

latter

daughter

Arabic

smith

xvii. p. 78 ; Rg.

3, vol. i. p.

corn-mother

Phigalia,

143,

made

Srinjaya

the

another

violated
p.

and

This

nymph,

the

their

artificers,the

the

the

the

of

like

Indian

of

Ericthonius,

North-wind

viii. 42,

Greek

the

of

Poseidon.

of

was

IV.

{AsHka) Parva,

race

the

and

the

bee-inspired

They,

Kabirah,

Demeter

or

of

road

bronze

of

", who

Erectheus

of

is

was

deft

sons

Kabiri

Chapter

in

who

time,

were.

of

with

sons

black

when

Trikshi,

name

were

that

Semitic

the

about

or

sun-ass

year-god

they

trident

of the

Vernal

the

annual

introduced

them

by

goddess-mother

the

{srinz),the

creating

nurtured

was

who

Kronos,

sickle

the

and

ocean

the

the

of

The

race.

at

holy

of

god

Takkas,

metal,

sickle

of

men

in

the

sons

the

com,

sibilant, reproduces that

whose

prototypes,

the

Lycia, whose

and

of

B.C.,

year-god

hence

there

as

the

Equinox.

{tri) people, the


and

of

Minyan

12,000

traverse

of

guttural for

first workers

or

Vedic

path

Rhodes

lunar

the
to

mother

long-eared

Autumnal

169,

p.

the

of

the

Virgo

and

the

boring

god Trikshi

Indian

the

ass,

the

or

Chapter IV.

Telchines

at

in

was

yearwhose

successor

born,

of the

13,000

age

viii. 22,

Rg.

god

of

the

the

god,

was

broken
un-

given,

name

last

or

Virgo,

sun

is between

primaeval
in

the

in Aries

was

son

mother-star

when

after

years

the

Min,

that

Equinox,

the

Spica

star

place

be

to

three-years cycle,

the

of

This

year^.

the

of

ass

178, i, the

x.

meaning

316, to the horse's head,

p.

him

the

Arishta-nemi,

-months

eleven
shows

genealogy

VI.

Tarkshya,

name

{nemt)^in Rg.

Chapter

the

the

under

horse,

whose

begot,

who

snake
three
accord-

viii. 22, 7, vi. 46, 7, 8, 9.

Preface.

xxvi

Great

Bharatas,

formed

from

ruled

who

This

down

when

before

the

During
solar

and

epoch

all

plans

national

furnish

whose

when

age

record

benefit

the

descendants

did

bequeath
the

purpose

the

of
its

key

these,

when

them

in

the

priests of
the

to

harata

transferred

their

in

which,
tell in

their

inner
had

the

names

Prashastri,

the
as

or

to

Zend

the

Greek

heaven

historical
will
the

be

the

heroes

seen

history of

and

in

the

the

course

world.

and

of

to

recording

who

of

nomenclature

names

national

the

by

They

stars.

as

for

attributed

became

Exegetae, only

like

were

leaders

whose

Frashaostra

the

this

narratives,

teaching

or

these

by
For

tasks

prepared

to

substituted

these

the

completed
dramas

and

of

meaning

was

whose

national

the

persons

memory,

place

of

names

lived

for

thus

named

Hindus,

guides

the

those

men

children.

its

to

the

guide-marks

which

generation,

in

to

tribe

furnish

to

only

historians

national
or

pp.

national

the

These

nation

thus

VL

they

conveyed

symbolically

scribes

Jewish

be

the

at

interpreted

they

historic

historiographers

of

Hence

they

the

Chapter

useless.

the

to

the

experiences

eyes

living actors

gave

of
and

of

in

are

the

Mahab-

the

people

course

to

of

of

the

intended.

were

each

record

their

in

the

Lunar-

ground-

similar

construction,

authors

progress

to

they

object

they worked,

the

was

the

B.C,

21,000

Myth-making

on

I show

to

when

they

use

Bharata"

Star,

this

authors

their

as

their

by

of Pole

recited

of

describe

they

Agft

work, beginning

recorded,

successive

information

the

in this

framed

were

rules

of

land

in

comprised

were

successivelf

Myth-making

the

ages

festivals,as

the

intended

to

and

people

Star.

three

the

by

Years*

exact

changes

an

Pole

histories

By

the

have

who

races

reviewed

date

of the

used

New

298.

for

the

Sun-worship

legends,

sense

was

whole

those

to

harata

297,

first

ancient

of

close

period

the

Kepheus

of the

Bharata-varsha,

whole

(Jbkri),the

begetters

the

to

it

the

covers

race

amalgamation

called

even

in

the

India

and

the

the

lived

Mahab-

thus
the

as

took

lations,
Constel-

of this

work,

Preface.
the

that

Seeing

achieved
of the
it is

the

in

fatal

individuals.
had

been

In

their

and
so

and

had

the
the

of

improvement
This

reared.

for

by

which

best repaid their

Under

successive

who

preceded

him

the

benefits

secured

to

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birth

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pp.

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Preface.

XXX

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patterns of

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xxxi

travelled
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did

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though

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yet

association

xxxii

Preface.

with

his

them

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founded
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{gan\

who

solstice,

has

been

found

States,

sun-god

this god
priests,

of
was

the

on

illustration

and

on

the

on

throne
p. 471.

rain-god Gan-isha,
in

Copan

winter, and

depicted

the

Nidanakatha

when

side

mother's

the

round

the

seated

image
in the

from

J-j and

Mediterranean,

elephant-headed

the

symbol

Tennessee

marks

sacred

whose

the

their

in

Norway.

as

is shown

the

{islia) of

the lord

known

Buddha,

Su-astika

of the double

There

thirty-two

the

visited

the

distri-

summer

symbol
of

shores

far North

as

Indian

feet of the

the

on

the

Mississippi and

in the

graves

these

of

Ragh

or

sun-bird
at

at

This

98, 99.

pp.

\t\Mexico,

sun-cock

the

Munda

the

its female

in

hen-bird

the

of

Su-astika, the

of the

circuits

as

the

they

the

of

of

period

of

Ra

represented

annual

the

forms,

of

sign

It

sun-divinity.

male LC

countries

the

voyages

with

months

sections

sun

II.

Vol.

stone-circles, who

the

and

gfnomon-stone

over

the

rule

of Mexico.

year

the

san-bird,as

the

took

eighteen

of

was

Pre-

IX.

They

the

Maya

the

Mexico

Times.

during

the

in

of

Essay

of

the

affinities I have

and

year

the

in

their

and

became
race

sons

India, the

Egypt,

Indian

book,

Indian

members

the

this

instituted

rule, which

in

of

established

of Prehistoric

Mexico

twenty days

of

who

commercial

who

IX.

the

they who

was

Builders, whose

or

Minyans,

corn-mother,

Tursha

the

Age,

Chapter

of the

It

India

the

Yadu-Turvasu

the
It

Italy.

the

the

were

Minor,

of

east

Sanskrit

called

people

Spica Virgo,

star

Tyrrhenians

the

by

xxxv

in Mexico,
the

Indian

first the

he

was

and

ceived.
con-

proves

Su-astika

cloud-bird,

Preface.

xxxvi

whose

tail appears
of his

name

for

eight-rayed star,
the

in

Astika
of

sister
bhava

the

of

hero

where

Parva,

of

progenitors being gods


of

the

sacrifice

victorious

all the

snake-gods

Naga

of

worship
die

Ashtaka,
cloud-bird

image

the

at

the

The

the

of which

symbol

probably first
eight-rayed
earlier

the

the

of
used

star.

three-legged

which

has

Comte

Goblet

on

It

centre.

appears

coin

the

feet become

found

on

on

Scandinavian

the

on

spear

gold pummel

ritual, the

have

to

of

of

year

^,

sign

of

the

Triskelion,

the
the

been

three

became

Man,

coin, depicted by
sun's

it,and

the

Lycian

heads.

and

in

Aspendus

on

Megara,
of

face
of

coin

cocks'
of

whose

worshippers
of

sun

Isle

the

beside

coin

the

originallythe

of

the

once

Hindu

succeeded

revolving

d'Alviella,the

sun-cock

and

the

Celtiberian

the

on

of

crest

with

been

apparently

was

heavens.

was

shown

is thus

It

which

This,

of

year-sign by

the

cessors,
prede-

Chapter IX.

in

Su-astika

as

destroyed
his

not, like
of

priest

introduced

and

era,

circuit

official altar

last

his

which

at

newly-risen sun-bird,

is described

symbol

seasons.

the

became

Khu,

chief

271,

p.

eight-rayed star, who

the

Sam-

the

(janam\

did

yearly

his

the

V.

Star

who

in

Yayati, both

was

birth

Pole

sun-god,

of

He

over

of the

of

of

Chapter

[jayd)

end

sun

crowned

building

the

the

in

Jarat-karu, the

Ashtaka

grandson

the

Astika

called

of

son

and

time^.

described

Janamejaya,
the

is the

is the

he

of

eighth {ashta)god

creating-god Vasuki,

the

The

Su-ashtaka,

written

Mahabharataf

the
he

where

Parva,

be

to

Indian

the

of

symbol

elephant's head.

the

of

ought

throne

symbolic

it is the

back

the

at

The

original sign has

on

pottery

brooch

of

sword

found

from

the

Arkansas,

Bronze

Age,

in Grave

IV.

in

1
'

Mahabharata

Ixxxviii.

"

xciii., and

he

is Ashtaka.

of

Madhavi,

god Shiva

Adi

For

the
was

{Astika) Parva, xlviii.


in

the

goddess

the

Essay iii.,p. 318,

third,

the

Udyoga

p.

In

140.

{Bhagavat-yana)

Udyoga

Parva

of

(madhu)^ daughter

sec

mead

\dL\{Sambhava)

story of

Hewitt, Ruling Races

his

Parva,
birth
of

as

cxviii.

the

Yayati,

of Prehistoric

of

Panra,
p.

347,

fourth

son

whom

Uie

Times, vol. L,

Preface,
Schliemann's

Excavations

Trinacria

Triquetra,

or

which is in

sheepof

the

634

of

[viciKot)
symbol
became
dome

the

the

god

of
the

at

equilateral

The date

in

that traced

time,

Gemini

the

nursed

the

of

the

zodiac

'

p.

eel-god

181, Figs.

the

87, 89;

28, 29

Schiienuim's

Su-astika

Maha

GotamI

tended

December

of

rivers

Migration

NuttaU,

"

"

son

of the

the

he

p.

Fig.

229,

p.

232.

Great

sun-

Bear,
of

measurer

After

in
this
was

the

passed through
three
and

months

January

"

majesty of Indra,"
the

conquering

Figs. 23

54,

Old

of

and

Harvard

Museum

O'Neill, Night of the Gods, vol. ii. pp.

Excavations^

the

the

Pajapati,

Principles
Peabody

of

who
Lp]^

the

IV.,

of Symbols^
of

birth

B.C.

January,

Chapter

'Fundamental

ii.,Papers

as

during

stars

the

10,200

him

apparently

solstice, and

winter

male

as

is

of the

of

who

from

cycle-year.

when

about

born

the

the

February
the

journey

derived

was

as

born

sun-god

independent
the

at

thirty

Civilisations,' vol.

Tcnity,pp.

the

as

heavenly

its annual

Thigh-stars

moon-goddess

was

of

the

stituted
sub-

first used

was

399,

"

islands

depicted,

the

A., The

396

pp.

Great

was

was

assigned

Section

Thigh,

it

of

age

{trt) legged

the

it

be

must

Taurus

"

d'Alviella, The

Goblet

World

in

of

-4-

Cross

VII.

from

December,

"

February,and
the

origin

sun-god

of

November

solstice, and

Buddha,

the

nurse

winter

heavens

was

he became

by

beginning

the

January

in

and

born
the

circled

annual

winter,

George's

the

as

course

It

in

the

raised

feet

star.

350

sun-horse

Su-astika

annual

his

of

the

three

symbol

from

born

the

whose

eight-rayed

Chapter

god or sun-bird
who

year-god, the

its

of

who

the

St.

which

to

sun-god

the

and

is discussed

Demeter,

Triskelion,

^,

name

Sicily,

oxen

product

father

black

circling in

night

Northward

the

on

350

creating Trident

the

the

gave

of which

the

Su-astika

from the

the

apparently

sun-god,

over-arching

the female

the

the

For

sea.

when

It is

Poseidon,

of

of

meaning

horse-headed

the

Potter,wielder
from the

the

It

three-pointed isle, to

the home

^.

of

worship

begotten of

the

Odyssey

p.

MycencB.

at

sun-god,

C.

Appendix
of the

the

xxxvii

d,

and
New

Uni-

635

ff. ;

Shuchhardt,

Preface.

xxxviii

dark

fortnight,or

He
1

of

Anthesterion

of the

who

spring,
victorious

with

traced

I. p.

the

offspringforming

is the

Akkadian

It

apparently, in

form

the
in

graves

and

Washington
the

of

Comte
the

In

'.

eight-rayed

"y^,

circle

in

and

and

circle

with

twelve

instead

that

the

the

bird

placed, and

red-headed

Indians,

the

*The

Swastika.'

Washington, 1896.

of

is

stars

the

and

is

cross

American

the

in

depicted

eight points.

represented
the

the

are

cross

in

the

sun-bird

Report of

the

in

form

sacred

bird

United

States

of

circular
of

the

which

by
the

points
in

Fig. 29

of

There

conclusively

prove

its year

Picus,

at

in it is surrounded

the

square

on

Institution

reproduced

Both

in

Figs.

treatise

solstitial

inscribed

that

birds

these

Migration of Symbols, p. 58.

the

Su.

or

red-headed

Wilson's

sun-god,

Shu

in

Fig. 264

Fig. 263, which

completing

the

of

Smithsonian

surrounding

of

of

Mr.

star

woodpecker,
is also

of

907

centre

round

thus

thirty

ritual,the

found

the

woodpecker
flying

god

begfinning

Hindu

beaks

and

Tennessee,

and

with

the

solar

Su-astika

d'Alviella's

Goblet
central

'

heads

the

906

pp.

the

as

the

was

course

genealogy

primaeval

Su-astika, published by

the

is

the

Mississippi

263, 264, 265,

he

form

yearly

Khu,

Egyptian

of

images

Southward

488.

historical

for it is the

woodpecker,

god

the

original parent-god of this long series

sun-bird, the

was

the

solstice

course

through

passage

of the

conquering god of
rain-cloud,

this

whose

Festival

souls

the

the

on

the

summer

his

In

Su-astika.

VI

Chapter

the

begin

months,

in Greece

of

the

as

at

to

three-months

in

The

male

of thirteen

year
his

then

was

the

of

god

of the

who

Recall

elephant-headed

the

of

February).

"

March) with

"

career

become

to

was

god

Gan-isha,

his

on

(January

beginning

year

that of the

or

started

and

of the

eighth day of the

the

on

Magh

of

23rd

(February

Anthesteria,

dead

the

ruler

the

(p. 399)

the

on

became

2th

of

Ekashtaka

the

rain-god, at

sun-circle
This

course.

the

Algonquin

woodpecker

National

Su-astika

of

Museum,

Latin

1894,

xxxix

Preface,
who

mythology,

became

dwarf

guardian-god

Picus

was

and

the

Lat,

Lath,

our

Garuda

is

of

the

He

wooden
in

placed

the

the

tenth
of

of

the

the

snakes,
thirteenth

Hindu

the

Thus

of

the

woodpecker,

is

dru

Lat

the

woodpecker

cord

on

of

the

who

Age,

Picus
the

Indian

of

of

the

and

whose

257,

p.

made
the

of

Barishadah

form

the

of

the

goddesses

sacrificial

the

their

cuits
ritualistic cir-

of

the

the

Mars,

wore

following

the

Indian

of

Ka-

the

priests,as

thus

sun,

Indian

Furthermore
of

bird

the

of

the

Lunar-Solar

Maruts

Akkadian

This
or

god
tree

west
South-

Martu.

wind

both

at

ends

from

world

of

of

the

America

original sun-bird

'

month

Faunus, the

(barhis) of Kusha-grass.

male

{tnarom) mothers,

the

tree

sits.

Tables,

and

Pitaro

bird

sacred

R,

course

seats

on

the

was

founders

Eugubine

the

to

sat

Martius

Thus

Naga

Ka,

of

the

that

to

the

the

was

right shoulder

the

of

sun-god

which

on

Chapter V., Section

contrary
ritual

tation
gesHe

the

antelope-sun-god Krishna,

of

Martins

the

exactly equivalent

tree-stem

or

woodpecker

the

Picus

Latinus,

the

Gadura,

in

triad
and

show

of

months.

thirteenth

the

and

is represented

month

{dru)

tree

Krishna

of Vinata,

devour

to

the

Ka-dru,

Indian

son

thirteen

Ashtaka,

or

the

and

tenth

of

year

Kashyapa,

Latin

deer-sun-god

god

Astika

chariot

the

which

of

bird

egg-born

and

on

2.

year

bird

lunar

offspring of
wife

the

^.

Indian

the

round

sacred

his

in

as

Kashyapa,

created, like

was-

sits

of

pillar

Lats

is the

Mahabharata

wife

of

Germany

deer-sun-god,

god

gnomon

circle

the

Gadura

or

is the

sun

and

Italian

the

Faunus,

sun-antelope-god, who
in

the

of

Ireland

in

treasure

the

Leprichaun,

red-capped

Latinus.

the

Garuda

temples.

of

father

grandfather

the

of

the

villages,was

Leland,

Etruscan

Mahabharata

Adi

Roman

chain

to

Suastikas
find

Italy,we

forest
the

of

red-headed

Remains^

(Xstika)Parva,

Red
xvi. pp.

proof that

who

races,

surrounding
the

were

woodpecker,

Cap, pp. 162


77 flf.

"

164.

the
first
the

xl

Preface,
,

depended
bird

of

bird

typical

in

worshipped

whose

the

became

The

interest

there
for

is

shows,

taught

not

the

but

the

god

of

is that

Northern

that

sun-circles,and

the

worship

the

Pole

of

and

as

Vega,

It

substituted

of

world

to

series

of

history
their

the

Egyptian

told

Tortoise

the

the

trading

the

over

extended

who

Ra-hu,

or

that

established

models

become

sun-bird.

proves

their

ture,
Vul-

Kushaloya

Munda

formed

stellation,
con-

the

since

Raghu

was

commerce

Kushika

and

Indian

for the

who

governments,

Dravidian

the

mother

thus

bird

of

the

to

the

has

of

obliterate

relegated

constellation

sons

symbols,

year

which

Ra,

Kushites

the

these

of

Kushika

firmly

so

was

and

the

Neolithic

to

Nasr,

Tortoise,

Ragh,

was
as

was

Mundas,

of

Cygnus,
El

the

the

whose

Rama,

whole

authors

the

in

the
or

god

who

lesson

countries
of

ritual

Mr.

is,as
The

these

this

Arabic
in

sun-god

{aloya) of

The

the

called

was

the

father

house

also

was

of

Egypt,

or

builders

the

Stars

Gan-dhari

the

of

sun-bird,

Pole

that

colonists.

Egyptian

earlier

the

Lyra.

the

the
as

apd

worship

observe

country

fire-god Ra, Rai,

and

Star

which
our

the

Arabian

in

implanted

Ma*at,

and

of the

in Arabia

primaeval theology

sun

images

we

latter

sun-god

gnomon-stone-pillar of

the

the

in

found
the

tree-ape, and

the

when

by Greek

the

the

of

sun-bird

in

of

Bhima

the

Rigveda.

told

increased

imported

us

of the

god

found

stake-gods, now

Maroti,

was

indigenous Su-astika

no

Wilson
thus

is much

of the

this

of

memory

tree-ape-god,

history thus

only Su-astika

the

red

or

the

of

storm-bird

and

sun

the
father

Rudra

the

heads

reddened

Bhim-sen,

as

Mahabharata,

who

And

monsoons.

the

harvests

agriculturistswhose

Indian

the

on

survives

the

the

whole

connected

institutions

on

the

sketched

in

this

have

work.
The

dissemination

with
the

each

history

change

of

the

from
to

the

close

by emigrants

of

the

of

the

early

mythic

the

new

year-reckoning

Myth-making
the

of

ages

Age,
of

period.

the

was

cult
which

marked

continued

Pleiades

Instances

ing
originat-

year

interruptedly
un-

down

proving

this

Preface,

xlii

of

the

nine

days and

seven

This

heart

three

of

Phrygian bath

of

baptismal

water

o'clock

night

at

elder, rowan,

the

at

The

of

month

the

magic

also

march

of

time

of

of

the

of

the

of

belief

the

the

spells of

the

Africa

by

Thigh,
This

also

of

is to

found

be

According

name

"

Years

Atkinson, Forty
The

Abercromby,
"

28.

Pre

and

the

sea"."

sun-ram,

they give
protest

the

dence
evi-

against

Northern

Finn

brought

existing evidence
the
into

that

of

the

Moorland

"

the

The

from

ancient

Great
born

sun

of

Bear
of

Chapter

the

Chinese

months

of Ursa

a,nd

the
VII.

year.
seasons

Major (the Chinese

Directors). The

Parish^ pp. 99,

Proto- Historic

the

year
of

Seven

of the

of

worship

measurement

Pek-tao,

of

of

the

the

witchcraft

Douglas,

in

as

foot

tree-worship

of

Also

nine

the

years

the

worship

witches

the revolutions

is

the

thrice

from

of

fifteen-months

in the

by

for which

58, vol. ii. pp. 26

Ape

Professor

to

determined

are

the

of the

sun-god

^the

bow.

note

the

union

Southern

the

describe

three

issue

mother-tree
and

the

healing

sitting at

sun-deer.

transformed

Thigh
the

the

of the

sons

which

evolution

in

of

here

I must

the

the

earlier

of

or

the sea,

(the

'.

passing along

woman

Northern

wizards

and

mythology,

as

the

succeeded

find

of

repeated

weeks

which

from

which

fire

dead

or

in white

waggons

arrows

the

is cured

charms,

of the

twelve

at

clear

the

protection against

dealers

servants

we

with

South

which

nine

observances

the

of

days

; and

nine-day

emerging

three

the

it is to be

animal

nine

basket

the

thrice

with

these

Lettish

the

string in

In

in

Perkoni

nine

hill, and

cycle)

by

consecrating

on

gave

three

and

"thrice

as

put

successful

till the

ruled

survive

street, thrice
balls

age

be

twenty-

the

rivers

which

is not

days

twenty-seven

the

cycle-month.

blood,

the

to

was

full-moon

and

of

trees

charm

the

pins,

new

the

p. i88, before

sons

all

of

weeks

in
IV.

heart

ash,

If the

new

the

the

or

witchcraft

rolled

Chapter

nine

nails, indicating

nine-day

then

was

stuck

be

to

were

small

nine

needles,

new

this

In

cycle-year.

Finns,

104

Lettish

"

tail

124.

Charms,

42,

52,

Preface.
of the

constellation, pointing

announces

the

the arrival

of

This

of

means

the

calculating the

it like

the

is represented with
the

in

Great Bear

centre

took

Star

now,

Also

the

of

ligible
intelthe

Chinese

the

Bear

revolved

and

Zodiac
lations
constel-

circumpolar

arose

of

winter.

more

belief

the

that

offspring,sunwards

its

sun,

South,

arrival

times

than

and

Hence

'.

the

Pole

Pole

the

the

arrival

in ancient

clock."

the

to

West,

the

nightfall,

at

becomes

that

of

hand

the

to

seasons

North

the

nearer

East

pointing

North,

it is remembered

much

round

spring

to

the

to

pointing

pointing

when
was

summer

; and

autumn

of

arrival

xliii

the

round

Pole.
The

of this

growth

further illustrated

by

of

believed

who

America,

indicated

Great

the

by

the

the Bear-mother

climbs

In mid-summer

she

aftershe

assumes

back

as

the

dead

on

her

reappeared with
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the

the

the

den,

her

Bear

of
in

again

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the

spring

be

topples

on

soon

her

she

lies

Borealis, has
invisible

again

fresh

mid-winter

Year

to

horizon

Corona

New

complete

to

the

den,

Borealis.

Corona

then

were

mid-spring

in

Northern

autumn.

Indians

changes

that

say

position,and

then

and

hunters,

autumn

her

along
of

but

forth

comes

of

Micmac

the

seasonal

They

out

bear

of

the

Bear.

erect

dying
back,

that

still

history it tells,are

astronomy

runs

an

the

and

myth,

within.

slain

the

by

circuit

yearly

of

the Pole 2.
A further
year Bear

historical

variant

succeeding

the

koms in autumn,
found his
slew the

is to

of

Minotaur

who
Ariadne,

raised

was

'Douglas, China,
Ancient
Chinese,'
'

China,
*

xlix.

Kew World

July,

vol.

ii.

901.

of

the

as

Medhurst,

its
who

Theseus,
which

in

furnished

clue

418;

p.

he

him

to

by

Borealis,

Corona

'Astronomy

of

the

846.
Bear,' Journal

Nuttall,

Civilisations,' pp. 510,

HirrardUniversity,

Celestial

; Zelia

the

the

dropped

Labyrinth

heaven

to

Shanghai,

The

900

by

1887,

London,

StansburyHagar,

""-, no.

Crete

the

which

myth

in the
of

centre

of

primaeval myth

this

sun-reindeer,

found

be

the

to

way

of

note

I,

Fundamental

511.

of American

Folklore, vol.

Principles

of

Vapers of Peabody

Old

and

Museum^

xliv

Preface.

after
autumn

the

of

daughter
shines

is, as

Bulls

being

excavated

2, the

Greek

God

he

wrecked

was

Calypso,
obliged
of

solar

his

in

zodiacal

god of the

panoply

by

described

form

of

Parasu

he

of the

as

mother

year-calf, born
gestation.

in

Chapter

of

the

Karta-virya,

V.

slew

in revenge,

'

Hewitt, Ruling
Evans,

vol. xxi. Part

with

his

of Prehistoric

Races

Mycenaean
i., 1901,

Parasu

Tree
pp.

109,

and
no.

of

the

the

Cult.

the

lunar
twin

Banyan

his

father
grand-

god,

lightning of

son

the

flower-pollen,and

261,

lunar-months

Arjuna,
son

of

the

the

son

of
of

Krittakas

Jamadagni.

Journal

the

recovered

vol. i., Essay vi., pp.


*

Greek

the

Rama,

double-lunar-axe

Times

days

two

the

the

the

naked

is the

was

ten

by

or

Pillar

He

the

slew

who

form

the

as

Jamadagni,

260,

stolen

spinning {kart) Pleiades,

or

of

by

after

star-god Orion,

the

life

pp.

year-cow
been

had

This

land

to

rest

the

ribbon

of
was

the

in

mother-trees,

Renuka,

was

island
He

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of

son

into

when

of twenty-one

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divine

plant,kindled

show

the

him

double-axe

the

year-god

and

or

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the

supreme

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the

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rain-storm.

saved

the

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the
of

kredemnon

the

in

used

double-axe

VIIL

Labrus,

Alkinoos.

brought

was

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the

bisexual

of

the

the

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of seventeen-months

and

Richika,

he,

which

engendered

{Ftcus Indicd)

Labyrinth,

631, by Odusseus,

p.
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Parasu,

of
fires

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of

weapon

Ino, who

Chapter

Indian

also

Constellation

denote

to

divine

sea

him

in

symbol

land

gave

year

the

crescents

(jama)

on

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voyage

the

new

each,

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into

stars,

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the

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god

Evans,

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sea-gull,and

Mr.

Appendix

on

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double-axe,

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show

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the

see,

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for the

name

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moon-goddess,
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Pasiphaae, she

and

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now

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Labyrinth

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now

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shall

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(Trdat),

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measurer,

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wine

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of

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("l"aiv)

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bunch

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sons

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borne

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she

Arjuna
559, 560.

of Hellenic

Studies
^

Preface,
and all the
established

the

ritual

In this

story

the

the

Minotaur,

Ursa

Major.

The

god whose

year

Bear

Ariadne

and

the

Theseus,

and

in

VI.

Section

bear

of the

movements

She

the

was

Hippolytus, the
the

Little

the

Great
as

son

of

constellation

of

Goat

338

pp.

god

described

was

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341,

"

by the

scribed
de-

duced
intro-

was

of

passage

the

guardian charioteer, through

local

in

we

altered

or

surviving

of

symbols

of

arrangement

Ka'bah,

faiths

the
stars

the

of

from

descent

traced their

Dervishes

form of

building

The top

and

the

central

Pillar
his

in

of

the

the

right and

led

them

left

will

to

preserve
the

rites

in the

cite

attached

the

fire to

the

the
to

Black

Holy

who

race

fire-mountain

Ararat.

representing the

groups
of

here

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of

in

the

Holy

dome,

the

Temple
most

of

sacred

of

Mahommedan

architects.

the

Head

called

eyes

Pole

first founders

historytold

volcanic

pillar is

the

past.

mother

vaulted

over

among

ceremonies,

the

minarets

is

all

village {pagus),

containing

arranged

are

and
supporting-pillars
Heaven,symbolised in

vault. To

Mecca

the

the

universal

of

it

the

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hierarchy

original Northern

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the

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or

the

of

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stories

from

social

of

instance

the

of

men

and

and
that

tribes,has

and

festivals, games,

of the dead

find

we

go

instinct,derived

villagecommunities

in their

rituals

Pagani, the

Latin

beliefs of the

old

customs,

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conservative

that the

These

double-lunar-axe,

time

relics of the

similar

find

the
villagers,

the

constellation

Zodiac.

the world.

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the

or

F.

measured

of

year

the

of

the

the

Haptoiringas, the

Poseidon,

and

and

age,

of

Borealis.
year

of

title of the

the

by

Olenian

the

by

Age preserved

of

Labrus

the

which

that

the

as

Star

year.

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successor

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sun, watched

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as

measured

the

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of

was

-star

year

the
bull

Labyrinth

the

of the eleven-months

bull, which,

bulls, replaced

of

men

secret

seven

of the

the

Haihaias,

xlv

Star
are

God,
the two

Dervish,
the

keystone

Umena

or

of

the
the

faithful

xlvi

Preface.

standing
the

four

each

of

both

on

first and

third

lunar

ten

Below
of

number

claim

Eliun,

seventy, with

the

three

slayers

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say

to

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weeks

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last

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weeks

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of rest
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are

especially

Mr.

to

greater part
Astronomy,
of Roman

'

works
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of

cf

and

from

of

in

preserved

the

Gods, vol. i.,

the

Hapi,

or

seventy-three
The

number

636, probably
of 350-}-

year

days,
the

best
me

F.S.A.

Mr.

while

10

the

seventy-two
as

time

thanks

in my

researches;

; Professor

Rhys,

and

Calendar

Heavens,

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learnt

I have

acquired

all

to

Warde-Fowler,

whom

The

seventy-

thirty-fivedays.

my

the

These

reckoned

Mythology

as

up

of

I have

knowledge

Elias

{Orion), that

p.

350

helped

the

of

the

Set

C.

make

Jun.,

Historical

Celtic
Ritual

have

Brown,

College

the

Mount

days.

the

record

to

forty lunar-

up

of

days

months

Jesus College

O'Neill, Night

p. 229.

which

of ten
have

Lincoln

make

Appendix

of five

complete

assistants

360 days, they being

year

whose

of

in

fifteen-

prophet-god

or

365

weeks

livingauthors
of

of

year

the

of

the

the

by

the

who

assistants, the

representing

year

of

the

rain

equivalents

I show

two

week

of

Dervishes,

seventy

conclusion,

Rector

the

of the

sixty-seven ministering

the

seventy-two

Next

followed

barley-year-god Osiris
the

of

ending

Principal

head

the
are

the

lights,the

years.

forty

base

cycle-

of the week

unseen,

Budela

seventy weeks

the

represent

from

also, as

may

days.

of

the

the

or

are

the

are

descent

seventy

his

and

these

by

three

they

ape-god,

who

year,

formed

the

are

days

seven

are

divisions

up

Solar

and

the
rijal-i-ghaib,

thus

priests,who

the

cycle-year. At

Congregation

or

all

the

the

of

first Pleiades

the

these

four

En-var

deputies,the eight-days

or

year.

five

winter,
also

Below

gestation making
the

and
and

summer,

tent-pegs, the

thirteen-months

Nukeba

months

the

Good,

or

spring

cycle-year.

come

the

of

central

the

of

them

to

and

seventeen

months

the

of

of

seasons

of

months

Akhyar

seven

the

sides
years

five-dayweeks

eight

two

Ev-tads, meaning

Next

year.

the

the

representing

ones,

of

Akkadian

Folklore,
of

the

and

Festivals.

Palace, and

its

Pillar,'

Preface.

And

above

all

others

Sacred

the Series

of

historyof

Brahmanic

includes
back

the

to

on

of

most

I have

also

who

observances

Greece

found

also

in

first

by

edition

Greek

of

days

five-

the

days

looked

be

for

Frazer

of

pioneers

in all its

monuments

the

This

dating

therefore

A.

J.

whole

the

students.

theology

Mr.

in

ceremonies

it may

historical

existed

all

to

in his admirable

the

made

measured

Indian

thank

especially

they

as

of

has

of the

years

Brihati, and

described

has

the

history

I have

assistance

accessible

ancient

Edinburgh

Satapatlia Brdhmana

East,

ritual, but

goddess

to

the

Vedic

formed

ritualistic

as

the

of

of

Eggeling

the

of

ritual

civilisation, who
weeks

books

only

not

Professor

to

translation

whose

University,

xlvii

phases.

the

great

of

Pausanias,

and

ritual

of

Roman

and

supremacy.
I niay

here

also

in this

volume

Kesari

Mo/iun

that

note

the

to

are

Ganguli^

the

Mahabharata

English

translation

all references
admirable

edited

to

the

late

also

read

by

of

Chandra

Protap

Rai, CLE.
of

Readers

this

instances

given
those

differingfrom
result of
me

to

who

further

learnt

the

facts

forms

successive

accurately

week,

order and

the

followingone
the

first

of

Ruling

discriminate these

Races
so

of

which

of

ritual.

of

sequence

the

in

This

historical

different

national

the

fully and

apparent

enabled
of

had

Times,
as

and

of

accompaniment

certainly

measur-

the

year-reckoning

of

to

me

chronology,

rituals.

by

examination

methods

forms

of Prehistoric

enabled

disclosed

has

the

the

are

on

thorough

more

in

legend

has

based

my

have

ancient

conclusions

These

subject,

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with

the

in

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that

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sounder

unit

another

changes
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chronology

latter

consulted

or

find

interpretations
far

the actual

mg

of

study

the

determine

the

doubtful

replace

will

Times

interpretations

in

probabilities by

of the

have

of Prehistoric

Kuling Races
several

work

can

not,
been
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mental
fundawhen
able

I
to

History and

infant

by these

made

especially marked
annual

of

the

will

will

year

be

alteration

the

in

observances

generation

to

proved

provincial

of

their

began

them

by

still

of

area

prevailing

defined,

and

limits.

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such

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in

was

such

as

while

these
it

seeds

Murwa,

they

of the

the

national

memory

the

bundles

of

Central

east

of
of
India

wild

this
wild

of

origin
rice

still

of

which

hangs

inr

for

own

hunting

vegetable

agriculture first originated


the

Madras,

Evidence

its

seeds.

grass

rice and
of

in

carefully

within

chiefly

first secured

who

custom

and

are

search

edible

of which

India

areas

women

increased,

local

the

of

time

that

Raggi

(Eleusine Coracana).
by

the

women

was

these

their

to

traversed

each

to

its avocations

pursues

roots, fruits and

for

the

of

employ

food,

among

India,

sowing

boundaries

parently
ap-

similar

occupants

districts

men

as

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the

tribe

plans

communities,

wilder

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country

assigned by

in

forests

the

cultivating tribes of

territorywas

each

for

animals

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were

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seen

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Archipelago.

forests.

number

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Australia.

food

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be
have

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by

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succeeding

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Australian

was,

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a

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community.

agriculturalwork

still followed

those

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each

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bond

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governments

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India

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the

of

object

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year.

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prosperity

national

and

settlements

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of

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required
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accompanying

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mea-

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join together the

to

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calculation

villages were

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time

shortly the

review

first

history of

their descendants

and

successive

to fix the

this work,

of

subject

the

and

The

festivals.

communities

by

time

Chronology

up

yearly

local

coarse

the

millets

African

Dhurra

the

preservation

rice

cultivation

every
in

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peasant
house

by

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in

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given

in

the

August

the

of

thank-ofTcring

as a

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of the soil and

first

of the

the

in

of the

streams

and

of two

pieces of wood,

used

districtof

the

they could

naturallya

Kullars

their

for warlike

peaceful

Sewcll,

in
Some

their

invading

of

cases

Points

the Oriental Congress

at

course

of

arose

boundary

of Archaolo^y

in

Paris, 1897.
B

in
its

the

But

they

business, and
of

did

their
not
to

disputes,were
Imlia, p.

were

descendants

could
time

and

stones

except

their

perties
pro-

This

true

South

Madura

period.

territory

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like

from

by

killing hares

weapons

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help

Australia

purposes.

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these,
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on

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more

probably

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placed

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rivers.

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small animals

spaces

was

had

of
fertility

they still do, they

The first weapon

killing
game

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thick

so

southern

soil

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performed, symbolically,

shelters, were

ground

open

not

from the

of

preparation

undertaken.

generally placed

the forests were

as

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change

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was

long

as

hills, ivhere

of firethat,

sprout.

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seeds

prevailing winds,

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were

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of
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to

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sowing

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mere

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buffalo

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knowledge known

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Hence

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passed by the ruling elders were


the key-notesof their policy.
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fundamental
to these
principles
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all rules

the

character

sexes

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people

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congeners

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obstinate. They are perfectlyobedient to all recognised
authority,
compliance with the orders they
except when
receive involves

transgressionof

the

national customs.

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such

of

any

collision

their cherished

obedience

occurs

is not

necessarilyopenly refused, but the order is certain


to be evaded
by every possible device,and ultimately the
new
rule will inevitably become
dead
a
letter,unless the
has convinced
who
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legislator
utility

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impressive rites.
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power.

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even

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to

central

voice, became

the

Europe, founded

and

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original teachings
the

changes

prescribed gesture, motion

should

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new

nation's past

Asia,

to

national

of the

and

peculiar meaning,

own

truth

iota

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ritualistic

us

ritual,always prevailed. In

influence,every

equal importance with


in

of

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memory

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to

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ceremonies

except

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of

course

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new

smallest

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time.

inborn

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ritual

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on

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throughout all these changes

prescribed them,
by authority the

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the

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of

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authority,according

annual

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panying^
accom-

Africa,

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had

its

time.

factor.

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festival

of

especial meaning

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was

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word

annual

Asia, North

India, South-western

impress

to

of

over

in its national

of

rituals

ritual with

village institutions,and in this


Indian
village organisation the

the

preservation of
recorded

as

their

in India, the

together

chronological succession

introduced

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with

national

measurements

united

measurement

every

the

paroxysms

self-contained

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national

all

element

by

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when

them

of

they founded

liable to

more

South-west.

the

of

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so

excitement

Dravidians

Chronology

It therefore

slightestmistake

rendered

it null and

'.

Maine,

Ancitni

Law^

p.

276

Mommsen,

History of Romt^

tcttDslated
\tl

of the Myth'Making
As

instance

an

these

in

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conservative

holder

of

transformations
earliest

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and

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of

advent

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magical

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cut

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the

force, and
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the

to

rod

magic

tribal

history of

became

iffores)bundle

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former

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laid down
the

altar

is ordered

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Kushites,

or

instituted, the

people

sun-antelope whose
three

the

P.

were

correctness

required,as
"

repeated
Maine
Sat,

Dannesteter,

if. pp. 23, note

of the

l8l" where

even

ns

The

shews, in

often
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as

shows

scrupulous

of

of Kusha
of

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three

ceremonies

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succession

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in

accuracy

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the

these

To

grass.

the

sacrifice

India

to

that

woman,

the

the

times

seven

offerings

the

also

and

year,

in

prescribed

when

and

rules

the

years

Roman

perfect

detail

was

primitivelegalproceeilings.

Brah.^ xiii. 2, 6,

2, 209.

added,

were

the

in national

sheaves

this

was

the

which

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Syria

rain

or

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of

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tree,

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food

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attained.

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Dickson,

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sheaves

ritual

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India

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reaches
life.

sacrifice

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made

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to

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grass

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thornless

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Indian

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trees

history".

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the

mother-tree

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primitive

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parent-tree,

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as

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effected

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its

of

last

priest

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races.

rain-wand,

power

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the

national

ordained

first

changes

instructive.

most

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being".

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god

Brahmanas,

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became

agricultural

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as

is
rain-priest,

royal sceptre,
as

of

out

history of the rain-wand,

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wand,

god worshipped

hunting

the

rituals, the

this

practical working

staff of office of the

magic

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the

of

Age,

14

Fargatd^

; S.

iii.

U.
1

E.,
;

vol

xix.

xliv.

iS,

p. 315.

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S.

15. E..

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History and

the

forming
when

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India

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the

of

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of

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invoked
evolution

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goddess

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began

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age

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while

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changing

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inhabitants,
union

with

in

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this

belief

'

240,
^

in the

Eggeling,
242,

Sat.

of

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different

whole

of

14;

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before

countries

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the

period

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ii"

the

ape

14;

their

various

ii. 5, i, 18;

S.B.

I.

S. B.

E., vol. xii.

p.

242.

sun-horse,
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note

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or

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Ibid., iii. 4, i, 17, 18 ; S. B. E., vol. xxvi. p. 89,

Ibid.,i.,8, 3,

Pole

of

of

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long historical

stocks, yet

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in

Vega

Star

the

moon-god

the

continuity

ritual

mother-tree,

note

when

worship

Pole

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that

ethnologically altered

traditional

Brdh.^

388, 389,

rituals

immigrant

the

the

the

was

though

observed

of

of

in the

grass.

became

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or

rain-bird

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of

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time

worshippers

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to

seasons

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by

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rain

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bird

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to

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parent

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of

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in

made

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to

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earth
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the

kings,

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sun-horse,

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emigrants

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by

sacrifice

sacramental

in

Kushika

these

sugar-cane

of

sons

described

year

succeeded

of

the

of

rule

was

sons

cycle

Chronology

of

life

"., vol. xii. pp.

Histcry amd

10

of the

meteorological teaching

with

combined

of the

evolution

of the

channel

fruitful

the

that

is to

say

both

him

and

the

to

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I shall

the

in

never

traced

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to

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in

of

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brains

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or

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and

schools

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the

ruler

of the

Ritu-parna,

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of

of the

be

rainy

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to

gambling

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Assam.

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of

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village
among

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pre-

contributed

still survives

Madras,

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signs,

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materials

of

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symbolic

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of the tale.

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to

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all

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are

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him

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with

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winter

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felicity. He

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rains

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to

poem

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later

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the

by
in

India,
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Marya
Nagpore

or

and

villages peopled by

the
and
the
tree

the
these

Timts, vol. i.,Essay ii.,pp. 64"76.

the

of
the young

races^
soon

as

in

they

as

called

is

superintended

respective duties

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they

This

hall

originally appropriated

boys

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also,

strangers

organisation of

the

which

originally

of

family.

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Spartans,

and

of

children

all

Europe

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in Crete

observed

by all the

by

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Arcadians

of

by Aristotle,

described

public granaries
stored

all of whom

The

3.

where

duty

of

carefully taught

the

from

agriculturalpopulation
Mediterranean

the

of

back

"

"

pp.

to

Abcrcrombj,

Codrington,
74

"

77.

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*

the

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and

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Mdanesians
information

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of Prehistoric

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know^

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Sicily,
and

pp.

Caroline
them

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vol.

fashion
the

by

village

were

recognised

one

both

Egyptians,
their

and

by

Anthropology

their

about

in

nations

be

traced

of

192
and

Inlands

"

earliest

all the
can

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many

and

which

Italy and

descent

whose

in

and

was

civilisation

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or

the

as

originally

one

each

and

India.

race

Turvasu

of

education

their

Cretans

boys

being provided

Babylonians

obtained

nations

of which

food

public

the

custom,

together

harvests

the

members

as

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ate

their

villages, in

Minor

South

of

the

Phigalia,

Corinthians,

ancient

Sikels

survival

the

This

of Asia

also

and

born

apparently

races

and

iCnotrians

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and

by

Dorian

young

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educated

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it is

children

guardianship.
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and

where

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together

all

upon

and

place

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on

maintained

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in

men

permanent

village,and

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under

it

trained

2, and

Islands

villagers ate

In

their

girls apart

the

the

girls by

the

the

earliest

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young

waited

among

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for

village community.

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and

Caroline

and

for

the

to

in

exists

custom

Melanesian

in the
of

entertained

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pupils.

it still is

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lodged

sex.

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are

members

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care,

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and

matrons;

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by

her

provided

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by

with

dispense

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1 1

from

taken

are

sexes

establishments

separate

boys,

both

of

Age.

Myth-Making

r97,

India,

loi

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and

104.

Folklore^ chap.
was

given

well.

ii.,Essay iii.,p. 297.

to

V.
me

History and

12

who

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human

by their sculls

family

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national

wherever

education

village

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is

later

institution

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the

of

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the

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feasted

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16

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xxvi.

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the

Among

26th

the
of

two

of

seasons

and

six

the

year

observed

still

used

by

the

latter

merchant

Khartik

October

and

(October

"

begins

was

primaeval

closes

November),

in

stars

the

from

tervals
in-

longer

no

they

continued
year

November

of October.
Western

and
the

of

of

traders

his

spring

distant

Southern

the

mediately
im-

set

this

end

the

This

evening

as

majority
by

of

the

more

each,

in

among

noted,

setting

and

months

and

of

at

Thus

Hemisphere
every

it

till the

May

was

when

again

sun,

October.

of

April,

the

messengers
it

they

as

their

reappeared

food.

beginning

the

November,

April

before

set

and

frequent

Hemisphere.

after

set

till in

end

the

till

one

till the

they

mark

unless

their

the

sun,

which,

to

the

supplied
were

countries

crops,

by

life,

Dravidian

equatorial

night

ist

social

by the

their

one

was

of

averted

to

the

on

They

night.

in

Southern

Pleiades,

evening,

when

sign

Solstices

adopted

which

the

the

sua

founders

destroying

continued

They

visible at

the

the

were

crops

of

sought

the

after

rice

of

the

destroyed

and

up

the

spring

equatorial

by

dwellers

than

god

first

was

rulers

star

by

its assaults

the

by

used

burnt

by

pleiades

the

Sun.

These

which

sun

weeks

five-day

of

measured

years

villages.

and

movements

year

earliest
not

was

the

Solstitial

THE

THOUGH
yet it

seasons

by

of the

II.

his
year
the

dwellers

India.

West

year's
with

month

in

books

the

full

dedi-

History

22

cated

named

and

to

and

after

Chronology

the

Pleiades, called

was

another

Krittakas

the

Spinners.

or

Besides

by the

this

Mundas,

They

much
of

of

as

the

It

fit for the

sowing

of the

were

Murwa

in

Bengal,

him

on

the

of

of

first

called

is the

the

most

in his

ruled

in

he

is the

of

the

system

of

that

Hindu

(April
"

May),

two

like
each

of

the

Pantheon,

superlative
of

the

the

which

for
is

the
the

fathers.

the

creator,

who

shows

of

tva,

existence

Pleiades, is, however,


months,

the

winter

holy of

most

The

seasons.

form

gods, and

with

god Tvashtar,

that

solstice

summer

[aydnd) of the

ruling god

by

the

its

to

orthodox

the

as

ending

Hindu

the

solstice.

months

(aydna)

Vedic

the

with

six

Pole

central

is divided

It

times

or

the

by

god

measured

years

Vi-sakha

Pitri-yana

began

northerly point

regarded

sun

it

southwards

came

to

times

or

lised
symbo-

the

its most

winter

returning

beginning

name

the

the

ancient

first year,
in

of

year

{tvash),that
two

the

was

tlie winter

at

of

worship

belief

their

ritual.

periods

Devayana
the

are

still

year

two

from

months

solstice
This

into

months

six

six

is the

Nagpore.

jungle-fowl, the

and

reaching

Brahminical

Pleiades

being
the

This

In

it

spring

and

god

wild

South-west

the

solstice, whence

Hindu

the

the

heavens

the

northward,

home.

year

in

set

sun

and

g^raincalled

god,

This

Bonga.

poultry.

their

made

in Chutia

national

sun-bird,

round

summer

winter

the

course

it went

Thence

Sri

domestic

our

the

when

at

by

of

rains

(Eleusine Coracana),

in Madras

their

as

and

constant

which

sun

the

on

dried

of their winter

seeds

Raggi

sun

earth

annual

its

the

they,

looked

the

by

colder

and

fiery rays

species called Gundli

the
name

of

parent

and

the

under

whose

was

India

originally chieflymillets, the

allied

deified

They

China,

enemy,

sodden

and

autumn.

which

an

India

to

North-east

the

South

South

as

and

another

than

sun

chilled

crops,

and

of

kindly mother,

soil

summer

land

mountains

the

brought

year

emigrants from

rainy region

dreading

sun

warmed

earliest

the

more

instead
winter

the

from

came

and

there

year

name

of

mid

month

of

two

the
the

recognised
the

month
of

the

of tlu Myth' Making


Pleiades

(saiid)^ thus
in the

year

the

BtrtA

division
made

only

was

used

as

weeks.
five

sunset

for

reason

the

for

nights,
at

the

They

based

their

that
a

they

central

which

all

bodies

gcr, the

is

of

Queen
in

set

tribal

under

the

chrysalis

out

and

it

away

with

stars

the

of

became

her,

the

Sarna

the

giant

is

to

the

and

god

say
rest

in

the

in the

of

dragged
of

The

reason

story

the

served
pre-

Gneeangfound

sacred

part

performed
dancing

Hindu

village

This

grove.
the

the

of

corroboree

star

raven

round

heavens

Star.

of

central

or

proved

moon,

ceremonies

placed

parent

raven

that

Pleiades,

Akra,

the

Aldebaran,

tree

the

near

setting,rising,

revolution

star

national

and

the

the

of

magic

for the

priest,

shade

the

is in the

found

astronomy.

It tells how

the

Pleiades,

the

forth

set

aborigines

the

to

this

the

measurement

the

in
Pole

for

clearly

most

apart

ground, answering

North

the

account

tree, that

of the forest
the

by

infant

year

and

be

is to

and

sun,

rather

Pleiades

time

that

daily circle

Australian

of

the

or

evening,

their

conclusion

stars, the

to

gave

by the

by

of the
described

they

grub

the

of

days,

time-unit
of

marked

the

the

calculations

point marked

heavenly

their

adoption

culmination

and

this

of

of

in

first time-unit

which

five

after

intellect

the

and

of

one

assumptions

all

the

months

by

popular

that

was

year

o'clock

adoption

fundamental

the

to

education,

was

six

of

Tree,

measured

periods

equatorial day

at

in the

on

into

the

first week

The

b^an

of

bifurcation

the Mother

of life
from

national

fraction

branches

{vi)

month.

of time

of

23

two

original

comprehensible

long period

of this

middle

of

month

the

recording

A.
But

the

means

year,

Age,

grub,

tribe, she
who

Canopus,
her,

her

ran

attendant
host

starry

took

round

the Pole.
This
Hindu

star

raven

mythology,

'

of

this

Australian

Agastya, the

Elworthy,

The

Evil

star

story became,

Canopus,

whose

Eye, Appendix iii.p. 438.

in
name

the

History and

24

the

means

He

spheres.
where

singer {gd)^the

the

holy

of the

songs

ritual in the

see,

represent in

the

successive

time.

of

water

or

Song

of

the

race

the

land.

The

black

the

South-west
wind

North-east

which

believed to drive
But

side

origin of

in which
Pole

the South

which
and

grew

*'

the

dwelt

the

as

mysterious mother
Bohu

waste

or

mother

who
of

sons

of-the-waters

the Southern
she

is the

the

mother

world,as
'

Bahu,

void

of

has

the

Sun."

the

home

Great

first

was

this

i.

of the South
there
the

of

the

region

is In

form

the

awful
adored

Phoenicians,

She

called

was

of the

dians
Akkahouse

is called

**

(/),

Star."

Pole

North

of her

of

within

black-headed

la, the god

no

was

waters

the

2.

ception
con-

belief in

the

As

of

Baau

One, she

another

the

was

to

on

waste

Genesis

thq father

In

it

Pole

begotten

(a),whose

Gula,

as

and

the

of

goddess, the
of livingthings. She was
South

unseen

as

rains

heavens,

dark

on

the

mother-tree

Southern

on

based

was

in time

found.

was

on

Pole.

founded

the central

looked

was

the

god,

settled

which

rains

anterior

and

visible in the

^, the

Also

round

Canopus grub

by the Akkadians
the

annual

another,

up

life from

the

Star

the stars
side with

by

there
the

these

preceded

star

monsoons,

of the

of Gonds,

had

up

amrita

father

he

ritualistic
the

Lingal, the rain


slain by the first race

North-east, whom

syllables

poem

restores

the

shall

we

of

gifted with

been

and

as

their

of

conception of the raven


-cloud
which
brought

rain

which,

measurements

had

the

Rg. ii. 43, i, 2,


sing the divine

historical Gond

in the

Lingal

from

to

raven
life-giving

which
life,

life after he

to

the

in

changes

the

is said
metres

of

harmony

in

varying numbers

the

It is this

sacred

the

form

raven

[Shakuni)

raven

of

leader

in his

appears

Chronology

of

wife

the

mythic history

great serpent goddess of the deep called Tiamat,


of

living things {tia)ythe


and
guarded the mother-tree
the holy boundary -snake
is

Sayce,Hibbert

Lectures

goddess
of

the

believed

for 1887, Lect. iv. pp. 262

"

who

rounded
sur-

Southern
in

Hindu

264.

History and

26

the

mother-bird

was

originally the

was

from

tree

that
the

as

the

"

the

In

earth
land

of

Zend

of

of

of the

Yamuna
the

to

Jumna,

or

called

its

the

was

years,

the

Kaurs^

or

Indica)^ the

Kashyapa

by

in

the

West,

mcstetcr,
p. 26 ;

V.

Dinkardy

vii.

Zendavesta
pp.

whom
the

was

36;

Vendidad

West,

Kurus

or

this

on

the

on

Cunningham,

Ancient

born

BundahisA,

xxiv.
43;

Geography of India^

p. 332.

Birth

Nidanakatha,

Stories; The

the

were

Pole

ii;

p. 51.

was

ship

as

the

the

Star, that

xix.

S.B.E.,

sea

reed

lying below

Indta^ chap. xxxi. vol. i. p. 316.

David, Buddhist

This

mother

North

banks

mother

the

lake

ii. 42,

{Ftcus

their father

Argo.

of the

Fargard^

in India

Sharyanavan,
or

of

Kurus

tree

southern

{sharya)

Kushika
It

14,

the

of

stood

slew.

days

360

born

tree

Hindu

Indra

Banyan

great

13,

river

", that

primaeval

89, 70 ; iv. p. 21.

Sachau, Albeninl*s

Rhys

84^

arrow

the

rivers.

i.

growth

Taneshur

the

tree, the

mountains, the home

Himalaya
"

plain of

the

the

Euphrates leading

Zend

tree

of

of the

Mahabharata

This

Atar5

land

course

ship constellation

Rg.

year

(sharya), whence
of

the

the
Kur

from

birth-place of

Nigrodha

mother

the

(ndvan) of the

sons

the

on

up

line of its

The

representing

of

of this

river

the

India

of Danu,

sons

lake, reproducing

called

lake

the

Kassapa4.

or

traversed
the

the

mother-tree, the

Sanskrit

central

the

of

of the

Kauravya

world's

this

from

instead

traditional

the

in

Avesta

grew

mother

the

through

to

of

to

come

tells us,

shrines

360

born

was

Kurukshetra,

sons

by the Kur.

the Danava,

This, with

this

and

of

god {eshwar) Tan, the father of

is of the
race

the

had

Thence

Kur.

river

supplied by
the

ocean,

holy land

Adarbaijan,

modern

Alberuni

as

"

spoke

the

in

Kurus,

traversed
fire-worshippers

passed,

It

mythological history

the

the

legend, who

the

Fatakan,

Argo.

nest

prophet, Zarathustra,
who

who

Egyptians,

raven-star

vegetation

its roots

centre

and

'.

form

(Kshethra)
the

and

Zend

of birds

the

the

Karshipta,

Hindu

in

of

water,

life it had

of

tree

Akkadians

bird

sun-hawk,

the

the

great

language

the

of

Ckronoloiy

16;
vol.

Dar-

xlvii.

of
Indra
as

found

the

head

see

in

shall

we

eleven

months

The

the

was

the

Hebrew

called

and

the

Bible

Ti-tans

*,

or

and

earth.

This

primitive genealogy,

Greek

of

the

Sanskrit

form

the

Barsah,

that is

the
first

with

earth

In

description

life.

regions ruled
heaven, whose
this rain

descend

descending
which

north

tree,the

offspringof

all who

to

This

mud

primitive

with

father

of the

the

southern

the

mother,

Tan

of

the

by
or

the

the

Noema,

home

the

Berard, Originedes CtUtes ArcadUns^

Pole

north
all

It is

3.

children

of

and

fruit

the

of

men

earth

mother-

mud,

or

productive
its

tiee

Titans

whose
mud

Star

is the
is derived

name

4.

the
and

Sabha

Bcraid, Origint

det

230,

It

was

she

North,

the

afterwards

231.

{Lokap"la Sabhakhydfia) Parva,


CulUs

Arcaduns,

p. 212.

ix. pp.

rain

daughter.

7*
pp.

the

god

Greek

the

the

of this

the

Thetis,

first the

'

Mahabharata

of

guardians

or

Ocean

the

of

fruit

rain,

heavenly

whence

guardian goddess of

Ps. czlviiL

from

Thith,

'

'

four

impregnated

Tin,

goddess

Phoenician

Astro

nourishing

life derived

Euronyme,

Phoenician

is the

the

the

ruling

the

rain-

impregnated

Southern

from

vri,to

root

god

waters

rivers

life

the

the

in the

sustain

form

from
who

the

conveys

in

is the

supreme

the

Lokapala

fill the

to

from

produced

third

is built

palace

animals

which

the

of

accurate

an

meaning

Lokapalas,

called

gods

is

India

rivers of

of the

the

by

Varuna

of space,

the

children

Varsha,

all

which

rain-god,

[tan,

covering

original

villagers^ the

the

mud

the

Sanskrit

the

or

snakes

or

Uranos

for

the

Bares,

of

seed

productive

of

the

Zend

the

and

is

from

god

in

reproduced

var

Hindu

of the

Varuna,

is the

Varuna

hence

Dan

by the Greeks

the

cloud,

the

Tannim,

of the

of

and

of

of

dragons

reproduction

cover,

which^

ruler

sons

sons

called

were

heaven

Gaia,

of

the

in

Greek

deep ', the

of Uranos

VL,

Dadhyank^

Kurus,

tin) of life (/i),who

Arab

sun-horse

Chapter

equivalents

Tinnim,

of the

the

predecessors of the
the

were

Arabic

of

27

year.

Danava

Tan,

Myth- Making Age.

ike

28"

30.

Histoty

28

the

of

god
when

-wedded

of

the

heat, after

earth's

he

the

as

the

believed

turned

it

its axis

the

was

This

of the

been

Mons

The

central

Saga, the
the

pp.
'

that

was-the

the

of

race

oak

of

tree

woodlanders

Sigurd, the

earth

god, who

historical
the

this

In

ing
turn-

imagery

heavens,

drawn

origin of the
by

so

trees

Druids

tive
primi-

many

the

the

in

Indian

of Dodona,

and

Volsungs

which

whom

Niblunga
bom

was

of the

pillar {tirdr)of victory

B^rard,

Origint des

Iliad^ xviii.,394"411;

Homer,

Star

(yolr) from

god

who

revolved.

of the
the

ceeded
suc-

of the

{Sftorea robustd) of
tree

3.
or

who

race

revolving plain

trees

parent

as

Sal-tree

parent

sun-god

Cultes

ArcadUni,

I5i" 183.

97.

West, Dinkardf
This

is the

"the

in the

on

earth

Myrmidons

Pole

still while

stood

arose

the

to

dust

earlier

the

mother-tree

Mundas,

or

the

was

in

and

revolving earth.

ape-god Canopus,

looked

people.
the

which

southern

have

earth

3, whereas

earth

hand

the

by

the

conception
on

of the

potter's wheel

the

the

Potter, the

Divine

by the

moulded

mother

the

fire,

same

mother-tree, and

from

formed

the

in

Adamite

southern

the

was

man

earth, the

from

begotten

son,

of

Za-

Purushaspa,

light

race

home

fire,the

as

his

and

the

of

red

of

sons

that

heat

sun-god

of the

sons

by

sun-god

the

of

mud,

dawn

at

bring

to

the

was

ants, the

later

removed

was

sun-god,

Achilles

birth, just

southern

the

and

mother-tree

whence

his

god

northern

southern

father,placed his newly-born

rathustra's
the

mother

the

in

placed

she

Achilles, whom

mud-

southern

Peleus, the

became
potter'sclay {irrfKAs;)^

the

This

to

of fire,

smith-producer

by Zeus

heaven

from

thrown

Hephaistos, the

received

the

fire-drill of heaven,

the

mother-goddess, when
of

of corn,

Virgo, the mother

Star

Chronology

and

produced

tree,

of

Skeat, Malay

is of

S.B.E., vol. xlvii.

10;

the

earth

oval

an

year."

one

Pauh

from

"

conception of

world

space

world's

vii. 8

They

Janggi, growing

the

Magic^

seed
pp.

Kmi

5, 6, 8

in

created
"

10, 4.

believe
the

by

mud
God

36, 37.

by the

shape revolving
also

pp.

entertained

its

on

the

in

of

the

and

Malays
own

who

axis

tree-mother
Southern

conveyed

believe

four
of

life,the

Ocean,
in

times

the

and
rain,

of the Myth-Making
the
(jjrjf),
and

the

tree

of

sun

Indian

of

date-palm-tree
China, the
tree, the

It

mother

beingthe

the

Danu

of the

or

the

of

names

Akkadian

of the

the

Adonis

altar

tree

village

or

'

'

Euphrates,

where

Hewitt, Ruling Races

Berard,

father

god Tan

the

"

of

life

the

story of
told

in

represents

earth,"

at

port

disembarked

Times
,

is

Palmythe

birth

bilingual

the
in

mother-

the

"

the

Eriduga,

or

nician
Phoe-

{si),who

on

This

la

of Prehistoric

Tammuz,

-tree

the

cypress-

Hebrew

is

of

find

we

the

-tree

ancient

the God

that

sun-god

{duntu) of
cypress

Creto-

reproduction

Tan,

the

Eridu

most

the various

is in the

the

Akkadian

of

in

It

in

Zeus, for d,

see

ti.

of

centre

grove

we

Zeus,

survives

virgin (martis)

son

the

Cretan

the

holy
holy

mouth

from

the

of
con-

vol. ii..Essay viii.,p. iii.

xvii. 9.

Numbers
Mababharata

Bhishma

[Gud-Ajmdha), Panra,
*

the

Sayce.

[duga) city {erf),the


the

the

Greek

{adon),the

mother

Dr.

in

growing

place"

the

The

the

by

the

which

the

house

master

4.

from

quoted

as

the

from

Rome

at

of Dumu-zi

hymn

the

bom

as

of

from

who

when

the

as

I-tan-os,

mother

Dumu-zi,

represented

ash-

especially

was

Tan,

name

of

god

became
or

the Akkadian

rene

life,Zi, di, and

Brito-martis

[berut\ who

tree

appeared
Tan,

I-tan-a,
of

worship

of

cypress-tree

became,

Genitive

the

of

cult

Phcenician

of

god

the

god

interchangeable letters,as

are

the

Minor,

recognised parent,

he

god

Zdvo^, the

Doric
Zii\v69^

t, and

that
the

or

the

sun-god

peach-tree

which

the

", the

Pole.

form

I-tan-os

called

South

North

this

in

It is

of the
as

Asia

last tree
of

mother

succeeded

this

nut-

or

Indian
the

and

Edda,

Syrians

almond

the

and

worship

mud

of

the

of Aaron

Valaramas,

the

was

the

with

connected

and

Germany

of

Ygg-drasil

Phoenicians.

the

of

of
fig-trees

almond-rod

budding

moon-god

pine-tree

29

Kushika, the

or

Babylonia

the

and

The

'.

Kauravya

Jews, the

the

Bhishma

stone

gnomon

Age,

Origine

Migrationof Symbols^

{Bhishma-Vcuiha)

xxxiv., Ix. pp.


des

Cultes

p. 142.

Parva,

xlvii.

p.

165;

Shaleya

135, 233.

Arcadiens,

pp.

281,

300;

D'Alviella,

Tfie

History

30

stellation
of

into

and

entered."
of life

(^{)^bornlike

birth

the

of

Professor
which

1^

tree, and
the

character

the

oldest

from

say

the

as

plainly

the

parent

the

birth

the

Sal

tree

Transactions

s4kkadian
Central
3

sun

-god, the

the

in

of

the

the Far

Mallet, Northern

Chapter

VII.

for 1887, Lect.

Ninth

Easty

Antiquities:

life.

sources

Urdar

soul

the

and

from
of

account

will

Here

deal
I

under

dawning

Gan-isha

Rev.

with
on

Congress of Orientalists,
C.

J. Ball, M.A.,

677, ff.
The

of

will
the
sun

the
her

iv.,p. 238.

International

p.

born

under-world,

conceived

god

is

rain-cloud, entered

of the

Affinitiesof Chinese^ by the


Asia^ and

which

the

the

written

the

the

in

plain of the

there

in

Dumuzi

Buddha,

was

used
on

the

Mimir,

India

of

of the Edda

from

of

base

tree

Yggdrasil

Akkadian

in

Crimson

god

the

sun

mist, the

the

Buddha

That

Lectures

of

birth

the

on

Hr-

in their

i"sir, the home

the

the

Himalayas.

Sayce, Hibbert

of

reproduced

that

out

the

home

fully afterwards

elephant'strunk,
*

of

elements

is the

life-givingsap

the

This

the

of

only point
Great

Niflheim,

tree, is

more

its

for

the

tree, that

that

roots

character

woman,

Chinese

the

spring, the giant's well

roots

life 3.

of

with

three

dwelling

essence

the

proved,

script, that

possible that

of

has

two

sign for

as

characters,

triangle forming

that

as

this world's

story of the

Ball

of the

[dutmi)

reproduced,

Chinese

Akkadian

So

it draws

of

The

hath

Zarathus-

Chinese

Mr.

mother

son

This

the

as

is the

the

Girsu.

these

the

the

and

of

at

springs,and

fountain

in

couch

man

to

is also

tree

me,

the

mother-roots

It is from

whence

the

/^

tree

form

no

the sun-hawk

is formed

while

for

monuments

speech

This

sun,

house

holy

Ocean*.

".
orig^inals

IS"

is

of the

nest

vegetation supplied
mother

the

foliagewas

Dumuzi,** the

originallyderived,

Akkadian
sun

its

of it was

informs

Douglas

*'

{zi)^the

'*

stin-god from

were

from
the

and

Southern

the

its

his counterpart

the water

from

tree

of

the midst

''In

from

tra

"

of life

heart

the

In

Ai^o.

or

Zi-kum/' the mother

bird,

in

Ma

ship

Chronology

and

Prose

Edda^

p. 41

1.

" viii. ;

The

China,

pf the Myth-Making

Magha

the

divine

of

the

mother-tree.

she

when

between

villagegrove
Munda

of the

that is to
and

All

Dravidian

mother

Hindu

the

wood.

of

goddess

of

of the

later

the

the mother
It was

log

is

virgin mother-tree,
the

of the

temple

This

is the

image kept

the

of the

in the tomb

of

oil

the mother

'

'

p.

the

the

Indian

Buddhist

Birth

Beaachamp,

Dubois'

Hindu

".

pp.

714"719.

Homer, Tliody xi. 167.

of

early ritual,
of the

of the

Telis,

Storits:

or

Manners^

the
in

year-god

guardian wooden

city 3.

of

the

growing

This

goddess,

Ionian

race,

olive-tree

and

(Sesamum
oil

dealers,

and
^

Troy,

race

the

of

The

cities.

Trojan

TheNidanakaihd,
Customs

of

Palladium

of

Sesame

timber

ancient

tree-mother

the

power

the

or

is the

the

age.

{/aga/i)*.

of

tree-mother

plant,

Rhys David,
589, App.

'

of

log, the

fig-treeof
the

goddess Athene,

earlier sacred

this

image

image

founder

Ilos, the

called Pallas, became


the

sent

Palladium

of the

wild

with

divine

by

was

(natA) of Space

of this

mother

Indra, by

white
of the

the

founder

the

god

grown

treasure-house

classical prototype
made

the

now

Lord

goddess
in

Vishnu,

or

sea-shore, and

the

on

had

mother

beneath

to

the

founding

Sea, that the earliest form

Southern

god, .Krishna

year

shown

of

made

the

was

yojana

the

mother

always

Orissa,

foundations

submerged

the

of

in

was

who

raven

or

is

Indramena,

temple. King
these

depths

This

",

only goddess

telling of the

story

Jagahnath

earth.

crow

from

image

primaeval temple,

the

surface

as

of

great temple

tree

in

the

is the

whose
the

Sal

prototype

Mari-amma,
She

in

who,

their

find

(marom).

pantheon

is she

It

of the

tree

belonged,

of the

son

village

the

mother

the

in

tree

Koliya,

his

from

".

goddess

-tree

the

Mari

{amma)^

the

fell at his birth

originWree-mothers

these

the

ling
rain-compel-

Sal

his

which

to

race

like Dumu-zi,

was

rain-shower

in

he

the

and

mother

born

was

grasped

Kapilavastu

Kol

or

say

and

stood

witch

the

of power,
He

the

Maya^

rod

bearing

branch
mother

of his mother

the womb

rightside

Age,

pp. 62,

orientale),
of

whom

63, 66, 67.


voL

Ceremonies
^

ii,

and

History

32

I shall

the

eleven

primaeval

months
year,

the

She,

Pleiades, and

oriented'.

Zeus, who

who

the

in

appears

of

genealogy

the

ancient

Greece.

arrived

in

the

in

dwellers
and

Spartos,
who

or

this story tells how

from

who

measured

time

and

occupied

the

Ahi

At

the

of

the

Delphi
city2, he

set

tells

was

us

the

is to

souths the

say,

Norman

begun

and

Lockyer,

the

Orientation

much

earlier.

in

Dawn
of

burning

or

she

was

temple

Frazer, Pausanias^

Ibid., ix. 12, 2, vol. i. p. 459,

Movers, Die

v.

p.

i. p.

sites

to

p. 419.

This

stars

48.
vol.

643.

v.

p. 48.

to

6400

p.

name

goddess

of the

4.

heated

mud-mother-

worshipped

He,

the

of

Pausanias

heated

form

of Astronomy

from

gate

3.

earth, the

Phonizier,

the

Onga

Echis,

village tree.

Ogygian

of

name

the

journey

the

'

vol.

the

Boeotia

with

the

fire of

this

Minor,

snake

originallythe goddess

was

Asia
to

the

his

on

week,

words,

Athene, called by what

Phoenician

underground

goddess Tan,

of

the

other

came

of

sons

rested

outside

just
image

she

In

five

the

days of

of

sons

or

by him,

bom

were

Boeotians.

of

original

ploughed

five

Indian

Kadmus

according to Movers,

means,

That

the

land

under

the

allying themselves

Rigveda, the

an

up

historical

introducer

of

five-day weeks,

by

country,

Thebes,

to

parent,

Minor

agriculturistsfrom

tribe of

place where

goddess

the

Asia

teeth, there

primitive villagers,the Achaioi,


the

Tan

of

head

of her

in

parent

the

of all the
a

mud

from

snake

the

{airelpo})
men,

ancestors

mother

as

Athens

at

the

{Kedeni)^ the

East

snake's

the

sown

became

the

of

land, and

with

sown

stellar

chief

emigrants

as

killed

the

the

agriculturalpeople in
legendary history tells us that they

Their

He

plough.

temple

counterpart

goddess

Boeotians, the

man

the

the

the

of

Greece
the

Kadmus,

form

of the

from

bom

shown,

therefore

was

earliest

was

have

as

was,

Tan, and

who

She,

her

of

this constellation

it is to

that

describing

mother-tree

the

as

earthly representative

heavenly counterpart

was

when

Chapter VI.,

in

year.

was

the

year-mother
her

full account

give

Chronology

312,

B.C.

as

traces

It

may

the

fically
specihave

the

at

festival held

of the

the

at

changed,

has

dead, which

the

to

equinox.
This
tree-goddess of

Aricia, that
at

festival
in

Aricia

at

Rome,

of

that

and

held

was

the

Diana
and

was

of

year

the

as

salt

of the

beginning

in

November

of

In

this
the

earth.

by
and

these

At

are

she

as

naked

feasts

to

as

tree

and

father
feasts

the

first of

vol.

January
will

"

be

sacred

meal, wine,

offered,

tree-mother,

feast

May

Tana

Fraser, Pausanias,

the

like

the

on

ist

returning tree-goddess

by the

mid-year

of

year

August,

were

mid-year
the

was

life

with

these

the

its

goddess of the

unwed

votaries

original year

and

was

of

cakes

crescent-moon,

with

year

plants impregnated
the

like

in

which

year

whom

to

of

the

which

Lug,

the

But

Virbius

called

beginning

sun-god

Her

enter.

isth

of

Patricius

August,

the

on

year

moon-goddess,

reproduction

Persephone,

the

honey, shaped

May.

held

Chapter VII.

in

described

of

mid-day

of

13th

the

grove

{verto)of

turner

the

the

might

man

She,

groves,

Vicus

the

counterpart,

oi^theIdes
Athens,

the

being

in

no

the

or

her

and

male

her

at

the

February,

to

Vertumnus

and

it denoted

sacred

of which

Tana.

of

the

in

appears

Etruscan

goddess

feast

autumnal

the

to

also

Tan,

is the

Aventine,

the last

Panathenaia

the

to

the

on

into

Rome,

those

of

celebrated

most

mud.

Janus, the

witchcraft,

of

mother

the

the

female

Diana, the

Roman

transferred

been

been

V., from

with

November

in

has

and

IV.

of the

year

ancestors,

Chapters

in

originallybegan

which

year

Kushika

the

shown

have

as

similar

the

like

which,

one

Barishadah,

Pitaro

of the Sabaeans

present year

is

time

same

Indian

the

and

this year

But

year

equinox '.
beginning

autumnal

the

Jews, with

of the

that

like

began,

their

Thus

solstice.

winter

at the

beginning

year

year

month

tenth

the

September-" October,

in

of their

beginning

the

celebrated

Bceotians

that

Chronology

History and

34

or

v.

Diana

p. 169.

food-bearing

rain-god below
she
human
as

was

shipped
wor-

beings,
described

of the Myth- Making


gospel of the witches, which

in the
in

salt,honey and
invoked

in

ancient

creed

mother

which

hymn
of the
The

plant.

in

and

water,

of

materials

The

Tuscany.

Mr.

the feast

''cakesof meal

them

follows

as

meal

the

was

its first lines

in

all life from

of

unearthed

has

were

preparing

are

35

Leland

embodies

birth
lines

Age.

the

the

of the

seed

"

Translation,
O

Scongiaro tCi
Qie

farina,

il corpo

sei

nostro

potrebbe viyere

si

Sei stata

sotto

Sono

nascosti

The

feasts

in

They

and

music,

"

who

art

could

we

before

be-

placed (as

wert

the

earth,whence

the

all

in secret.

bom

shown

are

have

to

supper,

love

instructions
the

primitive Indian
all naked,

shall

they
the

in

large

exactly resembled

sit down

to

the

by

the

over

by

festivals of the

these

of

festivals of

feast

then

and

orgies

wizards

to

the

and

women,

who

accompanied

were

the

manual

bidden

are

meal

things are

cakes

seasonal

matriarchal

Thou

thee

segreti.

Leland's

Mr.

tutti

wine, and

dancing witches

Without

seed) below

these

on

of

draughts

dove

terra

tutti in

live.

coming

la farina

di devenire

Prima

body.

che

tu

"

our

not

senza

di te
Non

conjure thee, O meal,

I
"

and

men

make

sing, dance,
the

all

with

darkness

races.

lights

extinguished*.**
In

Hindu

the

reaching

the

from
of

the tenant

form

the

the

the

Southern

the ape

impregnated

Thibetan
the mother

kingof
*

the

of the

W. Warde

or

the

Encyclopadia

Fowler,

The

Roman

who

rock
in

his

in

Rg.
the

the

Ninth

Festivals ; Mensis
D

x.

86,

rain-god,
by the
of

ogress
of

offspring of

Gospel of Witches, chap, ii., The


Britannica,

original

life

form

Gond

an

the
ape

ape-father-godBodhisatva,
the

was

in

of

seed

Star,

is the

son

of Indra

ape

Pole

North

called

the

became

of the

sons

monkeys,

Leland, Arcadia,

8"14 ; Diana,

six

the

is

kabum, who

Muni

with

mother-tree,

the

He,

ape.

wife

[vrisha)ape
She

rain.

the

mother-ape,

rain

heaven-sent

to

its first-born

the
Vrisha-kapi,
mother

of

{maront)

tree

female

myth

Ocean

and

tree

ape-god Maroti, the


form, was

of

Edition,

vol.

Sex tills, pp.

Shenrazig
Sabbat,
viii. p.

198 ff,

pp.

167

History and

36

rain-cloud

The

'.

belief

of

of the tears

born

goddess Drolma,

south

the

in Eastern

Tari

Pennu

India

by

the

after the

India

of the
the

Mundas

stock

same

of

system
their

in

into

magic

and

which

Chutia
of

B.

stood

in

the

as

story

of

Vali

nest

in

the

Hanuman,

'

who

Rockhill,

Kabuntf Bk.
'

Seal,

The

and

Star
of

of

the

Pavana

bridge

Land

of

of the

Western

the

the
of

Lamas,

people

were

who
and

who
same

this

and

especially

Finn

home

the

as

Tiladaka

at

Buddha

in the

his

on

centre.

the

Pole

his

the

the

wind,

vi.

when

slain

pp.

with

ape
who

had

his

were

apes,

goddess,
star-

and

who

She,

leading

ape

he

was

Star

death,

360,000

app.

right 2.

or

the

his

brother
the

360

355 ff.,326 ff. ;

year

days

Muni

ii.

'Records

World,'

Hiouen

Tsiang's Travels, bk. viii.,

vol. ii. p. 103.


3

ruled

the

Tara

Su-griva,
It

trees.

into

parent-god.

bird, the bird-headed

Star

its way

offspring Avalokitesvara,

after

to

She

spirits.

the

Sita, is

wedded

son

built

with

Behar.

was

on

circling{vri)god,

Pole,

the

Pole

the

the

was

{griva) of Su

It

statue

their

and

the

neck

triad

all

and

they still practise

(avalokita)Buddha,

Rama

she

Oressa

India,

evil

the

shipped
wor-

India

still looked

left,and

of

round

Rama,

gods

of

his

first the wife

by

Central

describes

one

on

god going

and

north.

country

Tara

Semites,

the

dealings with

the visible

meaning

the

of the beliefin the Pole

Tsiang

Maghada

She

of

and

Date

Hiouen
in

the

{pen)

Akkadians,

which

made

Star

made

witchcraft
in

Pole

They

Mesopotamia

has

Nagpore,

wizardry

before

tion
evolu-

Finn

and

Bengal

Finn

Ugro

homes

original

element

the

as

both

introduced

of

mother

in the

of

mountaineers.

or

countries

Euphratean

Kandhs

immigration, which

Finn

represents the

the
female

or

superior agriculturaltribes

the

became

north

to

the

god, and

Star

right eye, the

of his

ape-mother-goddess

from

goddess Taara,

Pole

light,the

visible

the

Wungch'yuk,

Chronology

Mahabharata

Vana

{Draupadi-harana)Tarva,

cclxxix.

pp. 822

ff.

of the Myth-Making
of the

(Ceylon), the
confined

cycle

for

of the

nest

of the

Pole

when

the

This

is

the

island

southern

sun,

where

ten-headed

the

Star

Greek

the

This

of

'the

that

under

authority of

the

shows, on

but quotes

isMount

Kasios
as

the

north,

that

coins

of

bronze

on

conical

Zaphon, that
his

Greek
is to

Typhdn,
say

he

winds which
of the

'

our

blow

from

Originof

of

the

Achilles,Tatius

god

middle

Northern

Constellation

Eisagoge^xxxix.

not

was

that

his

the

of

called

he

is

Zeus

depicted
Aramaic

in

rule

Tsephon

and

priated
appro-

Tsephon

is the

wind,

storm

the

beginning

pig (June

Constellations, vol.

that

south-west

hot

June,
the

that

Tsephon,

Typhon,

god
of

consecrated

god

death-dealing

Primitive

Society,
1897, pp. 217"219.
"

the

it

of Baal

Kassia

slew

Cherizon, meaning

jun., F.S.A.,

Ancient

called

ousted

the

He

constellation,

which

supplanted
the

darkness

Promontory

Star

on

Pherecydes

say

the

the

(Sem. Beth-el)

that

temple

Pole

Zeus,

typhoon,
god

on

Seleukia,

Thus

is the

Syriac month

R, Brown,

to

is to

shrine.

is the

This

stone.

according
inscriptions,
or

of Katsia
the

derived

stone,

", that

was

the

meaning

I. 573, 574, to prove

Stone

stood

of

all

Egyptian

or

Divine

which

on

Tatius

Origines

Baal

god

Kasios,

god of

the

of

Phoenician

to the

Les

L^normant,

this constellation

Achilleus

Babylonian

name

Atel,

or

tree-ape.

been

Keph,

that

as

form

Baitulos

stone

tale

the

has

Phoenician

date

dwelling-place

Cebus,

Latin

of Atlas

brother

Sanchoniathon,

the

V.

assignment

of the

constellation

the

from

Brown

R.

Kepos,

name

the

Greek

god

reliable

The

origin of

Kepheus,

the

ape-mother

the constellation

in

was

was

Chapter

Star

as

ape

of the

age

constellation

the

Mr.

bird-headed

marks

Pole

ape.

the

Pole

Lanka

Sita

in

ape

Cephas of the Bible, the divine


of

the

of

of

Ravana,

described

years

wedding

the

of

Kapi,

Indian

by

the

reached

the

three

of

37

Su-griva gives us
early stage of this legendary history.

an

the

the

ravisher

bird-headed

the

to

of

year

of

story

Rama

home

by her

of the

This

which

by

year,

Age,

"

i. p.

30;

Figures.' Journal Koyal

July),

'The
Asiatic

38

History and
the

to

middle

evidence

and

it will

be

consistent

of

the
He

four Keftenu

are

the green
of

the

Indian

said
Philistines,

axles
in

the

Hapi

barley-god of
Amos
in

ix. 7

the

to

Jeremiah xlvii.

ii. 23

they

after

the

Awim

show

the

as

southern

land

Phoenician
of Turos
is the

model

Indian
in

This

of

the

Kapi

ape-god Seb

top

of the

world's

Bear

in

Egyptian

his

head,

and

or

Hapi,

tree

with

his

astronomy

thence

he

4^

turns

Movers, Di^ PAontzierf voL

Brugsch, Religion

Smith,

'Philistines,'Encyc, Brit.^ Ninth

Budge,

Book

called

the Thigh

Hapi.

the

said

are

in

Deuteronomy
from

Kaphtor

of

sons

Pole

Kapi, who
the

to

stars

Star

sits

the

round

the

show,

of the

name

the

the island

from

came

Repha,

clearly

is

I shall

as

pointing

Pole
the

god
the

on

Great
Star
Pole.

i. p. 224.

My thologieder Alien

of the Dead^
of

of

Thigh,

und

the

Egyptian

form

the

of

and

first communal

Kaphtor

The

sons

by the Rephaim, who

Turvasu,

Gulfs.

Persian

in

and

whence,

ape,

Tursena, the Indian


in the

of

name

Kaphtor, called

of

III., p. yy,

land

are

Egypt,

They

Syria

founded

Chapter

dual

of

villages,the

in

They

Canopus,

to

or

by five lords

races

Kaphtor,

The

Kaphtorim

week.

land

shores
2.

green

ruled

their

Ra

from

the

on

the

Orion.

the

the

of

apes

or

Misraim,

come

dwelt

Canopus.

star

have

to

who

the

from

Egyptian

praises

are

be

star
or

isles of

4 the

said

are

villageson
were,

Kapi, the

come

the

Uetenu

as

southern

first

was

inscription in

an

coasts

of

sons

North, Osiris

have

the

sing

days of

and

or

and

to

of

really

lightare

only country

vi. 17

14

northern

god,

history

five

x.

stone

four

the

Samuel

Genesis

ape

the

Syrian

{serdnzm) the

indicating the
of

in

the

in

and

where

in

appear

called

Phoenician

Ocean

of

who

apes

{uet)land of India,

Keftenu

or

eight

or

of

god

and

Keft,

was

the

Edfu

the

sources,

worship

the

stone

Phoenician

was

Egyptian

proofs of

of the

this

consider

we

from

Brown's

fact that

Phoenicia

of

temple

adduce

now

Mr.

that

with

ape-god.

name

I will

the constellation

as

When

September'.

that

clear

Kepheus
the

of

Chronology

chap.

xcix.

^gypter^

p. 152.

Edition, vol. xviii. pp. 755"757*


p.

158, where

the

Great

Bear

is

of
Hence

his head

caput,

the

as

former
in

the

Pole

This

the

Star

The

whole

was

watched

in

this

India

in

national

of

the

Star

flock.
with

the

It is

Lys
the

it was

Court

of

the

goddess

Danu

3.

depicted

Mother

Hat-hor,
And

4.

be the

the

account

house

the

home

R. Brown,

Hyde, Hist. ReLyPers,

the

the

in

were

is

called
Star

Pole

the

Danann,

Pole

the

Egypt,

to

of

birth

where
the

Hapi

the

the

of

Star

Horus,

is

son

Virgin

as

Pole

Bear,

Great

the

rising and

the

the

issuing from her


orientation
of the temple

the

nearest

Primitive

of

temple

{hat) of Hor,
by

de

second

of

Dubha

of

jun., F.S.A.,

'

'

walls

is shown

B.C.

North Pole, the

whose

He,

was

heavenly

the

or

India

of

it

ages

wife,

Tuatha

from

that

intimately connected

marriage

the

goddess

5000

the

Pole

living round

of the

Don,

Celtic

passed

the

on

she

star

about

in

of

of

ape

sun-god.

ape, is

was

the

reproduced

bird-headed

to

Don,

first

was

Kepheus

Greek

his

Star

later

to

watcher

flock

this

Pole

changing
and

and

the

Kassiopaea,

bird-headed

with the

when

god.

it

nations

Egypt,

Star

the

of the

all the

that

primaeval history

The

womb

of

shepherd

B.C., when

and

ape,

mother

goddess Danu,
tribes of

member

Pole

Kepheus

the

preserved

time

of the

head
as

Syria

by

that

the

flock

the

record

which

remote

Kepheus,

in Welsh

in

and

record

memorj'

Pole

that

registered by

Ocean,

led

are

In

numerous

Ar-rai,

ape,

21,000

Latin

conclusions

the

conclusively

from

and

and

kept

was

guardian

proves

Kepheus,

Indian

the

the

was

the

astronomy.

sheep

called

B.C.,

19,000

These

Ua-lu-zun,
the

39

Kephal6,

Arabian

Aghndn,

evidence

in

Stars

Al

Kapi.

and

called

latter

shepherd

star

of the ape

was

Age,

Keph, the Greek

Akkadian

in

Kepheus

and

is called

head

corroborated

Myth-Making

the

Star

128, 129

the

setting star

to

goddess

whom

ConsUUalions, vol. ii. p.

Edition, 1760,'pp.

which

to

20.

Smith, Celestial CycUy

ii.p. 500.
^

Professor

of
Congress
*

Marsham

Rhys'
891.
Adams,

Virgin
Mother,

pp.

Address

Papers
The

67"72.

and
Books

to

the

Mythological

Transactions

of the

of

the

Master
^

of

Section

Congress^

p.

chap, vi.. The

the

Folkloie

148.
Temple

of the

the

temple

temple

Denderah,

at

about

Thothmes

III., from

Hor, before

5000

the

on

south

this

In

side

historical

rain-cloud

became

wind-ape

Hanuman

attendant

Star
the

stars

in their

mighty

of

the

been
time

of

This

ruled

Mon

Munda,

the

Northern
allied

races

of

growing

sons

Canopus

controls

the

up

davesta

to

hundred
star

'

pp.
'

of

waters

the

fair

or

the
the

fig

in

Hindu

constellation

Argo,
in

{sata) creators,

the

three

North-east,
Cheroos

the

valley;

later

Their

corn-

father-star

by drinking

astronomy

in the

assigned

called

Finn

Ugro

Euphrates

tree.

which

the

(2) the

men,

function

ocean,

the

{pan4u)

Syrian
tides

the

of

from

Kolas, the

or

{chir,chirya), the

bird

Akkadians

Pandyas

Cholas
from

has

successively

have

Dravidians

forest

the

the

to

(3) the

and

of

the

days

India
of

father

mountaineers

primitive

sons

(i)

are

Malli

or

with

united

These

five

Hanuman,

or

tribes, who

Pole

fingers of

the

Southern

traditional

{desk) born

2.

of

the

five

the

ape-god,

natives

the

as

land

the

the

all

country

or

by

circuits

her

and

round

dragged

leader, Agastiya

year

by

on

be

to

the

also

called

Pleiades

the

raven-headed

the

*brick

wind-driven

the

Canopus,

Agastiya,

annual

and

which

in

raven-star

thought

immemorial

Dasyas,

or

daily

in

Pepi

by

drawn

was

temple '."

drama

or

hand

looked

the

year

the

found

of

sons

or

Pepi*s temple

of

era

inscription by

an

Hor-shesu,

the

plan

their

of

were

week.

the

as

of

roll

of

time

to

her

second

by Pepi the

rebuilt

was

according

the

B.C.,

leathern

"

wall

which

of

original foundation

The

dates,

B.C.,

3400

on

dedicated.

was

Chronology

and

History

40

Sata-vaesa,

the

or

the

chief

of the

Temple,

is

Canopus

Zen-

3.

Norman
204

"

Lockyer,
Vana

Westt Bundahish,
V.

of Astronomy

chap,

The

xx.,

Date

207.

Mahabharata

gardy

D(nun

18, 19;

(Tiriha Ydird) Parva,


ii. 7,

S.B.E.,

{Tirtlia-Ydtra) Parva,

ccii.

xiii. 12;

vol.
"

Ttmes^ vol. i.. Essay

v.

ccix.

Darmesteter,
12,

pp.
pp.

xcix.

324

iii. p. 257.

"

44,

340;

p.

314.

Zendavesia

iv. p.

54;

Hewitt,

Vendldad

Mahabharata

Ruling

Races

Far-

Vana

of

historic
Pre-

Historyand Chronology

4^
their

primitive function

being

the

week

is

the

village head-man
also

that

This

Fimt.
or

in the

Zendavesta

follows

as

the

stone,

fires of the

the

as

meteoric

heaven

from

Berezi

stones, the

the

the

in

lightning
; hence

rain

rain

(dares) magically

equivalent of
of Viru-ano,

life, the

god

by

Napat, the

the

twin

blossom"'

brought
seen

to

sacred
from
be

of

earth

men,

nally, according

and

This

is the

Rigveda

Naryo

the

Ydzad

Rg.

"

as

it

x.

Rg.

of

vii. 33, u.

of

Zend

the

the

was

we

its

was

son

Pole

lotus

fire
have

joint
Star

Spenishta, the

Sanskrit

royal lineage.

6i, called

Sanskrit

whom
He

fire

drop spilt

folds

Thus

Sangha,

in

Sanskrit,
be

to

"

the

in

animal

Vazista, the

North.

fire called

V.

to

in Zend

in

ano
Fry-

Ur-vazista,

friend, originally the

the

of

is

plants, the healing

by Varuna,

the

Vohu

both

water-god.

to

the

was

bountiful.

praised

the

Zend

The

received

rain-god of

Mitra,

This

mother.

to

and

heaven

the

with

parent

most

favour

heavenly

the

Jathara, the

creator, and

gods Mitra-Varanau

supreme

up

fire of

wand,

IV,

in the

said

give

the

or

The

the waters.

Vashishtha

Rishi

and

of

appeared

generator

or

fire in medicinal

son

brought

to

rain

The

III.

seed.

earth, called

of the

waters

Apam

the

Frio,

Viru

the

national

stone

Sanskrit

Vasu, the

creating (vasu) fire.

most

in the

of

Norse

Aushadha^the

Sanskrit
and

god of

the

the

them

the

by

life.

Sanskrit

the

Ashman,

or

Berezi,

Fryano,

animal

of

fire creator

womb

the

Vohu

The

II.

called

[sa-

eastern

this

clouds, causing

produced

the

firmament

the

in

fire is

the

their

Baresma.

which

that

fires

equivalents,

light

to

recorded

list of these

Ashmas

used

five

the

are

Sanskrit

Sanskrit

them

by

in

names

The

believed

was

spark

called

Savangha,

stone

It

North.

the

This

assistants.

survives

their

with

Gathas,

I. The

fire in

vangha)
a

also

Atharva-veda.

and

four

Scandinavians,

five-days week

the

in

given

is

his

and

the

of

village,its members

of the

of which
parent fire-germs,

Agnis

as

of rulers

Naroshaipsa,
It

Vastospati,

was

the

ori-

lord

of the Myth-Making Age.


of the house
{pati)

hearth of the

(who,as

the
(vastos),

shall see, succeeded

we

with
stars)

Rohini, the

Pleiades K

This

altar,made,
in

was

These

as

the

fires

survival

belief

Bi-Dfic-chua,

whose

are

That of the

5.

star

Hoa,

while

goddess tells

-days week

Man

in the

the

mitive
pri-

of

the

The

one

the

of

seasons

five

goddess
originalBa-chua,

still

survivingbelief

abyss Bahu.

ocean

one

Their

or

the

of

star

the

or

or

White

the Yellow

her

the

as

the

as

Mill,Zendavesta^ {"artill.

Coniribuiians
Mttller,

waters.

to

III.

flower.

flower.
flower.

first manifestation

the
of

the

mother

Haog, Aiidreya Brdkmana^


S.B.".,Tol.
xii. p. 284, note I.

III. The

cult of

III.

the

on

Chua,

C5ng

four represent her

I. Those

"

Hoang Hoa,

Thus

clouds.

lightning

ship Argo.
Quinh-Hoa C5ng Chiia,or the Hortensia
flower.
Qu6 Hoa, or the Cinnamon

4. Bach

It

woman.

of the three

of

forms

is based

goddess

Tinh

Thay

Chapter

in

cult

mother

images represent
form

the

all variant

are

whole

and the

3.

of

Annamese

wooden

described

ministrants

2.

the first earth

villagepriestessescalled
inspiredby the three mother-goddesses

trce-mother-goddessin
the year,

five

the

the

representedby
those

Ba-dong,or

the

of

the

of

Nabhanedishtha,

iii. 21, i, called:

of

of the

Queen

the central fire on


(jndbha)^

mothers

five supreme

1.

fire called

in Atharva-veda

also

find

names

the

we

are

leader

as

(IV.); II. The Clouds (V.);


Stones (I.)
".
(III.)
; V. Plants

(11.)
; IV.

in the

Canopus

shall see, in the form


from
popular belief born

the central

(Orion)
Prajapati

Earth

of the

We

the

43

fire on
of

Aldebaran,

star

became

to the navel

nearest

the union

from

house, bom

household

'

great mothermother-star, the last

of

Southern

the

seed-bearing flower of the

tree

33 ; Eggcling,Sai^ Brdh,^ ii. I, 2, 8, 9 ;

Yasira, xvii. ; S.B.E., vol. xxxi. p. 258; Max

the Science

ofMythology,toL

ii. p.

785.

of life grown

from

tree-mother

of

week,

Its

is

i^iving an
brought
of

that

fact

this

Throughout
duration,

but

of

spoken

the

measurement

productive
these

of
the

the

by

positions of

numbered

the

in the

72

and

the

Egyptian

}'ear

god

was

that

the

days

Pleiades

slain

adopted

was

story, which

of

73

at

Hapi,

was

and

the

as

another

M.

Dong.
pp.
*

297
*

year,

G.
Actes

when

the

at

he
the

du,* Onzume

form
the

was

sun-god

he

say,

the

of

the

des

OrientalisUs

god

original

Dravidian
the

Kapi,

Nile.

This

of

successor

previous

Section

365

ruling god

His

the

show

is the

is the

of

ruler

the

circle of

.solstice.
of

to

Set

d'Ethnographie Religeuse

Congris

Osiris

year

solstice,is

winter

'Etudes

Dumoutier,

winter

365 days,

how

early period.
is to

of

summer
midThese

assistants,seems

forming

3, that

the

Hindu

on

Astronomy,'

Society 1893, art.


y

weeks

and

and

in that
tells

by

year

Annamite
d*Exirhnt

Le

is

Ba

Orient^

ff.

Notes

Asiatic

at

72

Egyptian

ape-god

beginning

year,

the

and

very

sun

beginning

year

name

five-day weeks.

mid-winter

73

length

sun,

the

year

ruling the Southern

the

only by

and

parts,

marked

were

at

by Set

reckoning

two

the

and

scription
de-

first idea

sun

360

in

not

into

before

or

of

of two

months

was

year

seasons,

year

ber
(Octo-

Their

man.

beginnings
after

six

solstitial

measured

was

the

civil

2.

this

the

divide

to

unproductive

the

of

that

to

the

Khartik

being

as

primitive

of which

seasons,

setting

the

was

and

these

of

and

country,

primitive years

two

recollected

be

intelligibleto
of time

the

tain
cer-

Ambassador

the

Pleiades

of the

the

manuscript

the

month

Hindu

of

days

more

1687, that

in

France,

the

account

it must

of

Loubfere,

la

month

I have

each

seasons

Siamese

astronomy

began with
the

in

stated

de

XIV.

November),

"

the

by M.

Louis

Siam.

it is

still

rendered

villages,is

of

Europe

from

year

of

the five

and

year,

original theology of

the

of

this belief in the

That

'.

Pleiades

the

survival

account
to

abyss

ocean

of

founders

by the

Siam

her

goddess

Dravidian

of

Chronology

History and

44

Brugsch, Religion

und

xviii.

p.

by

J. Burgess,

der

Alten

CLE.

Journal

723.

Mythologie

^gypter^

p.

451.

Royal

of the Myth-Making
killed

the

at

sun-god thus

The

rule ended
into

put

coffin

to

search

in

the

the

of

an

the

life

of

and

cut

of

time

tale

astronomical
in

changes

the

ruled

the year

by

of three

This

invested

ancient

the six

parts.
of

seasons

weeks
further

of
in

seek

it to

coffin

the

the

examining
this

ancient

it represents

the

took

place when

the

five

of

days each

lunar

by
Pole

Star

III.

phases
goddess

of

supersession

Chapter

12

the

information

early

division

ancient

fire
every

the

that

by

wearer's
the

the

year
of

the

on

of

or

year
this

six

Zend
in

of

360

subject and

girdle

both

is

fashion

of

and

its

year

strands,
year,

indicating

and

number

days^.
for the

or

sexes.

woman

the

the

all,the

72

that

commemorate

after
of

besides

of

to

into

year

and

made

mind,

orthodox

the

sacred

man

young

calculation

threads,
Parsi

the

in

worshippers

is formed

It

of

theologies

fifteen, is

are

the

on

them is made

For

which

instructors,

component

'

the

perpetuated

Parsi

they

when

impress

day

all

girdle, with

the

that

the

of

son

other

it is

by

worn

the

in

Thus

Egypt.

kusti

of

survived

72 weeks

in

measured

in

whence

Chapter V.

recollection

The

and

of

cycle

three years

of

the

described

seasons

indicated

of weeks

which

one

Horus

by

On

and

remote,

probably represented

it

and

age

solstitial years

which

into

open

phases.

reckoning which

year

superseded

were

is most

and

old Pleiades

the

She

pieces, representing

14

lunar

by

that

it is clear

facts

into

body

made

coffin.

left

but

broke

assistants

his

the

vital sap

Egypt,

to

Gi-bal,

or

tree-trunk

the

as

born,

and

the

measurement
the

be

Set

up

entered

out

enclosed

pillar was

round
the

then

Beyrut dedicated

This

grown

year's

set

coffin

Byblos

city near

its contents,

to

was

Then

Horus.

had

had

sun-god

dead

seed

and

coffin

the

took

which

tree

reign.

was

Isis

the
of

King

fire-god Gi-bil.

Akkadian
erica

the

of

Phoenician

a
Ji-bail,

modem

to

palace

the

body

Nile.

found

she

length

at

His

the

into

his

Osiris, whose

was

weeks.

thrown

and

for it,and

pillar of

of his 73

45

begins

successor

in this story

slain

the close

at

his

when

time

Age,

This

proof that

each

of

of fivesacred
the

girdle

History and

46
72 survived

number
each

marked

28

35.

to

also

with
These

in the square

of

the

series

of

follows

as

either

squares,
when

added

who
Other

the

are

shown

is

divided,

into

the

in

of

written

from

time

dealers

all

veneration

year

in witchcraft,

of this number

72

this

Zend

in

appears

of

the

the

division

of the

work

of

library of Sargon

Yasna

number

Illuminations

the

morial
imme-

eye.

the

of

up,

evil

which

astronomical

called

for the

has

holy by

into

four

diagonal, make

or

descent

great

astronomers
was

books

sidereal

of the

of

row

protection against the

remote

the

arranged

are

in every

square

ancient

72

the

and

books

72

This

be

of the

weeks

numbers

most

as

it to

believe

instances

sacred

on

and

to

eight numbers

horizontal, vertical,

looked

from

numbers

"

together,72.

been

16 squares

of

square

by this arrangement

and

magic

in the

one

two

Chronology

of

lonian
Baby-

Bel.

Akkad, who

It

reigned

3800 B.C.^
this

In

of

year

36 weeks,

contained

frequently occurring
by the

called

the

of

people

of

arrangement
both
when

in Hindu

each

and

and

the
the

Zend

the

reading

realised
'

ritual

remarks

was

that

the great historical

Sayce, Babylonians

the

ritual.
of

appear

for

Hewitt,

and

importance

402

when

of the

the

looked

^410, but

"

most

these

prescribed,see
not

number

the

year

pp.

months

Vishnu,

represented the

I had

six

36 weeks

These

ground consecrated

girdle pattern
these

became

36 steps

of

period

village ( VisK)^and

Times^ vol. i., Essay iv.


in

this

Hindu

in

Hindus
of

each

weeks

72

Ruling

it must

I wrote

be

the

Assyrians^ chaps, i. and

iii. pp.

in the

5, 6a

sacri-

orthodox

as

Races

of

historic
Pre-

remembered

Essay

five-days week.

god

year

Soma

upon

were

I refer

to

of the Myth-Making
fice which

said

is

to

West

from

of the year
36 steps or weeks
daily or yearly journey of the
to East

thus

East

back

and

completing

Having
national
stars

of the

years

the

were

their year
also

reckoned

its

duration

diffusion

of

Pole,

proceed

this

Asia and

Europe

emigrants

are

is

of annual

based,

their

of

change

of matriarchal

their

These
the

villagegrove,
and

dances

took

tales

committed

to

the

and

present
first

The

by

reached

seeking

the

as

of

between

taught

to
as

the

the

Eggeling,

'

iii.

Sat,

them

described
the

central

seasonal
between

unions

and

on

institutions

land, the

the

teaching
the

was

careful
in

village elders

the
and

binding links between

most

the

after

early emigrants

sites

were

their

as

past.
land

western

of

oral

the

all

Indian

have

marks

by

now

that

with

distinctive

individuals,

them

wide

must

customs

marriage

whose

young,

conservative

which

the

the

years

years

division

meals,

memory

new

Ibid.,

well

communal

the

of

of

form

these

characteristic

common

villages instead
education

as

the

national

village government

I.

Chapter

abode,

that

and

they

India, South-western

in

time

shown

two

round

which

by

time,

these

North-east

sun-bird

the

two

mother

whose

of the

of

on

West

origin of the

further

measure

it

cherished

who

the

Mundas

having

precious possessions

most

in

that

reckonings

national

; and

from

the

of the five-daysweek.

five-days weeks

primitive

show

to

the

of

year.

mother-tree

of the

these

half

one

passes

by the flight of

of

and

the

the

of

sons

that

day of his yearly course,

every

history of

Pleiades, and

measured

who

the

traced

now

The

36 steps long
see

we

who

sun,

steps in the day and

72

it

mark

god

diffusion through the world

The

D.

to West

earth'.

make

to

in this direction

^, and

East

to

47

whole

the

represent

it is directed

priest in measuring

Age.

for

cultivation

Brdh.^ iii. 7,

2,

valley of

from
was

India

the

the

Indus

who

were

shores

S.B.E., vol. xxvi. p. 175.

5, I, 4 ; S.B.E., vol. xxvi. p.

112.

of

the

Gulf, and

Persian
It

here

was

that

headed

of

sons

tree, and

the

changes

in

there the
of

was

Eridu

in

its sacred

the

land

earliest

and

who
of

who

the

waste

of

based

first

Sabaeans,

their

months

{par)

mothers

measure

Pole

Star
I

"

'

the

as

have

Pleiades

the

visible

given elsewhere

Lenormant,

Chaldaan

Sayce, Hibbert

Lectures

Ibid.,

Sachau, Alberuni's

Magic

full

Appendix,

for 1887,

p.

the

on

of the

kings

"

tamia,
Mesopothey

the

ceiving
con-

worship
father

one

393

God

of

which

Parwe,

abstract

the

are

of

the

iii. p.

Ancient

the

-god,
ritual

397.

185.

Babylonia,' Encyc. Brit.., vol.


Chronology of

and

They

the

pp.

was

Babylonian

word

with

4.

of

sign

who

valley

the

with

years

the

from

representativ.es

Babylonia

of

zodiac

lunar

Delta, who,

Chaldaean

the

'of

Chaldaeans,

reminiscence
86

was

born.

Babylon

modern

sons

it

was

country

Euphrates

the

and

and

or

of

place

seaport

Berosus,

of

the

their

begin

Kalda

"

that the first

The

trading population

who

Its

history

one

3.

in

iv. 172.

the

states

was

Mandaites,

or

the

[Manda\

settlers

of the

Euphratean

primaeval deluge,

years

recorded,
the

towns.

his

records,

reigned 34,080
these

the

it with

waters,

built

Dumu-zi

the

as

of

studded

and

after

known

the

Euphra-

meaning

year-god

tradition, ruled

cuniform

ancient

southern

the

the

They

holy {dugd) city,

marshes

local

to

Genesis,

the

that

the

in

times,

dynasty

of

afterwards

priestof Bel,
most

Enoch

is

year

became

of the
10

foundation

dicted
ad-

and

stars,

lands
x.

originally Unuk,

grove

dwellers

low-lying
the

their

They

sun.

pf Shinar, Genesis

Eriduga,

became

and

stars

the

of

and

people

measured

rising

in the

called

or

according

and

of the

settlement,*' the

They

and

setting

mother-

government

were

who

black-

the

"

as

Ocean

land-settled

new

first city of which

Erech,

Southern

the

astronomy,

dwellers

or

of

this

of

ships guided by

their

villages. They

the

Delta, the

city

in

position

Sumerians

from

Tigris.

and

Euphrates

mother-ship Argo,

la," born

study

by observing

tean

of the

communal

to

of the

they landed

founded

well-tilled

Chronology

Delta

the

Canopus, the Pilot

of

and

History

48

184.

Nations^ chap. xi. p. 227.

and

History

50

god

Azaf, the

the

Akkadian

who

the

stolen

the

year,

the

conquering

the

buried

Sabaeans

They

valley.

for its

celebrated

the

of

sons

of

Rama,

by

which

he

on

Raamah
the

in

Hindu

still
of

sons

of

historical

Burton,
note

or

Arabian

and

called

Pole

Star

from

sprung

genealogy

mother

of

Nig/its,* The

the

Tale

is

when

the

Rama,
called

name

is the
sun

These

national

of

confederacy
whose

They

Fisherman

was

sons

mother

Kush-aloya,

Kushites.

of the

the

He

Pole.

great

father

god,

Kumaon.

circling the

Sheba,

7,

x.

Indian

age,

national

great

Mareb,

reservoir.

Raghu,

in

the

of

city

in Gen.

the

Arabia

water

as

are

Euphrates

Southern

its vast

people

of

the

of

they

as

the

great

Koran

leaders

Kush,

of

the

was

worshipped

star

Queen,

abyss

Mahabharata

the

day

the

{aloyd)

house

38,

as

rulers

of in the

the

summer

May

of

Raghma,

or

in

is

were

of

p.

Raamah

sun-god

looked

the

are

called

Northern

They

3,

the

represented

the

traders

the

capital

spoken

the

mother-tree

year

times

irrigationworks

is

Its destruction

calamity

their

the

of

I star,

the

ancient

and

formerly

is

months.
in

not

for

of

had

mother

under-world

winter

artisans

were

Seba', and

called

the

were

the

merely

the

in

Sakhr

from

world

of

months

This

the

Pleiades

upper

say,

he

victory of

the

to

throne

'.

born

annual
of

the

during

sun

The

the

Akkadian

was

is

had

solstice, when

Sukh,

or

the

who

to

been

These

Sakh

reckoning

that

season

he

was

who

Sakhr,

summer

resumed

winter

It

first six

the

the

to

Suk-us^,

return

Southern

now,

the

solstice.

the

in

has

who

-god

Dumu-zi,

winter

by

sun

ram-god

of

mother

is

winter

called

-god

sun

the

chains

Solomon

to

fish-sun-god.

of

ruler

the

Wazir

was

Salli-mannu,

of

ring

during

Akkadian

the

in

from

abandoned

at

confined

himself

made

sun

the

year

had

the

Salli-mannu,
and

arrested

Barkhya, who

of

son

Chronology

and

the

are

the

cele-

Jinni,' vol. i.

6.

Sayce, Assyrian

Palmer,

Qur'an,

Grammar
,

The

Syllabary Signs,

Chapter

of

Seba,

lOO,

xxxiv.

loi.

10;

S.B.E.,

vol.

ix. pp.

of the Myth'Makinf^
brated

by

traders

in

Isaiah,
the

of them

had

Pilesor

been

in

the

Gen.

in

is the

froni

East

the

This

first of

the

by the

horse

Kushites

Sheba,
shown

Gulf,whence,

to

according

of the Indian

Tendoo

whence

carved

the

Malabar

who

the

was

of

which

the

is

Persian

Syrian
of

"horns

is,

ivory

the

and

wood

Abram's

Dedan

arc

sons

of

the

genealogy

also

in

Jokshan,

who,

Keturah,

wife

the

and

Bombay

and

Sheba

their
of

or

15, the

elephants

furniture

made.

son

Saba

riding," that

also

and

Indian

black

of

account

in

20,

for

cloths

the

Ebony-tree {Diospyros inelafioxulon)^

or

is

coast

Dedan,

is

xxvii.

carpets,
of

tusks

the

ebony,"

another

and

saddle-bags

Arabian

the

of

home

the

islands

the

Ezckiel

to

in the

babe

territory ruled

son

represent

Kavad,

the

of

Another

to

rose

Uzof, called

from

land

Himalayas,

where

as

{sak)^

rain

Phoenician
Thus

imported "precious

merchants

Persian

the

to

Joktan.

Gesenius

by

the

extended

East

of

son

found

darkness.

Kushika

the

on

of

the

Zarah,

was

Uzavas,

Khar-Sak-

Helmund,

or

kings,

goat-god

the

Kashava

of

Kushika

Sabaean

the

and

lake

This

East.

of the

spur

modern

the

Haetumant,

the

Akkadians

the

was

which

kings,

{k/iar),of

ox

sons

indicating

names

of

the

by

the

(kurra)^.
the

Tumaspa,

called

thirteen

Kushite

Mountain

the

Kahtan,

whose

early

the

to

of

to

reeds

by

Arabia

mountain

the

descend

these

ruling tribe

Banu

geographical

they

after

715,

"

to

incense

The

the

were

are

by

733

Joktan,

30,

"

mountain

Kurra, the

whence

26

B.C.

Assyrians.

Hebrew

ruled

parent

in the

the

x.

territories

extended

the

confederacy
of

gold, silver, and

Sargon,

by

conquered
form

named

and

richest

the

as

inscriptions speak

Assyrian

in

tribute

51

Ezekial

and

the

', and

II.

Sabxan

Arabic

the

East

paying

as

Tiglath

Jeremiah,

Age.

as

we

!
'

'

Ix. 6

Jer.

Unormant,

vi.

Prehistoric
7)'m"S,

vol.

"^^Sar-saok
; West,
*

20

Ataou,

'31; S.B.E., vol.

V.

pp.

i., Essay iii. pp.

Bundahish^

West, Bundahish^

xxvii.

Ezekiel

ChaldUran

xxxi.

23

142

"

27, xvii. 4;

xv.

22.

308,

Darmesteter,

xxiii. p.
p. 136,

221.

169
145.

Rnlitu;

Hewitt,
This

was

vS.B.E., vol.
Zcudavcsta

the
v.

pp.

Races

Zend

58,

Fati'an/in

oj

parent
62.

Vas/i/,

according
hence

snake

enclosing

on

grows

born

Pishon

the

by

or

and

peacocks,

them

who

became
of

called

Indian

of the

and

was

Sabaean

name

the

name

Arabia,

incense

Gen.

XXV.
3

ivory,

their

the
Damascus

took

Rama,

god
the

Ram

of

be

to

Ram-anu,

the

in

people who

Rama

Yasht

is

Hadad

as

ffeos,the
vyfriarros

Atjub,

Gla";er,Die

incense

Ethiopian

Turano-Dravidian

they

the

3.

Kings

x.

ii,

in Arabien
Ab^'ssinicr

Carteria,an

22,
und

Glaser,

This

23 ;

Chron.

trade

Indian,

Kushite

finally settled

Boswellia

well

(//^),

Dr.

to

originally exclusively

when

the

or

portation
ex-

industry that

of

according

for

silver, as

last

men

great

them

with

this
or

the

were

gold and

of

which,

Rama
took

is from

these

from

i.

who

It

was

by

of

Indian

^Ethiops

which

transferred

extracted

at

Indus,

called

Gesenius

Pa/ui?

sons

Ocean,

the

Greek

incense,

to

Hesychios

incense.

was

the

became

apes,

whom

to

god worshipped

Indian

they acquired
this

brought

Gulf

storm-god

foreign lands

to

and

Persian

the

to

by

river

the^e

was

watered

that

the

by

The

Ram.

god

spices

It

Zendavesta,

the

be

to

inclusion

Joktan.

3, all

wood

shown

names

Babylonian

the

Rimmon,

as

Solomon

Indian-

the

of

sons

the

Abram,

by

ii. ii,

sandal

nothing

clearly an

irrigatingchannels,

or

India

and

traders

Gen.

in

origin.

dedicated,

These

the

whence

by

the

Hvashtra

supreme

is, by

it still

as

of

are

among

land

almug

from

with

snake

confirmed

of

-Dravidian

Indian

incense, which

children

the

river

narrative

Hebrew

the

Vritra,

India, where

further

is said

is the

Ophir

and

Ophir

and

Havilah

of

enclose,

to

Indian

means

Central

in

enclosing

conclusion

Havilah

land

also

Therefore

the

and

race,

of

the

product yielded,

rocky hill

flourish.

Ram

father

katar,

root

of

name

Indian

every

will

else

the

derived,

is

Keturah

name

incense-tree,the Salai {Boswelliathuriferd)^which

Indian

the

the

; and

originallyan

was

The

'.

translation

exact

an

Chronology

from

Gesenius,

to

it is

East

in the

told, lived

are

in

and

History

52

chants
mer-

there

and

indigenous

ix.

Africa^P- 27.

21.

!
^

of tlu Myth-Making
Arabian

allied

tree

the

to

Age.

Indian

53

BoswelHa

the

Salai,

thurifera.
From
Kushite

Arabia

they passed

descent

called

that

is of the

and

aromatic

into

the

marked
foreheads
of

known

the

Nagbunsi

ruling tribe

Joktan,

of

abyss

also

things, called
of the

that

world

Sabaean
Arabians
This
of the

mother

"ol.
'

Burton,
p.

Arabians

of

this

of

the

the

Abyss inUr

early
great

the

all

living

lady {nin)

of

ocean

the

was

rules

over

called

goddess
the

by

Arabians,
of

the

by

the

account

called

Pleiades,

Pleiades

the

well

as

year
annual

in Arabien

*The

und

that

as

is recorded

in

Northern

Africa, P-

Story of Gharib

that

of

the

later

of

the

mencement
com-

in

Alberunl

by

fairs held
and

ruled

year

celebration

The

Southern

Nights,

Arabian

Hadhramaut

provinces

of

*7"
his

and

brother

Ajib,*

166.

Rolxirtson

Tide,

the

goddess

the

princes.

Nejd,

Glaaer, Die

of

-goddess

merchant

El

V.

of

of

who

Alberunl's

in

Tursa

goddess

primitive

his account
and

the

dead,

chief

to

She

one

of

sons

Tur-ayya4.

Sabaean

'

called

year,

the

8, Alilat,the

III.

goddess

of

unwearied

snake.

the
(///),

comes.

monsoon

kings,

descent

of

dust

or

heads
fore-

or

Nin-lil, the

ghosts

the

goddess

mother

the

was

their

Naga

their

the

Akkadians
of

the

Kahtan,

to

say

on

of

on

Kushika

or

traced

Ba-hu,

water

Allat, the

the subterranean

the

to

South-west

Assyrian goddess
Herodotus

is

world

the

abyss where

", who

by the

South-west

Banu

the

dignity

painted

Naga

that

rule

the

depicted

{bunsi) of

sons

among

demons,

Southern

or

also

the

India,

Ya-arubah

the

were

female

in

parents

signal

incense

Abyssinia

kingly

snake

Uroeus

the

was

their

as

The

this

; and

the

of

whose

kings,

sign of

by the

of

collectors

way

of

kings

El-Habasat,

they established

when

Egypt

Kushite

Egyptian

by

was

of

kings

the

Hbsti,

It

spices'.

they passed

the

themselves

of the

country

Abyssinia, whose

to

Smith,

Outlines

Religion,
p. 63.

cf

Religionof the Sentites,Lect.


the

History of

the

Ancient

ii. p. 50.

Keligions
:

Primitive

Arabian

the

ancient

Sabaean

by

the

Arabian

of

the

Turayya

alka'da

which

time

annual

New

Year's
fair

in November

Eber.

of

It

the

ancient

to

the

fair held

the

maut,

being

which

is

in

Genesis

named

as

DhO-alka'da

Nights

historical

the

age,

and

the

fifth

of

Arabian

new

it

Arabian

of October
fair

province

must

"

is

end

of

and

of these

of

the

months

of

moon

on

original

that

Arabian

was

crescent

the

Friday,
the
full

first
moon

of

year

the

people

same

begins

with

the

in booths

"

November,

also

remembered

Southern

Burton, Arabian

of

that

from

Chronology of

Arabia^ chap.
Nights^

*Tale

it
of

people

tree

branches

the

central

that

this

AncUnt

xi. pp.

of

to

130

the

great
or

commemorate

original
chap.

township

village

of

Pleiades

with

began
each

Nations
"

the

was

that

and

first month

the

Asia
and

the
of

made

descent

be

time

Sabaean

the

by

proved

South-western

gathering

Sachau, Alberunl's

36.

the

with

of

original

Bent,

the

at

that

completely

throughout

their

shows

each

measurements

annual

the
the

It

The

^,

Hi-lal.

Hence

month

that

coincided
for

is

name

kingdom

Joktan
in

moon.

that

year,

this

3, and

Euphrates,

moon

year

full

the

of the

of

sons

Kamar-al-Zaman,

month,

Sabaeans

the

on

of

Badur

five-days week
united

tale

Sabaean

Zu-1-ka'da

called

the

Hazarmaveth,

the

thirteen

the

Hadhra-

the

Arabia,

Hebrew

of

father

giant

peopled

the

of

province

is

this

who

ancestral

their
the

24, and

x.

yearly

resort

of

tomb

Bedouin

the

by

Southern

of

form

list of

month

were

of Gen.

children

kept

the

at

land

Himyarite

Hadhramaut

the

their

was

still

Himyarites, who

of

Salah, the Shelah

parent

is

festival

the

was

principal Arabian

all the

of

gathering

during

It

^.

of

ist

month,

the

observed

was

DhO-

the

on

year

of

14th

is

of

rest

peace

the

the

of

Fair

on

that

the

for

universal

descendants

began

other

each

from

Year's

November),

"

lasted

This

tribes.

New

The

Pleiades

or

and

divided

kingdom,

desert.

(October

November,

Chronology

History and

54

year

xx.

It

grove.

festival

p. 332.

134.

Kumar-al-Zaman

and

Badur,'

vol.

iii.

of the Myth-Making
instituted

was

when

by five-day weeks,
and

Indian

Arabic

will

who

the
(///),

who

developed

of

life

bird

carried

recording

Zu

is

and

Akkadian

India

Sanskrit

dashan.

Su,
who

Sau-kars,

They

Sind

of

or

it was
is now,

the port
to

the

of

Ikwiu,

tribe
of

Patala

time

be

Thus

of

Eridu,
far

Kaccs

the

from

Sumerian

port
the

Lectures

rrehisiorjc

It

the

on

but

sea,

and

they

was

for 18S7,
Times,

Lcct.

vol.

India,

still called

are

the

of

of

of

the

Su
of

site

115

race,

what
miles

exporting
the

by

the

called

were

the

Sao.
called

Guzcrat,

was

years

emigrants

Delta.

of

the

in

Shu,

of

race

about

placed

up

the

called

is about

measured

as

the

in

became

the

on

it

of

brings

they

It

when

Dhu

[rdshtrd)

(varna)

who

became

of

where

god

and

name

{kar)

kingdom

Indus,

valley,

Sayce, Hibbert

Kulinj;

the

port

the

B.C.^

Euphratean

"

coastland

the

Greek

Patala,
the

the

the

deposits, may

rival

like

of

Indus

7000

the

business

or

of

men

and

the

river

about

of

the

year,

name

bird

and

year,

city of Hyderabad.

sea,

seaport of
rate

rulers

the

the
the

Pleiades

of the

the

which

trading

bird

Egypt

8e/ca,ten,

western

do

delta

or

founded

from

by the
who

the

of

the Su-varna,

now

the

were

the

the

this

Zu

or

of

Khu

of

The

lord

The

name

sons

V.

Thoth,

bird

twenty-

bird, the

into

also

and

Dhu

ruler

hand.

Greek

the

was

of

with

call

is

but

Arab

Chapter
Zu

we

in her

the

as

Sau-rashtra,

Saus, and

is

It

the

became

in Sanskrit

who

"shu,"

of

mythology

which

the

zodiac

the

became

whom
(//),

Khu,

of

Mul-lil," the

of

This

men

or

and

by months

Kamar-al-Zaman

Akkadian

monsoon.

time

measure

lunar

water-cloud

who

Sau,

or

the

Egyptian

south-west

Southern

age

tablets

feather

of

form

the

subject

the

Egyptian

Dhu-ti, the
the

the

the

beginning

from

god ^

in

the

month

stole

wind

dust

form

this

**

by

55

not

of

story

before

derived

be

of wisdom

measured

of time

of

it to

the

the

was

which

name

shows

or

in

measurements

stars,

bcven

was

as

This

Badur.

time

Agi.

present

9000

years

ago,

before

that

date

Euphrates,
it

who

formerly

was

from

traders

which

India

their

named

iv. ]). 297.

i., Kbsay iii. pp.

140.

I4"

History

56
inland

Gir

(^") bird, and


hill.

It

land

of the

Gulf,

the

is

Shus,

the

snake-parent

the

village grove',

Parthian

Indian

Pleiades
with

the

"

Shushan,

the

or

east

the

great god Susi-nag,

of

in the

Persian

the

sacred

wood,

depicted

was

to

dances
the

temple

their

the

on

seasonal

and

For

the

in

the

consecrated

Babylonian

wives

submitting

to

her

the

obliged

were

union

with

part

in

later

the Kedesha

Egyptians

all

Also

2.

begin their marriage by

to

the

in

stranger

took

became

Istar," and

and

Jews

Babylonian

who

age

and

survived

the

village mothers

also

sexes

customs

successor,

of

by the

matriarchal

the

between

matriarchal

Persian

groves,

their

These

maidens

of

women

their

dances,

intercourse

the

to

measured

year

villageswith

Istar

Mylitta.

them

with

village children.

the

of

these

or

their

dances

goddess

took

their communal

regulating the

times

Giri,

the

dwells

Arabia,

and

them

birth

in

the Hindu

of

image

who

emigrants

and

customs

in

who

whose

and

Gulf, Mesopotomia,

the

to

lightning

banners.

The

took

province

of the Shus

of

name

the

or

su,

root

worshippers of

of the

home

the

its

gave

the

to

Gir

apparently

who

they

was

Telloh

called

capital, now

Chronology

and

of

temple

Mylitta.
When
Asia
of

their

in

Minor

the

progress
dances

Cybele, meaning

the

goddess, whose
at

the

of

time

foot

the

The
and

'

"

to

who

of

Maspero, Ancient
Strabo,

be

Kedesha
served

Movers,

Minor

the

the

tain
moun-

village placed
in

course

and

Aphrodite, Dionysus
in

to

the

set

for

the

on

in

Temenos,

apart

placed

was

village

every

Greece
land

sacred

village. This

the

became

dances

attached

became

Phrygian

Assyria^ chap. xvii. p. 316.


priestesses were
463, says that the Theban

the

Akro-

Egypt and

xviii. i, p.
till

of

worship

Templum,

parent-god

These

of

worship

the

to

the

was

that

was

village grove

Asia

Latin

hill.

the

of

She

cave.

grove

the

those

Venus.

Syria

of

consecrated

were

they reached

Euphrates

the

up

they married

in the temple

; also

of the Mendesian

Die Phonizier^ i. p. 42.

ii.

Herod.
^

46,

goat used

tells
to

us

how

the

obliged
women

prostitutethemselves.

58

History and
Ram

god
the

Damascus

of

feast

Athene,

bound

male

form
female

bom.

He

the

was

he

say,

kindler

of

whence

the

lame

god
the

the

fires of

matriarchal

believed

to

be

air, and

to

revolve

fire-block

these

Between
turia

held, and

was

and

village met
the

At

and

received

this

from

feast

the

central

dedicated
Thus

October
the

of

Max

fire of

the

on

the

lists of

in each

Rhys, Hibbert

Lectures

of

clearly
of

the

for 1886,

was

the

of

upper
in

god

the

the

the

Science

pp.

3.

of

survivals

are

296

cf Mythology^

517, 518.

Vesta
festivals

days'

three

pp.

hearth

Pleiades

Southern

xxiii.

next

lighted

the

Roman

they

of

community.

on

that

the

were

Greek

Apa-

of each

for

these

with

the

members

the

household

803.
^

which

brotherhood

or

Encyc, BriL^ vol.


to

fire-

the

Star

village feast

entering

ist of November

Miiller, Contributions

Pole

village officers

ritual

festival

His

nity
his divi-

of

of

mists

the

goddess Hestia,
the

Thesmophoria,

the

ceeded
suc-

fire-worshippers

the

village,kindled

proves

Year's

New

Frazer,

fires

November

"

of

of

annual

year's
Greek

from

lighted.

conception

in

members

that

see

we

beginning
*

the

to

the

heaven,

smith-god bearing

the

elected

new

the

the

Phratria

the

revised

is"

mother-tree.

it the

at

village community,

year,

of

were

impulse

festivals

two

life

that
legs (a/t^tyvi^et^),

father-god

southern

fire in

the

fire-worshippers who

northern

the

ley
barearth

and

whence

fire-drill

the

in heaven

at

of the

of the

authority, the rain-wand,

shrouded

Sanskrit

earth-mother-goddess,

that

the

and

staff of

the

bore

both

communities

of the

the

kindles
source

the

on

dedicated

was

heaven

which

one-legged

household

cooking hammer,

united

in

fires of

year

blending

who

generation

mythological history shows

the

This

fire-block, the

was

the

the

who

held

Chalkeia

November.

sheaves,

of

southern

was

the

by

of

ist

in

the

is to

Rimmon,

tree-mother, and to Hephaistos,


tfie most
binding (yd) god, the god

2,

(yavd)
the

Hadad

the

Yavishtha

as

of

name

'.

followed

was

19th Puanepsion, the


to

the

got

hastening pomegranate

This

Chronology

"

year,
feast

to

29S.

vol.

ii. pp.

801"

of tlu Myth-Making
the

and

dead,

in

reproduced
the

of

with

the

women

was

commemorate

the

daughter

Persephone,

is, the

floated.

earth

the

of

mourning

that

proves
of

original form
dying

northern

of the
then

that

In

two

in the

the

plants
of

of

and

Borneo.

called
of

is called

the

the

in

the

Inachi

Janthur Puja

aitd Castes

Blake,

the

in

the
in

this

the
is

and

the

the

of

Islands,
and

is observed

AstrottomUal

year.
made

was

the

the

Dead

dead,

the

in

by the

Borneo.

Sautals

Mytho,^

held

are

Ceylon, and

Nicapian
by

the

of

the

nally
origi-

were

realms

to

of

story

who

festival

close

first-fruits

the

tell the

sister

Fiji,

of

of

marking

divisions

Tonga
in

the

gardens of Adonis,

sisters,who

two

located

November.

121, 126 ; Risiley, Tribes

two

is

Thesmophoria,

in the

despised

in

the

these

firstfruits and

November

It

of
of

ruling

feast of

beginning

that

of

This

some

series, that

its revival

oldest
in

of

festival

the

and

south,

wench,

beginning

similar festival
in the

of

youngest

combined

Oyaks of

story

The

the

Cinderella

the

successor.

examination

the

goddesses

these

The

the

dens
gar-

with

described

in its reanimated

an

the

close

year-reckoning

of

seasons

the kitchen

'

the

in

consumed.

the

by

importation

year

year of

revive

of

interpretation

of

the

by

earth.

the

it

feast

the

Persephone

Syria, lamenting

phase

year's

before

day

the

for

mourning

in

clear

tales

that it is like
a

the

the

his

died

that

on

life from

fresh

to

in

called

pots

mencement
com-

mourning

beforehand

sown

found

were

is to

made

be

popular folk
true

earthenware

later

which

Chapter V.,
It will

the

that

of the

year

fennel,

her

which

eighth day of

the

on

to

earth, that

the

equinox,

and

springing

seeds

parallel

life

its

on

who

of

loss

the

waters

Dumu-zi,

autumnal

which

Adonis,

of
buried

in

women

of

feast

at

below

abyss

the

away

realms

three

mourning

for the

carried

or

to

wheat

barley,

the

in

returned

of

exactly

the

This

ritual

Demeter

the

is

of

one

exactly parallel with

the

at

the

was

Tammuz

Syria

and

began

is

for

in

festival

who

Southern

This

women

of

god of

the

of

king

of

part

mourning

by the

in which

day of mourning.

made

was

59

of firstfruits ^ which

feast

Thesmophoria,

feast

the

of

days

also

Age,

pp.

of Bengal^ vol. ii.,Sautals^ p. 233.

of Bengal

115

"

119,

6o

History and
transformed

IS

clothed

maiden
or

after

him

maiden

stories.

Cinderella

who

and

which
her

No.

lo

cloth

would

she

of

is

and

of

in

in

red

the

buried

rival

two

called

Ka'i

little fish
the

by

it fat

and

his

year,
was

Rice-husk

Gardens

of

her

spiritof

Cox, Cinderella

the

her

Wardrop,

10, p.

seed

144,

Georgian Folk

story

the

Ka'm,
is the

worthless
who

but

made

after

and

of

sister
the

soul

in
the

in

the

of life

xi. p.

63 ff.

jars

opening
going,

it

dwelling

published by the Folklore


Tales

four

when

came

were

by
was

had

bones

day

the

wench

maiden

sown

festival

national

fish,embodying

Variants^ No.
-

the

is

stored

kitchen

as

his

vival
sur-

spiritappeared

bury

step-mother

this

Rice-husk

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Adonis.

the

to

bed,

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daughter,

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to

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find what

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aside

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it

story

Aldebaran.

we

In

cident
in-

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Cox*s

cow

persecuted

her

saw

feeding

the

which

and

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under

go

the

first thrown

Ta'm

placed

to

at

of Kal

told

to

of

ear,

step-sisterKa'i

her

and

charge,

Miss

despised

the

her

or

of

sun-god.
and

by
that

incident

are

year

was

large by

wished

the

who

when

and

the

helper

be

to

called
she

them

the

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death,

jars

"

Ta'm,

step-mother

eaten

of

of the

Rice-grain.

or

of

in

to

another

Cinderella

RohinI

star

be

hut

in

right

appear

story of Cinderella

mother

seasons

cow

his

is fed

year,

the

in

under

placed

not

dead

stepmother

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heroine

the

clearly the original form


for

the

future

never

becomes

from

does

which

Annamite

is

food

with

Hindoo

the

It is in the

bull, which

which

her

of

the

would

herself

store-chest

repeated

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volume,

food

the

it,which

feed

to

of

mother,

in

of

simplest
collection

aider

cruelty of

the

her

supplies

which

her

from

red

dead

food

with

This

story, 59, p. 282,


who

is her

the

marry

the

Cox's

and

guardian

enable

escaped

daughter.

and

the

glass

is wedded

only

of

one

Roalfe

Miss

in

In

her

her, and

will

he

fit.

will

sun-god

her

that

beautiful

drops

tracks

sun-prince

the

into

fairy

apparel, who

vowed

shoe

variants

gave

empty,

the

the

of the

mother

guardian

gorgeous

has

he

whom

these

in

by which

ice shoe

to

her

by

Chronology

Society.

of the Myth' Making

task

Ocean, which

Southern

the

in

by her

her

set

her

carry

her

lover

found

her,

when
and

her

the
a

to

her

shape

find

life

story

tried

she

was

to

shoe

she

as

the

of the
But

the

at

mother
step-

wedding,
till after

drowned

herself
herself

revealed

afterwards

shoe

her

deception
and

was

feast, and

owner

her

in

and

covering

that

only

true

its

protecting mother

and

sent

for

the

mother-ocean,
is nourished

the

by

array

Onzi^me

by

ruled

fish,the
with

into

meat,

its secret

store.

the

in

the

opening

foliage,and

who

des

spring maiden,
cC Ethnographic

OrientalistSs,sect,

ground
under-

who

life,it

emerges,

the

plant, clothed
follows

EtucUs

earth,

of

it and

upper
in

the

It is in

this
of its

traces

is deceived

pretends

Religieuse Annamite,

ii.,D'extreme

tecting
pro-

When

the

soul

who

false

is this

by

sun-god,

Dumoulier,

Congr^

land

its

decay

in the

the

the

those

to

life

buried

growing

plant

it would

by

flyingfootsteps
in his search

from

provided

guise embraced

G.

the

the

protected by

are

this

the

of life

it protects.

it takes

from

of

life which

of

which

framed

mother

true

when

of the

home

imbibed

it becomes

There

the

of food

store

through the strength

summer

into

who

transmitted

mother

seed

metaphor

memory

protection

and

season

be

seed

the seed
thus

the

of future

true

the

not

the

upon

this

the

therefore

from

village elder

in the

Without

husk.

uselessly,and

translated

the

them

products nourish

or

when

itself could

within

its

capsule

376.

in which

had

and

that the germ

plant,and

the

concealed

du

the

oriole

impress

to

taught, told

he

children

M.

to

bride.

his

who

an

facts, which

actual

the

was

for the

out

as

hidden,

herein

truths
the

air.

that

leaving

be

jars

horse

her

was

this form

in

the

the

into

whom

to

from

was

the

perform

to

daughter Rice-grain

to

lover, first

The

was

dress

Rice-husk,

well, returned

in

the

search

not

when

marriage,

it

out

she

promised

she

and

took

6i

her

dropped

to

prince did

the

She

came

substituted
and

and

when

horse

the

mounting

that

prince.

captivate the

she

festival

the

to

enabled

step-mother,

bones

containing his

Age,

Orient,

pp.

to

be

Actes
374

"

History

62

of

fruitful bride

the

and

found

when

flowers, which

Chrovology

and

The

summer.

caressed

true

the

by

sun,

herself

with

in

seed

covers

their

again reproduce

goddess,

summer

mother

the

they bring forth.


We

in this story how

see

can

of

poeticalstatements
of its

method
the

of

expansion
all

of

speech

people,

from

Dravidian

of

ritual

the

which

one

the

of the

next

of

the

is

that

the

called

All

meeting

Samhain

is

the

reproduced

this

day

year

are

-husk

in

November,

is

Hemisphere
of

mother

the

with

May

its

Queen

throughout

Pole, which
Star.

life
their

began

adored

lighted their
the

reproduce

Thus

the
of

and

All

and

days

after

pole
May-

Southern

and

that

the

on

in

date

of

ist

Hibbert

Lectures

of

municipal

for 1886,

p.

week

where
every-

annual

November
for

officers

518.

for

Hallows

the

England,

elected.
Rhys,

; this

All

and

the

on

lasted

still survives

Day,

municipality

mayor

festival

feasts

Souls

throughout

year's fires

festival

the

in

Druids

Year's

New

This

".

Europe

every

the

the

whom

to

buried

-tree,

in

embodied

who

grove

by the

village assembly

in

that

Pole

observed

three

and

Saints,
of

"

the

May

these

was

story.

becomes

mother

the

and

throughout
Eve,

the

They

before

the

culture

story

Southern

[mother

the

seasons.

November,

days

seed

maiden

of

was

the

which

round

Europe.

of

village

round

of two

year

Western

was

dances
stars

year

This

three

the

survival

Pleiades

1st

year,

in the

Europe
those

November

the

become

the
is

the

October

to

It

It

Persephone,

was

of

in

seed

the

of

born

in

whose

those

of

the

in

the

abound

together, and

of

Thesmophoria

the

frequently

very

sources.

and

Demeter

seed, which

was

of

and

from

up

understand

which

recalled

proverbs

November.

enclosed

it

both

learnt

grew

can

memory

originallytold

people

in

year

the

was

rice

the

to

had

story of

the

Thus

of

who

recollection

the

the

preserved

those

of

how

see

Dravidian

proverbs which
minds

and

pithy proverbs

the

derived

been

has

facts, and

natural

production,

folk-tale

the

it is
for

on

the

the

of
A

examination

further

Australian

drags the

Pleiades

Canopus,

who

Bran

the

the

to

the

Island

White

of

the

is the
the

Silver

This

that

raven-star

Cymri

in his

as

star-ship

Mag-Findargat,
island

the

was

bird

the

voyaged
Southern

Blest," in

Plain.

of

mythology

god who

and

or

crow

it

Indian

the

year,

is the

pole

between

the

In

still

gives

connection

Pleiades

in

appears
He

close

the

round

raven.

*'

the

63

Mythology

astronomy.

of

history

Age,

Celtic

of the

historical

Indian

and

of

evidence

striking

more

Myth-Making

which

in

grows
"

An

ancient

On

which

In

two

sit

ravens

Cymri,

world's

the

where

explained

This is

of

son

the

bird

of

the

god

the

city

chief

Leir-cestre

worshipped
year
*

Meyer

or

of

as
on

and
^

hence

The

was

of

was

of

was

the
ocean

Llyr,

was

and

Western

ocean.

at

Cacr

temple,

Cymri,
This
Stanza

the

father

He

of

who

Soar.

Sin

form

the

cavern

the

Professor

was

November.

Voyage of Br

Arthurian

This

river

ist
The

parent

Leicester.

the

mighty,

This

Eastern

England

year-god

Rhys,

the

grew.

Diffrobani.

Bahu,

Bran's

of the

the

Ocean,

the

".

the

followers

Welsh

of

mud

Monmouth,

Nutt,

Hu

the

of

Tan

from

Ceylon

the

the

the

his

star-god Canopus,

in

beneath

earth

the

of

children

temple

Geoffrey

to

their

both

were

Llyr's

and

And

Southern

by

is

Hemisphere.

sea,

the

Constantinople,but

as

from

grown

which

origin

and

Wales

to

Diffrobani

the

the

mud-goddess

were

Khu,

on

record.

the

led

name

Southern

of

time

in

22,

"

III. 4, of

the

text

Latin

tree

the

raven-star

the

in the

Agastya,

of

this

of

they

that

the

Taprobane,
island

tree

shown

has

Rhys

of

164, .20

islands

cloud-bird

the

by

is

I.

ravcn-star-god

the

that

said

It is there
that

the

wont

hour'."

Rg.

Triads,

from

emigrants

were

in

Welsh

hours

the

It is their

of

tree

that

proves

call to

guardians

as

the

in

story told

blossoms,

call together every

world's

is the

birds

harmony.

To

This

with

tree

7, vol.

Legend, pp. 334. 345.

Llyn,
ing
accord-

hollowed
was

who
New
i. p. 6.

there

began
Year's

History and

64
festival

attended

was

before

the

This

god for

was

where

the

at

his

drives

the

3rd of May,

the

or

plough

the

though

custom,

Rome

of

the

Indian

the

over

at

the

on

year,

respective trades
also

and

of

May

Day,

India,
the

at

cultivator

every

of this ancient

hard

as

'.

(Vi sakAa)

Baisakh

i8th

baked

is

in

held

Akkadi

in observance

land

earth

their

worked

who

artisans

at

festival

their

the

time

observed

Gond

of

beginning

short

custom

all

by

Chronology

brick,

as

quite unfit for ploughing.

and

the

Again
a

the

Akkadian

Celtic
De

the

of

god

was

and

the

Danann,

world's

Southern

Castle"

of the

Castle

of

gestation

in

Chapter
This

Annamite

corn

the

star

the

mud

{tinor

also

the

god

who

This

the

the

of

the

Life

of

the
the

Turning
the

Castle

Labyrinthine
lunar

ten

Life

of

tower

or

the

this, like

the

who

god

Head

the

Holy

or

more

mother-tree
of

"

""

"

the

Rhys,

is

months

described

Tlhe Arthurian

Ibid., The

Lectures

Arthurian

like

placed

of that

in

the

was

the

growing

in it 3.
her

pp.

305

"

Ibid., ffibbert Lectures for 1886, p. 97.

315.

seed,
year

land

Orwandil,
star

p. 131.

for 1886, p. 89.

the

capacity

southern

of

Legend chap. vi.


Legend

by

and

the

to

lhid,,ffMer/

guarded

(Ut/ur-Ben),the

year's voyage
toe

in

rice-husk

mother-tree

form

was

unlimited

an

Head

north, whose

Hades

Grail

the

food

this

variant

of

multiplied

every

god with the Wonderful


his

had

for it

guarded

4, and

in

seed

Cinderella,

of

fold

the

in
of

vessel

hundred

giant

the

god, the

that

guarded
"The

Ramayana

mother-ship

Tuatha

tan)

in India

was

His

Danu",

the

god.

in

the

goddess

meaning

Danu,

or

V.

gnomon-stone
of

Star

of

god

Bahu,

god.

from

the ten-headed

story

Bran,

the

Caer-Sidi,

supplying nourishment,
a

was

of

form
and

in

called

Cauldron

another

Bran,

Pole

Ravana,

of

was

Life"

of

born

grown

He

chief

the

Tan

Star

Pole

of

tree

theology of

parent

was

tribes
tree

of

Agastya,

for

Bran

Ocean.

"Cauldron

of

Indian

the

of

son

astronomical

equivalent

is of the

Canopus,

raven-star

Rigel

the
in

66

and

History
One

of these

she,

mother

the

Dago,
three

of

only

the

characteristics
the

it

other

the

BrihatT

goddess
the

taken

52, 13, the


of

metre

This

of

place

with

the

the

the

and

of

twelve,

the

time

measuring

in

Chapter

of

eight

the

of

authors

of

and
in

months

is called

in

of the

and

Rg.

i.

Brihat!

three
the

of

of

year

say,

that

in the

Rhys,

twenty-four

to

is that

The

course

of

Eggeling, Sat. Brdh.^

"

their

describe
its

weeks

that

each

year

for 1S86,
S.B.E.,

Gayatrl
to

twenty-four
rule

laid

ments
arrange-

sacrifice V' that

there

is

stated

p. 75.
vol.

the
that

is meant

ritualistic

is the

13;

fundamental

year

I libber t Lectures
i. 2, 5, 7

of

each

the

govern
"the

in

fifteen

each

of

years

days,

its

months,

weeks.

by

distinctly state
with

of

systems

with

year

year

fifteen

methods

as

when

see,

Brdhmana

Jagat!

describe

eight syllables

Brahmanas

each

and

lines

the

and

various

shall

shall

of

eight-day

of

with

Gayatrl

eight days

this

of

lines

year

'

h has

poets

of

we

Satapatha

three

this

describe

is to

the

eleven,

fifteen-months

kindling hymn

down

in which

Vedic

which

And

the
its

and

of

months,

VII.

of

the

by

weeks

order.

chronological

days

these

Brigit,

the

remembrance

by

twelve

and

stanzas

of
of

She

metres,

Tristubh

invented

were

perpetuating

the

for

seeking

in

prototype

name,

g.

special

no

mythology

highest heaven

Vedic

other

eight syllables,the

eleven

same

are

thirty-sixsyllables.

of

of

the

medicine-

wise

But

Vedic

guttural
the

of

goddess

and

have

we

distinguished

were

^.

the

name,

same

there

and

the

to

who

third

name

turn

must

we

the

of

the

to

the

called

Daksha

physician, a

the

sons,

originally,as

two

smith,

assigned

originalsource

goddesses

being

forty

Irish

of

were

these

was

the

year.
the

all

which

year,

Brigits,one

and

woman,

the

of

sisters

of

; and

is also

Danann,

also

cycle

years

three

; and

two

the

among

of

one

seasons

seen,

three

De

and

Danava,

Brigit,the daughter

or

was

Tuatha

in the

Chapter VIII.

of

subject

Irish

Indian

of the

forty months
Bridget

the

of

the

of

mother

the

months,

month

third

the

Danu,

is

daughters

of thirteen

year

Chronology

xii. pp. 60

"

62.

the

of
order

of

ending

sacrificial
the

statement

of

This

made

the

by the

This

each,

of

the earth
form

In

*.

of the

the

of

other

the

half

of

obliquityof
six steps,

in

course

used, as

shall

we

Eggeling, Sai.
to

year of

it is

^%

so

^L

the

the

age

the

weeks,

ritual ; for in
builder

that its whole

xliii.p.

360, making

equinoxes,
of

the

when

the

should

the

of

and

measure

Sat.

noxes
equisun's

the
measurement

to

con-

was

112,

36 feet
of

latest brick

This

113.

measure

authors

the

cycle

years

the

altar

of

orthodox
of

plot thirty-sixsteps

the

thirty-

the

at

xxvi. pp.

made

in

to

ground

by the

was

year." Eggeling,

308.

makes
Pole

the

three

ground

the

West,

should
"

of

ground for the building

measure

at

circumference
the

Soma

Agnichayana,

layingout

rule

the

measures

sacrificial

continued

his

altar-line

only

by

East, thirty steps broad

P*rt of the

line

begins

year,

East, except

to

algebraic

journey, owing

first promulgated

was

to

round

like the

never

East

to

an

first sidereal

conscciated

was

ritual,

ordered, **thc

^Vejt to

according

This

Soma

of the

which

seven-days

of the Vedic

metre

iii. 5, i, 9 ; S.B.E., vol.

Brdh.^

East,

Sinskrit Ikshvahu

in

see,

nilc,
requiringthe length
from West

sun-year-god who

this

orthodox

the

year, when

the

West

reckoned

year

is

Brihati

weeks.

therefore

West

ground symbolising

year's journey

from

easterly line

the

the

in the

time

ancient

from

passing

sunset,

ecliptic,is

exactly

and

at

annual

the

in time

the measurement

of

sacrificial

that

or

in the

thirty-six in

an

that

us

is that

Soma

adopted

his

are

eight syllables

of

of

tell

words,

measurement

altar

changes

h'nes

summary

metre

West

thirty-six steps

'

the

his

eight, making

of Vishnu

statement

journey from
time

Brihati

length

form

the

in

and

historical

of

one

Brahmanas

thirty-sixsteps

the

over

the

by

earth

cration
conse-

poetical record

of two

historical

The

measurement.

of the

and

of

the

by

and

erection

the

indicate.

stanza

or

twelve

is

the

interpreted by

year-god

successive

they

metre

all, is therefore

indicated

the
that

the

which

one

with

altar,that

Vishnu

of

Brihati

further

is

connection

metres,

ritualistic metres
measurement

rule

first official

that

woman,

enclosed

in

67

Age.

beginning, continuing and

observances

year.

of

Myth-Making

twenty-four

at

that

prethe

altar
altar

long

from

the

East

ninety steps, the fourth


Brdh.,

x.

2,

3, 4 ; S.B.E.,

secrated.

measured
one
by the
original solar year was
in this year
the path of the solstitial setting

The

solstices,and
from

is

sun

South-west

North-west
the

Chronology

and

History

68

South-east

to

to

North-east

at

the

original path indicated

of

this

of

memory

is

eight-rayed star, marked

the

foundations

the

of

that

brick

the

the

in

of

East

tablet

the

^^

its

the

the

in

which

thought

was

annual

setting

an

of

thirty-sixweeks.
This

course

is,as

metre

culled

in

of

the

the

that

central
offered

sacrifice
with

allar

offering
the

Eggcling,

Sat.

round

Ruling
functions

to
stars

the

place
the

at

facing

Brah.y

in

the

and

of

of Arcturus

3,

v.

represents the
Prehistoric
a

star

as

I,

half-yearly course

lies

the

path

It

is to

him

Bootes

the

the

Indian

Times,
leader.

of

on

The

compass.
those

centre,

xli. p.

vol.

which

of

square

being placed

59;

drives

the constellation.

Essay

v.

gods,

five-fold

or

pp.

the

to

the

at

Aryaman

i., chap, xxii., p. 242,

vol.

i.

the

the

year

foot

the

Panchabila,

in

S.B.E.

vol.

Dashapeya

Shimshumara.
West

Brihaspati,

to

which

points

2;

star

round

placed

is

constellation

as

the

ruling

gods

Pole

of

in the

of

end

Brihati

the

Priest

in

given

Sachaii, Alberuni's

Pole,

Races

is

winter

the

High

Arcturus

Brihaspati

to

four

fourteen

region,

Star

its sides

other

according

the

upper

the

Aryaman,

and

the

steps for

or

of

told, consecrated

are

Brahmanas

the

god

we

the

round

plough

the

at

South-west

of seventy-two

in

weeks,

Therefore

sign.

beginning

go

series of

Flying Bird

thirty-sixweeks

the

historical

two

that

corner

year

to

the

of the

sacred

of

rising

seventy-two

Cross

the

measurement

the

sun,

of

tracing

sign

the

in

this

On

of

South-west

the

the

sun-bird

the

of

year

Andrew's

with

of

sun-bird
a

half-year represented

solstice

the

the

St.

in

course

original BrihatI

most

altar

and

plough under
orthodox
year-altar,

equinox.

making

it is from

for

begins

of

year-path
by

and

Vernal

the

at

marked

East

ii'as

sacred

by the

Agnichayana

thirty-six weeks,
is

the

This

metre,

ritual

Hindu

in

preserved

BrihatI

the

and

winter,

solstice.

summer

by

the

at

one

other
See

416"421,

is,

of the
stars

Hewitt,
for the

of the Myth-Making Age.


side dedicated

each

to

is that dedicated
is also said

Vishnu, the

Rg.

Saman.

This

vi.

46,

this hymn
of the

steps

god, who

is implored
Istar*,

to

of the

Nahusha,

the

the

of

original dwellers

guardian of

the

to be

East

that

recited

This altar
than the

and

the

this

by

left

the

altar,

this

to

sun-bird

periods

two

legendof
Pole Star

the

to its winter

South
Northern

"

'

of

they

all

episode

Eggeling,

of

sun

Sat.

the

snake

as

the

rules

for

rising

metre

are

sun-bird

the

period

later

and

woman,

3.

represent

in

of

Canopus
that

each,

the

the

of

Dagda

summer

year's

course

measured

was

the

historical

Daksha

or

representedthe
solstice,and

winter

Brah,^

v.

Brdh,^

Brihati

the

5, 1,

the
sun

the

returning

solstice

37

Saman

S.B.E., vol.

Syllabary Sign

ix. I, 2,

and

sun

South.

Sayce, Assyrian Grammar:

Eggeling, SaL

the

when

first Bridget
at

to

all sacrificial altars,

than

raven-star

North

to

is

year.

is older

The

in the

home

latter

This

form

thirty-six weeks

god, belongs.

the

the

Bridgets,daughters

two

startingfrom
second

of

that

representation of the

the

of the

five nations

much

at

primaeval epoch,

and

of

see,

and

of

name

Brihati

form

sun-bird

the

wing

of the

course

in

of

Vedic

the

adored

of

of

stanza

snake,

the

in

in

altar

year's history

it is

altar

Brihat

embodying

Suk-us,

directed

shall

we

square

form

is

circuit

the

In

great

North

or

flying year-birds

as

of the

verses

original earth

symbolical

stars

these

built, as

its successor

In

brick

the

at

was

It

the

of

rain.

who

India

village.

the consecration
in the

in

the

by

first stanzas

especially

protect

of

two

rain-mother

from

interpretation

Suk-ra, the

god

it

and

year
the

Bharadvaja

to

the

as

This

the

rain-god for

the

the

recitation

of

attributed

original Akkadian

sons

the

metre

brought

measure

pole.

recitation

Indra,

this

for

been

it represents

say,

the

Brihati

Brihaspati,

have

whose
is to

the

god

to

rules

hymn

to

prayer

is

Star

181, 2,

round

the

by

Thus

Pole

lark, that

year-sun-bird

is confirmed

Rg.

x.

year-god,

the
Bharadvaja
of the

the

to

in

god

69

S.B.E.,

xli. p.

legend
120.

101.

vol. xliii. p. 179.

was

called

in Vedic

Ratha-tur

Sidi

for

Indra

to

Rg.

rain,

181,

X.

Vashishtha,
I have

shown

of

god

the

the

of

solstice

home

of

23.

They

and

this

Rathamtara

have

the

the

the

sun-bird

starting

this

meaning

of the

that

is

to

solstice

Pleiades

the

Sabaean

northward

to

is to

the

star

the

war

[fo)

become

meet

dance.

the

Northern

He

in

whose

day

was

the

"

Eggeling, Sat. BraA.y

Ibid., ix. I, 2, ^6f vol. xliii. p. 179.

Ibid., xii.

Rhys,

2, 3,

Hibbert

I ;

S.B.E.,

Lectures

the

or

king
those

xliv. pp.

for 1886, Lcct.

of

life.

of

lady

of

Sheba,
the

her

"

It

the

is

dust,

who

goes

is

born
the

who

591

ruler

in

partner

men

of

the

North, where

196,

593.

Bres,
under

Southern

lived

155, 156.

vi. pp.

winter

story the

17 ; S.B.E., vol. xii. p.

vol.

BrihatI

legendary history

night,

i. 7, 2,

in

Fomori,
is

our

her

father-god,

the

{muir^), that

sea

of

Queen

Irish

the

of

lady

the

BrihatI,"

season

birth-land

the

May

the

{bres) king

the

people

Bcltis,

of

Ninlil,

goddess

queen

form

southern

the

months

ritual

Satapatlia
the

of

that

the

to

by

of
that

was

the

Queen

first six

the

southern

the

Akkadian

the

of

South

the

And

of

is measured

the

wing

2.

amounts

It

at

metre

in

the

heat.

and

authors

statement

year

of

BrihatI

"

of

South

or

altar

subterranean

journey

the

of sacrifice

the

of

and

year

she,

she

is in

of

and

recited

are

right

of the

the

by

year

goddess

year

southern

minds

Bridget

and

her

the

that

say,
The

metres.

the

the

that

the

forms

light

is, as

the

on

North

which

at

two

indubitably proved

Brdhmana

of

in

on

its

in

by

who

burning

fire is the

gets

sun

said

Vishnu

hymn,

the

in
her

stanzas

consecration

actually present

when

South,

BrihatI

second

brick-altar

is

solstice

summer

in the

fire

perpetual

prayer

is

from

Caer

BrihatI

another
Saman

this

of

Irish

in the

verses

embody

volution
re-

{ratlia)from

the

in

brought

author

p. 42, the

fire whence

these

been

reputed

on

two

are

and

to

I,

winter

is

22

chariot

sun

or

the

celebrating

reproduced

These

tower.

vii.

Rg.

metre,

metaphor

Turning

or

the

Rathamtara

the

by

', that

returning {tur) of
South,

to

indicated

Saman

{Grassmann)
or

North

that

ritual

Chronology

and

History

70

the

on

note

2.

of i/ie Myth-Making
under

south

or

side

of the

mother-mountain

They
world's

tree

are

the

the

his father's

of

Persian

Gulf,

the

Moon,

Salamander,
which

heated

whence

the

of the

Vedic

85)

X.

the

describe
The

wife

Brig

or

meaning
Rudra,

the

red

and

the

like
villages,

'

Burton,

Rhys,

Hibberi

its

earth-born
on

bordering

Badr

clothed
the

Basim,

the

the

waters

counterpart
wedded

who

the

Ashvins,

(Rg.

brought

was

the

as

which

year,

the

fiery land

Southern

was

of

daughter

Al-Shamandal,

was

the

or

he

Their

to

bride
1

the

tried

in

the

and

from

shall

for 1886,

kill.

to

the

of

the

v.

Vedic

the

of

The

of

story

dwelt

who

men
a

union

vi. pp.

pp. 388, 389,

the

between

union

another

Nights, Library Edition, vol.


Lectures

is Ruadan,

Dravidian
of
in

parents
separate

children.

of Dravidian

mothers

Lect.

Fomori,

smith-god

the

one

the

son

legends

from

born

apart

and

of

{rud^),

roarer

conception

were

fathers

king

Brcs,

Goibniu,

origin

lived

Arabian

was

god

and

sun-goddesses,

who

the

the

kingdom

in

She

Badr

of

Julnar,

an

the

the

Dagda.

whom

its

habitually

"

of

by

in

sea,

race

in

of

{ruad)

Danann,

year-star

Life

lunar-solar

the

slain

marks

ocean

thunder-god

one

was

.the

They

lands

la,

of

sea.

VII.

the

which

maritime
who

the

De

beneath

of

Brigit,daughter

who

Tuatha
is one

of

this

Savitrl, who

of

Chapter

in

under

year-car

ruling god

to

father, to

child

moon-god,

the

on

of

sea.

his

its heat^

the

son

by

gave

mother

of the

the

like

sun-maiden

wedding

of the

from

drew

Soma,

to

ruler

was

Cauldron

sun

whose
the

as

civilised

dwelt

of

the

moon

Tale

Nights.

succeeded

thus

the

into

centre.

whence

and

sun

maiden

(the jewel),

the

the

the

mud

{badr)yson

He,

arose

who

the

in

Northern

its

Star

setting

moth.

those

Jauharah

sea,

of

Arabian

sea

wedded,

was

land

Moon

the

and

fish-skins, who

Full

the

Khorasan,

death,

Pole

their

Full

night

father, king

is

of

the

with

earth

country

at

{Jul),

Fara'shah,

in

sunk

smiling

pomegranate

the

whose

to

grew,

sea-people

Basim,

the

of

men

light after they


the

by

topped

the

were

tortoise

Age.

54"
note

95'
2.

History and

72
The
of

of

year

with

November

the

of

Celtic

second

season

mine

The

captive

of

of

three

of

Arthur

to

make

he

the

Cauldron
He

of

the

was

the
its

The

ghost

the

the

Rhys,

of

Taliessin

aid

of

the

poems
is to

fire,that

say,
Badr

Southern

the

heated

Amiand

Assyriennes^
Conder,

et

No.

p.

I do

Ilittites

not

this

Tableau

34

iii. pp.

Comparh

be

"

life

converging
the

summer

born.
of

wisdom,

Medrod

of

of

arrow

at

parent

the

the

Pole

in

year-arrow,

ii. pp.

monuments

the

to

was

of

Judge

Star

which,

the

god

accor-

39.

267, 268.
des

Ecritures

Babyloniennes

65.
and

sign originally placed

first started.

life

counterpart

for 1886, Lcct.

the

the

meeting

year-

the

also

represents

of

Legend^ chap.

Mcchanseau,

The

the
of

god

Lectures

163,

It

QJ

the

on

of

equivalent

worshippers
lines,

captured by

was

is the

Vishnu

rx

of future

primitive Celtic

It

woman

daughter

l^he Arthurian

/|\^.

letters

Ogam

the

in

lateral

original

seed

Welsh

yellow

/1\4.

winter,

the

and

Ibid., Hibberl

the

the

Cypriote sign

Zi

{medr'U)^

"

in

the

Hindu

for

the

Gwenhwyvar

Danu,

of

of

Archer

or

and

Akkadian

whence

the

sign

And

3.

of

knowledge

centre

seasons

white

father,

Her

represented

of

Akkadian

(//) the

centre,

of

mark

red

Girsu

two

the

was

all wives

were

fire drill,who

elements

parent

caste

earliest
of

white

the

story of Julnar and

the

of

reputed inventor

of the

of the

with

the

the

Legend.

of Life.

composed
sign

without

that

in

Bridget,

who

name

said

god

of

god

same

sephone,
Per-

Queen

again

like

She,

god

Salamander

the

Basim,

boil

May

Arthurian

the

plough-god

the

was

cauldrons

was

the

Airem,

giant Ogyrvan,

the

the

lady Gwenhwyvar,

ghost {hwyvar).
of

Greek

reappears

year,

the

was

ladies

or

the

year-history,

queen

{gwen) spirit or
third

of

the

be

to

was

first

the

on

away

ran

mother,

who

Bridget,

ancient

who

raven

Pleiades'

the

the

rich

the

Bran,

Chronoiogy

know

on

their

women's

Language

Syllabary Sign

carriagesin

if it is still used.

India

when

78.

This

railways

was

were

et

History

74
the

of

Bridge

This

light.

of

mythic

symbolically marked
of

Each

circle
the

circle

the

protecting

Shabala,

dog

Shyama

Shvan

called

also

the

Yama,

twins

the

Sarama,

who

from

North-west,

return

homewards

at

The

the

the

by

of

Rephaim
in

the

Neolithic

p.

these
almost

or

sun

the

conceived

Rcpha

the

Bal

Dannesteter,

Gungadhur

which
the

after

Repha,

Tilak

v.

these

and

Sirius

winter

dogs

two

from

from
the

the

west
South-

solstice,
he

in

is

and

his

set

face

Canopus,

the

giant.

They

and

tells the

giant

story of

will
the

giant

with

their

settlement

the

pattern.

Canopus,

star

be

duction
introof

villages

original Dravidian

the

ape,

became

astronomy

communal
the

taught

in

before

Syria,

Orion.

Zendavesta

97 ; Introduction,

light

dog-stars,

originally that

history

simultaneously

"

of

two

where

was

of

of

organised

sons

mother

cows

was

started
the

at

sons

the

Chapter,

of

he

world's

solstice.

summer

Europe

It

the
with

constellation

North-west,

Syria, whose

next

age

as

journey

thus

this

the

Their

the

In

guard

on

the

with

South-west,

Arabians

into

But

the

who

mother, who,

seeks

as

the

fore-dog.

Rigveda^.

brother.

the

Dravido-Mundas,

called

told

their

from

sun-myth

the

the

just

to

dog

Sharvara,

birds

two

who

gods

Argo,

northern

his

also

the

connection

guarded

his

on

the

from

Procyon

in

the

the

to

the

their

the

life

offering

an

yellow dogs

day,

of

yellow dog Procyon

Prashvan

her

astronomy

as

and

an

as

Outside

Sanskrit

Sarama

of

path

of

constellation

Arabian

by

sun's

bitch

apparently

the

the

are

night

the

guard

tree

they

food,

corner

the

the

on

star-gods

places

the

are

is

Brahmins.

his

and

he

and

dog,

sun-bird

village grove.

Saramaya,

Bridge, the dogs

Chinvat

is

the

Zendavesta

the

and

of

cows

circle

South-west

dogs

two

spotted dog Sirius,

the

at

draws

tree

corner

and

These

'.

the

the

of

all Indian

by

portion

the

round

North-west

the

at

places

road

primitive

meal

daily

Vaishva-deva,

the

offering to

the

day

every

his
he

which

into

ground,

of

route

out

before

them

the

Milky Way,

the

Gods,

Chronology

atid

4, pp.

Vendidad

Fargard^

viii. i6,

Ixxvii.,Ixxviii. ; Rg.

x.

17;

14, 10,

S.B.E.,
1 1.

vol.

iv.

of the Myth-Making Age,


Egypt

to

came

the

as

oi^anisers of

and

divided.

ruled
of

South

the

mother

end

or

Nebt-hat

Book

Sos

or

the

4, and

of

the

the star

could

Canopus

in

settled

visible,that

of heaven

This

Star

of the

'

Bnigsch,Reli^on

'

Badge, Book

Lockyer, Dawn

There

are

und

also

other

Pleiades

as

Maspcro,

PI7S-

one

p.

temples
189.

year,

beginning

the setting and


of the year- stars

Histoire

Ancienne

temples
224),

223,

the

with
the

of the
des

p.

184

votaries

longer

no

the

as

father.

constellation
It

Bear.

Great

P" 45i"

Timplc^

oriented

Thebes

at

not

his

Star

the

Aigy^Ur^

the

when

Southern

the

dation
foun-

was

was

at

177.

These
pp.

the

Canopus,

by

their

Thebes

temple

It

he

[Jiak)

Rephaini
at

Pole

to

Altai

the

of

seen

pig.

leaders

or

port

be

black

before

North

chap, xviii.

the

had

where

extended

dcr

the

Khons

Kepheus,

in

star

in

Egypt.

replaced

Mythologie

of Astronomy,

aathors observed

which

of Astronomy

two

Canopus {Dawn

is marked

the

to

of the Dead^ Ixii. 6, p.

^Ja7i of Astronomy,

of the

lands

northern

Thigh

whose

ape

of

longer

no

and

ape,

Delta

the

ape-gods

the

was

Nile

the

mud
the

Suti

Sutekh,

as

the
in

the

as

the

is called

herdsmen,

called

looked

they

centre-star

Pole

of

was

ape-star-fatherof

to

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3.

port

Alexandria

had

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him

in the

creating bird,
from

Hyksos

Syrian

god,

creating magic

the

becomes

of the

god

the

Canopus

to

Memphis

the

he

Star

meaning

growing
it.

Pole

its top

Tum,

Bahu,

on

temple built

is oriented

of

{ftebt)

Supreme

sceptre, the

form

Horus

Shasus,

of Palestine.

who

the

the

was

who

mistress

with

father

it

gods

two

the

house-pole

villages

which

Hat-hor,

Chapter xcix., Hapi

Sutekh,

is

the

Horus

or

ape-god

fightwith

he

Suti

of

mother-tree

the

Dead,

story of his

of the

Set

the

of

the

into

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their

was

male

is

and

Bahu^

As

mother-tree

is the

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while
of

Hor

them

communal

provinces

and

{hat^ of

With

of

astronomy

completion, bearing

or

wand

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were

the

Star.

Pole

or

Egyptian

house

or

hence

and

nomes

the counterpart
{Juxt)^

house

the

the

the

In

first founders

7$

and

to

setting

to

have

we

of

rising of the

Lockyer,

Canopus.

oriented

were

1S6, 187.

1. pp.

seen

the
in

setting
the

the

Pleiades,

stars.

Hence

of

history
that

its

Canopus

primsevalage.

peupUs

de

V Orient,

Troisieme

Edition,

j6

History

and

both

the

ruled

Orion's

of

god

Osiris,as

Northern

the

festival held

of his death

three

the

on

the

on

Tybi (October

1st

Pleiades

slayer

assistants, the

seventy-two
it was

and

His

year*.

to

avenge

Pole

Star, fought Suti, who

of

pig.

find

We

history of the

in the

He

Memphis.

whose

the

on

of Baal

wind

July, called

of

that which

slew

and

the

votaries

with

the rains

and

this

Syria

in the

relation

given

the

the

of

the

allotted.

of the
the

months

summer

He,

when

oldest
and

calendars
the

Lockyer, Dawn
CuUes

three

wind

blowing

month

of the

the

to

was

of

the

Pole

his southern
the

guider

Argo, through the


west

monsoon

fertilised India,
which

burnt

up

^gypter^
of

our

pp.

346, 303,

calendar

here

304.

assumed

pyramid builders, recording

the

to

seasons

ArcadienSy

till

Pig,

destroying pig-god.

Alien

of Astronomy

"

equinox,

was

that

those

of

June

boar-god

ruled

South

was

of

ape-god
he

the

wind

months

hot

solstice which

Mythologie der

Egyptian

Kasios

Canopus,

up

Typhoon.

autumnal

constellation

became

and

B^rard, Origine des

vol. i. p. 224.

the

was

brought

South-west
North

on

wind

of the

Mount

the

the

at

at

on

was

of the

wind

giant-starRepha

of

same

This

Antioch

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is that

were

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heavens, who

southern

names

sent

mother-ship Ma,

of the

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at

the

as

^.

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word

the month

or

became

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to

our

Syria from

over

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god

Egypt

the form

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or

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September

constellation

Star

of

year,

transformation

this

in

his

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temple

Syriac Cheziron

in

the middle

whose

Syria, was

the borders

from

survives

name

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of the

the

contest

Tzephon

of the

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Zephon,

of

coast

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was

deadly storm,
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of

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of

son

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of

Baal

weeks

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constellation
Baal

on

Hapi, with

in the

explanation

eyes

the

first month

Horus,

assumed

constellation

Phoenician

the

the

that

III.

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or

seventy-two

star

two

snake-god

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was

his death

the

of Choiak

the

was

the

was

slain

of the

who

Chapter

with

was

November),

"

of

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26th

that

October), four days before

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sun,

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the

year,

Southern

and

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Pole

ape

of

year

Myth-Making

South

and

rival of the

ruling the

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of

North

the

afterwards

the

Chronology of

pp.

each

chap,
228;

of

which

four

the

months

xxiii. p. 233.

Movers,

Die

Phonitier

CHAPTER

The

three

of

year

Arabian

THE
which

and

the

of

her

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again,

shows

the

consider

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in

in

adjoining

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when
and

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themselves

provinces, each
data

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'

Movers,

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by
us

vol.

its

with

it

Canopus

is

necessary

the

to

progress
in

western
South-

made

such

settlements
had

India,
of

the

back

ment
time-measure-

fully

government

tribal

to

as

confederacy
unit.

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Indian

the

of

of villages.

landed

the

over

Phonhier,

as

of

sons

of

sun

and

associated

or

Northern

who

supplying

arts

villages

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emigrants,

the

the

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to

as

new

left

ment,
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over

Syria,

they

province

related

astronomical

this

their

necks

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of

available
in

of

',

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methods

understand

to

founders
These

of

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the

to

on

goes

bride.

South

previous

civilisation

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They,

or

by

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Chapter,

breaking

'bridge

information

established

the

from

Munda-Dravidians

progress

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the

order

the

Asia.

of

as

journeys

changed

But
to

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that

of

and

and

called

abandonment

the

Milky

Orion

to

brothers

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annual

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Repha

last

called

Canopus,

star

Sirius

the

in

female,

means

in

have

of

husband's

belief

and

beginning

becomes

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giant
brothers

two

weeks

deer-sun-god.

the

of

five-day

and

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his

marriage

here

who

of
the

I told

tell of

Orion

story

Repha,
of

seasons

BY

RULED

III.

originally

Euphratean
central
the

in

village,
of

289,

292,

buted
distri-

Eridu,

Delta

means

i., chap, viii., pp.

at

but

Parhas
we

possess
the

determining
chap.

x.

or

p.

406.

History and

j8
thus

time

of

numbers

the

their

to

the

by

from

births

arising

previous inhabitants

Each

and
Munda

each

and

the

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the

divided
its
in
the

city, and

those

Syria

the

the

the

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been

there
those
each

of

1,200

square

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new

the

growth

was

soil

Mesopotamian

into

profitable crops

in Central
young

of the

grouped

are

associated

their

with

still

in

where,

Joshua,

Jews^ they

cities

existing

like

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in

thus

found

in

out

India
rice

of

landed,

grasses

still

hangs

first pioneers of

as

to

changed

their

the soil and

which

Indian

endless

in

his

of

memorial

Joshua

house

XV.

21"62.

as

the
means

climate.

farmers

by

varieties

of

every
in

first tasks

used

those

to

to

originally

were

by the

the

agriculture,and

'

of

rice-grass,which
up

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so

similar

made

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Persian

one

wheat,

methods

wild

sprouts,

suited

miles.

square

not

was

about

of

area

an

the

hence

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over

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territory of

average

eleven

about

shores

barley
by

the

scattered

excluding

mentioned,

cities

six

better

forefathers, who
rice

of

became

Syrian provinces must,

India, and

substitute

wild

the

the

as

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Indian

provinces

Kolhan

only

first

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these

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on

of rice

find

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ruling

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to

of

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miles, was

sandy

each

it

by

ruled

Nomes,

Book

in the

Philistines, and

these

the

of

hundred

the

growth prevailed over


and
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of

Parhas

of

area

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are

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the

original Parhas

have

into

conquest

of

names

villages".

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vincial
pro-

village

the

by the provincial

assisted

national

described

of

account

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of

series

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own

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land

central

its

the

in

dwelling

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festivals,regulated by

of

with

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existed.

provincial Mankis,

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priest.

its

village seasonal

and

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had

province

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if any

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advent
and

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less

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made

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regulated by

was

the

and

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increase

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duration

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occupied.

Chronology

peasant

August

when

early tasks
of obtain-

of the Myth-Making
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ing

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during the

prosperity

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been

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period.
soil

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pre-eminently
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Southern

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the

of

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worshippers
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Mag-ana, who,

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in

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India,
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sea-

population

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in

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in

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wizard

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form,

witchcraft

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elements

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as

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southern

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icy regions

prominent

mother

to

people

figures2;

races.

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of the

male

them

symbolic

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gave

Early Man

Boyd Dawkins,
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of

cultivated

still survives

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magical arts,

'

in

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and

land

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'

Gonds

Zendavesta

called

are

magic

brought with

northern

who

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and

and

early

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still most

risingin Khar-sak-karra,
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Turano-Dravidian

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in

created

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glacial age

all

drum,

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people described

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at

learnt, in the

the belief in

instrument

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formed

the

ornament

dances

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among

magic

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musical

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cold

indigenous

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mountaineers,

or

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appear

immigrants

rein-deer.

wizards.

renowned

priest

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the

by them

tasks

digging-stick, and

and

'.

apparently diggers

were

pastoral

Asia

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and

age,

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Indian

by their

introduced

were

these

the

horn
pigs, short-

of

Neolithic

in

as

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domestication

breeds

of Central

who,

with

contact

the

the

in

assistants

races,

animal

and

the

to

goats, which

originally inhabitants

were

plant

attention

Europe

into

both

79

year.

their

cattle, and

cattle, sheep

of

Age.

the

dians.
Akka-

Rigveda.
mother

Akkadian

Makah,

in

4, and

name

the

god

p. 300.

Poetry of

the

Finns^

English Translation,

p. 288.
'

Danncstetcr,

Rg.

viii. 104,

Zendavesta

15

"

2^.

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Fargard^

i. 14 ;

S.B.E., vol. iv. p. 8.

8o

the

of

the

Himyarite

land

the

of

land

and

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Arabs

Magog

traced

as

animals,

and

clouds

and

the

Finns

thus

who

races

nologically far

with

those

of

facial

angle, thick

human

other

any

their

sturdy,

limbs

black

to

Finns,

The

yellow

hair

features

the

curly than
of Asia

short

Risley,

J.

G.

S.

Keltic,

Bert,

in

and

Castes

Races

and

tribes

that

described

as

had

foreheads,
flat

"

the

the
hair

of

the

Gaurian

same
was

the

heads,

round

curly

Rett qions

the

Ninth

Babylonian

Institute^Nov., 1889, p. 106,

bones,
cheekbut

The
p.

not

rather

primitive Satyrs

faces

smooth
more

their

Dravidians,

of Bengal^ vol. i. Preface,


of

nose,

from

fleshy lips,a big

resembled

Finland,* Encyc. Brit.^


The

lips,short

two

that

of the History of Ancient

Tribes

brachy-kephalic
low

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wide

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ap-

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the

the

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Bashan,

History

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than

generally
that

of

the

SabcsanSt " 48, p. 79.


32.

Edition, vol. ix. p. 219.

Empire.' Journal of

the

thropological
An-

History

82

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years

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{Sambkava)

tenacity

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seasons

Chapter

be

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animal

preceded

structure

abound,

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{Sanseviera Zeylanka),

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in

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brother

god

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invested

to

bow

India,

where

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of

name

are

history

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through

fact

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son

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India,

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forest

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in

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of Hanuman,

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and

the

weapons.

therefore

army,

that

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the

Duryodhana,

of

use

of

formidable

most

their

of

leader

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English proficientsin

of

one

Chronology

and

"

228.

cxlv.

Adi

p. 439.

87.
p.

37;

Hewitt,*

AW*;/^

Races

of the Myth-Making
forest

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that

India

in

indigenous

instrument

the

of

Chutia

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in

Rigveda

viii.

called
in the

Pinga
Hindu

of Shiva

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^.

god, who

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in

Arjuna's visit

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the

the year
and

it

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of

and

of

the

rainy

weaving

he

as

ends

who

year-sun),

simultaneously launched

who

the

is among

arrows

brethren

Pandava

beginning

season

the

at

wife
tending
con-

was

the

Adonis

taught
his

and

his

of

music

(the boar

winter

by slaying

Arjuna,

the

of

god

by

Arjuna

approached

seasons

slain

was

the

to

Gowadi,

forest, Rikad

boar-god

of three

the

of

Indra,

hunter,

or

representative,Lingal, had

Gond

god

of

Kirata,

dancing

women

of the

the

with

bow

describes

weapons

mother

{flax)^the

of
his

of

form

the

in

the

obtain

to

Uma

This

3.

called

sacred

which

Mahabharata

the

heaven

aboriginalman
dance

to

dances,

that

or

by

in

him

which

and

Pinaka

the

played

scene

crowds

and

races,

bow, the

national

58 (69),7-9 *,

Africa

of

three-eyed trident-bearing aboriginal

by

accompanied

morial,
imme-

time

still

their

at

bow

the

is the

to

before

appears

from

that

mythology

ritualistic

There

pastoral tribes

known

earliest musical
Mundas

Africa.

geography

one-stringed musical

find the

we

ancient

weapon

Bantu

the

it is among

and

of

purview
is Central

come

the

been

always

and

have

it could

whence

the

within

country

83

Age.

summer

solstice4.
is represented
trident-bearing three-eyed god, who
is the only Hindu
god always
riding on a bull, and who

This
as

depicted with

white

the wild-bull, father

signon

the

of

Hewitt,Ruling

'

H. Balfour, TTie Natural

Hewitt,Ruling

Mahabhirata

Races

[Kairaia)
Parva, xxxix.
^
Slceman,Rambles
^-^I.
i.

Times^ vol.

History of the

of Prehistoric

TitneSy vol.

(Arjundbhigamana)
pp.
and

20,

i. p.

205,

whose

Gud-Ia,

note

I.

36, 54, 64, 65.


i., Essay ii.,pp. 48, 49.
Bow^

Musical

Girsu,

is called

who

of

equivalent
of

race

and
"t^^,

of Prehistoric

Races

Vana

Gaurian

the
is

monuments

Hindu

is the

faces,

Parva,

pp. 5

xxxvii.

"

117.

p.

Vana

121.

Recollections

of

Indian

an

Officialchap,
^

xv.,

p. 126.

Amiand

et

Mechinseau,

^iiyritnnesy
no.
49,

Comparie

Tableau

p. 19.
G

dcs

Ecriturcs

et
Babylonitfines

History and

84
or

the

of

RohinT,

bull

la.

He

the

of

name

the

father

who

were

of

bisexual

of

of

form

Lenormant

Nimrod

of the

Tritsu

the

Vashishtha,
altar

the

of

star

round

the

Pole.

of

the

of

of

fair Northern

applied
'

Rg.

Cunningham,
Rg.

Monier

note

2,

X.

ceeded
suc-

tusser

in

of

art
cocoons

called

and

whose

wife

Shiva,

who

conquered

were

in the

{trit)
^, whose

Rigveda

instead

of

India

and

race

by

who
the

to

as

Seboi

the

of

people
the

was

India

epithet Sveta,

day-

by
and

Great

father-god Shiva

the
he

annual

Chinab,

{uara)

of

the
pendent
inde-

own

Alexander
their

that

brought

the

was

on

an

called

of

man

or

and

Rigveda 4;

Chaldaan

gave

In

3.

as

his

people

north

Indus
who

priest

being dragged

the

are

sun-god

marking

and

year

the

the

of

high

by

the

or

the
called

by

father-god

flax

the

East,

of Asia

white

one,

Brahmanass.
Magic

and

Sorcery^ Appendix,

p.

396,

note

2.

18, 7.

*"

described

parent-god

in the

him

Lenormant,
vii.

the

proved

to

kings

Ushlnara,

of

the

in

name

is

who

the

seasons,

tribe

ten

They

on

son

both

Minor

Hindu

Bharata,

fighting dogs

this
a

three

Aryan

king Sopeithes

their

name

lived

who

is called

the

by

Orion,

star

and

pre-

the

ruling
heavens

present

horns,

two

from

of

worshippers

later

the

Babylon,

fire-god of the perpetual fire burning

round

was

of

the

is

the

path

it

{go),

fire-rubbers

god

Strabo,

was

cow

or

the

of

who

legend quoted

measures,

year

of the

god

allies of the

battle

the

at

of the

the

is
{flax),
the

were

its earliest

This

cow.

hunting

first made

was

the

and

and

weights

weaving-god

is Uma

in

the

of

Samirus

or

eyes

and

first,as

was

{gut\

sons

forests.

Indian

This

three

Ninus,

or

silk ', which

weaving

Semiramis

who

sons

wild

Istar, described

invented

Babylon,

the

the

race,

Assyria

to

bull

the

red

cow,

gave
the

Gauri,

having

as

red

Gautama,

bull, the

three-eyed
a

Hindu

sons

of

land

the

the

first

the
who

doe-mother

Gutium,

of the

father-god

Aldebaran,

star

shall see, the

we

the

is

Chronology

59,

Ancient

Geography

oj

India,

pp.

157, 158.

18.

Williams.

Religions Thought

and

Life

in

India^

chap.

iv.

p.

80,

of
The

Indian

appears

in

the

third

as

of the

the

Wain

these

Akkadian

national

Virgo

^, the

crowned

These

the

snake

in Bootes

and

Su-gi,or,

the

story the

of

myth

Akkadian

in the

Kavad,

the

under

guise

shepherd

flock is called
This

Dharma

of

R.

Brown,

goat

star-god
the

in

star

is

Races

of
who

finds

said

in

of Prehistoric
*

Remarks

the

West,

xxxi.

Kavad

lost

24 ; S.B.E., vol.

v.

in
or

Constellation

p.

136.

the

3.

lamb
Zend

the

vii. p.

star

sun-god
of

his

Airya-

the
the

Vishnu

alligator

Times, vol. i.,Essay iv., pp.


the

The

becomes
young

mara,

Archaological Journal, Figs. vi. and

Bundahish,

whence

guarding

found

Istar-Virgo.
^

rising

born.

and

her
Bear

Great

was

description

Shimshu

on

for

Helmend,

the

the

birth

Southern

the

sun

Rigveda, Aryaman,

jun., F.S.A.,

Yorkshire

who

called

Khar-sak-kurra,

finder

tree-

this

In

of the

race,

".

turus
Arc-

this

conveyed

summer

Uzava,

constellation

the

Hc"ritt, Ruling

from the

of the

back

is transferred

of

watching

the

the

Wain

or

Kushika

of

of the

reed-cradle

the

ravishcr

Arcturus,

star

man.

the

becomes

the

guardian

This

of

of

is

and

of corn,

born

khu).

or

Haetumant

river

her

tree-mother

void

mother-mountain,

parent

Virgo,while
the

the

hand,

shepherd-star

Persephone
the

her

Persephone

ocean

here

Demeter

lamenting

and

which

by

{su

the

dead,

mical
astrono-

down

sun-god

bird

waste

into

in

constellation

Demeter

The

filled

lake

in the

the

the

constellation

corn

The

of

Lumasi

the

Akkadian

hangs

{zi)

in the

second

in

virgin-wife the

in the

sleep, becomes

winter

are

{gi) of the

reed

Bahu,

goddess

tail

life

Star

the

is

of

ear

Virgo, and

North.

the

to

an

stars

his

concealed

and

This

whose

creating

constellation

the

of

city

depicted

holding

the

Gudua,

corn,

three

mother

of

as

by

of

the

cradled

by the

tended

Akkadians

{sib) of

sun-god

young

cemetery.

mother

imagery

Sebo

parent-stars, the

constellations, Su-gi,

{ud)

sun

the

the

or

shepherd

the

Bear, and

the

of

of

Lumasi

seven

is of the

parent

Ud-gudua,

father

astronomy

their

that

Great

the

or

85

in

star

Age,

Shiba,

or

Ural-Altaic

god {and)^

first of

'

Shiva

god

Sib-zi-ana, Arcturus,

star

as

the Myth- Making

359

"

362.

Virgo,'reprinted
14,

representing

History and

86

which
the

of

constellation

of

race

wheat

the

Akkadians

Ural-Altaic
of

section
the

these

Shiva

of

is told

For

race.

their

originally the
Hebrew

They
tall

earliest

in

Vez^re,

Their

remains

Palaeolithic

of

unknown

were

belonging
been

to

yet

discovered

the

first

the

by

age,
M.

to

as

Dupont,

of

in

their

the
who

though

and

races

3.

in

still earlier

traces

no

the

people

bows,

bows

But

Mesato-Kephalic

rein-deer

found, according

used

were

the

to

whom

period

their

bow.

in France

Dordogne

from

Belgium.

later

kastu,

Cro-Magnon

at

the

was

of the

of

early

an

arrows

in

cave

the

of

they represent
ivory

tortoise

sons

found

were

to

flint

Kushika

Assyrian

Cro-Magnon,

Department

and

with

to

of

the

their

and

or

the

the

thus

was

Kush,

of

sons

the

It

bow.

prehistoric ethnology

in

back

archers, the

the

Kush

bow,

were

men

shot

Onoz

Spy

the

the

the

Age,

pointed

the

back

wizard

Kushite

the

parent

they

and

Finn

the

of

name

ruling
formed

hunting-star-god,

the

kaus,

date

systematically
arrows

the

traced

skeletons

the

on

in

The

".

musical

the

by

confederacy

were

became

subsequent

called

race

of

Orion,

Arabic

be

god

or

kausitu,

can

North,

who

warriors

Nimrod

genealogy

the

the

in

tells us,

farmers, the

Indian
of

Saiv,

or

god

supreme

the

by

conquerors

Castren

as

Sumerian

the

hunters

the

hunting

father

the

of

their

Indian

the

Sib

called

by

their

as

Akkadian

alliance

of

sons

tribes

this

and

races

Shiba

or

fijitherSaiv, worshipped,

India, is the

by

Shiva

and

barley and

pupils of

farmer

father-star,

male

ploughing {ar)

the

of

foot

western

Mesopotamian

the

corn,

the

be

to

star

Euphratean

This

emigrants.

all the

of

the

by

Pole,

It is the

".

growers

grown

the

round

the stars

turns

Chronology

men

arrows

of Furfooz
them

have
on

caves

the

Liesse.

Sachau, Alberuni's

'

Casiren,

'

of

Lemnos,*

1888,
"*

PP-

says

De

3I4"

as

p.
Saiv

quoted
14,

by

R.

i.

is among

the

Finns

Human

chap.

Brown,

Proceedings of

Quatrefages, The
315-

India^ vol.

jun., F.S.A.,

the
**

an

ii. p. 242.
*

Etruscan

Inscriptions

Society of Biblical

Archaology^

Allgemeines

epithet."

Gotter

Species^chap, xxvii.,The

Cro-Magnon

April,
Race,

of
This

tall

large,narrow,
be

of

race

aquiline
of

Kabyles

long-headed

who

Asia

Minor

who

is

Spain

owing

Cro-Magnon

the

The

and

thin

nose,

they
stock

Europe

to

aquiline

aquiline

Dravidian

their

to

the

was

through

way

become

and

Bantu

widely-spread

their

has

It

nose

the

of

nose

not

parentage,
thick

but

narrow,

to

Islands,

Canary

i.

and

skulls

Djurjura,

Euphrates valley.

by them

Semites, which
like the

the

made

the

and

introduced

North

founded

and

Africa,

of

the

and

Masser

Beni

Basques

apparently
of

the

their

by

of

Guanches

the

to

foreheads

open

shown

are

noses,

87

Age.

fine

with

bowmen,

intimately allied

the

Myth-Making

the

and

broad.
confederated

These

from

the

and

wheat,

Elam

of

provincial groups
central
capital.
races, and
of

each

teachingsof
by the
of the

of

influence

of Orion

which

Canopus

De

P-335-

purer
and

and

its

ancestral

the

introduced

variations
the

into

their

mixed,

ritual

own

upon

received

led

the

leader

the

beginning

Qaatrefages,The

to

of

territory

this

Human

their

in

the

the

substitution

of

an

Canopus

Chapter.

latitude

the

was

In

valley

Canopus,

parent-star

it

stars,

leading star-god.

Euphrates

and

the

marriage
of

the

night sky

the

the

as

up

sight of

coast,

which

in the
story of
the

from

Egyptian

Canopus as

'

based

for Canopus

lost

farmers

disappeared

Northern

at

its

had

northwards

advanced

they

the Dravidian

of

aliens

the

less

or

more

time

over

group.

C. Substitution
As

by

tribe, with

dominant

the

themselves

peopled

were

were

annual

of

goats bred

on

divisions

provincial

these

and

villages depending
these

who

barley and

countries, forming

Euphratean

of

those

by

some

cattle, sheep

allied

Some

measurements

own

the

and

of

growers

stocks, distributed

wild

Persia

or

of

possessors

Asian

Central

the

tribes,

of

the

disappearance
of

event

Orion

for

alluded

to

and

Orion

quoted

the

belief

framed

Species^chap, xxvii..The

Cro-Magiion Race,

Chronology

History and

88

this

on

of

change

Pleiades

the

of

instead

star-leader

the

their

and

attendant

them

dragging

it

round

stars

round

Canopus

as

hunted

who

Orion

was

the

Pole,

believed

was

do.

to

The

who

god

drove

the

originatedamong
Southern

the

hunting

met

in Asia

Palaeolithic

the

had

They

rein-deer,

which

of their

ruler

told

The

the

spring heralded

in
who

the

these

spoke by

forehead

images

of him

engraved

Sountes

and

the
For

his

at

in

Bromley

been

with

twin

sister

the

'

North

deer

his

father

and

also

place

and

the

the

decorate

god

Frey

is said

in

the

of

sun-horse

for Hoenir

Edda,

Edda

the

Burnes,

Pole

to

god,
Asia

and

Minor

the

who

have
his
to

3.

1886, Lect. i. pp. 78, 79.


'Staffordshire
Folk
and
their Lore,* Folklore^ vol. vii., for

Lectures

jor

383.

Mallet, Northern

ritual.

solstice,

head

the

oi

from

Miss

local

England, Abbot's

taken

exchange

the

originally

winter

Freya, the sun-hawk,


in

the

horns

from

was

North

Njord,

in

these

from

in

Cer-

^.

the

was

horns,

to

re-growth

horns

who

at

place

one

autumn

inferred

the

Hibbert

p.

in

sun-god

deer-god

his

Rhys,

1896,

least

at

of the

horned

fightswith

took

Staffordshire,used

representative
This

are

god,

the

Paris, Rheims,

at

be

and

sun-god

That

this

Hunter,

festival,which

horns

rein-deer

the

found

is to

of

myth

the

Heme

English

horns

the

prophet-god

deer's

Brenne*.

en

rein-deer

antiquity of

great

his altars

on

Vendoeuvres

originally

were

with

is adorned

in

their

Celtic

the

Belgium.

sun-god

The

summer.

became

signs

the

clothes

horns

and

winter,

coming

whose

nunnos,

of

approach

the

and

in

food,

of his

dropping

of

races,

rein-deer

the

cave

domesticated

with

made

the

the

were

Liesse

age

them

had

they

year.

of

them

Palaeolithic

furnished

and

implements,

the

on

whom

North,

Cro-Magnon

and

which

one

descendants

mixed

Furfooz

the

during

is

These

Minor.

age,

of

men

the

storm-

great

Pole,

of

races

doliko-kephalicNeanderthal
brachy-kephalic

the

round

stars

the

farmers

of

men

hunting-god, originallythe

of the

image

Antiquities. The Prose Edda^

pp. 418

"

420,

460.

History and

go

jonla held

the festival of the

at

of

god
dead

deer-sun

Stanzas

to

fire

central
of

Orion

the
tale

Boeotian

Pleione, who

the

altar ".

The

the

Pleiades

of

of

pursuit of

became,

year,

of

story

the

cording
ac-

pursuit by
also

appears

the

the

in

of

daughters

seven

Pleiades

Peleiades, the

the

into

changed

were

next

the

replace

to

hymn recording his birth,


{nedishtha)to the navel (naiAi),

Queen
his

born

The

'.

the

17, 18 of

on

solstice

winter

sun-god

of the

the nearest

NabhI-nedishtha,
the

ruler

the

as

the

at

fire,the

household

the

Chronology

doves.

It is told

Kamilaroi,

also

in

tribe.

marrying

inter-marriage between
marks

groups,

it

as

modified

form

marriage of villages.
clans

confederated

in which

groups,

of another

the
the

tree,

legged

and
the

place of
and

Indian

who

CuVc,

the

of Orion

fox

of

constellation

of

the

measured

by

D*oc

CuVc

whom

two

is to

say,

the

moon-fox,

is the
cocks

Chaldaan

god

Lenormant,

"

Hewitt, Ruling

Races

The

described

159 ff-

system

is

and

but

they

the

here

takes

he

Cu*ong
fox

slew

who

Annamite

hare

one-

the

Scandinavian

the

its
rain

gives

of Prehistoric
by
*

Elie

god
the

his

phases
to

cocks

the

called

D*6c
of

destroyer

Lepus

when

Orion
and

Magic^ chap.

nam,

or

sacrificed, the

are

'

white

became

in

how

refuge

took

They

3.

4.

the

; that

belonged

after them,

Rudra

and

children

by Turum-bulum,

one-footed, one-eyed
slew

village

Berri-berri,tells

god, who

Star

Hunter

variants

is the

This

men,

Wild

violence

Pole

one-eyed

mothers

they

climbed

the

system

matriarchal

Pleiades.

Berri-berri
his

call

where

mother-tree,

protected from

were

they

Miai-miai, the

yellow parroquets.

of related

archal
original matri-

Kamilaroi

children's

of

system

village begot the

one

the

which

the

of the

place

of

men

villageto

pursued

in

the

from

the

In

story of Orion, whom

Their
he

take

the

complicated

Their

constantly changing circle

by the

version, related

Australian

an

at

the

foot

year's term,
ended.

was

earth,

sacrificed

and
to

to

the

xvi. p. 249.
Times
^

vol. i.,Essay iii.,pp.

Reclus,

Ibid., pp. 304,

Le

169, 170.

Primiiif d'^Australie^

305, 320.

pp.

solstitial

the

of

sun-god

original home

is told

difficult

points

story

It

=*.

former

the

at

the

fire drill and

mother,

of the

navel

mother-tree
the

heavenly

fire drill.

Northern

father

attendant

deer,

the

as

Rudra

Wild

the

and

Kashi {Benares)^ but


form

the

of

Piliyakkomeans
*

M.

G.

Pied

^^

unique^

'

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of the

St.
race

John,

du

Actes

Oriem B., vol. ii. pp.


*

his

blind

the

down

gives

of

the

of

the

the

Pakar

hunter
of

king

of

origin

of

sun-deer.
tree

Orientalistes,

water

part

the

to

his

the

ReligieustAnnamite
des

of

among

as

of

or

d^ EthnographU

rotation

takes

death

birth

of the blind

bow

clue

Plaksha

Congres

the

described

is

the

Southern

drink

who

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over

the

shot,

the

from

sexless

fire.

born

to

stress

supposed

by

was

the

evolution

hand

world,

mother

name

Ouzicme

at

of the

his

deer-sun-god

came

Pali, the

began

laid

holy

pregnant

Hunter,

Etudes

Dumoutier,

the

Piliyakkha,

story

in

the

from

of

arrow

an

This

Piliyakkha.

called

thb

herd

be

taken

that

to

passing

navel

This

will

his

had

imitator

an

derived

Southern

and

deer-river, by

of the

father

idea

an

sun-

Mriga-sammata,

who

gods creating

the

with

river

of

of that

deer-sun

fire-worship which

fire-block, made

or

which

belonged

say

of

central

the

from

of life

history of

ascetics

chastity,as

by

begotten

was

son

is to

the

month

lived

race

(jnriga).

were

doctrine

socket,

the

it he

in

the

adore

the

born

the

not

of the

(sani)deer

of absolute

merit

the

on

the banks

distributed

was

of

did

of

with

several

up

widely

Sama

who

year

mother

Northern

of the

this

sun-god

race

during

chastity, that

of

vow

and

father

His

The

on

united

that is of the

of

solstice,the

mother

and

father

north

deer-year-god

beginning with

year

solstice, and

winter

whose

China,

Jataka, clears

sun-deer

is of the

IV.

South

the

Buddha

the

summer

Chapter

in

the

the

of

Sania

history

as

that

god Ashadha
told

the

existence

of

shooting of

in the

how

tells

the Nishadhas,

name

in

Mundas

'.

of the

which

the arrow,

91

Indian

mountains

country

version

Another

Age.

by the

sun

the

in

was

Annamite

of the

Myth-Making

the

of

sect.

(Ficus
Le

Genie

Extreme

275, 276, 278, 280.

The

Savanna

[va^na) of the Sus.

Sama

Jataka/

/,R,A,S.y

or

the

1894, pp. 213

liirth
ff.

Story

of

Sama

and
liistory

9^

of

pilgrimage

of

the

laid

pilgrimage consecrated

of

sacrifices
the

victims

animal

of

down

the

the

previously

united

the

confederacy

was

Kashi

who

came

Sama

the

as

she

Turanian

worshipped

another
the

the

of

the

relation

"

the

side

mountain

the

we

of

castle
dead

Eggeling,

Sa(.

Gaster, *The

"894. P- 336.

the

of

capital

the

mother-goddefls

cauldron

sun-god

of

life,and

the

to

Cave-Cybele,

of

rule

mother-mountain

Hindu

thsv

of
whom

by

the

about

was

which

in

the
commander

Emperor

Trajan

the

of the

variant

Placidus,

th^

deer
to

with

the

slayer 'of

Asia

in

And

".

cross

shoot, of which

repentant

is

stories

two

European

MimW^'

prod.

the

given

tW

in

story

of

the

hunter

Piliyakkha, St. Hubert,

of

stream

the

the

slew,

iii. 3, 3,

will

Asia

this

10

"

Nigrodha Miga Jataka

12

and

Hubert

by

and

now

Minor

show

above

Bahu-Sundari,

goddess

deer-sun.

St.

Mriga-Sammata

he

deer

of the

Brdh,,

BAha*

the

see

Though

legend.

the

the

he

told,
St.

stands

the

Akkadian

the

between

picture

side

citated

is

of

Here

other

formed

and

whose

race,

with

union

by the goddess

year

converted
which

horns,

armies

Durer.

their

mother.

evidently

is called

annexed

one

their

variant

deer

of

sacrifice, and

in

slayer Piliyakkha, recalled

the

from

St.;Hubert

its

new

mountain,

born

is

story

between

where

Naga

bring back

the

as

of

of the

Bahu,

to

races,

legend

meeting-place

people,

abyss of waters,

from

year

This

The

it'.

on

of the

consummated

of his

prayer

beautiful

down

came

the

of Kusha

sheaves

animals

Kushika

the

were

mother-tree

Munda-Dravido

sun-god

Southern

the

killed

Jumna,

of

the

at

sundari, the
of

the

tree

{Benares).

was,

life

to

this

to

place

junction

this

offered

was

who

Gonds,

Turanian

of

with

were

the

at

branches

roofed

altar

sacrifices

animal

when

place

of the

Puryag

The

the

consecrates

called

Ganges.

and

covering

grass,

sacrifice

and

Jumna

as

fig-treewhich

sacred

infectoria),the

Chronology

Albeit

the

version,

S.B.E., vol. xxvi.

pp.

the

on

is

who

on*

the

resijus*

origin of
and

202,

the

203.

the Life of St. Placidus,'/./^.A.S,,

(the
.

'

'

nev.
4

"
.
.

of the Myth-Making
part taken
would

the

the

in

The

Northern

go

Minor, whence

northward,

original

Celtic

the

certainly

to

Edda

facts.

by

Asia

originated, yet this

legend

out

to

France

is

of

about

Meuse,
St.

of

the

highest point

called

the

Hautes

Eddie

the

Hubert

points

the
of

year

the

the

November,

the

beginning
of

all

slayer of

these

Northern

southward

Asia

Minor,

this

how

shows

Sayce

be

to

of
the

altars

daughter, Myrrha
she

who

her, who

Orion, with
to

Myrina,
When

was.

or

Indian

of

the

Pleiades,

which

he

him

Ilibberi Lectures

changes
for

the

stars

herself

1887, Lect.

of

the

tailed
dove-

sun-god

called

which

Akkadian

is

the

by

Dr.

ruption
cor-

Dumu-zi

strangers

he

her

the

sword

into

iv. p. 235, note

were

ing
know-

pursued
Alde-

star
or

the

round

nights with

without

RohinI,
his

which

shown

been

Smyrna,

with

is

thus

was

lay twelve

story

origin

Thoas,

Thoas,

recognised

he

hunts

of

country

Artemis,

the

escape

Sayce,

of

whose

of

they travelled

Ta*uz,
the

in

was

baran. Queen

she

in

Cernunnos

of

Arabic

3rd

days' festival

birth

has

Tammuz,

He,

the

on

the

the

-god

tale

of

cult

original

The

story

name

the

Hebrew

Orion.

star

the

by

the

is

whence

source,

The

of

shrine

Pleiades.

sun

Chersonnesus,

form

the

sacrificed
his

Tauric

the

king of

deer-

story

mother-tree.

the

from

shrine

the

the

and

three

originally Northern
Southern

the

into

on

Ardennes

find

Day

the

of the

the

the

between

Hubert'3

year

to

of

we

more

It is

elevated

year-deer

November

clearly traced
to

the

succeeding
of

the

connection

day

stories

west

and

Frey, containing
trfe ^^ay consecrated
St.
to

St.

for

Pleiades,

the

in

was

-oavc-of

ancient

an

converted

the-

Also

to

Ardennes.

of

most

home

the

Fagnes, that

in

god

palaeolithic remains.
of

to

Hubert,

region,

whose

borne

was

Europe,

of

miles

twelve

place whence

deer-god

North-western

and

god Frey

conclusion

national

especially in the Belgian country


the

not

goddess

the

the

as

Cernunnos,

god

93

the cave-mountain

Jataka story by
point

to

seem

said

was

the

in

Age,

club

Pole

cypress

3, p. 239,

of

; and
-

note

tree,

i.

whence

in

This

furnishes
Orion

the
where

further

cult,

of the

When

Fagnes,

find

we

and

the

who

united

the

in

occupied
there

of

Northern

are

strong

dwellers

Northern
Glacial

forth, that
the

the

and

M.

country.

quaternary

age,

extraordinary

of

the
land
the

which

shrine

of

tells
third

there

downfall

of

those

occurred
of

rain

This

elevated.

subsidence

it

the

deer-

by
and
the

during

geological history
Asia

Minor

set

elucidating

of

the

the
be

led

to

the

deer-sun-god

the

the

universal

country,

which

establishment

of
the

which

caused

satisfactory

most

summit

period
in

superintendance

to

into
a

deposits

quaternary

how, during

us

sinking glaciers formed


was

shown

reindeer

information

under

region forming the

Rutot
the

Hesbeyenne,

lithic
Palaeo-

country

to

alluvial

appears

causes

revered
arid

the

Ardennes

emigrants

of the

what

us

of the

most

the

already

of

the

have

must

believing that

in

for

villages

movement.

Rutot, gives

barren

the

the

tribes,

of

have

is

search

alien

age,

the

it

Minor

Neolithic

domesticated

the

geologicalsurvey

explanation

of

hence

Asia

European

worship

of

the

part

these

of

to

of

latter

Belgium, lately completed

of M.

of

the

had

must

we

history of

The

in

whence

country,

the

Hautes

the

of the

for

caves

; and

epoch

this

of

who

France,

the

reasons

the

in

of

west
North-

of

correctness

country

Europe.

originated

myth

the

of

beginning

sacrifices.

progress

population

long portion

age

sun

the

form

to

that

in

Southern

mythology

the

the

that

clear

amalgamation

founded

that

is

of

proof

of

country

the

in their

national

the

with

temis,
Ar-

to

origin

as

geological history

further

It

deductions.

the

the

to

Minor

blood

no

offered

Northern

united

Tauric

the

to

were

the

were

shed

from

turn

we

of

Asia

hunters

tree, who

Europe

of

marks

and

Orion

sacrifices

proof

Adonis

sun-god

young

traces

human

the Northern

sons

the

story, which

where

Chersonnesus,

Chronology

months

lunar

ten

born.

was

of

and

History

94

the

he

the

sunk

by

the
an

rapid melting

Glacial
thaw

calls

divides

characterised

by

the

Ardennes

epoch
he

in

epoch, when
was

the
from

result

450

to

96

worshipped

that

as

bird

the

(the

the

the

of

from

spreading

implants itself,it

it

In

order

to

we

must

compare

the

ritual

of

of

This

chief.

is

Brahmanas

tell us,

arrow

of

the

Rudra,
which

solstice, the
the

earth

the
of

heaven,

and

the

of

the

Sama

and

the

"

xxvi.
'

p. 422,

he quotes

alive

keep

the

year.
the

chief

of

group

of

have

king

of

of

the

same

of

one

the

the

Kushite

Ambalika,

where

Miiller, Contributions

i ;

S.B.E.,

is called
to

the

sexless

the

Science

01denberg*s descriptionof

Eggeling,Sat,

Brah.y

ii. 6, 2, 3"17

vol.

three
have

the

These

by

won

1S3,

queens
This
of

ters
daughin

seen

of

note

who,
the

2, iv.

as

age

6, 1, 3,

vol.

i. p. 228, where

tliefeast.
vol.

the

tree.

of Mythology,

S.B.E.,

of

three, Amba,

sun-god

Shycna-hrita

form

year-arrow

Bhishma,

xii. p.

the

year.
wives

we

of

shooters

were

i. 7, i,

the Palasha

as

capital.

hereafter, was

see

was,

the

on

three

the

as

names

who

Kashi,

of

this

the

three

the

Star

rain, which

in

of

the

festival

bearer

the

as

winter

living things
bird

this

the

life,the

The

that

Pole

this

in

the

of

moisture

Ambika,

Jataka,

Prof.

becomes

(shyd) bird,

coming

Eggeling, Sat.Brdh,^
Max

deer

winter

is, to

of

god

the

made,

are

the

of

that

or

the

that

form

in

was

at

it

at

story

told

Ambika
held

the

at

seasons

and

shall

we

This

with

of this
form

arrows,

three

king

Ambika

festival

the

rain-giving god

forest

where

Triambika,

which

ruling

shows

name

of

Rudra's

of the

is called

story

Rudra

the

wives,

to

gigantic

as

at

time

the

variant

another

of

the

at

area

with

frost

or

the

during

of

areas

growth

the

meaning

year-deer.

nourish

to

over

an

flowers.

first shot

pircumpolar supply
was

tree

to

thunder-god

he

Shyena

year

there

offeringspresented

the

god, with

it grows

ancient

very

its

full historical

three

the

as

of

germ

began
India

crimson

festival

the

2, and

solstice

it

the

with

Rudra

the

see

the

Central

large

of brilliant

sheets

glowing

the

which

in

covers

partaken as
life-sap of Su,

Soma),

tree,

tree

its sap,

or

word

solstice,and

summer

creeper

the

This

life '.

in

Soma

solstice, flowers

winter

of

called

root

ever-reviving

Chronology

which, supplied

drink

sacramental

and

History

xii. pp.

438"442.

of the Myth-Making
of the
of

India

the

and

Kauravyas
be

to

the

{Vir\,
Pleiades.

She

because

allowed

of

king

became

the

mothers

This

the

that the

the

; and

also

her

Vega
8000

blind

That

B.C.

of

the

[rashtra).This
of the
[dhari)

in the

of

age

Cygnus,
^as

the

wedded

the

Pleiades

Star in

in

was

the

as

the

of

and

the

from

Cygnus,

Rudra,
21,000
was

Star

Pole

Bird,

originally the

bird-bearer

the

called

sun

kingdom

the

watcrer

of

B.C.

the

Pole

Star

Tara,

bird-headed

ape,

Ambika

in

the

also

tion
constellasay,

she

rain-store

Tara,

Ambika,
from

who
was

is to

of

19,000

the mid-

circumpolar

successor

to

epoch

an

the

of

that

to

15)000 B.C.

of

of heaven

queen

Star

10,000

the

hence

and

year,

Pole

successor

the

who

gnomon-stone,

heaven,

Su-griva,

less
child-

Chapter VL,

Star

[dhriia)
the

find

constellation

from

of

was

and

his

the

blind

of

we

Gan-dharl,

was

motions

ganh),

of

in

Pole

the

by

kings

when

vulture-bird-star

queen

two

she

called

Kephcus

Pole Star

the

Thus

shot by Krishanu

or

who

Shyena

the

the

of time.

the

Vulture
the

as

Indian

death

prove

the

Kauravyas

children,

called

was

upholder
Star

the

Vyasa,

was

yearly

and

{gan

intervened between
Pole Star.

she

made

Pole

Star

the

the

of

say,

the

land

after

further

supported

daily

their

of

Pleiades.

certainty

the

sisters, who

two

of

Dhritarashtra,

which

Dhrita-rashtra,or

the Pole

her

of

Ambika,

son

heaven

marking

of

is to

religiousbelief

queen

I shall

constellation

the

in

Virya

that, as

but

birth
them

chitra

the

subsequent

all

begot

marked
of

races

in

king

marking epochs

stars

the

of

Vi

all

becomes

daughter-in-law

married

of

also

who

father

royal

strength

royal marriage

is thus
age

Virya,

star

the

to

primitive

the

is

the

She

whom

were

story

half-brother

Draco

of

probability

examine

the

from

descent,

Vi-chitra

three,

decline

to

princes

of male

antecedently probable that

Pandavas,

claimed

the

Saubha.

of

star-mother-goddess
it is

assembled

nephew

previous engagement

magicians, the
Hence

his

of

eldest

was

her

of

the

from

97

{chitrd)embodiment

the

Amba,

of

wives

(yi) coloured

two

and

Pandavas,

Age,

Pole

the
as

17,000

the
to

History and

98
wife

third

The

of Rudra

who

impotent Pandu,
had

who

the

as

deer

form

fire-spark,whence

the

{Riskya), which
the

astronomy,

of the

cradle

presently, when

show

race

Bear

we

have

which

the

seven

as

as

lopes
ante-

Akkadian

in

seen

mother

the

was

tell the

with

this

death

and

connection

its

heaven

shall

slain

to

His

slain

story Marlchi,

born,

or

the

Rishi

Rishi

was

year-god.

constellation, of

bear-mother

of the

Great
as

was,

slew

This

form

of

mother
he

transported

once

the

of

when

deer'.

Kushika

at

constellation

in

star

of

the

and

by Rama,

sexless

in the variant

year-deer was,

the

Ambalika,

was

became

the

assumed

Chronology

history
of

year

Orion.
The
of

the

to

was

millstones

on

the

bird

animal
or

which

the

descendant

of

to

the

represent
to

thrown

the

beam,

on

Palasha
the

that
of

the

contrary

the

The

to

given
had

this

sacrifice

altar.

the

course

of

female

path

it

begins

Mahabharata

Adi

the

and

its

antelope,
the

as

year

sun-

the

was

offered

cakes

ding
accor-

were,

hung

arrow

ceremonial

Palasha
circular
three

summer

of

that

to

tree

life.

circumambu-

times

which

it

round

the

sun,

Jj,

proves

form

variant

end

the

at

Rudra's

to

This

two

Suastika

rice

Satapatha Brdhmana^

sacred

first go

black

rice

offered

make

They

the

when

the

brought

represented by
sun's

the

is

of

made

antelope

of the

again,

arrow

meeting-

Turano-Finn

year-circle

two

in

been

Rudra's

of

black

The

sacrificial

of the
the

the

at

{meregh),^x\A applied

{Butea frondosd).

which

the

of

round

they

of

story

priests in

lations

goes

air, caught

leaf

Krishanu,

The

round

originalseasons

two

after

of

goes

the

cakes

skin

which

sun-deer.

of

of

the

on

re-birth

held

was

centre

offeringswere

instructions

into

North

in the

sun-deer.

the

as

the

to

placed

that

Mriga, meaning

seasons

mother-mountain
The

magicians.

ground

to

the

the

three

mound

represent

of

of

year

cross-roads

There

ground.
place

four

of

of

festival

ambika

of the

year-god

meeting

race

Tri

Rudra

direction

depicts

the

yearly journey by going North

{^Sambhava) Parva,

xcv.,

cxviii. pp.

286, 343

"

345.

of the Myth-Making Age,


at the winter

In
the

In this circuit the

solstice.

villagemaidens, the

the

by

second

the

the

of

path

at the

priestsare followed
villagemothers.

matriarchal

circuit,which

is made

of the male

sun

sun-wards

to

mark

ward
U^, going South-

Suastika

solstice,
only the male

summer

99

sacrificer and

the

priestsofficiate.

proof of

Further

the correctness

of the

tion,
historical deduc-

and
the Shyena or frost {shya)
proving that Ambika
bird slain by Krishanu
and
Rudra
the Pole Star in
was
medha
or
Cygnus, is given in the ritual of the Ashva
of the sun-horse
sacrifice {ntedfia)
the
{ashva)^which was
New
Year's sacrifice of the year succeeding those measured
In this sacrifice,
Amba, Ambika
by the stars and moon.
the three heavenly mothers,
and Ambalika
invoked
as
are
the horse slaughteredas the sunwho are to lead to heaven

god

the

renounces

called the Mahishi

Ambika,

year.
her

addresses

queen,
"

dead

of the

sister stars, telling


them

two

be

right to

the bride

of the

or

chief

that she

sun-horse,and

'."

Su-bhadr

Su-bhadra, as we
sister
shall see, is the mountain-goddess Durga, the twin
whose
of Krishna, the black sun-antelope,
year preceded that
honour

resigns that

to

of the sun-horse.
In
and

long analysisof

this
the

of the

Pole

year

heaven,called
as

Ribhus 2, the

Krishanu

bow

in

or

I have

them

Rudra.

Su-dharv,an,
fillers of the

three

means

of

the

the

He

cups

the
appears
of

sun-deer

that the

ruler

archer-god of
again in this

the

three

denoting

{dharvan)of

Su

Vedic

the seasons,
that
{khu),

the

gods called
princes,
great divine Akkadian
the Polar year-circleguarded

year-bird. They

bythe Babylonians Ribu, the


An-nun-gal3.They form

shown

was

father

bow

of the

stories

year

the

for Su-dharvan
is the

bird,

designated

year

character

Star

the

are

'

Sat. Brah.^ xiii. 2, 8, 3 ; S.B.E., vol. xliv. p. 321 ; Tait, Samh.^


"ggeling,
'^^4" 19, I ; Zimmer, AltindUches
Lebetiychap. i. pp. 36, 37 ; Hewitt, Ruling
^"^tiofPrehistoric Times
vol.
i.,Essay iv.,pp. 336, 337, note I.
^
'

'

% """ 35" IJ/ibbert Lectures for 1887, Lect.


Saycc,
11

25v"511

iii. p. 141, note

I.

History and

icx)

constellation

the

by

her

in

Istar

shrines

in

Gond

in the

the

till

of

Dame

of

the

they

tortoise

called

the

This

the

the

of

Vyasa

**

priest
the

was

the

as

have

we

seen,

Vi-chitra

Virya,

god

called

and

in

the

two

in

the

Pole

Vritra,

the

and

as

in

Rigveda

the

of

of the

Danava

the

three
in

sam^

hanging
over-

became,

half-brother
He

father

is the

of

IndraS,

Indra

slew,

hymn

the

with

and

who

god Danu,

^.

seasons

or

forms

of the

iv. 33, 4,5, 9, the

Rigveda

for 1887,

the

circling-snake Vyansa

stanza

the

Matsya

who

4.

races

the

odour."

of the

of his

united

called

strong

mist,

children

two

is the

races

Parashara,

{an sa), whom

Lectures

of

Lect.

iv.

p.

258,

note

cling
encir-

makers

I,

of

Gesenius,

Rahab,

Hewitt, Ruling

Races

Brugsch, Religion

H.

Mahabharata

Kg.

iv.

Rg.

i. 32,

and

of the
of

the

fish- mother

race,

in the

called

are

Hibbert

Sayce,

Thesaurus

king

Ribhus,

year-god,

the

father

Star
three

The

father

in another

Egypt,

uniter, and

and

visage

born

{vi) shoulders

becomes

of

form

Southern
the

{shard) begotten

the

sons

Orion,

star

and

meaning

grim

hymn

another

Kushite

{sbk), a

the

was

Northern

the

one

the

crocodile-god

uniter

SatyavatT,the

cloud

{para)

ship, that

his

3.

royal fish {matsya)

or

the

Sahu

of the

of

son

of

sources

overwhelm

to

board

on

alligator,

the

at

caves

threatened

the

was

Mahabharata,
with

the

which

He

as

uniting-god

from

called

god

the

Mug-ral

or

the

worshipped

; the

India

all

ruling gods^

Muggar,

or

and

and

chief

confederacy

Maga

sun-god

the

by Lingal

^.

Osiris, who

Sebek-Ra

He

{kush)

Maga-Sebek,

year-god

flood

tortoise, the

the

of

Fuse

born

taken

were

Carthage

Northern

Lingal,

the

from

at

Akkadian

Hebrew

the

was

Maga

god

Gonds

the

Jumna

them

of

Song

one

and

Bengal

first saved

who
of

is the

alligator-god

everywhere

as

alligator,the

who

Rahabu,

worshipped

Semite

This

of

Rahab

ancient

the

Draco

form

Phoenician

Chronology

Adi

18,

I, 9,

5, 9.

of Prehistoric
und

Mythologie

{Samhhava)
10,

Times

Parva,

der
cv.,

vol. i..Essay iii.,


pp.

Alten

^gypter^

cvi., pp.

Ludwig's translation,Hymn

317
959,

"

pp.

105,

223,

323.
vol.

ii.

224.

587.

p. 590.

of tlu Myth' Making


the

and

year-cow

her
the

cunning god,

or

village {visK)gods
workman

the

duties
of

three

the

(ghas)

eaters

called
and

the
of

Saka-medhah^
Sek

(pp. 50,69)
Arabian

Nag

have

to

the

years

"March),

but

Rigveda,

is

the

Ribhus

the

Pole

This

that of

with
the

it

for

Star, meaning

days
seasons

the

death

powerful. The
i

iady,the

is

root

Osetan

^7a

or

warrior

Eggeling,Sat.

'

Hewitt, Ruling

Kg.

iv. 33,

7.

revel

and

in

Herodotus.

and

Races

are

FinnSf

ii. 5, i, ii. 5, 4;

of Prehistoric

this

as

twelve

the

in

India

to

be

titles

of

S.B.E.,

Times
y

in

nights

from

Bactrian

Zirian

the

i., Iranian

vol.

year

solstice

winter

the

shown

Agohya,
4."

by Grassmann

derived

Scythian royal

thus

that

year

concealed

is

of

the

at

of

is derived

It appears

Prehistoric

Brah.y

the

this

the

before

language

in the

describing, which

deer-sun-god,

the

of

marks

the

(February

began

be

now

whence

in

it

cannot

ritual

the

to

the

mother

Sukh,

house

the

am

master,"

word

{^ksha)tribe,who

Abtrcromby,Proto

days

in

appears

akshi,

'*

Bactrian

Arpo-xais
preserved by

which

which

of the

ksha, meaning

This

end
in

days

India,

it is called

as

sleep conclusively

ending with

nile.

the

seen

inculcated

seasons,

at

that

"

of

Phalguna

Ribhus,

by

twelve

twelve

lo

of the

was

of

shipped
wor-

have

we

or

as

moon

of the

wet-god,

or

whom

months

summer

season

original ruling-god

measured

slept

word

Gonds3,

the full

year

the

The

winter

by

closed with

'

barley-eaters ;

measured

that

three

the

according

as

twelve

to

This

solstice, for

winter

of the

sun-god.

Brahmanas, began

the

god

Saka

year,

of

father

Sakh

the

These

(i) Vaishvadeva,

Akkadian

the

Masya

the

and

the

to

the

been

corn,

rainy

the

by

and

Sakhr,

of Suk-us

the

sacrifices

or

as

of

of

(3) Indra, god

Chatur

(2) Varuna,

of their

each.

the

to

dedicated

praghasah,

the

the

{kslia)
^

master

apportionment

ritual

season

national

or

(chatur) months

Brahmana

spring

the

gods of

barley,Varuna's

Varuna

to

four

of

in the

This

three

active

distinguished god,

(3) Ribhu-ksha,

the

as

seasons

of

gods

the

of Indra.

them

dedicated

are

; and

workman

marks

of the Vaishvadeva

(2) Vibhvan,

lOl

(i)Vaja, the

named,

are

workman

of Varuna

Ribhu,

year

calf,and

Age,

of

kh.saya,

Finns

khsi,

as

Leipo-xais

the

of

name

Finn-Bactrian

Period,

vol. xii. pp.

kshi,

descent.

p. 233.

383

"

and

ksha-

420.

vol. i.,Essay iii.,


p. 229.

Thoas

which

during

of the

mother

twelve

days

Phoenician

the
he
2nd

of

who

woke

the

Peritius, the

Vartika,
Ashvins

new

quails

the

and

the

the

days' sleep

of Archal

Gilgames,

was

lingering

for

of the

gods
as

the

to

be

of

the

sun

the

antelope

nine

Movers,

Rg.

Frazer,

1900,
*

three

p.

Die

i. 112,
*

by

the

or

and

him

was

Ortygia,

on

Ribhus,

is

Zend

and

how

book
4, the

of twelve
and

year

X.

x.

he

after
the

implored
He

again

rose

of

the

and

months
of

3,

poem

Assyrian

sun

p. 386 ; Athenaus^

of

died

This

that

epic

comrade

Krishanu.

deer-hunting
one

the

the

twelve

Akkadian

to life.

twelfth

antelope-god

8, 116, 14, 117, 16,

form

year

of

star-god,
of

twenty-

the

Hindu

ix. 45.

39, 13.

Kindred

Festivals,'Fortnightly Review^ Nov.,

832.

Sayce, Hibbert

the

hunter

The

Gilgames

gazelle sun-god
the

Saturnalia

how

in the

Orion,

the

labani,

restore

to

Phanixtery vol. i. chap.

The

of

repeated again

Bear.

in

Istar,

and

year

each, the

days

new

recorded
how

days,

black
of

they

as

story

slain

been

Great

of the

tells

world

of the

seasons

is

of

heralds

India,

Orion

had

he

is also

twelve

lower

of the

and

after

wounded

Hindu

three

tells how

constellation

which

Gilgames,

Orion

the

be

This

solstice.
of

wolf

devouring

life to

to

them

release

in Northern

year

which

the

the

to

quails {oprvye^:
Foprvyes), by Artemis,

goddess of
of

them
arrive

the

stars

of

rage

winter

of

the
of

island

the

the

myth,

among

the

Rigveda

sacred

who

memoration
com-

offered

were

in the

are

day,

quails

in

was

quails

year,

and

night

they

end

Greek

the

placed

'

about

do

usually

the

the

it

the

on

year

was

and

before

pyre

new

quails,called

restore

say,
when

year

death,

Ar-chal,

which

It

that

{vart) of
from

is to

of

These

of

the

December.

sleep

'.

twin-gods

2; that

of

of

-god

sun

is

added

be

to

funeral

the

on

There

tree.

nights during

Star,

Pole

days sleep

resurrection

turners

or

the

in

this

captivity and

time
of

the

Herakles

the

the

as

25th

from

him

Greek

from

life

to

of
to

and

sun-god, slept

recalled

was

world's

the

this twelve

of

the

daughter

his
of

born

instance

the list,the

to

Chronology

slept with

sun-god

still further

and

History

102

Lectures for 1887, Lect.

iv. pp.

282"284.

History

104

Chronology

and

"

each

to

day
the

of

division

the

older

than

dhist

Nidanakatha

Kashyapa,
of

the

ancient
the

of

Great

the

earthenware

tree-trunk
while

under

the

forerunner
final

Nigrodha

consecration

of

made

the

of

into

the

bowl,

one

of

the

Banyan

or

the

sun-god, marching

four

of

jet,

by

the

four

quarters
the

received

vault

the

of

heaven,

the

was

his

This

sun-

his

to

his

last and

his

on

appeared
dis-

the

as

of

the

Lokapalas

the

was

yearly
four

eight bowls,

those

of

the

gave

sacred

tree,
till after

not

was

that

seed-bearing

initiation

his

very

says
who

26,

p.

the

early mythology.
for

{Ficus

in

these

Among

symbol

stars, that he

four

tion
constella-

saint,

it

and

days

Nidanakatha

and

night brought

regents
made

as

sapphire

and

the

the

of

and

mendicant

2.

waiting

was

Kashyapa,

path through
day

he

of

to

tree

of Ghatis,

the

bowl,

Bud"

shown,

have

maker

Kashyapa

begging

earth-born

god

of

The

Kaui^vyas.
the

the

Banyan

Kuru-kshetra,

eight requisites of

angel

attendant

the

this

of

back

In

deer-star, in the

made

; and

archangel Ghati-kara,

Buddha

the

of

much

very

poems.

is referred

who

tree

of the

race

Vedic

Marlchi,

Bear,

national

the

origin

parent-tree

the

be

to

its

son

his

Indica)

of

oldest

time

system

be

undoubtedly

must

his

in

measuring

whole

the

This

shows

of

system

underlies

and

altar

Alberuni

as

Hindu

purposes,

chronology,

Hindu

sacrificial

the

of time,

the

on

astronomical

for

of

year,

fractions

treatise

exhaustive

of

the

in

heavens.

of

round
or

angel-

These

consecrated

were

to

the

sun-god.

The

D.
This
back
for
very
seven

of three hundred
of

measurement

also
it is

in

Europe

miles

stone

from

the

to

undoubtedly

ancient

'

sun-circle

Buddhist

of

very

at

There

Spa.

Birth

of

used

circles

Eggcling, Saf. Ihah.,

^hysD^Mid,

sun-circle

period

that

x.

and

360 degrees dates

are

The

builders
in

number

S.B.E.,

antiquity,

remote

the

Solwaster

4, 3, 20;

:Stories ;

by

sixty degrees.

vol.

Belgium,
of

stone

of

the

about
circles

xliii. p. 360.

Nuianakatha,^^, $1,^^7^,9^*110.

of
this

on

high table-land, which

very

and

with

surveyed

Principal of
They

sun-circles,

Hir-men-sol,

or

thirty metres

from

circle

of

mark

each

Also

the

equinoctial and

Thus

the

form,

North-east
M.

as

victims

points

due

image

of

North
the

Britanny

ancient

these

probably
local

dolmen,

common

elsewhere

longer

axis

with

the

marked

is

the

on

which

on

used
Its

it

sacrificial

or

stones,

also

was

of

of

the

circle

placed
the

later

circle,and

of

36

16

the

inside

of

dolmens

who
of

These

so

it is

original thirty-sixBrihatI

of

the

have

probable

weeks

of

of

that

the

and

month,
the

added

stones

mark

to

at

thirty

thirty-sixsyenite

as

is

stones

circle

great

Stonehenge

placed

there

stones,

syenite

thirty days

circle

2.

Solwaster,

of

builders

the

to

Dartmoor

those

points

is

these

stones

from

brought
like

the

circles

inner

denoting

stones

sarsen

Solwaster

This

Stonehenge.
it is

sextant.

and

plough

remarkable

the

sarsen

South,

circles

these

Besides
also

and

of

others.

the

of

Solwaster.

at

not

quite

rising points

arcs

stone

It

M.

by

now

are

the

supporting

offered.

were

them

larger than

are

is

four

on

burial-place, but

suns

circles

raised

altar,

animal
as

these

of

none

great

says,

tested

to

originallythirty-

were

South-west

and

Harroy

from

Apart
stone

solstitial

of

distance

circle, as

indicating

stones

is the

being placed

stone

there

circle, but

each

astronomically arranged

the

of

At

sun.

an

degrees

Thus

each

in

complete.

the

360

degrees

ten

stones

the

of

the

is

stone

's measurement.

Harroy
six

this

stones

of

stone

great

Verviers.

at

of

centre

the

Harroy,

School

the

in

examined

M.

by

Normal
and

dominates

all been

have

instruments

Government

the

all

are

scientific

105

completely

these

and

surrounding country,

the

Age,

Myth-Making

the

four

stones

are

the

not

degree

they represent
sun's

half-yearly

course.

'

Harroy,

M.

S-^l waster,
"

lie

pp.

wilt,

I38^i4a

Cromlechs
"

et

Dolmens

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History and

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of the Myth'Making
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villages of Garsington

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cross.

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India,

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parting

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Strophe47.

El

most

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This

Arabian

Asia

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to

tracts

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Vulture

monuments

Europe

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from

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theology

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where

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monuments

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be

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cities of Bashan

stone

lands,

sun-

Solwaster,

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megalithic

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at

as

of the

men

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these

districts, as,

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of

rule
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circles

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camps.

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age^

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land

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through

Asia

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country

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of the PaUeolithic

men

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the

Arabians,

circles,which

of

the

of

history of Pottery,

menhirs
of

of

builders

t/ie Neolithic

emigration of

monuments^

107

chap. xiv.

p.

269, xvi.

p. 300

fif.

between

brotherhood

bride, and

by
by

tribe

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called

that

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the

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(4) The

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of

women

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bird

India

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from
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consecrated

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as

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prophet of law,"

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up

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sun

the

god
pillar
blind

kingdom

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goat

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earth

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three

India

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theology

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introduced

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(3)

instead

represented

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clay, representing

goats

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Kharias

worship

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into

marriages,

pillar{gunio)^which

against
in

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introduced

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descended

king Dhritarashtra,

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for ;

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Mal^s

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races

people

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the

ultimately

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by

who

born
{desJi)

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{billa),

bow

aboriginal Dravidians;

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of exogamous

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{Chir\

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wood,

people

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in

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accounted

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called

race

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men

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common

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log

the

are

matriarchal

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and

brides,

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the

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the

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have

of

of

assigned

is

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last

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of

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captured

(2) The

family organisation
of

introduced

customs

traditions

divisions

primitive

sons

or

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who

immigration

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and

the

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or

marriage

origin of these

the

in

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the poem

proves

ceremony

race.

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to

of

accompanied

are

bride, the

form

and

bridegroom

marriages

the

of

the

of

races

these

universal

conquering

all

capture

almost

this

alien

the

almost

as

simulated

that

Chronology

History and

lo8

these

on

of
that

fowls

they

addition

to

sun-worshippers, and
god

front

of

Dharma
each

Gosain,

house,

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of the Myth' Making


they also

imitate

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tree

in

and

Khariis
metal

no

the

the

they

the

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these

races

the

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manufacture

in

magic, who

totem,

and

worshipped

mother

mother-stars

Ambalika

heaven

of

the
of

they

formed

third

the

Agastya,

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of

Bear,
of

queen

Pandya
the

their

Great

fair

or

three

Dasyu

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Cholas,

or

people

as

Hindu

the

earliest

latter

the

third

the

gnomon-

bear

of

stars

were

the

union
Males

by the
the

as

Eberones,

These

claimed

sons

and

who

{pandti) race,
descendants

the

of

the

and

assumed

Ardennes.

believers

it

use

their

northern

the

name

in the

after

Asherah,

pillars of

{eber)^the

latter

pillarsof the

wooden

by

began

still erected

which

became,

the

as

tree

ruled

who

This

tree, the

the

the boar

of

of

Mundas,

dead.

wooden

confederacy

the

of

by

and

were

for

age,

of

god

Mai

Mal^s,

sun-gnomon-stone,

or

by the

their

sons

worshipped

sons

stone

immigrants

and

of

the

stones

These

grove.

Menhir

Kossias

memorial

with

the

worshipping

in

still in the

first Indian

the

or

village

are

worshipping

Mundas

109

'.

The

by

the

Age,

and

Pandyas.
These
Northern
In

the

traced

of

sons

the

centre

whence

she

threw

Polar
five

These

sea.

placed

bear

and

born,

Finns

wool

rocked

the

In

the

spinning

Pole Star

'

pp.
-'

of

of the

navel

Risley,Tribes
69"71,

vol.

and

i.

the

CasUs

Kharids,

in

other

of Bengal
pp.

468

Abercromby, Magic Songs of


Folklore,
1890,pp. 26, 27.

"

her

bosom,

babe

words,
Pleiades

in the

sky

the

by

up

year

in

the

the

bear

in her

waves

forest-mother
the

whence
cradle

of

went

vol. ii.,Maids,

p.

round

57 ff.,Mai

the
was

five-day weeks,

of

hand,

the

on

is

navel

bear-mother

who
of

Europe.

the

box

spinning-wool

picked

the

of

along
wool

distinctly

North

birth

walked

of

mother-pine-tree2.
daughter

the

to

in

was

circle,with
tufts

she

home

who

were

Mielikki,who
was

the

sky-maiden

the

the

of

belong

to

seem

original

Songs

Magic

heaven,

of

bear

whose

race,

to

the

the
and

Paharias,

471.
the

Finns,

iii., The

Origin

of

the

Hear,

History and

no

of

the

of

Odin,
But

certain

in

of

the

Great

Bear.

by

Thoas

has

of

the

Furfooz

of

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this group,
older

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Spy

four

the

layers

undisturbed

of

charcoal

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2.

skulls

nearly half-an-inch
cranial

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able

features

above

the

Prose

'

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attached

in these

Edda^

to

by

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which

of

both

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eyes

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among

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about

75,

and

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in

report

of

and

the

vi. ;

the

Lehest, the latter of whom

male
of

One

Sambre
of about

successive

with

with
was

modern

Braconiiier, De
at

Geological Professor

very

very

low.

and

that

remark-

most

like
in

hairy

formed

that

found

South

India,

bodies.

The

p. 403.

Puydt, Fraipont.and
Spy by
at the

or

Australians,

of the

Antiquities

and

burnt

70,

Todas

the

investigationsmade
is

cave

millimetres,

was

I.

the

stained

ridges,

abnormally

Mallet, Northern

already

great pent-house

eye-brow

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far

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four

vault

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of

Palaeolithic

depth

of

skull

is the

Japan, and

at

are

are

have

narrow,

cranial

that

called

are

outside

nine

and

Indians.

Verbal^ signed by MM.


a

ten

the

skulls

races

chap.

was

the

that

shipped,
wor-

(2) yellow, (3) red,

which

were

so

capacity

female

the

of

of

thick, long

receding forehead,

lowest

(i) brown,

last

(4) yellow clay, the

whom

lay

in the

surface

who

woman,

of the

metres

They

Namur.

that

skeletons

oldest

tributary of

than

skulls

race

dominant

and

older

and

the

to

skulls

whose

man

eight

back

They

The

Ormian,

of

from

metres

reindeer.

Tauric

the

deluge,

Cannstadt,

found

the

on

far

race

archer-men,

or

were

North-west

the

human

Spy Onoz

other

Cro-Magnon

described.

of

the

of the

those

than
the

age,

of

those

earliest

Neanderthal.

called

type

traced

the

men

of

king

Hesbeyenne

seen,

Quatrefages, the

by

to

have

traditionallyruled

were

great

Arktos

called

be

North,

still

the

to

Artemis,

can

the

the

of

men

we

as

Minor,

in the

tradition

Orion,

star

furnished

found

yet

of

sons

the

comparative ethnology

people who

Asia

and

which

skeletons

These

the tree

given by

race

Dumu-zi^

or

and

that

bear

the

Chersonnesus
race

than

of Bor

bear-mother

the

Besla,

was

son

geology

guide

antiquity

the

also

was

have

we

more

She

mother-fir-tree.
who

Chronology

MM.

De

University

Lehest,

Puydt
of

and

Li^ge.

History

112

give proof of their


trade
used

type
and

are

lean

epoch

in

the

of

made

France, the
could

opal

found

the

of

where

the

these
the

ruder

such

varied

for

pursuit of various
of

existence

of

evidence

of

given

layer above

the

Touraine.
the

Also

to

make

acquainted
like

the

the

ivory

implements

with

the

of the

use

Cro-Magnon

of

men,

their

the

importation
shows

the
similar
is
in

according

must,
shell

tn

dart-points found

in

Neanderthal
and

that

bow, though they do

to

for

marls

own,

have

were

intercourse

the

and
these

that

arrows

Pilosus, found

from

arrow

by

culture, for

localities,and

Pilonculos

imported

show

deposits

cave

able

been

facture
manu-

reached

the

bodies, which

Onoz

Spy

Rutot, have

M.

to

the

in

hunters, than

commercial

of

shells

pierced

the

by

with

Cro-Magnon

Forest

in their

distributed

widely

Black

trade

flight,and

Black

mining industry

the

in

Also

from

the

Cro-Magnon
^

and

on

advance

of

and

the

excellence

great

game

Eiff*el

the

from

stones

of

kinds

The

of

implements

Neanderthal

distances

different

at

use

of

us

of

arrows

kind

come

and

flint

of

of the

angle

have

tell

Acheu-

chalcedony

bestowed

the

special

Eiffel

eastern

the

shows

form, weight, and

Champagne

must

flints.

Mesvinien

flint from

remains

as

race,

and

obsidian,

was

Mousterien

Cro-Magnon

The

care

the

this

manufactory

more

manufacturers

of

of

Mesvinien

whence

spear-points of

the

the

importations

weapons

and

men,

of

of
earlier

the

in

These

lands, and

Champagne,

on

these

formations

are

flint,but

procured.

country.

these

the

source

among

volcanic

Forest

local

first

men

of

nearest

be

The

those

of their widespread

invention, and

in

earliest

like

not

flint

advance

connection.

by

Chronology

and

used

folk

were

they

were

not

for

arrows

seem,

killing

large game.
The

animal

skeletons, and

antiquity
rhinocerus
'

PP-

De

of

deposits
those
this

3"6, 317-

in

race.

Human

There

horse,

the

layer containing

above,

immediately

tichorinus, the

Quatrefages, The

found

were
ox

Species,chap,

show

bones

the
of

very
the

the

great

woolly

Mam{Bos priinigeniiis),
xxvii.

The
,

Cro-Magnon

Race,

of the Myth' Making


moth,
lion

and

and

stag

bones

of

the

when

of

country

the

by

reindeer,
who

than

had

the
the

in

more

animals

of

early Quaternary

hunted

mammoth

the

mammoth

heap

of

used

for

tusks

found

in

reindeer

horns

in

making

domestic
the
of

men

their

invention

have made

the

above the

the

the advance
to

of the

pottery

be

Before

This

M.

the

found

its

ivory
with

was

who

the

to

quite

disturbed,
un-

buried

been

have

layer

Puydt,

dc

M.

by

must

red

the

committee,

the

these

given

according

was,

early Quaternary
That
at

pottery
the

changing

existing

Southern

pottery

in

probably
was

is

they

was

clearly proved

the

the
found

group

layer.

same

given by

Europeans,

of

race,

also

the

and

ability of

in it must

bones

the

seven

manifestly
as

Fraipont,

excavating

glacial epoch

evidence

globe.
by

the

it

the

Neanderthal

to

me

For

by

in

such

inventive

up

as

were

of

the

found

the

materials.

same

of

of

people

cave,

necklaces, also

specimens.

pottery

time

.same

invented by the

of the

pieces

of

animals which

seems

four

members

the

the

pottery.

drawn

and
at

of

planted
sup-

climate

were

Neanderthal

and

Onoz

Spy

froces verbal,
and

Onoz

Spy

These

weapons,

of

proof

had

bison

the

the

hyaenas,

cave

proved by
of

corner

another.

of the

made

crowning

the

the

ornaments,

utensils

is

fast

Neanderthal

these

reindeer

dart-points, and

arrow-heads,

But

and

of the

when

temperate

warm

That

which

was

time

and

reindeer

period.

horse,

the

than

the

the

were

which

the

following

the

prairies

presence

epoch

numerous

when

the

glacial

big-nosed rhinoceros,

warmer

that

was

age

that

the

and

ox

by

and

hippopotamus

were

preceded

indicated

and

Meuse

and

Sapnbrc

few

deposits

first

the

cave-

very

these

forests

primaeval

cold,

there

The

bears

and

the

dwelt

departing.
cave

the

stand

were

when

in the

dwelling

watered

pig,dog, bear,

before

that

1 1

there

time

therefore

the animals

better

the
and

The

woolly-rhinoceros, mammoth,
could

of

common,

reindeer.
was

epoch,
the

less

were

formed

were

Those

hyaena.

cave

Age.

from
use

the
an

when

climate,
tion
examina-

in other

Hemisphere
entirely

time

was

was

unknown

parts
covered
disto

all

Australian

the

Tongas

there

the

in

Naga

South

the

In

Fiji

Tonga

all

the

present

women,

while

Naga

pottery,

jars

the

rounded

shepherd

with

jars

filled

the

know

clay

to

sides

and

bark,

the

to

reindeer

epoch

is found

These
the

in

caves

Dwarfs,

Trou

de

the

on

Lubbock,

the

Trou

the

Trou

de

Frontal.

There

Prehistoric

of Bengal

vol.

Lubbock,

Prehistoric

Ibid., pp.

482, 483

three

in

translated

i. pp.

by

A.

lived

leathern
of

in

of

445

of

Hole

burial

the

cave

fragments

J. Butler,
p.

the

or

that

Spy Onoz.

at

broken

Human

caves

of

vol.

i. pp.

Species,p. 319.

of

78, 79.

Risley, Tribes

Edition, p. 420.
The

also

the

518, 524.

Quatrefages.

birch-

was

pottery

found

and

Edition,

with

vessels

Pottery

Nutons,

only

Siberia

Siberia

any

that

Chaleux,
are

of

palaeolithiccaves

that

des

Similarly

wallet, made
4.

they

leathern

3.

tribes

of

thus

were

in

use

who

Liesse

Times, Second
; De

stones

the

with

before

victuals

stone

men

Times, Second

Kumhars,

with

Belgium, except

are

India.

those

Siberian

only

into

former

and

lined

it is

Ratsel, History of Mankind,

Castes

the

Cro-Magnon

and

age

the

they

aboriginal

bottoms,

vessels

Dordogne,

the

'

pottery

stone

wooden

or

unknown
of

make

and

hot

by
the

nor

vessels, like

wooden

or

heated

water

marriage

their

hars
Kum-

Shiva,

by

pottery

no

cooked

and

Esquimaux

how

had

these

his

weavers,

of

necks

the

created

immigrants

Hottentots

with

the

the

northern

Europeans,

met

neither

of

the

make

; and

at

the

by

invention, while

women

Pinaka^

bow

North.

the

who

northern

the

people

hand

by

making

specially

mother

earliest

Africa

In

the

of

by

been

of

god

of the

one

'

have

to

{flax)^the

Uma

made

are

made

by

Indian

the

of

races

querors
con-

tions,
institu-

matriarchal

Kumhars,

work

potter's wheel

parts

claim

Indian

village

I., from

totem

is

pottery

the

divide

the

on

patriarchal

the

their

the

of

union

their

and

Fijians

Chapter

in

by

with

and

the

shown

Easter

inscriptions found

derived

Isles

Friendly

formed

races,

The

of

people

written

only

Pacific

the

have

as

of

of

island

any

the

are

Fijians,

the

except
the

Friendly Isles,and

the

Island, where
in

Polynesian nations,

and
of

Chronology

and

History

114

and

of the Myth-Making
pottery

found

Frontal

there

found
Trou

de

of

of

are

introduced

Onoz.

Spy

", and

Chaleux
their

neither

as

the

and

Nutons

or

for

hollow

and
for their

and

their

Kurumbas

of

Madras

the

make

The
inland

was

for the

did

themselves

made

used

of

life.

live

not

eating
As

beginning
artificial

like

of

heat

for combating
we

see

how

an

'

P-

De

Belgium,

Quatrcfagcs,

The

warmth,

of

found

who

Human

PrimUifs^ p.

the

Species^ Races

338.
Elic Reclus, Les

these

224.

clay
of

climate

of

methods
Hence

cold.

dwellers
of

their

that

it is clear

increasing

warm

hitherto

had

the

among

not

seal

glacial epoch

who

consideration

genius

and

Belgian

the

not

walking

into

first

been

could

could

the

those

have

whale

race

for

upon

effects

inventive

river forests of

of

the

dwelt

the

Esquimaux,

an

necessary

who

the

necessary

the

must

and

the

have

must

winter

sea,

as

minds

where

fire almost

heating diet,and

genial Pleiocene

in

the

of

and

it ^

originated

inventors

elevation

which

on

parch

to

one

Neanderthal

lived in the

stones

have

water-

as

bazaars.

quantities

inland

this

in Indian
must

near

enormous

the

with

formerly

Its

been

probably, long

thQ hot

make

to

as

have

forest country, where

clay soil,and

themselves,

turn

blubber.

rice,used

pottery

cold

so

who

by

in the

with

preservation

thcrtfore
ovens

making

country

climate

tribes

of

art

South.

ever

Southerners

the

de

derive

not

always available

rice still sold

dry

could

and

Trou

the

of the

men

race

Neanderthal

did

they

southern

were

Finn

forehead

of

men

bow,

cooking

boiled

thus

in

gourds

they

before

the

nor

the

in

occupying

race,

the

to

Cro-Magnon

use

bamboos

vessels;

the

common

those

to

buried

receding

impossible that pottery

It is almost
invented

the

shape

de

doliko-kephalic

allied

the

used

from

civilisation

they

Trou

hrachy-kephalic dwarf

the

its flattened

is in

in

skeletons

large superciliary ridges nearly


race

similar

the

in

mesato-kephalic

magic

It

1 1

but

caves,

The

graves.

position between

who

race

two

complete jar

Frontal

middle

was

neolithic

in

first

the

in

Age.

the

Furfooz,

in the
soil

chap,

was

xxviii.

ii6

History

hardened
idea

of

like

those

and

then

bits

are

fires lit

the

by

Chronology

it,first hit

on

clay fire-proofvessels.

making
of

and

which

proceeded
found

Spy Onoz

the

the

in

make

to

the

on

first made

He

specimens

the

of

jars

the

of

germs

platters,
fragments,

are

which

broken

the
of

Belgian palaeolithiccaves

the

deer
rein-

age.
I have
the

Belgian pottery

Palaeolithic
the

by

their

allied

in the

Minor
the

deer-sun-god,

Onoz
its

travels.

of

the

racial

that

they

find

by

of

ridges
was

of

one

bodies

Their

hairy

same

conclusion.

races,

of

eaters

peaceable

like

connects

them

according

bowmen,

to

flesh, and
were

fierce

their

present

with
their

which

was

most

tibias

once

and

warlike

show

and

that

brachyand

minent
pro-

Neanderthal

the

they

were

slightly

foreheads

all the

European

native
the

of

descended.

were

also

point

primitive

cannibals,

to

northern

and

then

and

conquerors,

the

not

representatives. Topinard, who

the

by

skulls

that

which

like

the

but

type

Their

platy-knemic
were

and

coasts

Saghalin,

Onoz

show

from

partaking

apparently reproduce

receding

eyes

stocks
and

accompanied
and

their

pure

Furfooz

doliko-kephalic

their

They

apparently they

West,

but

the

who

bear

it encountered

Onoz,

of

inter-mixture.
from

over

Ainos.

worship

the

North-eastern

original Spy

descended

ancestors,

the

Asia

to

emigrations

formed,

Spy

also

the

that

those

were

people

the
of

races

in

the

hairy

Japan,
the

alien

on

there

in these

was

races

is

the

foreign

were

kephalic

race

It

in

osteology

changed

mixed

stocks.

island

their

with

and

emigrated

pine-mother
It

peculiarities of

we

northern

the

absorbed

becg^me
Thus

Cro-Magnon

in

of

peopled

group

in

Asia

and

southward

wanderings,

established

Cybele.

countries

through
Spy

and

cave-mother

the

race,

age,

the

during

brought

Furfooz, who

how

showing

Europe

been

their

in

of

neighbours

in

have

people

reindeer

evidence

any

disseminated

it must

but

age,

find

to

was

Neanderthal

by

of

able

been

not

traditions

races,

they

dog, the animal


one

of

those

tells
came

sacred

found

at

to

us

that

from

the

the

Bhil

Spy

Onoz,

tJu

of
where

it

Alyth' Making

probably

was

the

only

Age.

domestic

animal

do

make

17

the

kept by

tribes
The

found

it is

the

and

the

of the

Picts*

heaps along
Ainos

with

fibrous

bark

Their

remarkable

feast

the

in

by

of

wife

the

dance

before

shoot

the

dwarf

of

sacrificial
of

the

also
young

Topinard, Anthropology,
Ibid.,pp.

Aino,

419,

421,

of thi
422,

pp.

who

the

the

in

pursuing

350,

National

431,

up

Smithsonian

decease
tribe

They
the

by

the

quiver,

affinity

the

476, 505;
Museum,

tionships
relabirth

national

it into

followed

bear,

the

to

ethnological

following

445,

its

surrounding

their

eaten

suckled

used

those

these

tree, and

be

death.

after

hedge

show

thus

year-

of the

they hang
the

on

of

is
and

Ainos,

and

women

like

most

bear

is to

day

worshipped
and

the

the

national

cub

the

arrows,

the

by

bear
as

wife

affinity

The

their

it,and

is

asserted

of

at

When

holy,

bow

and

the

from

cloth

one

raw

caught

to

They

the

is

Africa,
as

in

montana)^.

is

young

of

signs

make

they

year

poisoned

on

Ainos of Vezo,' Report

'

The

skull

Central

the

his

brings

show

eaten

every

ground.

are

story.

with

looked

is

and

made

Its

in

acknowledge

characteristics.

captor.

are

it.

bear

races

which

'

the

offerings

comes

sons

Gilyaks
4.

Liesse,

found

also

man

descent

national

autumn

the

are

lived

who

{Ulmus

bear

yearly sacrifice

each

for

Africa,

their

their

the

by

also

mountain-elm

in

of

for

they

parent-god, sacrificed

roasted

at

of

of

who

is

who

and

men

Scotland,

ground,
under-

2.

; and

races

called

people

dwellers

dwarf

supremacy,

house

belief

dwarf

patriarchal people

of the

the

of

Pottery

coast

and

forest

the

their

are

father's

his

to

of

races

pottery, but

conquered,

the

as

houses.

the

descent

paternal

the

they

race

pigmy

not

dwellings

say

same

ancient

The

hut

they

underground
shell

old

Koro-pok-guru,

whom

apparently

day

present

the

in

Ainos

the

by

of

Ainos

Hitchcock,

1890,

p.

The

45O.

435-

Ibid.,pp. 4651 451The

iniSSo.

feast

described

by

Mr.

Hitchcock

took

place

on

the

loth

of

Aujjust

where

cave,

the

fruit

the

of

found

he

he

found

into

changed

there

where

cavern,

he

The

goddess

woke

and

told

him

himself
his

human

fox,

foxes

these

yet they

warlike

be

Onoz,

Ainos

apparently

worshipped

as

bears,

her

festivals,which

the

African

to

the

especially

more

with

the

of

sons

Great

festival

bear
in

the
Bear

to

Norway

must

look

to

and

hunting

the

we

affinities,
allied

nearly

that
and

for the

bear-goddess Artemis,
girls,who

sacrifices

human

of former

reminiscences

were

of

'.

of all young

the

Indian

constellation

place

mother

of

and

these

of

in the

Bear

the

from

the

race

that

ripped

and

and

take

to

in

worship

annual

Europe

of the

in Athens

called
her

North

to

original deification

used

throw

Aino

constellation
similar

Cybele,

himself

both

and

most

great

serpent

themselves

called

the

to

stars.

the

by

of

mouth

and

found

and

North,

Spy

of

of

tree

Orion

Indian

the

of

looked

observed

at

show

variant

was

the

in

of

feet

the

at

of

descent

Indra

by

proclivities,who
and

of

foot

he

body

ethnologically

men

their patron

were

driven

races

primitive

it is

the

repeated

Ainos

to

seem

wizard

bear,

this

the

the

circling snake,

Lepus,

our

Though

the

doing

evidence

also

are

the

fox,

dwarf

On

pine-tree,a
up

to

the

at

ate

and

bear,

back

climb

to

the

and

characteristics

of the

asleep

of the

it.

find

we

mother-tree

the

fell

shape, standing by

Here

open.

crawled

He

world.
the

pursuing

He

him

from

down

another

in

while

snake.

Chronology

himself

pine-tree.

as

and

History

Ii8

offered
cannibal

feasts.
The
shown

early
the

by

Rama

is,as

Kushikas,
of

son

arrival

shall
his

and

the

made

R.

Museum,
'

Hitchcock,
pp.

Lydekker,

of

India

part they take

we

Raghu,

in

by

The

see,

wife

in the

the

Sita

Ainos

sun-god
the

to

of

bear-descended

the
Rai

South

Natural

or

to

Yezo,' Report of

476, 473, 480, 485, 472.


Royal

furrow.

History

vol. ii. p. 23.

the

Sita.

and

the

ox,

is

race

story of Rama

ploughing

was

Northern
Rama

the

god
He

Ra, and
recover

National

of
was

the

the
the
pedition
ex-

Sita, who

Smithsonian

History

I20

Dravidians.
the

Hence
of

rule
from

was

The

have

to

seems

and

thence

dwarf

called

race

who

have

xxxiv.

14,

the

show

the

Indian

the

the

bull.

menhir

bull
It

the

of

confederacy
male

of

Tcrrien
sects.

475,

the

were

The

xviii.

97"100;

Languages

sects.

476;

earliest

the

and

de

pp.

la

the

journey

Asia

Minor

In

the

moon-bull,
India

they

bull-father, called
the

of

moon

representatives

of China

152"154,

Tcrrien

land

of

in
the
the

before the Chinese^ chap,

56, 57,

88, 89;

Coupcrie, 'Thibet,'

Topinard,

Eptcyc. Brit.,

xxiii. p. 344.
Celtic

'^

Rhys,

Topinard,

Folklore^ chap.

Anthropology

Mahabharata

Sabha

iv. vol.

The
y

gemcine Geschichte^Babyloniens
^

the

parent

formed

there

mythology.
of

of

the

their

in

had

sun-deer

sons

or

de' la Couperic,

pp.

the

picted
de-

monuments

during

Chandra-Kushika,

They

Anthropology,

of

hairy

congeners

stone

unci

i. p. 288.

Pilous

System,

AssyrienSy

p.

Fire

Todas

of the

themselves
and

the

earlier

dwelt

they

his

Gutium

called

megalithic

Northern

Mahabharata

Kushikas4.

the

god

connected

race

and

their

united

sons

Gautama,

the

became

built

had

the

who

Star

aquiline noses
the

who

the

fire

followers

the

and

Dravidians,

moon

with

one

Pan,

by

the

Tasmanians

{gud), la,

in which

Indian

Loblic
at

race

Pole

the

p. 141,

Isaiah

hairy

goat-god

basks

were

they

They

the

the

those

in

the

pilosus,

the

be

fellow," where

his

to

goblin

hairy

Ainos,

was

lands

Southwards.

vol.

the

They

builders, who

covering
with

the

Nilgiris3.

god Gud-ia,
of

the

Minor,

to

seem

described

cry

on

Milton,

India

Asia

but

seal-cylindersof Girsu,

with

by Topinard

shall

Chapter IV.,

are

oldest

Satyrs

Minor

by

They

the

on

xii.

in

described

as

strength 2.

Asia

reached

race

They

Vulgate

people represented by

who,

the

the

Fenodyree, meaning

the

hose,

in

in

shall

the

satyr who

"the

as

attendants

is,as

the

for

is translated

satyr
the

hair

Manx

in

It

queens.

descended

China

Euphrates.

of

custom

by

are

bear

hairy
through

not

the

down

of Thibet

the

passed

Lolo

government

Lolos

the

which

by

route

Amazonian

the

and

that

them

the

arose

women,

Chronology

and

350

F.

p. 292.

{Rdjasuyd-ramlfha) Parva, xvii.

p.

55.

Hommel,

All-

the

of

divide

who

Brahmins

Age.

Myth-Making
their

into

caste

121

Gotras

called

septs

cow-stalls.

or

The

found

of

the

dwarf

they resemble
Onoz

Furfooz

have

their

India

the

in

Minor

Asia

of

features

of

like

the

Arcadia
Indian

the

which

It is in

Minor,

the

Greater

or

Kur.
and

who

Getae,

called

are

their northern

by

of
Phrygians

They are

in

Asia

the

bear, and

proved

to

be

Hunter, Imperial Gazetteer


Les Primitifs^ p.
f^edus,
'

Frazcr,Patuanias^

Pole

the

of

of

of the

Star

houses

Finn

the

who

also

Northern

adore
race

India
^

and

i.

pp.

443,

444

by

vol.

the

their

household

their

; ii.

{am)

trace

fire.

endogamous
x.

p.

212.

viii. 54, 5 ; vol.

lighting

built

who

Nilgiri Hills,

These

men.

those

or

milk,

was

mother

the

the

by

Araxes

the

of

races

Gctne

Massa

ruling

like

Asia

of

Todas,

holiest

clearest

the

the

Am-nor,

and

of

the

form

tribes

of

banks

the

country

Minor,

god

find

we

i. 216,

that

like

round

of

male

pastoral

the

on

the

and

sun

live

the

Ammianus

maternal

They

descent to

lived

Minor,

of Italian

was

is

that

Herod,

by

principal food,

Todas worship the

land.

from

descent

Asia

sacred.

Todas

the

he

and

ancestors

Fauns

Jle

sun-deer.

were

Getae, called

Their

they

of

the

cross

parent-god

of the

and

temples,

from

in

the

had

They

heads,
Pan

also
race,

trees

ritual

their

of

his

herdsmen

born

round

was

They

warlike

were

to

seem

ethnography

the

Cappadocia.

goat-god

the

of

oak

the

proofs

the

Kushika

sons

whom

Cybele, to

with

races

of
and

appearance.
in

and

Todas,

of

were

of

uplands

of the

of the

Mal^s

mythology,
caves

the

Spy

those

they

that

primitive Jewish

Italy, who

and

latter
martial

and

brows,
eye-

Cro-Magnon

the

place occupied

worshippers

whom

the

like

concave,

like

these

height

hairy Satyr

the

not

aquiline ^

the

those

tall

are

from

be

to

Furfooz,

derived

are

is from

by

and

Ararat

with

It

noses.

of

race

traits

noses

but

men,

acquired

take
of

their

but

Nilgiris. They

the

is

priesthood

receding foreheads, protuberant

their

hairy bodies,

race,

Assyrian

of

ancient

mesato-kephalic

in

and

this

of

Todas

the

among

form

the

form

primitive

360

ff.

309

Elie

History

122

marriage

customs

exogamy,

and

wife

one

wife

the

races,

the

earth

burial

who

of

Toda

still
of the

agriculturalsection
Toda

milkman,

kings

of the

forest

for
for

and
naked

in

the

wooden

brings

him

with

sacred

tree,

the

his

body

three

the

holy

the

end

the

and

it grow

divine

only food

God,

'

Elie

has

by

Keclus, Les

as

the

He

cuts

parent-

and

evening,

with

and

reborn

of the

its

divine

the

and

being

of the
of

germ

nut-

life,
of

heaven-sent

in holiness

is the

At

almond-tree

fast milk

continuance

Primitifs^ p. 275.
Flora

drinks.

sap

rain, the

nurtured
This

Clarke, Roxburgh's

Kavi-lal,

rubs

water

nut-tree

been

during

fire-drill

stream,

filled its veins, the


the

light

may

sacred

noon

child

the

mother-cow.

allowed

birth

vivified

of

the

perfectly

national

the

in the

with

mixes
his

and

in

[Millingtonia Symplicifolia)*,

bathing

becomes

child
of

blood

of the

also

he

nourishment.
of

branches

is

Vicar, the

his

only

he

wooden

long

parent-stream,

night

twirling

day, morning,

seed

the

This

Jews.

he

his

Tude

consecration

from

made

he

third

of

alone

nights

evening

after

and

the

office,

the

end

lives

priest-

or

to

national

two

of

milk,

called

times

of the

rain, the

of

sap, which

tree, born

milk

Each

bark,

completed,

the

socket.

nut-tree

the

which

process

the
flint-knife

stripsoff

is

sacred

bowl

and

On

fire.

no

He

of the

days

the

great

or

Patesi

the

at

meditation.

the banks

on

has

by

and

Palal

is elected

is consecrated

first three

the
and

fire

week

he

Shiva,

Badagas,

the

of the

He

Girsu.

of

that

to

which

type

the

high-priest called

of

election

fasting

tribes

answering

Gaurians

his

of

period

is the

officer

an

after

and

chief

Toda

pastoral

trident

by

worshipped

were

monumental

the

the

the

Todas

Northern

in

adored

custom

made

These

Scandinavian

the
and

country,

which

law,

dead

their

in which

brothers,

of the

immigration

mounds

of

fire.

household

Southern

to

polyandry,

national

buried

shepherd-god,

The

the

of

custom

community

latest

men

the

the

the

quite opposed

Finnish

priestess of

priests of

cover

to

old

Chronology

are

their

by

is married

the

the

which
also

originating in

and

Indica^ p. 35.

to

by

the

(vrata),
the

par-

of the Myth' Making


of

takers

the

the
river

the

of

and

baptism

fasting. The

Soma

girdle

of the

made

of his

and

trees, and

swallows

national

herd

morning

and

drops

some

he

his consecration
of

enters

He

evening.

divine

sceptre, the

rod

of

parent-tree

daily pasture

their

of

island

deliver

consecration

used

the

by

cattle

^7

T.

the

god,
the

Aaron,
kine

sacred

out

to

recall

Odyssey,

the

of

year

three

4.

captors
marked

sun-oxen

the

Triangular
Argo,

flint

the

to

was

antiquity

great

by

the

Also

seasons.

The

dwellers

the

xii. 129,

constellation

the

is

350

knife

sceptre

of the

divine

rain

or

pomegranate,

nut-tree,

iii. 1,2,

i ;

(bares)wand,
date

it followed

as

S.B.E.,

Ruling

vol. xxvi.

Races

of the

leader

sun-

from

cut

tamarind

or

5,

pine-tree of

the

p. 6.

of Prehistoric

Times
,

vol. i.,

242.

Elic Reclus, Les

Rg. X.

Primitifs^ Monticoles

des

Nilgheris, pp. 260"262.

108.

Darmcstctcr,

pp. 209"22,

the
milk

can

of

(trt) headlands,

5 ; viii. 2, 7 ; Hewitt,

'

the

the

sun-tree,

27,

iii.,
p.

of the

ritual

or

Eggeling,Sat. Brah.^
Rg.

of

national

almond-rod

sun-god

original Barcsma

which succeeded

'

the

Sarama,

wand

the

the parent

the

as

He

After

sap.

alone

is

sacred

guardian

he

the

Palal

different

as

to

of

of office.

of

".

Palal.

sacred
was

duties

leads

the

week

new

kind

bears,

Jewish

nocturnal

of this

The

of

god
their

from

also

three

light,which

of

cows

the

of

the

of

in Trinacria

each

of

mixings

this

each

seven

whom

which

Sikels

ploughing

of the

of

with

3.

cattle

sacred

The

of

of

cows,

mixed

follows

sap

his

on

sacred

the

the

the

barley,

Palal, answering

predecessor's robe

with

rubbed

of

sap

three

or

the

among

races,

the

head-dress

mental
sacra-

ingredients

communicant,

and

remnants

is bathed

of

as

the

Tri-ashira

the

consecration

of the

baptism

but

Vedic

the

milk,

latter^the

is not,

ploughing

later

called

Soma,

ritual

running water,

the

123

this

In

".

Vedic

and

curds

form

The

and

life, of

water,

latest

later

nut-sap
of

seed

sacrament

the

in

cup

Todas,

Soma

the

Age,

note

Zendavcsta
I.

Vcndiddd

hargaid,

xix.

19;

S.B.E.

vol.

iv.

History

124

North.

the

and

This,

as

Prastara, first of
Ashva-vala

of
The
was

like the

and

it is to

Ahura

of

the

was

seven-bulls,

of

hunters

pastoral

the

subjects of

Ida, the

in the

sheep, and
with

the

the

and

sun-oxen

one-eyed

of

the

mother

the

resting

on

of

Todas

the

they,

as

central
and

was

the
Pole

Indian

ruled

kine,"

sheep

fed

the

Kurumbas

chief

clan

the

cavern-

goddess,

Eda,

Odyssey

tured
pas-

by Polyphemus,
It

god.

that

to

was

the

in

the

Pole

or

that

this

Star,

ancestors

belonged

is

and

mother

Tamil

the

in the

Gautama

and

South

of the

in

mountain,

Northern

herd
shep-

which

Star

first

Phrygian

the

the

pastoral

mother

surviving

earth

farmers, whose

Kurmis.

She

or

Wain.
was

the

from

Ida, enthroned

the

priest-kings,

and

their

the

into

guardians

descent

sun-sheep,

350

the

born

the

name

Cyclops,

race

North-west,

their

father-

called

who

these

mountain

Their

Charles's

of

Ira.

Persia, where

Romans

draw

the

Zend

Hapto-iringas

farmers

of

The

when

priest-kings,

sheep-mother,

God.

which

"

secrated
con-

originally

constellation

the

the

Ida, Ila, or

her

named

the

were

Gutium

were

the

of

prayers

of

Zends,

,the bear,

with

the

bears,

haunting

of

reminiscence

in

called,

the

who

the

to

of

races

by

oxen

sons

united

were

the

earliest

They

Ilyats.

constellation

seven

hairy

the

of

ledge,
know-

the

and

Northern

shepherd

bull-god

given

was

and

Assyria

translated

or

that

our

kine,"

of

ahu)

who

office,

sacred

or

land

Got,

of

of

addressed.

people,

sons

the

name

name

that

of

the

kine,"

of the

sons

afterwards

wand

holy hymns

of the

parent

Septem-triones
This

the

the

now

their

Bear

Great

of

Iru, the

became

god

are

the

of

Hindu

spontaneum).

sacred

{asu

high-priest, are

land

aborigines

the

of

Goths, the

Scandinavian

country

the

bull-father

the

to

this

breath

first

the

of

Mazda,

Zendavesta^

the

{saccharum

grass

creator

Age,

cynosuroides),and

guardian

religious hymns

the

(Poa

Palal, "the

"the

the

Myth- Making

(pp. 7, 8), became

seen

horse-tail

Toda

Zarathustra,

the

Kusha

or

called

Gathas

have

we

high-priest, bearer

Zend

the

Chronology of

and

united

herds
shep-

of

vating
culti-

the

CHAPTER

The

year

the

BY

I must

of

lines

northern

descent.

of

of

which

Tlie

races

xi. 22, the

called

of

the

of

Zend

mother

Hu

Ardvi
life

of

the Zend

'

the

is

became

rising

the

Zend

form
S.B.E.,

or

from

channel
in

Khu,

the

xxiii.

bird
p.

52.

parent-

male

and

Greek

nest

Hu-bird

Darmesteter,

Genesis
the

land,

mother-

father-god

holy,

pure,

and

inscriptions
This

the

creating [kairya)

vol.

the

the

in
of

III.

was

home

the

and
shrouding
en-

northern
called

Thothmes

the

the

as

life.

mixed

Nahr

Anahita,

the

of

these

Hebrews,

and

rivers.

afterwards

patriarchal

Hu-kairya,

hi;/i(^
Introduction;

of

Sura

the

in

two

the

were

rain-mist

of

seed

Egyptians

conquests

the

the

and

deer-sun-god

Euphrates,

the

the

by

rivcr-goddess,who
Nahor

holy

southern

its base

the

of

the

which

seen,

they

the

of

mother-tree,

by
to

with

of

Nahor,

Naharaina
the

of

sons

the

was

river

tellingof

children

of

close

have

we

South,

the
the

mother-river

as

of
and

earth

the

at

their

descending

the

water

Minor

had,

stage

shepherds,

and

fertilised

and

top,

central

southern

sons

progress

marking
sons

the

A.

The

Asia

Khu

North,

the

its
rivers

the

mother-mountain,

the

the

reached

racial

hunters

in

ancestry,
As

the

people

cloud-bird

the

sons

ruled

of

inquiry

trace

farmers,

These

Age.

original

the

of

to

together

congregated

Palaeolithic

historical

begin

tribes

amalgamated

of

weeks

parent-fish

the

this

in

now

whence

sons

six-day

of

rivers.

HAVE

were

seasons

eel-god,

the

of

three

of

IV.

of

Anaitis,
undefiled
the

bird,

i, another

Zendavesta

Aban

of

name

the

Ahura

bird

and

looked

But

his

and

re-growth

annual

eel,

of

Finn

become

in

who

the

of

Indian

praisers (giras) of

weather-god ^, who
second

became

napanen,

the

of

home

rain

fall

to

his
the

to

It

the

on

the

that

the

of

is that

the

Great

of the

the

bird, who,

Star
dwells

who

creating

causes

who

eel-smith

is the
It

weather.

left

as

Tahtela

in

Ushana,

prophet-eels

the

to

Vainamoinen,

Pole

is this

II,

is

Varshagiras

god

of

heaven,

of the

arranger

the

Hindu

It

2.

II

these

El, which

is

or

Samaritans,

the

Comparetti,
"

was

returned

and

The

used

still

who
as

the

was

the

Supreme

god

worshipped
Poetry of

Traditional

the

the

introduced

sign

of

the

god Eliun,
of the
in

divinity
called

Phoenicians

Syria

as

/"'"mj,. *The

god-

El

by
and

Khudr,

Heroic

Myth,'

Hewitt,

Ruiing

240.

Mahabhanita

0/

xi. 8, the

god

Finns

This

countries.

Josephus, Aniiq.

Races

Star,

apparently

in all Semitic

'

of

air-god

{mar)

Il-mar

triad
the

navel

earth

messengers

was

pp. 238

Pole

Finn

has

mountain-rivers.

name

the

forger,the

eternal
as

the

the

called

name

Ukko

and

rain-god, Il-marinen,
Taivahan

the

the

{ku), given

where

Il-marinen,

of

became

became

who

meaning

The

abyss

eel-parent-god

Nahusha,

rain.

god

mother

aal, who
This

the

the

in

patriarchal theology,

Kutsa

had

history

teaching, the eel-goddess

German

Il-mar,

the

of

her

and

autumn

dwelling

prophetic

Echis.

Finn

later

life

this

dll, the

that

prophet-god

Bear, the

and

became

like

of

in

shedding

migrations

the

in

heat,

their year.

in the

ancestral

southern

Greek

but

North

and

of

them

to

the

of

in the

light

mother-rivers

inherited

the

which

name

the

Ocean,

Ahi,

Il-ma,

Their

Icelandic

Sanskrit

the

of

and

that

measurer

horns,

fish-mother

the

the
told

reindeer

leaves

race,

Il-ja,the

the

Southern

the

to

of

from

giver

as

not

was

spring.

them
the

of

sun-god

course

which

in

returns

told

the

upon

mountain

dwellers

as

the

as

the

stock

but

sun-deer,
sun

of

sons

different

the

they worshipped

the

to

of the

sons

Chronology

These

Mazda.

belonged

woodland

of

and

History

126

Prehistoric

Adi

{Sambhava)

Times,

vol.

Parva,

Ixxviii.

p.

ii.,Essay viii., p. 155.

243

History

128

These

Kharias
Chutia

ruled

once

of

Raja

and

Nagpur,

Ramghur

of

estate

parent-tribe of the

the

are

Chronology

and

Hazaribugh

in

Ramghur

as

hereditary office

of Commander-in-Chief

Chutia

Raja.

Aind

Nagpur

their

among

Rautias,
workers
and

branch

in

metal,

Amduar,

the

Goraits

the

form

Nageshars,

the

basket-makers,

or

Lobars
the

mountain

Korwas,

the

of

the

of

the

told

arc

India

magic

Herod,

in

the

learnt

the

descended

the

When

born.

from

turn

given

of
and
In

Angelo
the
of
the

year
the

'

Risley,

Frazer, Pausanias,

vii. p. 297.

de

of the

and

that

of

of Bengal,
v.

p.

132.

of

the
the

who,

whence

caught
vol.

the
an

of

from

and

ritual

belief
stories

appears

in

the

quoted
as

the

time, Night and

Kushika

race

eel with

ii.,Appendix,

Agatharchides

a,

under

Europe

the

eel

gods

and

Age.

Italian

two

Gubernatis

reed-thicket

Castes

in

The

Boeotians

genealogy

folk-stories

in

of Orion,

vol.

of the

Neolithic

totem

it is in

garlands

{kedcvi),entered

first,a fisherman

'"

Tribes

East

tribal

find

eel-god, we

Count

Day,

the

we

practise the

agricultural immigrants

beginning

evidence

ancestral

parent

of

the

at

first

arc

as

ancestors.

with

sacrifice

annual

who

Finn

their

eel, crowned
an

was

the

man

we

the

by

meal,

from

Minor

Copaic

from

tribes

all

tribes

and

Egyptians,

the

almost

worshipped,

was

all the

Turis

Pans,

pastoral

and

the

by

witchcraft

sprinkled with

Asia

ii. ^2^
of almost

of

Kadmus,

parent-eel

totem-god

and

sacrifice

This

eel.

the

the

by

the

short

In

the

use

used

snake,
of

Ooraons^

the

also

that

branch

primitive manufacturing, mining

sons

These

Naga

and

Gualas,

Bchar

also

is

Chiks

and

smiths,

or

which

Induar,

weavers

the

the

of

Pans

Asuras

eel, under

guardians.

worshippers

or

the

and

Mundas,

the

The

Santals.
of

totem

boundary

or

alternative

the

land-holding

the

Gualas,

cow-keeping

eel-god

the

Kaiiravyas,

or

of the

Army

the

Mundas,

Kaurs

and

the

the

do

the

his

of

holder

include

Kharwars

as

the

of

is
of

parent-tribe

to

totems,

basket-makers,

form

The

of

his

holds

He

the

in

the

that

tribe

belongs.

fief vested

this

is to

it

who

Kharwars

two

List of tribal

leferred

to

was

heads

totems.

by Athenxus,

of the Myth- Making


and

two

the

fisherman

tails,the

entrails
Two

tails ; two
two

bitch
the

swords,

Night

the

second

In

entreated

was

who
priest,
the

at

down
the

spring, where

eel

in

she

by

he
bed

of

when

it

the

sun-mother-daughter

in her

last

Thus

the

of the

see

of the

sons

to the

that

the

from

Minor.

parent-rivers

The

barley

and

replaced the

matriarchal

marriages,
the custom

of

Rhodius,

the

ii'.lOio,

people of

the

Basque

mother, was
sickness
of their wives*

"

Dc

the

introduced
in which
new-born

Gubematis,

Dif

by
they

who

of

Thiere, pp. 600"602,


K

becomes,

parent-fish
descent

Basque
first

India.

They

unions

by

they brought
the

Tibareni,

The

that

fathers

in

German

in

rights
was

the

system

new

replace

custom

dividual
in-

by Apollonius

told

their

came
be-

Asia

of

the

and

Iberia.

This

it

In

(ibai),who

among

asserted

from

their

from

are

Basque

threw

ultimately

village

to

She

Basques

marriage
we

witch

and

and

traced

Europe
of

It

eel ^,

rivers

was

child.

into

witch

prophet

the

which

the

came

born.

an

derived

into

which

spring

reed, which

by

Iberian

is

country

patriarchal descent,

king.

was

and

indigenous

was

the

the

by

its sides, which

with

Couvadc,

of

she

king,

tree

the

was

system

and

the

to

people (erri) of

brought wheat

; and

parent-eel.

the

the

pursued

Iberian

name

the
Ibai-erri,

of

two

tree-mother,

When

it became

mother-mountain,

springs welling
the

of

eel

the

foot, the

slain

it to

water-spring

eat.

servant

its

at

was

the

of

year-maiden

changes,

we

was

by

by

who

taken

opened

third story

it

reeds, and

was

to

priest'swasherwoman

the

taking

was

his

entrails

tree, the

devoured

was

give

wife

from

the

Yggdrasil.

fisherman,

as

into

by

to

heads.

spring

ash -tree

thrown

was

washerwoman
the

the

from

from

his

to

born

two

in

eel directed

garden,

were

the

down

come

his

Procyon,
maiden

The

heads

Orion,

129

year.

in

two

Day, from

washing

of

she

the

and

story

was

caught

was

and

tails

of

Sirius

to

root

and

sword

dogs,

sons,

of the

seasons

plant the

to

his

to

two

Age.

from
the
as

the
lated
simu-

parents

taken

Translation.

by

them

Spain, where

to

Iberian

Basques,
it into

sickness,

and

nights, is

this

where
men's

nine

were

succeeded

from

Spain,

the

Irish

in

the

the

growing

mother-tree

the

word,

Ibai-erri,the
of

The

eel, who

were,

be

traced

traditions

them

the

became

history told
of

bharata

kings

always kept alight by


became
the

ultimately
the

on

year

temples, begins
the

Greek

the

root

from

Bhur

the

name

was

Hence

form

Rhys,

p. 678.

the

Bru-ges

Hibbert

Greek

whose

were

Lectures

by

to

race

for 1886,

and
bear
the

Lect.

fire.

the

of

its

the
or

begetters
iv. p.

603,

Kushika

household

of

fire,

priestess,which
throughout

of

and

the

claimed

to

root

bear
the

and

vi.

village

Phlegyes,

derived

was

original
carry,

Maha-

states

national

They

seasons,

the

and

the

name

the

cial
sacrifi-

three

confederated

traditions

origin,

and, thirdly, by

rule

of the

the

and

Indian

of

of

archal
patri-

duced
fire, intro-

fire maintained

altar

Phur, meaning

Bhri, meaning

they

the

these

First, by

Lingal

house-mistress,

Thrace,

the

children

Indian

the

year

worshippers

Phrygians,
of

fort,in

whence

household

the

perpetual
the

with

or

the

of

of

of

evidence.

the

of

of the

centre

of

the

of

song

rulers

of

descent,

sun-antelope

establishment

history of

or

from

or

river- reed,

Ribhus'

the

Gond

Mile

the

as

India

secondly, by

of the

year

supreme

The

India.

and

in the

the

the

as

India

well

'

came

derived

spring

born

to

of

worshippers
into

the

latter

of

as

holy

river, the

lines

several

of Orion's

ritual
which

the

over

of their

side

one

by

Windisch

Minor

the

of the

who

sons

five

Phrygia.

Asia

of

sons
on

of

by

the

of

emigration from

the

of

and

These

Milesians,

rivers, were

cave-mother

Basque

can

the

week

days

Danann.

shadowing

of

sons

the

Cybele,

tree

duced
intro-

noinden

cess

nights

four

meaning

name,

Professor

Bile,

as

and

the

by

"

five-nightsweek

De

Bile, is interpreted by
Irish

old

Tuatha

Ireland

their

and

known

contained

of

Spanish

(baso). They

days

week, which

the

among

forest

it became

reminiscence

Danava,

Indian

the

of

men

or

Ulster

Chronology

it still survives

Ulster,

the

Ulad,"

"

and

History

150

p.

from
descent

of

their

children.
founders

588, Appendix,

of the Myth'Making
of the

phallic worship

of the

household
became

name

mythology
the

and

fire in

under

father-godof

the

of the

of Zarathustra's
called

are

the

in

of

two

the

earliest

bom

of

Maga

kindled

southern

Vohu

of the

the wooden
The

whose
eel

of the
the

and

his

the Jumna, where

Abercromby,

Mill,Zendavesta,

drill

of

were,

2," who

further

and

of

on

4, the

dealers

in

race

mother

witchcraft,
fire

northern
learnt

creating

of

fire

of

sons

of

the

The

(2)

mother

their

the

of

Rigveda

result

first

Savangha,

mother

wood.

the

that

Berezi

they

shippers
wor-

fires of

before

as

the

in the

the

or

was

the

Phur,

worship

fire became

it revolved.
form

Zend

god Viru,

the

the
as

of

we

the Turanian
of the

Virata

Matsya

or

shall

fish-born

see,

the

rubbing

iii.,The

Gathas

Gathas

Gatha

Yasna,

the

people,

mountain
dwelt

on

twirling {mantk,

or

xxxi.

Viru-

Mahabharata

Satyavati, They

twin-sister

Mathura,

Part

kine

whence

from

Vasu
it

is the

i. p.

38.

9 ; S.B.E.,

vol. xxxi.

P-44-

Mbid., Part
"oI.xxxi.
*

Rg- ""

iii.,The

Ustavaiti

p. 141.
43" 4 ;

"""

became

followers

shall

Magic Songs of the Finns,' Folklore, vol.

'

country

parent-gods

Matsya

fire

the

in which

Fryano

sons

ruled

fire

socket

name

ano, the

of

fire-drill ; and

revolving

fire

their

making

Fryano, that

the father

who

of

art

northern

(p. 42),

of

the

of the

and

fire in stones

worshippers

the

ritual,the

Zend

sorcerers

Akkadian

the

of

'

god Phur

Zend

who

(i) the. fire

are

or

the

begetters

(^Savangha) Berezi,

Brisaya

the

of

and

These

eastern

of the

the

fires of

sacred

week.

of the

or

five

of

the

fire is commemorated

household

the

of

snake

zeal 3."

of

race

Finn

of

sons

the

in Finnic

Phrygians

Creator

"

thus

became

parent

Turanians,

"

piety with

the

the

allies

the

aspirate in their

tenuis, and

Fryano

intimate

Gathas

of
of

union

the

of

worship of

the settlements

The

the

were

The

father-god of the

same

original worship

creators

to

eyes

131

the

Minor.

influences

gave

tribe

Phru, who

with

begettingpair of

the Turano-Zend
or

Asia

Finnic

Piru, who

sons

associated

Age.

^"" 3K

Yasna,

xlvi. 12;

S.B.E.,

math) city of the national


the

are

people

same

of the

Pinaka

of

shown

on

and

male

or

themselves
include

Kurmis

the

or

tribe

of Viru

Chullavagga

2, who

Indra,

in his avatar

of the

letters,which
Zend,

and

apam,

the

gives

this

begetter

creative

shows

succumb

to

the

In
the

Pir

Median

in
the

of the

an

1, Pil

is

and

it

is due

G.

to

Oppcrt,

of

the

Bel

Ugro-Finn

Inhabitants

of the

eel-god.
in

horse, Aspa

in

Veda
the

P^rum

as

rain-god
the

as

and

who

which

image

an

India,

of the

father
did

not

phallus.
of

which

the

fire-father,

replaces
the

the

that

of Bharata

proto-

Akkadian

became

influence

races

change

rain-god

Hence

5.

the

as

4,

name

Akkadian,

or

Original

the

in

worship

changes

snake

destroyed by

the

waters,

the

and

Virupaksha

worshippers

heavenly Soma
in

call

sheep,

list of

Ashva,
in

Sakti,

They

Piru, by the

appears

belief

in

the

cultivating caste

is of Indra

Zend

from

blessed

the

the

the

its supremacy

became

learn

the

are
a

the

stone,

we

as

Rigveda

Bil-gi,the spirit{"i) of fire,who

god

Prof.

by

They

Sanskrit

materialistic

further

Finnic

in

the

earliest

the

to

great

in

sweller

life still maintained

of

the

bull-god, as

Piru

or

power
the

that

Eda,

named

were

the

god

god,

or

becomes

makes

heated

the

I have

they, as

as

generation.

phallic god, that

or

Viru

name

of

worshippers,

Shishna-deva3,

of

Kudumbis

or

before

Viru-bhadra,

Ida

many

in the

This

is the

sons

or

country,

Their

symbols

ranks

their

god, Shiva,

India

to

on

who

{amba) Kur,

came

rice

Southern

of

they generally worship

and

female

Idaiya,
in

of

their

Manuscripts,

phallic god,

the

Viru,

who

fire-mother.

Mackenzie

mother

the

that

into

pottery

original Northern
the

of

capital. These

tribes

shepherd

bow,

115, dried

p.

their

fire,was

trident-carrying shepherd

musical

or

introduction

the

sons

the

of

followers

are

Chrovology

central

as

Kurumbas,

the

India,

'

and

History

132

the

fire-

later

Bel,

father-god

varsha^

part.

ii. pp.

237"239.
="

vol.

Rhys
XX.

David's

and

Oldenberg's

Viraya

Texts, Chullavagga,

v.

p. 79.
vii. 21,

Rg.

Lenormant,

5 ;

X.

Chaldaan

99, 3.

Magic

and

Sorcery

Ibid.

chap, xxiii.

p.

X.

36, 8.

316.

6; S.B.E.,

of the

Greek

the

of

votaries

race,

whose

head

of the

lake

Copaic
had

image

was

to

of wood

2.

Pausanias, who
of

what

that

he says
he

images

up

by

the

The

5.

who

Mucianus,

Indian
hence

from

sprung

idea

of the

Artemis

of

matriarchal

form

Artemis Orthia,

and

'

Frazcr,Pausanias^

'

Ibid.,ii. 11,7;

vol.

Ibid.,i.

vol.

'

42,

vol.
Ibid.,

6;

which,

ix.

36,

i. p.
i. p.

iv. p. 246.

"

as

Artemis

of vine-wood
to

in

the

^.
almost

of

i. pp.
3

is the

that

lake.
first

was

the

mud,

ocean

city founded

seen

first

the

Lake,

of the

was

Consul

prove
were

This

was

sculptors
the

by
the

tree

represented

was

have

we

88.

64.

be
me

near

popularly

Pliny, the

the

dug

Lake,

was

original image

3 ; vol.

be

to

of the

which

mind

Ephesus,

which

under

images

of Artemis,

Ocean

in the

the

and

of

oldest

the

to

growing

Southern

at

making

ebony

Ephesus

to

not

wooden,

originally images

were

present

Amazons,

trunk,the

Lady

Lady

the

undoubtedlythe
image

the

and

where

for

of

old

statue

is

does

were

used

the

seem

Northern
Koronis

believed

it to

which

passage

gods

was

images

the

one

the

at

Mari-amma,

Artemis,

was

mother-tree

wooden

sculpture

tree-mother
she

as

together

the

Greek

of

it

it,found

taken

indubitably that
models

that

the

at

Koronis,

wood

ebony, but, according

examined

facts

All these

the

of Artemis

image

of

be

to

of

the

that

worshipped

was

in

where

4, and

of

as

warlike

sacrificed

list of woods

says

Egypt,

^Ethiopians

ebony

believed

he

as

Ixion.
were

but

as

tradition,

king, the

birds

images

first in the

as

from

Tegea, which
of

and

made,

was

Elsewhere

3.

brought

were

Koronis

therefore, perhaps,

and

them,

Their

image

eye,

worshipped,

was

this

oldest

all the

ebony

names

it

eel

the

one

Orchomenos,

was

whom

mentions

wood

Phlegyans

Minyans

goddess

with

men

or

the

the

children,

two

raven

or

crow

the

fires became

Greek

of

where

133

god.

Greece

in

stronghold

conqueror,

say

Star

Pole

they occupied before

whose

Cyclopes,

by Pausanias, speaks

recorded

the

the

ruled

who

Age,

household

the

of

worshippers

king Phlegyas,
the

Myth' Making

tlu

of

(p. 31), was

as

the

488, 489.

Ibid., viii. 17,

Ibid., viii. 53,

2
11

vol. i. p. 395.

vol. i. p. 443.

found

miraculously
ruler

of the

Ebony

world

set

in the

up

Indian

is the

and

been

all

in

it to Greece

sent

collectors

of

Southern
Indian

an

Artemis

the

brother
have

Bear

the

Ixion,

was

been

especially

succeeded

the

of the

sons

Officer

in

rich

on

by

fire,they

ebony

llcnce

the

of the

mother

the

to

wood

from
for

had

The

temple
she

the

is

is the

black

her

grown

one

Her

the

mother

in

fire

there

before,

the

symbol

as

her

and

or

her

shows

di\, and

is to

El,

or

us

black
to

times,
her
I have

and

her

but

the

that

Akkadian

of

made

origin

already (p. 57)

Thesmophoria,

the

in which

tunic

show

say

that

prehistoric times,

seem

festival,the

II

tells

the

whose

Deo,

that

is

Greece.

in

of

sons

Pausanias

her

clothed

Deo

of the

in

Argo,

called

Arcadia,

in

raven

originally

worshipped

Demeter

burnt

matriarchal

name

ritual of

to

was

gvxldcss of life \si


that

black
Elaios

was

attached

image

imported

ebony.

down
the

constellation

raven

mothers

parent-river.

image

bKick

later

the

in Mount

the

first wooden

epithet

is

cave-goddess-

ccl-god of

the

virgin

these
cave

grew

of fire.

black-goddess-mother,
first of

con-

after

proof that the tree-bear-goddess and


of life, was
predecessor Koronis^ the bird-mother
given by

the

burnt

were

Further

the

own

descriptions

especially appropriate

was

my

only

trees

succeeded

none

who

Settlement

was

other

tree

to

seems

worshippers

ebony

ebony

with
whose

it

reason

of

always

were

though

trees,

good

trees

doubtedly
un-

was

raven,

I can,

that

when

soil suited

on

forest

I noticed

that

fire

tree, and
very

it

Draco,

fire-god.While

the

to

Chuttisgurh

soil, and

growing

one

the

or

the

to

Sal

experience, bring forward


sccr.ition of this tree

Bear

sacred

and

incense

its connection

Koronis

Great

it has

(p. 52), the

From

and

goddess

India,

^Ethiopians who

India,

and

tree.

Southern

The

shown

Arabia

{Diospyros

hills,whence

exports.

sacred

of

Malabar

I have

as

were,

PoorL

at

Tendoo

the]

forests

the

the

of the chief

one

of

the

Jagahnath

as

great temple

wood

especially plentifulon

always

Chronology

of Mari-amma

image

Melanoxulon\ growing

in

and

History

134

it

was

Indian
as

the

shown

proves

her

History

136
of

Mufija

three
the

knots
three

called

of

seasons

the

the

denote

to

his

Kamberiah
of South-western

Kouretes

and

of the

the

This

black

the

Ishu,

of

heaven,

of

rain,

in

the

which

the
she

Europe
the

black

the

shrine

of

La

festival

the

goddess

There

Black

the

in

mother,

called

described

as

all black

"

of

brennynge

'

Bal

="

O'Neill,

Frazer, Pausanias,

Gangadhur
The

Rhys,

Hartland,

Fosbroke,

Ixxii. ;

the

in

the

Cork

over

the

sun

6."

Tilak, Onotty chap.

her

body

pp.

Lectures

Science

for 1886,

p.

of Fairy Tales,

Legends

called

locally

of
and

virgin-

"

and

Egyptica,
the

of

that

grate

black-goddess,
145

Bally-

heat

in

her

50.

i. p.

127.

406, 407.

p.

103.

85.

Cyclopedia of Antiquities^

Crooke, The

of

held

mother-

Egyptian

Maria

This

v.

the

Ireland,

in

the

was

5, also

of

of

festival

This

Madonna

Legend,

all

now

Madonna

her

Britanny,

Also

Golden

is

Elaios

Godiva

wooden

Nights of the Gods, Bethels, vol.

Hibbert

Throughout

4, and

statue

in

black
of

vol. iv. pp.

fire-socket

image, originally

stone

stone

Innismurray.

at

yearly

and

Black

is the

whose

Baud

near

the

Ischus,

the

Whit-Monday.

the

County

Kordnis,

daily

Mount

on

She

3,

black

on

also

Virgin, and

Molaise

and

is

of

revolving fire-drill

the

English goddess

Quinapilly

at

vourney

St.

black

represent

revolves.

temple

of

held

to

virgin-mother-fire-treeof night,

her

one

Pole

the

Akkadian

the

mythology

Grenoble,

now

ancient

succeeded

form

their

Pole

Virgin

near

is

of

May.

the

Black

festival

May

in

of the

wood,

fire

the

ebony-tree, and

of

in

stars

new

as

appears

the

originally the ocean-mother

was

the

the

the

year

her

pole,

ever-turning

Trouche

black
is

in

of

sects

round

of Orion's

in

or

who

of

leader

became

round,

she

that

so

danced

wife

the

was

beam

the

girdle

priestswho

and

mother-goddess,

Sanskrit

', and

Pole,

the

daughter of Phlegyas,

belt

represent

dancing

year-god

round

dancing

stars

all

2, who

dancers

women

gnomon-stone

or

the

with

three-knotted

by

worn

Asia

Dactuloi,

matriarchal

This

waists

Orion's

in

stars

year.

is

Dervishes

the

three

their

round

Munjd)

{Saccharum

grass

Chronology

and

p.

102,

quotes

Golden

of Krishna, Folklore, vol. xi., 1900,

Legend,
pp.

30, 31.

fol

of tlie Myth-Making
double
and

form

May

goddess,

The

year.

the

Bible^

they

Zendavesta,
the

are

Potter,
revolved

created

name

was

life

of

country

the

Shelah

the

spear,

mother-mountain

potter-fatherof

the

the

the

Celtic

Gai,

Gaibolga

or

of the

Hindu

the

navel

of

men,

the

Zendavesta
of the

of the

marches,

I have

shown

of this

work,

which

rests

at

son

of

Gen.

Sangha

or

conquering
the

as

elsewhere,
still carry

night

the

sacred

was

with

the

and

will

this

the

^2iyzQ,Bypaths

Shelah

sun-god

nearest

praised

royal lineage

tent

of

the

fire-drill

or

spear

before

them

tribes,

warrior

Dravidians

Turano
further

the

in

sequel

creating-god,

of the

holy symbol

of

sons

equivalent

fire,borne

show

His

3.

the

Hebrew

Indian

was

kindling fire,the

Indian

American

in its sacred

Shelah,

of

sons

this

as' the

born

Narashamsa,
of

the

In

Nabha-nedishtha,

Ydzad

the

This

rose.

called

the

was

afterwards

and

connection

21"25;

afterwards

were

spear

the

of

5.

fire-spear,was

the

Eber,

of Bible Knau'Udge,

ii., Fresh

father

Light from

Monuments.

Ancient
-

X.

Cuchulainn,

fire first called

This

4.

close

'

in

praised,who

Narya

whose

The

used

{ndbha),

army

their

on

Gaesum,

sons

altar

to

Latin

creating

whence

The

2.

Draco,

race.

soil,was

potters

the

Judah, meaning

the

and

of

potter

of

son

earth

[arpa)

the

Euphrates

Great

the

of the

the

Bible

or

Ararat,

weavers

weapon

and

weaver

the

of

land
of

potter's wheel

of

the

God,

son

the

phallus

the

In

Rahab

The

parent-river-channel \{iiahor)the
land

the

potter's wheel

constellation

Pleiades

history

of

Arpa-chasad,

or

the

name

its revolutions.

by

{kasidt)', the

the

was

the

the

the

of

sons

in

November

of

geography.

the

by

Arpachsad

conquerors

traced

Shem,

driven

the

mother

these

local

command

when

and

and

of

sons

whose

at

of

clearly

137

Persephone,

march

be

can

and

originally the

was

southward

fire-drill

and

Demeter

as

Age.

Chron.

iv.

Rhys, Hibbert

Rg.

X.

21

64, 3,

"

23.

Lectures
X.

62 ;

for 1886,
Hewitt,

Lect.

iv. p.

Kuling

Races

381

Lect.

v.

of Prehistoric

p. 441.

TimeSy voL

i.
,

Essay iii.,pp. 169, 179, 189.


5

Hewitt,

RtUing

Races

of Prehistoric

Times, vol. ii. Essay ix., pp. 236

"

239.

History

138
the

of

children

Joktan's
of

the

the

was

the father

His

name

the

with

called

Greece

and

of

Pelasgus, king
daughter
He

the

Vras

Arcadia,

Kallisto, the

was

pile villages of Umbria


containing
and

which

acorns,

belonged
Iberian

Central

and
the

of

sons

of

Sar-gani,
I-shara,
Adar

or

also

the

the

rivers, traced

of

born

the

the

sacred

of

which

(Us

Isaac

Sayce, Hibbert

Ibid., Lect.

iii. p.

Ibid., Lect.

iv. p.

Taylor,

ix.

CuHcs

"

The

12,

the
of

she

134,
245,

note

1,
6.

the

son
grand-

shown,

viii. i,
pp.

2,

245

166,

Shar

called

Akkadians

the

of the

sun-god
She

in

born,

was

withered

i. pp.

pp.

i.

89,
26,

ill.

note

I,

28,

and

husk,

373^376;

459,

248.

"

the

II., p. 60,

Chapter

vol.

was

is,of

5, that

the

was

3 ;

i. p.

note

by

is the

princess, the

wheat

shown

have

for 1887, Lect.


note

Auvergne

worshippers.

grass,

Origin of the Aryans^

Lectures

of

has

temple

fire

corn

Arcadiens,

black-haired

from

was

4, the

and

i,

water-chestnuts

Bear-star-mother,

called

barley
and

grass

Frarer, Pausanias,

B^rard, Origine

of

the

Sayce

corn,

Shara

goddess

the

husk,

of

sun-god

Akkadian

mother

rice

(/)

Vicenza,

near

Celts

mother

of

Bear.
earliest

Akkado-Babylonians

His

mother

house

Atar,

the

Sar3.

the

Dr.

the

in

and

descent

their
as

of

god

the

offspring of

whose

people seemingly

brachy-kephalic
The

from

Great

the

nuts,

and

periods,

acorns,

of

These

roasted.

was

descended

Fimon

hazel

who

he

lunar

of

of

lake

ocean,

marked

words,

represented

Ligurians
^,

and

whence

the

the

France

Shar,

goddess

grass

the

grower

the

to

Pelagon,

by

the

India,

river-antelope.

other
time

rulers

Havilah.

Boeotia,

to

Pelasgi ^

only

Peleg Serug, who,

father-king

as

of

race

but

short

him

to

and

as

the

the

they

the

to

Kadmus

In

race

on

cereals

no

the

and

constellation

the

of

ancestor

rivers

measured

Italy

Ophir

Joktan.

the

Arabia

descending

moon.

who

races

river

guided

full

the

of

lands

and

(p. 31),

from

history of
which

Peleg

were

Kahtan

of the

cow

of the

in

sons

Ocean

the

sons

in the

its flanks

father

Banu

stream,

occurs

the

the

the
Indian

of the

Kadmus

gave

his

gold-bearing

Indian

Peleg,meaning

on

the

Chronology

and

were

of

coasts

of

and

Iberians,

Basque

and

note

I.

of
in

the

to

be

analysis of the
mother

the

South.

She

years

old

which

marks

of

Chinese

year

the

born

from

and

osiers

of

'

by

of

This

derived

Mundas

the

of

their

of the

mother-sheaf.
cut and

taken

year,

The
back

the

and

ears

from

was

mother-

Sargani, who,
in the

placed

down

the

in

the

parentthe

reed-boat,

the

stellation
con-

black-headed

of Akki

the

race

irrigator2.
the

sun-god,

mystica

is

the

as

or

of the

the

mother

lacchia,"

vannus

in

were

house

the
a

female
others

filled from

as

the

are

I, 27.
born

which

in

it,

note

sun-god

the

first

hen's

of

goddess

This

hre-stone.

{pen) bearers
the

This

that

three

the

first rice
with

and

basket

cut

after
of the

It is then

or

shell,
cockle-

is carried

baskets, the

those

the

Malays

the
;

basket

representing the

mixed

mother-sheaf.

heads

seven

showing

egg,

parent-nut-tree

carry

the parent-

from

the rice-child.

of

sun-hen

from

of the rice-soul

26,

the

soul

in

placed
of

i. pp.

origin, also

three

the

Sarats,

or

of the

was

his

basket

their descent

which

meaning

It

that

young

of

soul

the

worship

maritime

to

887, Lect.

as

five Penjawats

days of the week,


seasons

rice -child

from

the

placed

are

Salix.

It

rule

"

Zare,

Eber,

p. 231.

for

ritual

Malay

nut, showing

showing
by the chief

the

of

consigried him,

gardens

containing the

basket
in

contains, before
rite is

of

year

sons

father, was

in

of the

Douglas,

mother-sheaf

the

the

of Sarika

Minor

his

to

the

sources

mother

Bear,

life,became

Lectures

the

went

till the

to

K.

R.

from

of

or

that

his birth.

basket-mother

Saycc, Hibbert

grain, appears
cut

and

'

sacred

Great

of

in Latin

his

he

that

the

bread

trident

the

in

represented

Sare
as

not

which

tellingof

osier

China

Chinese

in Asia

hymn

South,

of the

the

as

earliest

of the

sun-god
tree,

round

race

to

of

This

reeds

as

reeds,

Euphrates

of the

the

this grain

the

Douglas,

The

same

{Orion)^ knew

Akkadian
river

; and

becomes

Iberian

the

like Dumu-zi
basket

year's labours

year-goddess

is the

its root

growing

of

ninety

at

laughing grain,

goddess-mother

osier, which

meaning

the

laughter, the

sun

Shar, the

Basque

basket,

rivers

for

of

mythology

of Orion.

mother
the

the

sun

Persephone,

history, who

Professor

to

for the

character

The

of the

1 39

and

oldest

of Hebrew

Isaac, meaning
outcome

Age,

Demeter

the

in

the Sara

the

seasons

was

h'fe

character

was

of

story

is, according

Chinese

three

of

was

bore

wheat

year

Myth'Making

the

that

five
three

of the

last sheaf

threshed

out

History and

140

which

her

and

the

Shar

name,

ancient

origin ;
the

shard,

beetle

rolls

shard

is to

in

found

be

the

from

first Glacial

Potter,

whence

the

welled

forth.

that

or

the

divine
is

which

in

the

meant

and

king

and

the

next

year's seed.
Sayce, Hibbert

"'Conder,

The

Hittites

tale

wizards,

with

the

for

Hittites and

Magic^
1

887,

their

The

Lect.

of

Language^

of

the

on

side

mountain

by

star, and
was

{bel\

crow

hidden

as

pp.

with

235

280.
231,

is

tradition

part of this is mixed

pp.

the

He

he-goat, who

Sign 141,

of

goat

one

Aja.

Ceremony,

the

lope
ante-

the

Tar,

Izar, the

was

la,

ship

of

held

son

gods,

great {Luz)

Reaping
iv. p.

his

"the

were

grey

Izar

rice-soul, and

Skeat, Malay
Lectures

where

the

Sanskrit

Basque

the

and

the

Aque-larre,

the

Luzbel,

from

called

in

the

the

sacred

goat, the

god,

of

whose

sabbath,

as

of

Hittite

witches'

this

the

so

name

name

the

the

grain mixed

This

now

the

comes

sons

called

was

at

was

of

born

Dara,

Basques,

the

Shelah,

men

born,

was

of the

the

Aker-larre,

mountain

of

form

she

eel-fish-mother

sun-god

^.^

deep

of

the

original ship

2, and

Aker

mist, it

the

the

Iberian

god presiding

Lafioa, the

'

the

like

pottery

the

to

the

Argo,

deer

is

(larre) of

Saturday,

life

landic
Ice-

the mountain-rock,

from

Euphrates,

variant

the

descent

on

of

a
a

Pyrenees

pasture

the

river

of

word

say,

mountain-rock,

born

Sar,

for

the

as

the

to

Onoz

"

sherd

is
sons

Spy

antelope, the Akkadian

antelope

also

their

seen

the

apparently

of

on

of

son

sacred

meaning

that

potter

was

of the

Skaard,

goddess

gave

the

by rolling it

Scharte,

the

those

mother-constellation

Ma

beetle,

German

*'

the

which

this

the

of

ship representing

whose

the

scaur,

also

Nahor,

Terah

as

only

springs

from

was

name

not

but

the

the

This

root

was

of

more

she

Sar

husk

pottery,

of

still

the

first potters, the

the

same

Great

was

of

to

original form

Low

piece

mysteries,

of

German

High

epoch.

mother-star

reeds,

the

in

right

earth

The

mother)- goddess

the

the

pellet of dung.

descended

It

husk

or

Eleusinian

her

goddess

created

pot-sherd,

the

from

the

as

wing-case

Skard,

was

for

the

at

Zare, proves

or

scarab, who

Egyptian

sherd

carried

firstfruits were

the

Chronology

156.

"

an

the
249.

of the Myth' Making


onlooker
It

in

hollow

thence

was

he

the

as

Pleiades

and

appeared
the

fire,who

vomiting
Pleiades

in

of

the

of

name

Aker

Aque,

or

the

of

land

Thus

the

the

given

union
the

of

the

the

the

to

Akkadian

is

worshipped
who

high

on

in the

of the

dead.

Monteiro,

the

Pole

He

Legends

lord

the

Star,

of

Mullil.

called

was

of the

the
horned

god

great

the

and

and

Basque

of

the

by

was

watches

Akkadian

or

villagerswho

Akkadian

goatof

Star

god,

and

also

This

god,

who

whose

sits

the

Kutha,
Akkadian

i8ff. ;

Uz-

of

movements

Nergal,

the

called

one,"

the

pp.

(//7),and

the

Pole

or

Peoplet

sacred

revolutions

Gudua

of

descended

are

dust

Vaishya

watching

goat

from

primitive parent-

dress

fire,and

highest

the

the

of

horned-goat,

the

was

Indian

as

father-god

union

goats,

of

goat-skin

parent-goat

mighty
the

became

sun,

'

the

"

of

the

the

and

goat

national

the

That

goat,

depicted

This

2.

or

goat

France,

Southern

the

marks

sacrifice

Mul-lil,

household

is

Azaga-siqqa,
makh,

national

Phrygian goat-god Pan,

who

the

by

is that
the

the

supreme

proved

sun*s disk

is

It

'.

{itani) the

of

the

of

name

sun-deer.

god

his

priests,which

god Uz,

the

of

close

in the

to

animals,

two

of

Mal^s,

of the

Azuga-Suga,
totem

entered

darkness

survives

Basques

Euphrates,

sons

Indian

sons

the

symbolical

of

sons

the

with

the

to

the

of

belonging

he

when

burning mountain

at

pit

which

those

or

the

into

parent-goat

primitive Basques,
whom

Lafloa

down

goat -god who

same

of the

god

the
from

Queen

May

mist,

of

star

Aquitaine.

antelope, in
of

the

as

cast

Aquitani,

this

was

of the

witches

May

of the

slain

being

was

the

Laftoa, the

October

year

name

It

sun-maiden,

wise

of the

was

return

guardian-angej.

who

Parma,

he

darkness.

mother-tree

the

witchcraft

the

Izar's brother

to

hollow

this

the

guise

heralding

of winter

of

141

his

by
heal

to

king

this

in

year

land

the

descended

dying year-god by

goat-god,

watched

tree

of the

Sophia, daughter

Age,

Eys,

the

city
name

Dictionnaire

Basque Pran^ais.
"

'

Sayce,

ii.46,

Hibbert

Apastamba,

Lectures

for

i. i, 3, 5 ;

1887,

S.B.E.,

iv.

Lcct.
vol.

xxv.

pp.
p. 37

285, 286;
; vol.

ii. p.

Buhler, Mattu,
10.

History

142

is translated

one," that

by the
is,the

Babylon,

near

facing the
god of
god

the

wizards

Parva

and

Rg.

shown

of

this

Pole

Usof,

corn-god.

This

of the
the
of

winter

on

spiritof the

carrying the
the

god

Suidas,

of

the

nether

Azesia

3.

Antelope

of

Esau,

the

Isaac

the

the

god

on

dedicated,

were

goat offered
of

Azazel,
or

into

of the

rape

she

was,

loth
to

one

to

Jahveh

the

strong
the

Ahriman,

wilderness

the

head.

its

world, for

the

race^

68.

Azazel,

Mainyu

on

survival

have

the

let go

was

of Atonement

goat

people

apparently

called

The

B.

the

of

sun

was

ceremony

Zendavesta^

given

in which

Angra

to

whom

".

Jewish theology,

The

The

altar.

the

is

goat,

sons

Aziz

October,

Azazel.

to

answering
(^/),

{aziz)god

by

other

Feast

of

ist

to

Bhadra-

Hebrew

twin'

the

of

September)

"

Chapter II.,p.
the

and

star

month

the

creator,

scapegoat

the

at

in

of

dominant

(August

became

according

the

the

sacrificed

evil

who

the

season^

and

god

of

goat-

the one-footed

one-footed

the

eldest

was

about

Tisri, or

was

the

goats offered

two

Jahveh

Star

goat-god

Phoenician

foot

blessed

Brihaspati, the

4, to

be the

was

the

Aja-eka-pad,

64,

X.

to

It

of

first half

the

the

witches

or

the

of the

temple

the

Aja-eka-pad
was

its sides

temple of

which

which

Hindus,

Borsippa

with

the

was

the

round

of

temple
Mount,

compass,

called

that

the

month

name

in

the

goat

bhadrapada,

the

pada,
The

the

was

{flja)by

the

The

god.

great bright

the

"

as

temple of the Holy

points of

danced,

goat

Star

North, called Du-azagga,

This

'.

Assyrian scribes

Pole

the

four

Chronology

and

The
of

whole

Proserpine

according

phallus worshippers

and

to

house

builders.
The

father

"

R.

183,

of

sons

the

on

Brown,

the

antelope Dara,

addition

jun., F.S.A.,

184, 189; Sayce, Hibbert


Alberunl's

of

Primitive
Lectures

'

Sachau,

Lcvit.. xvi. 9, 10, 29 ; Movers,

India^

the

vol.

superseded

who

sons

sun-deer

Constellations^ vol.

for

1887, Lect.

"i.,chap. Ixi. p.
Die

the

of

Phonitier,

the

iii. pp.

ii.

chap.

195, 166.

122.

vol. i. p. 367.

goatto

xiv.

the

pp.

History

144
latter
the

of

god

Troy

at

Palasha

in the

.This
his

the

round

the

a3

wheel

supposed
the

round

which

the

is said

to

is driven
bed

of

centre

pus\
at

and

from

in

royal

the

Simshumara

by the revolving

the

canopy

the

of

of

celebrated
of the

parent

of

Bel

in

Both

the
of

sons

measured

'

Homer,

Iliad^ xi. 166, 167.

Sayce, Hibbert

Homer,

Odyssey^ xxiii. iQoflf.

Sachau,

Alberuni's

Lectures

this

number

for 1887, Lect.

by
is

iii. p.

of

India^ chap. xxii. vol. i. p. 241.

{Cano-

cubits, or

note

of

Borsippa

connected

183,

the

to

Og, king

Repha

temple

the

dimensions

of
of

revolving
inside

the

by

Rephaim
astronomical

this

it,

oil-press

reaching

tree

those

compared

the

as

oxen

follow

dwells

royal beds,

these
that

the

or

is

That

certain

more

cubits

and

in

were

oil-pressto

that

just

who

was

Chakra-

the

by

Draco

4.

It

surrounding

stars

wind

year-god

still

is rendered

the

tree

India

is the

or

oxen

heaven

of

board

This

the

world's

the

revolve

to

with

of

This

centre.

which

the

drivers.

by

mother-

potter's wheel.

the

year

parent-olive-tree,

turned

was

This,

the

olive

the

oil-press in

seat

round

bed

Babylon.

square

god of

the

year-god

later

the

the

the

round

oil-press made

driven

other

Bashan.

the

Dharma.

be

Star,
two

the

summer

description given

pillar

same

born.

was

the

to

placed
as

constellation

round

was

Pole

the

by

Vishna

in the

3,

Their

sit.

of

beam

sun

summer

the

of the

him

by

of

the

Odusseus,

the

with

bed

the

the

Asurraku,

name

{ckakra) turning {varti) kings

to

driven

of

of

of

his

over

Assarakos

Spring.

Asurra

made

summer

tree-god,

Assyrian

god

of

clay rising

forerunner
or

the

according

whence

of

Akkadian

remained

stand

his

the

at

fig-treegrowing

god

and

the

was,

trunk

varti

the

Orion,

star

by Odusseus

whose

the

primitive Soma

bed

whence

bed

work

was

the

as

the

South,

Athene,

tree

like

him

the
(6S69),

Path

wild

the

from

^July,beginning

"

the

Summer,

god Asha"Jha,

the

India

of

god

2, marks

meaning
sun

of

god

derived

bed,

June

', was,

in

was

(Butea frondosa\

the

was

month

the

who

Assur,

Ilos, the

solstice.
tomb

of

name

Chronology

ana

3.

36
with

of the Myth' Making


the

of

year

of

the

Bel,

week
the

original

the

ruler

of

of the

that

is to

winter

taken

But

this

goddess
leaves,

appointed

say,

fillingthe

who

and

Dia,

that

Her

festival

is

form

the

Peloponnesus,

ivy

cutters

but

it

at

Hebe,

the

December.
was,

according

were

kept, and

ingthe
'

Also

ritual
see

as

that

as

to

the

that

solstice

wife

the

of

regulator
cocks,

of the

sons

in

the

of

the

the significanceof the seventy,

of

Omphale,

seasons.

of Hebe

the

sexes,

rivers 6.

Appendix

Strabo, viii.

p.

382.

Frazer,Pausanias^
Homer, Odyssey

ii. 13, 3

"

vol. i. pp. 90, 91.

xi. 603.

Frazer,
Pausanias,

vol. iii.p. 79.


L

the

In

the

hens,
mark
this

C.

Dent. iii. lo, ii ; Halevy, Rn\


des Pjudes /uives, xxi. 218,
ll"e
Dragon, 10 ; O'Neill, Night of the Gods, vol. i. pp. 151, 152.

as

Hence

'

the

25th of

s, and

those

divided

stream

form

Heracles

of

and

the

occurred,

the

on

of

festival,

the

which

Omphalc,

winter

of

Heracles,

of

as

navel

or

of

date

life {di\

of

Pausanias, that

with
to

running

Omphalos
to

ivy-

Sicyon

and

goddess

youthful maiden,

Heracles

of

sanctuaries

was

the

Hindu

with

crowned

Phlius

at

Zeus,

to

year's seasons.
originallythe

was

are

the

the

cup-bearer

Hebe,

give

the

Homer,

to

god's cup-bearer

called

wedded

seen,

the

ancestors

the

images

not

Dardanian

denoting

connected

Ar-chal,

have

we

does

doubtless

was

Phoenician
as

He

4.

it

stone

occupy

office of the

according

was,

o3T|3

fulfil the

Demeter,

Phlius,

at

to

words,

other

Mecca,

be

to

called

of

of

made

logan -stones,

three

worshipped

was

to

whose

Ganymcda,

the

cups

god, otherwise

use

2.

heaven

to

as

In

at

stone

of

sun

original

was

of the

age

caaba

stone

its

it

bed

underground

diorite.

or

of the

black

the

or

of

Ribhus,

for

iron-stone

the

and

age

time;

stone

of

land

the

of

substance

early

of

Ganymedes,

was

the

revolving earth

third

The

Og,

measure

supposed, like
centre

of

the

Again

its very

revolving

was

seven-days

the

when

age

priests

70

for

Bashan,

meaning

the

reckoned, being frequentlysubstituted

72 ".

cities, marks

brezel,

be

to

the

in

14 5

proved by

is further

being

seventy

began

revolving

weeks

72

Age.

222,

Bel

and

History and

146
mother

winter

Bona

Dea,

the

of

from

the

of the

It

the

of

father
of

from

solstitial

tombs

underground

cities

of

father
of

of

were

i"neas,

who

the

sun-hen
in the

that
is

in

given

twin-sister

and

sun-bird

in

forms,

of

horse
male
six

tells

of

six

the

female

twelve

mares.

This

is

i.

months

164,
of

separated by

are

'

and

North,

the

female

the

Frazer, Pausanias,

Homer,

of

months

of

the

; for

division

night, that
the

vol.

seventh

ii. p. 79 ;

Jliad^v. 265"273.

or

Zeus

by

have

seen,

parallel to

sun-horse

of

the

North,

the

bird

his

and

the

by

adopted

was

the

(C7"V),as

story, in its variant

worship
of

the

six

the

sun-

into

six

taking

the
thus

mares,

stallions

year

and

spoken

sections,

two

six
of

the

in
six

going northwards,

sun

mid-month,

Risley, Tribes

of
year

when

six

the

the

in

is

into

is of

the

exchange

for them

the

stone-

year-horses

we

as

Anchises

16, where

15,

the

Anchises,

was

was,

the

of

builders

like

Tros

division

year-horses

the

Etrurian

to

The

substituted

vol, i. p. 329.
'

sun-hen.

*.

summer

deer-sun-god,

of

sons

sun-god
the

mother

the

to

rock

which

sun-falcon,

creed

twelve

the

Frey,

introduction

dividing
Rigveda

the

stice
sol-

the

in

This

stacked.

is

of

the

who

Hoenir,

of Laomedon

horses

of

given

Chiroos,

of

place

the

moved
re-

birth

bed,

the

is

the

young

It

six

2.

for

the

Indian

the

and

winter

exchange

Freya,

Basques

stole

where

Edda,

of

out

rice

winter

was

the

and

Ganymedes,

the

of

iEneas

were

son

of

god

her

the

dedicated

descended.

which

for his

rivers

the

cut

Bashan,

Laomedon,

exchange

that

month

ritual

sun-hen,

straw

and

old

the
offspring,

their

year,

the

winter
the

of

the

deer,

the

the

festival of

this
of

the

Roman

the

In

when

Bonga,

and

of

sons

of

worshippers

Assarakos,

the

or

Gautama,

the

to

dedicated.

was

death

of life and

was

Fauns

Kalam

patriarchal sons

father

and

the

offered,

This

year.

the

to

of

wife

answered

threshing-floors and

represents
new

she

December

of

is then

fowl

and

Ho-Mundas,

that

is

hen, the

and

Indra,

whom,

to

Indian

festival

of

beginning
the

of

Ahalyl, the

was

afterwards

and

Chronology

and

Castes

the

oldest

of Bengal, Ho,

of the Myth-Making
month
of

(May

Jaistha
both

and

day,

^June),from

"

called

are

Anchises

of

year-herd

Veda

is marked

Thus

six

contained

doe

which

in

while

the

and

six

and

six

the

of

rule

months

mares

six

that of the

as

male

^.

of

age

147

six

Rishis

the

the

antelopes {rishya), and


originated

the

consisted

the

of

stallions,that

Age,

the

buck

conception
antelope-god

Dardanus.
This

in Lemnos

current

It

the

was

three

Orion's

year,

as

were,

the

original
and

India,

'

twins

of

in

It appears
is of

the

of the sacrifice in the


in the Grand

Fane

iv" Supplement,

sect,

iii.,also

280, 281, 271


Li-chi

the next

^depen^lent on
in

year

described

year

the

equinox.

Chapter

V.

(Scorpio)in

the

and

B.C.,

soUtitial month

month
and
Asarh

(June

Sachau, Alberuni's

India

the

are

S.B.E.,

ruled

was

cycleyear
is

month

xxvii.
one

called

The

this and
io,cxx}

vol. i.,chap. xix. p. 219.


2

that

called

years,

in

the

was

beginning
*

Tablet

of
the

Constellations^* The
sun

in Antares

was

I4,cxx"

the next

B.C.

succeeding

B.C.

472 ; O'Neill, Night

252,

Scorpio

three

Primitive

rule

about

pp.

like

Tisri, beginning with

ii. p. 88.

to
to

place

by Jaistha, Antares
of

it.

Legge, Lt-Chi,

was

Antarcs

was

to

takes

It

vol.

year

that

centre,

Emperor occupies

the

Virgo.

Vedic

rest

solstice.

allotted

of Distinction.
and

the

days winter

months

when

in

resting-

summer

of

season

p. 828.
}

twelve

Star at the

the

pair,

summer

new

were

^Junc)called after it between

"

July), up
x.

They

but

the

to

twelve

star

the

continued

Phcrccydcs, quoted by Strabo,

girl3.

Pole

jun., F.S.A.,

Jaistha (May

"

Mithuna

Scorpio

of

of Seed

Antares

the

ii. ;

the

Antares

Brown,

female

the

If

mid-month

in

Lord

Part

star, the

the

and

court

or

28.

p.

male

Hall

Thirty Stars,'Star xxiii.,vol.

of the

I3,0CX)

R.

sun

which

equinox.

autumnal

the Thirty Stars,* the


aatumnal

xxviii.

is in Gemini

the

to

Jii^tha. One

'

middle

when

I,

Tablet

none

the

week

as

the

of

the Li-chi

in the

with

of China

of

the

answering
of the

added

were

year-gods, who

six

originallya month

in the house

parts,
counter-

of

and

boy

this

seasons

female

called

Zodiac,

as

astronomy

year

grand apartments

Book

the

solstice,and

season

according

note

the

days

offspring of

summer-god,

of Orion

summer

It is the
the

of the

earlier year

These

six

probably not

was

original three

crcating-gods

Troad.
In

phallicworship.
the

male

the

see,

represented

the bed

place in

of

mothers'.

the

mid-month

This

in the

three

were

Chronometry,

age

Kabiri,

the

of

towns

duplicated by three

the

shall

we

the

were

original three

the

to

of

all the

the

of

that

was

and

creating Kabiri,

rather

or

creating pair

Imbros

theology

the

belief
of

of the

theolc^y

of

the

Gods^ vol. ii.

History and

148
Kami
created
of
a

Izanami, brother

Japan, Izanagi and

of

make, consolidate

"

to

Chronology

in the

with
it

he

which

the land
give birth to
they were
provided with
to
Shelah, which
they made

birth

gave

worshipped
Great

Bear

from

the

trident

rise from

to

twin

as

the

of
sea,

tree

This

sea.

Poseidon
and

with

trunk,

which

was
creating-gods Apollo, who
as
Apollo Smintheus, the mouse,

Troad

in the

the

rose

Lato, worshipped

in the

the burrower

Delos

the

to

island

mythology

made

mother

the

rose

Grecian

in

was

spear

till the

ocean

sister,

"

and

Japan, and for this purpose


churning spear, the Hebrew

rotate

and

earth,and

Artemis,

the

of the

goddess

".

of Kabiri, who
originalparent-pair
according
were,
in Greece
to
Epimenedes of Crete, male and female, were
Hephaistos, the Sanskrit Yavishtha, the most
binding{yu)
the
Pole
the
god,
one-legged
god,
churningspear of heaven,
and
his spouse
born
from the
Aphrodite, the mother-earth

The

he
(a"f)p6s)

foam

ocean

mother-goddess
mother

Ba.

Anchises,
takes

the

In the

of

year

of

sea

she

was

the

the Phoenician
triangle,

the

the

husband

the

the

Trojan historyof

first divided

who

pairs,became
and

of

from

raised

these
into

year

primaevalyears,
male

female

and

the

'year-mother Aphrodite,
lame, one-legged Pole Star god

place of the
of the yearthe potter turning the creating-spear.Two
as
taken from his son
horses he replaced by mares
iEneas
were
by Diomedes, son of Tydcus, the hammering (tud)god, the
the creating-potter
it was
primaevalsmith, who became
; and
with

the

these

at

the

see

in

horses

funeral

Chapter VIII.,

seventeen

race

"

months

believed

O'Neill, NigAi of

the

the

won

=",which

chariot-race

first year

through the
Prajapatidivided
ethnology of this

heavens,

of

into

in their descent

the

Gods, Axis

run

inaugurated,as we shall
of the independent sun-

course

consideringthe
who

Diomedes

of Patroclus

god steeringhis
In

that

year

of

vol.

the

weeks.

seven-day
Dardanian
or
antelope-

from

Myths,

the

male

i. 31,

and

female

32 ; Homer,

Iliad,

i- 35"39.
"

Homer,

Iliad,v. 310"327

; xxiii. 290"292,

498"513.

of the Myth-Making
creator,
the

was

must

we

of

god

goddess

formed

race

by

of

women

the

the
of

sons

according

the

of the

union
and

the

of

governments

first settled

the

of

Orion

life,the

equivalent

[patah)y
The

of

gods

of

the

place

of this
form

of

before

become

an

Star

which
the

was

fire

meteoric

he

the

or

their

whose

kept

Greek
the

spark
stone.

the

from

aKfitav^

of

parent
in

the

the

Sanskrit

was,

as

flash
his

iii.37,

Herodotus
the

opener

Pattish.

Heb.

of

was
name

the
used

they

prophet-bard
is the
of

Grecian
smith-

this

by

Zeus

Here

Centaur,
struck

was

the
on

from

to

the

mists, where

Ashman,

the

Eurutos

lightning

Eurutos

rain-seed.

it

Greek

the

was

the

the

by

whence

heaven

in

creating

Kushika,

stone

smithy

of

god

living spark

the

name

The
down

cast

was

the

hammer-gods

vessels, and

Ribhus.

the

strikers, which

the

duced
intro-

of

meaning

dwarf

Orpheus,

was

to

had

sons

the

hammer,

earthly father-god, was


god

anvil, the

of

Sanskrit

the

Ptah,

the

Pataikoi

front

confederacy

creator,

Pole

the

in

according

these

the

as

hammer

and

accepted

the

anvil

the

was
were

of

spark

Egyptian

Kabiri

by

the

was,

weapon

Phoenicians, called
to

who

and

the

of

year

they

produced

fire

with

god

the

his

and

the

time

first year

the

creating-god
who

when

measured

after

introduced

hammer

This

dwarf-god Hephaistos,
the

marriage,

based

had

who

Munda

of

smith

stone

born.

the

them

the

on

Marlchi,

the

with

be

to

was

rule

divine

god

of

the

provincial

and

made

to

custom

looked
the

hammer,

striking

clung

patriarchal
who

sun-deer,

of

Northern

of

had

who

of

had

essentially conservative,

were

instincts

the

system

and

and

Greece

and

modification

They

India,

Minor

year,

merely

conservative

the

in Asia

Pleiades

sun-bird.

from

rivers,who,

people who
village

the

Pelasgi,

founders

the

the

on

with

the
the

mixed

North

of

were

Southern

were

were

sons

the

were

the

father-god

the

was

people

the

the

they

of

men

ii. 51,

These

creed

Hence

stream,

149

mother

these

Herodotus

belief.

by

the

Bahu.

organisation they brought

they

in this

Akkadian

Peleg

system

that

North, while

South,

to

Kabirian
their

the

the

Ba,

forget

not

Age.

his
stone

which
this

shows, the drawer

History

150

of
(ipvoi)
of

the

the

whose

son

the

was

looked

in the

father-god
tree, and

round

turn

thus

the

pole,

Bear

he

As

became

the
the

Peleg, descended
Potter's

and

both

Hence

original
the

is

is

depicted

illustration

lion's head

curved

the

of

of

the

the

week
is

XL.

2, under
who

Wilkinson,
the

Gods,

these
the

the

the

Ancient

Book

sprung

god, who
Egyptians,

Kabeiroi, vol. ii.

p.

Budge,

Book

of

pp.

"

upon
here

Myths,

91,

253.

in the

Bes
who

his

has
hands
and

the

Dead,

ass

148;
The

five

gods

represent

appears

vol. iii. p.

who

crescents,

which
an

shining
he

denoting

the
in

813, Axis

of the Dead, Transiation,

Egyptian

Bes,

lunar

of

Dravidian

the

of

the

name

in

by

each

vol. i. p. 214.
'

given

gods

two

Vignette

has

his
the

Wilkinson.

the

of

birth

of

of five feathers,

proved by

potter's wheel.

followed

in

the

architect,

ape's tail,and

light,is

denoting

That

Egyptian

the

form

tail, holds

crown

^,

biting,addresses

Gardiner
the

lion's

and

slaying a serpent

'

the

Gardiner

Sir

in

acquired

an

and
of

second

is

Great

turner

god Hai, meaning


with

ape

adoring

as

with

year

Chapter
it is

an

as

thus

northern

the

sacrificial knife,

is crowned

he

the

it
tree

of Shelah

the
a

the

to

Khnum,

was

with

of

sons

this deduction

where

given by

of

of

attached

working

as

of the

stars

move

represented

was

Hapi

world's

the

on

potter, the

potter, and

is

Proof

ape.

represented

days

the

which

Kabir,

picture mythology,
one,"

He

father-god, and

ape-

the

Earth.

dwarf-creating potter

Great

Kapi,

divine

portrayed

are

this

the

sits

which

potter

this

Egyptian

constellation

the

of

was

creed

Thigh, the

being

the

of

who

stars

stars

god

Ptah,

as

the

god

from

wheel, the

mythology

the

the

ape,

god

who

of the mother-

primaeval

of his

pressure
makes

and

its leaves.

as

the

by

the

creating fire,

theology

the

in
This

was

of

spark

slayer

father-smith,

the creator

as

that

seen

god Set,

it

turns

the

The

matriarchal

patriarchalage

the

Bear,

the

the

Krishanu,

solstice.

winter

the great ape.

was

became

Great

of

have

we

the

lightning god,

father-god

and

who

the

was

on

race,

of

bird

Sanskrit

the

heavenly bow,

Shyena

Chronology

and

where

Ani,

when

whose
in

in

neck

serpent

O'Neill, Night
Tat

of

Ptah,

History

152

the

mother-earth.

of

Thor, the

by
union
the

of

of

historical

and

accorded

to

history.

It

the

best

as

from

the

Hindu

their

flower
tree

is

stocks,

Chapter Vn.,
the

red

where

of

denounced
of

Achan,

I tell the
whose

the
as

and

the

Dara
in

accursed

Kauravya, vanquished
Ram,

from

antelope
they

history of

by

this

the

the

ploughing-god, became

the

breach

lines

traced

the
the

of

will

male
female
male

the

be

the

Pandavas,
the

in

seen

of the sexless

date-palm-tree.

men

vii. 16-26,

India

the

same

phallic parent-tree,

were

Joshua
in

were

was

the

with

the year

Ragh,

or

in

of

sons

Rai

flower

importance

cognizance

the

Both

the

from

of

son

date-palm-

fruit when

bear

only

by pollen

lines descended

two

sons

will

the

tree

preceded

Perez,

of Zerah.

named,

fifth

the

is shown
of

\s,

Akkadians.

the

of

cestor
an-

that

is

between

son

his

who

as

sons

iEneas

Mahol,

Tamar,

the

the

historical

great

sun-god Bhishma,
Of

and

Dardanos,

was

men

date-palm-tree, the

which

of

God,

ii. 6,

Ram,

Ram

the

impregnated
its

Hebrew

in

position

i," that

of

son

of the

and

twin-brother

the

from

and

the

the

traditional

who

Supreme

Chron.

deer-sun

makes

was

female

and

the

the

ancient

Zeus

ethnological difference

and

descent

in

of

the

Judah

in

widespread

by

fish-sun-god of

of

Their

Poseidon,

the

the

in

this belief

of

proved

sons

called

drawn

was

representative

of the wisest

twin-son

which

cleft,who

chariot

Dara,

or

Mjolnir

especially appeared
is

by

of

hammer

antelope.

and

Achilles

Rama,

genealogy
or

all the

one

the

antelope

the

of

named

red

and

tree,

heir

Darda,

as

is

the

Zerah,

the

Sallimanu,

or

father

His

the

Darda,

Gesenius,

to

iv. 31,

Solomon,

of

Dardanus,

Erectheus.

Kings

which

earth

sons

beloved

according

whose

Edda,

religious influence

was

the

was

phallic phase

and

the

rescued

was

the

was

Chronology

symbol

the

of

heaven

creed

"

This

god

It

goats.

and

of

the

by

fighting
while

the

family
crime

Chiroos

the

the

or

of

sons

peaceable rulers of

the

country.
The

evidence

which

have

Iliad^ XX.

adduced

304.

marks

Asia

Minor

of the Myth- Making


the

as

meeting-place

Dardanian

of

which

race,

the

of

the

rivers

of

the

deer-sun-god

united

of

the

Great

Their

have

the

land

of

tributary

of

the

belong
are

the

the

is there
who

the

down

came

is

at

their

at

the

It
the

the

Chiroo

of

Hele

the

of

the

of

images

survival

is the

hat

in their

This

of

potters, who

of

customs

their

of

tells

which

the

of Atar, the

'

and
their

the

was

of

the

by

Castes

Glossary^ N.

Hunter, Gaatiecr

India,

IV.

the

dress
head-

Chiroos,
This

his

to

bride

takes
tribe

place
of

the

plough-god
the

by

worn

the

Asia

through
Minor

Toda

history

clay

country,

of
in

the

of Bengal^ Chiroos, vol.

of India^ vol.

of

x.

p.

322.

Baku,

i. p.

the

201

through
the

Patakan,
into

This
of Asia

South-west

Ataro

Provinces^ Jats, p. 486.

geography

Zendavesta.

land

the

patriarchal

local

they passed

Thence

of

passes

the

the
the

yielding

the

and

by

flows, called

fire-god.

their

their

fire-worshippers and

Basque

first settlement

river

and

the

is confirmed

petroleum

Kur

Risley, Tribes

plementary

into

route

Minor

'

brought
marriage,

that

us

of

crops

and

and

2.

graves

march

the

North-west,

are

They

with

the

of

races

who

who

oldest

hat

Tartar

the

mound-building

still found

line

of

as

northern

also

Rama,

ment
state-

Magadha.

helmet

the

Chitral,

of

of

Jats, the

cultivating Jats, worshippers


This

of

bridegroom

gift of the

the

India.

helmet

rulers

Daitya

Dardanoi

Gyndes,

race,

we

through
by

they

was

as

was,

river

Northern

pith

bear-stars

descendants

Naga

as

every
This

the

the

Hanza-Nagar

Kharwars

marriage.
weddings

of the

in

as

represented by

given by

race

the

of

speaks

cap.

India

the

composite

is shown

it is their

the

Dard

to

succeeded

helmet

of

sons

of

thence

Tigris

Dardistan

country

of

wearers

allies

of

the

of

sons

progress

banks

Tigris, and

Dards

to

the

on

very

Ararat,

Mount

189, who

i.

in Kurdistan

the

composite

original parent-river

of the

East

the

to

Herodotus

dwelling

with

their

and

Zendavesta^

the

with

eel-god

Kur, rising in

of Elam

now

the

Bear.

the

seen,

of

and

the

union

the

by

153

of

parent-stems
formed

was

Age.

land

Median

Elliot, Sup-^

History and

154

of

country
the

of

Ragha,

of the

"

three

Apsu, the

of

^ the

sea

bi-sexual

one

the

sun-god

Dr.

Sayce

Oxus

Elani

the

the

Sauka-vastan,
wet

the Akkadian

there,
each

other,

is

of which

Adah

wives,

two

tiger wives
the

are

Assyrian

Tsir-lu, the

those

and

weavers,

Kallisto, the

to

wives

of

the

father

Darmestcter, Zendavesta

"

Sayce,

Hibbert

Ibid., Lect.

Gen.

iv. 19

Lectures

iii. pp.
"

the

latter

for

185,

23 ; Berard,

note

the

the

Fargard^ i.

887, Lect.

vi. pp.

384

"

388

Tsilluwas

potters

tlic

4.

and

Lect.

p. 135.

These

pillar-bed,

vol.

3, 186.

Origine des CtUtes Arcadiens,

trident,

answering

S.B.E.,

i6 ;

two

Gautama

goddess
of

the

former

name

god

whose

and

pastoral

Bear

plough,

Pen

shade,

or

artificers the

Great

phallic god,
Vendidad

Langa,

of

Pharsi

that

Gond

the

Lamech,

{tsir). The

the

is

the

Nagar,

beautiful,

beautiful

information.

Akkadian

of the

cattle,
of

followed

bands

Semitic

by

progress

Lingal,

the

darkness

Saka

the

Thence

reproductions

snake

the

Naamah

most

Idu,

have

the

of

the

(p. 160)

or

who

and

Todas,

is the

land

the

immigration

Gond

the

god

prongs
Edu

this

of

the

to

their

of

sources

form

Zillah,

(///)of

race

of

mother
and

and

outer

or

This

3.

death
From

of

of

Lingal.

workman,

form

dialectic

Indian

the

Nagar,

of

Song

was

Sak, dominated

invading

of

account

Gond

creating god,

the

it

annual

home

records

Indian

to

turn

Indian

the

in

given

in which

must

we

earliest

The

is

order

and

Khar-sak-kurra.

the

as

means,

entered

god

of
for

and

name

Eastward

the

Seistan,

of

shrine

celebrated.

(//),and

the

gods

two

the

19, the

was

Akkadian

the

India,
the

and

life

mother-mountain

entered

they

of

modern

of

sons

race,

Its

fire-worshippers went
river

of

{beth)of Lakhmu,

Dumu-zi

or

born
of

chaos

Bcth-lehem,

Jerome, "p.

St.

to

Ji-hun, the

or

house

of Tammuz

and

Ragha

or

the

shown,

part
counter-

creators,

pair

dedicated.

Palestine, was

has

rebirth

that

female

the

this

to

was

creator

that, according

and

of

of

It

land

Akkadian

in

his

Tiamat,

the

was

female

and

Mum-mu

or

Ba-hu.

goddess

forming

there

deep,

with

who,

male

the

were

This

became

name

cosmological history Lakh-mu,


Lakha-mu,

^."

races

whose

Ragha,

sun-god

Chronology

iv. p. S.

ii. pp.

xix.

of the Myth' Making


the

in

are

of

speech
the

Yima,

Ira

Iran.

or

the

the

of

of

garden

year-ring of

Ahura

Mazda.

This

fields

mixed

pastoral

and

of the

first wives

were

heads

the

of

god

the

the

goddess-mother
witch-mother

the

Savangha,

of

genealogy
is descended

father

bull,

is

Jabal

of

the

of

Lingal gives

pastoral

builders, the

men

Neolithic

age,

who

with

former

the

of

birth

the

of

the

of

Song
of

race

after

regenerated Lingal, who,


he

Gonds

rice,

given

creator,

"

'

note

gods.
the

Dannesteter,
10"

pp.

him

to

the

of

had

established

revived

was

by
On
Pole

by
Kirtao

of

the

of

the

of

is

Asia
the

in

the

the

Gonds

eel.

the

the

of

land

Sabal, the

crow

he
a

in

Song

Turano-

of

in

to

"

of

the

life

by

the

by

the
to

messenger

of

19;

first
grow

Mahadeo,

race

vious
pre-

immortality

raven

asked

ii.

the

tells

taught
of

or

the

third, fourth

slain

and

or

amalgamated

the

been

new

Fargard^

mother

monuments

water

or

Airyu,

artificers

the

brought

the

of

The

described

had

Turanian

winter-mother

Lingal, which

Amrita

Vtndiddd

the

mother

of

told

of

god, for

whom,

Minor, and

is

Star

from

Idu, the

is

land

he

Berezi-

Tura,

or

of

stones,

sorcerers,

and

summer-

equivalent

in

the

sented
repre-

spring and

the

fire

Edu

resurrection

Zeitdavesta

wives

two

spring,

his

the

Gonds,

S.B.E.,

but

vol.

iv"

15"

Dannesteter, Zcudavesta
2.

his

history

tilled

year

father, the

megalithic
in

the

second

Orion^s

husband

river

from

came

Their

cantos

of

witch-mother

dwellers

chapters.
fifth

the

of

sons

well

snake

genealogical history

the

us

the

the

gold

three

shepherd,

of

sons

the

with

Erina-vach,

the

parent-

wore

was

biting

Shah-Namah

equivalent

Abel,

or

Dravidian

the

; while

the

of

and

the

of

They

the

pillar-bed, between

daughters

agricultural people.

seasons

trident, the

triad

the

Tsir-lu,

the

three

Savangha-vach,

winter.

in

the

who

garden

Azi-Dahaka,

god of

^, the
as

of

God

of

bi-sexual

twin, the

the

speaker

the

the

were

of

speaker

Erina-vach,

They

shepherd,

great
maker

god, the

and

East,

155

the

Savangha-vach,

{vclcK) of the

speech
the

Zendavesta,

Age,

Aban

Vashiy 34;

S. B. E., vol.

xxiii. pp.

61, 62)

156
their
he

release

from
the

brought

the

seek

for

but

had

rain-birds.

the

the

god

of

the

summer

On

the

twins

whence

arrival

proceeded

the

{lathyrussativa).
began

rains

also

Muggar

Gonds

the

by

Their

Ribhus.

Twins

India,

which

(ambd)

of

taught

carts,

Kesari

and

on

grown

of

end

the

rains

This

is situated

Ancitnt

and

close to

also

and

and

landed

they
the

down
the

at

tion
junc-

them

the

Dame,

the

to

parent

town

called

Nur-bhumi,

the

central

capital

the

of

mother-city
bullocks

them

gave

of which

latter

second

soil.

mixed

crop,

divided

He

who

pp.

391 ff.

is
with

the

made

junction of the Jumna

Geography of Jndia^

of

and

millets,Jowari {Holctis sorghum)

Mana-wajas,
the

the four

Draco

them,

of

by

alligator,called

Kusambi,

sativa)^the

upland
the

He

grow

as

saved

were

country

houses

afterwards

to

Lingal

Ganges, Lingal taught

race,

".

monsoon

tortoise,and

When

of

Kesari

country.

devour

("//r) lands,

(lathyrus

tribes, (i)

the

flooded

family

tortoise

them

rich

the

it the

the

who

meal

called

race

Fuse,

tortoise.

the

Kushites

the

whole
new

and

the

the

became

the

the

tried

hundred

the

of

that

of

across

(dama)y
or

the

Lingal by

with

Jumna

Kushite

of the

flooded

Gonds

by

their

North

cooking

were

of

rains

born,

were

to

of the

houses

the

the

up

the

as

summer-god.

Gonds

saviour

river

build

central

constellation

finallybrought

there

came

alligator, the

were

of the

they

Mugral

or

the

is the

from

(Kaswal\

tortoise

the

Dame,

Jumna,

or

origin by cooking

While

parent

the

brings

of

the

offspring,to

who

race

brought

fall and

to

four

the

and

new

their

foreign millet

the

he

of

brought by

was

her

He

guardian

broods

Yamuna

rises.

Hence

show

to

with

monsoon,

solstice.

the

and

to

Bhour-nag,

by

seven

snake

the

(Ydma\

South-west

his

the

seashore

summer,

killed

together

Devala-giri mountain,
of

of

original

the

Western

watched

sun

killed

mother-cloud-bird,

river

them

already

He

the

till

refused

was

Bindo-bird,

to

burning

village-snake,who
young

went

found

fire-snake, the

the

black

the

Lingal

them,

Chronology

mother-mountain

of

eggs

cloud-bird, Khu.

four

and

History

and

the

sown

the

at

rice

people into
images

Ganges.

of

ham,
Cunning-

of the Myth- Making


the

gods

butal

dancers, and

or

the

were

(2) Dahak-wajas

had

(4)

the

Marya,

The
the

Gonds.

tree

or

central

the

It is named
called

the

king

of

Bhojas, that

and

mercantile

sons

of

Druhyu,

sons

of

the

the

the

the

India

called

double

trident, \ ( the

and

Vi-jaya,

-I

the

land

united

the

as

the

were

of

the

bow

of

thunderbolt,

the

king
of

the

the

which

or

Rukmi,

by

was

wieldcr

with

tree, and

India, who

double

of

Maha-

known

now

He

bed

Vid-arbas

ruled

race

the

weapon

of

Gondwana.

Jambu

of

of

or

wood,

eight

as

of the

Drah.

sorcerer

of

Sanskrit

known

land

carriers

{rnkli)',

tree

land

of

108

sons

earth, the
in

also

the

is

herd-god,
shep-

earth.

called

is

log

the

tortoise

the

This

the

artisans

the

Gond

by simulated

the

of

formed

land

Bhils,

marry

sons

country

Mahabharata

{arba).

who

or

this

Jambu-dwipa,

four

double

of

four

Sib, the

as

(2) the

tortoise

great Kushite

the

in

Indian

the

already described, p.

These

kingdom

was
pillar-king,

Kosala, or

57

(3) Koila-

united

avatar

Kolamis,

Koto-tyul,

peopled the

who

races

the

first

Mundas

or

the

he

I have

ethnology

ifiilld)
\ (3)

capture, and

these

his

in

(i)theKolarian.Korkus
the bow

drum-beaters

or

With

brought

whose

5.

(4) Koi-kopal, the cow-keepers, who

ruling tribe.

tribes he

Age,

Assyrian god

Marduk,

Mcrodach

or

depicting

his

-IIf

Dorje

of

that

is his

female

god

Krishna

3.

This
and

is

the

primaeval

'

The

Hindi

Goblet

Mahabharata

word

wherein
from

the

the

our

Rook

and

(Samhhavii)Parva,

Ixxxv.

{Sainya
p. 260.

the

hill
flow

Rukmini,

black

or

2, the

antelope
Nur-mada

navel

or

west

of

and

the
east

in chess.

d'Alviella, The Migration of Symbols^

Udyoga

sister

His

of

bas-relief

Tiamat

Ner-budda

central

Umur-kuntak,

for tree,

bird-mother

wife

duplicate, was

rise

gods

the

in the

armed

Buddhists.

Northern

land

Sone

the

with

combat

the

calf-god,is

the

Niryana)

p. 97,

Parva,

fig.44.

clviii.

pp.

458, 459,

Adi

History and

158

and

sun

Star

Pole

in

of Indra

flower

this

to

of the

mother-rivers

the

as

mother
of

sixth

in

meditations

to

west,

and

said

in

gods

is

white

hog of

the

Vishnu

Lingal placed

taught them
the

how

and

bidding

vanished,
the

to

and

Kushikas

growing

together,

Northern

the

of

descent,

in

advance

an

them

as

his

The

the

of

the

be

the

of

tribes
as

animal
their

immigrants,

wood

and

of

function,

civilisation, and

of

the

the

tree

or

munity
com-

of trade-

which

beginning

true

bound

like that

change

he

millet-

assumed

an

union,
a

the

*^

names,

village sons
by

be

to

these

of

their

by

totems

goats,

dance

to

precept

castes

of

stone,

final instructions

his

see

bond

the

sacrifice to them

or

we

Jambu-

married

earlier

farewell

Southern

but

of

spirits{darti)^and

giving them

community

guilds, was

to

Gonds

the

to

After

of

sons

meditation

gods

year-gods,

were,

like

not

of

the

drink

2."

Tortoise

make

to

religious dances.

home

central

of

or

flows from

Ojhas, who

or

daughters

calf,to

Sun-kalpa

pi the Jambu-tree

confederated

Pradhans

the

gnomon-pillar

cocks,

land

this

subject

the

among

to

comers

his

the

'.

priests called

dwipa
new

third

the

lotus-

devote

the Nurbudda

of

sun-god

tree-

sacred

must

of

the

called

It is there

the

the

Eg)rpt, is indigenous, and

{Eugenia jamboland), through which


east

that

Brahmin

every

nineteen

daily service.

Ra

and

of

worshippers

is here

It

country

the

united

gods.
India,

Chronology

marked
of

active

trade.
It is in the

gods

made

form

of

the

clues

to

their national
the

that of

ruled

who

the

at

xiii. p.

snake

Ocean

land.
and

his

Lingal,

Dubois*

Sek

He

hidden

Hindoo

makers

find

we

history.

Indian

all events

Beauchamp,

chap.
'

the

of

song
now

are

wooden

fertilised the

which

that

creator

these

by

the
the

true
as

the

god image

called

and

secrets

Customs^

and

monsoon,

Bhour

Sek

name

Nag

his

only

Races

of

Prehistoric

Times,

vol.

in

ritual
known

Ceremonies^

147.

Hewitt, Ruling

was

god Sak,

South-west

god

of the
certain

most

Akkadian

profound

Manners,

symbols

the

earliest

Nag,

is

of

one

The

and

of

i.,Essay iii."p. 223.

vol.

i.

History and

i6o

by

chain

of bells, the

and

Gangara,

consecrated

by pouring

of

wood,

first the

was

the

like

Caducous

jar

or

spirits{daru)

of

roots

described

original sign
rayed
on

of

Turkish

the

the

dorje

that

it

These

goddesses.
the

Bahu,
the

In

they
Star

as

Pleiades

the

and

and

winter
of

the

the

of

Buddhist

history

tells

tribes

{Benares),called
and

also

later

like

the

confederacy

the

Kushika,

the

mountain

'

were

they
the

are

that
nine

land

of

of

the

Kalpa Sutra,

to

s.

measured

by the

mothers
known

of

the

128;

in

tiger

confederacy

India

and

t\yo

( Vi)

four

the

Rayetal

people

the Mallis

the

of

the

These,

these

became,

Manko

were

Pole

Pen,

Kashi

who

original eight
of

tribes

Argo.
{dama)

prongs,

united

the

Kosala.

houses

sons

North-eastern
the

Pleiades

years

called

say,

mother-

tiger wives

two

there

people answering

Jacobi./diiM Sutras

the

Vajjians, the

India

the

us,

trident,

or

Pharsi

Vidghra), whose

Videha,

than

outer

These

ruled

Central

its two

is to

tiger.
as

of

crest

Cypriote

Ma

united

sun,

trident

are

that

(Pali Vyaggho, Sanskrit


eighteen

the

They

Rayetal,

sons

solstitial

the

six-

the

of

of

the

three

astronomy

first builders

goddesses,
Lingal

the

constellation

raven

the
in

prong-god.

Jungo

stellar

the

female

the

of

trident

form

is the
in the

star

its name,

parent-goddesses

Hence

Song

central

by

these

and

mother.

spring

of

the

became

the

and

abyss,

sign for

the

in

were

mythology

by the

and

of

three

the

crescent

"

shoots

thunderbolt,

the

by

originally the

was

Homer

by

parent

united

double

or

It shows

syllabic alphabet.

three

These

surmounted

banners

representing,

plumule issuing from

30.

p.

called

sign,the

the

on

which

star

J^^

originally

were

prongs

typical tree

Hermes

cotyledons, and

two

of the

god
of

the

the three-leaved

TpvneTrjko^^or
the

which

trident-god, of

This

of

bell-god Ghagara

the

of

sign

it.

over

of

Chronology

or

races

were

tribes

of

Mundas,

primitive tribes

S.B.E., vol.

xxii. p.

266.

of the Myth-Making
of

the

Gonds,

of

the

dog

of the

The

alliance

of

aboriginal
wad

the

founders

as

bom

of the

the

sons

mother

the

It

two

of

Horus

with
and

high

disk

these

was

house

of Doms,

Hewitt,

once

Ruling

Tribes
kisley.

Terrien

seasons

low

and
de

the

drawn

of

the

tiger

two

of

[dama)
rulers

Races

Castes

the

of

sons

builders.
of

Oudc

o/Bettgal,vol.
The

and

the
survive

Behar,

i. pp.

Languages

112,

II

Italy.
the

became

tortoise, the
in

who

the

caste

have

Times, vol. i..Essay iii.,pp.

of Prehistoric

la Couperie,

and

n.

Brugsch, Religion

und

Mythologie
M

den

3.

of China

alten

left

192, 193;

beforethe Chinese^

19,38-42, 61,70, 105.


'

is

heats.

summer

who

Dame

They

it, and

in Greece

cat-mothers

or

the

village goddess

the

of the

house-builders

Faun

in

as

Hat-hor, the

under

creeping

cats.

two

forehead

her

on

sons

hawk-

year,

of

form

bears

into

last

the

by

solstitial
a

were

These

2.

of

was

goddess

hairy

divided

tribes

goddess, Sochit,

land,

the

{bun) Nagas,

car

and

According

were

sons

snake

They

River,

Lolos.

wizards,

sun-god,

another

mother-goddesses
Kushika

whose

'.

the southern

of

with

forest
cat

or

Rikad

Couperie, they

la

the

Rike^d Gowadi

Yellow

or

of the

Indian

Miao

with

Kushika

The

the

the

was

China.

states

tiger,and

Eastern

the

of

from

came

cat-mother-goddess Bast,

associated

C.

by

the

the

of

year-circle or

of the

squirrel{Rtk)

de

artisan

of

daughters

united

or

the

by Lingal with

p. 119, intermixed

suckled

mother-goddess Freya,
the

who

of

confederacy

daughters

Terrien

Pan-ngao,

race

Eg"'pt

the

of

confederacy
by

squirrel,and

were

this

of the

son

on

in the

child
or

These

of

tribes

villages, the

Tsu

seen

bear

the

four

introduced

Mons

legend quoted
of

were

of

or

have

we

the Pan-hu

"

the Licchdvis, the

valley of the Yang-tsi-kiang

of the
a

nucleus

partners

people

of the

were,

"

of

the

to

first Gonds

Mundas

the

were

sons

the

northern

were

side

earliest

i,the village(gowa)

The

of

tribes

dog {svan\ answering

Gonds.

to

nine

i6i

traders
who
(Akk. Lig)^ the warlike
worshipped
fire-mother,called in the Rigveda Matarisvan, the mother

the

Go

the

and

Age,

Aigypter, pp. 333, 649.

pp.

Domdiha

and

the

on

thus

They
who

the

of

most

of

sub-section

They

the

sub-caste

builds

thatched

roof

Kushikas

is shown

of darv"

their

left

of

of

Azesia

in

originally
their

that

of

Damia,
the

"

from

sacrifices
the

according

mother,
Dame,

to

240

the

whom

of

251,

North-west

divine

of

the

city
The

ii. Appendix,

i. p.

people

41 ; Sir

of hidia^ Dom,

coins

Babhan,
H.

of

are

the

vol. i. p. 84.

is,

They
whence

the

the

ritual

same

The

as
name

Gond

Dame,

especially

was

Indian

marked
island

of the

raven-

of

sons

also

were

local

by
stole

vol. i. p. 31, Dom,

Elliot, Memoirs

or

city consecrated

the

Auxesia

and

the

Koronis, the

of

sun-birds

whose

the

of

physician,son

Castes of Bengal^

and

worship

Epidaurus,

Damia

iEgina.

Provinces

of

cocks, the

Troezen,

their

and

with

Azesia

Eleusis.
like the

means,

their

Auxesia,

and

Pausanias,

the

of

centre

Greece,

at

of

Persephone.

maritime

Demeter

ritual

offered.

Risley, Tribes
"

of

Hesychius,

to

whom

to

blades

name

Italy,of

into

which

right wrist

and

be

the

in

relationship

to

the

with

with

Damia

the

is, according

the

in

were

trident, and
'

Suidas

building goddess,"

^sculapius,

gods

by

Crete,

worship

conspicuous
to

in

introduced

were

Chaparia

The

^.

their

Damia

stated

came

the

supporting

the

the bride

curved
moon.

knotted

round

the

crescent

connection

goddesses,

two

and

seen,

cults

Indian
of

Greece

have

we

the

peculiar

the

oil,and

marks

building-mother, Dame,
worshippers

and

to

caste

marriage ceremonies,

is tied

grass,

the

and

bridegroom

Their

house.

by

Kusha

or

the

of

country.

belong, by

frame-work

in turmeric

soaked

knife

bamboo

of

Buddha,

the

the

by profession, and

the
of

Behar

men

the

Doms,

basket-makers

are

thread

the

forts.

Rohini

the

on

is situated,
Dom

of

Babhans,
of

ruling Rajas

country

Aldebaran,

are

clan

in
the

among

Dom-Katdr,

[katart) of

knife

the

landowners

represented

river

of

forts

the

Buddha,

the

this

on

Gautama,

chief

still the

are

which

the

protected

are

They

Suhankot

and

ruled

the star

after

named

the

of

names

Kapila-vastu, the birth-placeof

Ramgfurh

as

the

in

They formerly

river

the

Chronology

power

Domangurh.

Rohini,

which
for

former

their

of

traces

and

History

62

vol.
Races

the

them

i. pp.

of

the

of
from

of

of
this

olive

set

had

their

which

gift sent

images

island,

thus

central

Hir-men-sol

abusing

by

two

their

the

at

by

seasonal

the
It

throwing

is in

Italy that

Grecian

festival

its rites

most

worshipped
as

was,

the

that

who

the

adopted

herbs

and

was

sow

the

excluded

'

note

; and

V.

p.

PauluSi

192

5, 104, sect

was

She

Italy,and
was

her

Dorian

the

from

it

was

have

cattle

of

5, 6, 32,2

been

Cacus,

; vol. i. pp.

and

goddess

as

of

the

of

Damia
called
races

She,

were

kept, and

It, like the Theswhich

men

while

held
whom

117,

hen,

temple heaMng

by iEsculapius

to

the

meals.

whose

women

who

Kalends

the

common

in
was

seasons,

goddess

of

custom

Creto-

Dea,

priestesswas

of

Warde

Bona

invoked

was

healing deity,in

said

of this

Damia

on

festival

v.

accompanied

originallythe May

Herod,

68 ; W.

danced

Ahalya,

of

cups

festival.

ii. 30,

dancing-

who

Indian

her

the

These

the

at

away

of

tendent
superin-

ten

gods worshipped

festival

carried

to

by

the

her

Frazer, Pausaniasy

267 ;
'

was

driving

was

snakes

offered

mophoria,

the

were

of

the

Day.

Dorian

like iEsculapius,was

who,

ritual

the

was

her

she

Hence

2.

were

the

name

146,

she

But

Southern

and

Damiatrix

the
p.

May

our

the

they

original source.

filler of

hence

and

is, on

in Tarentum

on

Hebe,

goddess.

Persephone,

their

under

seen

hen

the winter

history of

the

Rome

of

goddesses

as

by

dances

trace

can

perfectlyto
at

patrons

the

'.

we

and

have

we

Greek

May,

of stones

There

village women

these

festivals,and

of

centre

goddesses

goddess.

Indian

clearly the

were

each

to

Herodotus,

dancing-women,

appointed

were

Athene, the

to

the

pillar.

marked

bhVe

requital

in

to

in
the

as

of

priests assigned
women

them

the

Poseidon, the snake-

Oia

at

choruses

They

seasons.

Athens

Erectheus

sun-gnomon

another,

one

and

made,

were

for them

or

Attica

-/Eginetans,
according

distinguishing

worshipped
rival

The

trident.

163

from

yearly offerings to

special shrine

up

Age.

received

tree-mother-goddess, and
of the

god

Myth-Making

which

Epidaurus,

wood

the

he

18,

121

were

Hercules
had

slain,

; iii. pp.

266,

82"87.
Fowler,

The

4.

Roman

Festivals^ yp.

105,

sect.

5,

the

and

that

refused

women

him

treated

as

of

the

wind

South-west

brings

festivals

the

of

Pleiades
of

Thesmophoria
from

when

the

it

of

the

Monsoon,
the

of

deprived

mythology,
the

in

other

Cacus

the

of

is

sag,
**

their

credentials
he

who

by

took

Roman

the

was

branch

sacred

or

of

the

of

or

of

Kushikas, worshippers

guarding

Naga

snake,

of

the

to

Sancus,

altars
This
of

the

of

Bear,
which

the

W.

Warde

'

The

M.

the

the

Akkhadi

Fowler,

The

god of the Hercus,


et

the
or

the

the

root

which

the

god

in Rome

borne

and

the

as

Ara

Kusha

sacred

ploughing

the

and

constellation

Maxima,

village and

sacred

provincial grove-

Pleiades

the

Greek
y

earlier

in

ploughing festival held


102,

?picos,meaning

chap, ii.,La

sect,

Breal,

de la Fable, p.
an

goddess

became

year,

Latine, p. 6, Formation

Cacus

the

Damia,

Festivals^p.

Roman

Legende

Breal, Hercule

the

thus

from

of

national

of Azesia

of

season

CacuSt chap, ii.,La

the

of

',

faith 3.

festival

Day

second

of

and

was

of the

plough-god

succeeded

earlier

May
ritual

Gond

Great

one

priestlyambassadors.

sons

Naga

the

he

oaths,

the

grass,

Greek

forms

grass,

solemn

Italian

the

wet-god Sak,

Fetiales

god

in

and

enclosure

derived

Akkadian

rain-

seed-god,

some

and

Sancus,

the

of

those

by

short,

In

form

sagmen,"

held

was

Sancus,

Sancus.

Semo

god

called

is

times,

the

He,

but

In

guardian-snake.

he

legend

or

sac

the

words,

were

vanquished

household

the

both

to

Archal,

solstitial sun,
of

the

was

festivals; and

rains

good

Phoenician

guardian

other

Hercules.

light by

the

and

for

seasonal

two

seasonal

afterwards

was

the

of

god

Semones,

Sabine

of

not

the

at

Day

in matriarchal

Italy

praying

who

cows

was

Herakles, the
of

danced

festival

was

and

the

the

May

(2) that

is

Aristotle,

to

this

the

which

proved

originallyof

is

of

November

"

Greece

to

villagewomen

(3) that
god

India

of

year,

October

according

one

say,

Kaxlo?,

(i) that

was

is to
has

Halicarnassus

clear

goddess Damia

the

Br6al

rains, that

is

it

M.

name,

the

up

Monsoon',

festival of

brought

KcuxCa^,the

that

water,

As

usurper.

by Dionysius

Greek

that

give him

to

alien

an

CacuSy called

form
of

Chronology

History and

164

enclosed

Legende Latine,

pp.

the

on

Hercule
11

the

1.

plot.

51"58.

et

of the Myth' Making


1

of

Baisakh

Gond

year,

8th

the

of

version

story of
of

millet

used

feast of

the

the

which

also

working for

The

of this
before

the

his

departure
of

worship
of the

number

Dosadhs

(marom)

god

of

village

Sokha

form

forest

or

the

or

prongs

grove

smiter,

Chandrl

with

the

or

Maroti

the

Elliot, Supplementary
Vana

{Ttriha-Ydtra)

gods

(5)

the

Glossary^ N.
Parva, cxlv.

p.

the

Dosadhs,

ape-god

These

W.

Hanuman,

(6)

Adi

mother,

the

goddess

the

called

mother,
three

boundaryHanuman

Pandahrl

last three

say,

the

These

Provinces, Akhteej,
439,

is to

second

Dosadhs.

tree-ape
3.

the

Mata

(4) Goraya,

The

Maroti

that

Mai, the
the

of

the

of
of

(2)

of the

mother

was

He

in war,
;

worshipping

Rahu.
son

the

(i) Bhim-

are

fire

brother

Lingal,

doubled

thus

the

priests of

trident

moon-goddess

of

god

that

faith, established

and

These

(3) Mata

the

of

by

institution

the

festival
old

the

gods,

fire-drill

god, the encircling snake


the

of

god

witch-mother

at

tfie six-days week.

called

{6un)

observed

Britain, began

Mahabharata,

or

craftsmen,

'.

lathi, his weapon

or

of

custom

of

Cymri

the

the

ape-god,

club

the

the Bun-di

the

of

male-bamboo

the

the

to

his trade

the

the

confederacy

gods.

Bhima,

Bhima

tree

of

trident

Magadha,

of

Pandava

of the

The

season

lightly over

Gond

six

three

Hindu

the

sen,

the

in

year

land.

at

inauguration

the

as

the

at

as

earth

gods of

its

new

the

the

with

year

new

death

the

Pleiades

the

apparently contemporaneously

was

that

is eaten,

gram,
of

the

that

India

of

at

then

is

original

begun,

according
time

short

It

of

agricultural implements

in

among

D.
It

of

is that

workman,

and

in the

with

Cacus

beginning

brick, passed

initiated

each

Rome,

the

making

as

thus

year

latter.

plough, though

hard

as

the

for horses, called

jfirstfruits at

November,
and

food

as

and

Hercules

festival

Year's

New

probably that inaugurated

and

dethronement

and

is

"

the

the

May),

(April

165

Age.

or

gods
p.

{Samdhava)

are

Muthe

13.

Parva,

xcv.

p. 286.
3

Hewitt, Ruling Races

of Prehistoric

Times, vol. i..Essay ill.,pp. 235,

203.

66

three

national

of the

roots

the

the

originalfive-days week.

days
New

The

called
trees

Rigveda

(drii)of

Kadru,

drank

Indra
forth

to

year,

the

the

boat

fathers
the

of

Naga

them

under

days

are

2, and

the

the

which

periods

that

which

the

this

is shown
Bri-hat
shown

and
on

ii.

Rg.

"

Eggeling,

Sayana,

of

six

by

the

Sat.
Der

days
in

called
the

the

mid-day
ii. 22,

the

to

the

those

alternate

the

of
is

and

time

proved

that

there

thirty days
was

weeks

required
the

of
for

the

3.

in

one

especially

were

days

have

on

voked
inthe

I have

celebrating,as

year,
six

to

days

"

I.

vol.

of

Abhi-plava
year

or

days,

day

week

regulating it,which

on

three

sixth

month

life,

from

order

method

to

are

first three

last

the

on

seventy-two

ii. I, 2,

Rigveda,

the

coming

ritual

the

the

or

born

by Ludwig,

quoted

Samans,

69, 70,

Brah.,

Jyotih

days

the

being worshipped

cow

six

of

antelope

The

on

six

of

son

life,Ayuh,

in

for

constellations

parent

these

belonged

of

ruling

15, I, 7, 8;

Ludwig,

kadru-ka.

at

the

feast

the

moon-cow.

of

fifth,and

Rathantara
pp.

chanted

Go

and

of

worshipped

festival

gods

the

of

assigned

statement

Also

also

six-days

five

son

each

to

order,

on

the

the

ritual

Soma
the

two

of

that

Ayuh

mothers
the

went

moon-boat

the

orthodox

Bear,

auspices

are

varied

reckoning

race

They

that* this

be

Great

the

fourth, Ayuh

were

the

of

and

cow,

Pleiades

dedicated

named.
in

the

he

lasted

or

or

when

maiden

the
It

is

three

day

barley, before

that

that

Naga

the

Abhi-plava,

the

in

the

of

Year^

the

invoked

the

say

New

also

stars, Go

is to

the

of

that

on

imprisoned

{plava),

gods

the

Jyotih

but.

of

water-bird

The

who

dragon

by six-day

of

begun

from

brewed

called

was

be

to

for

apparently

was

mother-goddess

said

Queen

May

or

bird.

is

reckoned

year

represent

substituted

Tri-kadru-ka,

the

six

now

was

creation,

the

Soma

kill the

and

days,

of

It

race.

of

week

Hittite

in the

serpent

that

week

festival of the

Year's

the

weeks,

ox

of

which

six

whole

the

tree, and

the

by

Chronology

History and

S.B.E., vol.

iii., Mantra

xii. pp.

Literatur,

282, 283.
p.

389,

s.v.,

Tri-

68

be

to

and

to

the

the

leaves

of

became

the

who

gods
in

the

to

be

the

ritual

Roman

worship

the

Todas

nothing

but

Mundas,

India
milk.

who,

Rigveda,

given

in Indian

him

by

The

still brew

for the

drinking

Gautamas

mead-drinkers
the

Gonds.

upper

chief

W.

god

Warde

Antiquities :
*

Rg.

North,

of the

streams

is

Fowler,
The

Mordvinian
of the

Chkai,

Prose

iii. 53, 14.

The

and

the

in

the
its

north

Festivals

38, 39,

pp.

the

till it

third,

of

p.

429"431.

to

milk-

the

of

must

we
now

103, sect.

of

Kushika
drink
to

turn

dwelling

Astrakhan.
the

the

race

intoxicating

of

from

women

that

the

India

first

drink

the

of

that

history

Edda^

to

chief,

their

belonged

creating potter

Roman

the

who,

which

Ugro-Finns,

Volga

of

national

the

the

became

for

and

the

apparently

thus

Next,

who

apparently

was

the

theology

the

"

in

rice-beer,

North,

of

whose

Dravido-Mundas,

Todas,

potter, who

Mead

brewed
the

the

the

allied

are

by

dances.

and

of

of

sons

seasonal

drank

intoxicating drink

the

the

form

Kikatas

worshippers,

stages marked

drank

and

were

There

of

belonging

as

successors

the

and

Star

Odusseus.

that
first,

immemorial,

the
like

day,

tasted

three

Ceres,

Herodotus,

of

were

cattle

Pole

never

history

customs.

time

had

people

their

one-eyed

or

allowed

pastoral races,

the

when

Massagetae

present

milk

Polyphemus,
was

the

milk

of

mead-drinkers,

time

the

the
But

libation

only

libations

These

to

never

Cyclopes,

at

and

of

banquet

that of the

than

milk

her

gods Pales, Silvanus, and

the

introduced
of

the

on

Soehrimnir.

boar

of Demeter

marks

the

at

the

was

rural

form

evidence

of

flesh

milk

the

to

ritual earlier

the

on

day

every

the

feeds

who

Hence

Laerath.

cult

for

mead

made

Heid-run,

goat

mead-tree
drunk

feast

offered

the

This

the

and

festival

who

Edda,

of

the

mead

last the

of

milk

Roman

This

the

of

from

gods
the

dwarfs

milk

of

name

honey-vase.

or

this

between

connection

the

under

in

Mellarium

the

called

vessel

points
of

Chronology

surreptitiouslybrought

in

to

and

History

in

Their

phallic

wor-

Mallet, Northern

who

shippers,
a

made

clay,

of the

horses
He
and

three

the

of

thfe

Isaac,

lightning,who
that

bees,

is

to

the

the queen

the

Druid's
who

of

Martyr

is

by

dogs,

guarded

(3) The

third

bee,

and

the

of

Paz,

equivalent of

the

of

nurse

of

partner

^*

of

the

oak

of

dying

and

The

her

brother,

the

Bethel,

second

where

weeping,"
re-rising
goddess

Nouziaron

dog-stars Sirius

fruits

winter

mother

and

and

mother

of

the

Barak,

oak

the

Rebekah,

home

Procyon.

Venai

Varma

is

Paz,

whose
Paz, giver of fertility,

goddess, the

goddess

Ponquine

(2)

2.

by

the

the

of

is

an

the

Tevter,

of

mother

under

year

gods

Nechkendi

the

oak-mother

the mother

the

it is called

for

of summer,

godcjesses representing

mother

apparently

buried

male
the

and

corn-god,

was

say,

of

sun-god

was

is

She

worshipped,

was

two

deities, three

and

(i)

prophetess Deborah,

of

she

are

the

lightning god.

wife

potter's
first

the

gave

is thus

of

father

female

mothers

original

Hebrew

the

national

six

three

The

spring-goddess
the

of

son

Poseidon

of the

father

week.

six-days

He

sun.

female,

three

169

potter's clay^
Peleus,

Erectheus

the

was

Greek

the

whom

to

from

men

of

counterpart

Age,

Myth- Making

the

of

Patiai,
of

Paz, god

the winds.
The

male

mothers

are

equivalents
(i)

and

In^chk^

Paz,

of fire(C7//),
tlic fire-drill of the
of which

the

he,

place of

is
father,

the

as

the

Pole

third,

of

and

who

receives

of his

who
at

'

the

the

Max

and

souls

"Kitn.

of

Miiller, Contributions
XXXV.

Judges

v.

to

god

the

hives, rules

the

highest,

(2)

The

the

annual
the

the Science

second,
of

is

the

the

Nouziaron

He

Martyr

is the

Zend

and

of
the

year

of Mythology^

Paz, god

twin

Paz,

to

hive.

Odh-koiiozais,

parents
feast

spring-

world's

moon-god,

bi-sexual

when

the

Chi-Paz,

stories

of

the

year-

of four

sister,mother
or

three

beehive

dead.

at

also

Paz, god

also

these

human

the

solstice

8 ;

god.

called

summer-father,

Fravashis

summer

all

Velen

worshipped

arc

the

sleep,

summer

represent

the

of

Star

Vernechk^

(3)The
night

father

of

partners

the

partner
the

two

Zends

dead, held

begins.

vol. i. p. 252.

(4)

and

History

170
fourth

The

herds

Ouet-ze

is

flocks and

of

Paz, god

^.

This

the

winter-god

or

Chronology

of

hierarchy

mother

of the

is that

the

of

fires,that

the

which

mead

of

the

first of

described

age

in

three

the

priests,
sacred

Zend

Zendavesta

the

bee,

prophet

inspired the national

the

of

votaries

the

of

worshippers

that

as

when

glory

the

"

in

the

of

shape

that of the

Bindo-bird

according

Hvairizem

of

the

of

the

original Sarasvati,and

by

Ahura

that

Mazda

to

they

made

{kshetra)

the

of

descent

the

Kuru

watered

Kurus,

fire Frdbak

of

three

the

Prashastri
the

of

still elected

witchcraft

Chutia

in

whose

Parha,

duty

and

'

magic

Max

West,

iv. p. 7.

of

the

xvii.

Bundahish^

"

i.

13;

see

and

to

the

Zamyad
5 ;

that

vol.

v.

S.B.E.,

p.

of

every

is lawful

who

priest

professors

work

the

and

causers

235 ff.

vol. xxiii. p.

xxiii.

of

practise the

vol. i. pp.

Zctidavesta

63;

ledge
know-

of

is the

the

of Mythology

Darmesteter,

S.B.E.,

Hindu

Sanskrit

man

pestilences and

Yasht^ 35;

first

the

the

Edda,

those

punish

Science

mother

High-Priest

their

field

Ojha, inspired by

superintend

of

makers

Zendavesta

Fargard^

to

judge

to

Miiller, Contributions

Darmesteter,

Vendidad

it is to

the

the

was

or

the

the

as

before

and

of Herat.

is

This

is

entered

Vedic

who

Ojha

of

Odin

Nagpur

magic,

beneficial,and
black

the

knowledge,

of

god

Kushikas

they

the

name

the

Frashaostra,

created

Frashaostra,

Zarathustra,

{pdjh) appointed by Lingal.


the

the

Harahvaiti

teaching priest,whose
Zend

lands

kshetra,

of

Harahvaiti,

Jumna,

by

fire

the

was

assistants
or

of

form

of

down

Sarasvati, the daughter-river of the


This

the

of

birth-land

mother-land

their

the

by

tenth

the

Seistan, south

fire-worshippers before

the

their

make

India

of

watered

phallus,

or

Khvarizem,

in

country

the

This

3.

occupied by

Bundahish

Herat,

Viru

of the

{var^

rain

fire Fro-bak,

is the

men

the

Yashts,

land

the

Oxus,

the

to

is,of the

This

2.

Fryano, the

Turanian

established

of the

that

Sa-

of Azi-Dahaka,

wives

two

Varaghna-bird,

Gond

cloud, the

the

of

father

twin

the

Yima,"

Erena-vach,

and

vangha-vach

from

went

Mihir
p.

294.

Yasht^
123,

note

""

14 ;
4,

of the Myth' Making


of

and

national

father

the

was

domestic
of

cloud

from

glory
She

also

was

the

Melissa!

in

the

the

inspired by
Crete, and

Zarathustra
that of

of

the

mead

better

which

the

for

reverence

of

sons

the

Madhava,
them

the

make

Madhu

the
the

the

of

god

flowers

This is the
be

to

coming

with

was

to

they
the

like

the

king

seasonal
or

drink

full

the

and

'

'

"

their

religious festivals

women,

and

Ibid., Zendavesta
Biihlcr,Manu^

and

Din
iii.119,

Man

Yasht, 98

Yasht, 15;
120;

of

tation
fermenafter
mead.
Manu

by

of

of

the
as

their

after

it

not

was

flowers

Kauravyas
by

pp. 96, 97.

men

Subhadra,

S.B.E., vol. xxiii. p. 77,

xxv.

and

tells

poem

both

and

to

offered

was

Mahua

the

last

especially

one

iJ.B.E., vol. xxiii. p. 267, note

S.B.E., vol.

lation
distil-

sought

marriages,

called

the

and

by the goddesses DrupadI

Darmcsteter, Zendavesta

days

sacrifice

made
age

tree.

now

ordered

year

Paijdavas of the Mahabharata, consumed,


us, at

sacred

Northern

sacrifices,for

Madhu

made

fathers-in-law, and

and

priest unless
in

which

drink

their

year's drink,

new

This

came.

national

visit

Vishnu

from

honey-drink

or

was

year-god

the

made

kings, priests,sons

to

It is thus

3.

given

when

parka

uncles, paying

connected

be

Madhu

liquor

It

Hindu

flowers, much

sweet

Hashish

the

and

that the

immigrants

boar

before

than

ing
enlighten-

but

Latifolia) their
tree

from

got

made

mead,

distilled,but

excessively

given

maternal

this

the

inspiration

which

Madhu

of

by the jungle bears,

who

inspired ^.

fire and

{Bassia

Northern
its

the

Zeus

young

{Cannabis Indica)^ the

honey-drink

call

is

holy

of

leader

Demeter,

she

priests were

Mahua

Daru

or

of

the

the

the

unintoxicating

Bangha

tortoise

or

It is from

his

originally

was

honey,

was

more

Zoroastrian

the

It

and

given by

prophet drug
by

Damia.

the

Zarathustra.

priestesses of

the

were

Khu

earth

of

nursed

krit
Sans-

the

to

wife

bees'

who

nymphs,

who
and

of

the

bird,

priestess, who

made

bee

of

bore

the

was

prophet

mead

or

year-mother,

she

and

Yima,

Shu

who

Varaghna-bird,

the

-bird,

Frashaostra

form

Zend

(gvi)

coming

171

This

calamities.

Hvogvi ', the

the

Shu-gvi,

Age.

3.

note

I.

also

and

drunk

the

by

seeking inspiration
husbands

Bagdis, Lohars,
the

dog

the

worshippers

times

after

beside

the

Kurmi,
the

Munda

show

mother-river

of

the

of

and

bridegroom.

bridegroom

nine

by

the

the

like

the

two

Sal

trees

of

in

trees

Adi

Parva,
'

pp.

i. 29,

Kisley,
23, 229,

iii. 15,
Tribes
102.

16,

and

his

the

183, 184, Ashvamedha

pp.

with

dead

with

and

married

are
are

panied
accom-

the

and

ing
bindof

tying

the

Sindurdan

called

the

bride

bride

the

is the

of

the

bulating
circumam-

they

that

the

of

parting

of

pp.

head

Ayodha
head

Parva,

615, 616,

to

the

to

the

the

ccxxi.

north

pp.

=,

among

north

village

or

Virata

the

Oude,

or

Kusinara,

{Anugita) Parva,
pp.

but

bride,

Upavattana

city

ccxxiv.

and

vermilion.

(Sabhadrd- Harana)

Parva,

of

wife

and

that

the

marriages

the

and

of

Malli

the

Mahabharata

{Khdfidava'ddha)

of

or

placing

between

these

Mallis

died

Buddha

Sal

or

and

Mundas

the

whom

of

to

married,

rises, by

which

to

bridegroom

their

bury

Bauris
the

tree

husband

the

opposite

ceremony

capture

Sindur

with

bride's hair

no

couple together,
by

river

marriages,

Most

simulated

marking

The

the

uniting

of

is

these

times.

ceremony

clothes

There

seven

spring whence

arbour

marriage

round

go

the

walks

are

the

robusta\

Mahua-tree

brides

from

of

sons

fire in

the

to

Santal

descent

the

in

water

also

is

and

their

pool

or

It

in

brides

their

bride
sits

to

their

on

(Shorea

she

on

connected

as

to

the

which

the

look

value

branches

Sal

it before

in

and

united

are

that

belonging

as

similar

as

among

whom

of

fire,

Edda,
tree

homes

marked

set

of

made

bridegroom.

Bagdis

seven

who

the

Mahua

last

household

enters

Lohar,

own

marriage they

arbour

she

their
the

parent-tree, round

Munda

is to

thus

are

the

of

this

marriage

the

and

hunters,

After

dogs.
the

Bhil

in

of

gods

It

who

Valarama,

and

the

'.

Bauris,

sacred,

as

the

with

drink

in

and

Krishna

like

on,

first married

are

Chronology

gods

looked

apparently

were

or

and

History

172

between
grove

of

of

the

town

604, 606, Adi

{Vaivdhika) Parva, Ixxii.

Ixxxix.

pp.

226, 227,

Mausala

3, 7.

Castes

of Bengal^

vol.

i. pp.

39,

80, 81, 531

vol. ii.

of the Myth-Making
The

Kushikas^.
ashes

into

Bronze

Neolithic

Age

this last
of

knowledge
the

Badagas

the

Northern

the

the

priests

or

when

was

is

secrated
con-

their
the

are

prongs
also

worshipped

boast

milk-drinking Todas,

he

from

whose

Gonds,

in
is to

Linga vanished

year,

who

and

It

judges, and

and

the

Nilgiris,who

by

from

descent

cultivating caste
also

and

pers
worship-

tiger 3.

the

Immigration of

E.

the

it

the

remain

Ojhas

for

Pot, that

of

Himalayas,
to

the

teachers

of

still

buried

were

assigned,

god

seasons

of

subordinate
of the

be

must

the

affinitywith

an

of

throw

and

Bauris

dead

institution

trident

three

the

the

of Pharsi

This

the

denote

while

accredited

trident

earth.

the

Age,
the

{pdf)

these

appointed

show

the

173

dead

hence

when

that

^e

their

bum

and

stream,

the

of

men

the

Bagdis

Age,

of the

sons

the

and

raven

antelope

into India.
I must

history

of

growing
in Seistan

King

who

came

The

Zarah

of the

king

savazda, he

Rhys

Risley,

Elie

West,

Tribes

the

the

Rcclus, Les

the

covered

the
the
or

Kyansih

foremost

horned

chariot

{keresa) club

Primitifsy pp.

Bundahishy

xx.

34;

225,

v.

275,

S.B.E., vol.

"

3 ;

i. p. 42.

276.
v.

great irrigating

82.

with

Kashava
4.

Viru, with

of the

sons

first band
themselves

country

flows

the

barley-

or

the

the

or

Helmend

Castes of Bengal^ vol.

and

records

millet-growing

how

of

Seistan,

to

second

the

as

tells

David, Mahdpari-nibbana Suffa,

Gond

subjects

who
into

of

of

Minor
Hindu

these

India

Turanian

Fryano

he

Asia
and

Zendavesta

which

into

from

Gond

fire-worshippingraces

fire-worshippersestablished

leading

Aghraeratha,

the

as

of
into

Frangrasyan,

channels

the

successors

phallus and

of the

the

to

Zendavesta

the

race.

return

history of the

the

traced

tracked

the

from

immigrants

lake

I have

progress
relate

and

having

India,

in

immigration
whose

after

now,

water

sea,

the

Frangrasyan,
his

brothers
Kere-

{ratha\ and

the

{vazda), were

S.B.E., vol. xi.

p.

85.

History

1/4

of

sons

the

Go-patshah
the

of

ruler

is to

the

the

country

Aghraeratha
the

of

both

But

bha,

rice

whose

car

the

he

god

the

eastern

the

Lithuanian

beginning
(December

"

constellation

Malayan

the

at

of

roots

resting-place

of

'

West, Bundahish,

'

Darmesteter,

vol.

xxiii.

pp.

in
the

the

Zendavesta
304,

64,

note

Karam-

calve,

to

the

daughter
the

Push,

root

the Akkadian

represents

Pu,

original

an

who

Puck,
the

thunder-

Hindu

year,

solstice

with

the

month

Push

and

became

in stellar

called

by

the

of

5, xxxi.

Alnathra.

of

is

the

that

tree,

the

at

sun

Yasht^

^bdn

77,

V^est, Bahman

Yasht^

in

winter

v.

This

of the

Navel

15, 16 ; S.B.E., vol.

Zamyad
i;

the

the

astronomy

constellation

cavern

world's

Arabs

the

is the

Southern

xxix.

of

cows

Perkunas,

who

of

sons

fairy King

or

stituted
sub-

was

eater

with

our

the
slain

and

were

the

sh

of

the

god

cosmogony

dwells

which

Crab

Cancer,

of
Purk

winter

January),

that

married

from

sibilant

seasons

leads

the

the

at

the
form

also

is

who

Thus

2.

year.

makes

is connected

is

He

As

and

who

India,

or

Orion

when

who

comes

name

marsh.

4.

in the

His

3.

or

once

was

by goats,

plant life,and

of

pool

k,

is drawn

Kush,

deposed

was

barley-god

barley porridge,

and

leading

of three

Frangrasyan

the

Pushan,

the

upon

of the

and

Vaisakh,

Punjab

year

founded

ruler

Aghraeratha

sun

growth

the

as

the Vedic

Pashang

of the

by Frangrasyan

star

and

Kavi

the

called

light, the

Kang-desh

in

Canopus,

year'.
is

was

of

of

land

the

India,

star

Canopus

for

the

He,

chariot

Kangra

in

Pashang

the

of

cows

son

is

Pleiades

brethren

the

of

ruling god

race

ruling

the

of

the

tortoise

Pleiades.
as

called

was

of

Syavarshan,
of

the

three

foremost

creator

now

the

seasons

the

ally was

be

to

of

two

of

he

his

is said

of

year

of

(badshah)

king

say

star, and

eldest

that

Vaisakh,

was

May)

"

the

Aghraeratha,

brother

(April

mid-month

Indian

that

whose

Pashang,

Chronology

and

pp.

great

the

winter

solstices.

117,

Yasht,

135.

41

S.B.E.,

S.B.E.,

24;

seas

vol.

224.

p.

iii.

Rg.

Hewitt,

Sachau,

52, 7, vi. 53, 9, vi. 58, 4, vi. 55, 3, 4.

Ruling

Races

Alberunl's

of Prehistoric

TimeSy

India^ chap. Ivi.

p.

vol.

84;

i.,Essay

v.,

pp.

437

"

439.

Ibid., Chronology of Ancient

v.

"

', who

hen

the

of

the

tortoise-mother

shrine

and

the
Ila-putra,

thence

Kashi

to

at

the

on

the coast
lunar

god

from

earth

sons

of

also

sons

of

the

of

their

all

forms

the

sons

of
of

mountain
Manu

Ida,

have

these

four-fold

This

made

the

infant

the

horned
-

boat

mother

dairy

or

Parva, Ivi. pp.


"

the
in

the

her,
eel,

fish,
to

of

Adi
145

"

the

the

Iravati.
she

and
of
the

avatar

water-jar

dolphin,

or

which

been

of

the

whom

arrival

and

of

from
curds.

little fish,

water-pool, become
led

the

cow,

mother-

born

the

Manu

where
motiier-mountain,
sons

were

followed,

the
was

of

Burmah,

race

which

story

from
Ravi

the
eel

to

parent

They

was

the

flood

Gond
new

of

left

gave

the

Irawadi

originally

Manu's

the

the

have

progress

are

and

born,

was

their

as

butter, sour-milk, whey

had

who

in

her

in

She

trident

they

their

both

were

and

names

in

mother

goddess

the

adopted

the

be

to

disappearance

India,

name

Lingal

him

of

with

Linga

Takkas

These

after

sea

sacrifice of

farmers

Mahabharata

Ira,

or

immigrants.

the

the

Ila

seen

river

was

parent-eel

ruled

Erenavach,

or

from

the

and

Oude,

original

Iran

raised
we

as

the

in

South-east.

of

Rapti

over

they

the

to

the

Punjab,

the

from

Ila-pura,

Crescent-moon

these

Iravati,and

countries

the

North-west

the

moon

called

Takkas

or

his

on

all

the

god worshipped

proves

worshippers

sovereignty

they

in

streams

Hence

rule

the

was

of the

Somnath

image

the

god,

their

extended

rivers

Gond

rivers, whence

the

the

become

eel-god Ila,and

the

records

sixth

of

body stretched

at

This

had

Mu-chandri.

or

they

who

Tsiang,

was

his

its head.

on

Lingal,
the

Pandhari

who

where

Dame,

or

goddess

father-god

temple

national

Kathlawar,

crescent

Gond

and

of

Hiouen

to

I la,whose

(Benares)^and

Hindu

great

the

as

wife

Italy.

Naga

{putrd^of

son

Damia

goddess

and

of the

163, the winter

p.

worshipped

according

tank

sacred

on

the

of Greece

Taksha-Sila,

Near

seen

and

sun-god Ar-chal,

Gond

Chronology

have

we

as

was,

house-buildingraces

and

History

1/6

and

she

Gond

his

became

Koi-kopal

2.

{Paushya) Parva, iii. pp. 45

"

51, Ashvamedha

{Anugiia)

148.

Eggeling,Sat, Brah,^

i. 8, i,

"

15

S.B.E., vol. xii. pp. 216"218.

the

of
The

dolphin -mother

goddess

Derceto

pool, and
she

the

form

goddess

woman,

Troy, dating

Age,

the

the

was

the

coast,

was

found

except
in

later

age,

found

in

those

of

Mesopotamia, Cyprus
[Lydid),the
Akkadian

of

of

the

the
the

India

Makara,
brightone

the

{dyumnd)^

J^od Krishna
the

of
the star

in

of Prehistoric

Wilson.

The

Times
^

and

Reports

of the

of

of

by

2.

the

called

foremost

born

on

side

Ganges

{pro)

the

yeargator
alli-

became

Akkadians

the

which

has

6, 7, fig.60;

pp.

vol. i.. Essay iii.,p.

Swastika.'

her

Pusc, and

or

the

engraved

the

Capricornus,

Excavations^

of

religious ritual,the

Makaram,

constellation

presentatives
re-

image

the

sun-god,

Muggar, Mugral

Tamil

of

Pradyumna,
in

in

Maionia

river-fish

the

porpoise

eldest

terns
pat-

found

in

standing by

was

succeeded,

Schluchhardt, Schliemann's

Rac^s
-

the

the

This

Gonds,

called

Makkhar4,

3.

of

Indian

and

found

Bel

dolphin-goddess

religioushistory,the

image

been

an

been

has

national

near

age

Mediterranean

the

Turvasu,

Babylonian god

cognizance

have

Tursena,

Indian

and

opened,

of

Cyclades,

the

the

which

leaden

were

terra-cotta

and

Nana

goddess

syenite,with
In

land

all these

in

figures

of

chiefly of gold ornaments,

hoard,
and

Indian

mines

that

of
This

India.

there

Attica,

yet

mines

any

site

Bronze

of

is

or

the

the

silver

not

were

in

cities

image

Laurium

the

with

the

six

the

Galena

Indian
of

city wall,

Similar

of

countries

on

of

period

The

mines

separate

the

in

".

the

lead

no

the

of

in

earliest

rock-

altar

city

the

or

imag^e

the

in

bottom

cleft

Hindu

the

another.

one

for

lead

supplied

hidden

on

the

Greece

Euphratean

leaden

in

as

the

to

from

produce

Saurashtra,

there

back

the

found

was

second

suf)erimposed
lead,

navel,

and

the

meanini^
In

177

Syria

whose

Nana,

the

Age,

in

Tirhatha,

or

round

of

became

dolphin Apollo.

the

was

triangle
of

Myth' Making

always

Hewitt,

Ruling

70.
Smithsonian

American

Institution^

829.

p.

Mahahharata

R.

Brown,

Anu^hasana
jun., F.S.A.,

Society of Biblical

Archaolo^^

{Anushasinika) Parva, xi. 3,


'Tablet

of

Jan., 1 890,
N

the

Thirty Stars.'

iv. pp.

13

"

16.

p. 41.

Proceedings of the

been

represented

feast

the

at

grass

and

equinox,

the

entering Kangra
of

land

the

in

{mad),

drinks

They

the

Pandu,
of

is

to

three

the

Takkas

are

called

Balkh

of the

god
tanu,

the

and

the

or

Oxus,
of

triad

the

thus

were

Shan-tanu

is,

spring

and

as

shall

we

Gunga

fish-god,the

eel-father

the

Kauravya

Somadatta,
shravas,

marched

stake, the

Hewitt,

375"377.

son

Takka

Ruling

and

Pole

of

the

royal

the

under

trident,

of

banner
and

Prehistoric

third

for

of
The

Shan-

of

the

Times,

vol.

and

with

the

Matsya,
the

Vahlikas,

joined

They

year,

India,

son,

Yupa

Rishti-

rain.
the

Somadatta's

his

represented

are

sister

the

the

of

sons

marriage

of

from

Devapi,

his

races

former

came

of

kings.
and

the

Vahlika.

the

god

between

seasons

by

see

the

to

and

of

year

Vahlika,

god,

SatyavatI, the

Vahlika,

Races

arrow

They

and

Star

summer

Pandava

and
of

Balkh.

as

of

father-god

Mahabharata

98

wife

alliance

healing-god,
x.

the

in

{Shalya), that

the

of

beer.

tion
constella-

This

the

Devapi

Rg.

the

the

as

arrow

of

who

second

and
fire-spear(rishti),

mother-river

of

the

lead

the

in

invoking Brihaspati,

as

Bear,

of

of

the

described

Shalya,
the

on

themselves

answering

men

under

the

of

Europe,

{millet)

antelopes.

in the

means

of

Great

Shan-tanu,

name

god

Madrl,

account

the

Muggar

intoxicating

murwa

of

season

Madrikas

Vahlikas

whose

the

in

and

of

theology

winter

of

age

drinkers
and

point

the

of

found

king

or

Kusha

autumnal

sons

India,

the

the

the

in

the

are
rain-priest,

sena,

of

was

the

on

of

god

Rishyas

seasons

Nag,

rice

father

the

god

he

say,

or

of

the

year.

in

Madrikas

subjects

seven

is the

Taksh

Kang-desh

sexless

the

Shalya

or

the

mead-drinking

national

is

Mahabharata

the

the

the

were

of Orion's

of

the

of

of

the

at

stellation
con-

of

{barhis)

held

successors

age

Takkas

These

dead

This

^,

constellation

sheaves

on

the

the

fish's tail

parent

sat

of

were

alligatorof

the

as

who

Barhishadah,

Pitaro

with

goat

deified

was

the

as

Chronology

and

History

178

or

the
sons

led

by

Bhuri-

sacrificial

Kauravyas

i., Essay

in

iv., pp.

of the Myth-Making
their

Satyaki, son
ten

the

of

father

be

all

are

intoxicating drink.

of

which

fourteenth

dying

day
about

moon

month

held
festival,
of the

year

the

on

by

thence
; and

between

them

the

and

new

in

the

the

which

next

Rak-

monthly
Orion's

of

cxliv.

pp.

428

"

each

hitherto

{Amvnpakyana)

^441,

274,

"

Drona

Mahabharata

Eggeling, Sat

Kama

which

of

of
alien

broke

their

the

on

the
land

new

killed

blood

the

Brdk,^

"

iii. 8, I, 15 ;

152

S.B.E.,

vol.

sacrificial

in

which

blood

of

it
their

they occupied
brotherland

blood

cxcvii.

p.

558,

as

they

Bhishma

\^Jayadratha-badha)Parva,

Drona

29, pp.

flowing

land, just

Parva,

the

who

those

ground

{Ghatotkacha

Parva, xliv. 8

in

attributed

fell

formation

living

sacrificial stake

that

mingling

of

272

sacrificed

forehead

severed

this

the

Parva, Ixxiv. pp.

who

badha)

Parva,

523-525.
^

every

when

month

each

and

mark

on

clearly a

was

tree

Shakala

at

of

moon

consecrated

soil

the

Udyoga

{Bhishmaz'adha)
"

Sindur

month,

custom

tied

so

when

by

was

with

Mahabharata

cxlii.

pork,

held

was

succeeded

the

the

on

it

who

were

they completed

that

"

necks

the

to

on

jugular artery

victims

totem

of

indulged

that

three-headed

the

to

blow

Their

stake, and
fixed

which

who

or

each

of

of

Mahabharata

and

says

these

warriors,

Fathers

the

to

skulls 3.

was

and

twenty-ninth

them

their victims

the

beef

arsenic

This

2.

necks, according

Brahmanas

from

drum

and

sons

dancing seasonal

festal dance,

fire-worshipping

victims, bound
their

at

of

Karanas.

These

by

the

beat

woman

of

the

father

sons

the

their

of

as

or

they ate,

of

by

in

red

half

reappear

worshipped

was

shasa

to

VI.

slain

months,

eleven

drunken,

dark

the

ten

eaters

the

while

of

these

which

Sangula, Shalya's capital,one

or

the

Kama

the women,

marriage, danced

goddess,

describes

foreheads

both

Rakshasas

by
He

179

were

and

of

and

living victims,

their

Chapter

denounced

in

bearing on

in

Madrikas

sacrificers

festivals,at

moon

year

given

as

of

the

represent

Vahlikas,

{rukh),

the

They

Bhurishravas,

by

history will

These

Pandavas.

Shini,

slain

sons

their

the

with

war

Age,

"

154.
xxvi.

p. 189.

clxii. pp.

themselves

united
of
blood

blood

typified

probably,

was

; and

year

is

worship

the

be

to

was

The
of

should

cooked

of

geography

these

Takkas

Tri-gartas,or
were

fixed

tied,

in

the

the

India

of

three

kopal

These

; and

they

Mahabharata

the

as

he

chief, when

tried

steal

to

In

the

by

{vetasd)^,
power
of

said

another
that

in

eel-god

of the

early

Vetasu,

to

have

to

the

beginning
drinkers

Kutsa,

his

6,

and

when
to

of

mother

the

the

of

Parva

Kauravya

Viratas,

of

Eggeling, Sat, Brah,^


Rg. vi. 26,

the

men

or

eel-fish,and

the

the

Indra

is said
the

be

these

Indra,

as

Puru-Kutsa,
iii. 8, I, 16;
3

4.

38, 5.

Ibid., vi.
^

the

one

of

from
the
or

S.B.E.,
20,

the

Rg.

the

49,

the

xxvi.

8.

Ibid., iv. 26,

p.
""

I.

the

4, Indra
and
the

and

the

water-

Indra-

5.

the

Kutsa

of

as

twin-pair

of

drink

Tugra

of

Kutsa

son

vol.

magic

drinkers

x.

god

reed

the

yoke- fellow

as

the

mythology

In

his

himself
or

drink

magicians,

Kutsa,

were

tenfold

of

of

his

of

sons

to

god

of

who

Tugra,

possessed

Arjuneya,

also

X.

of

separate

'

Ibid., V. 29, 9,

the

Vetasu,

metamorphosis

called

fire- worshippers.

entrusted

called

is

sons

first stage

charge

is asked

Virata

be

to

is to

the

is shown

Kutsa
mother

of

the

the

hymn

drink

said

of

Koi-

called

Duryodhana,

country

are

with

strong

is

in the

were

borders

the

on

Kai-kaia,

of

Matsya,

they

are

Tugras4,

which

victims

tribe

Gond

the

as

cattle.

Indra

who
In

3.

the

their

Rigveda

conquered

the

called

Sutlej,

sons

allies of

chief

invaded

the Viru, also

the

described

are

progress

them

the

which

the

the

the

'.

sun

{tri) pits {gartas),in

of
were

victim

of the

course

placing

to

age
fire-

or

the

which

on

marks

by

stakes

south

cow-keepers,

or

Bharata

of

the

sacrificial

Kuru-kshetra.

of

Mahabharata

through

country

fire

the

Star

Pole

Agnidhra

the

the

of

bettering

the

against the

times
the

people

that

round

go

three

rule

Scandinavian

the
of

one

was

the

for

This

customs.

ancient

in

altars

the

by

marriage

was

sacrifice

proved

kindling priest

it

as

over

that

their

in

sion
infu-

symbolical

daughters by the

its

to

sacrifices,smeared

of

Chronology

History and

i8o

fair

{arjuna)

Puru,
187,

note

whom

I.

Ibid., viii. 32,

2a

of the Myth- Making


Indra

aided

enemy,

and

slew

it

Shushna,

These

of

the

demon

the

Naga
of

The

after

Bhojas,

of

both
the

Vashishtha,

for

the

they

but

using the

soft

of

instead
as

enemies

to

belong

also
from

clear

Anu,

Mlecchas
and

young

'

'

Kg-

non-Aryan
it

Sanskrit

the
the

from

their

the

second

son

in

fair

leader

of

to

of

battle

passage

Zimmcr5,

Rg.

Zimmer,

vi.

Adi

46, 7, 8.
AUindischcs

Pali

the

Anus,

Mahabharata.

the

Pre-Sanskrit

Ixxxv.

Ibid.,
pp.

pp.
vii.

114,

was

of

who

marks
is

is,

imperiously
them
This

is

descended
called

are

Purus,

258"260.

115.

the

called

Kutsa,

18, 13.

the

languages

of India.

the

Leben^ chap. iv.

shippers
wor-

distinctly shows

Sharmishtha,

""

or

softly, that

speaking

with

{^ambhava) Parva,

and

meaning

63, 7, 3.

Mahabharata

the

brethren,

Its

and

population

connection

outcasts

i.

this

speaking

it

the

to

priest

their

in

mishtha,
Shar-

Druh

Tritsu,

the

language.

Tritsus,

of

whose

of

land

of

sorcerers

the

Dravidian

Pre-Sanskrit

the

to

belong

to

in

gutturals, or

Aryan

the

Druhyus

son

sons

-fire,

are

the

to

were

of

means

the

of

sounds

of

or

the

as

overthrown

whether

the

to

rule

winter

according

Rigveda

altar

Purus

great

their

the

eldest

the

opponents

The

the

from

Zendavesta^

the

Kushika

barley {yava), whose

epithet which, according

an

uncertain,

They,

gave

4.

speaking

as

3.

were

Indra

Tritsu

Mridhravac,

in the

were

the

and

year.

said

the

he

DcvayanI,

brother-tribe

perpetual

kinq^s,when
to

of

of

of

growers

were

races

Druj

magicians, and

Yayati

; and

last were,

of Orion's

are

Naga

the

sorceress,

or

India

months

These

2.

that

Nahusha,

sons

Devayana

age

both

and
or

of

offspringof Druhyu,

the

of

son

of

Yadu-Turvasu,

Pauravas

or

the

son

rulers

as

six

the

Kutsa

the

Puru,

Yayati,

of

towers

seven

young

drought

from

Yavanas

the

Purus

Nahusha

the

solstice

began

them

of

race,

the

summer

Mahabharata,

Anu,

beautiful

i8i

protecting {sharman) tree,

most

of

sun-maiden

ten

the

descended

that

preceded

or

the

the

down

succeeded
fig-tree,

Banyan

rule

for

the

Sharmishtha,

to

was

Purus,

snake

breaking

by

Age,

is

the
the

tiistoryand

82

reputed

author

of

Rigveda,

the

priest of
belong

of

the

to

Turanian
of

of

slain
of

the

into

and

Uruniiah

extended
of

in

it

of

the

of

Urvashi
that

the

in

fire-socket

the

Takkas,

Tugras

confederacy,

Naga

high-priest,that
the

worshipped
tree, and

of

that

to

the

of

Ka

sacred

containing

divine

{who)y given

the

or

sacred

Kutsa,

to

or

Divodasa,
the

three

the

shows

the

ficial
sacri-

the

was

of

son

the

or

divine

rivcr-reed, who
born

sun-god
Malli

of

the

tain-races.
moun-

or

high-priest, derived

hollow

the
sap

allied

god

unseen

Prajapati [Orion)
divine

form

Eastern

the

of the

epithet

is

of

men

Eastern

tree-trunk,
Soma

of

their

given

clearly

Kutsa

the

paign
cam-

Kutsa,

Syu,

to

the

lake,

this

of

evidence

and

leaders

barley-growing

months

sons

Aryans

Sanskrit

that
{atithi)^
or

the

holy

god

as

of

jar

wooden

4.

16, 17.

"

Rg.

Darmestcter,

Zunyad

the

overcome

V., and

or

with

of

name

Drona

i. 100,

Vetasu

united

(where)^ is

Ku

have

to

which

of

and

was

account

the

themselves

rain-snakc-god

The
from

the

thus

were

of

king

Trigartas, the

or

and

successor

That

2.

the

This

3.

the

Chaechasta

the

Su-shravas,

Chapter

from

Tugra

the

said

trident-stake, joined
Puru

Takka

{dasha) gods

ten

described

years' cycle

is

the

the

united

by

(gva) guest

coming

the

the

shown

the

Turvasu,

or

Atithigva, the
king

is

Hu-shrava,

Zend

have

Ataro-patakan

India

to

and

Frangrasyan

Hus,

behind

Rigveda, where

the

Turvayana
the

in

the

to

killed

and

it

this

That

sacrament

is said

who

rain, who

finally conquered

of

whose

Keresavazda

and

modern

been

glory

of

stock, is clear
in

the

as

Tugras,

or

For
have

to

the

kingdom,

one

himself

Nahusha

Takkas

kings,

Soma,

Frangrasyan
the

said

are

or

the

early Gond

the

Kavi-kush

Haoma

the

Hu-shrava,

by

describes

of

race

Zettdavesta,

the

Keresavazda

he

first Mandala

the

in

giras,the praisers [giras)

Naga

races

history

which

in

included

confederacy

hymns

twenty-one

Varsha

the

Chronology

Yashin 74

Zcndavesta
"

l^g- i- 53"

10-

Eggeling,

iiat,

77 ;

Abdn

Yashty 40,

S.B.E., vol. xxiii.

pp.

Brah,^ iv. 5, 5, II, iv. 5, 6, 4

Cos

66,

note

Yasht,

17,

18,

21,

22,

2, 114, 115, 303, 304.

S.B.E., vol. xxvi. pp. 408,41a

History

184
iv.

13, where

18,

Indra

alligator-year-god
together
frost

or

with

the

second

that

is of the

His

dog

eldest

brother

three

dog-god

father

for

sacrifice
of

son

of

name

Shar

the

of

the

the

sacrifice

the

of

of

in the

of

was

the

goat,

sacrificial

of

pits.

head.

Shuna-

sold

red

the

son

of

the

his

by
the

god,

of

the

They

Orion.
was

the

story
He

{chandra)^ of

as

five

the

the

and

of

three

the

offerings to

fire-

Hari

the

the

mother

of baked

consist

ingredients
solstice
ram

and

northern

rice

and

curds, and

these

of

barley-meal,

thatched

and

2.

with

'

Ilaug, Aitarcya Briihniana^

"

Kggcling,

Sat.

Plaksha

Brdh,^

This

or

Pakur

tree

ritual

the

in

but

for the

winter,

the

which

same

summer

sacrifice

doubtless

originally

were

the

and

of

the

made

sacrifice
of

The

season

of his

offering is

branches

vol. ii. pp.

ii. 5, 2,

of

god

offered, which

once

beings

as

in the

altar, especially erected

Varuna

This

added

are

made

human

and

spring

boiled

living victims

represent
goats

ewe

the

Saka, god

Varuna

week

Chatur-masya.

as

to

ment
abandon-

appears

Indra

offered

to

of

the

god

marks

six-days

change

the

gods

the

the

year,

offerings to
cakes,

are

; but

of

seasons

with

of

this

trident,

dying

coincident

and

Vaishvadeva

Saka-medha

of the

god

adoption

ritual

the

god

reckoning

year

phallus worshippers,

-^

the

dog.

or

the

moon

the

of the

to

in

dog's tail, and

year

Rohita

middle

the

solstice,as

summer

change

the

of

dog

The

the

solstice

the

throe

season,

)ear-god

winter

pit (garta)

dog's

of

sacrifice

male

or

Shyena

The

to

dog's plough

the

Hari-chandra,

Vishnu

the

summer

place

in

of

referred

Tri-gartas

of the

seasons

the

that

Shuna-pucclia,

was

shepa,
drill

the

Shuna-langala,

the

were

that

was

Aji-garta,the

priest of

the

at

year

the

entrails

the

by

solstice.

dog's penis, or

of

son

youngest

the

dog's

ate

him

to

the

killing Vyansa,

he

winter

the

began

the

Shuna-shepa,

of

of

of

after

brought

solstice, probably

summer

of

sacrifice

the

how

Ribhus,

Soma

which

that

succeeding

the

bird

{Shya)

Chronology

tells

of

the

with

and

on

of the

Plaksha

the
ram

tree

meeting-place

of

462"469.

15, 16 ; S.B. E., vol. xii. p. 395.


is

that

consecrating

the

of the Myth' Making


(JPicusinfectorid)placed
be

offered.

The

or

tree-ape

{vtarom)

to

were

Maruts
who

the

sing

of

This

change

in

of the

worship

of

in the

marked

Fravashis

or

In this
in

Rg.

the

of

the

{had) sun-god,

heart

the

Also

4.

of

Northern

of

eaten

flesh

the

of

days

and

the

Sigurd,

Loki,
the

Southern

of

at

races

fires

described

as

probably
These

in

Puryag

of

at

posts

three

pits,

collected.

was

these

sacrifices

the

the

the

in

appears

blood

the

the

hairy

Pole

Star

and

eats

his

pillar{urd-r)
snake-god

the

this

of the

blood

Hadding,

his

Fafnir,

three

to

Lysir, the one-eyed


drinks

winter

the

sacrificcrs3,and

drinking

sun-god

slew

he

victims

year-god

with

year's

which

early sun-worship

in alliance
fire-wolf

and

It

bound

of

the

ritual.

at

sacrificed.

by

raw

dead

deer-sun.

been

ritual

also
their

the

the

and

and

slain

Arab

of

Hindu

Trigartas placed
the

the

flesh

victory {sig),when
the

the

introduction

feast

lighting

each
was

^.

they began

the

have

at

invoked

are

Shuna-shepa,

to

season

ritual, where

Scandinavian

god, slays

each

in

of

the

solstice, is

the

Pleiades

Uetenu,

the

November,

is said

dog

blood

eating

in

victims

sacrifice

was

and

custom

year

(drupadas)^

the

blood

tlrunk

of the

ritual

which

This

years

apes

festivals

For

of

of in

instead

of

summer

of

the

to

Egyptian

who

on

with

custom

the

seasonal

the

Maruts

Celtic

for

dog

the

in

into

the

posts

separate

were

mothers,

13, the

24,

sacrificial
a

solstice

summer

1.

three

victims

is dedicated

they

reckonings.

summer

in the

solstice,as

it is

of

sun

year

John's Day

St.

on

the

animal

language

ritual, consequent

in the

also appears

^ and

in all the

Zend

the

at

year

altar

the

in

185

which

on

goddesses,

Ra

India

leading goddesses

as

altar

southern

of

praises

{net) land

green

the

on

Age.

junction

of

of

the

of

the

Jumna

Ganges.

and
'

Brugsch, Religion

"

Eggcling, 5a/.
I

392, note
^

pp.
"

pp.

"

394.

xxvi.

p.

My thologieder
ii. 5,

2,

5"

Alien

lo,

^Q^pter^

iii. 8, 3,

10;

pp.

152, 153.

S.B.E., vol. xii.

pp.

202.

Religion of the

Semites^

Lect

vi.

p.

210,

Lcct.

ix.

Book

i.

327-

Powell

28,

Brah.y

Smith,

Robertson
324*

und

29.

and

Elton,

Saxo-Grammaticus^

Introduction,

p.

119,

ritual,when

earlier

snake

passed
of the

blood

the

In

slain

sacrifices

the

sun-horse,

sacrificial

year-dog

back

called

week

new

life

to

of

the

the

the

of

sacrifice

also

those

his

temple,

medicine,

and

Sextus

to

sacrifice,dogs 3, a
Indian
A
of

the

to

Bhaga,
the
in

Sparta,

at

and

kept

patients

and

eat,

of

{nepJialta)

Thracians, who,

to

the

in
a

as

ing
accord-

therefore

by their descendants

to

the

Bhrigu.
further^account

the

household

Mathava.

countries
carried

the

called

is

under

the

guidance

of

Indian
the

is
literature,

Hewitt,

Rg.

pp. 421,

Kuling

ii. 27,

of

Brahmins,

the

in

who

the

India

the

or

North

god

422.

Frazer, Pausaniast iii. 250.

Races

of

and

the

story

by
the

cow-born

in

the

new

or

the

(go)
he

of

village
father

possessed
Vedic

that

Times^ vol. ii.,Essay viii.,pp.


Prehistoric

He

(vanam),

orthodox
moon,

{vi)

South.

fire of

of

rubbing
two

village grove

Rahugana,

cresent

of Prehistoric

Hewitt, Ruling

fire

king

the

Rahu,

of the

Brahmana

the

the

Gotama

Rahu.

of

Races

fire of

called

of the introducers

produces

Vi-degha,

household

spirit

to

Agni Vaishvanara,

India
the

with

told

is

desha),

(vish),and
the

coming

god

the

{degha
into

of the

fire

He,

(math),

given

continued

custom

of

Greece

Ares

Koronis,

the
year

days

water

and

of

was

used

Empiricus,

and

at

year

new

in

reproduced

honey

from

derived

the

six

the

Herakles

to

flesh

whose

of

early sacrifice

yEsculapius, son

to

custom

and

slain

VI. ; and

Chapter

This
is

dogs

in the

Mitra, Aryaman,

year,

in its

of the

months

eleven

Aditya,

mead-drinkers

sacred

the

living victims

in

Anjha^.

black

drank

just as

year,

rising sun

six

dogs offered

the

Hecate,

to

the

by

and

year-dog by

the

the

as

Tri-kadru-ka

Daksha

Varuna,

was

the

for

posts

described

be

rain-

posts, each

three

of

seasons

represented

to

year-

the

Regin,

brother,

ritual these

three

the

and

the

'.

ritual the eleven

Soma

of

year-god

which

over

Fafnirs

and

earliest Hindu

Soma

pit

Sigurd stabbe'd him,

as

pit,represented
later

Chronology
in

standing

god, Sigurd's guardian

the

and

History

86

Times, vol.

is the

120,

121.

i.,Essay v.,

the

of
in whose

god

honour

Myth' Making

the Takka

seen

(p. 179),religiousdances

But

this
of

circles
and

new-moon-god
the

sun-god,
that

sun-god

Media.

He

Rahu

as

he

the

was

father

the

Gunduk

or

marked
the

as

the

Indian
of

Herat

from

the

He

Rahu

there

which

and

Magadha,
Rama.

with

who,

of

banks

in

Raghu

worshipped
It

Mathava,
is from

that

Sarasvati,

the

to

yearly
moon-

god

Kumaon

god

month.

the

plough ing-god

this

Magadha.

the

as

in

have

we

combined

of
fire-priests

or

of

to

is

Raghu

god

fire

in

'

which

as

of each

beginning

worshipped

sacred

sacrifice

animal

it

priest

Harahvaiti

the

and

was

of

Gotama

brought

one

Dosadhs

the

the

at the

187

danced^

women

was

is still the

by

was

he

Age,

the

Sudanira
the

instituted

yearly

is still celebrated

by the

Dosadhs.
The
the

to
at

of

local

customs

this festival

of

the

year

the

fourth

the

full

place

sun-hen

the

Madras

the

with
of

moon

At

it

worshippers.

'

as

and

winter

begins
the

and

the
ram,

Santal
Year's

Eggeling, Sat. Brah,,

the

of the

drinks

sacrifice,the

i. 4, i, 14"17

Santals
with

(4)

Gond

milk

or

(2)

Hindu
full
when

Baisakh

year.

consumed

Bhukut

of

the

the

on

rice

and
are

February),

feast

of

year

festival

held

begins;

on

take

popular

year

flour,

wheaten

"

held

the

the

and

may

it

the

(January

(3) Magh

the

before

ending

festival

Huli

intoxicating

After

month

of

day

Pongol
of

beginning

that

New

the

Sohrai

the

March),

which

solstice,when
with

Pleiades,

be
the

on

in

beginning

equinox,

must

or

months

the

and

Munda

pigs,

offered,

are

of

month,

year's

new

May),

"

"

and

Fhagun

Ooraon

(April

the

Dravidians,

equinox,

vernal

the

Orion

and

(February

Fhagun

the

(i)

those

are

of

and

moon,

It

held

be

year

autumnal

solstice.

summer

ninth

or

the

year

the

the

offered,

the

at

for
of the

year

be

can

years' cycle beginning

three

India

November

according

it may

and

throughout

of the

varies

year

reckoning,

year

sacrifices

animal

no

of Rahu's

current

those

year, except

when

of

dates

various

the

the

date

{khir)
by

the

priest who

S.B.E., vol. xii. pp. 105"106.

has

consecrated

been

festival

on

then

Tulsi
in

mounts

leaves

women.

begin

heal

It

is

of

these

this

which

from

flowers

diseases, and
after

the

through

platform,

to

gods

that

fire,

sacred
he

to

distributes

barrenness

cure

orgies of

the

Sokha

and

mother,

the

feast

embodiment

of

is

trident

{Behar),

of

chiefs

belong

are

seasons

of

who

time,

lower

of

women

the

in

all

the

shrines

of

these

in

castes

the

almost

of

aspects
the

the

the

ruled

year

Asia

in
of

the

year

dominant
torial
terri-

great

2.

of

seasons

almost
the

wet-

of the

triad

all

(buii)

Akkadian

this

which

to

various

changing

the

forest

Istar ; and

by

images

no

the

manifest

and

Babhans,

the

There

by

the

Bundi

witch-mother,
of

worshipped

Maghada

three

the

the

(i) Goraya,

are

wives,

two

first form

the

Sakh,

triune

Bhim-Sen,

his

and

boundary-god,

the

Dosadhs,

called

otherwise

Rahu,

tribe

Rahu,

the

cynosuroides)^walks

{Poa

grass

before

night

^.

The

god

Kusha

the

sleeping

worshipping

fasting, after
and

by

of

bed

Chronology

and

History

88

Minor

shown

creator

the

by

divided

sowing, growing,

gods who
maker

supreme

the
and

the

in

into

year

the

ripening mother-

goddesses.
It
the

the

was

pig

whose

the

sacred

blood

used
He

as

called

and

was

the

white

third
the

pig-god

daily
also

was

Ritual

the

Dosadhs,
vol.

their

i., Essay iii.,


pp.

Risley,

Binds,
Teles,

p.

Tribes

133,

p. 309.

in

255, 256;
201,

and

Dosadhs,

fuU

the
of
all

in

Zend
the

Greece,

and

also Hewitt, Ruling

India

pig."

Brahmins
and

Races

is
the
of

name

Castes

of

He
in

the

and

the

Athravans,

Assyrian Ramanu,

Risley's Tribes

made

cleanse

to

Babylonia

(p. 158),
the

to

by

who

ancient

bath

lord

the

meditations

described

vol. i.,pp.

"

worshipped
given

in

Raghu

and

Atharvans,

Babylonia

Vishnu

pig

of

See

in

Minor

worshipped

was

or

baptismal

Atar, the god of the Vedic

as

Ra

god

of Asia

animal

was

sin.

guilty from

of this

worshippers

the

god

of Bengal^

Prehistoric

Times^

203.

Castes
p.

of Bengal^
256,

vol.

Kandus,

i.
p.

Amats,
416,

p.

18, Babhans,

Korris,

p.

504,

p.

vol.

33,

ii..

of the Myth-Making

[anti) Ram,

the

worshipped
wind
Mars

Matu

as

It

'.

Indian

pigs

two

of
fertility

the

marrying
Istar, in

of

one

in Greece

food,

every-day

as

father

and

sacred

to

mother

swine's

the

annual

and

Ixvi. 3,

17,

flesh

and

the

Apollo Smintheus,
the
boar-god was
and

told

are

we

Trita5,

the

god

Chapter

V.

In

it
at

their

annual

The

year
the

week,

Encyc.

3
4

Rustica,

Kg.

X.

of

the

slain

the

at

the

Lectures

for 1887,

Brothers,

Lect.

five

iii.p.

Edition,

Ninth

Die

99, 6.

Lectures

for

887,

Lect.

Phonitter, vol. i. chap.

iv. pp.

vii. p.

122.

by

described
slain

in

by

the
of

son
was

Meleager,
was

and
eaten

solstice.

winter

from

year,

slain

head

whose

India

year-boar

by

phallus worshippers,
their

eat

Vishnu,

eighth

This

North

to

In

was

first enemy

boar.

Greece
the

seasons

sun-god,

Isaiah

three-headed

years' cycle,
the

phallus

or

who

changed
six

into

the

days,

was

153.
vol.

ii. pp.

258,

note

ii. 4.

Sayce, Hibbert
Movers,

is

feasts

the

Arval

Brit,

this

the

as

boar

of

unit

Sayce, Hihbert

Re

/)e

born

Yule
of

how

Harivamsa

parent-boar of

the

Rigveda
three

swine

used

festivals.
Krishna

three

the

to

("r/A";^o*)of
Troy,

of

of

flesh

in

Jews

mouse-god

or

Syrians,

the

and

bis

swine's

fed

Avatar

year
the

the

Calydonian
was

the

DevakI,

and

Vasudeva

the

the

religious

first

the

of

Krishna,

young

their

at

2.

called

of

fruit of the

sacred

the

Demeter

eat

Cyprians

how

the

of

weddings

sacrifices

sacrifice

read

we

mouse,

in

of

boar

six-eyed

the

The

before

to

annual

the

figs,the

Etrurian

Phoenicians,

refused

with

secure

god

totem

corn-mothers

the

and

who

Maso,
to

reduplication

the

to

swine.

of

Arvalia

at

Latin

the

pig-goddess, being

it at

ate

Aphrodite

worshippers
Ixv.

was

Rome,

at

Cyprians,

and

Egyptians,

offered

was

Monsoon

Etrurian

this

to

was

offered

were

the

Roman

Bis-bizi,

Ceres

and

it

avatars,

Dawn

Pigs

3.

pig

her

the

of

pig

pes,

soil,and

that

races

Lady

as

the

the

at

West

increase,

Mar-mar,

offered

were

of

also

Mermer,

of the

god

god

same

Sabine

the

{Martis\

that

this

to

was

the

Martu,

or

Akkadian

the

Rama,

189

Age,

2.

671, 672;

Varro,

History and

IQO
that which
with

immediately succeeded

the

the

Vasuk

or

and

the

as

the

rulers

of

Khuwas

Khan,

local

hills,when
was

the

I had

{Benares)^

that

national

the

rain

crystal

car,

heavens

in

the

This

sacred

with

the

garland
the

her

the

her

oldest

lowest

another
from

route

the

the

Northern

her
statues

Egypt

Mahabharata

'

Petrie, History of Egypt

mounted
sur-

year-god

circling

in Central

from
and

India

Sone

and
India

to

there

the

rise.

Egypt
lotus-

staff

Min,

the

the

Vasu

gave

feather-headed

to

found

star

of

site
the

Prehistoric

Petrie

by

Mr.

of

temples

series

borne

Virgo.

Sea

Kgypt,

on

2.

Parva, Ixiii. pp.


vol.

in

built

Coptos, lying

Red

{Adivanshava(arana)
^

and

{Indra),

who

growing

Ra,

sign of

lotus-garland, is portrayed

ancient

Adi

the

min^ goddess

or

successive

the

on

Shukra

Kashi

ruling the

Jews,

{Nerbudda)

the

of

staff and

of

lotus

sun-god

crown

prehistoric

stage

upon

of

of

transported

was

the

1862.

forming

the

as

rains, and

Narmada

measuring [men
with

Min,

lotus

was

the

the

was

the

worship

of
of

vived
sur-

Kymore

of

south

pole

lotus-garland
up

the

in

His

still

race,

mountains,

bamboo

by

A.D.

Shah.

god, Vasu,

Asherah

chief,

district in

valley,

moon-chariot

This

pools, whence

by

the

brings

the

Chiroo

royal

Chiroo

the

god,

who

{sak) god

wet

the

Gangetic

country
Kushika

descendants

Sher

Sakti

the

Chedi"

of

the

Sasseram

godmoves

century

emperor

the

national

the

it with

the

the

by

whose

and

ancient

of

solstice,planted

summer

the

hills,called
of

boundary

summer

is the

living at Chainpur

charge

these

on

This

sixteenth

the

in

chieftain

ruled

independent

last

of

Basuk

the

with

succeeded

India,

representing this

descendant,
as

who

Central

general

central

as

Purus, king

Chir).

or

Chiroos,

conquered

was

Takkas

that

the

of

race

the

the

Uparichara, he who

{Chid

till

Magadha

Muhurta,

It

birds

of

tribe

Gonds
ruled

the

the

of

Vasu,

of

land

of

in

of

year

beginning

brings, was

it

beginning

year,

by the

Mahabharata

the

the

was

year,

rains

Gond

the

worshipped

His

the

called

above,
the

trident

and

This

May.

Nag.

solstice

king,

of

month

of

prong

Chronology

i. pp.

171

"

13, 14.

173.

in
the
one

the

History

192

Virgin

mother

the

swine

sacred

Northern

the

divided

These
and

ruled

the

who

indigenous

allies, the

State

watered
the

the

by

Eastern

of

province

of
the

represent

their

followed

Southern

for

Chuttisgurh,
central

is

to

those

still

of

these

ancient

Marsham

Virgin-Mother,

pp.

67

The
"

71.

Book

and

central

of

of

These

the

Northern
This

model

of

us

chiefs
earth

is

that

kingdom

of

Sirgoojya,

Magadha,

king,

and

chieftains, and

gives

mander-in-chief
com-

or

Pachete,

the

by

or

immigrants

ancient

kingdom

subordinate

Bhuya

the

house-

three

the

the

held

and

Sena-pati

Nagpur,

ancient

hereditary

or

of

butary
tri-

king, while

his

by

the

province,

Gharoutea
the

union

the

divided

in

existing

their

and

Mahapatur,

the

leaders

always

been

of

(sena).

chieftains

Adams,

arrival,

Northern

have

is held

Nuggra

Chutia

history of

their

eel,

The

became

his

by

it

themselves

the

appanage

army

the

and

province

surrounding

'

of

states

in

India

worship

by the

of

sons

predecessors.

the

all

in

the

the

by hereditary chiefs,

seems

the

hereditary

Jambu-dvipa,

the

is

by

led

into

and

framed

Gangpore.

the

[hhnvi) clan, formed

to

as

afterwards

who

manager,

with

ruled

province, Hingir, by

Western

who

before

high-priest, the

and

prime-minister

into

provinces.

were

state

Eebe,

kings

land

the

preceded

Bhuya

star-god

organised villages,provinces

divisions, such

three

into

hawk

followers

amalgamated

organisation

conquerors,

the

introduced

confederated

first

the

under

his

marriage

had

provinces

grouped

the

of

fire, and

and

sun-god

and

sun

changed

had

custom

it into

of allied

groups

goddess,

Kirke,

the

were

who

who

people

had

and

the

household

the

with

line

royal

crops,

Star

phallus worshippers.

the

immigrants,

Northern

and

Aiaia,

to

fish-born

This

of

island

her

in

goddess

Odusseus,

concealed

{KipKoi),who
Orion,

Greek

Pole

hawk-headed

the

to

the

was

the

as

Midsummer

at

She

Horus^

Chronology

Denderah

at

birth

giving

and

those
the

reliable

most

the

tionality
na-

clue

India.
of

the

Master
y

chap, vi.,

The

Temple

of

the

of the Myth-Making
Thus, if we
thus

take

told, the

cial

their

in local

the

district

In
of

Sirgoojya

Korwas, of the
social

scale

of

the

of

in

Kaurs,

for

call

they

of

of

the

daughter

the

place

of the

the

Pilka

is

Rajputs,
of

Raja,

original Gond

whose

of

the

kingdom,
but

Korwas
the
bird
traces

of

race

Khu,
of

Marya

the

primitive

their
which

intermixed

Sus,

or

Finn

presence
is called

in

family
frontier

originally

were

the

governments
with

Raja

present

taken

had

ancestors

chief.

primitive

Gonds

Souris, Suari

with

Belaspore,

but

the

it

present Raja,

originally a

Chuttisgurh, like Sirgoojya adjoining it,was


Gond

age
appanfrontier

hold

the

of

is

so

before

of

also

family

possession

Kaur

and

Kaurs

branch

the

minister

Southern

the

to

the

in

them

Gond,

The

Kaurs

ancestor

part

province, the

themselves

the

of

supplied by

hereditary prime

the

and

Hazari-

formed

above

next

chief

and

some

are

or

once

younger

obtained

marriage

the

there

is

belonged

Raja,

now

but

East

and

Ramgurh

Northern

in

of

Jushpore,

they

the

of

hands

Sirgoojya

though

on

province

Oodeypore
the

provinces

The

Commander

into

came

Gonds.

the

North

which

and

stock,

Ramkola,

the

province

the

the

element

primitive

tive
distinc-

its

hereditary appanage
Raja.
by a Kharwar

Jushpore,

central

of

chief

is ruled

Munda

are

holding the
the

and

the

Sirgoojya,

retains

the

the

North,

still survive

which

while

mating
amalga-

by

which

chiefs,

Kaurs,

the

to

formed

to

are

royal central

Parhas,

provinces

them

villagesare

in the

been

of

Munda

Rautia

by

has

each

border

whose

and

provin-.

with

but

Ooraons

Munda

Commander-in-chief,

of

of

chiefly by

governed

village and

Ooraons,

of the

history

Nagpur, Sirgoojya

first the

the

which

Kokhra,

The

held

bagh

those

geography, and

flag.
are

of

193

of national

predecessors the Mundas,

large number

Chutia

in the

is that

interspersedamong
province of

of

find that

organisation

intermixed

illustrative instances

as

kingdoms

Chuttisgurh, we

Age,

the

inhabitants
with

after

name

the

Mons

to

They
of

god

the

Bel,

have

form

of

original sons

elements.
the

not

were

the

left the

province
the

sun

of

and

fire-godof

the

Souris

the central

Gond-Kaur

of Central

vestiges of

with

the

the

family of

the

dominions

by the

their
of

kingdom

whole

of

than

the

only

of

of

proved

Chuttisgurh,

of

great

influence

the

also

ing
adjoin-

than

area

be

to

the

to

estates

the
less

much

not

paramount,

the.

princess
the

Kaurs

them

by

and

North

India.

through

by

held

his

Sumbulpore,

Gond

Raj

over

revenues

the

Kaurs

exercised

estates

that

A.D.

royal

Lords

in

Chuttisgurh,

stated
as

with

large

frontier

1560

but

ultimately

prince

and

the

are

became

Kaur

the

by

in

greater

then

was

the

find

we

Nagpur,

In

Central, but also of Northern

or

Hai-hayas

marriage

covering

kings

finally dethroned

ruler

then

this

Jambu-dwipa

Raghu.

the lists of the

originally ruled

Haihayas

or

were

Sirgoojya, Chutia

Bustar^,

Haiobunsi

kings preserved

only Chuttisgurh

France, and

the

That

who

of

connection

Ministers

Prime

In

was

not

of

and

these

of

once

Raj Gonds,

or

A.D., extended

1750

of country.

included

Rahu

sun-god

Haihaya,

in

territories

these

the

the

marks

Haihaya

records

Sen, who

Kharond

the

hereditary

Mahrathas

Luchmun

the

ancient

large expanse

of

of

rule of the

to the

Ragh, and

or

their Akkadian

marks

capitalof Chuttisgurh,and
points

dynasty

India

which

second

of Rai

Chronology

name

royal province,

worshippers
the

", a

Raipur, the

descent.

and

History

194

is
in

; among

East

of

the

province.
We

the
it

history

earliest

the

covered

Souris

founders
from

16, 17.

of

Bhils

ancient

Land

sun

with

tract,

primitive

villages,and

the

They

introduced

of the
and

villages,each

times

{marom)

tree

or

men

or

the

Korwas,

the

succeeded
and

sorcery

craft,
witch-

Their

Gonds.
ruled

when

Gonds,

were

bow.

trace

union

The

by

last

its head-

Bel.

Haihaibunsi

Revenue

extensive

North-east.

the

tribes, who

country
call the

list of
the

Marya

the

Souris, Bhuyas, Muudas

the

Report of
pp.

the

by the

the

from

country

by

Ugro-Finn

formed

The

the

Mons

and

'See

of

this

of

ruling tribes

Dravidian

aboriginal

'

the

peopled

was

by

in

can,

Settlements

provinces
of

the

and

their

revenues

Chuttisgurh Division,

in
ss.

Hewitt,
55, 56,

of the Myth-Making
and

man

his

council

or

or

of the

sons

Kauravyasy
and

who,

who

in almost

the

with

the

He

national

as

have

we

of the

from

Bear.

Great

story, had

only

the

the

seen,

one

given

mango

Each

Kushikas.
were

united

form

the

time

'

Risley, Trides

vol. i.
p.
'

king Jarasandha,
Hence

and

he

Castes

the

was

Virya, the

Ambalika,

who

who

son,

union

(Chandra)
the

two

old

Sabha

of the

uniter

of Bengal, Rautias,

{Rdjasuyd-rambha) Parva,
O

of

the

parts
to

age,

{sandhi) by lapse

vol.

Northern

ii. p.

201,

504.

MahabharaU

the

national

the

Jara,

woman,

stars

conceived

was

and

were,

of

form

by

queens

were

the

and

Jarasandha

moon-god

the

story

and

two

old

an

the

as

they

Cygnus,

the

married

who

Pandavas,

them,

half

of

and

the

the

bore

together by

(Jara) ^.

in

the

queen

identity

prong

Vichitra

of

in

between

priest Chandra-Kushika,

husbands

their

Kashi, and

of

Star

to

clans

Vrihadratha,

Ambika

son

geners
con-

selves
call them-

Kurmis

central

marriage

They,

near

very

marks

the

of

Pole

neighbouring

kings, represented by Jara-

Kauravyas

mothers

more

'.

Vasu,

the

the

and

and

undisturbed

people

the

their

by

mango-tree

son

of

of

reputed father
the two

tree

of

was

variant

of

for in both

Magadha

grandson

any

the Kaurs

the

reservoirs

left in

find the

peopled

daughters of the King

clearly a

or

country,

water

you

in

mango

of the

trident.

the twin

made

been

mango-tree,

from

race

sandha, the
divine

have

than

Both

to

descent

This

Kaurs

plateau of Chuttisgurh,

lands

those

of the

sons

the

the whole

over

They

Kaurs

well-to-do

first married

are

their rule

of their ancestral

Kurmis.

the

and

by the Khar-

they again by

village in the

properties,except
the

neighbours by the

pre-eminent agricultural aptitude, made

everywhere where
thriving and

its

succeeded

were

prosperous.

every

possession

They

extended

and

village Panchayut

boundary-snake-god Goraya

eel-god, and

their

by

populous

is

the

guarded by

195

the

from

separated

prieststhe Goraits.

wars

it

assistants, making

five,and

of

boundaries
his

four

Age,

xvii. pp.

54, 55.

of

and

Kurmis,

History and

196
stocks

Southern

Kauravyas.

He

bearing-god

Shiva,

{kans
two

(sena)

of

before

India
Krishna

he

slain

was

moon-goose

he of the

or

army

all

conquered

by the

of the

he

Dimvaka,

and

{chitra),had

colours

divers

sacrifices;

the

Chitrasena,

called

(vaka),also

tongues

human

Hansa,

or

or

three-eyed trident-

offered

Kushika

called

hans)^ also

or

he

whom

to

the

of

worshipper

generals, Kansa

his

and

he

and

was

Kushikas

the

confederacy of

the

forming

Chronology

thern
Nor-

Bhima

Pandava

and

',
^

This

tells

story

Central

and
who

was

in the

{Oude),

Ayodhya
survive

India

said

were

of the

remembrance

The

Ahi-kshetra,

name

of
the

primitive
given

the

to

the

Gond

to

the

land

Haihaya

the
of

of

of

who

the

Kaurs

retain

the

their

old

tribal

scruple ; and
*

Mahabharata

Sabha
'

priests;
drink

Sabha

eat

Mahabharata

Adi

land

the

by

of
the

the

land

of

from

the

and

ritual

the

from

given

the

Kaurs
of

of
their
age,

fowls

or

North

Naga

religious ceremonies
and

nacular
ver-

Nag-bunsi

neolithic

and

the

translation,

the

and

the

snake

Nagpur

immigrants

the

ruled

original

Sanskrit

secration
con-

land

of

to

between

mother-tree

Chutla

ruled

{Rajasuya-rambha)

(Jardsandha-badhd) Parva,

the

the

in

and

beef, pork

fermented

ancient

snakes, given

was

the

is

in

their

the

in

Kuru-kshetra,

survives

customs

ancestors

Haiobunsi.

territoryextending

Kurus,

or

is

still

race

before

This

of

Kaur
of

name

ruling

or

original

India,

bury their dead, perform


own

the
name

the

was

the

still like

are

It

of

2.

Nagpur

Central

kings.

Ahis

Ahikshetra
of

names

changed
that

land

Godaveri,

which

this

Mahabharata

Drishadvati

this

have

of Huldi

the

of

the

in

and

to

in

India

land

Northern

kings,
formerly ruled

is recorded

original Haihaya

form,

into

the

of

of

Haihaya

or

to

Raja

rule

tree-trunk,

races,

Himalayas

who

their

Kaur

relics
the

whole

the

Purana

the

of

and

the

by Drona,

by

later sacred

the

Sarasvati

ruled

where

Panchala

Northern

when

Vishnu

and

Ghazipur,

in

age

snakes

Central
fathers
for

they

by their

without

any

spirituous liquors. They


Parva, xiv.

xxii. p. 68.

{^Sambhonfo) Parva, clx. p. 413,

pp.

46, 47,

xix.

p.

60,

of the Myth-Making
show

their

Northern

Great Bear

Goraya,

The

nile, and
date
of

that

of

reckoned,

boundary-god

antiquity of

of

their

the

like

the

but
bird, by the solstices,

beginning

year

Bhima,

the

began
of

the

first lunar

the

the

that

month,
year

of

nine

days

the

the

Karanas,
each

of

year-god
the

Krishna,

of

his

chariot.

Vasukia,
the

upon
the

the

Sakti

of

household

as

the

tortoise

the

436

435.
s.

and

Tribes
;

115,

Hewitt,

become

{kur),
rule

Castes

Report

and

of

the

in local

of Bengal^
on

race,

twenty-

light,the

of

possession

had

Kaur
Central

Revenue

or

planted
with

rain-pole,the
the

worshipped

who

the

had

Vasu

surmounted

national

the

of

year-car

Kauravya

or

established
or

Kurmi

Indian

vol. ii.,Rautias, p. 204,

the Land

the

his

bamboo-pole
of

of

and

solstice,who

sign

the

Jarasandha,

of

antelope

crystal

summer

of

that

immigrants

had

They

the

of

flying-bull,took

the

the

is still remembered

Rbley,

Kaurs,

the

Northern

India

Northern
which

the

the

was

mountains

fire.

of

sons

PP-

of

god

lotus-garland

Asherah

'

This

year-god

months

till

not

was

night

flying-bull {^gud)

the

Assyrian Kerub,

and

it

death

the

mango-tree-mother,

the

of

year-god

Gadura,

the

moon

new

through

as

the

as

till the

of

the

lasted

twelve

into

year

between

Jarasandha

fifteenth

the

sun-

Pleiades

contest

month,

slain

not

was

the

new

year-sun-bird
Hebrew

It

2.

the

the

oldest

the

one

was

and

is,with
and

year-god

ruled

he

the

by

the

as

the

that

on

was

Seven

village near

tree-ape-god, and

is

divided

the

marked

is

of

basis

day,

14th, that

Jarasandha

the

every

For

light fortnight of

of

night

the

November),

"

of

by Orion

ruled

Maroti, the

(October

of

in

which

November.

of

Khartik

that

killed

year

on

son

with

whole

in

call

the

legendary history of their

was

years

for

'.

the

He

197

reverence

king Jarasandha,

and

epoch,

not

they

is erected

latter's death.

the

dying

tlie

great

very

shrine

their

by

constellation, which

to whom
Sisters,

that of

descent

Age.

SeUlenwU

all

Kaur
over

dynasty,
tradition

vol. i.,Kaurs,

of Chuttisgurh,

116, p. 35.

'

Mahabharata

Sabha

Ibid., xxiv. pp.

( /arasandha-badha) Panra, xxiii.,xxiv. pp. 7^1 73*

75, 76.

as

History

198
the

originalimperial
capital still

Chronology

and

and

power,

survive

the

the

in

of their

remains

jungles of

hill

tain
moun-

Southern

Sirgoojya.
These

Kaur-kurmi
of

descendants,
descended

who

made

year

is that

of Vasuki,
of

his

from

this

the

earth

the

the

July),

that

told

by

the

with
him

Gond

six
of

eyes

of

chief
of the
ruler

113"
3

the

summer

of

divided

=*

nine

assistant

Chutia

He

the

god churned

is,the

as

ass,

Shesh

the

mouths,

made

of

or

ocean-snake

the

next

into

cycles
SHiras

Mahabharata

Adi

from

the

ass

of

and

nine

of

time

epoch
of

three

Kalpa

Sutra;

{AsUka)

3.

In

xix. I,

of

days

It

v.

pp.

born
when

age

the
the

was

the

up

the

week

horn,

and

was

this

S.B.E., vol. xxii.

S.B.E., vol.

the

with

the

one

rains
as

it

the
was

India

was

pp.

78" 81,

p. 281.

Parva, xvii., xviii.,xxxv.,

ii

and

Bundahish

the

116.

West, Bundahish^

the

of

ass-son

measurement,

years.

who

guarding

pregnant,

ocean

the

by Vasuki,

This

2.

women

ocean

Ananta,

Tishtrya (Sin'us)in bringing

solstice

Jacobi, /aina

all

the

mother

succeeding cycle epocli, and


It

the

from

Nag

the

six

of

birth-story

this

the

"

son

Nabhi,

of

and

deposed

three-legged

the

Ucchai-shravas,

been

mother-mountain

(June

was

In

the

of

or

Ashadha

of

first

whose

Koshala

of

It

Nagpur.

Jains,

earth

had

earth

the

pillar.

gnomon

traders

the bull, but

that

who

is the

and

the

the

snake-god

the

this and

of

is not

ears,

Nag,

ocean-mother

(iiath)of

solstice.

turner

the

was

foundations

Indian

fortnight

summer

Vasuki

below

placed

dark

Mahabharata,

long

Sek

the

the

bull

dasher

of

of

of

churning
the

as

tree-mountain-goddess, and

central

in the

lord

east

the

Potter,
Their

the

legend of
Mandara

mountain

the

the

the

potter

horse

in

the

in

were

potter's wheel.

the

Parisnath,

Rishabha,

is at

the

and

Great

the

mother-mountain

the

Eastern

born

Maru-devi,

as

as

of

avatar

revolving Mount
hill

was

navel, the

revolve

Burrakur

sacred

Kushikas,

his

in

This,

the

Tlrthakara

bore

the

churn.

{Paris)yon
is

in

god

commemorated

is

followers, like their present

were

Kabir^ originallythe great ape-god,

with

Kushikas,

kings

67"69.

xxxvi.

BOOK

THE

LUNAR-SOLAR

OF

AGE

II.

WORSHIP.

V.

CHAPTER
The

epoch

of
the

birth

THE
the

The

the

agricultural
by

the

the
been

governed

patriarchists,

who

tribes

who

were,

of

the

the

in
totem

months,
this
to

of

the

of

India

as

are

told

and

from

hunting

of

in

the

called

parents.

Their

year

was

period
which

did

the

not

of
cover

national

the

that
of

circle

agricultural

These
in

which
the

the

the
of

were

directors

had

their

by

festivals

seasons
were

their
lunar

ten

cow-mother,

the

now

cattle

bull

and

measured

sowing,

shepherds,

Lingal,

cow

puting
com-

they

herdsmen

grazed

the

gestation

North.

They

and

and

period

of

Confederacies.

valleys,

chal
matriar-

mountain

or

Song

mountains,

the

of

leading

Koi-kopal

Basque

the

animals

seasons

The

river

the

the

on

hitherto

had

of

the

breeders,

interested

the

crops.

Trigarta
the

of

more

of

primitive

bordering

and

union

and

superseded

which

races

were

succession

in

Kushika

the

gestation

ripening

we

from

herds

and

called

down

come

as

in

and

the

the

with

epoch

farmers

matriarchal
born

the

regions

Mediterranean,

opens

ment.
measure-

pastoral cattle

those

in

time

Canopus

by

this

in

by the

powers

were

periods

than

growing

devised

the

of

time

sun-bird,

the

were

of

of

reckoned

races,

the

by

flocks

of
the

tended

those

and

Dravidians
feeders

deer-sun,

ruling

ruler

as

conception

new

Pleiades,

Ocean

Indian

ass

of the

of time

became

who

totally

hunting

and

division

three-legged

years

and

Orion,

of

history

and

w^ek.

nine-days

the

of

cycle

three-years

the

but

ing
accord-

arranged,

History and
they were
would

obliged, in

that of the
time

working of

the

as

descendants

the

Minor

by

the

Turanian

bh

ph,

the

Phrygians

kings
to

called

were

of

and

Cybele

the

of

in
had

goat's

or

on

which

of

India,

their

is

repeated
and

Meirchion
sword.
ass,

of

Egyptian
succeeded

the

fire-gods,

represented

the

the

god

and

Northern

smith,

whose

Mjolnir,

god,

reputed

was

Satyrs,
or

the

of

sons

car

the

have

said
and

wild

of

ass

the

to

tails.
who

mountain-goat,
from

descended

duced
repro-

to

were

feet

asses

story of the year-king with

belonging apparently

ears,

their

Syria,

ape-father

rode.

historical

This

ass,

Silenus,

of

it, the
of

was

cave-goddess

Pessinus,

at

goat's

sons

the

the
and

father-king, continually

and

the

became

subsequently

is

subjects, the

ears

were

the

descendants,

his

asses

short, they

in

the

and

of

wielder

This

he

as

which

stone

the

of

on

all

as

king,
that

fire from

Edda,

assumed

son

shrine

drew

successive

ears,

asses

have

who

Aryan

hunters

Phrygia, just

diorite

Asia

in

the

Northern

Each

sacred

called

{phur)^ born

name

reputed

by goats.
his

of

the

legendary father-king

High-Priest,

most

the

of

drawn

was

the

the

hammer,

Thor

the

her

in

goddess

the

Pharaoh.

her

fire-mother,

the

with

fire,the

changed
fire

national

became

people

who

Their

kings

became

power,

who

of

apparently

all the

by

Thrace,

sons

or

Finns.
was

household

the

ment
measure-

their

the

Finns,

farmers

Indian

which

succession

originally

were

North-eastern

Midas,

of

harmonious

of year

examine

of

of

Bru-ges

Bhri-gu,

the

with

system

the

method

to

worshippers

Indian

the

their

it is necessary

history. They,

of

for

that

calendar

devise

provide

understand

to

of

would

tribal

to

201

systems.

thoroughly

union

of their

Age.

confusion

the

prevent

clashing

which

two

in order

into

to

Myth-Making

confederacy they ruled,

reckoning

But

order

the

from

ensue

the

Chronology of

March
and

the

in

Welsh

the

Labraid
is the

king

to

Lore

Asia
and

Galatia,

the

Irish stories

with

Brythonic
of

Minor,

asses

the

horse
the

swift
who

Celtic

was

or

land
of

horse's
of

March

hand
in

or

the
ab
the

Goidelic

province of Asia

202

History and

Both

Minor.

found

the

was

the

out

Celtic

of

when

they

house, which
filled

Lough

charge

of the

holy

of

made

crene,

rophon

king
his

of

the

beneath

holy

animals

of
the

guarded by Drystan,
be

of the

tree-god

induced

to

Druid

fealty to

swear

where

March

when

buried

bard

could

they

of

Arthur,

or

the

who

Lore,

of the Gai

who

were

god,

to

his

as

but
A

who
druid

these

March

the

was

the

the

the

shaved

the

Welsh
he

him

the

of the

Southern

widow's

possession

by telling him

Belle-

March

was

(muir), and

sea

Bhrigu,

or

who

{dru).
the

seems

He

was

ploughing
In

the

the

the

spot
and

grew,

only
of

story
and
or

music

Strangers,

aid

Muirgen

the

Liban's

whom

of

the

to

turn

to

aid

the

beneath

secret

in
born,
seasun-

sister, who

also

he

them
the

Cuchulainn

and

Labraid

Gaili6iny the

Black
to

came

sun

son,

the

ears."

Fand
year,

in

Hippo-

of

reeds

reeds

called

persuaded

the
a

and

well

see

of

May.

him

Dubgaill

with

rule

of

Domnann

LHon,

month

by

Fir

the

Airem,

in

built
the

horse

tree

horse's

Fomori,

king of

fell ill from


cured

the

of

sun-spear,

for
her

has

is recorded

wife, and

live

Fomori
Labraid

or

Liban,

with

from

was

allies of

shared

pipe

leader

was

was

shaved

incident

men

battle.

well

Drostan,

Hawk

who

was

who

shall

Phrygians

Pictic

those

"

play

similar

cut

of the

{fo)

sons

(dr)sun-god, by Gwalch-mei,

We

it

the

who

of

water

sun-physician.

men

or

after

Eochaid

Pegasus, the

the

sun-god,

woman-priestess

cover

I treat

of

Raphon,

Fomori,

swine,

were

to

the

the

the

sun-horse

which

the

forgot to

hoofs

the

over

when

the

wife, Ebliu,

was

in

of

Eochaid

and

second

by

story when

the

Baal

or

well

Rib

rain-

was

king

Eochaid,

to

of

well,

the

Midir,

the

and

ears,

and

ass-king

or

Indra,

of

long

horse

Neagh

this

by

horses

submerged

was

which

importance

Oc

This

hoofs

his

Mac

father's

Eochaid.

with

made

by

the

horse

ass

the

given
by

their

with

with

with

and

killed

had

or

them

shaved

This

ears.

horse

the

that

Rib,

to

they escaped
love

their

Ashva,

mythology
world,

secret

who

barber

Ucchai-shravas

lower

in

every

Indian

called

god

killed

Chronology

did
of

sun-wise

not

his
and

the
sea.

slay,
ears.

tell

of
his secret
a

the

harps

horse's ears'."

into

show

be

for the

the sun-horse

and

These

(""")

the

of

sons

who

in Greece

lake

Copais

villagetanks
that

as

Central

of

and

day

the

their Dravidian
be

and

hence

made

to

This
of

period

the

original Pleiades
October
a

unit

time

months,

reconciling in

gestational and

'

Rhys,

Hibbert
^

In

four

seasonal

the

solstice is the

same

ass

who

West, Bundahish^

the

Legend^
p.

460"463,
of the

was

in India

xlx.

"

11

autumnal
for

they sought
of

beginning

the

the
of

Thesmophoria

of

each

23 1, 233,

bringer up

could

equinoxes,

the

time

of the

measures

v.

with

of

sun

this

the

and

day

starting-pointthey devised

periods

Arthurian

for 1886, Lect.

Bundahish

begin

the

they began

their

at

the

of

equatorial

three-years cyle

Celtic Folklore^ vol. i. pp.

Lectures
the

of India.

into

Ibid., The

572"574;

this

From

rule,

sons

countries

with

Central

Kurmi

As

sunset

near

very

made

district of

the

sunset

opening

year,

divided

the

year

November.

"

actual
year

them

of

reckoned

northern

with
their

gave

India

of

relics

setting of
In

made

in

agricultural races,

the

coincide

and

the

they built

Arabia

round.

evening, and

of

herdsmen,

draining

Bhundara

miles

ancestors.

they

equinox.
at

time

measuring

or

reservoirs

as

the

in

Indian

in the

year

night from
only

of the

and

lake

survive

seventeen

In

Ma'arib,

large

Nowagaon

Provinces,

mother-tree
their

the

and

India, which

Southern

such

of

reservoir

Minyan
channels

superfluouswaters.

the

sun-gods,

for the sun-bird,

agriculturistsand

as

its

great Minyan

and

the

were

sun-ass

the subterranean

the

the

Tishtrya's

the

Indra,

has

with

and

sun-ass

made
of

Labraid

"

story

Midas's

rivers,

sun-ass.

skilled

equally

race,

this

was

history universally accepted

of the

substitution

recording the

as

of

This

of the

sons

and

of ancient

relic

side.

only play

of Eochaid

sun-horse

the

it to

Iberian

changes of Midir's,

accompanying
ass*

the

diffusion

wide

The

right-hand

it would

from

made

203

the

on

parent-tree of

willow, the

and

first tree

the

to

Age,

Myth-Making

the

the

months,

ten

435

of

vi. p.

"

437,

480, 499,

378"380;

356, 357,

Lect.
rains

forty sidereal

year.

vol. ii. pp.


pp.

of

589, note

Tishtrya

at

I,

the

Ibid.,
591.
summer

Ucchai-shravas, the long-eared horse


S.B.E., vol.

v.

pp.

67"69.

History

204

autumnal

The
of

the

equinox

deer-sun-year
the

born

sun-god

or

Dumu-zi

at

the

of

of

Adonis

the

fil"oi/iSosKrproi),the
and

by the

who

women

his

brought
These

boxes

which

the

the

the

were

divine

seed

Soma

the

in

which

in

Nagas,

of

ritual

Prajapati {Orion), called


invoked

in

Rg.

heaven

of
the

Golden

the

Northern

of

Asia
the

of

their
the

corn

father-god

goddess

408,

or

the

Sat,

Brdh,,

the

that

of
with

introduced

with

the
the

was

country

five-days

the

men

or

immigrants

with
of

the

the

from

confederacy

which

the

they

cut

crescent-moon,
of

Harpe

which

calf, slew

from

millets, barley and

instrument

symbol

"Creator

Srinjaya

of

and

tree-trunk

of

name

god

is born

holy

men

which

Who

the

as

members

the

Marduk,

former

union

cycle-year,

and

of the

Eggeling,
410.

of

Kronos,

Merodach

also

and

crops,

or

their

the

was

country

Gangetic Doab,

the

who

races

or

Ka

the

took

them

made

sickle

the

of Ahi-

Supreme

living things, who


of

land

Drona,

the

as

name,

Panchalas,

(srini),when

This

year-god
Bel

called

corn-growing

wheat.

of

afterwards

had

Minor

that

land

This
land

first

who

sickle

the

all

^"

Indian

and

week,
of

Womb

people

the

and

tree-trunk, from

Brahmanas

the

under

121,

x,

earth

and

in

crops

ended.

was

year

Nagpur

worshipped

was

sprouting

king, the

was

and

year-god,

Indian

Gond

hidden

and

the

the

the

of

Gardens

jars of fennel,

hollowed

the

Drona

the

life in the

in

celebrated

sown

of

measuring

sprouted
form

been

was

Tammuz

there

square

death

the

sanction,

Adonis

the

or

to

Drona,

the

was

had

the

first week

kshetra, the Sanskrit


the

which

successor

Syria, where

finding of

boxes

mourned

new-born

when

produced

barley,

the

official

birth

by the

equinox

lettuce, wheat

of

whose

solstice, when
of

sun

cypress-tree,

Antioch,

autumnal

infant

birthday

the

as

winter

first received

apparently

conception

the

at

The

began.

celebrated

was

conceived

sun-god

Chronology

and

the

Greek

Assyrian

Tiamut,

the

god

mother-

era.

iv.

5, 5,

11,

iv.

5,

6, 4;

S.B.E.,

vol.

xxvi.

pp.

of the Myth' Making

Birth

A.

Age.

205

of the sun-god dated by Zodiacal

stars.

They began their cycle with the birth of the sun-god at


the first new
moon
followingthe autumnal
equinox, and the
the Ram-sun,
the Hermes
sun-god then born was
young
of the Greeks, the sunbearer
Kriophoros, the ram
[icpios)
pillar(Ipfjui)
represented on the Palmyrene altar
gnomon
in Rome,
of the

on

the

as

with

the

have

we

sons

sheep-mother Eda
the

became
flood

by

whey

and

curds, and

in whose

Varuna,

of the

who

theologyshe

mother-goddess. But in her


claim,and acknowledged Manu,
born

sun,

with

opened

year

at his birth

the

summer

The

sun

the

sun

the

at

of this

new

birth then

equinox, who

of the winter

whose
solstice,

cycle at

his birth

at

the

sun-gods was

the

Orion's

horns

the

of

crescent-moon,

the

milk,

birth

she

refused

also
was

months

the

their

her fathers.

as

the

Jewish
began, begot
be born

to

of

sun-god

at

gestation.
to

be

born

sun-god
three-years

parent of the

offspringclosed the
autumnal
equinox. The

cyclicsuccession

finally

by Mitrasheep-mother had been


at her

lunar

ten

the

as

raised from

Ida

seed, who

was

parent

who

and

equinox, when

begot

father of this

those

avatar

measurer,

ram's

ending the

vernal

the

at

the

of the divine

solstice

her

birth

new

autumnal

blasts from

totem

clarified butter, sour

the

as

This

of

sons

claimed

was

the

Kurumbas,

This

'.

Varuna, god

to

*, became

Madras

risingout

as

shoulders

sacred

of
by the oflTering

Manu

his

on

eel-goddess,in

of the

cow-mother

bas-reliefs

was

corn

Ila, the

of

ram

seen,

barley, Varuna's

of the

and

coins

many

mother-tree

which,

ram,

of

and

and
equinoctial
and

the

months

parentsolstitial
were

not

twenty-nine days each, but were


measured
by the sidereal star circle,represented by the
Nakshatra
or
Nagkshetra, the fields
twenty-seven Hindu
of the Nags or beacon
the moon
[kshethra)
stars, at which
of

of

year

'

Frazer, Pausanias, vol.


ofSymbols^p. 142.
'

pp.

87

"

91 ; Goblet

d'Alviella,Thf

Sat. Brah.^ ii. 5, 2, I ; S.B.E., vol. xii.


Hggeling,
i. 8, I, 7
Ibid.,
9; S.B.E., vol. xii. pp. 218, 219.
"

v.

p. 391.

Miration

2o6

History and

first of these
that

was

^ Arietis
told

star-stations

the

of

month

that

calculated

that

measured

27

making

the

the

This
the

of

of the

three

of

the

so

days each

of 27

360

the

was

number

of

are

of

month

cycle

star

we

days

27

same

years

that

as

days each,

the

of

zodiac

lunar

made

at

or

same

of

the

birth

the

adoption
the

first of

the
date

when

that

the

the
this

Zodiac

this

cycle-year

make

of

and

hence

the

756.

Hindu

This

Primitive

and

introduced

"

Constellations

The

Tablet

^
'

Sachau, Alljerunrs

Lockyer, Elementary Lessons

India^

of

of this

on

Astronomy^

1888,

s.

Asiatic

Socitiy^
Gam,

emasculated

jun., F.S. A.,

ii. pp.

547.

It

forward

Kronos

354.

the

B. C,

constellation

the Thirty Stars, toI.


p.

of

2000

moved

epoch. J. Brown,

vol. i. chap, xxxvi.

During

years.

about

the

which

states

signs

Journal Royal

the

to

years.

it had

Arietis, with

/3 7,

the sexless gods

being

forming

equinox

2,037

Astronomy

was

autumnal

Lockyer3

twelve

about

which

Akkadian

N.

equinox,

Astronomy.'

in

is

curved, that of the sickle,

Ouranos

vernal

the

period during

J. Burgess, C.I.E.,

Oct., 1893, p.

at

sun

This

is 24450

in

sign

one

the
the

at

the

the

through

going

sun

of

Stars

Pole

changing

/8 Arietis,

in

Sir

revolution

forward

moves

was

the

that

the

as

approximation

near

very

and

equinox

introduced.

cycle-year began.

of the
the

with

constellation

in Aries
was

was

commencement

show

to

it

year,

zodiac

autumnal

moon

new

the

solar

Ram

seems

the

the

time

the

in

with

period

circle

Arietis

stations,

can

we

case,

fi

its

the

at

ram-sun

lunar

when

equinox

For

introduction

of

beginning of

And,

stars.

of the

measurement

period.

of

conjunction

the

the

the

given

troduced
in-

Pole,

by marking

through

proof thus

of

circuit

the

round

measurement

moon

into

that

the

the

the

certain

probable

seems

time

in

of

track

together with

recognising the

solstitial sun-star

element

new

monthly
the

while

time,

and

equinoctial

the

the

months

the

These,

sidereal

1,080 days, the

or

cycle

division

the

say

Gupta

in

'.

the

and

360, 1,080 days.

in

Ram

represented

is to

forty

40

up

Dharma,

horsemen

the

of

heavens;

given by Brahma

twin

or

constellation

the

in

the

of

the list

in

Ashvins

the Vishnu

in

sidereal

circuit

during his monthly

rested

Chronology

71, 72.

monumental

This

the

the

winter

This

and

They

by

the

the

through
of

givers

this

the

was

snakes.

This

search

track

star

He

was

installed

of

the

ten-headed

in

under

and

his

equinox.

This

Nakshatra

called

Revati,

of the
a

Indian

much

with

58,

The

4.

Mahabharata,

but

much

the

the

the year

earlier

reign

of

throne

when

when

this

histories

Kaioumors,
the

the

said

sun

happened.

the

the
entered

in

/8

Arietis

then

circuit

sun's

at.

of

the

Brahmagupta

is the

of the

Persian

Kama,

Aries,

but

Livre

Indian

who

Persian

it does
des

Epic,

said

is
not

Hois^

p.

to

18,

form

reached

is founded

It

state

be

to

Bundahish.

and

the

27th

the historical legends have


those

L^

tion,
gesta-

completed

the

Zendavesta

J. Mohl,

year

was

of

is that

this

the
of

be

Firdousi, which

wife

history.

of

close

by

in which
than

his

sun

would

journey

of

one

of

The

Sita.

the

That

months

lunar

ten

his

in

and

king

as

of

god

Rama

proved by

constellation

Shah-nameh

of

star-

or

the

furrow.

solstice

or

later stage of decomposition

the

on

to

vi.

Rg.

is

Rama

Nags

for him
the

beginning

autumnal

path

Nak-shatra

the

Lakshman,

of

marking

yearly path

course.

monthly

the

of

traced

months'

ten

the

furrow,

or

yearly

the

companion

deliver

to

that

path,
his

moon-

ploughed

shows

called

by

winter

was

constellation

the

through

he

the

he

Ravana,

the

equinox,

furrow

and

{kshethra)

of

of

year

autumnal

in

stars

27

track

the

the

sun

constant

path

at

whom

Cancer,

the

of Rama.

sun-god conceived

zodiacal

moon-goddess

the

the

sun-bull,

marked

was

the

Sita, in

was

from

of

wife

cycle

traversed

fields

path

sought for,the

he

he

by the

the

the

Sita, the

of

which

of

the

knew

{laksk)^the

for

sun-maiden

phases of Sita,

of

Rama,

name

the

at

lunar

name

marked

boundaries

born

and

by

Nag-kshethra,

or

birth

the

yearly path

moon,

the

Pusfa^n,

form, that of Sita, first the

inaugurated

the

stars

that

married

moon-goddess,

by the

sky

the

through
of the

the

solstice

Again

goddess.

tradition

Cancer,

another

Qnion

measured

year

This

has

afterwards

winter

Vedic

history

beginning with

Ashvins,
at

solstice

their

astronomical

sun-maiden

furrow

Hindu

the

the constellation

of

god

in

to

Chronology

in

date

again referred

is

at

and

History

208

have
the

begins
come

time

of

of the Myth-Making
the

f Piscium,

star

the

Akkadian

who

Aries

autumnal

the

Uttara

this

Hindu

constellation

Nakshatra

Vedichymn
2

she id" called

the

of

cows

the

theyhave

along the

appointed round
still
used
This

by all

at

the autumnal

the old Pole

Star

of the

vana

in

and

the

Celtic

Adamath,
peaer

the equivalent of

the Pole
to

earth

(the beautiful,

West

worship

Kepheus,
of

the

the

and

(Scm. Erebh-noema)^
of
and

sun-star,
and

the

Ludwig, Rigveday

No.

its

attendant

Andromeda,

185, vol.
P

ception
con-

RaPerseus
of

history

Phoenician
Kassia-

Kasios,
the

and

ful
beauti-

worship

of

Kassiopaea, transformed
outside

circle.
*

the

of the three-

the

on

in

Stars

Kassiopaea,

history based

of

place

Pole

The

Andromeda,
of

stars,

ten-headed

born.

were

husband

Kassiopaea, Perseus

the

peaer)^ wif9 of Zeus

Eurynome
to

again their

solstice,ignored

confined,

was

daughter

Heb.

{ereb),
points
Star

Sita

with

when

introduced

of

castle

Lug

them,

the

in the tower

enclosed

which

which

Zodiacs.

when

visible,and

were

in

star

Nakshatra

winter

days

marriage

red

the
solar

and

of the

sun-god

his

the

in

of

and

labyrinthine

Ceylon,

Perseus and

path

and

or

makes

and

further

return

time, starting from

sun-mother,

cycle, the

to

Nivartana

equinox

worship

Kepheusarid Cygnus
years

of

the

away

circuit, begin

lunar

as

reckoning

new

the sun

Hindus

of

Stanzas

In

is, which

annual

their

ended

equinoxclose

not' carry

the

that

return,

cows

Purva

Bhadrapada

the

.allow them

to

by the

autumnal

Revdt.

to

is called

8 she

the

still,and

light,but

Stanzas 6 and
makes

be

to

on

into

conclusively proved by. the

addressed

19^

x.

Pisces

are

month

marked

also

is

the

is confirmed

the

with

Revati

year

from

the

at

with

Nakshatras

of

closing

"

beginning

This

26th

those

Bhadrapada,

Tirhatha,

Ram-sun-god,

passing

sun

and

2Sth

(August Sepember)
That

the

fish-star-mother,

Phoenician

yeaf

equinox.

Nakshatras, for the


and

this

with

ended

Ares
at

the
the

son,

Hence

equinox.

in

sun

her

of

209

the

then

was

fish-goddess Nana,

delivered

was

autumnal
"

which

Age.

i. pp.

191,

192.

tions
constella-

the Polar

of

year

this

epoch,

days, which
the

who

are

represented

seed

whence
his

nine

the

of

mother
on

seen

nedeshtha,
the

the

of

cows

the

nearest

of

intimate

in

for

months

ten

the

This

wilds

him

the

year

with

Rg.

X.

49,

his destruction

was,

original year
tara

ruled

passage
which
not

had
of

survives
called

she

five
in

also

as

its

6, where

I have

shown

on

weeks
This

Great

of

Nava-ratra,

'

the

Rg.

X.

would

the

in

Navagvas

in darkness.
be

to

the

69, 70,
of

with

referred

exploits

the chariot

nine

Festival
nine

108, 8,

of

days
week

goddess
with

who

the

goddess

ancient

Bengal

who

(navd) dwellings {vastva),


pp.

the

sung

light is proved

year-god,

weeks

remains

year

distinctly

his other

among

the

they guarded,

seems

by five-day weeks,

become

days.

the

its nine

seventy-two

still

the

relates

Brihad-ratha,

lay

on-

their

have

to

taken

also

weeks

Indra

with

who

cows

nine-day

measured
the

these

to

of

of

the

is

those

to

to have

said

is

fire

Also

with

cows

cows

have

Sarama,

'.

said

13,

18, NabhI-

when

time

the

and

we

guardians

them

are

guidance
find the

to

Indra

way

of

they

mother-

central

gestation

found

their

of time

{ratlid)of Brihati,
Brihati

of

necessity

of

Prajapati

as

61,

traders

of

cycle-year
Sarama

when

the

the

reckoners

45, 7, 8, where

v.

and

find

to

sent

was,
x.

or

of

Aldebaran,

Rg.

were

the

Rg. viii. 90,

son

navel,

Panis

was

the

iii. 39, 4, where

show

to in

Rg.

the

traverse

Rg.

the

as

of

the

Navagva

This

of

in

Angiras

gods,

connection

proved
while

nine

the

measurements

called

to

h'ght kept by

bitch

star

Her

god

These

altar.

the

Kushikas.

nine

guarding

as

union

bom.

dawn-cow

the

90,

p.

the

be

to

was

11,

10,

doe-mother,

the

the

61,

x.

red

became

afterwards
the

RohinI

first the

was

Rg.

of

the

as

cycle-

(angd) offering,and

burnt

the

engendered by

god

daughter

goddess

in

weeks

three

mythology

of

priests

days, forming the

into

Vedic

in

appear

of 27

divided

was

Angiras,

with

Chronology

forty months

of the

Each

to

and

History

210

or

of
of

year.
the

of the

RathanIn

year-weeks,

dwellings,
nine
the

this

days

and

still

Durga-puja,

nights, celebrating the

10.

of the Myth-Making

Age.

211

the buffalovictory of Durga the mountain-goddess over


the New
It is to all Bengalis practically
god Mahishasur.
Year's
is held during the first nine
Feast of the year, and
days of Ashva-yujau or Assin (September October),that
"

is at the autumnal

equinox

of this year

fortymonths

The
of time

in

'.

ii. 12, 11, where

Rg.

mentioned

are

is said

Indra

measure

as

have

to

found

called Danu, or the son


dragon Shambara
of Danu
the Pole Star god, in the fortieth (month of)autumn,
and also in Rg. i. 126, 4, where
Kakshivan, who, as we shall
in Chapter VI., is the year-god of the next
see
epoch of
the

slain

and

the

eleven-months

the

forty flame-coloured
the

that is of

gestation of

year,

ten

the

is said

horses

or

also

possession
Dasaratha,

of

months

{dasa) chariots

sun-god,

in his

have

to

{ratha)
Raghu

of

months

or

called

the

father

of

that

of

Rama.

descriptionof

The

this

forty months

as

year

gives us a further clue to its place


the
means
history,for the name
Chronological
the Shamba
lance. The
or
year-god of the lance

Shambara

historicalrecord

of

[heren)
god,

first

the

called Kunti, the


the Parthas,
were

lance,

Parthavas

the

or

of

the

of

is in the

horned

Pandavas
of

Prithi,the begetting mother

or

in

Pandavas

of the

name

mother

the

of

son

holder

the

Karna,

Mahabharata

the

Hindu

in

poem.

They

of

Central

horsemen

the

Parthians,

the

fought with the lance, and bore on their banners


of the
the image of their parent-god Susi-Nag, the snake
sons of the Shu-bird.
They appear in Rg. vi. 27, 5 8, as
the tribe to which
Abhyavartin Chayamana belonged, who
Asia who

"

kd the

Srinjaya against

slewthree

hundred

of them

stakes (yiipa)of Hari, that


of

Hari, the

Hindu

the

form

the

of

here

Monier Williams, Religious


Thought

and

and

Turvasu,

Hariyupiya

Mathura, the

is at

the

at

Yayavatior Jumna, called


or barley
{yava) granaries.
*

Vrishivans

or

sacrificial

river

shrine

sacred

goddess Shar,
the

of

and

the

Lifein India^ chap. xvi.

on

the

Yavya

p. 431.

History

212

Karna

he

this

epoch.

golden
and

with

He
first

of

day

winter
his

born,

was

the

moon-boat

the

of

the, Ashva
the

to

At

Vaisakha

Pleiades
him

"

found

year,

her

to

husband,

year's chariot,

who

volcanic

of

land

Angiras priesthood
the

land

not

far

this

'

horned

Vana

Ibid.

p.

BeaPs

covered

Karna

with

god

32, note

meant

golden hair,

with

**

the

of

told

as

and

He

with

asses

the

ears

is called

Kolivira

i,

crescent

iff.,

v.

Bhagalpur

that

13,

beguiled

cccix. pp.

908

His

912.

"

191.
feet

David

the

was

and

vol.

were

latter

The

"say,he

In

of the

traditions

Kutikanna,

177,

pp.

ii. p.

given.

iff.; S.B.E.,

of his

of Indian

Buddhist

the

India,

(ashva)

is

Rhys

moon.

of

who

vol.

the

Parisnath,

or

"

is to

and

{angd)

and

Indra

Sona

the

of

North-eastern

the

the

of

burning

World,

in

descended

moon-boat,

the

Tsiang

and

launched

him, Radha,

Geography

Western

osier-

charioteer

Parva, cccvi.

pointed ears,"

of the
v.

the

and
boat

the

was

Ancient

the

boat,

Ass-river

or

by Hiouen

he

(the golden)

7"x/j, Mahavagga,

Vinaya

legend

Sona

epithet means

Records

at

the

ruled

It

Horse

Cunningham,

907;

was

Bhagalpore,

Champa.

the

equinox, and

of Mandara

(Kundald-harana)

Buddhist

Mahavagga

sun-

of

son

cccvii.

of

the

mid-month

Anga,

mountain

central

Mahabharata

187 the

p.

the

the west

to

178

of

at

after

in

sun

he

Thence

2.

beginning

modern

the

and

Monghyr

the

the

called

of

on

rivers,

Adhiratha,

king

was

Mahabharata,

the

near

infant

the

the

May),

(April

the

basket

whence

Champa,

time,

year
as

year

of

sons

village of Karnagurh,

month

took

in

Horse-river,

or

Ganges.

the

and

Basque

the

the

mother

his

placed by

sun-god

him

marked

autumnal

is at the

of

coat

crescent.

in

of

of

form

the
of

measurer

lunar

month

the

impenetrable

the

told

are

tenth

in

is,lit the

burnt-offering during

of

an

as

of the

we

solstice,that

birth

on

as

', that

made

earrings, which

horns

the

altar

when

sun-god

invulnerability of

rule

semi-circular
with

sun-god

altar

with

the

his

of

term

the

born

was

mail, marking

during the

by the

virgin mother

mother

made

was

He

his

the

of

centre

which

woman,

of

navel

the

the

on

Chronology

miraculously begotten

was

touched

fire

and

golden

Oldenberg's

xvii.

pp.

iff.

3.

Our

word

ass,

originallyan

the

Latin

ass, the

asinus,

comes

long-eared horse

from

the

Sanskrit

Ucchai-shravas

askva,

of India.

which

of the Myth' Making


impenetrable
the

as

who

year,

He

of the

lance

Shambara

took

three
It

Duryodhana
he

Shalya

golden

powerful

more

This

the

was

third

winter

who

of the

next

began

in

The

the

Yasnas

called

elsewhere

headed

son

god

by six-day weeks,

when

compare

his

and

god

'

of

and

son

vesta, it

the

certain

the

cycle-year.

marked

He

the

the

into
him

the

his

to

beginning

when

the year

the

by

who

described

in

as

Chapter
told

in

Sama

three-

the

year

IV.

But

Thraetaona
the

Thraetaona

the

Trita,

the

ruled

of

to

is said

Vedic
of

conqueror

the

name,

{aspd)^ who

third, the

the

of

horned-god

judge

is called

when

solstice.

summer

was

the

of the

diver

lead

to

are

Dahaka,

it

off the

Zenda-

who
or

was

Semites,

{Satnbhava) Parva, cxxxviii. p. 406.

Mahabharata

Adi

Mahabharata

Karna

Mill, Zendavesia,

like

the

with

solstice

Keresaspa,
that

led

that
(afljali)^

summer

we

and

Aftjalika*.

called

mythological history

successor

seems

him

the

Azi

measured
we

slew

hands

of Thrita

Thraetaona,

six-eyed

latter

{keres) horse

horned

be

to

if

by

Drona,

struck

Karna,

appears,

Anga

Bhishma,

Chapter VI.,

the

at

of

it he

which

in

that

arrow

or

With

Karna

of

counterpart

Keresaspa,

in the

of

phases

Ass-river,

or

Ocean,

of the

successively

hands

his

the

described

of its

one

joined

the

Kauravyas,

sun-god,

new

of

death

epoch,

Zend

Horse
be

The

the

joins

sun-set

Southern

goal.

who

called

pierced the

king
the

summer

weapon

lance

the

whence

he

leaders

Pandavas.
before

the
lance

the

came,
be-

of

ruler

at

which

of

five

the

of the

the

Vasu,

made

was

Indra

the

throwing

of the

weapon

the

of the

waters

of

Arjuna

weapon

at

and

Duryodhana,

diving-fishsun-god,

plunging

its name,

generalissimo

and

of

crest

rains

god

he

against the

Kauravyas

the

the

this

when

the

was

Karna,

with

was

the

son,

exchange

of

when

his

years* cycle, with

armed

was

up

in

bamboo

rain-clouds.

when

by bringing
Karija

the

god ruling
Karna

it

213

earrings

Arjuna,

gave

the

Vasavi,

and

armour

Pandava-god

began

solstice.

tribe

golden

Age.

Panra,

Part,

xc,

pp.

352"364.

iii.,Yasna, ix.

10

S.B.E., vol. xxxi. pp. 233, 234.

and

therefore

was

which

was

India

Khati,

the

Khita

third

god

of the

This
the

of

year

the

that

of the
three

mother-mountain-bird,
Navaza,
Hu

the

mother

descend

Thraetaona
It then
the

the
to

is said

flew

heights,as

the

caused

yearly

when

the

of the

autumnal

who

fall

of

week,

and

haka,

the

the

day

made

the

the

food,

heavens

epoch
*

note
'

light

which
in

the

ran

the

god

who

goddess

vernal

equinox

in

bird

Cygnus,

which

are

was

that

and

of the

head

and

chariot.

march

who

made

of

That

Garo-

the

is to
It

Kcrcsaspa

him, carrying

of

cycle-

of Snavid-

sun

of time.

which

on

of

horse,

the

spirit of darkness,

with

away

of

shining

the

fish

days

gnomon-stone,

his year

course

triple year,

the

god ruling the

earth-tortoise

and

mountain

the waters

nine

of the

night, carry
the

sun

the

become

to

and

of

the

Hittite

made

and

home

her

down

freshly-fallensnow

Star

for

the

the

Hitaspa,

of

the

vulture.

brought

at the

Pole

of

god

Pathana,

wheel

the

of

the

stone-handed-god

is the

that

the

as

in rain.

of

also

earth

nmana,

was

air

the

year,

of

receptacle

Trita,

sons

the

and

which

bird

from

Euphrates
bird

Northern

of

nine

of

the

Euphrates

and

Anahita

The

equinox
earth

age

the

rise of the

in the

bird

the

whence

the

was

mountain,

Sura

Vafra

Yasht

the

to

by the

Dahaka,

Ararat,

rivers

up

march

his

snow-bird,

of

of

conqueror

on

Aban

thrown

Ardvi

the

the
This

in

Assyrians.

Azi

earth,

Star

melt.

the
the

on

The

his

Pole

and

killed

the

the

have

Hittites, called

years,

top

spring-goddess

snows

ruled

of

sons

to

the

to

the*

water

mother-goddess
the

he

freshly-fallensnow
of

the

accompanied
in

rivers

Tigris

united

was

on

especiallySemite-

by

called

Kairya, dwelling

this

Egyptians

Tigris, where

or

of

instituted

six-day weeks,

Rangha

Chronology

first ruler

the

year,

to

and

History

214

was

that
say,
also

cooked

him

round

three-years' cycle-year

the

sun-horse

in the

next

2.

Danncsteter,

Zendavesta

Aban

Zcndavesta

Zamydd

Yasht f6i

"

64;

S.B.E.,

vol.

xxiii. pp.

68,

3, 69.

Darmestetcr,

293"297.

Yasht
^

40

"

44;

S.B.E.

vol.

xxiii. pp

.History and

2i6

Ushana
the

Shukra, the

or

the

Asuras,

of the
the

good

of

the

god

Sak
the

He

show

Kushika

the

also

but

him

his

names,

not

only

Finn-creating bird-god Uk-ko,


who

dwells

in the

He

is the

chief

Ilmarinen
in the
form

the

Kush.

appears

to

Indra

the

Rg.

which

and

this

slew

marks

him

have

Agni,

made

libations

altars

of sacrifice

the

in

then

sons

the

of

and

Cypriotes
of

measurers

Mahabharata

the

Asia

Adi

as

{Sambhava)

cycle-year

The

equinox.
the

of

sons

that

4, who

Parva,

is

became

Ixvi. p.

her

hence

cycle-year
Yayati

full-moon-god

the

the

191,

Devayani

names

of

of

mother

six

the

Ya,

national

the

the

of

ritual

the

solstice, and

gods

of

pourer

instituted
on

said

also

or

ruling the

the

were

bolt,
thunder-

is

Hotri,

first offered

Hittites,

Minor

the

He

he

winter

given

{inrigd) year-god

daughter, Devayani,

autumnal

them

mark

Yadu

with

that

year,

the

the

Kavi

have

to

12,

seasons.

goddess

begotten
the

at

His

is the

beginning

beginning
and

epoch.

Kapi,

the

of

i. 121,

say,

him

to

all called

arc

^.

Sanskrit

Dravidian

fire-god,the

were

and

year-god of

is to

heavqn

Valnamofnen,

Zend

deer-sun
a

the

of

given

is said

Rg.

of

Kavi

slayer
he

three

3, that

Yadu-Turvasu,

months
two

this

the

in

as

the

burnt-offerings which

of

who

the

of

year

of

kings,

called,
he

triad

the

of

(fik) begetter,*'

navel

and

Wet-god,

ancestors

the

is the

for

ana,
Ush-

form

great

in

2, where

34,

v.

Finn

Hindu

epithet

storm-bird,

weapon

following Orion's
to

the

Kushite

the

as

in

with

Orion,

Finnish

Mahabharata,

the

to

It is

he

the

north-god Kabir,

applied

ape,

and

Tahtl,

and

Ukko,

Rigvcda

Star
in

god

and

of

Pole

of the

"the

and

the

be

to

querors
con-

rain

pour

Shukra

is the

Ush

and

mother,

It is I who

"

rain-bird

Kabirpuntis.

rain-god of

the

was

second

said,

'/* and

creatures

Shak,

or

Bhrigu,

Diti, the

Danavas.

Ush,

of

son

of

sons

Chronology

Minyans

sons

Ixxviii.

of

pp.

or

Manu

241,

243,

Ixxxiii. p. 253.
*

Kirby,

Mythology,

Hero
pp.

of Esthoniay Introduction,

Rg.

Condcr,

The

Castrcn, Finnish

32, 33.

viii. 23,

p. xxvii. ; Schoefer

17.
Hittites atid their Language,

App.

iv. p.

18, Symbol

24.

of the Myth-Making
These

India.

in

joined
and

of the

They
a

beardless

from

hairy

the

Chiroo

tiara, the

leather

shoes,

race

of

and

tan

the

hides,

tMb

which

is

by

ancient

tree, its

this

assignedto

Nala

of

story
the Mahabharata

and

under

They lived

the
Nala

moon

'

escaped

to
to

in

back

Conder, The HUtites

and

months

and

North-east

the

king Ritu-parna, the

god
to

those

of

the

the

Ayodhya,

North-east

South-west

drawn

by

measuring

their Language^

App.

horses
time

the

rainy
where

recorder

Monsoon.

with

the

of

the

in

iv. p. 233,

the

yantI
Dama-

the

during
to

of

stripped

the

chariot

(Sin) breed,

industry.

Pushkara

Nala

drove

subdued

and

and

came

yantI,
Dama-

to

spring

wandered

they

the
{riui)^

Ritu-parna

Monsoon

fruits,and

the

of

channel

earth

weather,

winds,

forests,where

the

agriculture

hot

the

west

and

charioteer

seasons

He drove

or

with

its verdure

he became
of the

but

scorching

gambler, the

into

of

happily together during

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civilisinginfluences

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torical
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plot

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by

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of

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DamayantI,

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work

history, is proved

is founded.

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process

tree

products,

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in

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trading

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toes.

ancient

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India to

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wear

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monuments

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India,

pastoral

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fact

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with

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in

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characteristic

race,

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on

217

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hands

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represented

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to

by the Jews,

brothers

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them

India, Khatti

in

Hittitcs

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Egypt,

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called

races

show

names

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east
North-

Sindhu

this

Symbol

lunar

161.

History and

2i8

epoch,

be

to

re-united

again

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of
of

valuable
life.

influences

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using

in

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lesson

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leaves

belerica)tree, the
who

their

fruits
this

used

tree

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commerce.

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Kutsa

history as
the

and

the

Nala, by

read

of

time

in

leather, who

for

and

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of

the

days,

months

solstices

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primitive
Arjuna,

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cypress

see

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'

Kg.

iv.

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the

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if

national
that

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birth-tale

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that

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of

the

of

birth

the

story

wfe

of

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workers
the

determination
succession

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measured

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the

of

of

the

sun

these

the

Kutsa

Arjuna
the

by

recover

of

birth
of

rules

measuring

origin

the

takes

of the

birth-stories

in

full details

this

could

we

told

26, I, vii. 19,

here

year

and

those

who

order

Mahabharata,

Sal-tree

Hewitt, Kuling

the

the

told

restored

exile, like

accurate

an

in

sun-god

Indra,

into

for

told

in

who

and

races

of

find

tanning-tree,as

IS

for

seasons

Myrobolan

p. 182.

of

son

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rules

governing

would

the

whose

IV.,

year,

storm-bird,

intricate

history,the

we

races,

of

Indra,

the

driven

trading

equinoxes.
of

sources

the

and

this

praisers of rain,

or

2.

aids

in

cryptogramic language,

providing
laws

of

Chapter

story

to

munity,
com-

valuable

important knowledge

the

devised

the

ancient

the

in ancient

by

in

and

Nala's

in the

how

representative

Pandava

beggared

measurement

of

of

told
made

great advance

cycle-year

in the

in

growing

trading

most

Mahabharata,

season

Pushkara

history

told

the

{Terminalia

the

the

Varshagiras

gambler Shakuni,

place of

the

of

charioteer

have

the

Pandavas;

the

power

the

of

Arjuna

god of the rainy

the
to

the

the

rulinjr Purus,

of

Also

of

High-Priest

of

Arjuna {the fair) god

the

of

Arjuna

is the

tree

story of the

of

of

one

graphic historical
parent

the

industry

as

means

by instructing him
on

the

of

sight,
fore-

the

earth-mother

the

fruits

and

and

seasons

way

and

orderly developments

the

imparted

was

calculation

of

of the

times

the

On

Damayantl.

science

products yielded by

reckon

to

with

the

determining the

Chronology

story
the

in
from

the

Buddha

from

the

sun-mother.

2.

and

0/

interpretation of the story


Prehistoric

Times
^

of

Nala

and

vol. i., Essay iL, pp.

Damayanli,
64

"

72.

of the Myth' Making


Further
and

of

of

India,

important place they occupied

the

themselves

sun-god

is marked

in

fair skins

the

with

ritual

has

in

the

October),the
feast

the

when

they

It is also

this

feastto their
these

headed

theirmarriage

pairare

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the seven

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and of

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steepedin

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dye.

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is

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by
"

tinue
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spirits.
year's

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well

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wedded

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Kaurs, worship
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Aldcbaran^
the

by

custom

with

bridegroom

done

by

marriage-tree of

indicated

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days

and

drink

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red-cow-star

bride

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Kurmis

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the

is nine

invading barley-growers

leaves, the

cotton,

of

9th

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not

knd

stars

the

on

it is ended

celebrate

in which

the

of

feet of

red-lac

Kaurs

seven

of

growers

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the

; and

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month

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year

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mango

sisters,the

of Assin

cultivators

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ceremonies,

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and

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ist

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to

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day

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custom

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people,

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festival

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loth

month

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brings luck

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on

sacrifice

dead,

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Year's feast
in

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day

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cycle-year

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women

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in

descent

best, by

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autumnal

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women.

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after the

in

their

Chamar

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original year

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the

India,

family.

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of

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midwives
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of

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Rai

their

and

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or

religious ceremonies
the

which

Rai

the

rulers

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among

of

descendants

the

Chuttisgurh, where

and

the Chamars,

of

by the history of their religious creed.

furnished

is

call

They
of

the

2I9

great early influence

of the

proof

Agt.

the

barber

cotton

who

officiates
as
marriage-priest2.
In

Chuttisgurh,

'

Monier

'

Kisley,Tribes

the

home

of

Williams, Religious Thought


and

Castes of Bengal

faiths

ancient

and

Life

Chamars,

in

and

customs,

India^ chap. xvi. p. 431.

vol. i. pp.

176

"

181.

Itistoryand

2^0

the

Chamars

their

of

They

(nam),
But

which

sect

the

which

of

worshippers

the

Bengal

rival

of

with

is united

the

Narayan,

of

number

greater

True

the

that

of

Nam

{sat) Name

the

Kabirpuntis.

is free S and

Chamars

the

Sat

phallic practices from

religionof the Kabirpuntis

the

Sri

belief

god,

one

of the

leaders

the

are

the

is the

Sat-Nam

of

peculiar position arising out

very

reh'gioustenets.

sect

of

occupy

Chronology

woman-man-god,

in Eastern

followers

are

of

one

the

of

forms

Vishnu.
Their
True

Name,

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the

of

of

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phallic form

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fire-godrepresented by
Galli

the

TAe

C.
It is this

of the

by

and

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riders

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three

of

recorders

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them

sacrifice

"

the

Also

4.

113,

130"136,

i. 34, 9 ; i.

pp.

116,

Kg.

Eggcling, 6V?/. Bruh,y

Ibid., iv.

I,

5,

16 ;

of

of God
not

the

earliest

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sexless

female

the

priests,

As

it

the

in

tenth

are

the

began

in

S.B.E.,

th^

not

{na)

trustworthy

that

p.

vol. xii. p. 16.

276.

the
it

and

concluding
at

India

34,47,48.

vol. xxvi.

thrc^

called

gods 3,

; viii. 74, 7.
,

twin

the

the

Soma

with

Settletticnt of the Chuttisgurh

S.B.E.

year

Brahmanas

the

month,

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with

reliable

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it is drawn

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priests of

Revenue

17;

is

Ashvins,

cycle-year, is offered

i. i, 2,

to

appears

god ruling

called

are

of the

gods.

cycle. They

cycle -year

33,

bisexual

[ashva), that

is, who

the

the Land

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car

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cup
of

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Hewitt, J^f/ori on

no"

s.

the

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male

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ceremonial

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cult

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asses

6f

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2.

Adhvaryu,
four

the

rather

or

the

time

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untruthful

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years

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the

cycle epoch.

draw

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that

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this

year

horses,

on

wheels,

first

the

sun-ass,

of

form
of

special product

Name

the

Asia.

worship of

latter

confederacy

they represent

unsexed

of South-western

Semite

adored

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of

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to

the

Nam,

pole-turning father,and

the

Creating Word,

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only god

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Name,

phallic potter,

of the

God

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to

the

Shem,

and

Supreme

them

shows

sons

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as

the

for

name

the

DisiricU

of the Myth-Making
month

consecrated
The

October).
as

were,

drill

Potter.

revolve

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twins

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hands

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were

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is

square

guarded

in Akkadian

guarded

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as

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like

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symbolised

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niileslong

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brick

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''

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birds, also

with

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Brown,
vol.

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breeds

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looking
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is

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in

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the

heavens,

with
it

or

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and

about

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stocked

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most
race,

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fires,the

was

rain

of kneaded

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hathras,

arrived)

seeds

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that

It

built

was

ceeded
suc-

and

The

Yima.

earth,

the

the

the

it

yet

flower

India,

jun,, F.S.A.,

i. p. 359, note

not

of

the

women,

In

', represented

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two

These

{Kastor),

was

sun-bird

square,

had

products

and

men

the

side.

household-fire

the human

twin

years' flight round

exact

age

twins

the

by

three

the

fourteen

door-posts, called

its

to

it the

seasons.

represented

was

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which

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the

called

God,

by

the

symbolism

square

stars

leading

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by

described

of

and

circled

as

divisionsof

clay(the

doors

of

made

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and

god.

the

{Pollux) 2.

twin

mosques,

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vesta as

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of

in Gemini

Western

earth

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measured

the

the

the

in

gods

Stars,

of

epoch.

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twin

fire-

creators,

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or

by

year

these

the

Mahommedan
of the

the

by

the

and

Masu-Mahru,

Masu-arku,

of

the

seasons

ocean.

present

notation

of

circle

three

Simshumara

astronomical

in

female,

the

the

hands

Kabiri

the

female

and

the

the

Kastor

stars

and

"

the

of

from

the

of

creed

potter'swheel

the

tridents

the

were

(September

fire-drill-godbecame

male

during

constellation

star

the

earth

dominant

remained

the

the

made

the

by turning
and

year,

when

were

nights, who

and

days

They

of

p. 147, male

on

fire-socket,

and

Great

seen

221

Ashva-yujau

twins

original

have

we

them,

to

Age.

the

Yaudheya

cattle, sheep, dogs,


timber

trees,

and

i.,chap. xxii. p. 242.

Researches

p. 338,

into

the

Origin of Primitive

tions^
Constella-

diseased

permanently

no

It

it.

into

of

years

six, and

three

the

with

the

by
the

door

Gemini

stars

the

which

to

forty months

for every

fortieth

have

to
two

male

sexes

the

mother-tree,
which

being

thus

were

the

the

of

life,the

called

unsexed

the

of life to

seed

of

cycle.

as

grew

of

George,

life*.

the

village
the

of the

rain-god,
divisions

equinox.

of

Roman
four

the

The

the

Greek

back

of

Elias, which

field of

of

the

Ka

the

brought

of

day

the

2, 3 ;

S.B.E.,

the

of

centres

It

also

in

Khudr,

Syria

this

Fargard^

v.

El
the

St.

of

cross

cycle-ass.

represented

vol.

drawn

the

this

was

four

the

equal

with

the

autumnal

cross,

and

its

ii. 25

pp. 16"20.
xr.

parent-

lines

equilateral

finding

Vendidad

became

the

the

from

West

cycle-year, beginning

Darraesteter, Zendavesta

West, Bundahishy

was

side-posts

holy gate

equal parts by
and

the

on

Augurs,

East

form

Greek
the

garden

Polu-deukes,

and

the

plough ing-god, called

the

born

grove,

two

pole {star)

by

entered

and

sides, to
cross

They

gate of this

which

house-builder,

into

South,

the

plant,

creating sun-god
The

the

bisexual

one

future

consecrated
of

were

earth.

of the

and

its four

couple
RIvas

bisexual

Kastor

garden

square

Templum

North

female

number,

one-stemmed

they

Dokana,

forty,

children

parent

the

twins

rain-bird, divided

cross

the

number

(ttoXv)wetting (Sevw),the rain-father-god who

This
the

the

beaver,

much
the

be

of

brother

the

were

which

of the

successor

Greece

in

the

with

door

These

child.

of the

month

and

up

entered

be

its sacred

be

to

male

of

symbols

fortieth

in

cycle, was

from

to

was

The

door-posts.

sealed

', the

attached

ring was

female

out

was

the

measurement

to

each

born

were

It

time

ring of the cycle, and

the

and

of

tracing
be

its

year

division

middle

the

six-day weeks,

to

the

of

cycle,

seasons.

for

and

nine

conception

three

golden ring, the

the

this

of

year

streets, the

of

of

districts,the three

three

into

admitted

were

persons

largest containing nine,

three

years

growth

gradual
from

third

the

the

and

the

cycle,

the

impotent

or

divided

be

to

was

Chronology

and

History

222

p. 53.

"

41

S.B.E.,

adopvol.

iv.

cooked
is

in

hewn

its

evil

the

marches

community
close
the

found

and

by

of

the

dying
of

wand

his

behind
with

he

lamb, is buried

buries

his

face

buffalo

autumnal

sacrifice

the

male

Todas,

who

eat

Aino

will

they

this sacrifice

is

from

cooked

their

the

buffalo

the

the

offal

buffalo

India

is

on

radical

introduction
the

The

Assin

slain, and

held
The

of

change

the

in the

of this
in

the

new

date
that

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to

answers

15th of Tisri

change

original feast
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it

"

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which

L.

ii. pp.

the

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meat

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df

festival

the

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October).

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accompanying
is marked

time

feast
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22"25

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who

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Angiras,

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annual

^; and

times

October),

measurement

of

buffalo,

the

customs

Gomme,
Ethnology in Folklore^ chap.
100.
Journal Ethnological Society N.S., i. 97
"

of

(September

national

male

other

New

(September

celebrated,

one

Bhrigus,

all

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is

in this

celebrated

the

slaughtering priest

sec

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is

of

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blood.

and

he

buffalo

feast

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throat

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bear

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tied

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with,
been

of

young

mixed

the

at

of

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to

raw,

equinox

loth

ritual

it

remains

at

p. 117.

on

the

flesh

variant

victims, and

autumnal

Southern

the

sacrificed

they

raw

touch

not

described

transition

animals

then

probably

congeners,

the

by

the

altar,and

on
sun

it is dead

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though

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him.
the

him
Ram

open

dish

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concealed

have

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to

whole

the

day

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head

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lamb,

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at

flesh.

beside

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offering

victim, the

flies

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rushes

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hands

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the

meat-offering given

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by

eats

and

and

up,

he

back,

teeth

his

lifted

after

office, and

other

this

insensible

year,

by
his

on

an

kid

priest, is placed by

makes

He

as

and

live

whole

the

temple,

by the

altar.

Potraj

On

the

to

left

by

village boundaries.

the

round

he, followed

spirits,as

basket

the

and

right

contents

and

the

over

takes

then

Mang

broken,

scattered

and

pieces

throws

and

Chronology

previously been

had

food

Potraj priest.

on

and

History

224

Smith, Religionof the Semites, Lect. vii. p. 281.

the

dead.

Pleiades

year

to

Sir

W.

Elliot,

of the Myth-Making
three

with

and

1st

have

of

2nd

seen

on

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the

and

seasons

the

tribes united

Kushika.

India

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fortnightof

the

of

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Star

Sanskrit

halfof this

month

the autumn

of

course

the

celebrated in
offered

to be

hut,as

once

in

the

sun-god

the

the departed year


^nd called

fteGreat
The

the

which

fathers

to

the

the sacrificial cord

'

It

to

It

the

of the

name

the

to

dead,

was

sacrifice

New

Moon,
Moon

New

consecrated

was

last

the
the

to

it

showing

the

with

dedicated

were

the

to

was

Moon,

was

whom

Boedromion,

feast

October)

"

Year.

the

memorial

or

Indian

the

latter

The

month.

in

days

of

fathers

dead

or
Maha-pitri-yajfla,

to

sacrifice to

Fathers.

were

l^neein

of

days

translated

cycle-year, the

the

of

New

the

name

beginning

(September

of

of

New

the

at

year

beginning

of Ashva-yujau
the

month

called

or

the

is

the

ordinary Pitriyajftaor

month

of

Nekusia,

The

Athens.

sacrifice

the

that

previous month,

of

reproduction

ox,

the

to

Sraddhas,

October),

last

called

This

dedicated.

was

"

the

cloud-goddess Shar,

the

Sharad

(September

of

the

of

consecrated

ox-footed

season

of

sons

called

month

the

was

celebrations of the

next

the

Prosthapada,

as

the

it received

when

ox,

was

growing

that

the

became

god, which

fathers

the

to

three

national

this

September),

"

(bhadra) step,

blessed

goat

the

of

sons

(August

dedicated

of

equinox,

autumnal

Bhadrapada

was
Pitri-paksha,

month

the

with

union, b^inning

confederacy

formation

the

celebrate

to

was

the

in

'people

the

ritual

local

pastoral barley

the

shipped
wor-

of

year

this

But

we

at

ancestors,
the

of

epoch

when

Indian

their

of

week.

six-days

in

accepted

was

the

solstice, during

summer

not

souls

or

as

Ida, who

of

sons

the

and

first altered,

was

Iranian

the

169, by

p.

the

This

November.

225

31st of October

the

of

days' mourning,

Age.

this

worshippers
on

the

festival
of

Sachaa, Albenini's
and

Indian vol

the

of

ii.

chap.

Life in India^ chaps,

Ixxxvi.

especially

was

Star, who

Pole
and

right shoulder

circumambulations

their

Religious
Thought

whom

the

p.

xi.,xvi. pp.

bent

308, 431.

wore

their left

altar, which
180; Monier

secrated
con-

were

Williams,

226

History
made

always
left'.

to

who

They

sat

siiroides).They,
first fathers

They

and

in the

Brahmanas

proving them

name

dead

all

by

the

were

giving

sap

festival

with

rice

of the

rice

he

placed

the

the

of

on

the

favourite

rice, divided

into

Garhapatya
presided
Aptya

Agnldhra
it

was

'

vol.
5

this
or

Ibid.,

Adhvaryu

441.

Agniyiidhana,

xii. p. 275.

Ibid., i. 2, 2,

2,
'

"

or

the

made

of

ii.

of

moon

3.

stones
mill-

black

year-god

the

antelope's
this

ground
of the

south

in the

mixed,

ceremony

[ap) gods {the

buttered

the

by
the

Trita

unsexed

dough

before

ceremonial-priest5.

6,

I,

8,

ii.

Ibid., ii. 6, I, 7
of

Establishment

Ibid., ii. 6, i, 4, 8, 9

18 ; S.B.E., vol.

grass,

brought

or

north

two

the

and

water

or

fire-altar,

south, of the

the

to

been

also

3,

north

crescent

platters,to

or

it had

ii. 4,

the

it between

cakes

the

who
fire-priest,
the

week.

the

it at

this

at

their

{Gurh)

like

Kusha

water

by

The

the

Aptya

epoch)^

of

life-

its

fed

days

deer-sun

with

baked

421,

the

portions

the

possessed

were

six

ground

placed

Eggeling, 5'a/. Bruh.^


361,

pp.

by

over

of

of

altar, after

he

of

six

the

and

tree

threshed

skin, sloping

He

when

followed

fathers

household

and

rice

sons

food.

fire,"

barley-eating

of

fathers

fire,shaped

successor

Kushika,

by

now

sacrificingpriest to

the

circular

or

the

the

first

southern

or

that

or

platters,the

six

threshing

antelope,

of

sons

it southward

took

Dakshina

After

Somavantah,

brought by

was

Age,

classes

two

These

on

Bronze

ritual,and

these

the

{soma).

Garhapatya

whence
the

of

is,

These

^,

Pitarah

that

Soma,

the

to

Vedic

Hindus

predecessors

fathers

This

in the

as

high-caste

The

of

burnt

were

belong

to

their

recc^nised

"consumed

those

Gnishvattah,

offered.

this Festival.

at

the

buried

fathers

of

series

eyno-

were

was

who

age,

commemorated

as

Pitaro'

stone

last

the

(Poa

grass

sacrificial food

Neolithic

the fathers

or

Brahmanas,

the

in

cooked

preceded

the

told

are

of the

men

dead,

were

we

whom

to

were

as

Kusha

right

from

sun,

Barishadah,

(barhis)of

sheaves

the

of

course

called the Pitaro

are

the

on

the

to

contrary

Chronology

and

xii. pp.

42

6,
;

the

47.

S.B.E.,

S.B.E., vol.
Sacred

S.B.E.,
"

2n.

vol.

toI.

zii.

xii. p. 421.

Fires;
xii. pp.

S.B.E.,
421,

422.

of the Myth-Making
The

after

Adhvaryu,

eating fathers,began
Kusha

For

grrass.

from

the

to

he

built

Garhapatya

the tower

of the

instead

of

garden of

Twins.

the

in

the

on

fire-altar of
enclosed

south

south

earth,

who

tower,

in

made

with

facing the cardinal

altar at
fathom

Borsippa,

the

on

breadth

This

the

it with

Kusha

this grass

and

altar was

the

the

thatched

Barishadah

laid the

fourth

The

of the three

After

the
from

'

altar
the

Ibid.,

this

was

the

Prastara

or

added

thatched

was

each

to

the

I, lo;

these

the

the

left

altar

shoulder,

of

6,

voL

Ibid.,ii. 5, I, 18 ; vol. xii. p. 389, note

""

i,

14-15

I.

each

the

fire

moved
re-

altar to the

Dakshina

xii. pp. 84, note

of

4.

S.B.E., vol. xii. p. 422,


62"64.

Ibid., i. 3, 3, 3

Zend

years

flowers

sheaf

wise
sun-

the

three

the

the

in

made

rain-wand,

the

which

on

note

3.

17 ; S.B.E., vol. xii. pp.

"

but

he

priestplaced

moon-shaped

week,

of

ceremony
the

of

made

were

Barhis

the

sheaves,

denoting

shoots

thatched

he

three

to

of

crescent

5, 14

as

circuits

Eggeling, Sat, BraA,,i\, 6,


i 2,

With

For

united

west.

resemble

to

seven-days

three

being

years

the

in

cycle, flowering

the

Barhis

or

Adhvaryu,

three

of

made

Baresma,

west

the

than

before

sacrificial cord

the

grass

sheaves

sat.

measure

from

middle

Adhvaryu

festival.

the

by

later ritual shifted

or

ritual of

later

placed

early sun-

cubits

the

the

of

the
east*.
slope towards
altar
of knowledge, was

to

Seven

was

shorter

be
in

was

the

to

to

was

Vedi

by

water

grass.
in

the Pitaro

3.

it

and
more

woman

was

the

it

ficial
sacri-

mother

points,like

the

of

the

altar

The

or

contracted

for this earlier

only four

and

side

be

altar, called

three

and

to

waist,

sprinkled with

Babylon,

near

east

was

woman's

cycle-year'.

west

Also

to east.

The

the

north,

door

of

the

be

to

of

the

to

the

form

the

was

fire,

built the national

this he

Inside

this

Dakshina

the

like

or

For

races.

its door

side,

sun-god born
its sides

of

three-years cycle,with

being
the

shed

the

of

born

semi-circular

the

and

rice-

altar,differing

new

altar of the earlier

four-sided

prepared

the

for

for those

that

prepare

crescent-shapedDakshina
altar he

227

preparing the sacrifice

them

circular

Age,

2, 424,

425.

of

centre

deer

the

living
of

womb

in

the

with

towards

its apex

the

denoting the northern


altar

figure of the

with

the

the

Agni

which
the

vedas,

the

altar

to

Rohinl

daughter

woman,

from

when

Rohinl

the

fire of the

mother, kindling

begetter
fire to the
The

their

the

{patt)
of

of

the

became

the

altar

red

the

navel

of the
of

born

Eggeling,

the

form
the

husband

of

altar,and
the

his
this

cycle,

perfect sun-god, rising from

SaL

this altar

on

the

to

was

the

Brah.^

food

same

ii. 6, I,

ii,

as

i. 3, 3,

fathers

that

i;

the

on

of

3, 3, 13, 19 ; S.B.E.,

ui. 29,

4.^

vol. xii.

the

who

of

god
his
the
who
the

buried

fire but

pd. 87, 89,

90.

not

Picts, which

S.B.E., vol. xii. pp.

3, 84.

Rg.

with

and

cow

hold
house-

from

in

became

children
the

made

the

{ndbhi),

the

transferred

altar,

navel

was

navel

house,

Manu

the

in

fire

the

Jata-

of

Prajapati {Orion)
and

(jata),

libation-priestin

This

to

barley-grain, parched

was

This

1.

Jatavedas,

sky.

dead

Ibid.,

the

birth

ram-sun),

new

successive

offering made

ground.

note

of

with

place thee, O

the

fire in the

the

finallyto produce

were

lord

the

to

nearest

Aldebaran,

altar

Garhapatya

of

or

We

"

Agni

secrets

offerings."

union

the

the

was

Hotri

of

our

carry

the

(the mountain-daughter

(eda) mother

fire, from

Ida

Vastospati, the

as

born

ritual

Thus

impregnated

the

the

fire,Nabhi-nedeshtha,

sacred
born

of

place

sheep

the

of

{vedas)

Vedic

stick,

northern

the

"

fire

by

cycle-

{Butea frondosa)^

laid

womb,

This

invoked

of the

in the

follows

centre.

thus

was

of the

the
fire

the

encircled

wood

south, and

as

knows

who

words

and

the

in

Palasha

triangle,the

sacred

fire-seed

He

origin of the fathers, first ^.

was

in

generation hidden

enclosing mother-triangle

sticks of

black

"the

fire-wood

'.
black-antelope-altar

of three

made

year,

fire of

den," the

Chronology

altar, calling the

new

the Paridhis, the

with

and

History

228

422,

the

oj

they buried

for

chambers,

such

Na^ur.
female

their

It

still

these

like

the

Picts

Nairs

Dorians," Athenians,

Orchomenians,
the
and

in Irish

called

are

meaning
from

of

men

whom

their

they claimed

tribal

marks

these

was

of

Pridain,

Diodorus

India
bodies

of

It

as

fathers

the

Ooraons

as

Vishnuites, the

St.

this

George,
of

the

altar, who

parents

the

of

cultivators

the

from

Sir

Jones,
th"

worker

Die

which

the

in the

the

second

who

tilled land

race

of

of
with

Welsh

and

AnthropologicalSectioti of the

79,

British

the

the

of

of

cross

They

the

the

history

rivers,the

the

of

navel-fire

the

star

first
born

were

Orion,

wor-

Co., 1877, chap. xiv. pp. 343, 351


and

Rhys

note

all

by

worn

traditional

"

Brymnor

2,

Jones,

The

Welsh

74.

of Britain^ pp. 31,

People^pp. 76,

trident

the

the plough(71)),

earth

plough.

Question, pp. 36

Duke

foreheads

Jamvavan,

of

sons

sons

the

their

(p. 119).

Lydia, Herakles,

Mutterrecht^ passim;
Pictish

the

of

of

from

born

European

Society^ Macmillan

ii.,The

the

to

came

their

on

sons

barley-growing

in

who

still

Mahabharata

in
(ovp^osi)

and

of Britain

name

and

mark

name

barley, tattooed

snake,

stake,

It

Strabo

by

the

painted

Naga

mark

became

II. Maxwell,
The

the

animals

Welsh

congeners

and

three-years cycle,

Ancient

People^chap,
*

of

race

god-kings

Morgan,

Bachofen,

bear

to

the

god

of

the

called

parched

do,

their

covered

totem-parents.

islands

their

tattooed

figuresof

their

island,

ate

still

tribal

said

was

of

They
Pryden,

or

Europe

and

the

with

our

Picts'

sacrificial

their

bear, were

to

who

Tiloka

or

Vishnu,

"

Tursha

animal-parents,

in

foreheads,

apparently

was

the

sign

It

the

of the

all

and

empire.
Priten

They

those

gave

"

Hp^raviKal Ntjo-oi,whence

the

2.

arose

is with

who

men

Yuys

the

that

kinds,"

their

Egyptians,

Tursena,

in Welsh

shape

or

Herodian,

to

of

the

in

tans,
Lycians, Cre-

Minyan

descent.

on

bodies,according
of all

form

"

descent

Mantinaeans',

the

and

Chutia

in

ryots

Etrurians,

names

of

subterranean

the

Madras,

the

rulers

in

traced

Lesbians,

Cruithni,

the

229

by

who

of

under

the

Tyrrhenians,

made

Lemnians,

Locrians,

comprised

races

Age,

year's consumption

those

as

was

line,

Myth-Making

393

Rhys

80 ; Professor

and

Rhys,

Association^ Sept. 6, 1900.

Brymnor
Address

to

History

230

shipped

the

as

the

succeeded
the

of Attis

sons

ape-grandfather-god

Asura, who
the

of

Dan
sons

of

the

race

called

called

in

of the

red

Zend

the

of

grandson

and

the

widely-spread

the

earth

the

worshipped

the

bisexual

Phoenicians

Shemi-ram-ot,

(Shem),

name

Levites
officiating
a

goddess

and

dorus

ii. 4

her

hand.

says

that

with

the

left,and
Her

foot

was

goddess

Derketo.

her

image

Mabug

god,

the

the

placed

gnomon-stone,

'

Movers,

'

Herod,

Die

on

Lucian,
stood

of

and

head

De

Dea

Phonizier^

that

Tirhatha,

Gen.

xlvi. 23 ; Numb.

Gen.

xxxvi.

33"35.

xxri.

42.

She

of
was

described

her

of

head,
on

Dio-

her

was

spear

right

fish-mother,

her

Syrid^
of

by

city she

the

33, says

Chiun,

meaning

vol. i. chap. xii. p. 472.

i. 7.

20.

marriage,

the

between

classes

Ashkelon,

At

over

bird

exalted

the

are

outside

temple

the

by

the Mediterranean

Euphrates

Lucian.

people who
the

i8,

xv.

ploughers

the

of

on

crescent-moon

the

at

her

dove,

the

and
in

Chron.

hastening

of

one

Ashkelon

at

Halicarnassus

portrayed
in

statues

in

{Hierapolis)on

Diodorus

which

by

the

called

She

meaning

name

palm-tree

the

were

mother-goddess,

is called

whose

Mabug

and

the

Asura,

of corn,

growers

Jo-bab,

4.

of the Kushite

race

the

of

Gemini,

Rimmon,

sun-god

and

(ram)

Hadad

of

son

Tamar,

of

king

(the land

king

constellation

son

of

predecessor

{hadad) pomegranate,
of

red

the

the

Shus,

the

was

were

Hu-shrava

of Edom

genealogy
He

the

and

Hus

Genesis, Husham,

in

of

sons

sons

kings

and

Hus

{Jo\ the

the

Zerah,

Vedic

and

Arabia.

God

of

Dan's

the

Shuhams,

historical

the

Jewish history

in.

mother, and

glory of the

Southern

{bab)

gate

the

preserved

men)^
or

mother

of

Greeks,

of the

Zendavesta^

race,

Hindu

the

were

Danaoi

were

Star
and

Biblical

the

Temanites

This

latter

Hushim

subjects

the

the

of

These

Jews.

Su-shrava,

the

Danu

Billah, the old Pole

Shus, the
and

of

sons

the

They

Pappos*.

Bhrigfu

the

of

Phrygian

the Danava,

succeeded

Turanian

the

who

navel,

the

Omphale,

and

-god',

sun

Chronology

and

that

the

pillar-

the

cleft,

History

232

is to

that

say

ritual

establishment

the

requiring
male

unsexed

by

the

female

and

South-western

earlier

of the

of

worship

It

he,

was

the

butter

for

water

f^or the

Fitarah

Somavantah

fathers

described

above,

and

oiTeringsmade

from

the

West

or

three
North

or

the

South

Mylitta,

and

that

of

was

Galli

all other

history as

exchanging
for

sun-god
paramour

the

women's

for

used

him

these

Semites.
of

sun-ass

substitute
The

Ex.

the

the

laid

their

tops

II

sons.

their
which

ii. 6, I,

"

16 ; Jer. xxxii. 35.

Moloch

the

but

for

no

necks

must

ment
imple-

in

was

these

rites

the

Jewish

12;

S.B.E.,

vol.

for

early Semitic

for the

other

were

among

substituted

lamb

be

on

sacrifice armed

son

substituted

be

of

Herakles

worship,

in

or

garment

universally offered

were

cycle-year, but

on

by

Ram-sun,

this

and

deer

priests wore

of
the

to

legendary
the

male

those

as

Moloch,

god

as

wore

This

Passover

might

Brah.^

he

His

of

victims

3.
xiii.

East

sickle-shaped knife, the

the

and

lamb

Sat.

skin

marched

The

high places

the

in his Grecian

navel.

women

sacrifices

allowed,

Eggeling,

423, note
^

the

at

of

form

depicted

sacrificed

the

worship

"

the

killing the

redeemed
as

either

cycle-mother-goddess,

flesh-coloured,transparent

they sacrificed eldest

ritual

the

the beast

garments

lances

of

is described

Omphale,

swords,

whom

He

the

Lydian coins, and


with

dust

priestsof Cybele, Istar,

unsexed

or

Sandon,

{malik).

his

the

altar,and

by the altar with

forms

Herakles

the master

lion

for

preparations
wiped

the

across

dead

the

".

ritual of the

The

South

and

the

in

by the Adhvaryu,

drawn

sacrificial sheaves

fire-logsand
to

lines

of

festival

Barishadah

the Pitaro

to

sacrificial cake

the

the

who

priest, the

cooking-priest,who

making

and

the

where

India,

unsexed

of the

in

universal

established, this phase

one

helper

ceremonies

become

to

in

Bhrigu priestswas
the

divine

the

But

Asia.

brought

the

of

the

caused

worship

priests

only produced

Agnidhra.

of her

performance

throughout
cult

Chronology

and

was

3.

performed
xii. pp.

the

ass,

animal

broken

all

by

422,

were

note

3,

of the Myth-Making
the consecrated

hills of

mother-mountain,
hills were
the hills of
of

these

The

^.

The

artificial hills

is

that

this

II

the

theology of

the

substituted

for

of

tree

by

to which

the

the

holy

Tilu

mound

Jewish Tisri,the
it

the

in

was

Indian

September), that
that

Istar

and

autumnal

divest

of

of

the

lunar

was

on

It
Feast

of

according
the

at

the

with,

it

Movers, Die
R.

Sayce, Hibbert

Ibid., Lect.

stellcUions^vol.
s

Levit.

5, but
New

the

Brown,

Levitical

moon

jun., F.S.A.,
Lectures

ii.

pp.

p. 13.

xxiii. 34.

the

in

i.

"

227;

R.

On

her

as

the

at

entering
had

Istar

South,

lunar

to

year-

Tirhatha

Syrian

held.

law

on

epoch

pp.

vi. p.

Brown,

festival of

Year's

we

This

the
are

15th

the

began
of

Tisri

dealing

now

cycle-year.

We

have

480, 483, chap. xiv. p. 674.

C oust ellat ions


Lect.

born

Hill.

was

chap. xii.

Primitive

goddess

the

New

feast of the

for 1887,
221

the

Allah, the

Karna4.

Jewish

Moon

Phonizier, vol.

iv.

of

Tabernacles

or

the

the

"

{Gingir)^

Holy

Hindu

that

sun-god Dumu-zi,

marking

the

the

creatrix

the

dead

year-girdle

hills

Booths

was

the

cated.
dedi-

was

Boedromion

ram-sun-god

of

ornaments

Tul-ku,

cycle-year,

Attic

of

top of the

earrings of

to

the

as

called

Ki-Gingir-na (August

the

sun-goddess

these

full

earth

the

3, is that

mound

the

the

realms

recover

the

on

goddess, including
and

the

to

to

the

herself

of

was

place of

October),

"

of Istar

circuit

to

back

equinox

abode

the

the

world,

bring him

(September

Ashva-yujau,

descended

of the Southern

illustrious

previous month,

of

Gemini,

Borsippa, called

hill of

first month

the

was

Stars

of their later year,

altar

gate

represented the

Gate

The

ellu, the

month

or

which

"

the

Bab-ili, the

into

title of Tintir-ki, the

mother-grove

seventh

This

and

earlier

Akkadians

name,
the

Asia

Babylon.

near

Ka-dingira^
Semites

of

cycle epoch

life,the

the

This

god.
the

Borsippa

the

by

ficial
arti-

universally celebrated

most

of

central

in South-western

is in Akkadian

city

the

plain countries

in

called

were

Creators, translated
of

gate

supply these

to

raised,which

of

233

hillylands, symbolising

Shemiramot

name

of the

and

Age,

vol.
^

i.,chap. viii. p. 314.

405.

jun., F.S.A.,

Primitive

Con-

History and

5 34

II.

Chapter

in

seen

festival

p. 49, that

the

Sabaean

November

to

commemorate

mother-village

grove,

Year's
of

1st

it

India,

the

Sakara,

in

was

The

feast of the

Orion's

in

Chapter

III.

to

17,000

when

world
the

ruler

of

New

Year's

the

of

medha
the

the

of

the

three

the

judge by
the

October

in

the
It

booths,

by

'

the

this

by

that

name

vol.

xii. p.

Mahabharata

to

was

the

Jacob

full
of

"

Vedic

of

moon

the

Saka-

Chapter IV.

p. 197,

of

by

Bhima,

of

moon

feast

Khartik

to

the

but

be

dead

little doubt

Akkado-Semitic
with

2.

To
held

originallycelebrated

one

tlie

that

of

name

feast

to

the

dead

barley-eating fathers.

Phoenicians
It

Sakut,

his

Chaturmasiyani, or

at

was

meaning

the

Seasonal

(/ardsandha-badha) Parva,

the

place called

first house,

and

made

Sacrifices,Introduction;

383.

Sabha

October

six-day weeks,

the

built

was

god

can

of the

races

the

replace

held

this

Jarasandha,

new

Succoth.

Hebrew

in

Shraddha

festival

Eggeling, Sat, Brah.^

S.B.E.,
'

called

was

the

received

Year's

New

and

there

November,

sacrifice,it

Saka

the

of

the

equinox

festival

this

when

as

"

on

of

date

autumnal

slaying

seasons

originally held

was

seen

the

as

in the

date

the

as

from

But

in

retained

from

up

born

corn-growing

have

we

be

to

seen

Cygnus,

gives the

November)

"

of

account

year

which

Sakas.

sun-god

equinox.

was

and

have

we

originallyheld

originaldate

this, as

But

".

the

the

beginning

brought

autumnal

in

to

the

the

in

was

sun-god

Arabians

Brahmanas,

(October

Khartik

in

the

this

and

November,
ritual

the

dead

The

September,

"

the

Hesychius

of

as

was,

Star

from

wet-god Sak,

celebrate

solstice

festival of

of

by

sacrifice

to

the

races

called

of the
or

the

was

August

Hindu

is

New

on

the

to

-growing

sons

Pole

cycle-year at

that

like

also

in

descent

Rudra-Tri-ambika.

the

B.C.,

tree, held

feast

corn

or

winter

96, the

p.

15,000

nether

the

the

at

year

conceived

then

at

their

corresponding festival held

of

the

their

Saka-medha,

the

India

of

festival

Saka,

originally the

was

sons

the

by

The

equinox.

this

like

and

changed

was

autumnal

it

of

Chronology

xxiii. p. 72.

of the Myth' Making


booths
river

for

his

Jordan % the Greek

according to

Herod,

form

bisexual

of

the
marks

the

which

at

of the

the

after

cattle

he

New

held

it

the

on

lit his

loth

described

seen

p. 209,

the blessed

of

bird

the

as

the

the

tells

in

of

Gloucestershire
her honour.

In

solstitial
year

held

this
at

^ere

incorporated,and
f^tivalswere
added,

thinningof

'

Gen.

fresh

xxxiii. 17 ; Movers,

'

Adi

Movers,

(Subhadrd-Harana)
Die

PAcnizur,

of

of

of

intervals
to

these

of

year

Die

sects,

chap.

two

six

months

these

vol.

ccxzi..

India

in

of

Avebury

festivals

the

lunar

ten

Phonisier,

Parva,
vol. i.

of

each

and

worship

East

hill

Berdsus

as

The

3.

the

of

Carthage,

was,

the

by

form

Zend
of

sent

of God

Gate

i.

chap.

vi.

ccxxii. pp.

xvii. p. 620.

year

equinoctial

festivals

months

the

of

in each
the

festivals

two

Sura

Ardvi

artificial hills erected

the

cycle-year

the

Euphrates,

Saka

in

mountain-

431,432,

pp.

the

from

III.

Chapter

this

who

the

have

we

example

an

in

Tanais

extended
for

Europe,

hill-eel-goddess,

the

Thenet,

god

mountain-goddess

to the West

of

sons

we

as

closing and

Anaitis, the

goddess

national

Raivataka

This,

^,

mother-river

Phoenician

the

8,

"

Su-bhadra,

the

and

Hu-kairya,

bird

the

was

the

us, also

of this

^Q

of

creating {kairya)
Danu,

built

(September

seen

xi.

us,

Greek

the

form of

who

Nava-ratra,

or

on

the

was

mothers,

tells

earth

held

have

Tri-ambika

down

She

that

as

year,

Khati,

Su-bhadra

we

the

Su-bhadra.

the

of Assin

that

She

year.

Zendavesta^

the

scription
de-

ing
Jacob's house-warm-

festival of Revati, the

Anahita of the
water

This

mountain-goddess
with

the

was

Persian goddess Anahita,

to

slave.

Durga-Puja,

as

eloped

Strabo

as

was,

of

the

the

of

light half

(5") who,

p. 96, succeeded

female

Hittite

or

Mahabharata

opening festival

goddess

of the

Arjuna
on

Navel, the

fires for

Bengal

festival

hill,whence

whom,

of God.

day

in the

to

feast

household

the

was

October),the

have

Year's

was

Semite

parent

river-god

the

Herakles,

house-building Kushika
India

the

Omphale

235

the

crossed

lardanos,

i. 7,

three-years tower

In

he

Age.

of

603

gestation.

480

pp.
"

the

was

"

483.

607.

History

236

Consequently the New


repeated

was

vernal

Year's

the

at

The

feast

The

opening

and

summer

the

autumnal

solstices

winter

feast

This

Ninus

Babylon

at

It

seasons.

took

(June

held

was

of the

Ninus
The

festival

was

the

Saka

of the

for five

say,

lunar

chains,

of the

in

seasons

surrounded

by

of

priests of the

Hunter

and

ruled

by the

was

was

springs

On

the

then

removal

Vishnu

sacrifice

Movers,

the

of

On

the second

being

the

slave

and

filled

the

by

Ninus, homage

who

dying

as

done

On

queen.

represented her
sun-god

=", a

rite

Cur^ius,

v.

in

to

the

was

setting

charge

his

of

phrodite
herma-

last of

burnt

marking

i.

the

day

rainy season.

PhofiizUr^ vol. i. chap. xii. pp. 472, 480, 497


Codremus, vol. i. p. 27 ; Aihettaus^ xiv. p. 639.

Ibid.,vol. i. chap. xii. pp. 491, 492

ruling

first

the

of the

the

India, had

placed

rains
was

the

Ninus,

and

cup

was

he, like

During

camp.

He

Western

Die

vol. i. p. 64 ;
'

sect

in the

feast.

in

red,

the

other.
feast

the

and

symbolising

axe,

the

in

during

double, Shemiramot,

days

double

slave.

held

and

Chuttisgurh Chamars

women

of

robe,

imprisoned underground,

was

the

five

red

and

and

the

general

been

male

painted white

crescents,

Maharaja

all the

rights over
Orion,

lunar

women,

Guru

Satnam

hand

one

monthly

two

there

earrings and

have

'.

days,

his

with

that

Wild

face

throne

with

the

He

Loos

to

represented by

on

of

said

bisexual-goddess Shemiramot,
sat

three

Mound,

i6th

the

to

of

year

Illustrious

on

of

Shemiramot

of

was

is to

summer

Feast

festival coincides

of the

sunset, who

at

lasted

of the

Berosus,

the year-star Orion

became

that

Orion

sky by Ninus, that

the

was

hill of the

to

the date

setting of Orion

in

the

the

and

following that

year

marriage

the

on

place, according

July), and

"

the

hunter-star

the

Nimrod,

or

ten-months

equinox

Booths, commemorating

wore

equinox

festivalsof the three-yearscycle.

beginning
the

at

solstice.

put

of the autumnal

feast

equinox.

D.

and

Chronology

and

an

Chron,

as

the
the

earlier

Pasch*^

of the Myth-Making
form
the

of the

sacrifice

Potraj festival

This

festival

{Orion),with

the

the

Tarsus

in

the

south-going sun-god

This

chariot

or

the

wedding

held

Durga
the

"turner

of

modern

Asarh

This

festival

time,

so

The

house

seen

She

the

stars

of
its

'

In

Jaiakay

the

DU

the

the

his

twinIt

sacred

beginning

Nagpur

the

at

the

July.
same

of Shemiramot

that

with

of

is

the

to

17th of Sshadha,

date

zi.

form

of the

461, Rama

no.

that
thus

shewing that he
xi.

no.

was

461,

race,

the

him

She

; and

story of Rama

sky

as

to
a

have

sky by
heavens

from

freed
the

of
his

the

cycle-year,

three

hands
the

cycle-

crescent-moon,

generals,

the

foremost
the

of

gods

water-jars

year

Indrajit,the

xii. pp.

the

the

Prahasta,

of

was,

of the

in

the

of

Kushaloya,

king

was

the

{karna)

is said

Sita, who

giant

Gemini,

chap.

was

round

circuit

gestation,and

i.

of

as

afterwards

duration

son

ploughed

ten-headed

Potter

his circuit of

is, from

Rama,

furrow

maker

Phonitier, vol.

variant

book

vol. iv. book

in

Kushite

; and

stars

{kumbhd)y the Great

Movers,

Chutia

circuit.

the

of

years

Kumbha-kama,

'

Rama,

with

ox,

is at the

monthly

same

(hasta), the

hand

as

Rath-jatra,

or

Krishna,

the

208, united'to

his

months

its ten

three

the

in

of Ravana,

clutches

ruling

burnt

was

the

as

Krishna

of

story of

first the

ox,

made

which

Asia,

mountain-goddess.

shrine

exactly

the

p.

Nag-kshetra

of the

the

in

of the

on

was

the

Rama,

in

mother

or

have

year.

held

agree

year-bride

we

as

they

South-western

ploughing

July), that

is also

with

over

of

(math), on

"

clothes,

Babylon.

at

the

(June

that

the

or

holy

earth"

Ninus

worship, beginning

in India

procession

the

Mathura,

at

and

dog-star Sirius,

Su-bhadra,

or

at

'.

antelope sun-god Orion,


sister

all

festival is celebrated

same

slain

female

and

male

of lunar-solar

dog,

lamb

Shemiramot

of

of

celebrated

the

of

day

237

India.

marriage

age

cycle-year, was

and

fifth

interchange

the
characterising
the

South

in

of

the

on

Age.

maker

of

the

457, 497.
and

Sita

returned

year-god

after

told
from
three

in

the

his

Buddhist

wanderings,

years' absence,

year-god of the three-years cycle. Rouse, Jdtaka,

p. 82.

238

his

and
of the

Prahasta

slain

was

of the

who

slew

Ravana

this

of Rama

and

of

of

central

the

which

the

of

Pamir

Kushikas

feast

third

of

from

extending

the

of the

division

year

reckoning by the
given

evidence

lunar-

yearly

Indian

Hindu

slopes

Mount
the

mountain

in

Dar-

the

on

sun-worship

this

to

as

Mahabharata

Vana

third

name

year

that

was

Meru,
successor

of

the

Indian

of

the

vernal

of

ten

lunar

months,

to

the

winter

solstice.

equinox

cycle-year

that which

to

cycle-year

vernal

the

This

pp.

year-

the

the

held

is

the

first central

the

equinox, beginning

'

of

the

to

held

Dancers,

It

of

described

4.

The

month

days

North-east,

with

birth-place

later

the

Mandara,

of Mount

Devil

the

with

in the

crowned

table-land,

in the

became

ended

festival

midsummer

he

procession

August) 3, as

"

antelope.

which

and

Ayodhya

new-

Chapter,

into

July wedding

(July

the

traditional

the

sons

of

Indrajit

next

Indra,

began

of

year-bridge

the

year-god

"

of

king

Sravana

that

is also

danian

June

This

Ravana's

and

in
of

the

Ceylon

as

Ravana

to

the

over

year-car

mother-mountain,

the

Dardistan,

of

from

Sita

of Rama

crescent,

the

victory, the

Mahabharata.

in the

god

from

beginning

the

in

of

army

described

by Vibhishana,

After

installation

be

to

cycle-year,

himself, the god of the

Rama

was

sun-horse,

conducted

was

It

'.

year

Rama's

Ceylon,

the

brother

the

revived

were

(360 days), Kumbha-kama

monkeys

Lakshman

by

in

of

rulers

these

conducted

stronghold,

360,000

Of

by Vibhishana,

who

year-god,

southern

life.

Rama

plougher

the

of

guider

till they
suifTocated,

all but

of

the

which

in

measurement,

Lakshman,

were

water

Chronology

time

cycle

brother

furrow,

the

the

the

of

year-net

by

and

History

is that

marked

of December
concludes

festival, and

(Draupadiharana)

the

it.
its

in

The

the

tenth
best

cclxxxv.

{decern)
historical

connection

Parva, cclxxxii.

Latin

with

"

the

cclxxxviii.

839, 844-853.
Ibid., cclxxxix.

Ibid.,

Knight,

ccxc.

pp.

855

"

857.

p. 862.

Where

Three

Empires

Mect^ Third

Edition, chap. xiii. pp. 200"223.

to

be

on

the

connected
1

with

of

8th

the

This

took

which

may

The

Perenna

the

On

in

the

skins,

of his year

of the

hive

of

Tents.

tree

like

in

close

and

Ninus

The

at

and
the

the

out

increase

after

the

as

of
bee.

booths

in

the

at

the close

city.

ment
imprison-

marriage'.

combined

male

and

warrior-god

female

the

her

and

male

the

of
lines

the

sons

ramot
Shemimother

festival
Martius

a, and

it

Year's

Feasts

of Ovid
a

were

this

Campus

New

by

counterpart,

During

mother-river

of

was

of

his

year-queen,

series

clad

the Salii,is 'followed

drone

festivals

seasonal

summer

deer-year,

of

feasts

those

of

driven

as

approximation

Veturius,

following

these

Anna

Mamurius

festival of

ancient

the

of

together

year-god, the

the

made

was

describing

reproduction
of

the

of

village

"

W.

="

taken

of

deposition

Tiber,

clearly that

dancing

when

day

side

installed

lived

the

or

the

Year's

the

people

the

14th,

parallelto the underground


on

number

seven-days week.

year-god of

military array

on

of Booths

49

March

old

Perenna,

of

show

9th,

the

rods, and

the

New

of the

one

white

the

in

therefore

it

of

bisexual

banks

twenty-third.

reformation

the

and

the

Roman

the

of the

on

figures of

out

of

adoption

male

sun-god,

the

result

the

on

after

days

the

Anna

on

Tubilustrium

of

the license

the

the

(Orion)

Ninus

represented

thrown

Salii procession

exact

an

expulsion

the

the

(vetus) year-god

long

is

of

female

of

14th

expulsion of

This

specialceremony

Shemiramot

old

with

This

last

Mamurius

of

the

solstice.

beaten

last week

spring equinoctial celebrations

marriage

ceremony

and

of ceremonies, show

series

purifying
third

isth of March,

these

between

the

ending

of the

the

of

the

one

nine-days week,

beginning

perhaps be the

on

parts of

second

fourteen

place

festivals

The

of

of

that

calendar, and

in the

of

the

at

month.
was

the

Chronology

March, after which

performed

was

of

and

History

240

Warde

Fowler,

Frazer, Golden

T/it

Bought

Ibid., pp. 50 ff.

Roman

ii. 208.

Pestwals^ Meiisis

Martius, pp. 48, note

2,

of the Myth' Making


"

Idibus
Haud

procul

Plebs

venit, et

Potat,

love

Sub

quibus

Desuper

Dicere,

ponunt

est.

columnis

duras

precantur,

annosque

; ad

bibunt.

numerumque

theatris ;

choreas,

cratere

superest obscaena

cantant

cur

puellae

canunt."

certaque proba

coeunt

nam

sua.

casa

statuere

didicere

quod

posito

mihi

facta

calent

cyathos

ducunt

Nunc

frondea

vinoque

sumunt

herbas

deposuere togas.

extentas

Illic et cantant,
Et

pauci tentoria

rigidiscalamos

tamen

Quot

quisque

pare

ramis

Tibre, tuis.

passim disjectaper

cam

durat

pars

ibi pro

Sole

virides

241

generale Perennse,

ripis,advena

accumbit

et

Sub

Pars

festum

Annae

est

Age,

Ovid, Fasti

that

J
r

the

consider

we

of

many

very

those

of

the

from

the

East,

id
the

Roman

strength of

great

rituals of

the

Southern

of

goddess

), the

beloved

She

one.

Is of the

ed

her

goats

of

the

by

the

and
two

urvivals

like

rs,

507

Die
;

to

of

and

goddess

the

In

Varro, Anna,

by

vol.

i.

Fowler,

acrobius, Sat,^\. 126.


R

as

described

male
burnt

called

Anah,

xvii.

the

either

counterpart
the

as

god

sacrifice

i.

is therefore

Roman

on

into

March

the

Anna

he

sacri-

and

Anna,

her
was

the

goat-god,

driven

Macrobius

chap.
'I

the

of

burnt-offeringsin

of Palestine

Warde

of

clothes

called

Hazeh,

of

was

form

male

also

scape-goat

these,

Azazel

the

apparently spring

are

seasons

or

the

El

autumnal

two

Roman

Phonizicry
W.

double

of

mentioned

Phoenician
ge

of

and

lA in this age
Perenna

male

Aziz

arms

according

or,

Phoenician

equinoxes.

Mamurius,

the

;ith

the

year

scape-goat

ess

of

is

this

predecessor

{dod), the sun-goddess,

one

reproduction

and

es-

were

that

equinox,

sister

ginian virgin-goddess Anna,

and

countries,

vernal

the

evidence

little doubt

be

can

the

Europe,

maritime

there

III. sSqAT.

pp.

612

the

"

the

of

name

616;

Anath
the

Virg, ALtt.y

Festivals^ Mensis

Martius,

of Aholibama,

mother

god ', the


Ezekiel

xxiii.

of

Aholah

and

the

she

was

the

goddess

Aholibah^.

of

festival
the

which

and

Bahu,
Ooraons

is

Santals.

and
of

beginning
the

the

New

which

it

place during

the

date

at

the

future

in

mother
which

the

shower
of

sun-god
of

rain.

water

by

This
the

Ooraons

it
of

tree-mother

'

'

Gen.

xxxvi.

Movers,

begins
the

Risley,

that

for this

Sarna

the

in

village

the

by
male

ing
throw-

friends, from

festival

to

the

greeted by

by the

Burniah,

grove,

be

from

tree

was

of the

worship

by

will

is the

birth

their

over

made

caused

and

Sarna

whom

among

Burhi,
five

originalfive-daysweek,

tals.
San-

are

or

fowls,

oflTered.

i.

P/ionhtW,

iii. p.

Tribes

146, Santal,

p.

with

of the

/";"

for 1887, Lect.

bottle

festival

which

is still commemorated
women

it takes

clasped by

tree

his

universally observed

in commemoration

4, and

born

was

birth,

his

at

the

original

Roman

reckonings,

was

is

ruary
Arjuna (Feb-

retrogression

year

This

Buddha

It is also

the

in

the

or

the

of

the

it at

Santals

Phalgun

Mundas,

April), that

"

the

date

Salii,

chapters.

peculiarly shaped

the

of

changes

the

of

the

is at

of

goddess

the

equinox,

among

previous month,

the

celebrate

(March

while

at

blossoming

of

vernal

the

This

festivals

Cheit

held,

was

procession

subsequent

told

after

carnival.

of

former

two

of

March) 3, that

"

the

The

month

Moon

chief

the

of

vernal

festival

the

Puja,

the

the

or

the
form

earliest

the

European

as

sun-god,

rivers

the

Sar-hul,

the

Bahu
one

the

the

find

of

festivals

Indian

of
we

sons

in

of

that

or

her

in

that

of the

survives

is called

primaeval mother-goddess

is

It

and

Akkadian

the

was

the

as

goat-

worshippers

the

by

on

Sal-tree-mother

the

dances

Sal-tree,

of

and

tree-mother,

annual

equinox,

She

mother-tree.

Munda-Dravido
of the

carried

as

the

Esau,

festivals,denounced

{AAol)

tent

46,

"

goddess Anu,

Hindu

at

36

the

of

wife

Hittite

the

of

goddess

by

Chronology

History and

242

p.

Rhys David,

vol.

i.

chap.

xii.

p.

492

Sayce,

Ilibbert

Lectures

188.

and

Castes

of Bengal

vol.
^

ii., Munda,

p.

233.
Buddhist

Birth

Stories

The

Nid"nakatha,

p. 66.

104,

Ooraon,

the

of
The

general water-battle

Pahan

priest with

or

to whom

of

month

it

Dravidians,
In

ritual

Roman

August

which

god
was

that

like

priest

was

we

of
the

god
Llyr

Leicester,

Hindu
the

W.

Mensis

month

the

described

Fowler,

The

the

Roman

The

feast,

feast

Chapter

on

The

17th
year,
"

of

VII.

the
of

the

temple
63.

p.

His

priest of

festival

beginning

December,

the
of

days

December,

corresponding

the

of

seven

January),

Festivals^Mensis

Sextilis, pp. 206-208.

in

is the

by

(December

Push-an.

tival
fes-

August

underground

an

ten-months

Push

Consualia

mid-year

the

storing (condere) of

followed
on

in

was

December

later

on,

cycle-year ^

of

when

reproduced

of the

earlier

of

barley-god

Warde

that

Quirinalis,that

of the

be

Madras

the

was

described

in

was

to

as

deer-sun-god,

This

Flamen

feast

New-Moon

be

to

worshipped

this

its

reproduction

by

South

the

later

see

Saturnalia, beginning

the

Pongol

sanctity by

the

harvest-god

December

say,

of

at

of

harvest-home,

festival to

god

so
a

December.

Sth

months,
the

Consus,
a

in

was

the

of the

is to

shall

fifteen

Quirinus

god

as

of

year

crops,

That

superseded
was,

subordinate

2ist.

was

The

festival

the

offspring

the

Santals.

the

by

the

of

that

was

conceived

called

Semele,

of

birth 'of the


of

the

of

of Shemiramot.

This

and

stored,

of

Consualia

be

to

festival

Sohrai

form

sun-god,

was

{eka^i)

spring festival
son

in

(March

deer's

the

of

cycle-year

the

were

and

equinox.

Italy this harvest

in the

of

which

India

the rice crops

the

the

feast of the death


in

house,

survives

which

Dionusos,

was

festival of

autumnal

was

each

Elaphebohon

in

the

goddess Samlath,

the

of the old

festival

sprouting

periods of gestation,

born at

and

the

god

winter solstice, at
four

this

commemorating

fourth

of

the

of

drenching

women

Dionysia, held

deer-sun-god. This
The

of

date

Greece in the Greater

the Phoenician

the

the

by

243

sal flowers.

Munda

the
"April),
homs, a name

Age.

with

begins

water

he presents

It is the

of

Myth-Making

with

the

the

month

Greek

pp.

the

fes-

267, 268,

and

History

244

tival

that

was

(December"
Arcadian

He

his

feast

seek

of

his

celebrating
the

the

wife

of

and

the

Dumu-zi,

{malik) of

the

male

summer

god who
and

sun,

the autumnal
of

marked

the

winter

descent

of

the

South

Argolis
in

the

on

Arcadia,

called
of

to

come

The

^, the

successive

months,
and

night

the

were

the
of

tower

marriage-chariotof
Ninus.
the

Garden

of

separate

the

father-god

'

'

god

to

of

cycle

son,

rain-god,
the

winter

the

and

the

as

born

be

at

dances

This

regions
held

he

was

bull-god

young
the

at

in

Cynaethae

and

him,

to

autumnal

of winter.

three

with

years,

intervals

Krishna

its four

of ten

their

and

female

lunar

by

the

i. 40,

Ibid., ii. 27, 6, viii. 19,

the

deities.

earth,

into

way
This

years.

incarceration

sacrifice,in

fertilised

his

made

Su-bhadra

and

watered

whose

who

revolving

God,

male

Frazer, Pausanias,

three

before

But

were

eldest

lake

the

marriage

mother-goddess, originallythe mother-tree,

spouse

enclosing

of

this

at

festival

Lerna,

near

{Helios)god

sun

bom

cycle-year'.

the

at

festivals,separated by equal

her

and

of the

of

ruling gods

of

sun-god

subterranean

sacrificed

was

out

up

Spring ', the father

equinox

Lake,

bull

the

orgiastic

the

the

celebrated

Alcyonian

when

into

sun-god

also

was

as

at

same

festivals of

other

the

the

sius
Diony-

North

the

to

Shemiramot

by

sun-

Shemiramot,

or

festival of the

Megara

with

accompanied

was

Phoenician

of the

mother

This

Nuktelios

which

of

her

equinox.

Dionysius

solstice

make

her

Ino

Akkadian

the

Samlath,

bring

to

sister

city {kartk). This

the

to

was

world

whose

Tammas,

Semele

of

solstice,

lower

of Melicertes, the

mother

winter-

winter

the

Kadmus,

Ionic

Athamas,

Nuktelios, husband
was

of

the

at

into

descent

daughter

lord

god Melkarth,

Megara

at

of the

home

the

world,

lower

Poseidon

in

Dionysius Nuktelios, the

of

in honour

the

held

Dionysia

Lesser

worshipped

was

Semele,

was

the

January)

god

sun.

of

Chronology

of

the

was

Shemiramot

in

this

tov/er

life-givingrain, they
The

that

of his

into

which

male

deity

counterpart,
the

blood,

5, vol. i. p. 61, ii. 525.

i, vol.

i.

pp.

her

130, 397, vol. iii. pp.

302,

303.

was

his
the

of the Myth-Making
divine

This

god

years

by
a

of

the

and

son,

The

Human

tradition

of

when

he

which

on

the full

of
of

saw

it, were

two

gilteagles

of

mound
its

the

of

earth,

placed

Empire
the

roofs

the

in the

three

years

of

of

this

solstice

the winter

of

that

of the solstitial sun-bird

the

Pole

Star

god.
Vana

"

Mahabharata

"

Frazer, Pausanias^

Ibid.

form

The

of

Dawn

example

by

and

of the

altar

hillock

time

This

traditions

of

with

Pekin,
its three

is oriented

dedicated

and

this

to

year

to

the
and

Shang-ti,

altar, on

which

{Tirtha-Yatra) Parva, cxxvii., cxxriii. pp. 386, 389.


viii. 2, i, vol. i. p. 374.

of Astrotiomy^ chap. ix. pp. 88, 89.

Chinese

near

Orion's

when

of

altar

temple, recallingin

began,

rules

the

appears

woman,

viiL 38, 7, vol. i. 424.

Lockyer,

human

the

This

round

cycle.

4, the

East,

priestly guardians

national
the

of

it,

ascertain

to

told

been

traditions.

in the

sun

the

by

top

highest

another

to

turn

has

But

3.

".

before

and

ritual

the

must

triple-roofed circular

the

under

on

engraved

meaning

explanatory adjuncts

the

on

the

earth

pillarsnearly facing the

national

made

(Xu/co?),

of

mound

mountain,

enjoined

construction

Arcadian

Peleg, for

Lycaean

were

its

worship

wolf

Hebrew

Pausanias,

two

its inner

in

the

by

it, we

on

with

mountain*

said

this altar, and

of

offered

transmitters

second

the

Semite

god,

was

son,

of

that

the

Pelasgus, the

central

the

it,in which

bore

the

as

by Lycaon,

erected

described

as

and

this

of

new-born

his

meaning

sacrifices

each

sacrifice

clearly in

Arcadia,

of

son

placed,

summit

followed

was

re-born

human

of

most

been

lightand

was

son

long

Sacrifices,

rite

altar

The

have

to

sacrifice of
It

of

Lykaios,

father-god.
of

this

is told

ritual

of Zeus

god

of

history

attendant

after

born

wives, who

was

with

E.

The

of the

hundred

Jantu

offspring.

king Somaka

Jantu,

sacrifice

these

among

245

numerous

the
son,

one

of all the

of his mother

son

only

expectation.
pregnancy

Mahabharata

but

wives,

it bear

made

the

in

was

hundred

and

seed, flowed,

Age,

the

offers

Emperor
male

the

to

animal

of

into months

of the

by the

platform

week

the

by

nine

forming

stone

of

one

in

multiples of

nine

the

The

and

slabs,

Of

which

one

called

Khammam

of the

god

of

Usofs

or

moving

This

This

Professor

'

The

of the
the

72,

'.

the

of

Lykaios

sky,

open

the

the

with

and

Douglas, Confucianism
the

central

pillarof

the

sun

sun-god.

Meyer

ii. pp.
Die

149,

and

des

these

that

to

eldest

the

to

sons

was

attached
to

river

leave

villages

87.

"

Crom

these

that

Voyage

82

pp.

of it

Croich, the

victims

of Bran^

Ritual

were

god

offered

Sacrifice

in

150.

Phonizier, vol.

B^rard, Ori^ine

on

Boaz

Kairiya.

began

races

to

Taoism^

The

Hu

temple

no

descend

circle, proves
Nutt,

eagles

pillarsin front
had

and

of

that

was

pillar,the

Zend

pillar

4.
two

and

other

The

the

pastoral shepherd

heights

pillar,the

golden

pillar
Esau,

exactly similar

was

in Africa

Hebrew

the

3.

the

hiphil form.

its

the

; and

solstice

which

and

Chiun,

green

the

ii. 44

Egyptian temples.

hunter,
the

scribed
de-

Lykaios,

Tyre,

god

mother-cloud-bird,

altar

the

when

the

winter

sacrifice

Movers,

73-

the

ritual of

vol.

9x9=81

Herodotus

at

and

solstice

Irish

Ireland,

Usof

Balcaranensis

mountain

the

slabs

its

ritual

Zeus

by

the

to

Hammam,

Zeus

under

said

Hypsuranius,
the

of

of

pillar Jachin,

summer

pillarof

it,but

to

the

primitive

placed

circles

these

the

of

Herakles

dedicated

brother

altar

of

temple

or

of

of Saturn

altar

those

were

pillar of

pillarswere

two

circular

the

of

circle

altar

the

Solomon's

the

was

nine-days

increases

ninth

of all Phoenician

was

became

This

to

the

in front

up

these

of

the

pillars before

before

set

were

innermost

top

2.

two

stand

round

circle

the

was

by Pausanias,
to

slabs

each
to

up

mound-altar

cycle-year

The

the

and

stands,

last

the

to

steps

seven

marble

of

altar.

nine

twenty-

year

These

days each.

the altar

circles

the

is

Thus

which

on

the

and

week,

nine-days

of twenty-seven

commemorated

are

the

born
first-

sacrifice,clearly points

whole-burnt

as

North,

facing the

yearly, while

cycle epoch

divided

Chronology

and

History

246

Cultes

i.

chap.

vii. p. 292

Arcadiens^

ii., Lc

chap. viii. pp.

Culte

de

Zeus

343,

346.

Lycaios,

pp.

be

only
the

approached
of

growth

by

human

feet

could

the

idea

the

prohibition of entering

The

of

arose

tables

table

of shew-bread

tabernacle

and

in

were

Athenian

Cecrops,

Pelanoi

presented

the

the

within

which,

mountain

Palaeolithic

the

The

there
the

Incense

second

table

burnt

clouds

was

of

the

Pandava

brethren.
that

and

the
The

from

extracted

Salai

{Boswellia thuriferd)^which

This

in

Central

frankincense

of the

of

rivers

the
{sona),

with

the

Chutia

Subonrika

'

India

Nagpur,
or

smoke

grows

the

Fraser, Pausanids^

viii. 2,

where

for

the

sacrifice

the

on

companied
ac-

I, vol. i. p.

the

fumes

sacred

tree, the

the

of every

top

else

will

from

the

the

of

incense

washed

Sone,

Suvarnariksha,

lowlands,

{dhumo)

nothing
gold

incense

priest-god Dhaumya

Indian

where

Indian

the

tops

whence

the

The

of burnt

the

of

incense

was

hill

of

priest

arose

rocky

ritual

of

altar, gives

epoch.

mountain

that

of sacrifice

incense

in

blood

top of the

trade.

this

were

no

the

on

stone

the

gnomon-stones,

international

This

was

Mahabharata,

of the

it stood

clans.

the

made.

incense

the

totemistic

historyof

wreathed

were

that

oil which

custom,

substitute, conceived

which

by

the

or

sanctuary,

the

the

of sacrifice

altar

sacrifice

of

northern

in the

which

and

in which

with

dolmen

worship

to

earliest altars

altar

of the

age

F.

the

primaeval

to

the

to

complete clue

surrounded

the

Jewish

firstfruits' offering instead

according

answered

on

honey, barley, meal,

temple sanctuary

shed, while

be

the

snake-god, offered

the

on

the

and

table

this

on

by Lycaon

sun-circle

in

us

offered

and

placed
could

of

of

that

being

was

help, that

of incense

Holies

Erectheus

earlier

the

as

It

of

son

cakes

son

table

This

latter

offered.

or

later eldest

the

these

feet.

shodden

of

Holy

the

without

altar

the

were

temple,

firstfruits

the

them

from

was

temple precincts, and

with

them

it

reach

not

sanctity of the

the

within

and

influence,

priests,marks

the

provided by

boats

sacerdotal

shrines, which

he

Chronology

History and

248

river

river

374,

grow.

the

sand

of

gold

of the

tribe

of the Myth- Making

{varnd) of the

Sus

with

brooks

of

Sona-pet,

houses

of

Indian

the

the

by

Hittite
the

was

Caer
of

of

sons

life,was

Ocean,

the

were

India

in Western

{dwar)

Moon

{tur)

Star

founders

of

"

twins, that of Pragjyotisha


called

in

the
and

Nerbudda,
of

the

Mahabharata

Payoshni,

Mahabharata

king
The

by

who

of

the

of

North

of

the

king called

of

growers

jewel

KuntI,
in

Pandavas

the

final

the
on

Mahabharata

the

Vana

side

the

of

(Tir/Aa-Vd/ra)

mother-river
rulers

two

ports

the

are

Yavanas,

told

head

and

the

the

former,

of

^,

was

Parva, cxviii.,cxix., cxx.

the
and

brother

Karna,

Kauravyas

and

most

sun,

Pandavas,
that

or

elsewhere,

Jarasandha

the

the

fig and

the Western

between
the

four^

imperial

his

to

of

the

to

East, shows

the

of
we

light

mouth

Bhagadatta,

as
on

mother,

the

the

Haihaya

the
{b/uiga)^

bore

uncle

battle
of

denote

of the

King

were,

who

their

to

were

fruit

the

maternal

Prithi

or

or

earliest

subordinate

was

the

was

the

edible

earth,

Gond

Mahabharata

called

king

on

He

Star.

f"iught

is

the port

Surparaka

the
of

tree

He

Turvasu,

though he

in

of
{jyotis)

as

of

according

star

were

and

by

Broach,

the

at

door

joined

or

mouth

Surat,
built

ports

the

modern

the

at

*'arba*'

barley (yava), who

wonderful

of

the

tree.

mango

Pole

This

India.

the

the
seed

ancient

Khati

the

modern

is

in

Southern

the

Dwarika,

word

it

to

kings who

Haihaya

offspring of

the

Semite

attached

importance

of

of

Tapti,

Pragjyotisha,the

name

the

the

god (vasu)

dweller

of

Baragyza,

Vidarba, that

the

used

land

called

now

whose

most

Prabhasa,

Surparaka,

was

Holy Grail,the

three

port

or

South,

foreign lands

the

god,

the

holy

treasure-

the

to

( Yd)^
the

Yadava

the

of Khatiawar,

of

mother-tree

the

the

ancient

of the

twin-gods Yadru-Turvasu.

Full

in

the

spices

castle where

preserved

those

and

exported

Indian

the

Turning

or

the

Pole

revolving

Sidi

the

and

merchandise
of

249

golden sand,

golden womb,

wealth,

descendants

These

the

valuable

most

its

Age,

slain

he
and

by

pp. 363, 364,

365* 371'

Mahabharata

Parva, Uxxv.

Sabha
p.

260.

{Rdjasuyaratnbha) Parva,

xv.

p.

45, Adi

(Sambhava)

History and

250

Arjuna,

had

Krishna

as

[narcC) god, the bisexual


It

these

from

was

carried

the wealth

of

Indian

the

island

of India

where
{dil)^

said

first-born

{zag)
He

waters.

him

with
their

began
the

to

This

Singh

Sik,

or

rians, the

the

land

have

we

land

Sindhu.

Lenormant,
of

the

Sume-

the

in

the

Arabian

three-eyed

Shemiramot,

or

after

seen,

name

Shinar

the

by

jewel

of

to

Sindjar by

Samir-us

the

moon,

is called

ruled

that

they

of Arabia

Magana,

the

the

fies
identi-

thence

coasts

Indian

This

Greeks,

was

as

the

Delta.

the

by

Babylon,

the

Sin,

first to

given

wild-bull-god

two-horned
ruled

from

which

was

originally,according

was

and

geographers,

of

the

of South-western

Akkadians

Mountain

Euphratean

Bible, Singara

along

God

of

son

lord

It

of

En-zag,

fish-born

Pati, the

as

Turos.

Isle

as

eyes

(en)^ the

the

by

was

and

the

modem

called

the

roving merchants

them

with

human

their way

the

or

Sin

name

coasts

was

This, the

Praja-pati^.

made

called

they brought

station

foreign

Dilmun,

to

god

the

as

of Sinai,

mines

appeared

Hindu

the

country

ships

the

on

pearl fishery,they

worshipped

ships

Yavana

or

foreign lands

island

of

career

whose

Asia,

man

*.

Turvasu

first

Their

for its

son

was

epoch

they originallycame.

first

la

the

to

holy Akkadian

the

was

the

the

Naraka,

Gulf, whence, according to Theophrastus,

Bahrein, celebrated
It

of this

ports that

Persian

Phoenicians

the

formerly slain
god

Ocean.

in the

Chronology

Nimrod

and
who

Ninus

or

{Prioji):
He

the

was

bisexual-god,

invented

who

This

weaving

3.

Hindus,

whose

the

Uma,

flax

wife

Neith, meaning
cloths

mummy

form

of

and

the

three-eyed-god

female

or

male

measures

the

was

counterpart

Shemiramot,

Minor, who
the
of

weaver

Drona

Mahabharata

"

Sayce, Hibbert

Lenormant,

the

in

the

Shiva
the

was

goddess

Egypt,

for 1887,
Magic

Lect.

pp. 395,

who

114, note

396, note

2, 402.

i.

flax

goddess

supplied

xxix. pp.

the

weaving

of the

all of which

ii. p.

silk-

of

Egyptian

(Samsaptika-badha)Parva,

Lectures

Chaldcean

dead

the

became

of

art

{uma) goddess, the goddess-mother

of Asia

weavers

and

weights

the

are

95

"

the

made

98.

of the Myth' Making


of

dresses

The

the

of

silks

also

and

robes
and

which

people

of the

Uma,

of

men

got their
The

were

It

of

originally

made

This

3.

of human

were

by

Kandhs

the

of

rite

in India

tree

Sir Gardiner
flax

Rampore
Punjab

Malay

sula,
Penin-

the

and

weavers

of

the

Simul

Sanskrit

Shil-

that

and

tree

sacred

that

of

sun-maiden

the

moon-

the

whenever

stone

offerers

themselves

mother-goddess

priate
appro-

the

Meriah

villagewas

new

call

sacrifice

where

Koi,

founded

Kui-loka,

and

than

longer

car

when

male

of

tree

the

the

always planted with

was

sacrificial

slain

human

Beal, Records

Kg.

"

Grant

X.

superseded

Wilkinson,
India

the

of

coming

was

plant in

Castes

be

Gond

the

on

of this

The

goat's-

who

any

the

retained

other

race

4.

But

fine

the

Soma,

to

of Orissa, who

the

of

people

to

cotton

drove

is the

the

above

the

this

married

which
sacrifices,

victims
the

be

to

of

tree, the

of

Ashvins

cotton-tree

rites

jute,

{Butea frondosd) tree,

the

her

of

wood

Palasha

in which

theybrought
god

modern

as

of the

They

2.

Northern

sons

red-cotton

the

from
the

made

was

the
wove

the

north

these

garments

was

Kimshuka,

of

in the

Kambojia,

Punjab

appear

Kambhojas

the

[Bonibax heptaphylla)yor
mili.

now

called

garments

common

and

the

supplied

names.

cotton

potters

which

from

made

mendicants

hemp,

cotton,

called

those

which

Southern
or

of

as

Jewish priests'.
cloth,

tells us, the


and

sacred

most

were

Huddhist

of kshauma

Kambala,

Chudders, whence
the

he

well

the

moth,

early

Northern

as

hair blankets,

the

of

Kushite

or

tusser

were,

garments

wore

the flax of

and

jungle
by

worn

the

worshippers

Kauseya

251

made

were

those

their

by

of the

Kasayam,
of the

Egyptian

Tsiang

cocoons

yellow

flax

woven

by Hiouen
the

this

from

and

flax^

Age,

is not

The

Kurmis
the

by

AncUftt
used

now

of the Western

Kaurs

or

the

Karpasi

cotton

Egyptians^ vol. ii. chap.

for

weaving

Worlds vol. i. pp.

but

only for

cotton

{gossy^

ix.

p.

158.

its oil-seeds.

75, 165, 168.

85, 20.
Allen, Evolution

of Bengal

of

the

vol. i.,Kandhs,

Idea

p. 297.

of God,

p.

145 ;

Risley,

Tribes

and

inland

the

Saus,

the

Karpasika,
Mahabharata

of

land

Sin

Old

the

It

iii.

the

Ill

of

Their

told

of

-/Ethiopian3

overland

produce
thence
the

the

to

road

of

god
of

years

word

of the
the

is

'

of

men

and

we

Hibbert
Die

Greek
of

name

the

Bible,

Eastern

city

heaven

of

of

and

Haran,

Laban,

ing
mean-

inscriptions
4/* the

"

the

of the

tower

image

of

was

stone

Glascr,

Sayce,

Gesenius, Thesaurus^

Ilibbert

from

for 1887,

the

the

und

of

god

iv. p.

Lot, p. 748 ; Gen.

Rama.

incense-

the

p.

10.

249, note
xi. 27, 28.

three-

genealogy

i.,iii. p. 138.

Africa

father

white-moon-god

li. p. 141.

Lect.

of

meaning

root

this historical

for 1887, Lect.


s.v.

Hindu

find

we

heaven,'* the

{Dyuta) Parva,

Lectures

the

in Lot

city of

Abyssinter in Arabien

the

father

also

was

veil,and

Thus

of

Lectures

who

and

the

is the

tower

father-ram,

also learn

the

antelope,

Haran,

Sabha

Mahabharata

Sayce,

lectors
col-

or

the

the

s."

foundation

brick

cycle ;

the

Terah,

incense

"

Atjub,

Euphrates,

whose

epoch,

Arabia,

the

Assyrian

of

moon-god

concealment

means

of the

this

Ab-ram,

Hebrew

the

Lot

the

of

son

in

2.

Phcenician

brought

city

of

star.

of

the

was

foundation

of

by

city

and

Lot

through

called

God

of

the

Arabia

in

of the

which

course

Mediterranean

white-god,"

surmounted
This

the

of

Midianites

caravans

This

of

Garden

land

along

of the brick

builder

the

were

{kfiarram).

the

"

they

Kuri,

by Herodotus

settled

Chapter II., that

was

Greeks

into

imported

they

the

sadin

the

mentioned

when

name,

in

; and

organised the

who

Ceylon,

in

from

-god, the

{tib\the originalform

incense

Sindhu,

products brought by the

generic

have

as

was,

of the

also

who

of

Sipat

of
{aiv^div)

sind5n

merchants

one

as

documents
also

the

this which

from

horned-moon

the

name

called

it is

woven

Kur, and

the

and

these

was

traders.

"

Singh,

Europe the cinnamon

and

of

of

the

got

which

whence

{rdshtrd)of

kingdom

Babylonian

land

Testament

yearly, and

Khatlawar,

the cloth

earliest

or

the

land, by

was

of the

cloth

the

It

the

in

called

of

part
cotton

sowed

they

of Saurashtra,

land

Western

or

which

herbaceum)^

pium

Chronology

and

History

2S2

3.

the

of
that

this

profane
the

The

of

and
of his

two

when

he

gods

of

of the

inspired by

the

epoch, and

when

roller

with

he

plumes

ram's

with

his

the

turner

of

clouds

of incense

descended

For

of

Greek

the

who

the
the

were

the
(X^Soi/),
incense

according
sacrifices

it,
to

'

by

India

from

the

Haran

on

XXV.

the

other
the

Budge, Book

in

He

with

man

horned

head.

father

serpent
the

is thus
in

the

temples, the god


who

snake

and

{ab)

of

the

the

gods

Poludeukes,

door-posts

of heaven.

form

feminine

waters,

twin

and

Kastor

Greek

the

and

of

Ledon

the

Turvasu

Gen.

Translation,

xix.

now

we

traders,
of

contents

Euphrates, whence

'

as

the

26

"

This

temples.

originally used
was,

mercantile

of the Dead^

as

Egyptian

the

iii. in,

by

6.

CLXV.

{Pistaccialentiscus)yielding the

Arabians,

Arabia

of

contemporaneous

Leda,

burnt

to

with

Gen.

of

Herodotus

to

the

3/' the

Chapters

front

in

his

Gemini,

mastich-shrub

Ledanon

bull-scarab

In

and

the

the

of

stars

sons

of

gods

ithyphallic man-beetle,

mythology,

twin

the

Hidden,

revolving earth, hidden

Moab,

incense

became

They

of

supporter,

the

Amon,

divine

an

on

mother-cave

the

of

creating

cycle-year.

that

to

turn

must

we

as

the

the

in

prince

ball.

father-god,

by

original parent-bird

of the

history

earth

trident

porter,
sup-

begotten

waters,

Ammon,

"

filled the

the

the

Thebes,

Dead

the

which

ruler

the

of

disk

of

pole

from

had become

these

the

Ammon,

were

dwelt

shoulder,

lunar

Keturah, meaning

of

head, standing

each

on

and

legs

he

depicted

is

on

head

the

of

CLXIII.

and

of

and

antelope

consumed

horns, the

two

turner

or

the

of the

wine

the

of

the

was

wives

Egyptian god
Book

of

East, lord

wife

{ab)

Of

*.

races

the

in

father

the

two

earlier

of

incense-god,

the

Turanian

called

Lot, the

daughters,
this

sons

from

god

Moab,

was

the

was

eastern

mother

sons

the

253

hidden

concealing the

of

whose

Ram,

incense"

'*

that

was

eyes

god

the

ritual

incense

Age,

Myth-Making

in

religious

see,

brought

who

carried

their

incense

was,

caravans,

ritual

passed

38.

chaps, clxv., clxiii. pp. 295,

292.

Chronology

and

History

254

"

through Syria
thence

Dravidian

Indian

of

Tyndareus,

of

the

the

the

the

of

crew

cycle-year

the
which

I shall

describe

Kermario,
index

two

and

equinoxes

autumnal

the

with

Southern
of

addition

the

the

of

trade

Egypt,

They

Indian

India
on

now,

the

shores

These

tribes

of

descended

Minos,

and

who

teachings

the

them.

the

that

had
and

Ocean,

and

of

son

the

among

the

these

Gaillard, VAstronomie

set

the

Semitic

belonged

mother

Ocean.
of

of

the

learnt

the

spear

the

fresh

influx

Amazonian
the

of

arts

the

tion
naviga-

sea-farine

joined

population

vii.
Prihistorique^

subjects

seafarers

p.

the

Dorian
the

Dravidian

and

descended

Dravido-Turano
became

in

races.

countries, Arabia

Dor,

and

customs,

Mediterranean,

Basque

solstices

Minor,

local

and

them

beginning

year

them

in

the

at

Syria, Asia

with

of

of stones

placed

the

these

brought

rows

sunrise

stellation
con-

its calendar,

up

and

the

Zeus,

Indian

ten

made

Euphratean
of

the

established

amalgamated
from

Northern

They

of

Britany,

history, ritual

with

races,

the

of

they

brought

Indian

matriarchal
from

they

was

mariners, who

Dravidian
in

in

marking

traditional
to

where

equinox

Greece.

Indian

The

It

pole [stoi^ of

gate of heaven, who

presently, in

stones

the

god
dareus
Tyn-

But

India, worshippers

of the

Carnac

near

the

of

Europe,

to

Kabiri.

the

shores

the

traders

star-gods,guardians

twin

at

merchant

the

was

the

was

sons

{tudy fund)

house-builder

on

than

reputed

original star-ship Argo, the

of the dwellers
It

the

were

Kastor,

waters,

the

and

deeply rooted

mother-cloud-bird.

the

and

god,

Star

Pole

the

which

in

wetting (Sev") rain-god, the

the

{aU) of

father

Moab,

immigrants

meals

hammer
of

of

only

beaver, the

Poludeukes,

races.

to

father

sexless

Ka, the

smith

divine

the

incense-

country

more

the

the

Dorian

common

were

king of Sparta,

North,
was

of

of

sons

Sparta, the

territory. They

Grecian

other

in any

of the

children

of

education

state

gods

customs

and

Mediterranean

gods,

of

and

the

the twin

patron

Minor

Asia

the

the

became

mother,
from

There

Greece.

to

of

shores

the

to

73.

were

History

256
of the

statue

in the

Trojan

of

Chronology

and

of the

Idomeneus, the leader


placed

war,

Agrigentines in Elis, and

there

helmet

Athene,

the

Ionian

Cocks

and

hens

the

of

the

of

Akropolis

used

examined

by the

of

and

barley

have

land

of the

fourteenth

of

which

in

the

The

founded

cocks

and

the

the cult

diffused

the

were

the

Lydians,

Tursha

by

the

Romans

and

of

Tur, the

Pator
letters

on

was

who

he
who

and

gave

of

counterpart

folk-tale

the

his

quoted

Indian

Frazer, Pausamas^

Leland

v.

the

to

him,
the

the

Rome

those

who

and

and

of

the

islands, who

found

and

buried

supreme
is

inscription in

Star

called

Cypriote

in the

cities of

sixth

Troy.

mother-goddess,

Finnic
she

was
4

Tyrrhenians

It

Phrygian city of Turiaion

Pole

It

Tur-an.

in

of
to

name

by

to

and

Egyptians,

iEgean

Tur,

bottom

the

mother-goddess

taken

was

Brethren,

the

originally the

was

prophetic signs given by the

Twin

dedicated
the

from

settlement

have

we

born.

sun-birds,

by

father

that

and

as

was,

the

been

Mazda,

Trita, who

to

seafaring Minyans, called Tursena

and

whorl

Ahura

Varuna,

seasons'.

have

to

Greeks, the worshippers

Minor

Asia

the

the

of

by
god

the

in the

is said

of three

cyle-year,was

on

sacred

equal parts

field of

is said

by

them

that called

year

square

Vedic

the

hens,

worship

the

created

of the

ruling god

ritual

Indian
with

lands

Thraetaona,

the

seen,

triangle of

conquering

the

in the

epoch, which

this

in

birds

sacrificed

four-cornered
of

sun-god

ram

conquered

This

the

the

were

four

was

the

on

tree-mother,

into

field

This

George.

Zendavesta

and

Rigveda

divided

cock

by their entrails

Templum,

St.

figureof

priests,who

augur

signs shown

Roman

cross

the

by
the

the

square,

the

Elis'.

for augury

and

of

statue

was

the Sicilian

offeringsof

the

among

Cretans

Minyan

gave

Tara,
who

the

in

father

25, 4, vi. 26, 4, vol. i. pp.

277,

the

the

Etrurian

the

Etrurian

of

324

3,

the

future

Homer,

Tliad^

ii. p. 643.
*

Rg. i. 152,

S.B.E.,

vol.

Darmesteter, Zmdavcsta

Fargard, i. 18, Introduction,

iv. p. 9, Ixiii.

"'

Schluchhardt, Schliemann*s

Leland, Etruscan

Roman

Excavations^ Appendix
Retiwins^

Tur-anna,

pp.

i. p.

39

"

334.

41.

iv. 12;

of the Myth'Making

sun-god, the

the

fruit of

the

of nuts,

the

ragged peasant,

Age,

257

despised
tree, which

World's

basket

the

sun,

make

to

was

who

king's daughter, the tree-sun-mother, pregnant, and


of light and
the Pole
Star mother
looked
as
on

the
was

These

Tursena

Pelasgians who

the

from

race

the

From

Italy.

Umbria

in

ritual of

Iguvium,

the

that the

Umbrian

learn

we

the

like

wore,

i. 57 tells us,

Herodotus

as

were,

the

Gubbio,

modern

priests,who

Lydia

tp

describing

the

capitalof Umbria,
by the birds,

divined

of India

Barishadah

Pitaro

tables

Eugubine

different

from

emigrated

life.

the

and

Dervish

Asia, sacrificial girdles; and


priestsof South-western
both the Umbrian
priests and the Pitaro Barishadah

the Umbrian
also

were

priests
to

sacred

the Ionian

owl is in India

fire-brazier.
owl

that

They
This

{parra) ^

matriarchal

from

of

owl

of

mothers.

is called

Indra, who

of

sacred

birth-legend told

girdle-cord

this shoulder

on

the

to

were

Athene, the tree-mother-goddess

to

bird form

the

owl-god,and
the

this

wear

the

carry

protection

descended

race,

to

also

was

to

were

for

pray

bird

the

was

It

right shoulder.

the

over

official sacrifices

their

in

directed

that

Athene

Uluka, the
to

night-bird-mother

origin, the

her

The

according

was,

of

She
was
moon.
iEthiope, that
sun-god, the horned
the
is,she was
a
men,
daughter of the Atyub or incense
daughterof Nykteus, king of the matriarchal island of Lesbos*

of the

or

Indianincense

be

seen to

and

pursued by
who
Athene,
changed
was

intoa

cypress-tree

Adonis

".

Thus

the
history,

'

Breal, Lts

session

of

the

of the Iguvine
*

De

we

sacred

Tables
Cert

at

him

with

her

into

to

become

see

that

bird

of

Euj^ubitteSiv.

to

his
an

the
the

be

Die

the

mother

owl

was,

age

of

year-star Orion,
saved

was

the

sun-god

according

Greek

to

worship, that

Bower, Elevation
of the

Ancient

and

Translation),chap, vi.

(German
S

p.

Pro-

Lustration

132.
Thiere

by

changed

was

of

incense

have

we

owl, as Myrrha
the

the

Myrrha,

whom

sword, but

xliv.,xlv.

pp.

father, as

Thoas,

Gubbio^ Appendix, Translation

People, p.

Gubernatis,

and

Dumu-zi

of

her

lay by

father

her

lay by

form

She

collectors.

Shemiramot,

or

is of

authorities,of ^Ethiopia, that

according to other

528.

storm-bird.

early sacred

Sarasvati, who

both

the

by Duryodhana,
insulted

he

father

Shakuni

ruined

them

god

father

his

and

the

worshipped
migration

it the

This

was

the

the

Coronca,

of the

the

owl

Europe
'

of

Zeus

South,

was

the

autumnal

It

was

was

from

Mahabharata

under

Sabha

East,

defeat

and

rulers of India

evidence

see

of

cycle-year,who
the

earlier

*.

the

made
and

raven,

Itonian, who

of

the

Boeotian
united

when

Boeotians

thence

{Digvijaya) Parva,

of

that

and

national

gods

the

under

they

xxvii.

the

was

confederacy,whose

protection of this
and

the

were

world, called

lower

the

sacred, that the


the

the

equinox
the

we

of

image,

festival

the

whose

Pan-"Boeotian

the

ning
begin-

tree-mother-goddess- Athene.

called

where

at
2.

of their

forces

fire-

the

divining priests who

the

instead

containing her

counterpart

of

men

Nala,
Both

season

their

victorious

night

of

story

autumn

Umbrian

his

while

by Sahadeva,

and

and

war,

gambling.

in

army,

the

of

Athene

the

sanctuary

began

ruling the

the

bird

sacred

protecting goddess

yearly

slain

mother-bird

their

of

were

Kauravya

Italy of

to

made

god

wealth

moon-owl

the

raven.

Pandavas

embassy,

in

their

ritual of the

this

in

Hence

owl

Pushkara

Pandavas

left the

the

his

joined

the

Shakuni,

leader, before
of

the

in

Sarasvati,

the

the

equinox,

the

in the

tribe

to

course

Shakuni

of

remnant

destruction

the

the

autumnal

the

at

of

ambassador

an

the Pandavas,

among

last

as

by winning

Ulukas,

They

of

men

command

like

had,

Arjuna,

the

Kauravya
in

Arjuna

owl, the

powerful

by

with

the

sent

was

son,

as

the

raven,

fire-worshippingdwellers

Kauravyas

fouf[htunder

his

Uhlka,

of the

sons

conquered

were

of the

and

the

the

the

of

genealogy

of Shakuni

described

h'ving near

North-west,

army

in the

son

The

Mahabharata

in the

the

the

is

Uluka

Mahabharata,

are

Chronology

three-years cycle. And

the

is of

he

and

History

258

pp.

her

male

Itanos,

the

temple

at

held

was

Boeotian

year

goddess, to whom
Kadmus

entered

their way

made

80, 81, Udyoga

to

( Yana-

clxiv. pp. 462


sandhi) Parva, Ivi. p. 202, Udyoga {Sainya-Niryana) Parva, clx.
no.
485, Shalya (Hrada-Pravesha) Parva, xxviiL, xxix. pp. 105
*
Frazer, Pausanms^ ix. 34, I, vol. i. p. 486, voL v. p. 169.
"

"

"

of the Myth-Making

Italy
as

the

Minyan

theycalled Mena,
a

race,

Menfra

and
phallic-serpent

of

sons

Age,

owl-goddess, whom

the

who

and

Minerva,

or

259

winged-goddess, the

both

was

moon-bird

of

night,
the protectress of brides ', and
the measuring ijften)
mother the Egyptian goddess Min, the star, and Virgo.
*

G.

The creed

depicted
in

these

of

Turvasuand

the

Hittite

'"g from the

Hittite

their

earth

globe.

rain-wand
his

In

pollen-bearing flower

out

the

Hittite
cap,

by his

runs

oas-reliefdrawn

Puchstcin

by

^^

plkte annexed,

^^

plain

mounted

and

the

^^ tower

'^om the

the

the

calix, and
infusion

represents the

the

marriage

of

festivals of the

Ending like

his

Dionysus,
son

of their union.

'

mother
of Scmele

Roman

Remains

Mena,

This, according to Signor Milani,

is

p.
more

by Pcnot, iv. fig.321.


S

and

Ninth

sons

and

the

hand

petals springing
already swelling

leopard, the
mother

Hittite

shoes

right

male

the

his

on

revolving-year,

her

Shemiramot,

the

,
"

Deccke, Etruria, EncyclopirdiaBritanmca^

uland,Etruscan

the

its

the

to

of the

flower.
of

plant-parents

or

Between'

of

is the

the

them,
animal

sacred

her

This

life at

behind

cycle-year, and

on

down

come

Hittite

of

in

of

the

the

of

copy

mother

with

seed

rising

reproduced

has

goddess

four wedding
of

the

bearing the seed-vessel


of

symbol

seed-vessel

is

the

flower

the

is

in

the

bears

blossomed

the

right hand

shoulders

wears

leopard, and

symbol of

of

the

he

Rhea,

also

head-dress

stands on

""om

She

rivers.

office, surmounted

He,

the

the
Priests,
mother-goddess

the

of

*, which

on

Hittite

antelope, wearing

after

meets,

the

his

hand

sacred

side.

Cilicia.

in

in

left

with

the

is

Minyans

turned-up toes, descend-

bearing

of the

calix, and

the

of

Indian

the

lasili KaYa

of

with

and

magic

of

father-god wearing

shoes

mountain,

polarsceptrC) his

of

descendants

the historical bas-relief

peaked tiara,and

of

worship.

owl-mother-goddess

This represents the

^*th the

Plant

son

bom

full-grown

Edition, vol. viii. 637

132.

carefullydrawn

than

that

given

final human

his

assumed
he

bears

in

his

his

in

double

him

by the lunar
It is the

crescent

birth

the

Pole

XVII.

Star

this

of

this

Star,

Set

and

p. 75, the

the

in

god

the

blinded

eyes,

thus

life born

Dhu-ti

the bird

of

the

the

is

Sethlans

in
tells

days,

seven

is

on

the

Milani, Studi

pp. 52, 177.

Book

who

Di

of

of

Pandavas

of

the

the

Dead^

moon,

Star

earth, in

his

and

mother

of

that

Thoth,

is

Set, that

Phrygian god
pine-tree,

the
the

theology
of

worship

ninth

the

virgin flower-

the

Etrurian

clad
thus

i., Nota

Puchstein,

Rtisen

Indian
of

in

eighth,
He

Esegetica Sulla
Khinasien^

Translation, chapters xvii. 67

"

self
him-

twenty-

the

week.

the

skin
deer-

of

on

in

god

marking

month

of his

the

Rama

or

himself

day

in

is

stellar lunar
showed

also

5, 37, figs.2, 3

he

the

day
of

and

Rama,

Arckctologia^i., Part
the

is

that

of

Parasu
to

of the

eve

pp. 35, note

Budge,

smith,

called

god

and

from

to

sexless

us

II.

is said

pig-god

succeeded

representation

appeared

lunar

Chapter

Pig Pole

the

the

Pole

avatar

emasculated

visible

sun

the

emasculated

parent-plants,born

god

in

rather

moon

the

Chapters
is the

Northern

or

in

by

seen

into

Hat-hor,

solstitial sun-bird.

fourteenth

the

as

headed

of

Horus

filth,that

parable

heavenly

who

Zeus,

represented

son

blind-tree-father

like

exact

the

the

on

the

the

This

Horus,

whole

is

crowned

in his

South,

the

him

the

the

double-axe,

the

earth.

and

the

theogony

'

have

(rfA")of life,the

of

son

mother,

Amrit.

we

Kepheus.

him

The

Star

This

tree

plant-god of the cycle-year

Pole

that

of

father-god only

fire-drill.

and

leans,

Hittite

pig-god, told

the

by throwing

they made

say,

Attys, the
the

Horus

the

yet

man-god

mattock,

or

Horus

the

changed

ape-god

from

as

was,

was

making

he

and

of the Dead

from

constellation

have

is to

born

god who

Canopus

Book

Suti

or

Set

and

I. of the

cycle-year

of the

sun-plant-god which
between

goddess,

CXI

and

pickaxe

not

'.

in the story of the combat


the

has

which

on

Carian

of the

is bound

who

his form

staff

the

axe

infant

In

form.

right hand

left the
behind

while

the

walking seed-vessel,

is the

son

of

Chronology

History and

26o

70,

was

Stele
Taf.

cxii.

di
x.

"

9,

found

as

under

earth

have

seen,

India,

Myccna\

and

in

sacrificial

who

of

face

of

of

with

Asherah,
of

that

Ephod
of

This

^.

the

of

this

have

to

priests,who
in

built

under

Sard

Pater.

capital of
Xanthus

Persian

Sal,

mean

year

vi. 25"

Darmcstetcr,

KawUnsuD,

the

down

the

of Baal,

altar

worship of

the

the

prophetic priest

the

in

is said

of

Hvogvi

to

ephod
from

equinox^

Tursena,

it is allied

the

to

Armenian

to

his

Nuraghs
settled

Sardinian

on

also

was

the

and

East^ who

the

Sardis, called
which

Shu-gvi,

or

These

3.

or

Zenda-

the

Zarathustra,

that
is

of the

"said by

the Sanskrit

Sard, the

"".

32, viiL
Zitiiiii-.jta

I2I,

223,

136, 137.

v.

1"29.
Din

Yasrj, 15, 16, 17;

2t)7, aoS,
*

cut

ing
intoxicat-

year," and

autumnal

place

the

of

home

the

Succoth,
who

Zal-

and

Zibah

succeeded

or

name,

Fnuer, PausdHiiZs, vol. iiL pp.

JuJgcs,
*

the
**

to

the

His

of the

Bhang

law

of

lead

the

of the

age

the

Turano-Scmitcs

Lydia,

Sharad,

the

by

Chista

sacred

or

inspired by
which

divine

the

the

of

which

the wife
(5////),

wore

Sardinia,

coins

was

and

epoch,

taught

coming-bird

were

who

oracle,

of

overthrew

garment

(Cannabis Indica)

drink

the

the

of

substituted

and

age,

was

spoken

Hashish

vista

cycle

Nuraghs

Pen-u-el

Hebrew

Gideon,

by

the

of

tower

and
pillars,

divine

this

the

Ash-

Hindu

zigurrats

{sakui)

destroyed

were
or

booths

the

near

garments,

of the

in that

astronomers

God,

while

gay

ass-riding

the

Midianite

the

God,

which,
booths,

of

Samothrace,

in

Thebes,

sur\'ives

ancient

the

the

Sardinia,

Garden

the

(/cv/)of

mana,

also

of

Kabiri

wall-painting representing

of

ritual in

their

figures wearing

votaries

were,

palaces of Tiryns

near

is

Jlycena;

towers

observatories
tower

Kabir

Great

architecture

circular

or

the

pits which
of

the

in

of

ass-head^d

of

This

".

the

those

temple

apparently

are

vins

in

the

pit at

procession

feature

rowed
bur-

Ireland

and

sacrificial

distinguishing

of

Scotland

The

mounds.

in

that

Chronohgy

of

houses

reproduced

arc

and

the

Picts*

the

in

\vc

and

History

*"

-"f

ILi^si^^tui^vol.

i. p.

"so, note

7.

S.B.E^

vol. xziii. pp.

of t)u Myth-Making
This

of

year-god

Makaris,Baal

was

the

of

the
finger-gods,

who, with
allthe

who

the

was

chariot-race as

Kastor the foot-race

five

; Poludeukes

lasius

son of

Rhea,

who
Ida

at

the

guarded
in Crete.

Paeonaeus
Herakles,

They

(the healer

the
;

; and

match

pancratium.
the

of

early

Itanos, the

Zeus

by Pausanias

called

arc

won

horse-race

the

boxing

infant

or

Elis,

winning

the cycle-sun-god, the wrestling and


Herakles,
They were
originally the five Idaean
Dactyls
week
five-days

of

Herakles,

lolaus

the

Dactyls

games

and

of the year;

leader

teer
chario-

lol, the

Olympian

He

priests'.

the

Poludeukes

Herakles

the

Baal

first festival

the

the

the

of

son

sickle, the

was

female

first of

of

the

was

lunar

he

and

Phoenician

lasius, Kastor,
at

the

and

male

first victors

contests

of

Herakles,

or

unsexed

Herakles,

equinox

god

by lolaus^ the

assisted
of

the

Makar,

Phcenician Melkarth,
Sandan

autumnal

the

263

Age.

Paion),Epimedcs, lasius, and

Idas\
These
cycle

ancient

builders

beginning

East

citieson

the centre

of the

Fiesole

{Fasula)^
by

these

marks

also

their New

inquiry

its

Year's
the

in

autumnal

at

town,

the

17,

x.

In

"

4,

Phonizier, vol. i. chap. xi. pp. 417

Du
"

Ibid.,

V.

7, 4, 8, I,

Movers, Die Phonincr^

X.

of

chap. xi.

the

of

523,

v.

of

ruler

of

held

feast

I learnt

as

the

or

cities the

pp.

of

ceremony

city

these

are

Each

the

as

September,

vol. i. p.
"

hills,and

Volterra,

most

17, 4, vol.

vol. i.

national

is at

20th

equinox.

origin

where

Chiosi

Cortona,
on

by

is that

Etruria,

architecture.

centre

the

This

Day.

Pausanias,

Fraser,

it is the

Tiryns,

type

to

all stand

independent

year's fires

Greek

(Arretium),

Cyclopean

summit

its

on

their

set

Orchomenos,

emigrants

Perugia

of

province of which

lightingthe

the

by these

and

walls

surrounded

cities of

Phoenician

Arczzo

{Clusium),Volterra

the

This

Akropolis

this

led

and

who

those

were

by the

year

equinox,

the

in the

Athens.

transferred

was

West,

made

city,as

their

measured

autumnal

to

hill, and

Mycenae and
which

the

at

emigration from

who

320,

322;

on

by

day of
rocks

Movers,

421.
i.

pp.

p. 435.

245,

247, 523,

vol.

v.

p.

323;

History

264
the

forming
the

sea,

and

the

is

carried

up

These

the

the

hundred

from

Mr.

in

of

these

builders
where

of

that

in the

tomb

is

exact

an

Sangarius,

of the

the

Taurus
hills

the

Chiusi

which

on

neighbourhood

bottom

to

beds,
in

in

tufa

of

which
the

of

the

dedd

'

man

of

each

its

is

It

Ape.

which

is

of

these

The

the

taking

leave

Bent, Southern

Arabia

Y^t^^ii^
Journal

of a

his

in

Asia

of

"

on

ston

the

intro^

the

Bronz^

in

outlined
is

pp.

20

that

represents
earth

28.

Minor

lai^

were

these

which

relatives

chap, i. pp. 24

Tour

before

dead

and

tomb,
of

in

three

picture painted

Scimi^''

of

the dead

interesting

most
to

name

the

tti-^

chambe^*^
made, and closed

is

which

oO^

of tl:^^

della

collection

taking place
is

from

stories

provided with

burning

in

tombs

remarkable

hill

pillow, on
of

like thcs^
in its imm^'

Deposito

the

chamber

custom

the

most

the

in the rocks

tombs

successive

the

called

its stone

antimony.
gives

of

sleep, the burial

the

Above

red

that

Each

with

last

duction

is

tufa

the

door.

each

their

Age.

of

tomb

hollowed

by

One

Chiusi

at

the

top.

Dorylautn

at

those

honeycombed,

are

Phrj^an

pierced

and

stands

Poggio Gajella,rising in

tombs

also

It is with

hill,the

the

tombs

Minor,

adjoining

those
of

of
The

Asia

to

and

others

and

in Cilicia 2.

range

pattern

similar

bones

bones.

representation

are

and

opened

was

the

human

Midas

mound-

in diameter,

chamber

one

of

the Persian

these

of

feet

bered
cham-

the

circumference,

the

took

in

on

distance

on

one

it unbumt

There

Phrygia,

in
in

peasant's cottage.

or

of Bahrein

where

AH,

below

tombs

which

of

it, one

at

enormous

Etruria

into

those

reproduce

it appears

diate

quarries

also introduced

It contained

and

of

are

hill.

fifty-twopaces

Bent'.

horse,

that

from

above

feet

neighbouring Tiber,

the

of which

brought

Mounds

and

supplied materials

Perugia, rising 1,700

walls, some

been

built

are

thirty-fivefeet high, seventy-six

tombs,

by

its

which

called

they

hill of

immigrants
tombs

one

for

stones

have

Gulf,

the

Chronology

gravel deposit

must

size,

which

on

walls, but

for the

and

hills

and

ff.,106, I07"

and

on
riding

meets

the

the

the

god

the

horse

of

genius. These
the East

India, the

of

Larissa in the

the men

of the

Apollo

spirits. Their
the

Ablu

or

the

3, Apollo

which
{ffUvOo^),

festivalsby

the

which

placeas

one

year-god

of

warrior

and
harque,

is

the national

evidently

in South-western

Asia

the course

evolution

the

year-god from

and

the

ashes

golden

Phoenician

which

in

ship

tell

contents

the

of

year

us

of

creating

in the

religiousbelief

period beginning with

in the

religiousprocessions

Its

Egypt.
of

in

is

ship

all

in

carried

were

historical

whose

Vetulonia,

The

of

conspicuous

ship found

religious ark,

Iliad,enclosed

s.

mouse

annual

their

remarkable

sacred

of

in the

purple cloths

gods
of

is the

was,

the

devouring-god

holding

most

High-Priest

with

Urn covered

of the

of Hector

Were, like those

the

as

find

we

This

of Etruria.

monuments

tomb

in

at

Semitic

Troad

Apollo

or

Cratylus,

the

the

of

Isaiah, eaten

to

Semites

ancient

time. It is this god


a

Smintheus,

according

was,

Aplu,

Apollo

ancestral

or

in the

us

Etrurian

this

But

son.

Homer

to
according

the

is

tells

Plato

is another

there

where

Thessaly,

as

was,

*jl7rXa)93, that

god

Abel

in

race

perhaps the city of the Lares

Larissa,
meaning

of

and

Troy

the capitalof the


by Homer
allied to
were
Pelasgi Dardanians

These

same

of

god

from

called

Troad,

TrojanPelasgi ^

the

inspiring

them

brought with

Apollo,

Dardanian

ape-god,

his

is

who

ape

also

people

same

the

wise

is the

whom

he

There

the underworld.

to

dead^ behind

of the

king

Kapi

death

265

Age.

Myth-Making

of

deer-

the

sun-god Orion.
On

its

the Patoikos, who


lotus

is

springing from
of

divisions

head

is

prow-deck

of

of
the

four
the

an

image

depicted
between

snakes

two

pillars,which
cycle-year. At

to

seem

the

deer-sun-god with horns

end

=*

Jowctt, PiaA?, Cratylus,vol. ii. p. 228.


Homer, I/iad, i. 38.
Homer,

coiled

on

represent

of the

I/iad, xxiv. 794, 795,

four

the

the prow

of

structure
sub-

is the

points, the

I/iad, ii. 840^843.

Homer,

that

of nine

'

guardian-god,

like

flower

as

dwarf

the

of

jg. ixvi. 17.

nine

days

of

horns

two

by
from

the

the

top

is

lying. He,

of

the

Finn

of the

another

balls

wooden
sow

with

the

domestic

animal

two

to

flat-sided

giving

an

ass

when

Argo

or

or

the

bom

{tar)

calf,a wild

or

and

ewe,

pig

with

oxen

was

twin-gods Gemini

sacred

stellation
con-

Argos, the

to

which

dog,

mother-ship, the

emigrants who

similar

the

carried

was

as

still further

went

stones,

their

history of their

successive

of

the

Britany,

to

those

to

series

slew

(Orion) 3.

sea

left in

have

Carnac,

Ar-chal,

by

tombs

they

traders

Charion

way

chambered

near

Turano-Semite

Phoenician
their

There

Minor.

these

Herakles,

made

they

find

Asia

and

daughter

yoked

ram

age

trace

can

we

Geryon,

thence
we

sun-god

Etruria.

three-headed

where

by the

marriage ',

years' pregnancy.

two

are

holy fish,and

(Cadiz), where

Gades

From

the

to

Etruria

From

ship

the

the

brought

talisman

westward

of

gnawing

sitting.

pigs,a gelt pig,a

represents the

consecrated

sacred

the

the

three

year-

sun-lizard,

of

the

Kesari-tar,

is

is

the

sun-god

of their horns,

end

young

It

the

the

star-ship Argo

ropes

presently,is

see

mouse

animals

3.

the

as

the

of the

mouse-god

after
(iesari),

of

the

at

which
land

life

of

centre-deck

the

of

mother-goddess

its head

In

shall

we

as

cauldron

Upon

on

the

all Dravidians

by

of

representative
which

head

This

of

point

topmost

seated.

year-days,

below, while

worshipped

to

this

to

the

on

parent-snakes are

ropes,

Chronology

cycle-week, and

the

is bound

god

and

History

266

of

the

Etruria

megalithic,
calendars

stone

of annual

measurements

time.
There
One

in

thirteen

that

has

Beauchamp,

M^nec

of

rows

calendars

at

stone

in which

Kermario,

at

while

of these

three

are

Dubois'

the stones
there

proved
Hindu

by

Manners^

are

close

these
M.

and

Gaillard

and

Milani, Museo
Movers,

Die

TopograficoDell

Etruria

of

rows,

Plouhamel,

Cttemonies, Yol. i.

Veiulonia, pp. 2S

Phonizier, vol. i. chap. xi. p. 437.

ten

justly called

part ii. p. 218*


'

Carnac

Kerlescan

at

be

may

Customs,

to

ranged in

eleven,

are

That

stones.

been

calendars

"

33.

of the Myth-Making
who

has

found

observed

that all the


and

that

oval

an

was

observations

Gaillard

found

placed

to

as

its rays

these

mark

for

the

autumnal

in

the

surviving

of stones

ranges

Also

dolmens

the

number

greater

the

where

in

of the

sun

rising or

used

the

mer
sum-

Kerlescan
the

other

to

but

much

erected

were

the

all

Morbihan,he
at

the

the

Sciences

the

states

winter

on

the

of

the

of

setting sun
under

the

le Morbihan

d'Observation

to

Prihistoriqut^i"

pour

Ibid., Partie II., Les

represent the

belong

R^vue

Mensuelle

1897, PP-

Dolmens

over

the

d*Astronomie
*

"

Piene,

the

98

156

rising
the

to

dolmens

them, like the

tificial
ar-

mother-mountain,
age

Alignments

in which

des

de

Met^rologie

pp.

125, 126.

39" 73*

et coffies de

tailed
de-

to the

These

Neolithic

Partie, Les

east,
Southin

of

solstice,and

raised

by far

the

entrances

solstice \

winter

to

towards

point either

winter

mound

greater number

that 54

that

solstice,and

the

of

or

summer

Gaillard, VAstronomie
dans

directed

were

at

rose

passages

burial-placesshowed

as

hills of Shemiramot,

'

were

solstice

M^nec

entrance

of the directions

all situated

the

on

indicated

that

Carnac,

sent

sun

exactly

of

rows

were

summer

of

found

the

of these
sun

summary
dolmens

of

examination

the

chambered

and

By

the Southwest

at

Britany, similar

of

them.

plan.

same

are

in

those

the

rows

also

He

fall

to

stones,

thirteen

standing

rising

days thus

eleven

the

in

imperfect than

more

ten

there

instruments, M.

the

as

The

which

to

standing

so

there

gnomon-stones

day when

stone

of

equinox

related

series

stone

scientific

this

in

ing
Correspond-

second

observer

the

series

solstice, and

stones, in

right angles

at

stones.

equinoxes,

each

He

east,
North-

to

point

stones

of

series

with

an

oval

the two

the

by

two

second

Kermario

the

and

that

the

over

line between
in

in each

made

the

in

stone

forty years.

point of observation.

as

in

267

South-west

end

fenced

used

constant

so

of

ends

aligned stones, but

the

among

from

South-west

this he found

with

"

the

for

them

run

narrow

enclosure

stone

one

studied

stone-lines

the

At

direction.
is

and

Age.

hirs
Menet

des

"-

feai

trr

^T.l

K.-:

-ere

biir.C'i

rh=:r

^T.t-t^

riisei
5:r-.:!irly
the

:r.

w:r::b,

d::;.ctei
ir.i

t?

::

the

was

the

This

burial

so

human

and

All

tacts

the

dolmens

artincial

in

number

greater
of tlie

the

to

which
measured

by

The

stone

the
the

the
the

of

tiie

Pleiades
sun

GaUUrd,
'

in

the

the

Tittus^Second

both

in

animals

Neolithic

the

hilb

under

or

reference

with

that

solstices,and

oriented

the

to

position

solstice,and
of

the

earliest

the

home

of

their

larg^

su^^

same

yea^

Indian

I,

Sanskrit

which

p.

GaiUaid, L\4stroHomw

"

Hewitt, kuling Rai"s

5"16;

arranged

began
It

also

is

of

with

simila^

on

situate^

observatories

mother-bird

the

Partie
Prtaislori^dt^^
iiL 2,

cf E^pt^

Edition,

have

been

South-west.

L'AstroH^mu

Htstcry

ail

Orion,

and

Eggeling, Sj/, BrJA,,


Peine,

have

must

they

Midler, History of Ancknt


^

and

the
religious capital,

winter

of

air before

solstices.

South-west,

of

the

setting points

beginning

calendars

principles, and

the

Britany

in

funerals.

the

are

at

South-west

marked

is

those of

in

is the custom

placed
at

are

"",as

chambers

sun

dolmens

risingor setting sun

number

at

the

the

dead

the

to

Britany

were

Carnac

which
of

in

the

at

tombs

these

of

Morbihan,

Nagpur

internal

rising or setting of

the

bones

based
months

the

Also

exposed

otTthe

that

with

mcunds,

been

sacrificed

prove

itselfto
was

also

3.

foetus

lunar

ten

Eg"-pt, and

arms

Brahmanas^;

which

in

Europe

Chutia

bei::^swere

these

of

age

of

Ooraor.s

the

of

1^

sacrificeis

Soma

in

that

in

nesh

the

of

crestation, which

as

have

their

position

the

cf

foetus

^:wxr.^

clean

tJ-

as

the

an:or"g

cf

a^c

skeletons

their

naturally suggest

throughout

aj^e

-zi the

son:e

wculd

prehistoric torr.bs

:r.

the

bar"tism

posfticn

So.ffie

sides, with

breasts, and

exactly

hi?

c\c!e

the

their

cartaker

the

.^hich

cf

their

t-""

:5

a:

tr.e

Neolithic

the

to

-f

the

:':u:.d

hich

.;r-:

year

:"

This

-.

C'lrcKclogy

on
*."":a^

raised

as^jTie

re:r!e

":r

jkJ

r::::.ry

the

the

clear

year^
setting

that

th^

ii. p. II2.

S.B.E., vol. xxvi. pp, 26^29;


pp. 395"398.

Max

LiUraiun^

\-oL i., Addenda,

p.

xix. ;

Lubbock,

Prehistoric

14^.
Prekistoriqut^ Partie ii. p.
of PrtkisUirit

Times^ voL

Iia

i..Essay iii.,p. 336,

History and

2/0

Solstitial

-^.

sun

it

This

of the

Soma

sacred

the
fig-tree,

the

oxen

begin

to

solstice

South

two

the

the

at

West

and

lines

transverse

from

year

of

and

East

This

that

the
the

last

line

this

in the

East,

ordered

told the

the

of

ear

the

solstitial star
to

year
the
of

two

In

the

drawing

North

to

and

was

revolve,

stars

marking

equinoctial

North-west

North

at

or

rather, as

'

Eggcling, Sat, Br"h,,

"

Ball,

Akkadian

historyof

the
West

South-east

and

described

brick

This

altar

It

2.

the

The

he

Anu

Affinities of Chinese.'

Orientalist s^ " viii.,China, Central

of

Asia,

of

VII.

rising

the

solstitial

Akkadians

mythology

in

Transactions

the

Su-astikas, the

to

that
the

South

of the

at

god

Mahabharata,

xli. pp.

326

"

of i fie Ninth

the East, p.

from

going

sun

North

S.B.E., vol.

and

the

was

Esh-shu, meaning

male

from

called

cane
sugar-

sun-bird

eariiest

embodies

is also

vii. 2, 2, 3"14

star

or

and

and

name

the

which

Chapter

in Hindu

was

course

winter

in

the

by

female

united

of

of the

eight-rayed

Creator, and

the

including

setting in the West,

sun

called

was

corn

the sun-year

kings, sons

year

of the

denoting
solstice.

summer

the

later

built.

be

an

South

sun

point the

this

first.

sun

the

where

North-east,

Ikshvaku

successor

Dingir

and

is

the

equinoctial

Astika,

was

equinoctial three-years cycle

the

of

year

square

to

of Girsu

of

the

and

third,

symbol

the

Upon

South

the

the

to

this square

'.

sacred

symbol

which

were

from

line from

Polar

year,

corner,

square

Brahmin

the

making

in

flying sun-bird, second,

which
{ikslid),

the

the

round

of

of

strands

the

which

of

mark

of

three

of

seasons

to

South-west

line

preceded

god,

made

South-west

of the solstitial and

and

which

sets, and

the

as*that
ploughed first,
that

{Ficus glomerata), to

three

sides

circling stones
of the

traces

the

in

inscribed

by the plough made

guider of the plough

the winter

of

Udumbara

Equinoctial

star

inside the

{Saccharunt Munja\

The

directed

marked

by

of the

Cross

eight-rayed

ground

girdles,denoting

made.

the

be

to

yoked

grass

year

Geoi^e's

with

sacrificial

were

Munja

St.

square

directed

that

was

the

with

Chronology

685.

330.

Congress

Age.

of tlie Myth-Making
the

Ashtaka

eighth.'. He

grandson of Yayati, and


of the

Yayavara

snake-god

of the

solstice.

his father

mother

and

their

sacrifice

and

historical

the

yearly

heavens

of

third

arranged

denote

of the

Shyena
of

of Kushanu
bow

On

3.

exactly the

form

of

Palasha
frost

or

the

winter

solstice

the

rain-bow-god,

the

fourth

denoting

the

top

of

Suastikas,

and

This

153"
3

note

Mahabharata
Mahabharata
*

and

meaning
of

the

Adi

in
an

Ixxxix.

xlv.

"

the

the

heavenly

scroll

snakes

by
two

marked

pp. 265
"

"

fruit,

fell.

Su-astika

side

St.

and

by

the
arrow

of

year

found

xciL

feather

form

of

these

when

by

runs

xlviii.,Iv.

"

earth

the

male

the

with

{Astika) Parva,

the

marked

avenue

{Sambhava) Parva,

from

one

was

leaves,

; and

there

Britany,

stood

Palasha

Cross

solstitial

the

pattern

its flowers

with

bottom

of

was

of

coiled

^^^,
du

M.

of

rows

by the

272.

Iviii. pp.

132

"

140,

59.

Rg.
2.

Adi

of
it

in

designs

cross-bar

end

and

stones,

uncut

the

the

at

the

{karsh)of

the

the

at

sculptured

stone,

Chatellier

'

of

form

the

the

of

history

wounded

was

tree

these

of

fell to

side, engraved

leaves

in

this

grown

drawer

which

the

shape

{shyd),which

Palasha

female

is

linga altar

leaves

is the

Round

snake-gods

Vasuki, god

St. Andrew's

George's Cross,
from

(janam)

eight {ashta) points

Px

the

leaves

year-bird

year,

Su-ashtaka, denoting

of this conical

side

the

in

birth

explains

name

the

the

sun-bird.

leaves

four

of the

round

course

It

2.

year-bird which

importance

of the

the

On

destroyed

Khu

of

all the

the winter, and

of

high-priest of

the

which

Both

makers

of

seasons

{jaya)

conquerer

of

were

or

two

in
fire-altar,

god

solstice

that of the Su

the

the

of

except Takshaka,
summer

the

say

Jarat-karu,or

eight-rayed star, was

King Janam-e-jaya,
in the

summer

called

were

is to

the

son,

ascetic

of the father

son

of his wife, the

the

(jarat), that

account,

one

(Ya) sect, and

sisterof Vasuki

time

another,

to

full-moon

or

and

according

was,

to

271

iv.

27,

3;

Eggeling,

Sat.

Brdh.^

i.

7, I,

I ;

S.6.E., vol. xii. p. 183,

Su-astika

female

of

the west

but

under

Bronze

flint

only

implements,

bodies

when

Age,

hundred

which

mound,

of the Neolithic

of the close

grave

Chronology

looking eastwards, about

dolmen

bones
a

and

History

272

it

the

to

cined
cal-

therefore

was

of the

beginning

burnt

were

contained

and

or

yards

before

they

were

buried.

According

the

to

by Varahamihira
is ordered

the

like

like the

the

of

sides

in

stake

Brahmana

Satapatha
if the

worshipper

eleven

cubits

eleven

months,

and

on

so

showing

clearly that

earliest

and

similarlythe

the

god

flowers, and

*'

of

were

the

original tree

seasons

altar

fruit.

Sachau,

"

Eggeling,

say

as

of the

solstice

Alberuni's

'

by the

time

The

to

of

fly its

time

of

the

ritual

sent

S.B.E., vol.

which

could

South

104.

xxvi.

do,

the sun-bird
from

course

and
this

on

from

words

103,

plant

leaves

summer

Time, who

that

erected,

was

written

annual

god

tree-trunk, denoted

Indian

India^ chap. Iviii.vol. ii. pp.

Sat, Brah.y iii. 6, 4, 17"27

of

designs engraved

clearly as
God

the

to

god

changes

bareness,

months,

measurements,

erected

the

Yupa,

long

seasons,

by twelve

this

to

cubits
six

or

year

one

was

interpreted by the

derived,

winter

recorded

of winter

autumn

is the

This

of

length,the

year-thunderbolt by
it

measures

are

sacrificial

its

sun-gnomon-stone

or

measured

stone-altar,when

the

doubtless

was

by five

eight-sided

six

or

figure

forms

or

for

the

into

square

Yupa

five

be
year

altar

the

stone-altar

who

its three

It

"

year

the

they

if he

is the

is this

As

measures

through the series

ruling the

with

the

if he

twelve

the

for

it may

measures

long

It

Brahmana.

says

last

in

star

square,
says

eight triangles it

prescribed

Satapatha

the

be

to

This

eight-sided figure.

is that

maker

rounded

Varahamihira

eight-rayed
of the

be

to

bottom

eight-sided'.

the bases
an

figure which

top part is

but

stone,

by changing

figure in which
the

Breton
be

Iviii. 8, the

length he wishes, and

the

and

linga, given

stone

the

The

parts.

part should

middle

of

stone

phallus,

making

Brihat-samhita,

three

of

top

exactly
made

choose

it into

divide

to

the

in

to

for

rules

pp.

126, 127.

of the Myth-Making
North

to

the

and

North

light and

heat

enable

earth, and

which
it to

of future

parents

writing
earlier

the

on

the

long journey

in

the

form

from

of

place

the

of

bull

society

looked

Persian

Gulf

among

the

the

to

the

They

yovri

Ionian

wise

to

seem

They

quena,
were

origin,
changed

and

social
of

the

of sacrificial

buried

the

later

and

in

their

dead

of

age
Asia

this

Minor,

prophetess,

meaning
our

succeeded

whose
the

who

queen,
as

language
name

of

the

to

been

age

of

derived

the

Amazonian

the

the

the
the

as

quecii

These
of

the

were

queens

the

Gothic

gino,

in

Sanskrit

by Celts
in

of

Britany,
the

queen,

its
river

the

became

mother,
T

in

and

Greece

mother,

spoken

who

into

ruling powers
is

leaders

bee

lore.
rule

sons

menhirs,

Rhea,

her

introduced

which

the

signed
as-

Celts,

Gothic

believed

and

be

must

have

and

she

the

members

Brythonic

inspired by

woman

whom

races,

for woman,

Saxon

in

stocks

customs

and

palaeolithicstone

people living under


the

mixed

component

Goidelic

of

races

divine

from

wisdom,

the

and

calendars,

confederacy

tree-goddess-mother, Anahita

and

of

of

tombs

apparently belonged

in

the

as

Age,

creed

who

people

the

maritime

other

and

sun-

in

races

national

maritime

wolf.

and

up

mead

of

two

first of whom
the

the

the

stone

with

still

Britany.

of this Turano-Semitic

the

and

ritual

the

the

the

menhirs, the builders

of

the

on

conspicuous
to

in

of

Neolithic

West

to

their

chambered

burial

the

pictured

abound

Dravidian

Indian

of

and

dolmens,

and

the

was

that

dolmens

them

altar

which

in

East

worshippers

of

Etruria

the

expressed

elaborate

the

proves

Britany

with

they brought

burial

and

seed,

in the

when

evidence

from

their

successive

on

is stated

Britany examples

in

menhirs,

descended

as

of life

and

creed

belief

in

were

institutions

has

whole

there

erected

supply

to

its flowers

solitary menhirs

lived

who

people

the

this

the

The

country.

and

Pole,

generations."

of

gnomon-stone,

273

the tree-mother

forth

bring

Linga

phases

the

round

nourish

theology of which

The

that

South

to

Age,

name

the

Jani.

Brythonic
and
into

who

the

Chronology

and

History

2/4

"

Tan

India
of

Pen-Samlath,

to

the

of

daughter

the

bisexual

Samleh

of

succeeded

Hadad,

who

her

was

founder

the

of

garment

he

thus

was

Samlath

the

of

priests

Edomite
ruler

Rimmon,

pomegranate

of the

Mi-

Gideon,

the

conqueror
of
the

Ephod,

the

and

bisexual

counterpart
the

both

was

the

This

the

name

(*"fo"),

who

of

ii

Semelc,

or

East

the

of

36.

was

of

the

by

worn

of

the

worship

the

Shemiramot,

35,

sun-god

father, and

and

dianites,

xxxvi.

the

gave

Vine-land

the

Genesis

They

man

mother

Masrekah,

mother

Dionysus, and

of

Phoenician

of

genealogy

the

Kadmus,

Star

of

face

or

mother

the

became

mother

the

Pole

the

called

mother-star.

the

Pennu,

who

who

", and

Pen

Brythonic

sacred

woven

trading merchant

these

mariners.
The

of

flow

this

the

trading regions of
in

of

that

the

eastern

invaders

by

of

the

plains

Ireland

to

for
of

of

father-god

Star, told

the
the

him
hill

with

original
Ser,

of

of

the

He

year

first

Orion.

races

who

Deffrobani,

Ceylon,

the

Secondly,

raven.

Rhys

and

he

Bryninor Jones,

I libber t Lidures

Meyer

and

Maige

Bile, the

First

introduced

the

T/tc

the

IVclsk

for 1887,

Lcct.

Nutt, Voyage of Bran,

vol.

and

the

the

Peoplcy chap.
i. p.

Mighty,

stag-god,

54,

note

ii.,Appendix

i. pp.

of the

survivor

only

worship

the

twenty

phases

represent

Hu,

editor
be

may

four

the

came

later

who

lunar

may

became

by

he

substituted

name

by

with

came

and

Saycc,

of

was

which

Pole

the

Sera,

Tuan

never

Starn,

twenty

of

of

leader
of

son

and

immigration,

matriarchal

divine

the*

story of

son

evidently

four

of

the

of the

differing races

the

accompanied

was

the

the

holy-tree {bile)3.

the

was

outline

(the Finn)

the

of

star, and

lunar

this

Finnen

blurred

in

Tuan,

to

title

couples, probably
earlier

Erin

and

of

found

Panthalon,

history.

Wesh

be

I
especially

Ireland,

the

to

still further in

traced

and

arrivals

is to

immigration

be

can

country.

successive

of

Eastern

of Wales

latter

the

history
dying

West

mythology

Celtic

the

of

stream

of

that

first
from
Briin,

is, the

2, 7.

2.

A, pp. 285 ff.

of the Myth-Making
Orion, of

un

asque

races

idian

sons

sons

of

Asia

the

village

the

wild

Krishna,

;lew

the

in

Celtic

the year

sun-god

2, and

the

mother

Dpped

the

m,

-, the

of

Fir

'

'

GaiH6in,

magicians 6,
the

deep, Domnu,

Bolg,

Rhys, Hibbert
Ibid., Lect.

the

85, 9"

Rg.

Rhys, Hibbert

Gen.

Rhys, Hibberi

of

men

Lectures

i. p. 22,

X.

Fir

the

of

Domnann,

ancestor

are

xxxviii. 27

"

sons

the

the

Bag

or

i. pp.

pp.

506

511.

for 1886,

Lect.

for 1886,
T

of

who

Syrian goddess Derkcto,

"

womb,

1 00"

born

102.

iv. pp.

308, 309,

30.

Lectures

called

Gai,

2a

Lectures

of

5.

spear
or

before

union

Judah

the

resem-

Zerah,

incestuous

Lect.

v.

Perez,

by

the

for 1886,

Lect.

birth

close

boar-sun-god

men

or

from

name

his

brother

of the

of this age

brother

Core, meaning

off before

the

twins,

two

his

father-in-law

her

Diarmait,

her

Cairbre.

of

Shilmali

3.

was

of

the

brought

and

of

bears

of

was

one

father

twin

children

palm-tree, with

loted
5s

the

story the

of

son

supersession
his

last

equivalent

who

Palasha

incident

This

4.

form

moon-god

bitten

were

ttu

on

the

Diarmait, got

sun-god, by

ruling men
an's

of

which

as

the

Their

attempted

born

^ere

of

cat-headed

father

cypress-tree,

female

Rigveda,

the

boar

ruling year-god, husband

made

was

the

brother

the

the

Duben.

called

was

therefore

Soma,

Ram,

ears,

his
to

wed

to

"opped, the

ic

of

the

was

the

the

Arjuna, the

killed

light,the

Ashvins,

was

Muse,

Grannos

Semitic

he

the

of

wood,

-tree

history

goddess

sun-maiden

of

car

mythic

of

age

first of

of

and

of

died

of the

This

born

sun-god,

by Diarmait,

ainne, the

ia, the

solstice.

summer

Northern

Nemed

the

was

of

union

the

boar

antelope sun-god,

the

Adonis,

rho
^

of

god

va

the

the

of

sons

slaughter

{nemeton) ',

grove

with

grove

these

275

from

sun-god, the

boar

x-days week, whose


ts of

the

bom

Minor,

Thirdly, when

ig-races.
:ame

of Nemed,

the

of

Age.

Lect.

vi. pp.

598"600.

313.

after

History

276

father

who

which

the

to

prayer

He,

2.

wise

round

of the

sons

wheel-god

of

this

cycle-year of

of

ten

lunar

described

Hindu

races,

with
the

the

the

They

said

houses

burrowed

barrow

tombs

the

under

of

Danu

of

the

of

the

the

that

hawk-headed

'"'

Rhys, Hibbert

Rhys,

Hibbcrt

Isaac

Taylor,

is to

the

Roman

have

De

say

he

The

the

of

the

rivers, the
hawk

for 1886,

Lect.

Remains

for 1886,

the

sons

pp.

Lcct.

Origin of the Aryans,

son

sun-hawk

the

mother

Egyptian

vi.,pp. 596
243

"

vi. pp.
p.

longhe

78.

"

598.

247.
210"214.

was

of

the

of

the

Adrika

holy eels, the


Star

of

sun-god

hunters.

hawk-goddess

Pole

with

under-ground

Beothach,

was

goat,

Finns

of Tuan

avatar

of

the

neolithic

Danann,

sons

them

of

in

the

as

classes

short

lived

fourth

"

of the

northern

like

Lectures

the

arc

those

sons

of the

and

mother

the

Lectures

Etruscan

the

of the

sons

Horus,

Lcland,

the

the

Hathor

Edda,

union

Tuatha
of

Mahabharata,

parents
of

the

and

prophet larbonel,

the

mounds,

During

Skene

and

Bolg

Genealogies
like

Aquitanian

to

Fir

of

the

farmers

of the

These

limbs

bag-born

the

men

its

Book

"

slender

McFirbis

by

4,

sun-hawk

goddess

by

Dravidian

are

his

stature

Si]ures4,
formed

race

Indian

eyes,

short

and

Basque

mixed

and

in

the male

epoch
recurring periods

the

gestation.

of

brother

were

Bolg,

with

earth

Serai
cycfe-epoch.

Fir

were

years,

of

McFirbis,
hair

dark

three

months

by

having

goddess,

or

was

wheel,

the

twin

Simon

this

these

cycl^

the

made

Ixion,

of

goddess

Therefore

Shemiramot3.

or

Greek

Novena

of that

driver

II

Italian

time-wheel,

heavenly

wheel-magician

bisexual

the

of

forms

Irish

the

and

Koronis,

the

of

of

week

the

paddles ^
is the

by

its revolutions

by

both

and

invoked

Akshivan,

or

it,and

to

the

He

Wizards,

nine-days

of

turner

Simon

of the

or

their

as

sorceror

air.

of

be

the

gods,

Fal,

the

king

must

of Ixion

bound

was

turn

who

the

as

counterpart

who

the

Santo,

mythology,

of

fly through

to

Simeone

popular

year

revolving wheel

him

enabled

Stariath, the great

ot

son

last claimed

These

gestation ^

the

made

Vecchio

the

the

Semion,

Drui,

of

months

lunar

ten

Chronology

and

fish-

Freya
of

the
Hor-

well
of

in

or

the

sons

"the

was

fort,"

sun-fish-god
of

of

the

of

these

the

mannu,

other

the

of the

sons

Hebrew

of

stars

seven

river-porpoise, the

form

the

in

see,

Greek

sun-god
who

sun-god Perseus,

vi. 53, whose

from

drawn

god,

the

in

sea

was

from

means

chest

by

the

as

we

the

sea

shall
^ the

Assyrian god, according

an

name

Makara

Krishna, the

of

born,

saved

seven

Pra-dyumna,

son

Lug,

three-years tower, and

Herodotus

to

Irish

the

by

assumed

of the

Bear, the

Great

especially {prd) bright {dyumna)


year-antelope,

fish-god Salli-

of Bath-sheba

the

holy well

BowscaleTam"

Akkadian

son

The

".

and

in

swim

the

mother-tree

mountain-fort

mother-tree

fish which

Solomon,

the

words,

river-pool or

mythology,

the

measures,

in

or,

undying

two

Cumberland

or

Chronology

History and

2/8

fish 3, and

fisherman

who

was

Dictys,

named

net.
"

J.

Story of

the tower

story of

the

is the

It
tower

of

that

I have

the

kettle

[kasari)4.

Sanskrit

this

epoch,

This

of the

called

He

cycle-year 5.
'

the

moon-god,

Rhys,

Lect.

Hibbert

ii. pp.

147

""

Ibid., Lect.

"

Lectures

iv. p.

in

Mendh

for

the

as

Southern

the

of

the

1886, Lect.
and

of

days

the

of

vi. p.

Corrections,

of

5S8, Lcct.

p.

of the

Chandra
of the

month

Hermes

god

of

daries
of boun-

father

wives

twenty-seven

Greek

the

was

of

Brigit,

ram-sun

Ishwara, the ram-god


who

of the

cauldron

father

ram,

epoch.

tells of the

daughter

year-god

god Goraya,

the

this

story which

Celtic
the

popular mythology,

history of

the

the

from

pillar

the

i. pp.

90,

91*

678.

316.

yEliattf N.

Abercromby,

Elliot, Supplementary
Adi

told

represented

149, Additions

habharata

the

twenty-seven

was

sun-fish-god

Kasari-tar,

was

Nakshatra,

twenty-seven

this

Finn

god Dagda,

Daksha,
and

the

of

pregnancy

(menr)f the Gond


the

of

complete
of

is that

years*

regeneration

tell to

to

now

three

the

birth

three-years cycle,as

Its earliest form


"

of the three-yearscycle.

A., 3, 28.

Magic

Songs of the Finns,


Glossary ^

{Sambhava) Parva,

s.v.,

Part

ii. ; Folklore, vol.

Mens"

Ixvi. p. 189.

boundary,

p.

i. p. 331.

249;

Ma-

of the Myth-Making

\epfu")^the

Hermes

his

shoulders.

De

Danann

3f

the

At

pole.
the

to

and

It

^ and

boiling
the

cauldron

it

of

the

of

the

sea

end

was

of

the

is

thus

called

Finns

mother-mountain.
birth

of

of

regeneration
Mount

Sea

year

of three
of

sons

born

of

the

Kur

of the

the

was

Gond

of Sakuntala

goddess,

the

the

prophet-god

of the

of

volcanic

the

of

the

Kushite
of

Daitya

and

of

the

India,
second

or

of

the

of the

But

of

of

in

{initra)of

the

who

for 1886, Led.

(Samb/iava) Parva,

Rama,
of

the

form

who

god

the

or

Kai-kaia
of

dwellers
2.

Her

iii. pp.

was

{vien)
in

father

Tri-sankhya,

256, 257.

Ixxii., Ixxiv.

pp.

the

{vishva)^

village races

raised

son

who

crow

the
the

the

was

measuring

week

of

son

god whence
he

the

the

gods

the

or

son

parent

Apsaras,

days

triad

gestation. Bharata,
the

was

birth

Bharata,

and

exile

the

of the

tells

Dasaratha,

moon,

Bharatas,

Lectures

Adi

six

six

the

Mahabharata

the

cauldron

god

{S/iaknna) mother,

Visvamitra, the friend

Uibbert

of

trident

descended,

were

was

Rhys,

as

white-robed

first of

months

mother,

Bharata

bird
the

'

wooded

Caspian

laksh\

(koi) mother.

(ap) abyss, the

watery

shadows.

the

one

called

during

Pandavas

of Menaka

of

which

seen,

Raghu,

Kushite

the

sons

the

that

have

we

ruling god

and

the

river, the

India

(ratha),or

describes

Kauravyas
bom

as

mountain

story which

pers
worship-

Kurdistan, the Kauravya

in

sun-god

the

Kushaloya

from

original home

(the boundary

chariots

ten

the

spring,

Zendavesta.

was,

of the

in

sun

this story

of

of

birth

gave

Hiisi," the

waves

Araxes

or

Lakshman
sons

the

the

the

of

story becomes

Rama,
were

be

to

Kurds

who

winter

were

from

of

froth

revolving

recording

adopted

churning pole

of the

of Bharata,

of

South

seasons

Kur, the

This

the

the

by

mother-river

who

the

the

to

sun

Tuatha

heated

by

its

eye

who

sun

Ararat, raised

Black

the

race

Southern

the

with

"

The

the

of

menhir

the

by

the

greet the

to

on

of the

by

churned

forth

symbol

gnomon

ram-sun

three-years period she

comes

the

the

treasure

pregnant

South,

279

bore

the

was

made

was

sun-lizard, who

who

who

Kriophoros

This

Age.

213,

223.

the

Ikshvaku

of the

king

as

the

triangle of

in

the

constellation

looked

are

8000

of

the

banks

of

the

birth

of

measurers

Star

from

by

Maroti

to

10,000

India.

the

of

bard

of

of

had

left

his

on

Sakuntala,
his

her

bore

to

son

father.

But

fisherman

by

the

royal

heir

Bharata

the

sheath
the

the

the

King,

the

which

His

father

of the

of

children

Gond

as

ruins

descent

Legge,

=*

Mahabharata

Ibid., Ixxi.

The

Shih
Adi
"

Ibid., Ixxiv.

ruling race
succeeded

building races
built
in

is from

(i)

King

Decade

{Sambhava)

Ixxiv. pp.
p. 226.

they

was

remain

the

that

the

the

who

city

Mirzapur

of
the

9;

the

Bhars, who
first millettional
tradi-

the

were

of

Pampapura,
Their

district.
the

bamboo

rain-god

S.B.E., vol.

iii. p.

of the

363.

Parva, Ixxiv. p. 223.

211"228;

son

mother

the

Bans-rishi,

of Vasu

V., Ode

from

races,

the

and

parent

born

the

It

begetting (phn)

true

father

became

antelope {rishya)race,

brought

acknowledged

was

the

the

as

all India, who

of

of

the

Kushikas.

the

totemistic

hitn

took

fish

and

she

she
in

mother

the

as

river, and

found

was

Bharata

father-god
the

on

rulers

ring

ring with

3.

wheat-growing

growing

Dushmanta

when

by Dushmanta,

reproduction
4.

the

years'

three

asylum

in

ring

when

to

is

looked

who

her

solar

lunar

after

identification

future

lost

she

the

she,

Kanva's

from

dwelling of

Bharata.

called

son

her

disowned

were

his

departure

but

son,

him

age

reputed authors of

the

and

Rigveda,

of

the

in

forest

age

on

of the

he

Ayodhya,
the

disciplesare

of the

ensure

in

(kana)

new

time, whose

eighth Mancjala

pregnancy

the

tree-

Malli, the

the

Dushmanta,

Sakuntala

met

year

of

mother-river

North-east

the

daughter Sakuntala

her

to

the

Malini,

of

cycle

reckoning

of

Pole

stars

Lyra, which

the

as

Vishvamitra

to

gave

the

races

Kanva,

as

the

Vega,

three

called

now

{dusti)sayings {tnantd).King

hard

as

she

and

mountain

to

is

sisters, the

Chinese

the

brought

was

ape-god,

of

Vulture

heaven

{sankha)^to

weaving

the

by

them

{tri)numbers

three

of

Chronology

B.C.^

Menaka

the

three

the

upon

One

time.

of

and

History

28o

Kalidasa, Sakuntala^ Act

vii.

of the Myth-Making
solstice

summer
as

and

the

(4)
we

told
in

sun-god
of

rulers

of

is the

the

the

by

the

with

Harpe

of

the

the

days long after

the

the

of

races
ass

he

placed

of the
of

as

with

It

disappeared,

but

the

base

of

(gada)

on

the
from

was

that

bharata

these

History

the

race

who

Rouse,

Thejdtaka,

v.

Smith,

A.

pp. 618, 619.

*Thc

the

that

Great

now

the

ruling

by adopting
which

ass

the

on

it

as

vol. ii. No.

took
of

land

the

top
site
The

in

the

Vi-gada-

its ancient

the

was

called

the

birth

Bharatas,
the

Maha-

Bharatas.

cycle-year

disseminated

Birth

am

recorded

India

historical poem

the

traditional

pillardescribing

in

it 2.

of the

of

kings,

village grove.
is

race

ruler

from

the

presence

Bharatavarsha,

its traditional
or

its

the

ancestral

on

Lumbini

ruling Bhars

of

name

children

These
were

ass

the

of Indians

which

sign-manual

B.C.

240

worship

were

Ashvins

it is this

about
in

vernacular
and

erected

the

peacock

descent

his

Greek

into

celebrated

with

ass-drawn

For

accompanied

of

or

the

was

period

the

birth

inscriptionon
bhi

of

introducing

peacock

Maurya

representation of

Buddha's

has

the

South
Hermes

migration

the

traditional

cognizance.

pillarhe

the

ass

cycle-age

his

as

his

thus

peacock

fresh

of

remote

marked

He

when

introduction
a

peacock

-pillar{epiia)ruled

Indian

Asoka

great

Here

the

eleven

its

golden

transformation,

sons

of

the

by

with

which,

hundred-eyed

gnomon

hen,

the

the

crescent,

the

the

and

dynasty
the

lunar

the

like

India

In

the

dealing.

of

form

assumed

This

by

This

sun-cock

whom

among

each

of

is the

Chapter VI.,

Argus,

or

(3) the tortoise

that

was

tree,

thirty-three archangels,

in

god

marked,

into Greece.

This

transformed

crescent.

Indian

by

the

which

introduction

the

ruled

of

was

the

lunar

mythology,
of

Jatakas,

into

Argo,

cycle-year

by

the

thirty-three days

god
him

peacock.

described

bird

Physician

sun

or

heaven

year

Indian

Pole
slew

the

the

months

in

the

iEgle Marmelos,

or

the

to

Mayura

are

Bel

the

shall see, sacred

we

as

(2)

281

Age.

the

of

story of the

of

Bharata

birth of the

159, p. 25.

Place

of Gautama

Buddha.'

J.R.A.S,,, 1897,

History

282

Chronology

and

^.

to

in

cycle

years

Greece

the

from

born

sun-god

of

way

Assyria

Perseus, the

fish, from

female

of

form
her

by

tower

golden

rain.

Ethnea

and

son

Lug.

her

time

and
and

the

To

make

shut

birth

the

inaccessible

the

son

sun-god
could

the Wolf's

of

day.
be

not

Mackinealy
the

of

made
the

Ethnea

and

drowned

in

of the

sons

eldest of

all his

the

evening

the

and

the
as

in

of

as

the

boys,

boat,

launched

of

them

of

took

it to

the

smith,
were

it and

was

Mackinealy,
to

nurse.

Ethnea

by

on

boat

the

story.

three

the

who

years
treated
to

sea

In

this

reached

saved

rain-cloud

Akrisius

as

by

Perseus

before

fell out

cow

grandson.

the

but

the

the

hunted

it

three
a

his

by

woman

entered

of

that

tower

golden-rain

mother

him

killed

light,the

of

wolf

the

told

to

ruler

Mackinealy, meaning

is of

was

of

matrons,

himself

made

drowned,

grandchildren

him.

end

twelve

set

revolving-cycle.

Gavida,

augur

almost

an

eastern

the

who

of

slay

in

whirlpool,

three

star,

form

bird

the

would

the

at

Druid

words,

put them

Danae,

were

godmother,
brother

Balor

cycle.

Perseus

the

fore
be-

one

eyes,

Ethnea,

of

mountain

other

storm,

Druid,

Balor

that

head,

the

in

Bag, who

the

Celtic

the

and

year-cow

conveyed

the

by

and

grandson

her.

then

or

morning

Tur,

till Balor

tyrant,

hunted

the

recovered
was

of
two

More,

Mackinealy's

fairy Biroge

cruel

of

guard

of

daughter of Balor,

had

daughter

Tor

called

to

story of

grandson impossible he, like Akrisius,

by stealing the

year

his

the

of

form

Celtic

men

Balor's

him

island

the

year-months,

of the

of

tower,

Tory Island,
the

Ka.

only child, his

his

up

or

sun-gnomon-stone,

divining-priest,told

or

the

head,

{stor)of

Pole

Bolg,

brazen

mountain-top

the

the

the

was

cycle-year. He

his

the

represented

Fir

the

by

Ethnea

in

up

the

in

in

reproduced

the

behind

one

Kastor,

of

is

giant-leader of

measured

He

This

of

Zeus

by

pregnant

goddess, the

shut

god

India

birth of

the

Star

was

the

of

story

three-

from

came

Pole

who

of the

tower

This

the

Danae,

Akrisius,

made

the

the

in

god Danu,

father

(axpov),and

the

the

in

of God.

Garden

the

by

river-eel

by

gave

be
two

it the
its

fairy

it to

his

Balor, thinking that

dead, caught Mackinealy

and

cut

the

of
off His
of

head

the

Scandinavians

The

whose
{lux'lucis)y

fire-godof
the

wolf

river

Europe

and
chief

of

2.

In

of the

the

of

the

of

of

of

who

find the

by

cottage, Orion
of

night

sent

and

the

purple mantle,

the

palace
his

to

For

-god Lug.

from

the

counterpart
of the

Llew,

Silver

Rhys,

Prehistoric

Wheel,

Hibbtrt

Ibid., Lect.

Lectures
V.

Times

p.

vol.
y

chap, ii.,"

2, p.

the

218,

for 1886,
note

i,

of

497,

501,

iii.,p. 213;

in

of

this

Ulster
out

314

502;

"

the

his

who

young
born

Welsh

moon-goddess

parallelsof

the

at

the

at

god Lug,
to

the

Conchobar,

to

turn

must

iv. pp.

he

by Dech-tere,

Arianrhod,

Lect.

the

invisible

met

was

delivered

Gwydion,

of

going
been

sunset,

was

we

of

son

i., Essay

Book

she

tower,

and

496,

of

some

living

He

as

where

place

had

Gemini

clouds

end

Bricriu, the

stars.

original form

the

three-years

by

stars

where

bed,

the

the

capital

and

woman

which

that

years

Conchobar

was

at

the

three

Conchobar,

mansion

lit up

for

mother.
with

was

year

and

man

who

She

Emain,

to

Ethnea

drove

from

came

{dun)

Daeg-ter,

or

who

towards

Pleiades

who

night sky

the

came

sun

the

of

of

door

old

an

of

Rigveda,

and

crops.

birds, and

magnificent

the

by day,

and

mischief,

saw

the

fort

charioteer.

every

of

one

race,

that

the

Southwards

out

entertained

genius

returned

in

of

disappeared

Western

three-years period

Dech-tere

his

as

the

the

on

the

of

Ashvins,

the

year-god,

set

the

than

son

Loki,

of

wolf

or

light

Lycian Apollo,

Lyons,

find

we

of

sun-god

Guelph

the

of

god

wolf-mother

the

sun-maiden
of

the

the

Lycia,

destroyed

to

years

was

""

the

and

nobles

his

of

is the

fiftymaidens

birds

three

he

the

Conchobar,

wild

'

this

chariot

Conchobar,

head

born

of

distinctlyshown

day-goddess,
in

that

of

the

that

with

Lug-dunum,

is

more

In

stone-altar

sacred

god Lug,

with

story of his birth

cycle

driven

in

shrines

Danae.

or

and

Edda,

Xanthus

another

the

is connected

father-god

whose

stone, the

was

(^vKos) of light

yellow

Lug

saved

name

the

283

Age.

thus

sun-god

white

large

on

Myth-Making

Dech-tere

8.

Hewitt,

Miillcr, Die

ii.,chap, vi., " 8, pp. 305, 306.

Ruling
Dorter

Races
Book

of
ii.,

Conchobar.

and

rhod, who

Llew

after

recognition
flower, was

for

her

form

in

Koronis

unfaithful
aid

of

hit,

thd

lap, and

this

Llew

the

Aurwrychyn,

became

he

say,

of

ram-sun-god
of

the

at

the

death

Sijver

after

Hand

of

smith

shoes,

was

leather
he

of

the

also

an

shoes

'

his

of

first

Rhys,

Hibbert

Llew,

or

Hittites

that

Lug
the

slew

him

Tuatha

De

with

the

Bolg led by Balor,

Fir

the

the

accounts

the

were

other

opponents

Lug

accounts

guardian uncle, Gavida

his

her

the

the

wore

the

for 1886,

or

peculiar

Hittite

moon-goddess,
was

239

iv. pp.

316, 317.

241,

434-

Ibid., Lect. vi.


Ibid., Lect

p.

587,

iii. p. 237.

v.

pp.

396"398,

also

mentioned

iii. pp.

"

by making

was

He

shoemakers,

Lect.

of

the

recognitions.

the

sun-god

for it

Arianrhod,

Lugoves

Lectures

the

as

shoemaker,

mother

secured

born

who

excellent

for

patron-god of

423,

forge

sun-god Lug

cycle-year

the

two

king Nuada

their

In

the

2.

This

that

in

Danann.

into

Fleece,

are

led

Indcch,

under

De

he

the

changed

been

Golden

one

which

in

sun-

of the

avatar

sun-eagle

the

his

owl-mother-bird

There

by Lug

in this battle

Domnann

Balor

killed

with

killed

had

with

golden bristles,"that

the

Ram

battle

and

the

"with

slain

the

Tuatha

the

became

his former

to

having

as

cycle-year ^.

Balor

Fir

the

and

the

of

he

the

of Balor

close

Danann,

represented

beast

the

or

flew

this

of

was

eagle, which

the

form

variant

place where

same

is to

as

is

into

he

Star

murdering archer

changed

the

Pole

the

back

him

brought

the

was

It is

epoch.

sun-eagle that
in

slew

Blodeued

and

spear,

then

he

an

was

by

which

at

into

she

him

with

arrow

him

the

goddess

but

murder

to

Krishanu

by

only changed

Llew

shape.

the

living

no

Greek

the

flower-mother,

attempted

shot

that

Blodeued, meaning

flowers,

the

But

year-arrow

Gwydion*s

into

of

paramour.

mother-bird,

from

and

Llew,

to

her

him

made

his

retarded

means

wife

Arian-

mother

declared

sun-god,

him.

his

by

various

by

young

marry

Chronology

disowned

was

having

the

as

should

woman

of

and

History

284

v.

pp.

the
in

404,

405,

286

History

not

which

sun-god, which

it would

from

its

the

to

originalplace
Orion*s

the

during
the

kept
at

the

of

It

the

when

the

brought

they

exchanged
of

took

the

there

remained

brought

to

her

marches

was

for

by
or

had

at

seek

to

Budur's

three

boundaries,

iEa

'

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the

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Arabian

the

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the

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Black

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where

God,

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other

the

in

the

In

and

China,

was

the

Marzawan,

the

warden
of

boundary-star-god

sea

in

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story of

to

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Canary

brought

makes
and

Kamar-al-Zaman,

back

him

assigned

Sea,

era

new

together.
prison

this

of

Kamar-al-Zaman

till

course

This

Talc
^

when

original legend

Hecataeus.
of

by

went

but

by land, thus completing


in

asleep

of Lakshman

request,

of
the

age

equinox
the

of

foster-brother

her

cycle

new

Garden

her

to

years,

Kamar-al-Zaman,

star-ship Argo

back

taken

god

rule

to

conversation

no

Hindu

parent-gods

the

was

vault

autumnal

marriage

each

as

It is still

star-clad

of the

were

of

of

ring

heaven, the counterpart


He,

who

the

of

one

the

of

sexless

prison

the

ring they
Budur

morning

the

the

gestation,but

year

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by

moon-gods

into

were

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the

at

tinued
con-

Temple, held

the

of

temple

born

year

was

equinox.

year's day

be

Pleiades

also

temple being
the

transferred

was

they finallyadopted

Dedication

new

to

before

ginning
year-festival be-

was

autumnal

year,

begotten

epoch, that

of

the

the

on

was

sun-god

be

to

was

Orion's

of

Varuna.

the

solstice,the

winter

heaven

of

Feast

the

as

This

year,

celebrate

festival,which

of

cycle-year the

the

national

as

cycle-year.

beginning with

year

of

was

marriage

to

year-bird

the

beginning the Jewish

dates

the

the

beginning

held

was

year

before

the

solstice,when

winter

of

refused

age

the

at

Zu'1-kadah

first of

the

life of

the

beginning

the

in

story of Kamar-

the

Kamar-al-Zaman

that

seem

month

that

states

from

festival, apparently that

state

great

the

Chronology

this' description. But

answer

al-Zaman,
a

and

of
the
to

China

Southern

voyage,

mented
com-

sail

Argo
come

Islands
to

for the
its

Rama.

down,

vol. iii.pp.

17

"

from
how

30, 36,

the

of
it

story, steered

this

from

version

Indian

in the

went

where

lake

the

to

for

the

and taken

like

up,

.his belly full

by

of

land

of

the

of

year

water."
-

al

where

who

drank

up

After

his

her

for three

years,

Zaman

the

condition

that

goddess, was

The

J.
It is
of the

to

Indian

group

of

of

the

was

ruled

by

States

the

formed
any

still

formed

have

we

the

from

It

province.

the

provincial

king
on

of

the

this

standing

was

lord

the

in

the

surrounding
seen,

of

union

the

into
of

or

the

the

the

of

Indian
groups

the

union.

except

the

internal

watchmen,

Haihayas

larger unions,

seem

or

of

villages within

the Kushikas

group

the

growth

allied

into

in

of

area

the

origin

of the

paramount

not

surviving village Chokidars

this age.

existing

do

system

army,

father.

refer

confederacies

central

circlingmoon-

During

world

at

escaped

especial property

Commissionership.

as

the

still

as

with

Kamar-al-

must

included

divided,

"

chain, which

of

tenure

III.

rest

two

tenures

we

him

by

civilised

of each

united

held

rule, the

provinces,
area

land

of

kingdoms

Nagpur

Kushika

who

Raja,

ancient

that

age

tides

the

married

her

Archal,

days'

and

land

district, the

Lohardugga
Nagpur

Ocean

this

the

the

to

year

European

peculiar system

Chutia

the

to

once

and

apparently

Ooraon

Chutia

return

one

was

shipwrecked

broke

as

it

story of Marza-

twelve

she,

There

Chapter

was

father,

liad confined

South-west,

in

he

Budur

Argo

Phoenician

where

Agas-

Greek

story

in the

was,

Zaman's

the

the

of

born.

was

described

as

Tritonis

Agastya,

China,

under

in the

starts

originally

island

Africa,

of

Argo

was

the

that

Canary Islands,

Kamar

to

in West

Ribhus,
lake

This

wan's voyage,

the court

of

Indian

102.

pp. loi,

Canopus,

Ocean

Indian

days, showing

course

three

the

star

the

tree-mother-goddess,

twelve

the
describing
and

this

the

Ceylon, the

in

one

whereas

Pacific,which

the

Tritonis,

the

Athene,

rested

in

From

tya Canopus.

Ocean,

Marzawan,

by

China,

in

port

Indian

the

said, to

not

IS

287

Age.

Myth-Making

to

have

The
sessed
pos-

police, the
and

the

men

History and

288

of the
their

the

villages in
tenures

But

enemy.

tribal

when

marks

the

their
of the

parched barley

foreheads,
North,

distinctlymilitary rule
divided

was

high-priest,and
of the

lord

or

the

the

between
his

important of

This

Ram-gurh,

now

called

bear

Wales,

the

Among

of

rulers

hereditary

special land

Celtic

(3) The

class

under

tradesmen,

of

Hindu

(4)

The

who

Rhys

Customs,

and
p.

Brymnor
191.

held

the

under

persons

Jones, The

the
Munda

Mahto

ancestral

members

of

or

rights.

the

organisation, and

into

were

Bhun-

village

who
hereditary officials,

to

rule

tenance.
main-

of the
the

and

village
the

classes

lands

Cymri

of

rule,

see,

their

their

were

resembled
the

hereditary village servants,

Kushika

and

of

Ooraons

offices

they

later

shall

we

families, among

which

three

as

for

the

of the

were

royal class,

his subordinate

and

land

priest,

the

by

of

or

who

tenants

Welsh,

members

whose

holders

villages,in

eitttion,the un-free

in

Cymri

the

The

had,

among

from

hereditary rights

bonedegion.

or

called

the

king

younger

grants

Pahan

of the

Vaishya

to

Uchelwyr,

ruled

community
their

was

tenures,

Goidelic

(i)

These

the

class

the

of the

classes,

provinces.

chosen

were

steward

in

land
of

was

this semi'

under

was

the

of the central

entitled

were

head-man,

the

confederacy

those

to

whom

to

provinces

peculiar Ooraon

among

four

rights,and

(2) The

or

as

into

including the families

Ooraons,

It

resemblance

Ooraons,

divided

society was

hiars, the

Sena-pati

up.

grew

families

the

that

strong

so

Nagpur

Hazaribagh.

military constitution
which

government

the

frontier

the

Chutia

the

in

more

law-giver,judge and

was

principal subordinate,

most

assigned.

the

the

was

Haiheyas,

and

introduced,

king, who

food

{send),the Commander-in-chief,

army

largest and

the

overcame

was

painted their

whose

and

by

invading

any

who

races,

bound

were

against

country

Pre-Celtic

the

on

provinces, who

frontier

defend

to

Chronology

Celtic

who

artisans
the

veloped
deand

taeogion

^.

Welsh

People^ chap.

vi.

Ancient

Laws

and

of tfie Myth' Making


The

king

"f Chutia

aw

"rhich

cultivated

was

Bhunhiars, under
in payment

for

Beth-kheta

is

supply food

to

followers

service

assigned
in the

stored

were

distributed

constant

they,

obliged
by

to

of the land
of land
of

256

Q^wd

or

erwan

province, the

or

tytheeiHtion
^

each

in

held

all

^^

Cyfrif

province
and

his
their

through
kings^

in the

were

Cymric

superintendence
consisted
or

not

each

areas,

in

erwan

every

cultivated

was

of the

holders

land,

registered land, which

or

for

partitioned

and

common,

king

This

Parha.

Hindu

Tyr

village,called

the

512

taeoghs, the non-Cymric

or

the

trefyd

of

from

gathered

This

two

is

that

acres,

This

over

the

under

and

property.

royal land

of

Mahto,

Cymric

Munda.

Ooraon

village but

every

the

as

This

make.

the

Maer,

in

well

as

not

were

called

progresses

king's Maerdref,

the

was

of

land

of land

area

crops

maintenance

dominions,which
system

the

granaries
the

the

common

as

and

the

custom

them

to

property
of the

who

of

special

Ooraon

tenants

each

in

large share

Manjhus,

for

during

to

superintendence

this

is called

royal land
it

the

the

by the

him

for

royal province

central

which

entitled

introduced, was

was

289

provincial governor

into

frontier

the

on

the

and

Nagpur,

)f those

the

village of

each

in

Age.

cultivation

^njongall the males of the village above the age of fourteen


The register of this land was
kept by the Canghellor
the
Chancellor,
^ri

or

wni

of

and

Bombay

had

"^alcsthe

of

and
Bhunhiars,

both

required,

as

he

king'shouses,

or

his

'

retinue

Seebohm,

\i Welsh

The

to

when

Tribal

PeofU, chap.

the

among

the

among

Celts
for

service-rent
erect

temporary

they

who

System

in

218

"

Wales
^

220,

p*

chap. ix.

p. 400.

to

and

for

to

in
the
not

were

land,

cymwd

18 ; Rhys

held

they

Ooraons

dwellings
the

visited

cultivators,

Ooraons

and

their

Kul-

the

Celts,

village community

the

vi. pp.

alien
the

before

country

and

India,

or

Pat-

the

become

These

Dekhan.

position assigned

teiant members

"^cre

the
the

occupied

Northern

of

villageaccountant

has

who

Mahto,

Ooraon

repair

him

during

and
the

Brymnor Jones,

Chronology

History and

290

days, the nine-days week


he

time

fed

was

only
as

to

supply firewood

and

furnished

the

not

were

Under

the land

by

villageorganisation which
laws

appears

province

or

cymwd
it the

been

replaced by

the

unit

instead

the

was

Maer

king's

and

offices,while

remaining

area

alien eitttion

Thus

the
Maer

the
and
of

the

lands

of

the

Bhunhiar

and

land

But

for the
the

tenants,
with

and

priest in

from
was

an

each

In

authorised

teaching-priest and
the

land

attached

glebe land

'

Seebohm,

Jones,
"

The

was,

The

Welsh

Seebohm,

The

in

Tribal

his

land

System

System in

included

220,

Wales,

note

p.

157,

tion
contribuhe

Prashastri

or

village^.
the

158; Rhys

2, 224.

67.

as

servant

in which

district

his

pp.

had

he

and

recognised

village

villages where

Wales

People^ chap. vi. pp.


Tribal

Ojha,

of

priest occupied

Hindu

the

office in

in

of

the

in

like

Celtic

Munda,

of

also

the

capacity

Ooraon

the

the

that

former
of

land, the

members

tenant

village,was

of

enlargement

organisation,which

every

teacher,

to

the

of

between

plough

lands

free-tribesmen

offices

fillingthe

by

tenancy.

exact

villages where

the

others

common

the

an

their

men
free-tribes-

or

king's Manjhus

the

this Ooraon

Cymric

free tenant.

was

those

with

position intermediate

in

in

villages,

king's land, the

its

families

Mahto,

of

some

alien

village

community.

glebe
in

the

Ooraon

Pahan,
the

of

to

into

Uchelwyr,

Canghellor, the villages of

and

those

with

cymwd

attached

family land, and

or

the

land, and

divided

the

cymwd

the

village. Within

teaoghs holding lands

or

Cymric

in which

land

was

occupied by

holding Tir-gwelyawg
the

the

land-

Ooraon

his waste

and

had

were

Codes, the old

of the

one

of the

demesne

Canghellor

the

of which

some

basis

the

to have
was

they have
consumption

forth in the Welsh

forms

docs

as

of

articles

royal granaries

set

system

nine

during this

and

Bhunhiars,

such

to

obligation which

an

Ooraon

that the

was

limited

cycle-year ;

of this

the

upon

rule

be

to

was

by the Uchelwyr,

entirelyfall

not

the

Cymri

the
royal progresses.
Among
king's sojourn in each cymwd

free

tenant

That

this

pre-Cymric

and

Brymnor

of the Myth' Making

organisation
land
is

of the

of

other

Seebohm's

scattered

are

allotted

were

map

the

under

England, and

tisgurh,did

fields from

in

the

defined

Thus

area

given

was

based

kinds

of

the

on

land

class

Cymri, by

linear measurements

strips,but

by

in each

by the
to

thus
seed

for

and

those

with

areas

of

The

Code.

unit

somewhat
jrards,
uid

this

lown

in

fUad).

was

it.

Four

with

The
areas

probably

tydenan

or

But

the

the

acre
acre

originally
16

erwan

erwan

be

rice

the

the

; and

results
the

measurements,
a

is

in the

4,840

measured

proved

by

Venedotian
4,320

square

yards,

square

by

the

ev^ery
tydyn

in every

are

similarlyexact

of about

in

would

required

for

Cymri

of

plough-

by comparing

of

defined

as

the

is measured

would

linear

the

or

erw

four

were

memorial
im-

that

area

crops

existence

cymwd,

the

was

time

among

calculated

dry

among

less than

There

being

given by

of the

as

of seed

frequently found

those

land

the measurement

cultivated

(2 lbs.) that

sown

surprisinglyaccurate.
calculation

whole

area

I have

obtained, as

of the

India.

made,

quantity

maunds

different

it, a

sow

lands

of

number

different

from

been

the

system

the

measurements

of the

The

plot.

whole

of areas^divided into

estimate

an

plough

got twice

of

in

not

are

tributions
villagedis-

of his

The

carefully determined
there

Chut-

and

the

number

has

This

the

of soil cultivated

discrimination

land.

measurements

sown

kind

the

common

holding of the
at

two.

village,and

of

throughout
of

plough-oxen

only

accurate

the

in

most

oldest

with

tenant

the

the

to

plots of

just as they

Nagpur

continued

of each

area

Mr.

India, where

In

obtained

of four

owner

the

to

of each

areas

be

he

village,proportionate

cattle.

the

to

in

butions
periodicalredistri-

of Chutia

to year,

year

certain

him

entitle

not

the

Pahan,

the

area

of

villages.

many

the customs

rights,under

where

yearly allotments

the

in

Ooraon

formerly customary

was

survives

with

Hertfordshire,

originalsystem

grazing lands existingin

same

in

the cultivated

over

of the land which

tenant's

of the

those

Hitchin

of

291

preserved, mixed

was

EnglisTiVillage Community,"

"

land

Picts

tenants, like

the

proved by

glebe

the

Age.

Rhandir

seed

{home-

(/aW-

Four

Gafaelion

trefyd

Four

cymwd.

Here

the

of

area

tref

foundation
is laid ; and

the

or

Babylonia by

originallyin
inland

or

same

find

we

of

this

to

the

of

which

"

the

to

village land
sections,

head-man.

Another

are

and

Ooraon

recognising

belongs

have

distinct

the

the

in

village

'

and
=

Rh)rs

and

2.

Brymnor

Jones,

in

apart

close

Welsh

1^

carucatcs

but

over-lord

correspond^

as

of

koonts

the

to

is

the

grain

but
in
we

are

People, chap.

more

England,
find

belonging
was

of

Chuttisgurh

; and

those

of

members

and

Oxfordshire,
as

the

custom

hereditary
land,

or

head-man.

between
affinity

village

village system
T/a

16

more

or

allotments

set

This

five

of

Aston

fields

distinct

village servants

of

cultivated

This

Nagpur

frequently paid by contributions


as

the

Chutia

in

These

community.

sometimes

always

village servants

by the

him

share of the
allottingone
Thus
in Chuttisgurh,where

pre-Celtic English
the

the Thane's

of the

whole.

into

shows

was

tenants

to

divided

which

custom

not

of

there

for

village of Chippenham,

the

as

the

koont

one

original

was

for

Ooraon

belonging
custom

village lands

manor

England

called

cultivated

in

Gond

to

in

of land

the

village community

exactly

original

^.

interestinginstance

land

demesne

the

the

is

Ooraons,

area

as

; and

most

the

was

way

land

average

English

(maen),

stones

that

to

demesne,

manjhus

Wilts,

the

the

boundary-marks

stone

village an

the

is

enxran

the

having

maenaur,

by

every

in

tenants

the

latter

4,608

or

carefullypreserved boundaries, marked

its

similar

apparently

"

king,

Chuttisgurh,

in

Twelve

maenol.

original pre-Celtic village system

The

the

the

or

surrounded

area

tref

every

every

the

for

(holding).
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Gafael

every

subsequent provincial organisation

the

maenol

villagewith

Gond
in

the

in
in

village

which

on

erwan

maenol,

or

in

erwan

erwan

trefyd

Indian

an

256

or

two

every

64

or

1,024

or

and

maenolyd
in

Rhandiroed

Four

share).

Chronology

and

History

292

to

quently
frethe

superseded
vi.

p.

218,

notes

by
i

"

2, 219.

Seebohm,
^

chap.

English

VillageCommunity,

viii. pp.

174

"

176, 163.

p.

135 ; Gomme,

The

munity
Village Com-

CHAPTER

VI.

"f

The

year

of

called

in

which

was

Gothic

the

Gothic

and

Holstein

wild

kings

6th

tied

of

skin

the

Baring

Maspero,

Max

torn

off
lifted

ground,

and

Dawn

Muller,

Strange

the

to

the

top

to

the

the

Lithuanian

Luneberg

offered

and

races

early
ing
accord-

the

horse

sacrificial

Chaldaea,

of Mythology,

of

tree

ribbons

Gables^ pp*
p.

Its

skin, stuffed

sacred

on

the

of

arrows.

The

and

end

the

Barishadah
with

and

year-car
the

at

the

in

the

by

supersede

to

Barbaro,

the

rags

and

wood

of

Superstitions

Science

in

chariots

eaten.

of

with

of Civilisation^ Egypt
Contributions

to

the

killed

flesh

attd

horse

cycle-year,

stake

and

the

Survivals

the

conquering

Pitaro

and

adorned

of

eye-witness

sacrificial
of

in

drew

traveller

sacrifices,

was

Gould,

the

ritual

the

Trigarta

straw,

sacrificial

to

houses

horse-sacrifice,

an

Italian

the

all

Asia

the

by

of

the

seen,

head

horse's

the

the

head,

horse's

also

of

ass

have

it

Indian

Pomerania,

Mordvinian

of

in

in

was

drew

the

neck
of

then

was

with

the

by

survival

pit, a

At

century,

houses

South-western
we

survey

carved

Volga,

the

which

description

as

and
2.

of

the

of
to

which,

ass,

is still

horse-sacrifice

sons

is

Odin

to

Mecklenburgh,

of

historical

the

roofs

the

on

gables

horse

Ashvins,

the

age

the

brought

to

was

the

of

This

This

Finns

succeeded

Assyrian

of

This

this

worship

sacrifice

of

months

eleven

represented

Dadhiank.

principal

Ugro

the

that

the

the

provinces

Mordvinian

first

is

belonged.

the

to

in

reached

history

after

of

weeks.

now

Rigfveda

head

and

of

have

head

originally placed

the

affixed

the

eleven-day

history by

lands,

who

and

primaeval

mythological

which

horse's

period

THE

the

of

The

3.

38

"

770.

vol.

ii. p.

the

469.

1.

History and

Chronology of

year-horse sacrificed at
symbolised its course, and was

head

this

of

year
of the

i.

84,

the

{ndva) of

the

was

conception of the year,


Orion, which superseded and

new

it was

with

called

of the

the bones
the

in

Tait.

Brah.

Indra

slew

called

the

the

new

see,

Vritra

slain

head

of the

i. 5,

8,

the

was

of eleven

of the

months

of
the

to

ninety-ninefalse year-gods
are

those

of the

was

the

southern-mud
the

Parasu

where

of

mid-tree

the

scholiast

head

horse's

o^od Tan

2.

jnomon-pole
Df the

eleven
'

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the

near

three-years cycle,for

the

sacred

as

shall

we

; hence

the

year-reckoning
field of battle

tree

Pole

the

of the

Haihayas
Veda,
lake

grew

Star

of

found

from

up

tree

double-axe

; that

I have

as

village grove.

god

is the

order, that

Kshetra, where,
world's

the

bones

by Dadhiank's

of
It

the
was

of the

ing
Indra, accord-

the

Tan-eshur,

consecrated

then

was,

ritual

world's

slain the
on

clearly that

proves

by

new

the

the

Rama,

three-yearscycle,had
to

the

Dadhiank's

encircling-snake,

the

cycle-year. The

be

{tan) to

breaking

sun-priests,that

or

overthrown

26,

Dadhiank,

ten-head

sun-horse

of Kuru

II. p"

Chapter

and

thirty-threedays each, and

of the

land

of

cycle-year;

thirty-threegods

of the

years

of the

centre

in

Kurus,
here

three

this

was

arrow-year

Atharva,

the

measured

years

thirty-threegods

shown
the

of three

of the

gods

the

of

god of

head

especiallyconsecrated

the

Atharvans

the

the

of three

It

sun-horse

or

of the

year

one

of the

worshippers of
ninety-nine'. This number

year-god

the

of

sun-god

end

consecrate

barb.

destroyed

[ShirO'bhida) spells {mantrdh)


father, the

and

revival

the

at

of the year

arrow

feathers,shaft

its

by

replaced

found, according to the


the "haryanavan, the ship

head

by Indra in
{sharya),the

arrow

Age. 295

beginning of the

the

sacrificed to

horse

13, 14,

marked

seasons,

of the

This

year.

Rigveda

that

by

year

next

the

Myth-Making

the

conquering
that

of the

Staneshvara,

the

It

was

of

Sthatlu, the leader, after Bhrigu their father,

Rudras,
vi.

the

gods ruling this

16, I4" i. 84, 13

'

Cunningham,

Ancient

Mahabharata

Adi

to

Ludwig, Rigvtday

Geography of

India
^

year
vol.

v.

3.

p. 27.

Staneshvara, p. 335.

{Sambhava) Parva, Ixvi. p. 188.

^'X

History and

296
The

and

priests of the sun-god of the horse's head,

Atharvans,

the

are

successors

the

is

priestlygenealogy

of

descent

given

in

the

Rigveda

in

the

sacerdotal

genealogy

of

the

household

fire ;

That

the

secondly,

the

Bhrigus,

is to

say,

the

first

l^j.^

Bhrigus, worshippers

the

were

their

and

of

that

as

Afigiras

first of the

the

Bhrigu,

from

Atharvans'.

Afigiras, Navagvas,

of the

nine-days week,

priests of the

line

genealogical
Budras,

the

in

Navagvas,

Chronology

Afigiras

"...^

officers of

or

burnt-offeringsin the age of the six-days week ; thirdly,the


Navagva priests of the cycle-year with its nine-day weeks ;
and

lastly,the

fire-godAthar
three

(ad)
from
of

This

early

of

year

marks

three

seasons,

TIte

We

find
of

story

the

the

His

his

(i) The
(2)

of

Perseus,

born

to

he

the

the

of

impenetrable

mail

Rg.

or

X.

with

which

the

Worterbuch

zum

the

year

Fafnir,

the

gained possession

sun-god
of

the

of

the

year

invisibilitygiven

three-years cycle ;
by

worn

Sigurd

Kama

given by
wedded

and
DushBrun-

springs {drunnen),

14, 6.

GrassmanD,

him

to

solstice.

killed

of the

bird-mistress

cours"^

ruling

(3) the golden year-ring, that


and

annual

summer

had

night-cap

tower

in

hilda, the Valkyr

at

insignia of

the

Sakuntala,

the

of tb"^

hill

Grani, given
Sirius

star

after

began

his

run

sun-horse

beginning

aweing,

golden
; and

to

th^

in

pillar [jirdf)

the

of

god

Hinda-fjall,the

the

afUf

head

the horse's

three-years cycle, and

and
of

the

his

week

the

helm

the

started

seizing dog,

treasures

Achilles
manta

tha-^

been

expressly declared

from

was

on

year's journey

to

had

worship.

descent

Sigurd

six-days

snake-god

it

heavens

the

his

of

Sigurd,

sun-god

the

by Grip,

of

line

{Jiinda)^that

through

of

this

Victory (5/^), for

of

descended

as

year

which

genealogy of the sun-god with


tlu ritual

deer

the

Atri.the devouring

as

the

name

sun-horse,

sun-deer.

A.

of

the

priests of

the

Atar), also known

(Zend

{tri)

the

the

Atharvans,

Kigvcda^ s.v.

Atri.

"^.'i-r-ti

of the Myth-Making
when
to

was

found

he

her

forth

set

The

Atharva

of the

Indian

asleep
his

on

the

Atharvans,were

the

of the

Kohathites

Aaron, meaning

the

Gershom,answering
the

answering to

counsels

have

shown

Bhrigus

said, in
Preaching-priests

^^rth

revealed
^^achings

^^hich I have
*^^came

the

the

Itihasa

the

the

combined

Zends,

historical
myths,

Iceland,and
We

told

are

national

the

holy Chest,
the

by

by

festivals

marking

Hewitt, Rttling Races

'

Ex.

vii.

histories

Hewitt, Ruling

Darmesteter,

be

David,

114,
a

s.

the

of
that

essential

They

changes

we

the

Shah

of Prehistoric

Times

and

the

and

vol.
^

the

Roman

legends*
of these

also

were

annual

the

at

and

year,

and

instruction

they

recited

the

in

Nameh,

knowledge
of

in

authors

surviving

the

the

told

are

historical

were

of

teachers

These

local

part

of

Hashish,

or

of Scandinavia

Brahmin,

every

inspired

especially

ii..Essay viii.,pp. 117

"

124.

Races

of Prehistoric

Zendavesta

Din

Times^ vol. i., Preface, pp.

Yasht, 17;

Abdn

Yasht, 86;

xv.

"

xvii.

S.B.E., vol.

268-74.

Rhys

Sutta,

the

sent

I.

cxiii. p.

:o

Druid

every

Merari,

itinerant

the

Kalevala, the Greek

records

of

mind

of

been

Aftgiras were

series

an

was

decessors
pre-

sons

of

have

4.

p. 171

mythological Sagas

in Buddhist

the

to

Bhang

IV.

and

the

endless

the

histories

instilled into
known

the

priestly

the

were

of

national

form

to

the

Their

those

Yasht,

Chapter

or

by

be

the

2.

Din

Atharvas

Purana

history

to

elsewhere, the

Mahabharata,Harivansa, Ramayana,
poems

God

official historians, for, as

national

^he Upanishads,
^f

in

spoken

of

the

them

to

of

wearer

Aftgiras,and
by

law

the

preach

to

and

3.

Sthravans

These,called

ritualistic

appointed

the

as

the

in succession

Bhrigus, Aftgiras

was

the

to

third

prophet-priests headed

or

Moses,

as

the

he

hill whence

heavens

in Indian

Chest, who

revealed

were,

the

counterparts

speaking-prophetto
ephod which

of

297

the

of the

sun-god,

lines

priestly

of

top

year's circuit

priestsof

Jewish

the

on

Age,

where

repeater

7fthe Buddhists,

Dialogues
it is said

of the

of the Buddha
that

it

legends,

that

vol. ii. p.

146.

was

is to

from

the

necessary
know

Nikayas,' iv., Sonadanda

for every

them

by

perfect Brahmin

heart.

Sacred

Books

History and

298
the New

at

Year's
of the

recitation
the

Brahmanas

this

Hotri, the

of

the

the

whence

office
of

priest

divined

of

by

Rigveda

three

of

eleven
of

the

were

days

in

the

the

angels

This

Max

note
'

64,
^

it

was

year

the

was

the

historical

the

Maharajika

second,

heavens, called
the

ruled
of

gods

Devaloko,

the constellation

there

as

the

thirty-three gods
succeeded

that

so

year

of

year

and

five

seasons,

in

into

Argo,

the
the

or

the

by

Shata-

creators.

became

the
of

thirty-threegods
'

accompany

of the

three

weeks

They

from

gods of

The

Thus

5.

head

of Tvashtar, the

elevens, who

Buddhist

Shatum

born

hundred
year

It

{sak) god.

the

heaven,

is said

horse's

seasons.

and

of

of

that

or

rain

the

two

of two

month.
of

the

combination

number

the

Tavatimsa,

or

the

language

thirty-three days, divided

days,
years

same

point of time,

vaesa

the

taught

Dadhiank

secrets

mead

or

of

each

months,

were

hundred

madhu

drink

to

there

first

in it the

taught

thirty-three,or

six-day weeks

"

who

were

weeks

Sakko,

The

brou"[ht

who
and

with

imported

been

of

eleven

the

Zend

was

speak the

to

sun-horse

solstitial year

the Ashvins

in

the

connection

He

of God,

of the

this year

three

of the

head
have

to

Ashvins,

framer

of

Khu.

by bird-augury

of the

year

the

by

4.

The
in the

the

the

the

sun-hawk,

the Garden

into

In

speaking-priest3.

cloud-rain-bird
the

'.

was

derived, shows

is

Karshipta,

bird

the

in

Feast

made

be

to

libations ", who

hymns^

name

the

with

Mazda

priests who
birds

the

the
of

law

of the

Year's

October)

"

in the

survives

New

ordered

was

(hu) of the

chanter

the

at

(September

recitation

pourer

Zaotar, the
Hu,

Tisri

which

custom

Jewish Thora

of

beginning

root

Festival,

Chronology

Miiller, Chandogga

Zend

the

ritualistic year

ritual

Upanishad^

order, who
iii. 4,

i,

2;

ruled

by

round

are

S.B.E.,

the

about

vol. i. pp.

39,

I, 40.

Eggeling,

Sat.

Darmesteter,
note

Zendavesta

Vendiddd

"

S.B.E., vol. xliv. pp. 361


371.
Fargardy v. 58; S.B.E., vol. iv.
15

"

p.

I.

Ibid., ii. 42;

p. 70-

xiii. 4, 3,

Brdh,y

West,

Bundahishy
5

xix.

16;

Rg. i. 117,

S.B.E.,
22,

i. 34,

vol.
II.

iv. p.

21,

voL

v.

Age.

of the Myth' Making


the

Havani/' the

the

water

of

life,is mixed

regulating

year

the

mother-Soma-tree
or

We

find

outside

the

eleven

gods
the

and

eleven

animal

of the

other

the twelve

by the

Samidhs

called

are

also

ten

AprI

hymns

two

year:

Soma

the

of

the
Nara

winter

altar.

^The fifth

season.

sacrificial enclosure, the


of

front

Jo-bab, the gates


Night

singers

and

year,

Mill,

and

of

speakers
the

pourers

of
of

Yasnat

i.

10

S.B.E., vol. xxxi.

p.

198, vol. iv.

Eggeling, Sat, Brah,,

the
The

Day.

own

the

seventh, the

truth,

the

two

libations

Darmcsteter,

Zendavesta

p. 23, note

iii. 9, i, 4

"

and

23 ;

fire

mother-

gates

of

the
the

pillars

Bab-el

The
two

of

two

Semitic

the

the

sacrificial

or

the

The

the

fathers

Kushika

lit

body,
the

Barhis

Gemini,

stars

seasons

summer

men,

Idah,

invokes

temples,

four

Indian

door-posts, and

two

God,

the

to

stanza

Phoenician

the

the
his

(4) The

allotted

grass

of

Icjior

of autumn.

rains

Kusha

The

(3)

ruling

spring. (2)

praised of

Shamsa,

stanzas

gods

the

the

{napdt) of

son

stanzas

sacrificial flame

the

winds

fires.

first four stanzas

sacrifice

of

of
was

year

eleven

the

The

of

last

thirteen

to

year.

gods

the

Rigveda, recited

and

addressed

the

erected

national

the

the

in

year

the

the

the

in

twelve

West

burning

of

god

kindling sticks

or

of

close

hymns
the

this

ground,

to

tied;

were

(i) Agni, the god

of the

of

sacrificed

invoked

to

of

consecrated

the

are

summon

Tanu-napat,

goddess

'

earth's

existence

year

thirteen-months

self-produced or
the
burning on

'

the

the

in

sacrificial stakes

Agni 2, the

and
sacrifices,

of the

the

of

Soma

ruled

first

hymns

wind-god

the

this

who

of the

and

of these

twins

gods of the

life-givingrain

the

victims

of

gods

eight out

at the

in

Soma,

or

the

say,

mortar

eleven

of

eleven

months

These

seats

the

of

the

end

east

the

Varuna,
of

in

the

ruling

evidence

months

which

the

of

plant *, the

or

holy Haoma

is to

; that

storage

further

eleven

to

the

of life.

sap

of

in which

mortar

299

or

sixth, the
the

Hotars,

of

originalseasons
distributors

Vendidad

of rain.

Fargard,

iii.

i.

S.B.E., vol. xxvi. pp. 2l8-*22i.

History and

300

SarasvatI, the

three

Tvashtar, the
weeks

and

all

the

and

who

god

left behind
of

offers

who

the

called

mark

in
of

phallic Hermae
in the
the

the

in whose

god

of

sun-god

altars

admitted

not

the

built,

were

These

into

stanzas

history of

to

the

of

Tvashtar,

the

heralds
and

tree

the

the

year,

of the

the

152,

'

This

and

years

of

three

whence

153,

of

200,

199,

note

Khadira
were

Essay iii.,p. 161

Eggeling,

vol. xxvi. p. 90, note

time

parent-gods.
past religious

of

the

the

After

5, i. 7, 3,

ship
wor-

Pole

the

of the

as

motherof two

year

of the three-seasons-

gate

of the

year,
the

by

round

and

the

of

worship

who
stellar-year,

Hotars,

two

"

offerings were

the

twins

of

the

Gardens

cycle-year
I

"

9;

Night
of

Agni,
vol.

S.B.E.,

xii.

2"202.

tree

made.

sun-bird

seasons

dolmen

the

the

of the

seasons.

the

i. 5, 4,

whom

the

mother-goddesses

four

Brdh.^

SaL

is the

sacrificial stake

two

composed,

is followed

god

the

door-posts

the

This

the

offered,

were

were

earlier

with

those

of

of this eleven-months

ritual

Star

Argo

hymns

of

as

of

god

sacrifices

record

beginning

Pole

only

for

with

up

facsimile

the

of the

2.

he

North

set

blood-stained

us

be

to

gnomon-stone

seen

the

Asuras

made

was

the

and

Eggeling,

pp.

these

rain-guardians ;

Day,
God,

honour

primitive gods

came

seasons,

animal

in the

the

Pleiades

the

sent

have

whom

country,

the sacrificial stake

of the

This,

before

mother-tree, whence,

which

sun-circle

set

The

Northern

the

the

in

rose

god

whose

the

Hail,

or

stanzas.

of

god

"

is the

and

^paii)

eleventh

The

previous

is the

who

Northern

lord

the

of Svaha

cry

Chuttisgurh,

hymns

days, nights,

Svishta-krit, meaning

He

Greece.

ninth,

The

Satapatha Brahmana,

called

god

that

the

MahT, Ida,

or

mother-tree.

the

the

said, in

is

weapon,"

boundary

in

invoked

ithyphallicHermes,

was

by

obey

right sacrifice.

his raised

named

measured

tenth, Vanaspati,

cattle,Rudra,

immigrants,
the

time

who

gods

not

were

god

The

year.

(vanas),the primaeval

summons

the

of

creator

Orion's

of

seasons

years.

of the wood

of

Bharati

eighth,the three mother-goddesses

The

and

Chronology

{Acacia

ccUechu) of which

Hewitt, Ruling
Sat,

Si 91, 151.

Rcues

Brdh,, iii.4,

the

of Prehistoric

I, 19, 22,

fire socket

and

Times, vol. i.,

iii. 6, 2,

12

S.B.E.,

History

30^

but
dosci)^
of

sons

of

PitQdslru

the

the

entrails

of

fire

spits made

on

wood^.

Brahmana,
instituted

elevens

three

into

Northern

ruling the
had

The

of

cycle

placed

the

also

is

will

the

in

months

eleven

stanzas

kindling
of the

'

of

the

three

Eggeling,

vol. xii. pp.

392,

Brah.,

Ibid., iii. 8, 3, 29;

Clarke, Roxburgh's

original ram
of

in water,

tuft

the

Cheroos
hence

and

triangle.

the

ing
roast-

called

tree

it

of the
and
was

was

Gumi,
ern
NorthKaurs.

valuable

3.

of

the

xxvi.

S.B.E.,

vol.

pp.

also

are

year

Samidheni
also

125,

194,

xxvi. p. 207.

indica^ p. 486.

commemorated

hymn
in

the

which

ii. 5, 2, 5, iii. 5, 2, 14,

Flora

three-

the

Hence

Gosain,
the

congeners

of this

i, 393,

'

the

ritual

the

house-pole, Gumi
later

by

nurtured

fragrant reed-grass

is

It

god

the

on

tree

wether.

and

year's fires,and

note

the

(Jri)praises [stubh),in
Sat.

the

it were

pine-treeof

the

[Gmelina arborea) supplying

timber

eleven

instituted

pine-treetwigs forming

rot

never

ship-building
The

portions,

week.

looked

of

of

gods,

significant.

their

who

sacrifice

this

influence

altar,with

and

as

who

little doubt

be

of the

days

born

bdellium

with

sacred

Its wood

Asuras,

into

can

tree, and

in

sexless

furnishing the
Miles

and
sun-ram,

Karshmarya-tree
spits

$atapatha

gods of the thirty-three

the

to

that those

us

But

the

hair
the

on

the

of the

originallyworshipped

the

as

under

wethcr*s

of

tells

Varuna.

of

become,

years

performed

only specifiedportions

There

eleven

mother-cave

year

rains

the

the

who

race

the

Cybele,

and

ritual

whole

The

offered

were

month

of the

days

ritual ".

as

original sacrifice,thirty-three portions divided

the

in

that,

later

in

sacrifice

whole

arborea)

{Gmelina

orginalritual

the

Northern

the

at

sacrifice

year-gods, whereas

the

in

roasted

priests is admitted,
the

the

enclosing Ae

membrane

animal

to

pine-tree of

the

and

KSrshmarya

the

divided

of the

divided

were

of

Vedic

it and

for each

one

the

differ from

to

the

offered,is

of

ritual

by the orthodox

Cybele

omentum,

animals

The

{Pinus Deodard), sacred

mother

the

Also

Phrygia.

wood

Northern

Chronology

and

Tristubh

each

18, iii. 8,
note

ff.

at

sung

line

2,

16"28

the

metre

contains

S.B.E.

the

of
eleven

hymn

la

the

Marduk,

or

the

of

grove

called

there

Tin-tir, the

the eleven- fold

dragon-mother
And

cloud.

Year
of

it

the

and

last

of heaven

The

in the
the

Esther

the

moon-god,
of

who

Mordecai,

the

great

the

and

female

months

year-god

''

the

of

of

an

the

was

note

"

New

eight-days week

his

said

to

over

the eleven

under

sit

another

on

VII.,
that

throne

as

become,

according

the

Bible

the

the altar.
of the

form

i. 3, 5, 5, i. 4,

i,

and

ten

Haman,
the

on

calf of

It is she

his

epoch,

story, niece

the

sun

Khamman

crucified

and

double-

form

conquering

and

the

female

Baal

or

horned-

39;

"

sons,
as

of

Vash-

Mordecai,
and

moon-

s, the

green

the

eleven

the

deposed

equinoctial

S.B.E.,

the
the

king of Shushan,

of the

of Vashti, the

on

Sayce,

the

the

Marduk,

or

wife

of

Dr.

to

is of

version

Merodach

Istar, who,

to

that

Book

the

in

goddess
wedded

offspring

-fold

form,

Akkadian

abandoned

Eggeling, Sat. Brah.,

the

this year,

goat-god,

year,

and

of

Haman

overcame

pillar of Uzof,

102,

male

bird

the

day of

of the

day

Karnaim,

Susi-nag, in place

god, who

'

last

eleventh

sun-maiden

ishtha, the burning fire

are

eleven-days week

the

is,in

becomes

double-horn,

They

3.

is

god

"

king

Chapter

Ashtoreth

She

4.

and

in

ritual, has

Semitic

Babylon

men,

described

told,

evening-star,the

horn

the

earth

also

is

Esther.

of

eighth and

victory of Bel Merodach

Tiamat

of

son

to

Rigveda,

offspring of Tiamat,

sun-god,

and

the

of

form

the

TiSmat

gives good

the

Sarna

months,

day of the

fire and

Bely the

king

fifteen

of

year

who
of

in

livingthings (tid),the original rain^

the

on

was

of

F.estivalat Babylon,
the

of

(w^/)

Assyrian

Agni

of

between

combat

he

Silik-mulu-khi, meaning

303

spoken

are

the

the

the
household-fire-god,

of

Age,

months

describing

Merodach

and
of

These

syllables".

Akkadian

Myth-Making

vol.

cross

xii. pp.

96,

113.

Lenormant,

Chaldaan

Sayce, Hibbcrt

Magic

Lectures

Ibid., Lect.

Movers,

Die

iv. pp.

chap. xiii. pp.

for 1887,

Assyrians, chap, xi.,Religion,


4

Lect.

vi.

p. 247.

256, 257,

Phonitier, vol.

note

i. pp.

i.

394"396,

190"195.
p.

382

Ibid., Babylonians

and

of the
in

and

History

304
of

year-god

the

of

year

St.

George's

Cross

his

daily progress

they brought

Thus

'.

sun-god, heralded

the

evening stars, in

Chronology

the

by

the

through

and

morning
heavens

on

the cloud'Sun-horse.
The

of ancient

custom

of the

stars

coloured

historical

dream

stars

described

wild

cow,

of

He

went

crescents.
stars

of

Ani.

of

the

of

stars

Great

the

down
in

of

fountain
the

the

As

4.

of
the

triple-monster
its

with

serpent

god

him

by striking the

earth

of

Hippocrene

of

healing

distributed

'

Sachau, Alberuni's

'

Gen.

R.

xxxvii.

Brown,

swell

to

9,

the

stars

seven

ruled

cycle-

the

Akkadian

Vajjian

stellation
con-

god

on

its

victory

with

his
as

hoof

of

Chronology of Ancient

The

jun., F.S.A.,

Eggeling, Sat. Brah.,

Berard, Origine

des

v.

Cnltes

Primitive

Constellations
^

3, 5, 3 ;

S.B.E.,

vol.

fountain

holy

Arcadiens^ ii.,Les

vol. ii. pp.


81.

Dresses,

p.

116.

wells

throughout

p. 274.

xli. p.

lion,

flying-

10.

the

sun-horse,

the

worship

Nations

of

hinder-part

first of the

the

objects

like

the

made

by

Raphon,

slayer
its

was

of the

opened

fore-part

goat, and

tiger-

year

Baal

the

was

of the

sons

three-years cycle.

the

as

the

it is the

He

of

forth

Papynis

Horus, the

Hippocrene,

with

of the

eleven

these

consecrated

of

head

secured

which

horse
who

the

"

the

lunar-

by

of

the

Phoenician

"

Version)

of Leah, the

sons

of

of

son

(New

and

sun-horse

healings.

Chima^ra

the

middle-part

like

of

god

of the

Egyptian

seen,

India

the

Bellerophon,

form

striped-dog 3, the tiger-father

of

the

many*

where

four

is that

of the

measured

the

have

well, that

or
{trTjyrj)

horse

meaning

of

of

Licchavis,

rulers

year

horns

the

the

and

the
year

4x.

we

Pegasus

Mallis

17

Pegasus

as

or

xxxiii.

Egypt,

as

appear

tiger {vidghrd)^ the


skin

into

the

eleven

eleventh

the

ox,

the

Vignette

Lik-barra

Indian

of

constellation

year

of
of

god

Bear, which,

This

year.

wild

the

the

there

They

the

of

depicted

are

four

horns

those

is

name

Deuteronomy

in

the

having

as

the coat

interpreter, was

or

to

star-gods,the

wore

Joseph, whose

".

according

became,

astronomy,

Joseph who

of

Assyrian Asipu,
Jacob,

of this year

months

eleven

68, 69.

of the Myth' Making

Europe

and

Asia, the

made

holy well

in this

see

The

of

king

the

goddesses

of

^pv)t

and

of

the

office

the

Strophades

solstitial

changes

Phineus,

was

cycle-year,for

interrupted

from

the

the

their

storm-bird

Cheiron,

was

gentle hand
the

salves, and

"

"

the

Ilnd.,

vol.

ii.,Essay

QoHsteitations^vol. i. p. 49

called

the
the

on

solstice

summer

with

Argo

The

god

Harpies

were

the

marking
the
sun

of

Andromeda,

of

the

sea-eagle
-god

born

the

nician
Phoe-

(Adam)

red

changed

was

Jason

the

Vivasvan,

the

and

from

west
North-

Perseus,

Monsoon

South-west

Pindar

by

the

taught

viii.,p.

the

of

tutor

the

massage

into

race.

Perseus

by

teacher

stone-

and

Jason
of

use
so

with

213;

R.

drugs,

extensively

Brown,

jun., F.S.A.,

Hartland, Legend of Perseus


X

vol.
y

the

iEsculapius,

TimeSy vol. ii.,Essay viii.,


pp.

of Prehistoric

driven

and

god,

hand

turbers
dis-

and

^,

practise of

Hewitt, Ruling Races

with

the

of the

sun-physician,who

tivals.
religious fes-

North-east

This

wedding,

and
(x^ip),

of

Kalais,

day.

star-mother

the

god, the gnomon-stone


It

and

sun

competitor

Adamath,
He

of

half-starved

and

Hindu

the

time

Zetes

of

sun

of

sea-eagle ((^m9

turning islands, those

or

of the

gods

were

by

They sailed
of

the

series

the

the

the

emblems

mother-cloud-bird

North,
of

succeeded

the

of time

(vi) lightsnight

two

the

the

half-horse,

eat, and

annual

time-rulers

form

(las),a

to the

from

of

winds

the

who

were

to

measurement

North-east.

healer

sent

his

and

of the

Phineus,

at

of

of Boreas, the

the

sians
Mile-

the sun-horse, the

on

one

attempted

troublers

usurped
winds,

of

Harpies,

he

yearly

risingin

Irish

(XaTr XaiXa*^), whose

storm

pecked

the

sons

the

the

is, interrupted

These

their

the

Centaur, half-man

cycle-year. They

whenever

that

him,

of

the

rider

sun-worshippers

the three

buileted

or

of

sons

were

years

who

healing-god,the
race

the

Lapithae,
three

which

near

Sun-physician,

of Cheiron, the

prototype
the

30 5

their settlements.

B.

We

Age.

i. p. 3.

oil

and

used

in

190,

199.

Primitive

History and

3o6
India

Centaur

medical

the

of

The

^.

introduced

race

Cheiron

Cheiron
his

on

dwelt,

which

marriage

creating

centre-pole
which

the Great

as

and

supporter

world-house

armour,

could

wield

world's

ash-tree

of

evidence
the

the

wells

and
of

the

the

knowledge

the

oil of Asia

sun-horse
of

the

natural

Minor

spear
the

of

revolving world's-tree

first Centaur
the

rain-bow-god,

Centaurs

in

Pirithous,

the

with

their

Pind., Nem.y

Hi. 55

the

to

of

the

South

the

use

to the

and

of the

fire-drillof

the

of the

arrow

of the heavenly
(e/auo))

the

whose
the

was

Lapithse
Pole

moon-goddess

Star
tamer

who

god
the

god,

bow,

descended

bow

at

of

formed

wielders

Jews,

Krishanu,

with

shippers
wor-

of sorcery

age

superseded the

revolving-one, the

Hippodameia,

the

Eurytos

4.

battle

of

drawer

Indian

the

Orion

or

were

which

Eurytos, the

Odusseus

warriors

Shelah

the

Northern

of cautery which
the

Northern

story of

the

preferable

practice in

the

Pegasus of the

the

remedies

of the
; and

Yggdrasil
of

his

wore

stem

brought

the system

and

Cheiron,

the

was

first

medical

as

These

who

origin

it

of Pelion,

top

plant remedies, and

of medical

ground-work

witchcraft.

who

the

the horse

that

proves

magical incantations

'

ash

the

to

as

heavens, the

the

was

the

spear-bearingsun-god riding on

fountains

to

spear

Edda,

furnished

thus

of

Patroclus

even

This

3.

on

mighty ashen-spear,

from

cut

not

mountain

Thetis, the Southern

with

Potter

fire-drill

Greek,

Cheiron

potter'sclay (inyXof),

of the

god

{thith)^the

the

use

".

mud

of

the

of

Kentaurion

the

of

other

no

the

Greece

into

Pelion, the

famous

was

Peleus,

to

gave

mother-goddess
the

the

febrifuge,called

(X^ipdviov K"VTavpiov)yfor
which

Chronology

the

led

wedding of
of

son

of horses.

Ixion,
It

was

"

iSaOv/i^ra Xflpay rpd"pt \t6lytp


"laaov
rhy

Hewitt, Ruling
^

Mannhardt,

Horn.

vol.
*

Races
Antike

Iliad^

xvi.

tvZov reyti

'A"rK\rjTi6tf

ipapfidKoty
8^5a(6fxaXaKSx^ipftvofiov.
of Prehistoric
Wald

139

i.,Essay vi.,pp. 526


Homer,

xal drtirtk

"

"

und
144;

530.

Odyssey ^ viii. 224 ff.

vol.

Times
^

Fcld

KuUQr^

Hewitt,

i.,Essay vi., pp.


Part

Ruling

ii.
Races

chap.

521

ii. pp.

"

526.

47,48.

of Prehistoric

Times^

of the Myth-Making
then

that

the

like

changed,
cycle-year i.

was

The

the

the Ekadas

from

brought

from

It

this

with

birth, and
with

oil

as

oil that

the

help of

of this

of

the

Kayasth

enjoined

In this the

king

is anointed

Kesari millet,was
references

the

to

Mahabharata

of the

Ravana

in

ointment

IhtjynXy
from

the

Homer,

'

the

Sesamum,

and

Telis

Odyssey^ xxi. 295

the

303

"

ritualistic

the

not

in

even

water

ritual

pure

ceremonies

with

holy

not

fried

king's
of

rubbed
with

and

black

in the

oldest

rice

head
Rama

given
the

to

is

ghi

in the

ten-headed
the

holy

clarified butter.

or

is that

make

can

over

oil ; and

co-adjutors4, and

his

and

oil 2.

Raja-suya sacrifice.

ceremony

orthodox

oil which

of

any

priest

with

in

of oil is ascribed

cycle-age

the

see,

marriage

the

coronation
use

marriages by

in the

grass,

on

Kshatriya

smeared

are

riage
mar-

called the

Kusha

poured
The

3.

bride

antelope, and

black

with

mixed

In the

Satapatha Brahmana,

king'scoronation,
of

shall

we

is oil used
in the

their

after

themselves

the

writer, and

Til,

Orientate).

anoint

arrange

occur

those of the

this water,

oil called

is anointed

women,

is, as
and

not

nor

him with the horn

gods. They

holy

child

or

of which

bridegroom

Brahmins,

ceremonies

and

men

of the

oil-men, who

or

precaution against disease.

of oil does

use

the

Hindu

barber, who

the

the

age,

But this

both

castes, both

warrior

or

the Telis

he

knowledge

plant [Sesamum

every

of the

ceremonies

medical

new

India

Sesamum

the

medical

of

to

off,and

cut

were

gnomon"stone-god

of this

caste

Minor

everyone,

the

307

worshippers of eleven

or

Asia

extracted
IS

of the

Eurytus

into

into India

founders

called

of

ears

Phineus,

introducers

were
are

and

nose

Age,

extracted
is

antiquity of the

caste

Hewitt, Ruling

of Prehistoric

Races

proved

Times,

i., Essay vi., pp. 555, 521.

vol.

and

Risley, Tribes

'

Castes

of Bengal

vol. i.,
^

Kayasth, pp.447,

448, vol. ii.,

188.

Rajput, p.
3
Eggeling,
I

2,

"

4 ;

Sat,

Brah,, Abhishechanlya,

S.B.E., vol. xli. pp. 94"96

or

Consecration

Mahabharata

Vana

Ceremony,

Biahabharata

Vana

(Draupadi-harana) Parva,
X

cclxxix.

4,

{Draupadi-harana)

Panra, cclxxviii. pp. 820, 821.


4

v.

pp. 826,

827.

History and

3c8

by their worship of
five

of

gods

Goraya,

it,and

the

the

all

flower

These

flower-mother

by

circlet

the

heavenly

She

was

avBos^ a

flower

first two

Telis

the

The

^.

with

Baal

Bahal, spelt with

god

(el) Bagh,

turmeric

and

brides

butter

in

bridegrooms
clarified

or

Rajput
Purana

be

to

builders

looked
and

The

were

eleven
of

Kui-loka

the
or

Risley,

of

the
of

and

the

root

same

how

the

the

lists of

they belonged

the

houses

Telis

were

Orissa,

the

who

ghi

and

and

Vaivartha

castes, and

to

from

Hindu

Kayasth

the

to

be

Ghorami

the

and

potters

of

oil

Brahma

in the

of

Brahmin

anoint
with

of

out

the

to

to

said

descended

gh of the

them

made

used

of

acorn-tree

former

sacred

those

or

Etymologies No.
Castes

who

races

Great

Potter,

3.

also

the

eleven

conquering
trace

their

race

descent

local
of

the
from

304.

of Bengal^ Brahmans,

Ibid., vol. ii. pp. 306"309;


vol. i.,Essay ii" pp. 85"87,
3

in

mountain-people,

Curtius, Griechische
Tribes

are

say,

sun-

tree-mother-

or

it is mixed

2; and

as

Kandhs

is

first builders

gods

plant

anointing

is to

the

the

Kumhar

themselves

on

who

gods

; that

the

She

garden.

Telis

the

by the goddess Bhagavati,the


the

eleventh

the

from

descended
or

The

castes.

from

of the

legendary history tells

which

race,

crown-

turner

the

ain, implying

Persian

yellow

or

of

nut

yellow paste,

or

Vaishya

the

an

the

(phagd)^ the

fruit

edible

the

iCsculapius,

form

Teli
made

were

tree

of

year's

the

Crow-goddess

Greek

the

is derived

name

of the

blossoms,

Akshi-van,

or

Hindus

the

by
marked

of fresh

of

carried round

reminiscences

who

year,

variant

whose

goddess Athene,

Their

prized for sacred

worn

are

mother

is

most

are

and

Ixion
the

and

axle,

physician.

the

garlands

flowers

of

sister

those

succession

of

coronet

or

or

boundary-god

offer pigs.
priests,

the bride

as

the

Pirs

{Liriodendron grandiflora),

are

of

perpetual

Koronis,

as

flowers

religious ceremonies,

ancient
circle

sits

bridegroom

Panch

the

and

their

Chumpa-tree

Chumpa

garlands.
at

the

the

gods, and

the Dosadhs,

is

which

eleven

the

primaeval week,

whom

to

mother-tree
on

the

Chronology

Hewitt,

Ruling

vol. i. p.
Races

of

149.
Prehistoric

TimeSy

History and

310

home

of the

the

of Gandhara,

land

Northern

Kushite

hundred

the

she

race,

the

on

of the

country

the wet

plains

Kushite

India

to

hundred

the

which
and

egg

which

modem
the

Helmund,

descend

fertilise

to

five rivers of the

the

Indus

sons^

is the

birth-place

waters,

the

in

birth

mother-river

accumulated

of

{dhara) land, the parent-

gave

Their

Kauravyas.

Kandahar

Chronology

Punjab.
They
womb.

from

born

were

When

Vyasa, the

with

one-hundred

the

hundred

original form

the

of

(sJiata)creators,

the

hundred.

were

They
of the

They

each

were

became

the

covered

up

at

ass

the

of

in

of the
The

the

of

was,

as

to

sun-horse

and

eleven

ruling

were

to

in

their

like

brayed

of the

son

of

divisions

mother's

the

race

born

two

and

travelling

The

afterwards,

the

womb,

drawn

from

car

by mules,
union

the

3.

months

of

this

Druidism, Encyc. Brit.^ Ninth

year

in

India

Edition, vol.

vii.

'

Macdonald,

Mahabharata

Adi

{SamdAava) Parva,

Mahabharata

Adi

( fatugriha) Parva, cxlvii pp. 430, 431.

Dushala.

Kauravyas,

butter.

the

they

gestation,marked

the

learn

kept

were

the

ex.,

cxv.

pp.

328,

329,

thus

and

time

four

the

of

clarified

butter,

be

Tyre

at

who

to

of

Picts,the

the

daughter

Anguineum

which

of

ass

months

belong
ass

end

him

showing

we

meaning

They

and

hundred

of the

Herakles

Duryodhana,

was

they

jars

him

the

parturition

which

the

cow-mother.

sons

lunar

of

clarified

of

jar

three-legged

ten

the

showing

thus

sons

children

Hekate,

of

temple

at

hundred

of the

Duryodhana

the

years,

of

during
two

birth, thus

of

years

years

as

his

which, each
four

into
of

two

of the

cycle-year

the

the

{dru) priests of

tree

thumb*

the

to

forming the

snakes

in

up

put

for

eldest

an

the

of

that

or

goddess

the

children

life

to

came

The

hung

egg

Sata-vaesa,

divided

according

hundred

the

Greek

Druids,

were,

of Dhrita-

It then

size

of

orders

father

life.

in her

years
the

by

the

They

myth,

called

Argo,

of

about

snakes.

two

Draco,

water

parts^ each

Naga

constellation

the

lay

was,

egg

constellation

uniter, the

into

snake's

the

produced

rashtra, sprinkled

Ovum

an

appear

p. 477.

337

"

339.

tlu

of
in

also

the

eleven

{dirghd) of

age

eleven

sons

of

god

the

socket

the

He

is said

of

moon

said

have

to

horse

made

In

*.

words,

the

Phoenician

he

sha) feet, the ruling god


He

of

son

the

called, in

is

the

was

in

Cancer

seen

on

p. 207, and

of

the

the

{Pushyd)

Hindu
of

god

the

Shaktri,

Shukra
the

of

the

Shatum

hundred
of

ruling god

the

the

he

was

cursed

by Shaktri

and

who

say,

he

invisible

the

between

Pole
*

Star

Mahabhirata

had

Pole

Star

in

Vega

the

dadha)

Parva, xxi. p.

ramhka)

Parva, xvii.

p.

the

the

Pole

as

in

the

sun

of

the

age

of

of

Parva,

Vashishtha,

in

Shakra,

Buddhist

That
the

when

345,

Rg.

is to

interval
and

B.C.

316, Sabha

'

mad

by Vishvamitra,

during

p.

The

became

god,

10,000,

Parva, cxvii.

age

became

gods.

15,000

p.

valents
equi-

of these

also

cycle-year.

civ.

the

Devaloko,

Star

have

first month

eldest

the

Star

B.C.

we

sons,

rain, called

Cygnus

Vulture,

63, Udyoga
55.

when

deserted

ruled

(Sambhava)

Adi

god

thirty-three Tavatimsa
Pole

moon-god,

the

The

close

the

the

the

became

of

the

Paushya,

hundred

Maharajaka

star-king, Kalmashapada,
when

the

his

of Su-dasa

son

solstice,as

Push

in

Mahabharata,

story, Saudasa,

of Gandhari.

at

sun-

spotted {kalma-

daughter

god

{Shuk) god
who,

his

winter

ruled

sons

wet

Sakko,

or

the

altar-flame,and

hundred

of

(j"),and

the

He

year.

of the
was

became

are

of the Greek

the

the

with

sun's

at

the

of the

hoof

starry heaven,

birds

the

wedded

bull-

of Sura

vessels

in

given

forms

variant

(ddshan)

ten

who

Pushan,

of the

of the

Ashvins

the

counterpart

story of king Kalmashapada

in the

was

Raphon.

is

age

these

Kaushika,

the

opened by

Baal

father

the

hundred

the

his

of

revolving-pole of the

Rigveda
a

was

history of this

further

well

other

Bellerophon,

the

long

three-eyed

of

of Chandra-

Kakshivan

the

eldest

Gautama,

In

the

1 1

moon

mother

Shiva,

the

father

'.

for

flow from

to
{spirits)

the

be

to

Kushikas

the

of

son

the

and

stars

The

the

[kaksJux)of

earth, also called the


race.

of

three-years cycle,and

Kakshivat,

the

time.

sister

Ushlnarl,

was

of

rulers

Dirghatamas,

(tafnas)^when

the

as

Age.

blind

of the

sons

darkness

worshipped

were

Myth- Making

no

the

Pole

{Jardsandha-

Sabha

i. 116, 7.

(Raj as

uy

a-

History

and

during this

age

312

Star

seen

was

sun-horse.
Star

It

god
of

god

of

twelve

the

when

years,

was

begotten by Vashishtha

the

of

{para) cloud,

and

which

of

he

next

Chapter
The

the

the

maker

the

beginning

the

'

the

the

"

god,

shall

we

as

see,

subject of

the

part, of Fa,

the

victory

the

birth

as

Gautama,

year

{Chitra-rcUha) Parva,

of

his

in

was

last

rain-clouds,
were

sup*

3.
-

god

as

Veda

called

also

the

development

Utanka

Orion

Ash-

before

Parikshit, and

of

hunter-star
career

it is told in

and

later

of the

god

weave),

to

last in the

Utanka

head.

in

appears

of

one
4

clxxviii., clxxix.

Know-

or

pp.

the

504,

51I1

521.
Adi

(Chitra-ratha) Parva, clxxx.


Parashara, which

and
to

appear
fire

spoken
also

by Aurva,

cast
to

be

have

Mahabharata

Ashvamedha

Mahabharata

Adi

Iviii. pp.

145

"

is obscure

called

155.

in parts of the

Parashara,

in
into

the

end

the

sea

The

story where
of
to

clxxxii.,
destroy

of the sun-horse.

(Anugi"a) Parva, Iv.

{Paushya)

clxxxii.,pp. 512-517.

"

of, is clearly shown

the head

become

"

hanging
over-

thigh ("#")

of the

and

Pandava

the

his

of

Adi

is said

Parva, Ivi.

Adrishyanti,

first part of

The

horse's

the

by

began

Aurva

the

years'

twelve

of

son

son

circling-sun,the

before

water

Mahabharata

where

("/

weaver

Krishna

by

p. 519

the world

to

(asAma), who

mythic history

Mahabharata,

disciples

mothers

this

the

Mahabharata

two

after

birth

gave

eight-days week,

of

first

identity of

Shata-dni

river

Parashara, the

the

was

of time.

gathered

clxxxiv.
'

the

Parikshit, the

plied with
three

the

Bear, the thigh of Set, the ape,

web

made

He

Vashishtha,

after

the

the

of the

sun-god with

which

born

Aurva,

of

Parva, after

avatar

of

oiily returned

Shaktri, called

He

meaning

story of Utanka,

of

the

wife

born

was

the

sons

hundred

gnomon-stone

', and

Great

of

the

birth

the

Pole

I 2.

inner

vamedha

and

bom.

was

year

VI

springs,

son

of

stars

the

this

[adrika) wife

seven

from

god

the

With

rock

to

of

Ashmaka,

the

fled

of the

head

wandering

sacrifices.

Kalmashapada's

son,

pregnancy.

the

all

human

hundred

the

that

and

sacred-fire,then

the

[Sutlej)

offered

and

of the

of the year

period

Shaktri

devoured

Vashishtha,

this

in

was

Chronology

Parva, iii. pp.

p.

145.

51*" 59t Ashvamedha

(Anugita)

Age.

of the Myth' Making

he

But

he

when

ledge,

became
and

year,

not

the

to

hen, that

the

the

is to

his
of

and

afterwards

to

He

agreed

bring

to

that

as

the

and

lunar

proved
"

and

ear-rings, was
of

the

moon-bull,

as

leader

when

his

wife

of

gods
the

of

eleven-months

the

of

fruits

Vilva

them

(whence Nala,
the

months)
up

by the

as

the

the

earth

the

Greek

'

'

fell

package

snake-god
of

sun

to

the

Rg. vi. 58,

of

4,

in

the
the

X.

85,

Hindu

the

the

ground,

sign-marks
went

obtained

picked
beneath

went

Orpheus,

as

to

recover

9.

Mahabharata

Ashvamedha

Mahabharata

Adi

{AnugUa)

[^Paushya) Parva

Parva, Ivii. 2$, p.


iii. pp.

54, 55.

of

year

underground

it

Hades

was

of his year,
to

the

belericd)

of

and

Utanka

solstice.

eating

god

got

antelope-

was

took

him

ruling
he

when

Damayaritl,

who

made

became

{Tenninalia

him

the

on

Paushya,

black

he

and

the

Ribhus,

the

Utanka,

the

While

making
to

to

Utanka,

up

Takshaka,

winter

recover

form

moon-bull.

story of Nala

in the

of calculation,

powers

the

Arjuna-tree

or

offerer

sanctify

to

the

and

cycle-year,

urine

the

to

giant

its

years.

stars

fetch

Dirghatamas,

antelope-sun-god.

the

the

said

bull

of

The

ear-rings

and

ear-rings, wrapped

skin

the

the

given

Dhritarashtra

the

of

of

Year

New

had

Shiva
drink

and

beings

solstice.

is

the

to

on

were

are

of

rays

first month

the

winter

dung

of the

like

blind,

the

at

they

went

of human

devourer

three-eyed

its

eat

the

the

he

called

months

the

of

course

when

the

ear-rings

giant god riding

sacrifices, ruling

Utanka

these

description, for

Utanka,

by

met

beginning

year,

the

Utanka.

also

Saudasa,

That

their

2."

Paushya,

human

of

of

brightly at night, attracting the

constellations

house

wife

marking

indubitably by

shine

to

the

Paushya,*

or

mother-in-law

his

to

the

in

called

S here

was

Ahalya,

wedded

was

Kalmashapada

moon-god

Kalmashapada.

crescents

who

cycle-

till he

his wife

and

present

ear-rings of Madayanti,
Paushya

Gautama

seasons.

the

youthful strength

is to

the

Soma,

of three

year

vigour during

sun-maiden,

first to Pushan,

Rigveda

lost his

regain

daughter

the

of

god

decrepit and

did

wedded

the

was

313

50.

his

History and

314
bride

Eurydice, who,

had

been

the

nether

the

revolutions

On

arriving there

by

the

by

with

when

the

mounted
These

the

head

whole

story has

of the

reckoning

was

the

be
six

of the

six

epoch
that

thus

upper

ear-ringsto

the

bride

Utanka's

the

sun-horse,

black

the

That

Risfveda.

the

proved by

world, while

two

time

the

women,

with

turned

its black

by

six

of

the

year,

week,

the

six

Day

of

Yearns

shown,

of the

but

for the

said

who

and

in

days,

threads,

white

and

Aditya

sights

the

waiting
nights

boys,

the

poem

originally

were

beginning-gods

or

eleven -months
the

show

in

proceed

New

Year's

to

Day

evidence

Mahabharata

Adi

Parva, Iviii. p. 154.

to

of the
of

three

of

363 days
fixed

Parva,

iii. p.

57,

that

horse's head
I

years,

year's

was

for the

year.

evidence,

black

part of the

what

the date

{Paushya)

year

of

chain

cycle-year

of this year
as

i/ie deven-montlis

long

this

by

succeeding

now

of

New

The

Having

The

the

Rigveda.

C.

was

the

is further

nether

saw

seasons

of

days

of

year,

the

of time

wheel

the

Dadhiank

the

there

cloth

the

weaving

the

of
in

He

ear-rings.

riding

restore

mythological meaning, giving the history

by Utanka

them

ear-rings of

the

offered

of the eleven-

reached

take

to

suffocated

incense

made

he

to

account,

one

according

that

and

horse

moon-god

the

whose

to

the

ass, and

when

aiding

revolving-pole

tail ', who

of

head,

black

became

became

he

the

He,

Utanka.

white

smoke

horse's

the

ear-rings to

Ahalya.

the

the

smoke,

of

year

earth,

to

with

Southern

thunderbolts

Indra, and

god

god of the cycle-year of

months

seen

horse

the

reached

He

of the

mansions

helped, according

was

horse,

heel.

staff,the fire-drill of the

he

black

Nagas
the

and

bit her

underground

of his

with

man

another

the

the

earth,

which

year-gods, by the help of Indra's

Naga

to

year-goddess, the sun-maiden,

the

as

by the snake

killed

Chronology

must

circle

the

fixed.

beginning

Ashvamedha

of the

{Anugita)

the

of
nan
an

the

on

IS, of

day

the

horse's

Ides, the

the

surface
i

of

year

the

there

was

Campus

hoofs

killed,according

carried

Id

be

only
the

on

rdian

of the

ional

house,

ivhich

the

tail
the

off and

of

men

hey

won,

of

the

ed

Via

Sacra

the

Regia

the
on

and

lower
the

on

his

New

Year's

ded

with

the

the

lan

Campagna.

nepsion (October
Iso

They

a-vali, the

to

Pole
1

the

/. Warde

Fowler,

olyb., De

Bello Punicoy

V. Wardc

Fowler,

The

The

end

Roman
12,
Roman

of

place

between

placed it,

; and

it

Suburra,

Star
of

5th

Ashvin

was

of

October

the

in
the

on

New
the
or

corres-

of

Apollo
or

grape

Festivals^Mensis

vine
in the

15th

October.

of

Year's

of the

Day

stars, which

begins

(September

October, pp. 240"250.

46.
Festivals^Mensis

of

beginning

the

Assin

the

age.

Pyanepsion

held

Hindu

the

by

festival still celebrated

circling(pali) lamps,

days before

of the Mord-

head

the

head

representative of

home

were

the

The

Palatine, who

the

November),

"

exactly

answers

the hearth,

on

gable-horse

the

bringing

of Dionysos,
(ocr/co9),

central

head-man,

use.

for it took

of the

ches

3.

daughters,who

drip

to

festivals of the

Oscaphoria, or

his

region of

Manilia,

Greek

the

hall

the

Munda

like the

the

as

Festival

horse

storing-god, the

the

by

the

on

older

Turris

the

central

its

represented

contest

Turning-castleof

Sidi, or

in

for future

cakes,
a

pair

winning

Virgins guarding

allowed

Vestals

with

in

Rome.

was

sacrificed horse, and

an

decked

chariots

royal palace, which

Vesta,

grain, and

to

On

epoch.

tail of

The

god Consus,

Virgins of

carefullykept by
cut

of this

of the

Vestal

of

god

springs brought

ancient

the

It

the

to

two-horsed

village fire tended

from

sacred

village hall of the

the

Vestal

i'heblood

of

the

the

harvested

the

was

the

ame

of

the

Timaeus^.

by

conclusive'.

sun-horse

race

hearth

temple

of

315

most

October,

is

the

Regia,

entered

is

the near-horse

to

national

the

was

the

of

and

of

that

horse

Martius,

to

head

iSth

fountains,

by

Age,

Myth- Making

Sextilis,pp.

212

"

214.

"

History

3i8

begotten

the

on

(October

twelfth

November),

"

and

Chronology
the

of

day

half

of

Bengal Kdi

the

before

days

two

dark

Puja, the year-festivalof this time-goddess, held


of

day

Khartik,

goddess,
offered
bom

whom

to

Chitra

in

that he

is the

This

god

probably

his

at

referred

to

Dwaraka,

near

off

rain-god 3.

He

Halayudha,

who

and

hill, which
from
It

which
on

was

October),
Roman

pp.
^

Monier

115"

she

to

the

the

to

by

the

the

to

was

the
be

Ashvin
of

sun-horse,

Williams, Religious Thought

and

Uttaradhyayana^

by

xxii.

or

or

Raiva-

Durga,

Arjuna, the

Rama,

the

his weapon

god

{ayudlia\

And

it is this

constellation

Pisces,

born.
Assin

he

in

Yonas

(September-

attained

day

of

Itidia^pp. 430, 431.


48; S.B.E., vol.

28

Adi

(Sabhadrd-harana)

the

perfection

"

119.

Mahabharata

or

Nag-Panchami

October, the

Life

Juna

is the

Pandava

or

that

of

the

this

hairy-god.

Revati,

isth

East

This

at

was

the sacred

on

Su-bhadra

to

plough (Iial)for

day of

on

Siitrds

early yearconception
Raivataka^

place

worshipped

Keshava,

sacrifice of the

Jacobi, faina

day

virgin-wife Raji-

birth-city of

married

last

is

is the

the

Mount

barley (java).

year-sun-god

the

that

the

when

sacred

the

his

took

miles

ten

there

has

was

like

on

consecrated

and

was

called

Krishna,

the year-

following the birth

story of
him

festival

as

immaculate

installation

of

growers

festival carried

This

mountain-goddess,

the

the

Kathlawar,

in

the

hill

in

|^
August),

"

the annual

that

His

birth.

Girnar, about

hill of

Yavanas,

probably

saf F

begotten.

August), that

"

|^

certainly in the originalyear-story also

almost

was

Yona-gurh
taka

(July

was

to

on

installed himself

virginitywith

virgin-mother.

Jain

Shravana

her

vowed

who

who

and

Nag-Panchami,
He

goes

then

goddess, his mother, who,

Naga
conceived

gods,
mati,

the

that he

stated

was

thcfi

are

Shravana(July

that he

mean

conception, and

his

the

is

of

of

6th

the

on

after
of

must

date

of

5th day

five snake-mothers.

the

to

the

on

already

April),then

"

cannibal

the

as

bufTaloes

and

has

{Cfieit)(March

which

statement

worshipped

is

goats, sheep

born

was

she

history,which

His

'.

when

the M

on

Parva, ccxxi., ccxxii. pp. 603"^7.

xlv.

of the Myth' Making


Vetasa

the

under
in

see

belly of

the

fish,bom

riding

sun-god
heavens

the

as

unbroken

an

ruled

four

of the

creed,

in

changes
The

of the year.

looked

Orion

the
or

provinces

ruled

health

the

In

that

local

the

the

germs

These

of the

appear

belief

to

make

to
a

view,

hard

which

founders

earlier

of

who

creeds,

villages,
good

gave

localities

strict

they

the

and

accordance

elders

and

priests.

worshippers had

obedience

required

But

the

among

the

find

we

they

saints

attain

to

the

In
on

preventive of sin, the

in moral

could
the
a

for

conception

commands

task-master.

of

such

impossible

it

imperious
looked

mental
funda-

Star, Pleiades,

organisation.

that

lives of the

infinitelyhigher than
of

of

by efforts

character

individually holy, and


as

the

Jain

first traces

conception of personal religion and

in the

of the

imitation

the

to

gods

in

strict

early Hebrews,

the

of

social

of

rules

the

propitiated by sacrifices

were

regarding the

as

of

as

the

to

prescribed by the national

among

formation

the

prosperity

they

history of

confederacies,

correctly performed

dances

ritual

Jains,as
of

national

and

the

religiousorganisation

the

as

seasons

in

Pole

time, the

national

local

place,except

to

of

gods

in

first four

of the

holders

religionthe personal morality

this

no

the

the

the

by

in their ritual and

This

circuit

four

founders

made

and

in

testimony

Creating-rain-god,

provided

"

religious
with

the

on

and

crops,

of the

religious belief

Jains

his

into

he

circled

night

find

we

one

as

quite apart from

stand

who

And

interesting historical

most

of

horse

horse
India.

of

seasonal-gods invoked

year-god, reverenced

this

October

months, divided

AprI hymns.

we

black-god with

day, going round

of

sun-star

Thus

constellation,that

conquerors

black

ring of eleven

by the

stanzas

the

on

the

the Roman

of

year-god of the Ugro-Finn

the

fish

the

from

clearly the equivalent

was

called

historyof Arishtanemi,

this

319

{Ficus Indica).

Banyan-tree

or

Age,

improvement.
asceticism

by

sensitiveness

of

an

required

from

of

punishment

Jains believed

that

the
this

to

as

the

science
con-

ideal

an

unvarying

contradistinction

fear

of

sin;

to

and

become

community

them

of

dience
obeslaves

narrow

the

only

lapses

in

History and

320

moral

in

earnestness

of

system
of the

sacrifice

permanent
limited

the

of

many

life-task,such

pilgrims,of journeying
and

in

was

regeneration

the

last.

was

held

sacrifices, the

the

creative

which
of

the

the

the

and

seed

the

of

mother-tree,

ascribed

made

into

the

seed

making

the

the

the

of

the

in the

dates

horse, that

life

but

the

of the

in

New

giving

to

each

offered

them

caused

in the

festivals
to

the

old

the

of

the

Bhoja king Ugrasena

Kansa,
the
in

wife
which

the
of

faiths.

Hence,

Jain Arishtanemi,
Shiva, the

priestsand

whose

goddess
cattle

were

in

the

mothor

Kali,

was

vills^

of

sons

made

the

horror
Krishna
that
was

spoken

bury

to

alterations

the
and

in the

the victim

by these

of

fices
sacri-

sacrifices

animal

regarded with

be

food, and

human

cultivator

practices,and

the

animal

and

Meriah

of

vital

the

produce

Year

piece

transfused

offspringof

human
it

made

and

and

local

in

become

became
his

to

which

ripened

had

blood

which

shed

followed

these

this

was

sons

creed

which

rain

pure

transmitter

earth

was

was

It

blood

the

in

life,

of

vills^es,the

the rain which

to

animal-father

custom,

of

the

to

not

self-

in whidi

the germs

into

changed

votaries
rule

his

primal belief

with

been

Kandhs,

It

imbued

had

This

sacrifice

in his field.

ground

of national

those

the

these

of

father

throughout India,
where

In

first founders

sacrifices fertilised the


arose

by prostrations,

the

on

custom

the

the

life-givingblood.
licnce

visited

being

among

of
possibility

the

of these

father-god.

of

or

undertaking

flat

the

in

with

rain

it grow,

the

veins

the

of

origin
of

blood

belief

offered.

of

that

The

in unison

were

power

was

they

as

temporary

be

to

lies down

effectual

most

victims

human

trail

that, common

as

shrine

devotee

old

prostration by placing his feet where

his next

begins

head

the

which

in

the

to

this

became,

devotee

the

with

the

was

devotees,

of

increased

by

intermixed

But

penances

Hindu
God

to

unlimited

or

future

in

self-trainingthere

sacrifice,for the

of

temptations, could

to

frequent

discipline.

improving

among

are

less

ascetic

notion

yielding

by

made

for and

atoned

be

caused

progress,

Chronology

of

by

sun-

the

legend
his

son

Kalanemi,
of

as

ruthlesslymassacred,

that

and

the

of
the

in the

called
the

Krishanu

who

said,

the

of

temples

'."

of

Girsu

of

the

drinks

consumed

of

the

made

cup
Yavashir

three

This

barley.

viii. 2, II, 12, first mixed

according
running

find

depicted
Soma

in

healing of Indra,
him

the

had

completed

at

Rigveda
the

"

Riues
"

"ol.

waters,

MUI,

of
Kg.
xxvi.

the

Yasna,
Prehistoric
V.

is

have

to

iv. 38,

EggeUng,

is said

wind

of

Eggeling,

v.,

Sat,

pp.

pp.

which

free

the

Monsoon

South-west

237,

for
had

he

{much)

Brahmana

drought by

xxxi.

offered
power

{fid)set

of

Year's

antelope-god

the

god

TimeSy vol. i..Essay

New

during

season,

of

transition

of

divine

the

vol.

from

and

be

to

killed

S.B.E.,

afterwards,

head.

the

Satapatha

ix. 24;

Rigveda

water

age

this

and
foam
5.

of
He

Hewitt, Ruling

238;

462, 463.

Brah.,

iii. 9,

3,

15 ff- ; S.B.E.,

2"238.
*

2.

Sai,

this

in

the

the

horse's

not

milk,

sour

Varuna

of

Na-muchi,

does

mental
sacra-

fying
Dadhyashir, typi-

the

rainy

fice
sacri-

pure

with

said

wet

pp. 232, note

Rg.

who

5, viii. 2, 7;

27,

Rg.

He

rain 4.

the

in

told

rain-god, whose

victory over

Asura

the

summer,

the

his

It

shipped,
wor-

intoxicating

but
{spirits),

of

victory

Indra, the

Sautramani,

epoch.

of

end

the

the

of

of the

was

the

by
of

of the

god

ritual

this

but

mixture

the

of

who

the

Brahmanas,

religious history

sacrifice of

of

ingredient

the

querors,
con-

the

by

to

god,

are

the

left

of

the

the

Dadhikras,

or

Soma

Sura

this

is

summer,

Dadhiank
We

In

".

end

an

we

as

of

as

kings
priest-

mixings

with

ritual

stream

the

the

the

to

me

Northern

milk, Dadhyashir

was,

North,

everything

rob

libations

Gavashir

of

for

ruthless

worshippers,

Tri-ashira, or

of the

lands

would

the

and

his

by

the

put

was

blood

age

prophet-priests,the preachers

holy Haoma,

with

not

It is the

usurpation of Keresani,

of these

their

personal religion,which
and

blood.

Patesi, the bearded

and

321

archer-god

he

rule

of

true

the

them,

of the

the

walk

shall

the

was

followers

of

Rigveda,

prosper
It

Akkadians

that

priest

to

progress

the

"No

Age.

gods defiled with

Zendavesta
of

counsellor

Myth- Making

Brah.,

xii.

7,

3,

Benfey, Glossary, s.v., Na-muchi.


1"4;

viii. 13, 14.

S.B.E.,

vol.

xliv. pp.

222,

223

History

322

that

healed,

was

drained

the

by

Na-muchi

by

it is clear

that

New

the

sacrifice

(October

The

Satapatha

the

sacrifice

in

does

part of the

formed

like the

New

Year's

sacrifice

with

New

Year's

Day

be

the

three

begun

when

undoubtedly
these

three

their

year

when

god

of the
held

the

at

Kurus,

the

Ashvins,
and

and

is made

of

stalks

species

of

Baer

it

over

feeds, when

producing
spin

'

the

the

Ibid., V.

of

Sura

the
or

shrub

5, 4, 1"35

the

his

Asuras

beginning
the

ist

victory

of

over

the

ing
conquer-

counterpart

of the

Roman

was,

as

in

and

libations

and
have

xii. 7, i, 14;

bull

which

the

S.B.E.,

in

drunk

lakh

Chapter V.

vol. xliv. pp.

129"138.

It

grows
where
insects

silk-worms

tusscr

seen

Indra

different

India,

the

grey

prepared.

Jujuba)y

shrubs,

to

be

to

the

Northern

mother-river

of

of

; S.B.E., vol. xli. pp.

is

fruits

and

these

we

the

spirituous liquor

plains

dye

offerings of

annual

SarasvatT,

grass

upon

lakh

Brah,^

; and

rain, became

{Zizyphus

sandy

placed
red

it must

Moon

before

by

187,

p.

but

Moon

days

ram-sun,

out

of Kusha

the

to

ram

poured

silk which

Eggeling, Sat,

it is

days the.

sons

the

the

on

date.

same

first three

sacrifice

profusely

so

the

; and

made

are

the

back

shifting,

one

by

New

Indra,

or

that

the

three

probably

kept

year,

on

the

he-goat to

before

Arishtanemi

spiritswho

During
of

is

evil

Equiria

those

Coronation

or

Full

instituted

for

date

exact

year,

or

or

perfectioa

described

New

the

Dibali

Krittakas

any

sacrificer's

of the

originally

were

that

Khartik,
the

days

month

national

Rajasuya

Rahu,

to

before

days

Indian

in later times

became

evidently

the

on

attained

give

not

rains, like

offered

the

of

year

Arishtanemi

Brahmana

It

2.

of the

day

the

India

which

on

which

ceremonies

the

Therefore

the

the

of

Satapatha

".

horse,

first

the

the

in

after

place

with

contest

of this year

Roman

November),

"

that

of the

rain-showcfs

season

told

are

we

took

about

or

festival, beginning
Pleiades, and

as

rainy

thirty-threegods

October,

Khartik

his

him,

to

this sacrifice

Year's

of

iSth

falls of

restored

bringing the

of

power

heavy

was

Brahmana,

the

is his

Chrofwlogy

and

who
p. 251,

216, 217.

the

of
much

so

With

in ancient

worn

these

and

the

poured
which

victims,

of

god

as

potsherds
Thus

the

fourth

the

of four

appears

seasons,

it

with

on

which
the

on

15th

the

burnt

'

by

gods

of

Warde

days
Indra

to

sacrifice of the

eleven-

with

cake

unborn

the

isth

year

began.

This

vol.

called

xliv.

which

the

5, 4,

p.

22;
note

214,

225,

Fowler,

note

The

i, 227,
Roman

with

the

in

the

State

vol.
.

October

divided,
and

wombs,

kept,

were

xli. pp.

Rome

thirty

was

their

ashes

These

day

thirty Curiae,

of the

from

S.B.E.

held

blood

the

October,

Latin

year
mid-

April

Fordicidia4

the

torn

were

the

after

two

or

to

was

for each

Virgins.

v.

of

been

by

Vishuvan

months

six

same

originally

was

measured

calf mixed

on

calves
Vestal

221,

it

that

slain

the

have

to

answering

unborn

offered, one

were

the

form

its Indian

probable

festival

by

religious festivals.

earlier

the

129

"

138,

and

xii.

7,

3.
vol.

Ibid., xii. 7, I, I, xii. 7, 2, 18, xii. 7, 3, 13, 14

W.

six

eleven

cups

the

accompanied

was

April,exactly
the

cows

Year's

in

the

Indian

At

S.B.E.,

220,

three

on

Ibid., xii. 7, 2, 9, xii. 7, 3, 5

2,

three

offered

bull, was

note

and

the

and

cups,

of

ing
dur-

of

cooking

as

is

thirty-three

day

the

used

Brahmanas,

of

Eggeling, 5'"j/. Brah,^

I, 2ff. ;

fourth

together

New

villagesor parishes into

and

days

the

animal,

seems

the

horse

this

pr^nant
the

of

Rome

at

Equina.

three

the

or

October

the

made

Solstitial years,
one
sacrifice in the middle, the

sacrifice

of

thus

Northern

to

marked

year

Pleiades

sacrifice

altar

sun-horse

Though

seasons,

mixture

from

the

on

the

and

of

".

barley,

fathers,

the

hoofs

bull's

this

of the

year

the

On

2.

season,

that

see

orgies which

like

in

fourth

drunken

one

Punjab

3.

we

months

of the

grass

each

on

offered

the

obtained

gravy,

week, and

323

people

Kusha

cow

the Southern

on

of the

the

fermenting

were

the

by

Into

one

offered

milk

Sura

of

fat

were

of

cups

milk

of

of

Gonds.

it is

libations

of

food

immigrant

times

Age.

spices, parched rice, malted

mixed

are

millets, the

first

Myth- Making

S.B.E.,

xliv.
;

pp.

219,

S.B.E.,

223, note
vol.

xliv.

2, 224.
pp.

219,

228.

Festivals^Mensis

Parilia, pp. 79 ff.


Y

Aprilis Fordicidia, p.

71,

History

322

that

healed,

was

drained

the

by

Na-muchi

by

it is clear

that

of

iSth

the

sacrifice

(October

The

sacrifice

the

which

ceremonies

docs

part of the

like

the

New

Year's

sacrifice

with

the

New

Year's

Day

be

three

begun

when

undoubtedly
these

three

their

year

when

god

of the
held
the

he-goat to
the

at

the

is

made

the

of

stalks

of

Baer

profusely
producing
the

red

silk which

Eggeling,

="

Ibid., V.

Sat.

Sura

his

by

it must

Moon

and

Asuras

beginning
the

ist

victory

rain, became

the

counterpart

of the

of

over

ing
conquerRoman

lakh

in

as

these

have

bull

which

Northern

shrubs,
tusser

in

S.B.E.,
pp. 129

lakh

drunk

Chapter V.

138.

It

grows
where
insects

silk-worms

vol. xliv. pp.


"

Indra

different

India,

the

grey

prepared.

Jujubd)^

of

to

be

to

the

seen

vol. xli.

is

mother-river

of

the

and

xii. 7, i, 14;

S.B.E.,

fruits

and

plains

we

and

libations

{Zizyphus

dye

the

SarasvatT,

grass

upon

offerings of

annual

ram-sun,

out

sandy

but

before

days

187.

p.

the

spirituous liquor

or

of Kusha

was,

5, 4, 1"35

the

poured

Brah.^

to

ram

of

placed

the

shrub
the

over

feeds, when

spin

and

it is

days the.

sons

the

and

sacrifice

species
it

Ashvins,
and

the

on

date.

same

first three

Kurus,

made

are

the

on

back

shifting,

one

Moon

New

Indra,

or

that

so

year,

three

probably

kept

the

Coronation

or

by

for

date

exact

Full

or

or

perfection.

year,

instituted

before

Arishtanemi

spiritswho

During
of

is

evil

Equiria

those

Krittakas

described

New

the

Dibali

national

any

sacrificer's

of the

originally

were

that

Khartik,
the

days

month

Rajasuya

Rahu,

to

before

days

Indian

in later times

became

evidently

on

the

give

not

the

offered

attained

Arishtancmi

formed

It

2.

the

of

year

rains, like

the

of the

day

the

which

on

Brahmana

Satapatha

the

India

in

after

first of

the

Therefore

'.

horse,

Roman

November),

"

that

of the

Satapatha

in the

of this year

place

with

contest

season

told

are

took

about

or

festival, beginning
Pleiades, and

we

thirty-threegods

October,

Khartik

as

rainy

rain-showers

the

bringing

his

him,

to

this sacrifice

Year's

New

falls of

restored

was

of

power

heavy

Brahmana,

the

is his

Chrotwlogy

and

who
p. 251,

216, 217.

Parilia

the

were

at

the

blood

of

of the

This

that

Year,

marks

later

given

by

was

from

the

dating

the

May,
which

Hindu

solstice

St.

'

the

; also

that

Gond

official

the

influence
the

Vega,

apex

of
the

This
the

the

in the

Chapter
*

pp.
=

Annamite

Jacobi,yiziwa Sutras^
271,

Kalpa

in

3,

to

the

rice-mother

of

by

of the

{palea)
husk

de-

story given
is the

double-husk

Parsva;

the

ally
origin-

was

husk

or

Cinderella

Life

stellation
con-

skyV

honour

chaff"

Sutra^

the

time

the

of the

B.C.,

measure

held

god

8000

Chinese

the

of

This

the

in

stars

by Ovid

of the

under

to

stages of the

shepherds,

of Arishtanemi,

S.B.E.,

vol.

xxii.

272.

Legge,

The

Shih

King, Decade

Ovid, Fasti, 721-782.

Pal

in

Assyrian
word

to

as

the

was

that
year

by

winter

ploughing

This

10,000

called

said

version

II. pp. 60, 61 4.

three

seven

god

in

well

as

;
or

after

from
the

are

seed-grain, answering

.scribed
in

the

the

Pales,

bisexual-god
of

of

opening with

year,

B.C.,

Festival, described

feast

rustic

of

the

April

the

at

Akkhadi,

11,000

Lyra,

or

one

month

the

in Push

years

Star

triangle

Vulture

Year's

New

Pole

New

as

in

Virgo,

{Baisakh),

arid

day through

on

the

the

2,000

sisters, who

weaving

passing

the

Virgo,

April, begun

Visakha

about

this

was

Syrian

of

with

10,000

of

of
three

of

i8th

the

23rd

makes

succeeding Arishtanemi,

quickened

which

the

between

or

and

in

This

year

Arishtanemi

of
in

was

Tirthakara

embryo

on

sun

this

of

birth

Visakha.

beginning

year

the

when

15th

the

for

date

influence

which

Day.

from

April), and

"

the

beginning

year

festival,on

(March

Jain

George's Day

the

"

the

from

born

traditional

month

Year's

transferred

heaps

from

wood,

New

this

the

upon

chronological

the

time

olive

with

April mixed

thrown

and

year,

still under

Parsva,

was

the

of

2ist

and

lighted on

were

of

which

the

on

laurel

5th of Cheit

the

on

Chronology

horse

opening

new

October,

than

October

fires

national

the

Palilia

or

bean-straw,

burning

of

and

History

324

which

Akkadian

Palu,

means

became

v.,

^.ii^V^ No.
a

year,

in Latin

or

the

Ode

9 ;

S.B.E.,

vol. Hi. p. 363.

Grammar

6, Sayce, Assyrian
Pudenda

Muliebria.

Pales^ the grain-husk, and

It

in Hindi

Syllabary,
is

perhaps

this

Bar^ Bar-as,

the

of
of the
the

brothers

two

of

sons

in

cus

Jupiter

Italy,and

ts

of the

the

and

er

the

driven

were

olive

wood

e-goddess,

consecrate

the

Greek

millet

the

wooden

the

Palladium,
A

li their

faces

"d crops

of

birth

the

of

y washed

with

dew

ancient

form

was

drinking
New

in their
n

of

of

led

year,
adian

the
of

1 stars

we

the

Bil

originally
Euphratean

It

is

day

an

the

the

water

St.

of

Pal

is

equivalentfor Phur
mother-goddess

countries

ix. $85;
Virg. y-Zi/i.,

George

to

of

fire.
the

s.v.
,

year,

19.

leaped

three

priests
the

of

also

Vinalia

the

in

Europe

and

the god

the

setting-sun

by

the

belief

sanctifying

the

of

equivalent

Troy, like Assaracus,

Macrobius,

wine,

ritual ; and

Hence

bowl

heated

more

Erycina.

Finnic

sprinkled

the sun-god.

instead

followed

prayer

Dosadh

the

as

Phry;^Man

was

this

beginnings

festival of Venus

Var-usbani.

Tamil

holy

rising-sun of day

April, the

the

of

night.

in Rome

of

virtues

flocks

women

Ra-hu,

first

of their

wooden

filled with

as

Pallas,

with

and
A

god

them

saying
dew

then

shepherds,

bless

to

increase

and

to

the

by

the

the

goddess

branch.

men

the

see

blood-baths

the

the

brought

both

the

morning

sacrifice

Year's

baptismal

rship

then
this

of

the

offerings,

apparently

Pales

laurel

food

mother-fire, exactly

festival

this

the
n

the

through

es

from

and

While

the

in

shepherds

recited

and

lambs.

hands

mselves

I after

wool,

healthy

their

then

East, asking

and

grain

The

is

image
was

prayer
the

to

who

Pales,

wooden

or

of Pales.

"rm

of

image

Minerva,

milk

cakes,

laurel

bean-straw,

Roman

Virgo.

star

; and

dawn

creating-fireof

the

the

with

sprinkled

earliest

fire of

door-

boughs

green

were

at

to

Pallas,

millet

and

the

them

the

/ptian goddess Min,


red

shepherds

god

Kushites.

Asiatic

with

fold

the

the

to

its gates, the

and

the

through

to

sacred

decorated

and

Italy

tree-mother,

of the

sun-ram,

were

sheep

the

grass

the

to

The

325

in Southern

parent-grass

Kusha

purified by

sheep

the

Aprl hymns,

garlands.

Thalia

and

of

sheep-fold,sacred

Age.

Palici, worshipped

leaves

cotyledon

Myth-Making

and

This

for bar

goddess
goddess

or

the

of

Syria,
the

was

var,

called

as

brought

of the bed

the

Pallas

Asurra.

from

Greek

known

by the

whom

by Maira, her dog,

father

and

of

the

ramot

telios
the

end

Sirius^.

of

eleven

ruled

both

nemi

preceding it, which

of

two

Vulture

the

Star

of

the

Arishta-

of

that

year.
the

falling between
of

those

and

is the

days
the

in

Vega

from

period

about

15,000

the

Full

dying year-god
beginning
sacrifice
in

Visakha,

of

April,

certainly

months

year,

Berard,

for

Origine

Couples

Divins.

Roscher,

Lexicon^

Mahabharata

pp.
An.

the

to

one
we

des

179,

are

CulUs

it

the

Arcadiens^

Virgo,

about

about

Lcs

that

Deesses,

180, Eratosph., Catast^

(Anugita) Parva,

ferred
trans-

was

the

to

and

Cheit

Edition

of
the

pp.

Ixxxii. p.

15th

the

It

B.C.

this

eleven-

horse

148

Robert,

181.

This

beginning

10,200

Ikarios.

Ashvamedha

of

year

told

have

{Baisakh).

thirty-three gods
expressly

sacrifice

sacrifice

new

from

of the

must

it

close

Visakha

of

date

the

at

constellation

therefore

would

Year's

and

that

Cheit,

sacrifice

preliminary

Moon

the

under

of

New

Moon,

offering preceding

an

the

New

ending

year

New

the

at

as

the

as

Moon

initiation
as

year

India, according

crescent-moon,

the

at

Moon

of

but

the

by

place

the

as

Full

this

began
in

was

the

on

Aprils

ruled

which

October,

Yudhishthira

year,

to

of

offered

of

originallytaken

health, who

of

eleven-months

an

sun-horse,

15th

1st

of

this

and

Cygnus

the

Mahabharata,

coronation

was

months

those

were

in

the

on

is about

of

goddess

also

Erek-

B.C.

Rome

to

epochs

sacrifice

The

the

was

constellation, that

10,000

in

year

year

Pole

the

to

this

dog-star

Phoenician

the

is

their

with
the

and

slain

were

heaven

to

up

virgin-star-goddess

length {erek) of days,

of

These

went

Nuk-

Dionysos

Virgo, Bootes,

constellations

This

hayim

and

year,

Thus

tree.

imprisoned sun-mother,

the

their

of

the

as

from

on

which

in

three-years cycle,

born

was

of her

corpse

bisexual-year-goddess Shetni-

the

daughter,

slain

was

they thought

the

to

herself

hung

and

He

it, as

led

was

first

the

gave

father.

shared

he

Erigone

poisoned.

her

Ikarios

to

with

peasants

father

dog

mortals

to

themselves

at

Dionysos, who

Erigone, priestess of

wine

the

Chronology

and

History

326

"

was

150,
pp.

Les

39fif.;

the

of
into

cut

pieces according

placed

under

the

thus,

was

the

made

like

bride

the

of the

left the

of

Chitra

of

of

under

of

She

PSndavas

marked

',

the

as

Pandavas

the

of

guidance

mother-

mother-goddess,

the

Chaitra-ratha,

that

sacrificed

the

the

is thus
to

Veda,

be

Drupadl,

wife

wedded

the

the
to

mountain-

sun-horse.

kingdom

Virgo,

the

Virgo,

of

horse

the

(dru)

tree

327

directions

that

Subhadra,

star-mother-goddess
they

Age.

guardianship

of

goddess, daughter
who

the

to

thirty-fourpieces,and

is into
was

Myth'Makiug

after

chariot

the

{ratlid)

incense-priest

{dhumo) Dhaumya^.
The

ritual

habharata

of

is,as

forms

adapted

years,

described

observation

that

sacrifice
In

Satapatha
in

horse
its

four

we

Hence

'

vein

pit, but

horse

was

left

down

sacrifice

that

offered

of

and
both

the

horse

the

Mahabharata

{Chaitra-ratha) Parva, clxxxv.

i.

pp.

Rg.

Eg^'cHng, .Sfl/. Brah.,

thirtyplaced,

was

much

drinking,

drunk

were

high-caste

at

it 5.

Hindus

2, 3, p. 224.

520,

521.

xiii. 5,

i,

16"18,

xiii. 5, 2,

S.B.E.,

2;

384. 385, 386.


s

verse

162, 18.

pp.

the

accompanied,

was

I'arva, Ixxxix.

Ashvamedha

the

into

4.

when

days

requiring

into

cut

queen

women

Mahabharata

{AitugUa)

that

festival,with
and

men

the

the

but

year,

shed

be

in

is addressed

ritual

said

the

sun-god.

given

up,

blood

to

the

and

Mahabharata

Palilia

before

it

but

originallya

was

the

to

it is

the

near

ritual

Vedic

this

to

the

and

out,

it

led

when

and

162, directing
be

the

the

but

IX.,

sacrifice

the

sacred

cut

of

that

of

stanzas

and

of this year

horse,

strangled,

i.

may

told

are

ritual

of various

thirty-fourpieces,each

into

cut

the

be

Sautramani

it

the

to

Rigveda

like the
for

of

VIII.

ribs 3, shows

its

Drupadl, lying

The

be

Ma-

eighteen-months

and

slaughtered according

pieces,

like

to

eleven

of

jugular
of

was

the

in

compounded

on,

rule

thirty-threegods

is not

sacrificial
18

fundamental

Brahmana,

hymn

sun-horse

the

VII.,

the

first form

the

later

see

Chapters

of

the

of

fifteen,seventeen

in

one

to

the

to

horse

containing

sacrifice

shall

we

of

the

the

Mahabharata

Ashvamedha

(^^nui^ita)Parva, Ixxxix.

41,

p.

227.

vol.

xliv.

became

what

they

disgraceful to
shall

in

see

the

drink

ascetics,

universal

unless

we

covered
observe

to

drink

in

eating'.

also

in

Vedic

must

of the

this

We

Sura

the

shall

reformation

after

dates

The

An

important

sun-horse

is

We

and

have

into

the

of

the

given
also

Pritha,

in

called

'

two,

the

the

the

of

tribes

These

Mahabharata

Kunti,

the

The

horses

Saivya

and

ii. lo,

i8,

2;

of

the

lance

the

which

vol.

of

or

the

The

S.B.E.,

of

into

ass

the
have
the

always
Pandava

and

she

the

name
was

horse-riding
of

first is ihc

xiv. p. 279.

horses

xxii.

the

introduced

chariot

vol.

car.

year-god

the

Partha,

Pandavas,

drew

Su-griva.

who

horses

javelin

or

sun's

Arabia

Parthava

to

S.B.E.,

of

Volga,

the

the

the

car

by

drawn

cavalry, who

the

became
of

mother

the

Southern

Jacobi, yir/z/M Stl/ras, Introduction;

Baudhilyana^

the

of the

year

was

to

change

Parthian

and

Syria

Finn

horses.

Shambara.
were

by

Minor,

Ugrian
of

year

belief, originating

sun

attached

cycle-year

and

asses,

made

one

sacrificed
sons

in the

the

of

chariot

the

of

out

with

number

the

that

by

Asia

the

tliat

seen

J^orsewas

VIIU

of tfte sun-chariot.

horses

connected

with

drawn

was

Sautra-

the

sacrifice of

Vajapeya

question arising

that

epoch,

horses,

mixed

seventeen-months

the

as

ment
sacra-

Chapter

in

this

obliged

Soma

spiritsof
on,

hibitions
pro-

race.

D.

at

the

ingredients were

or

the

of

intoxicating

orthodox

later

see

Prajapati, inaugurated by

chariot-horse

the

Brahmin

enjoined

been

the

of

in which

with

not

sacrifice.

that

partakers

Brahmanas,
and

water

mani

of

all

on

have

or

were

from

Abstinence

times

abstinence

one

as

Brahmins

that

rule

purity

religious duty
with

the

by

Jains

on

this

include

to

are

not

the

upper-classes, and

the

but

we

as

and

reckoning that

among

Buddhists,

all

on

not,

was

Krishna

of

death

the

of time

early ages

became

enjoined

was

It

intoxicating liquor.

sequel, till

the

year-gods.of
from

drink

it

think

teetotallers, who

strict

are,

now

Clironology

and

History

328

p.

Krishna
horse

of

xxii. ; Biihler,

the

of
the

hiva,

ole

Star

the

the

)nstellation

daughter

is father

orth

wind

of

of

god

the

the

Shini,

this

cycle,
horse

car

his
'

horse
a

in

Sabha

Kg.

i.

116, 17, 18.

Homer,

Iliad, xvi.

"*

Mahabharala

Bhishma

Mahubharata

Drona

Mahabharata

Virata

the

who

Arjuna

149,

xx.

sons

eleven

to

Satyaki

of the

three-

called

Meghapushpa

circler

{vala)5.

when

North-god
of

son

This

the

king

encountered

he
the

banner

of

descriptionof Uttara's

Valahaka

becomes

horses,the four

219"225,

ten

the

sons,

under

in the

of

Satyaki,
sacrificial

or

given

was

warrior

chariot

Yupa

Uttara, the

two,

giving

of this year

seasons

is

Achilles

(Sabha-kri^a) Parva, ii. p.

'

of

sexless

four

horse

Mahabhdrata

car

lion's tail ; but

of

is

of

car

Boreas,

Meghapushpa

yoke

third

the

as

the

with

the

ir
s

drove

Kauravyas
ape

Greek

his

horned-god

horse

the

to

by Daruka,

with

was

{megha) flower, the

the

and

Virata,

the

third

belonging
to

chariot

the

star-season

or

to

his ten

stars,

Boreas,

by

Krishna

of the

to

Potter,

mother

driven

who,

and

Kama,

cloud

Balios,

{x^(ov)ywho

the

Krishna

bearer

This

the

and

Ericthonius,

or

{ipi) earth

moon-goddess,

year.

and

the

iswering

le

of

ten

wind, given

original sun-horses,

encountered

alahaka,

'

West

begotten

represented, like Haman


of

yellow,

mares,

were

the

the

Similarly Achilles'

strong-drink (ddru)^ given by

he

fertile

horses

three

4,

as

Divo-dasa,

the

the

thousand

two

ake

iars

of

to

bearing

car

potter'sclay, the Great

the

horses

by Bhurishravas,

^fore

of

sons

very

ain

onths

Ashvins*

house

the

alligator,the

originally Erectheus

three

the

of

son

le

the

Tara,

correspond

the

cycle-year 2.

of

The

3.

3ds, became
le

the

twelve

whom

om

the

was

the

owned

:st

drew

Peleus, god

snake-god

le

These

'.

who

of

who

married

Shimshumara,

star-horse,

Poseidon,

y.

who

ape,

Kepheus

to

329

cycle-year, the year-bull ;

originallytwo, Xanthus,

were

dappled

le

Age.

and

bull,

lasJian) months
Drses

in

Draco,

sun's

the

bird-headed

goddess

{ishabha,

le

of

three-eyed god

second,

le

Myth-Makiug

the

mortal

4.

xxiii. 277, 278.

(B/Ushma-vadha) Parva,

Ixxiv.

20

23, p. 273.

"

(/uyadraiha-badha) Parva, cxlvii. 45


48, p. 461.
{Goharana) Parva, xlv., xlvi. pp. 107, 109.
"

^.

and

History

330

horse

taken

Pedasus,

wife

Andromache,
of the

sun-god

Achilles
months

of human

have

Thibetan

Tlie

already

thirty-threedays

the

original Telis,

in
on

this

ritual of

the

is

point

between

and

founded

after

the

they

rulers

since

they

have

been

Mandarins

worship
animals,

in

against
which

M.

to

the

third

degree.

sacred

the

of

the

Homer,

was

sun,

by
to

A.D.;

make

154,

They

offer

their

from

right

using

the

left to

salute

the

188.

living
circuits

circuits

ix. 186"

retain

Tong-pa,

the

to

from
to

still

call

they

of

capital as

Rockhill.

Mr.

They

required

resident,
powers

ancient

they

but

royal

the

Chinese

whom

instead

153,

capital Li-kiang.

Buddhists,

sun-circle

Iliad^ xvi.

Thibet,

century

their

in

Polo

administrative

Brahmanas.

the

of the

disciple
'

fowls.

from

first retained

buildings,answering

Padakkhino,
every

8th

their

Bonbo

Shen-rab,

ritual
course

the

its

priests,whom

and

of Thibet,
Marco

by

China

nominally

their

especially

the

live

to

religionand

history they, under

with

at

of

allowed

Bonin,

called

supervision of

deprived

Buddha

and

their

Buddhist

the

under

religionand

according

altar

Chinese

people, though

old

round

the

evidence

South-east

invaded

in

the

was

barley-growers

or

Chinese

China

it

conclusive

the

kingdom

by

were

of the

These
their

Mossoo

that

Thibetan

are

to

Tsu,

Mong

conquest
as

They

of

year-god, symbolised

ancient

living to

according

the

the

months

official year

and

Further

the

Yunnan.

of

of

worship

eleven

the

Yavanas

sun-horse.

reconquered

dynasty
and

the

of

year

Kaurs,

Northern

the

and

leadership

was

its ten

months.

probably

and

Mossoos

the

the

It

Satyaki and

of

eleven

this

was

given by

it and

Mossooman,

each

the

of

that

Kandhs

of

age

head

the

of

year

the

during

golden lyrt

cycle-year with

of

year

shown

of

ritualistic

the

of

generation.

E.
I

of

born

horse

the

sun-horse

third

the

father

the

Heetion,

Hector, together with

Thus

is the

from

him

by

of

Chronology

of
to

the

left,

prescribed
right, with
orthodox

Lik-barra,

Aquarius,

in

Skat
These
first

(November

Kislev

Andromeda

the

they

Ekashtaka,

was

of

the

of

the

"

child

This

born

3,

the

sun-god

of

born

as

the

four

the

R.

born

was

rider

Brown,

of

Pegasus,

the

67

Oldenberg,

vol. xxix.

pp.

date

here

like

Bear, the Thigh

Primitive

his

VII.,

the

as

sun-horse
little Rahu

4.

This

sun,

sons

are

whose
the

of

"

career

the

of

was

(January

Magh

born

sun

Indra,"

on

Horus,

the

that

Thigh,

Set, the

Constellations, 'Tablet

of

the

the

Ape-

Thirty

iv., The

Yiieh

Ling

S.B.E.,

vol.

xxvii.

Grihya Sutra, iii. 3, $,

p. 301.
a

"

k ; S.B.E.,

341"343.
Buddhist

given for the

of

Asalhi

of

the

Perfect

of

the

first Buddha,

Birth

departure

(Asarh), June

Grihya Sutra,

the

of

moon

the

called

Magh

Rahulo,

the

in

Chapter

Kanthaka,

was,

Grihya Siitrds, Paraskara

Rhys David,

full

of

started

son

months

70.

"

Legge, Lt-chit Book

Great

jun., F.S.A.,

Stars,' vol. ii. pp.

who

his

the

on

in

of

eighth day of

in

see

or

moon

three

the

majesty

horse

Pegasus,

on

in

stars

constellation

after

days

full

February),

shall

Sutra

Ashtakas

festival

"

x.

over

Thirty Stars

on

beginning
his

on

the

Rg.

Grihya

same

third

held

we

sun-physician

seven

sun-god,

or

of

the

the

and

ruled

three

the

in

stations

the

(January

as

year

healing-sun-god

Pegasus,

the

astronomy

appear

In

exactly

year,

child

with

Pegasus

AgrahayanI
of

Magh

was,

the

the

February),

the

at

the

Pi 7

thirty

course

It

fortnight

sun-moon-child,

the

the

through

Chinese

They

2.

ruling
is

moon

in

moon-god.

that

by
wife

or

and

**the

following

Foundation

solar-year, beginning

dusk

sisters

thirty

the

constellation

called

Tablet.

dark

lunar

bull," the

covered

Akkadian

the

December,

"

those

as

the

are

festivals

November

of

at

the

monthly

course

culminates

mighty

are

the

the

they

189, where

by

of

when

begins

month

this

Star

December),

"

is the

It

Stars, beginning with

Thirty

the

of

months

three

Akkadians.

the

called

represent

stars

the

of

Tablet

the

Chronology

Striped-dog, by

the

or

in

second

and

History

332

Buddha,

iii. 3, 5

^July.

"

the
the
c.

Stories
of

the

of

The

Nidanakatha,

Buddha

that

But

sun-god

the

sun-physician,which

Kanthaka

on

the

was

date

of

solstice,

summer

is

pp.

that

slated

82"84.

is the

the
not

in

fuH

The
moon

Glorification
of
the

the

birth

Paraskara

the

of
It

god.
the

on

was

left

the

of

deity

Mothers

the

tiger

and

of the

parents

of the

country

or

the

borders

is

shown

in

which

the

year

of

the

Ying,
mother

who,

seasons,

represented
Buddha.
one

and

yana

have

we

is

Mossoo

in

the

Mossoo

by

Hiouen
the

Tara,

in

statues

the

The

selfform

male

visible

of

II. p.

Pole

said

*.

the

Tsiang

three

36,

was

at Tiladaka

Star, and

the

mother's

lap

his

sitting on

as

is

the

year

Chapter

Li-

goddess

the

Buddhist
in

the

February,

"

Yin

seen

in

stanza

of

14

Oldenberg, Grihya

3 ; S.B.E.,

Uealc
note

Guide

210,
au

Records

127, note
Musie

Paraskara

Guimet

Mus6e

Yiieh

of

tlu

vol. xxix.

Ling, i.
Western

i ;

Vitrine^ 20,

p.

pp.

S.B.E.,

World,

13$.

344,

the

in

Tiger-sun,
the

of

translation

28, 128.

Guimet

birth of

Grihya Sutra,

Legge, Lt-chty Bk. iv.,The

the

Bonin's

M.

Sutras

Grihya Sutra, iii. 14,


Buddhist

with

begins

year

-^

into

Kwan

represented

'

60,

way

Avaldkatesvara,

from

Chinese

the

its

Kwan-tsz*tsan,

seen

born

tiger

4.

This

as

the

called

of

sun

the

of

Pegasus

3, or

the

which

sun-god,
or

of

between

in

January

mother, the

Buddhist

the

as

He
of

called

Shih

in

is

sun-god

the

in

or

ruled

Calendar

Ekashtaka

Tiger

also

who

made

Chinese

the

confederacy

year

which

the

sun

in the statues

Magadha

Paris

the

to

Licchavis

that

the

beginning
of

the

is the

{avalokitd)god,

in

flower

seen,

intervened

was

was

the

year

of

existing sun-god

in

it

and

the

the
the

Nepal which

Tiger country

by

have

we

tiger ( Vydghra\

of

birth

when
born

year-sun

his

the

Tiger-star Pegasus,

as

Kouei

of

sons

as

were,

{Ltg), formed

dog

bom,

begin,

of

presiding

offered

also

were

Mallis, who, with

or

This

was

China,

tiger wives

Mens

Thibet.

Buddha

to

his

the

on

it and

chi,

the

to

garlands, the

and

mother-goddess,

Akkadian

Vajjians

the

Teli

that

ficed,
sacri-

was

cow

presented

drink

Strong

333

father-thigh-god

Ashtakas

ribs

and

this

to

the

Age,

^.

The

and

of

thigh

the Fathers.

garlands of

sons

offering

an

day followingeach
and

the

as

Myth-Making

in.

3,8

"

ii,

ritual

Sankha-

105.
vol. xxvii. p. 249.

Hiouen

Tsiang,

vol.

i. pp.

and

History

334

Chronolog}*

the

thirty-threedays of the

the

thirty-three genii of heaven, while

months

called

are

closes

the

with

'the
the

horse's

ijiaya)neck

eleven-months

year,

He

away

driven

is

of

powerful
service

beer,

evil

the

Magh

(January

Mossoo

year.
married

Pole

Star,

Marichi
MarlchI

of

becomes
of

father

of

male

the

Kushika,

of

It is

Marichi
is the

she
of

the

of

"

sits

and

as

the

The

Waddcll,
Mahahhdraia

Sachau,

Waddcll,

Guide

au

who

of

Alberuni's
The

the

Indiuy

Guimet

of

the

six

of

sons

of

one

Great

faces,

Bear

seated

on

p.

left

p.

is

des

the

points,
Then

being
the

5, and

503.

185.
xxii.

p. 242.

361.

Vitrinc, 7 Clabsc

Tens,

pp.

one

that

seven

also appears

She

boar

vol. i. chap. xlv. p. 390,

of Thibet,

stars

{vdraJii)

sow

of Thibi-t^ pp. 361, 446, 44S, 502,


Ixv.

the

Bear

the

the

4.
a

Brahma.

he

throne, driving

Great

=, the

theology.

Vajra Varahi,

lotus

she

Simshumara,

the

thrfte

light heights

Kashyapa

as

Thibetan

in

Sanskrit.

in

Kashyapa,

son

which

[Sarnbhava) i'arva,

Buddhism

Muscle

has

war-god

Buddhism
Adi

to

the

equivalents.

are

Mahabharata

constellation

also

upon

stars

seven

Japan

'

called

goddess

sow,

the

represented

is

father

his

Tara,

in the

the

represented

is

star,

thunderbolt,

pigs, the
in

as

In

of

one

with

in

stars

alligators.
that

he
and

Bear,

tail

the

and

god,

goddess

the

is

Tam-ding,

is feminine

go.

Marichi,

astronomy

Great

dead

the

the

the

the

as

bird-headed-ape, and

the

horse-headed

58,

x.

whom

to

Hindu
the

the

in

year

same

Hence

Star.

fire-spark,and

Rg.

their

the

Thibetan

in

most

sacramental

the

is thus

Pole

the

butter, partaken uith

and

Su-griva,

to

the
in

the

Tara,

of

beginning

called

god,

married

means

heaven,

In

This

god of

the

priests,as

^ which

by

ruled

its commencement.

at

festival,beginning

February)

"

to

is called

She

national

Haya-griva,

to

the

at
spirits,

Bear

ruling god of this

the

Buddhist

the

by

annual

also

born

sun-god

in Thibetan

Haya-griva,

head,

{griva) or

the

Great

It

earth.

This

Pig.

of

spouse

pillsof flour, sugar

of three
at

the

half-

twenty-two

genii of

of the

constellation

Marlchi, the

goddess

of

called

arc

year

its

twenty-two

constellation

is the

astronomy

the

of this

months

208, 209.

we

see

the

of
the

him

in

who

god

of

mother
It

that

called

in

Thibetan
Ila

the

or

from

the

of

pig

stars

the

and

of

find

We

also

confirming

called

Akkadian

the

pig-god,

Biz-bizi, the

pig {pes)

of

is furnished
of

the

comb,

for

arranging

the

cult

of

the

Hewitt, Ruling
Brown,

216.

Great

rebels,
the

its Roman

Plough,
the

were

is
the

These

Bear.

sors
succes-

parent-stars

of

the

heaven,

Great

pair
of

hair

of

of

was

Prehistoric

jun., F.S.A.,

Primitive

Asia,

the
that

of

the

the

were

pigs.

seven

hunting

the

and

boar

Thibetan

by
his

logy
mytho-

.earlypre-Celtic Picts.
the

dominant

mythical
this

in

part
vol.

his

between

year-god

TimeSy

evidence

stars

the

king's

carried

shears,
the

Bear

telling of

proves
that

important

most

and

story

Trwyth,

hair

Races

know

we

(sa/ur),that

year-boar

the

Europe

was

Twrch

the

of

[host of

the

Rama,

the

that

which

pigs
and

razor

the

Trwyth, meaning

seven

boar-god,

of

mythology

the

by

swine-children,
of

stars

called

as

pig is,as

sowing

as

Lord

as

early Phrygian

by

conclusion

This
Arthur

is

upon

of

well

the

divine

of the

Bear

Orion.

in Celtic

Twrch

the

to

of

the

led

Great
as

of

god
looked

sun-ox

for

flock

the

the

the

the

of

of the

Akkadian

in

were

planet

called, throughout

215,

planets

the

once

K.

the

early astronomy,

oxen

deer-sun-star

and

the

seven

age

of

planet

substitutes

pigs, the

the

of

the

of

Dumu-zi

planet Saturn

this

shows,

or

the

belonging

But

ploughing

in the

'

lation
constel-

the

in

the

sow,

Akkadian

wind,

Pigs

star

in

not

stars.

Septemtriones,

This

the

constellation

for

planetary analogue

seven

Star

sun-god born

called

Seven

But

2.

Saturnus

name

the

Zendavesta,

ruling fixed

boar

West

the

Ninpes, the

wandering

of

the

equivalent

Istar

astronomy,

Kakkab
Boar

that

probable

seems

the

Pole

'.

was

or

of

335

year's course,

the

the

form

his female

in

his

is

Martu,

or

the

originally

was

boar-god

Mer-mer

and

of

Age,

once

pigs, Adonis,

s^^v^n

This

was

end

tree, who

Orion.

god

the

at

the

Cypress

who

boar-god

slew

Myih'Makhig

of

the

ears

weapons

when

age,

national

i., Essay iii., p. l8l.

Constellations^ vol.

ii.,chap.

xv.

pp.

ritual.

It
or

Trwyth

and

of

the

of

the

to

was

Arthur

the

slew

of

ruling gods

population, called
the

The

of

swine

of

man

the

of

stars

(3) Cott,
of

He
of

story

is

the

and

god
of

the

of

of

tells

To

Pegasus,

the

is thus
ruled

by

both

years

days,

each

Horus

the

the

the

eleven

were

the

under
of

stars

of

years

the

of

Egypt

i. p.

12,

is

eleven
; and

still

made

of

the

ass-

worship

or

the

Great

Bear.
in

of

that

this

519,521
xvi.

pp.

It

Egypt,
Thus

thirty-three
the

was

probable

more

is

Horse

Tiger
Horus

the
It

Pigs.

the

months

"

"

Hawk

constellations.

chap. ix. pp. 509,510, 509


284, chap.
chap. xii. pp. 281
f

of

who

of

year

these

dramatic
the

Seven

of

that

Star

the

constellation

his

service

the
a

service

Arthur

as

containing 363 days


in

the

Mossoos,

Bear

equivalent

Rhys, Celtic Folklore

Legend^ chap.

of

The

Pole

to

new

and

of the

rule

Gwalch-mei,

leave

of

bath

Mabinogion

which

Druid

the

Trwyth

worshippers

fealty to

concluding
exact

Twrch

the

in

to

Great

the

his

in

year

by

as

ass-god

{dru) god.

the

of

end

find

we

life

yedx

were,

the

of

as

; and

the

ears

Drostan,

to

over

of

ears

summer-tree

of

swear

under

and

the

Drystan

to

Bran

Arthur

dialogue,

of

began

one

for

to

stars

seven

the

conversion

and

return

of

of

swine,

of Tailwch

whose

is

Drystan

foes

of

victory

the

March

god

the

brought

May,

of

his

got

seasons

ears,

the

god

the

Arawn,

son

V., first the

Chapter

apparently

sun-god,

version

horse's

the

of

by the three

(i) Pryderi,

he

three

the

form

their persons-

on

or

whom

age
VIL

the

of

herded

(2) Drystan,

form

the

of

from

back

pig-sons

seven

in

brought

milk.

Hades,

totems

PwyH

the

Chapter

sons

Prydain.

of

son

stais

seven

primitive Pictish

or

were

of

Isle

the

CoHfrewi,

Another

who

stars,

{pryd),

god

seen

Midas.

of

of

the

have

the

South

the

son

March,

we

form

Southern

the

the

of

their

tatooed

who

of

the

Prydain,

Britain

Twrdi

before

powers

of

those

the

star

tint

year-god

pursued

sons,

seven

eight-rayed

heaven,

swineherds

stout

his

were

in

people

ploughman,

eight ruling

the

the

of

weapons

and

the

Bear,

Chronology

sun

him

sun-god

(pryd)^

these

get

Airem,

Great

These

of

and

History

336

by

year
the

Tin Arthurian

378

"

380.

of the Myth-Making

^SyP^

to

This

of his reign

three

of the

shrine
of

of

gods

Cologne, where,

they

These

Mossoos,

shikas,

They,

who

ruled

They

thence

up

the

and

holding
Thibetan

barley
of

five

the

Pirs
the

by Ram-deo,
M.

by

Bonin

for the

did

women

partners,

by fining heavily

not

the

Naville, Mythe

Baring Gould,

mother

of

the

The

all fathers

Curious

of

shipped.
wor-

Thibetans,

Ku-

the

tants
aboriginal inhabithe

ritual.

Mossoo

{liaya)headed

he

the

is thus

of

black-

Indian

horse

pair

one

arms,

Guga,

one

Mossoos

described

are

in their

sexual

relations,

themselves

united

families

have

sought

who

do

to

porary
tem-

to

stop

provide

not

daughters.

Lockyer,

Myths

they

the

is

Chinese

of

for their

d' Horus
*

but

marry

mountain

five-daysweek, headed

old

4.

Kings

Kauravya

heaven

of the

the

to

the

four

This

was

years* task,

of the

horse

and

of

practice the

legitimate husbands

in

entirelymatriarchal

as

named

heads

Ram

god

the

Hayagriva, the

gods

or

she

mother-birds

are

bow

three

sons

before

Centaur.

Yavadiyi,

mare,

the

who

both

the

the

Eurytus,

".

conquered

three

shooting

and

proposals

brought

were

Haus

two

and

of

with

god, represented

in

companions

freedom

her

their

India

are

worshippers

were

sixty-

cruising for

marriage

of

were

the

Min-kia,

and

Yunnan,

and

went
ten

of

these

end

Mon-su,

or

{su),

Kout-song
of

the

at

bird

came

for

son

three-yearscycle,the Three

the

the

and

{vion)

lysed
ana-

goddess Ursula,

the

price

slaughtered by the

all

were

from

the

As

Swabian

cycle, with

the

virgins,and

11,000

his

with

Horsel, who

herself

king.

collect

to

Horus,

hundred

three

the

of

German

free

galleys,to
heathen

that

of

those

years,

eleven
of

Bear, the

Little

of

myth

started

the

in

3 J7

also

was

year

Horus

that

Set

conquer

third year

official

Egyptain

Naville,

M.

by

the

the

in

statement

Age.

Dawn

of Astronomy

the Middle

chap. xxvi.

p. 390.

Ages,' Ursula, Encyc. BriL^

Edition, vol. xxiv. p. 13.

Ninth
3

Waddell,

Crooke,

India
f

pp.

The

Buddhism

Introduction
1

30"

of Thibet^ pp. 364,


to

the

Popular

32.
Z

444

Religions

"

446.
and

Folklore

of

Northern

History

338

The

F.

between

connection

Chronology

and

this year

and

htit*

ceremonial

cutting.
The
is also

characteristic

the

and

the

Bhils,

the

India

of

the

the

strength

the

Jewish

We

see

of

the

of

the

and

offer

Thus

Achilles

hand

of

dead

friend

This

It

was

whose
northern
This
Celtic

tonsure,

the

at

admission
both

the
and

men,

the

constellation
the

goat.

constellation

is

goat-star

is

//iVw/,xxiii. 141"

P'razer,Pausanias^

R.

Brown,

one

on

to

also
the

146.

The

of all

duty

his

of

It

Auriga
called
left

the

an

epoch.

this

Eubcea,
of

the

sun-horse
the

under

name

Athenians

as

claim,

could

village

'.

and

land

originallyrequired

was

Pausanias

offer

as

sons

they

the

hair

of

young

before
in

in

the

to

all

by the

hair

front

Celts

share

'

ii. 32, vol. i.


p.

jun., F.S.A.,

I55" 166, 679"682.

by

for

thus

hair

This

Abantes

the

the

to

Phratria.

cloud-god,
thunder-

parent-river Sper-

the

sacred

necessary

used

Askar,

of

spears

made

sacrifice

the

the

his

off

of

ashen

Troezen

Hippolytus,

The

mark

eighteen, their

women

of

This

that

observance

into

from

women

the

was

of

age

the

roarer,

lock
to

cutting

offering,ascribed

preliminary

ash-tree, Yggdrasil,

tonsure

how

was

Samson.

creating rain-god-parent of

Patroclus

tribal

were

weapons

of

hair.

his

belief of

the

story

puberty apparently began

at

distinctive

the

in which

hair,

to

Edda

it

sent

of

custom

made

offering

of

the

to

rivers.

'.

the

trees

the

cheios

of

story

said the Ymin,

to

of

the

in

into

originallyan

was

lock

thcf

was

introduced

This

firstfruits,which

women

It

who

bow,

forth

set

as

grass

the

his

Mundas.

dwelt, according

body

It is there

was

the

river-parent-gods of

made

and

of

the' Creation

originated.

men

mark

this

and
pig-tails,

wear

hair-cutting.

Nazarites,

in

Chinese,

men

custom

offeringto

offered

the

like

Mossoos,

tells

lock

of

their

3, called

by

by

Aratus4

shoulder,

and

that

us

hair

to

kadians
Ak-

the

the
the

the

goat.

kids

two

Ibid., ii. 535"544.

121.

Phainomena^

or

Heavenly

Display of

Aratui,

horses

end

the

at

year-chariot ".
jTod

of

then

became

the

the

who

by the

vernal

Dr.
also

used

for

Sir

as

rider

accusation

Star

Pule

{afife)goer,
She

Southern

of the

female

heaven

"1C17,a

and

knife,

Bcllerophon
a

tablet
which

in

characters

of

of the

in

the

as

well

as

his

death

were

as

but

stars

the

his

(Homer,

warrant

to

178,

knife and

elided tbe
Her

hnsbiK

^Kdarris,a healeii
signs, carriedliy

dreadful
vi.

Hippolftei

was

who

with

Hewitt, Ruling Races

Argos, the loA

of

zodiac.

sun-worship

the

use

pid"

own

the Poki

round

horses

lunar

or

Raphon,ibe

his

making

accuser

by

//iW,

of incipient

barber-surgeons began
first employeil.

Baal

were

of this year oftntf*


not ibe
who
was

city

Pcleus*

\vypdt
a"fifxara

this age

These

by Anteia, the bockwaii

connected

name

setting-star,

sun,
sun

oldest

path of the solar

Egypt

Kanuk,

at

widershins

going

loosed

was

gods

to

It was
in

B.C.4

accused

Argo.

who

the

as

zodiacal

moQO

new

temples

3050

the

of

constellation

Plippolytus,he

tell of
(irfi^airt),
the

to

it m

years.

against Bcllerophon,

the

king of Thcssay, and

Akastos,

was

of

night-star,

Capella

Bellerophon was

stars.

moon-goddess

sons

form
as

to

of Proetus, king of Tiryns, the

wife

was

three

B.C.

oftk

accordii^

the

of

of

guided by Lakhsman,

through the appointed


the

us

that

to

the

to

Hor-shesu
prehistoric

made

worship

ploughing-sun Rama,

the sl"

(gan), and

Akkadians,

beginning

5500

was

land

Pclcus, father of Achilles, both

and

Pegasus,

on

from

tion

the

oriented

from

varying

similar

'

that

the stv"

left wrist

relation

in

tells

Annu

the

on

beone

goat

called

They

the

star

the

Lockyer

constellatioi

This

Babylonians,

goat.

year-star by the

and

dates

at

equinox

N.

Memphis

this

determined

Saycc,

the

god {dil) of

of

position

the

of

little goat

the

Tana, thctitt'

or

year-chariot of the

Star

Pole

the

Dilgan,

driver

of

the

Auriga,

by Diana

the mat

was

seen,

{tati)^
p. 34.

the

drove

of

have

we

constellation

guardian

messenger

as

and k

made,

offerings were

mud

Southern

the
by iEsculapios,

life

to

of Aricia, ruled

Grove

god

Capella

hair

2, where

of the

goddess

restored

was

Virbius, who,

the

during w^ich he drove Ik

this year,

of

He

Troezen

god of

of

Chronology

History and

340

as

179), traced 0*
Bronze

the

Afic

pictogiapUc

written

Ttwui^'^

of PrckistcrU

i.,Essay vi., p. 523"532.


'

'

note

Frazer, Pausaniasj
Hewitt,
2, 420;

Stellar

1893. P^

Ruling

i. 22,
Races

2, vol. i. p. 31.

Sayce, Herodotus^

Researches.'

Times

of Prehistoric
402

p.

Proceedings of

; R.

ike

vol.
^

i., Essay

Brownfi, jun., F.S.A.,

Society of Biblical

iii.,pp. 4l9i
*

Euphiatean

Archa:ology^May.

324-

Lockyer,

Dawn

of Astronomy

chap. xxxi. pp. 316, 318, chap.

xxx.

p. 312.

the

of

^mples
ave

Ptah, the

to

ie

evening

rliose

high-priest

oseph

I, the

he

of

the

*ar-god,
ions
of

with

tail.

l"y Capella, beginning


^uivalent
^

have

we

this

to

"Virgoruling the
lis with

month

valuable

the

by

March

evidence

in

for
year

ruled

Babylon

one

was

which

was,

Chitra

constellation

the

to

as

the

as

pit dug

India,

of

chronology

or

furnishes

it thus

April, and

"

to

wore

year

equinox,

year

measured

seen,

of

vernal

eleven-months

wife
who

year,

the

year

of

sun-god,

Leo, ruling the

This

the

at

the
as

his

in

Jacob,

we

worshippers

this

ended

as

was,

Asenath

constellation

lion's

the

who

city of

of

and

of

son

the

341

the

the

On,

daughter

colours,

many

is under

ape

is

his

gave

eleventh

2, that

the

also

interpreter {asipu) god

star-coat

of

creating-ape

Annu

stars.

Age.

{patah) god,

opening

Southern

the

seen,

Myth- Making

the

year

"f the hair-offerers.


But

to

after this

return

given by

the

Pausanias

that

by

the

of
of

Jason,

the

the

children

the

healer

of

Dravidian

Dorian

of

education

ritual
well

as

as

that

"

Gen.

boys,

Oldenberg,

is described

in

of

Grihya Sutra,

Sutra

of Gobhila, ii. 9,
XXX.

i. 43,

pp.

i. 17,

"

1"29;

60"63.

the

Ibid,

should

4, vol. i. p. 66.

19,

Paraskara

S.B.E.,

Sutra

Grihya

be

20

"

vol. xxix.

India.

girls

on

It

5.

quires
re-

off in the

cut

24.

Ibid., ii. 3, 6, vol. i. p. 75.

Grihya Sutra,
Grihya

the

of

from

performed

xxxvii.

and

communal

cutting

brought

was

all children

Grihya St'ttra^Shankayana

ayana

voL

which

Turano-

meals.

common

ceremonial

ceremony,

and

Argo,

Dravidian

the

apparently

xli. $0.

Frazer, Pausanias^

Greece

the

the

village holdings,
the

one

hair

303,

of

of
of

brance
remem-

counsellor

the

year-voyage

to

in

cut

and

marriage
hair of the

the

was

South,

village children

the

the

the

communal

was

of

4, who

the

brought

custom

hair

children's

The

the

the

Hence

of

of

customs

in

before

was

from

learn

we

that

; and

Corinth

Medea

(w),

who

races

of

hair,
made

were

Delos

city

mother-constellation

the

hair

and

Dorian

the

cutting

offerings of

girls of Megara

children

of

of

customs

historical evidence

the

digression to

i.

28, 1"24

Sutra, ii. I,
pp.

55"57,

i"

Ashval-

17,

184"186,

Grihya
301"

first

third

or

rule

five

or

Malays,

who

in

The

India

Malabar.

They

cut

few

after

the

the

days

central
but

Chinese,

belongs

the

to

dealing.

child

is named,

shave

generally
later

lea^

cases

Mossoos

of

But

off^

use

with

that

birth

sharp

which

we

razor,
now

are

barber-priest of the!

for the

of the

performs the religious ceremony

with

tonsure

than

some

hair

the

men

after

Mundas,

the

impossible

be

It would

all

involves

age

in

by

the

Mons,

and

are

observed

or

the

of

they

first week

the

in

top-knot

Grihya-Sutras,who
Hindu

hair

shaving, which

of

custom

Mallis

the

when

also

is

Hi

acknowledge

not

hair

custom

are

the

lock,

do

their children's

old.

years

and

family custom,

to

Bhils, who

the

shave

who

Chronology

according

or

year,

prevailsamong

ritual,but

and

History

34^

{Ficus glomerata)

wood,

and

razor

copper

the

shave

to

of

one

heads

Udumbara
he

which

on

operated.
It

is

performed
before
Mr.

bride

at

Skeat

which

repeating

ceremony

the

were

grass

of

ceremony
that

by

of the
the

the

of

barbers

that

priests,
Fanch

'

as

Skeat,

who

the
of

Bhandaris,

prove

is

year

evidence
The

and

Hajams

they

and

belonged

to

the

Firs,

or

Malay

Magic^ chap. vi. p. 341.

five

village gods

that

fruit,

and

trees

Hindu

the

river-gods made
the

by

into

the

ritual

and

trade.
the

Their

the

from

dating

one

of

"

foot

the

associations

of

the

to

barber's

age

the

hair, succeeding

Napits.

originally

were

with

the

divided

are

at

Malay

of

was

of the

institution

the

That

cut

were

it bear

Edda

probable

rendered

Bengal

buried

Ymin.

maidens,

of women

locks

These

the

hair

case

of

making

clipping

offeringof

youths

this

of

creator

ceremonial

ceremonial

Greek

of

age

the

the

of

hair

belief

originally

head

were

of

hopes

was

locks

few

^.

placed

were

the

in

the

officiated

he

the

and

from

cut

fig-tree in

ceremony

only

then

seven

they

the

puberty,

that

and

tonsure

barren

of

age

saw

whose

in

water

of

the

at

marriage,

off.

that

probable

most

the

three

caste

of

castes
customs

Kushika

worship

Telis, who,

Ibid., chap, vi, pp.

of

the

as

we

353"355.

Age,

of the Myth-Making
have
months
in

land

free

rent

Orissa, one

in

of

seen,

superintendent

or
was

of

one

all

Orissa

of

land

the

in

Welsh.

to

Bhandaris

The

of

the

the

pair together

with

red,

of

as

the

tying

by
wisp

groom
bride-

and

ceremony

hair

with

by

caste

bride

but

have

Pre-Celtic

the

Sindurdan

brotherhood,

in

tenure

which

Kushika

bride's

wedded

the

the

Chiroo

Sindurdan,

Ku"ha

confinement,

their
who
allied

'

to

acts
to

bow

during

the

Chamars

{dlianii),who

Risley, Tribes

the

and

Cosies

first six
or

are

Pirs.

They

of the

Brahmin

in

grain

days.

the

rite
the

arc

priest
the

in

village

are

in

Behar,

Manbhum.

and

the

workers

the

by

marry

during

women

Magadha,

or

Bhandaris

Nagpur

succeeding
the

Behar

marriage-priest of

the

and

like

in Chutia

nurse-tenders

as

assistants

stipulated payment

of land

allotment

the

five

the

higher

also

They

getting

act

of the

of

Ra-hu,

sun-god

the

match-makers,

servants,

nurse

the

worship

but

castes.

wives

barber-surgeons
of

country

lower

of

earlier

blood

marriages

are

the

by

not

making

in the

of

them

partings

Hajams,

universal

an

among

the

to

of

as

king

I.

grass

of

the

marked

Mahto

still exists
as

those

land

the

to

Ooraons,

like

be

rites,for

the

of

of

the

when

rules

as

was,

grants

Mahto

the

the

institution

allotted

land

of

who

and

in

country

Poori, and

when

days

the

of

are

ritual,the

at

hold

Hence

cycle-era, the

also

V.

of

of

There

Orissa,

and

gods,

Parasu-Rama,

Manjhus

Chapter

united

symbol

the

the

eleven-

of

barbers

Indian

village rulers, for

marriage

hands

of

the

services.

village servants,

those

marking

their

the

to

to

are

of

the

similar

The

their

of

back

villages.

are

shown

to

apart for the

set

the

Jagahnath

sacred

of

gods

priests of these
for

of

god

barber-priestsdates
were

the

temple

the

Bhandaris,

birth-placesof

mountain

have

from

payment

the

great

Mahendra
\vc

the

villagesare

some

the

descent

Thus

year.

still

of

their

trace

seen,

343

Chamar
The

Dhanuks,
the

are

"

who
sons

and

servants

0/ Bengal, Bhandari, vol. i. pp. 92

days

Dhanuk

or

leather,

personal

Their

last six

the

and

94.

watchmen

in the

connected

are

Kurmis^

caste

old

Naga Kushika,

in

Chapter

sons

of the
In

III.

bow

the

the

and

as

are

both

are

united
the

on

of

palms

in their

telling of

the

goddess,

in her

The

of

products
rain,

of

Both

of

and

crops,

to

lower

castes,

the

309,
-5

in

Tndes

head

'

life-givingair
including
their

ami

This

the

CasUs

the

rule

be

conclusions

It

the

the

caste

hair

the

was

growing
from

grown

offspring

the

of

the

like

left open,
of

most

who

Dhanuk,

the

vol.

Bough,

"

the

Indian

their

Napit, pp. 125

Frazer, Golden

the

tend
from

was

of Bt^ngal, Hajam,

43

Chula-

^.

forbidding coverings

rain, and

ii.

called

offering of

creeds

Ibid., vol.

bison

from

that

crops

mountain-

Indian

the

drawn

Ooraons,

ii. p.

or

to the

bare.

-^

Magic, chap.

cow

must

and

heads

220.

Skeat, Malay

3.

pair

discourse

or

Parvati, the

tonsure,

Malay

who

by instructing them

wild

firstfruits*

primitive
the

arose

the

carefully,keep
Risley,

silk,and

wedded

the

prove

body, answering

hence
on

as

bride

the

barber,

Napit

craft

They

and

palms downward

hair, confirm

the

of

and

oil

hands

and

the

marriage

Kausya

The

Hindu

the

he

Gaur-vachana,

Shiva

gets

tusser

ceremony

Gauri,

is the

and

mustard

mantras

of the

of

of

were

worn

'

the

barbers.

the

shown

Napit marri^^e, after

race,

her

the

words

wedding

the

be

to

red

finishes

originallyonly clipped
earth.

sacred

great antiquity of their

the

usages

yellow

bridegroom.

form

of the

Dhanuks,

Napit,

with

the

placing

arrangement

or

to

as

bride

ceremonies

karman

the

in the

duties

the

He

the

In

anointed

of

the

Naga

I have

as

called

is

village servant.

priest,dictates

as

repeat, and

to

are

the

by

Dhanuk.

survivals

originally like

been

in

who,

Kashyapa^

were

member

the

are

the

of

'.

as

has

They

sections, called

they

say,

marriage priest.

dressed

officiates

86,

is called

two

barber-surgeon

bridegroom

turmeric

of

sons

of land

allotment

agent

is to

(Kaus)

the

Bengal

into

divided

p.

Maghada

provinces.

sub-divisions

seven

That

Kashyapa.

North-west

old

leading agriculturalcaste

the

are

of the

households

of the

of whose

as

Chronology

caste

and

with

one

They
and

higher

of Behar

kingdom

an

and

History

344

hair

belief

i. pp.

in

306

"

129.
vol. i. p.

189.

the

of
the

sanctifying efficacyof

moistened

yellow
the

it

the

child

form

early

an

was

before
of

bathing

of

sons

Lycian

which

he

the

child

life

stored

cut

it

He

first

believed

The

two

five

or

week.

barber
then
to

be

the

of

course

the

teen-months

arranged,
These

joined
Khati.

one

They

of

Prehistoric

of

the

ascetic

cutting

each

side

the

three

American

have,

as

Times,"

MalJury,

of

age.
Baisakh

'Picture

of Ethnology

three

is

contrary

last

back

by

or

in

of

American

in
a

Dakota

JnstUiition^

vol.

Races

ceremony

relic

of

which,

x.

p. 433,

this
the

about

Publications

Indians.'

or

Hindu

the

Bengal

month

head.

Ruling

be

to

the

the

swinging Puja,

(April" May),

the

**

in America

celebrated

Smith.^oniau

the

seven-

tufts

the

cut

ceremony

representatives of
shown

and

thus

in the

single

worn

the

back

locks

this

the

at

one

locks

have

Writing of

of thi

leaves

reproduced
It

whence

head

month

the

locks

seven

the

In

and

that

the

VHI.

Chapter

of

days

seven

left
locks

of

first from

the

but

the

from

right side,

of

the

first,and

side

twenty-one

days

self-torturingChuruk

beginning

J^unau

sun.

hair.

curds,

number

round

he

the

and

cut

directs

the

The

^ the

Hindu

and

going

of

to

five

side, thus
the

on

whole

locks

the

answer

Indians

with

twenty-one

that

the

Sutra

Grihya

cut

year

it is clear

then

water

right,in

to

butter

the

before

with

cut

left

He

seven

to

left

the

to

beginning

cut,

to

answer

locks.

of

cold

lock

right-hand

locks, making

Gobhila

from

the

took

four

or

proceeds

the

he

he

fresh

water,

answering

seven,

from

with

and

of

seed

waters

each

next

times

the

ceremony

the

with

hot

in

Xanthus,

this

in

in

which

grass
three

hair

three

or

The
to

are

head

three

cut

placed

Kusha

sun,

the

; and

mixed

wolf-sun-god,

river

impregnated

used

and

the

It

all the

to

common

yellow

mother

be

barber

of

the

his

to

head,

the

wet

the

the

hair-clipping.

worshipped

on

by

the

rain-god of heaven

the

bunch

cutting

side

born

was

repetitionof

rite

of hair

lock

was

preceded
who

345

each

this

baptismal

rivers

was

of

thence

the

bathed

by

direction
in

the

the

of

was

moisten

to

which

Age.

that

water

cut, and

was

Apollo,

parent-river.

'

Myth'Makifig

as

we

0/ the

Fig. 558.

History

346
have

bc[;an

seen,

Roman

Palilia

associated

with

down

sacred

the

dance

The

'.

placed
the

its

this

festival

when

with

the

hair

from

the

age

by
of

the

that

which

the

it and

belonged

the

teen-months
hid

thirteenth

the

in
from

this

with

Uttara,

the

[diva) of

the
are

god,

of

Soma,

rain

{var) god

The
now

of

sketched

the
to

all

Ruling

Races

Mahabharata

harana)
iii. pp.

age

Panra,
59, 60.

Virata

the

of
of

bow

beans

to

the

fight the

to

with

lion's

the

god

the

{sak)

wet

Varuna,

the

ram-

2.

barley

and

India

with

rice,

was

ceremony

millet, thus

or

forth

went

Sakrci, the
of

was

showing

millets

had

the

sacred

been
oil

Telis.

hair-cutting,of

beginnings
countries

of Prehistoric

icx),

loi

the

vol.

Times
^

which

have

apparently exported

was
on

(Pdndava-pravesha)

xli., xlii. pp.

It

rain-god, which

the

baptismal

ceremonial

first

he

the
Virata

in

Gandiva,

the

was

seven-

power.

ape-god

when

Minor

orientale)of

custom

HewiU,

the

Asia

from

India

from

to

which

the

rain-sun-god

and

in

of

rain-bow

this

seeds,

belongs

{sesamum

fur

that

when

mother-trec-god,and

fee

the

charioteer

bow

the

of

from

bow

used,

are

and

his

His

Sutra, in

grass

as

banner

of heaven,

scsanium

brought

the

barber's

it

that

his

Shaml

the

seclusion

their

exile

took

{gan), the

is

tree

told, successively the

wc

barley,

the

of

cut

dates

ceremony

Kusha

Pandavas

their

North-god,

land

was,

The

of

that

tree,
{shata-valsfta)

of

during

this year.

ruled

tail,who

the

be

garden,

like

leaves

the

in

Ashvalayana Grihya

Shami

Arjuna

under

Kauravyas,

of

bows

year

that

tree

while

bunches

age

their

the

is to

leaves, and,

grass,

that

buffalo

barber

buried

Kusha

shows

the

This

year.

Pandavas

of

later

be

to

cutting

the

Shaml

or

they

of

and

hundred-branched

twenty-one

to

dung

The

Kushika,

ritual

rites

Indian

Sutra,

barber,

the
(Prosopisspicigera)t
show

bull's

Malays.

the

the

by

cut

Also

festivals.
Ooraon

the

with

opening

almond-tree

Shankayana

of the

hair

epoch

the

or

grass,

the

this

associated

Kurum

hair

to

of

year

and

Ku"ha

on

according
like

the

Chronology

and

Parva,
Zimmer,

Gulf

Persian

ii.,Essay ix. pp. 291


v.

pp.

Alt

12,

13,

indisches

and

"

Virata

293.

(Go"

Leben^ chap,

The

G.
This

of

evidence

cutting

the

Agnishvattah,
the
and

Age

in

of

the

assigns

them

to

and

cultivating

race,

the

in

the

to

the

The

the

Chiroos,

of

Magadha,

of

the

or

That

antelope.

high-peaked
made

made

are

Pitriyajna, held
also
this

invoked
sacrifice

and

ground

suckling
*

an

is

in

as

made

into
calf 3.

Gazetteer

of India

This

Rg.

Eggeling, Sat, Brah.^ ii.6,

X.

15,

to

Bronze

the

with

is the

toes, like
ings
Offer-

they

the

fathers

the

milk

of
or

p. 322.

S.B.E., vol. xii.

to

them

to

II.

1, 6 ;

are

Barishadah,

allotted

x.

the

at

and

Karambha,

NilgiriHills, vol.

the

wearing

Age

Pitaro

half-share

porridge

of

as

summoning

the

sons

branch

equinox,

hymn

Dard

turncd-up
the

of

autumnal

them,

the

of

kings

parts of India.

some

IV.

race

ancient

of

rulers

the

to

to

are

are,

Chapter

monuments

with

Fathers

offered, but

adopted

Hunter,

ancient

on

Vedic

To

2.

parched barley
is

the

in

they

say,

shoes

the

at

and

Madras

still survive

in

the

{Chir\

Madras,

is to

these

to

the
Kurmis

belong

to

bird

Chamars

the

by

shepherd

who

and

described

them

of

and

cap

have

the

depicted

are

mixed

India, the

shows

Chiroos

Mahabharata,

of

of

sons

the

Hittites,who

those

hat

the

those

are

These

Gonds,

are

graves

tombs

Central

Bronze

the

members.

the

whom

Nilgiris,

Kurmis,

the

whom

succeeded

196.

195,

of

the

wearing high

as

the

Kurumbas,

leading

Kaurs,

pp.

the

are

vessels

these

of

the

metal

of

these

Pandavas

traditions

who

country

also

the

are

that

Rigveda
They

in

them

ceding
pre-

Fathers,

bronze

in

Age

dead.

made

who

says
the

of

burrows

round

people

kings,

and

according

with

hair-

in the

mound-tombs

the

tradition

Pandyan

Kacjumbis,

their

clay figures found

the

Native

I.

found

to

The

Europe.

depicted]in
hats

form

in their

Copper

is called

burnt

circular

ceremonial

third-class

the

who

are

the

last

of

epoch

spear-points in

answering

This

remains

of

the

in

originated

fathers

or

whose

race

it

in India.

Age

early history

of Bronze.

Brahmanas

and

Cfironalogy

Bronze

the

that

proves
that

and

History

348

p. 421.

cow

barley-

the

of

oflFered to

porridge

of

milk

historical

the

Dasahara

of

autumnal

the

of

Dui^a

the

In

himself.

the

is

He

seasons.

father

the

as

in

Vritra

is there

he

Pole

called

Danu

god of Orion's

Star

the

after his death, and


that

the

year-god
of

year-god
tL

'

Rg.

"

Monier

Rg.

56,

Gnssmann,

Rg.

had

months,

the

the

had

the

that

as

offered

he

after

the

he

antelope-god

seen,

the

by

killed

this
at

solstice,and

Star

received

(grsti)4,

drinking Soma

summer

Pole

him,

have

to

buffalo

measured

year

of the

the

have

wc

Indra

as

calved

is, as

Indra,

forsaken

primaeval

Rigveda

once

the

of the

warning

North,

are

is called

hymn

that

nine

victory

the

which

he

only

another

year

first

substituted

the

in

ruled

son

moon

5.

It

was

the

buffalo,slew, and
from

called

Krishna,

his

mother

Vishnu
to

his

the
aid.

I, iii. 52, 7.

WUliams,

iv.

or

India

Grihya Sutras.

festival

six-days Tri-ka-dru-ka

the

short

new

of

were

enclosing snake

or

the

for this

was

these

birth

Vyaftsa,

nursed

buffalo, the

celebrate

It

only

appears

which

said

after

calf

and

who

cow

Draco

constellation

is

of his

is called

his father

and

it

account

of the

{ntahisa) son

and

cow

time

Southern

mountain-goddess

buffalo

sacred

this

But

the

of

portant
im-

tells in

festival

2.

of

the

(Assin) (September

year

It

of
most

us

and

this

cycle

the

and

her.

day

In

Brahmanas

ritual of the

in the

the

bull,

animals,

sacrificial

tenth

made

ritual

of Sshvina

buflfalo Mahishasur

that

buffalo

of

Subhadra,

or

female

over

the

on

Indian

Central

equinox.

week

the

of

days

is

in

be
conveys

worship

winter

equinox.

tells

it

of

tenth

the

on

that

October),

"

calf

old

sacrificed

always

the

at

the

of

supersession

animal

adopted
for

the

he became

autumnal

supersede

to

was

of

by whom

should

an

349

god

porridge

information,

foreign calf,which
of

the

at

cow-mother-goddess

the

when

this

suckling

cow

year

of the sun-maiden,

stipulationthat

The

Age,

', the

sun-god bom

of the

father

the

Pushafi

husband

solstice,and

Myth' Making

Relij^ms

and
Thous^^ht

Life

in

India, chap. xvi. p. 431.

18, 10"13.
IVorterlmch

32, 3"9.

zum

Rigveda,

s.v.

grsti.

asked

Vishnu
had

killed

that

he

had

sacrifice

IV.

p.

dead

would

bird

of

Vritra

mother

solstice

and

born

born

in

this

hymn

his

saying

side

as

the

of

measured

this

is

are

said

the

rain-god,

the

of

is

shall

of

believe
the
and
But

and

Vishnu,

measured

to

by

is the

always
the

is thus

iv.

18,

in their
lunar

and

counterpart

'

Rg.

Rhys

"

Rg. ix. 56, 3,

II"

David,

is not

at

eaten

the

4.

Birth

the

Stories

he

of

tion
gesta-

Soma

flow

year-gods

as

as

These

Malays, which
on

their

Indian

sacred

13.

Buddhist

arrow,

Vritra,

makes

of the

the

the

when

months

it floats

of

Parjanya,

of

4.

animal
as

year-

daughters

of

lunar

alliance

new

months

earth

offered

buffalo

this totem

singing

Vishnu.

by

of

era

new

was

seasons,

or

then

measured

sun's

the

slayer

maidens

sacred

the

support

animal

ten

cycle-year,whose

buffalo

The

the

three

to

ship (ndva)

the

as

of

impregnated

the

womb,

He

3.

himself

3, where

"

of

Soma

drink

the

this year

him,

arrow-year

were

Indra

ix. 113,

his

mother-tree,

buffalo-cow

by

from

of those

betake
of

was

elephant-cloud-god,

instead

born

he

mother's

sun-god

Sharyanavan,

to

the

winter

is shown

the

his

the

the

born

the

would

brought

of

{shya)

become

era

mother

months

frost

That

be

branch

as

converted,

at

Buddha's

born

he

new

entered

of the

thus

weeks,

the

would

he

that

Gan-isha,

by

have

to

"

who

as

side

proved by Rg.

sun-maidens

for

sun-god,

buffalo-god

god

Indra

the

when

and

seasons

that

birth

right

that

That

his

of

of that

would

equinox.

rain-god

rain-cloud

promised
years

autumnal

god

or

begotten

sun-god

the

as

right side,

the

entered

the

Chapter

now

Shyena

is,he

in

seen

was

true)

is, accepted

become

he

he

when

(it was

that

have

that

That

trusted

that

we

of the

Soma

the

at

before

begotten by the
from

of

but

slew,

solstice

the

entrails

solstice,and

he

be

to

replied

dog's

of the

partake

mother's

Indra

summer

of

son

hope

dog offered, as

the

the winter

of

Chronology

can

and

eaten

the

at

the

year,

and

father,

once

184,

he

how

him

his

the

by

and

History

350

the

It is

ocean.

sacrificial feasts,
Dasahara

buffalo

Ibid., iv. i8,


The

they

of the

I,

buffalo.

Malay

2.

Nidilftakathdy p. 63.

the

of
miners,

tin

sacrifice

born

the

It is

be

carcase

are

deposited

outside

the

mine,

the

to

But

sacrifice

the

flesh

Vishnu,

is

This

adopted

and

Gautamas.

sun-buffalo

meditations

in which

the

Pole

the

from

sun,

sunwise.

They

When

walks

thus

in

Pole

Star

moon

"

Skeat, Malay

Sam-kalpa,
3

as

and

EfiS^""t

363,

423.

424.

allied

burnt

after

with

of

is

day,

the other

Star

and

of

of

pp.

to

six circuits

the

shift

56, 189,
Hindu

Beauchamp,

190,

left to

the

right,

when

right
right

it from

left

pers.
sun-worship-

presented
his

on

they

the

it to
as

ancestral

gods

shoulder
lefts.

to

the

the

to

ruler

of

intermingled, marking

are

age

of

course

from

are

cord

these

ritual of

right shoulder, according


they

the

was

round

go

in the

the

to

porridge

with

white

Brahmins'

worship, except

then

Todas

the

of

the

proved

three

the

on

death,

the

of

believed

were

sun-worship

one

3, vol. i. p.

summon

time-reckoning,

contrary

Pole

ritual

its

virginjungle.

worship

of

altar, sprinkling

Magic

of

Indra

invested
sacrificially

and

sacrifice

Dubois

and

cord

cakes

the

of the

Vishnu

history

fire, and

the

round

And

the

the

sacrificer

the

they

the priestsmake
Pitriyajfta

primitive

the

the

pig

bodies

night

become

and

shoulder,

Fathers

the

wore

the

kindling

are

on

right to left,and

rules of

the

white

first three

altar, the

the

of

god

fathers

of

age

the

In the

Brahmanas.

the

of

sun-god,

part

every

mother-cow

the

this

heavenly

stars

as

the

the

of

of

son

That
of

one

"

the

and

the

'.

buffalo-calf

as

mine, where,

to

buffalo, the

white

this

succeeding

year

in the

Sheikh, king

White

eaten

the

and

to

of

never

was

daily

the

as

of the

spirits'audience-chamber

the

they invoke

and

this

portions of

inside

They

Age.

sun-buffalo

sacred

ground

but

shed,

the

killed

never

351

Bronze

of

Indra

sacrificial

may

the

to

is thus

buffalo

the

as

Indian

blood

no

origin

buffalo, which

three-years cycle.
in

as

their

trace

white

sun-god
the

who

Age,

Myth' Making

of

from

transition

the

268, 269.
and

Manners

Customs
^

chap, xiii.,The

147.

^^^'

Brdh.y

note

2,

ii. 4,

428"433.

2,

9,

ii.

6,

i,

12"34

S.B.E.,

vol.

xii.

pp.

and

History

352

primaeval
of the

It

and

star

these

sons

worship

of the

buffalo

who

rice-growinc^races

of

that

to

Atharvan,

adbratioa

the

Brahmanas,

imparted

honey, the

of

mystery

which

union,

of

castes

the

according
trade

the

to

the
is

in

community

by

history of

the

Kushikas,

Naga

not

of

and

Cdhtral

the

of

formed,

who

metal,

and

Copper

ethnology

by the

introduced

custom

of

to

tiic

Indians

The

the

in

given

the

he, according

'.

beginning

workers

and

united

guilds

mead

Malay

Dadhiank,

god

aboriginal

inspiring

India,

miners

the

to

marked

in

Ages

Bronze

the

the

by the Northern

India

in

head,

of

parent

fire-god Atar, and

the

of

son

or

totem

joined

were

horse's

the

of

worshippers

this

moon

sun.

was

the

Chronology

descent

of

but

function.

only mining

The

smelters

are

and

the

of

and

he

of

which

fire

offerings of

'

Rg.
3

Eggeling,

iv.

the
the

to

Hewitt,

These

2.

first

were

custom

Vritra

Brdh.,

Sat.

RtdiHg

Races

Fafnir,
who

slain

by Indra,

They

i, 5,

18;

of Prehistoric

the

heart

who

the

after
the

the

to

also

S.B.E.,

vol.

Times

vol.
^

not

the

the

Thoas

Northern
who

the

xxvi.

feat

fire-dog,the

male
the

his

Northern
which

sun-gods,
only

transmitted

were

fire

snake-god,

was

of

the

Grani,

the

and

the

Chersonesus,

and

year,

Finns,

3.

iv.

deity,

sacrifices,were

Eastern

Finns,

sun-horse

sacrifices

human

Arabs

Moloch,

the

Asuras,

man-ape,

Tauric

the

of

dog's entrails,or

of

creator

the

male

the

on

heart

of

Indian

the

ate

ruler

as

rider

Vedic

the

Chutia

of

sacrifices to
of

Jewish

the

primaeval

of

king

the

of

ritual
but

India, who

Lobars

human

the

in

the

ate

the

offered

Rigveda,

the

the

to

and

was,

Orion,

Sigurd,

predecessor
form

descent

and

survivals

the

are

Dumu-zi,

sun-god

cooked

Asuras

the

or

sun-god

the

He

sun-god.

Tammuz,

are

Kabir,

or

sun-maiden

Bengal

ore,

their

traced

great Kapl

of

Asuras

The

Nagpur.
who

of

castes

burnt-

the

same

burnt-offerings
p. 277.

ii., Essay viii.,p.

121;

18, 13.

Abercromby,
Smith,

Pre

and

Religion of

the

Protohistoric

Semites, Lect.

Finns,
vi. p.

vol.
210.

i.

chap.

iv. p.

167

son
Robert-

tlie

of
of

the

Angiras

marks

this

The

call

Asuras,

this

volcanic

Behar
of

Phrygian

Asia

Athene

the

ruled

the

got
This

the

as

of

gestation, and

the

ancient

of

the

months

the

heating

of

the

workers

in

metal,

survives

in

the

Kasbhara,

Agfur, ten, is

also

of

the

Vaishya
It

putana.
merchants

or

of

of

rider

on

Behar

Agroha;
the

and

mare,

of

Thus

he

Agroha,

caste

that

the

the

number

of

the

sun-god
of gestation,

This

'.

(August

is
"

on

the

seen

their

of

together
and

Buddhists

September), or

Elliot,Supplementary

'

Ibid., Goga

form

descent
of

Guga,

was

snake

was

Centaur-

Haya-griva.

Northern

the

about

dark

sun-god

of

His

Bhadon

9th of September 2, and

Glossary ^ vol. i. p. i6i, "

Pir, vol. i. p. 357.

half

the

barley-

the

the

formed

Naga

or

p. 337, he

Yavadiya,

the

the

Raj-

provinces belong.

Mossoos,

of

of

day

puted
re-

wealthiest

the

of

on

his

ninth

word

the

Sig-urd, the pillar{urdr) of victory {szg)gnomon-stone.


festival

of

dialect

descended

born

Indian

the

borders

the

many

were

have

horse

as

the

five Pirs, the

the
we

months

Agurnath,

North-west

they

as

sons

ten

trace

on

sun-horse,

Thibetan

was

who

of

fifth of

of

name

Hittite

month

in

in

appears

Agurwalas, the wealthy guild

of

whom

and,

and

the

Itonian

of

in bell-metal

usurers

and

black

the

he

this

to

god-king from
Goga, Pir, the

kings

god

is

tenth

the

Agoor, ten,

in

Rajas

ten

smelting

in

workers

and

of

from

the

of the

cycle-year

and

born

caste

jewellers,bankers

from

The

the

which

name

word

found

of

ancestor

the

was

or

Onka,

the

{keren)

descent

seen,

birth-land

Aftga,

horned

have

we

of

of

their

to

and

smelting,

ore

by Kama,

the

year

of

and

charcoal

of

men

land

name

was

goat, whose

cycle-year

Aftgiras priests,

the

the

Hindu

the

for

of

that

of

the

of

the

Atharvans,

Aftgurias,the

Minor, whence,

Anga.

as

the

cycle-year, point

of Boeotia

India

of

charcoal

with

country

moon-god

name

or

the

prepare

together

name,

the

Aguryas,

who

of

age

year

353

descent.

retaining

themselves

Age,

the

eleven-months

their Finnish

{angdra\

of

priesthood

the

preceding

Myth' Making

v.

Kasbhara.

he

is associated

with

festival

whose

takes

with

place

god

as

the

iirstfruits of the

of

the

cycle-year

the

of

god
the

the

He

is

of

the

said, as

Agurnath,

the

of

into

which

day

weeks,

and

four

the

line 4, his clan

the

apparently

Og

of

the

xxxviii., xxxix.,
the

Rosh,
the

was

by

helmets.

identifies

wall

of

and

the

of

Herodotus

it with

North

the

that

of

name

'

stars

the

Hermes,

Miyan
7

is the

R.

the

of

Moschophorus,

Pegasi

Pegasus.

god

of the

Andromedse,

so

Persian

that

his

Elliot,Supplementary

Risley, Tribes

"

Ibid.

B^rgrd,

and

(Us

Glossary

Castes

Cultes

Ghazi
y

of Bengal

Arcadiem^

Agurwala,

wooden

the

as

god

fence
de-

people
who,

as

representing the

is that

i. pp.

Phoenician

of
^

vol.

the

called

these

Zodiac

are

mentions

Stellar Researches

Miyan,

who

built

from

constellation

p. 299.

and

5, the

Lunar

This

Gesenius

seas,

pillar,got

jun., F.S.A., EuphraUan

Brown,

was

land

the

wearing

was

calf-bearer

or

27th division

Origine

It

in

Cedrenus.

which

Mayuj,

as

Euxine

and

Ezekiel

in

Tubal.

Iberia,

or

Gog,

or

Tiberinoi,

by

invaders.

against northern

and

vii. 78,

Georgia

male

the

Goga

lived

and

Meschia

and

Ya-yuj

who

Moschoi

nights

thirty-sixcubits, the

Meshech

Caspian

the

in

as

five-

or

nine-days

people called,

Magog,

weeks

five

the

is

he

Pirs
of

of

he,

of

the

iii. 94,

called

between

of

Ragh,

sun-god

is

It

wall

Gog

country

described

the

god

five

descent

and

bed

hence

weeks

trace

north,

of the

the

to

which

of

seventy-two

conception

the

god

Bible,

Agurwalas,

and

the

of

were

Agurwalas

from

came

was

the

that

the

of

year

These

whence

As

arose.

part of the

divided.

days,

the

boundary-pillar {laksh),the

cycle-year, as

was

of

Babylon.

at

eighteen sacrifices

accomplished,

were

wedded

Subhadra,

instituted

god

Orion,

god

Shemiramot

and

the

offeral
the

pillar-sun-god Sigurd, half

fourth

god of the

week

the

sacrifices 3,

nine

only,

of

^Junc,

"

as

is the

and

sections

or

Hence

he

Krishna

have

to

goddess

form

weeks

Ninus

eighteen gotras,

female

of

of

MiyanS

full-grown hair

solstice.

nine-day

as

himself, Ghazi

", the

summer

solstice

Lakshmi,

the

of

of

Jaistha {Jeth ) May

in

bushy-hair

Rathjatra

summer

Chronology

duplicate

the

as

at

and

History

354

251,

vol. i. p. 5.

p.

252.

the
lO.

horse

History

356

of

thirty-three daughters
of

the

months

of

the

twin

Guildhall

Lohars,

Finn

institutions

first

sons

of

their

and

the

of

use

head.

female

form

of

Manu,

offered

are

early village founders.

months

Their

held
from

the

totems

are

tortoise,Kasbak

the

middle

"

Ardi

of

and

or

Sal-machh

Bagdi, vol. ii. Appendix

i. p.

5.

of

sons

the

Buddhists.

snake-goddess

rice,sweetmeats,

mother-snake-goddess
these

the

Sal-fish.

added,

are

of

the

middle

the

the bird, Pat-rishi


the

the

replaced

wise

whom

in

flowers

honey-tree of

the

Thibetan

to

totems

{Bassia latifoliaY

and

fish, Bagh-rishi

the

whose

mead

to

fishermen,

begin their wedding

twentieth

June

heron, Pak-basanta

the jungle-cock, Sal-rishi

of Bengal

fifth and

the

on

But

hill

mahua

to

cial
provin-

immigrants

honey-sweet

the

as

the

^.

Ashvins

Mundas

Chutia

in

"

of

one

Bagdis worship the

and

flowers

This

as

village barber

of

become

the

were

closely allied with

tree

its

has

to

of the

beer

Mahua

Their

who

and

the

caste

Sal-tree

of the

they worship
and

most

allied

as

race,

Sad-Lohars,

are

roh,"

*'

red,

name

Mundas,

bridegrooms

honey

horse's

Lohars
the

festivals

the

sun-cock,

the

the

gave

murwa

fruit and

the

Bagdi

through

the

Dadhiank,

of the

and

which

mixed

of

fish of the

or

the

first

were

them

which

originally

and

the

village Pahan

intoxicating drink,

making

Manasa,

of the

Phlegyes.

districts,employ

by marrying

tree,

Both

of

sub-caste

were

tiger

Lohar

into

be

to

the

(Sad)

who

the

ceremonies

rice

the

Sal-machh,

India,

Stan

door

Asuras,

or

changed

marriage priest. They

of

This

the

at

*1 marks

{phur),

Buru

priests are

Bagdis,

Both

descendants

Grod" the

means

mother-mountain,

Hindu

the

into

Greece

them

Marang

but

Ojha,

is the

of

Agurias
that

fire

of

the

their

Nagpur

sons

also

are

stand

name

of
in

prove

Mohangiri, the

the

thirty-three days

Garden

of the

who

sons

or

caste

as

the

Magog

change

races,

Phrugyes,

from

of

{lolid)^
a

this

and

the

They

year.

congeners

in copper

metal,

Diocletian, the

and

Gog

as

Chronology

in London.

workers

to

this

door-posts

who

Gemini,

The

of

and

four
of

at

rainy

October,

tiger, Kachchap
the

her

the

bean, Ponk-rishi

Rislcy, Tribes

and

Castes

of
the

and

moon-goat

these
in

castes,

after

The

the

at

the

or

the

Erectheus

the

of

sons

this

as

the

cave-mother

this

Cybele.
of the

Fafnir
rider

Andvari,

the

on

the
of

workers

in metal

the

Ural

Ostiak

horses

'

and

vol.

in

the

the

and

best

is the

Finn

the

Sigurd,

the

These

in the

country

Finns

they

Castes

the

eastern

are

the

made,

and

India,
is

pine-tree of

the

of

the

form

year-god slain by

found.

still

offer, as
and

of Bengal^ Lobars,

It

Volga
from

well

ii. pp.

the

was

the

India

into

bullocks

vol.

first

the

smelted

been

introduced

the

were

the

between

has

of

year-treasures

Ugrian-Finns,

who

buffaloes

siiake

the

female

is also

gold

sun-god

dwarf-gods

lived

where

in

the

guarded

copper

snake-

equivalent of the

is also

where

the
of

the

the

to

Bhan-

the

honey-cakes, who

Hindu

country,

of

of

charcoal

races,

preference

and

tree-mother-goddess

Finn

which

branch

Vasuki, the

They,

races.

Manasa

and

Mordvin

Kisley, Trid^s
i. pp.

mining

mountains,

horse-sacrifices
of

who

day
This

Nepal

Erictheum,
3, the

(vart) dwarf.

immemorial,

time

Polias

story

dwarf

the

Bengal,

mother

the

sun-horse, who

wary

parents

and

of

the

monthly

of

Sal-tree, whence

pine-tree

forming
per-

year'.

counterpart

with

resin-bearing-tree

resinous

snake

fed
end

the

that

sister of

Hindu

of Athene

of

Anga

or

the

western

being the temple


Onka

is the

Athens,

at

occupied

is

of

2.

solstice, and

She

of

of

men

the eleventh

on

Kamis,

workers

Manasa

summer

Ashtaka.

the

by

the

to

the

and

in their custom

week

origin

them

ceremony

of

of Orissa

goddess

of

end

metal

or

barbers

Their

workers

and

their

trace

between

funeral

observed

Kamars

daris, the

Both

immigrants.
barbers

the

is shown

year
or

also

is

of

thus

connection

shradh

death,

custom

god

dead, and

eleven-months
the

of

their

Age.

of the

all those

as

357

metal, bum

Bronze

Age,

of the Northern

sun-ram

well

as

Myth-Making

the

as

the

4, and

22,

23,

use

they

Bagdis,

37"43vol.

'

Ibid., Bhandaris-Kamis,

Frazer, Pausaniasy Erichthonius

Abcrcromby,

Proto

and

Civilisation, vol. i. p. 217.

i. pp.

94, 395.

Ericlhciun, vol. ii. pp.

Prehistoric

Finns

chap,

168, 169, 330 ff.

iv., Their

Prehistoric

the

drunk

mead,

med)
flesh

of

or

gold-washers,

Volga

Sona-pet

who

took
of

Their

name

for
the

Niranjara

S that

Kushika

cerebral

the

n, which

the

it,as

this

is

for

primitive

of

root

gold has

become

the

the

and

name,

Zend
The

hiranya.

Votiak
the

Zar^,

worker

Finnic

Sonar, the banker

Hindu

Hence

Sirna, the

became

Sanskrit

the

Dravidian

Suvanno.

Mordvinian

which

Sarni,

the

Sornar, its Tamil

is

the

river-name

original r preceding

an

in Pali

becomes

gold

in

reproduced

for

substitute

of the

tree

the

spelt with

Soi^nam,

Suvarna

name

Zarni, Ostiak
in

is

Sanskrit

original

Pali

in

is

Banyan

gold, whence

for

word

stream

enlightenment, when

Indian

or

of the

main

the

once

was

Son^

the

banks

the

on

was

obtained

Nigrodha
The

derived,

was

Buddha

the

the

races.

It

river.

West

to

of

that

in

river,which

Phagun

sitting under

"

watering the

East

plateau from

embodied

is

gold

and

country,

rivers

all the

of

sands

of

river sands

the

Munda

the

in

gold

Nagpur

golden

**

or

Sone

the

Chutia

the

meaning
of the

from

gold

South

of

womb

or

JharaSi

the

Nagpur

from

the

ate

gold-washen

were

in Chutia

gold

who

Edda,

wot

{Jfordvm,

honey

They, who

extracted

who

the

gods of the

became

country,

They

mining.

made

Scehrimnir.

the

with

who

the

by

boar

the

in

the

dwarfs

the

of

race

Chronology

acquaintance

their

also

brought
of

and

History

358

and

gold

merchant.

These
of

the

Sonars
Western

Saurashtra,
settle

in the

navel, the

the

fire

clan,

born

The

is very
'

Sone
in

the

like the Kusi

p. 211.

land

course

from
Proto

ages
that
and

wealthy representatives

the

bird

who

{rdshtra)

from

came

of

They traced

Anga.

the

Saus,

their

to

descent

{maru) goddess, wife of Nabhi, the


the

altar, who
the

Rishabha,

has

Abercromby,

of

on

the

of

Su,

kingdom

in

far removed

of

mountain

central

the

are

sons

land

eastern

Jain Tirthakara

moved

East

Western

first

the

Saus,

the

Marudevi,

to

of

of

and
from

the

East

it followed

Prehistoric

bull

Ikshvakus

Gunduk

the

on

to

West,

in the ages
Finns
^

parents

were

of

the

on

the

north

bank

so

that

the

of the

Kashyapa
eighth day
of the

present

Ganges
course

of this epoch.

chap,

v., The

Iranian

Period,

of tlu Myth-Making
the

that
dark-fortnight,

larch

April),

"

ttarashadha
of

the

rishtanemi,

Bronze

their

headquarters
the

(chut) of

jntry

the

By

;y obtained
of

ids

sned

between

ablishment

of

works

the

fail to

and

the

them.

erintended
of

ruins

the

from

iks, and

Their

lar^.

\acohi

in

great

trading

They

made

/aina

of

the

of

thence

seaport

they ruled

the

was

Tamluk,

the

deposits

magnitude

Silfrds, Kalpa Sutra, Life of Rishabha

at

Dalmi

on

Suvarna-

or

of

Sus.

the

its

on

Bengal

and

of

mouth

who

race

of

the

has

who

still exist

whole
at

hence

the

(varna)

founded

the

one

capital

city they

Singh-

and

vast

the

energy

race

in

and

no

with

their

the

Northern

mines

these

But

the

long period

the

Bengal,

impressed

[riksha] of

channel

"ha, the
d

in

them

from

the

on

the

of

and

and
fields,

gold-bearing rivers,the Subon-rikha

the

and

mother

gold

Seraikela

throughout

contained

be

of

diamond

in

exhausted.

can

them

Lando

rule

ore

almost

been

now

ited

of

supplies

mense

the

opening

the

accompanied

Baragunda

at

Mussulman

Place

Gangetic valley.

supplies

from

the

formerly

plains of Anga

who

miners

worked

were

the
of the

side

at

They

holy High

Nagpur,

in

and

mines

East.

trading (Jfani) races,

constant

and

Parisnath,

ervcning

^e

and

copper

These

jm.

Finn

ruling the

Nagpur,

the

Chutia

in

rivers,diamonds

the

of

the

of this

ruler

epoch, when

the

in Chutia

Western

the

large

the

up

pes

of

help

this

to

the

or

predecessor of

Jain

at

West

Mundas,

Nagas,

the

igadha forming

'

B.C.

Jain merchants

the

Paris,

or

the

Cheit

of

constellation

the

was

seen,

the

the

the

15,000

apparently

Barrakur
of

Panris

He

from

the

on

in

is about

".

359

twenty-second

was

have

we

was

came

mountain

Jain

ed

sun

began, that

Parisnath

the

It

year.

Age

sacred

as

was,

iga confederacy

the

cycle-year

who

iven-months

ide

the

on

Sagittarius,that

ginning

when

is

Age.

S.B"".,

the

vol. xxii.

iSi, 282.
in

Tamluk

jhar, the
ires.

It

Orissa

country
was

was

the

of Anga

commercial

ancient
in

the

goods

seaport
West

from

not

of the
Orissa

only of Chutia
Gangetic
and

the

Nagpur,

valley, and
port

of

but

Kashi

Tamralipti

and

Hooghly

; and

(tdmra) port
the

Peacock

whose

of

make

still rule

kings, a

bridegroom,
the

Ooraon

that

the

tree

in the

dedicated

Dravidian

shows

of

the

Tamil

as

the

seaport

metal.

that

This

from

the

have
These

Udaipur

in

that Tapassu
met

the

Heaven,

when

Bhalluka

Buddha
the

of the
ruler.
'

Buddhist

Khy^DdiWidt

Hunter,

Gazetteer

Ibid., Udaipur,

his

the

of

it

bringing
final

bowls

by the

heavens, became

and

four

Loka

bowl

one

Birth

India
^

and

Palu
or

zinc

The

of

it must

five hundred
the

172

carts

four

sun-god, the

"

173.

i^,

no.

when

Lord

skies

in

the

in

sun-god,

of jet, the

the

tin.

and

probably

Nidanakaiha,

vol. xiii. pp.

oldest

together

near

into
four

axes

the

angels, ruling the

canopy

Stories

Tamluk,

vol. xiii. p. 401.

in

transformation

of sapphire

of

there

Kushi

learn

we

But

cities.

found

was

to

of that

copper

in

alloys

are

copper,

were

at

four

with

Age,

Baragunda, and

near

Trojan

city

Bronze

the

Schliemann

Dr.

form

the

alloy,as

barbers,

of

language

great exporters

found

mixed

also

and

night, brought

and

by

Rajputana^;

and

the

The

were

is

the

whose
^

it stamps

without

superimposed

been

metals,

been

Samudls

found

six

soon

very

of

razors

Colonel

the

have

must

p. 281

native

of

Kali,

of

race,

Tamra

merchants

copper

fact

sacred

founders

secondly,

originallyused

knives

of

one

they

was

to

copper

but

the

copper

belonging
the

of

by'the

is the

V.

Sanskrit

; and

Thambiram

proves

the

with

in touch

peacock

the

and

ceremooy.

temple

whose

Ooraons,

the

dialect, for

Dravidian

and

like

Tamluk

first that

who

bride

proved

Chapter

in

was

Kaivarta

the

Qoraons

of the

year-god

seaport

the

races

is

the

ancient

discussed

origin

is

of

been

has
this

of

the

Vishnu,

to

of

by

Nagpur

the

dynasty

ordinary Sindurdan

almond-tree

capital

merchants,

blood

the

Chutia

precincts of

deification
name

of

Kadamba

and

originallyruled

was

rulers

fishermen

the

to

copper

Bharatas^

or

developed, by

mingling

in addition

Bhars

original Mayura

of

the

tradition, the

the

tbe

which

adjoining semi-independent

trade

caste

by

the country

of

name,

to

of

the

The

maritime

marriages

That

according

(mayura) kings

as

Kewut

they

it was,

Moharbhunj.

succeeded,

Sanskrit

corruption, is Tamra-lipti,

descendants

state

or

is

Chronology

Its

Rupnarain.

Tamluk

modem

of

and

History

360

of

of day

quarters
universal

of the Myth' Making

adjoining country
Krishna

the

and

braziers
of

the

established

probably

accompanied

brass

Kushika

is to

this

merchant

the

Pal

for

kings

Sils,belong,

in

commerce

Nagpur,

the

in

their

with

; and

the

the

ritual

the

that

"leduced

tells

us

banks

founded

how
of
in

the

so

of

Age

that

dynasty
Sinhas
and

the

the

and
the

in

of Bengal

procurable

was

for

the

of

metal

the
Pandava

it has

the

the
of the

coincides

of

copper
of

India

and

exactly

with

Sus

dwelling

Subarnabanik,

and

Copper

Harivansa.

the

the

tions,
tradi-

trade

and

Saurashtra
of

of

tin

only

kings.

from
men

tin-

great

miners, brethren

dead,

empire

the

exchange

traced

race

principal

quality that

in

Mahabharata

the

barber-priests
the

tin

India,

of the

their

Suvarna,

Risley, Tribei aptd CasUs

the

literature

made

Malacca,

bronze

made

burnt

West,

and

that
the

the

was

Malay

customs

Indus,

the

the

Vyasa,

gave

of

poor

the

was

tin of the

caste

the

from

women,

who

Eastern

is

It

from

the

and

retrospect thus

who

Age,

its

rule

hence

from

Bronze

and

Bengal,

prominent position among

was

Nagpur

historical

Bronze

it

India, which

inaugurated
The

in

through

way

and

of

Pals,

Bengal

worked.

of Tamluk
of

district

weddings.

between

Chutia

been

Mallis

they

descent

Gautama

occupy

easily than

more

never

where

of

equal abilityin

show

they

producing country
deposit

kings

traders, the Bengal

their

beauty

of

their

caste

Suvarna

merchant-kingis that Tamra-lipti

much

Khati

the

fought

boast

apparently during

trading port

the

the

Barbers

".

was

Jain

ditary
here-

Bengal, Lahas, D^s, Chandras,

to

and

priestsat

as

the

first

were

Kasbhara

or

merchant

who

caste

families

or

It

who

great

Baniks,

is celebrated

great

year-god

bronze

Manbhum,

father-gods,Kasyapa,

which

them

of

trade

the

Suvarna

It

and

Chutia

to

trading kings

founded
or

Shus.

and

Kassara

the

to

is situated.

who

Subarna

of

of

dynasty

these

was

India

ancestors

the

Dalmi

It

brass

the

361

sacred

Indian

Peacock

which

Khatiawar,

Vishnu, that

or

made,

of

Age.

and

It
on

the

Khatiawar

Yadu-Turvasu

vol. ii. pp.

261

or

"

266.

the

Yavanas,
Ikshvaku
the

of

sons

of

kings
of

son

founded

from

the

function.

trading guilds

of

capital
the

of

year-god

ruling deity
King

of

Ugra-sena
West

where

Jarasandha,

central

emperor,

He
the

two

Kushi

the

Pole

Star

The

Krishna,

and

after

warriors

established
and

rulers

made

of the

land.

of

sons

that

their

coronation
the

represent

holds

turban

Rajas

the

bull,

the

It
races

rule

the

was

from

that
of

the

the

this

discharge

Bharata

the

or
sons

of

his

It

chant-

Eastern
supreme

imperial
the

of

rule

buffalo-

the

on

was

day of

peculiar shape

and

stead
in-

three-

mef

bull,

wear

his

to

the

in

became

into

horns,

the

maker
free

ancestors

duty

of

of

to

this

all

of

providing

the

Raja.

amalgamation

Mayura

Licchavis,

bull's

of the

official head-dress

Su-vama

who

twisted

of

of

of the

and

year-god

Shiva

the

by

Kansa

sacrifices.

Nagpur

village granted

except

payments

turban

the

Rishabha,

Chutia

of

overthrown

Vishnu

the

of

seen,

mother.

killed

survival

as

Ambalika,

and

who

human

of

of
as

have

we

as

three-eyed

eel-god,

ancestral
a

or

rule

lunar

reigned

was,

Jain community

sons

the

Indra,

he

was

the

the

It is

Magadha,

conquerors

offered

the
the

as

Bear

Bhima,

he
that

victory

far East

Great

Krishna

whom

the

Ambika,

the

Pandava

Jarasandha's god,

this

India,

and

ruthless

made

cycle, to

years

the

the

and

Jarasandha,
of

these

of

born,

queens

Cygnus,

of their

and

wheel-turning king.

or

mango,

Kushite

the

seen,

king

as

as

their

Arishtanemi,

Finns,

subordinate

the

of

or

in

India

Chakravarti

son

of

rule

whose

the

the

was

of

mining

from

have

we

Ugro

who,

Finn

the

rule

as

and

servants

hill of

was,

or

moon-goose,

the

ruled

He

epoch.

the

the

Kansa,

dynasty,

this

Nagas

by community

Yona

or

Girnar

the

near

united
of

Patali-putra,

Hittite

or

village

guidance

Yavana

the

Yonagurh

of

castes

or

the

under

first established

races

classes

artisan

They

Khati

tiie

became

of

afterwards

These

{PatPia),

the

who

barley {yava\

the

Patala, and

Patala

cultivators
of

Chronology

History and

362

of the

confederacy
Peacock
of the

was

kings.
Akkadian

alien

and

formed
Their

indigenous
under

leaders

who
dog {lig)^

the
were

joined

These
of

Kanvas

the

mountain

This

is the

the

the

Ram-sun

'

six

times

he

times

seven

mountain

of

one

Tirthakara

Udaipur

Nemi-nath

of

the snake

and

invoked
which

Su,
these

four

ascribed
the

pressing-stones

furnished
sacrificial

stakes

to

recited,

the

Jarat-karna,

and

they

uniting

them
is

Jarat-karna
Arbuda

called

viii. 32,

Rg.

=*

Hunter, Imperial

Ibid.,

i. 24,
X.

x.

3,

94,

the
In

4.

the

hymn

they

poles,

holes
the

hymn,

V.

II.

Gazetteer

titles of

of

Rg.

Si,

India
^

i.

vol.

i. pp.

the

76,

gravanah

or

which

these

the

hymns

elephant-bull,

Abu,

I, viii. 81, I, viii. i,

x.

ten

are

pressing-stone lifted

of

the

Arbuda,

to

through

or

94,

horses

ten

months

the

to

x.

(stanzas 6, 7,

ten

ascribed

After

Rg.

to

this

are

sun-bird

by

lunar
of

Airavata

sacrificial

the

hymn

addressed

with

pressing

drawn

as

175,

are

26.

Kg.

and

the

Urddhvagrava,

stanza

is inserted

this

ten

last

both

are

pressing-stones,pierced
bar

the

Arbuda

Indras.

to

the

harnessed

and

bol
sym-

Savitar, the

of

invoked

are

this

sacrifice

two

In

indicating

Before

cycle-year.
ascribed

bridles

with

and

and

upper

two

of

sap

to

stanzas

Rishl-Arbuda.

the

to

two

Savitar,

fourteen

recited

are

the

the

Soma

the

verses

of

root

of

twenty-second

are

are

the

extract

Vedic

is the

They

and

tin

existing Jain

his counterpart

and

ritual.

ritual

the

it is under

and

sacred

first Tirthakarai

the

They

2.

of the

his

and

the

Rishabha,

year

On

finest

Arishta-nemi,

which

the

in

in

the

Jain theology,

Vedic

grinding-stones

Soma,

of

Jarat-karna

in the

worshipped

two

of this

ruler

and

mill-stones

that

Sirohi

or

of

named

is
out

Rigveda,
of

are

or

who

and

mines

of Adl-nath

One

temples.

8)

of

Ahi

of the

son

eighth Mandalas
in the

copper

Rajputana.

goddess-mother

by Indra,

and

second

the

mines

slain

was

is mentioned

near

copper

nether

who

sacred

the

in

the

the

wool,

is

Sirohi

Rigveda

of

weaver

the

in

the

in

shrine

whose
in

and

Yadu-Turvasu

the

Abu

or

called

Urna-vabha,

and

Arbuda,

Arbuda

god

Chronology

priests of

were

mountain-god

Jain

or

and

History

364

8, 9.

up

and
to

the

of

heaven,

and

of

race

both

the
or

the

mid-day

Who

sacred

pressing

is summmoned

These

father

drill which

giving

of the

sap

in

the

wandering mendicants,

god

The

male

The

Yadu-Turvasu.

snake-god
karu,

the

as

of

begetting

is

begotten

of

the

his

Soma

true

eight-rayed
Diii-gir and
of

the

wood

words

are,

in

also

the

which,

as

we

Sat,
^

Ludwig,
Brah.y

the

have

called

kingdom,
'

of

Mahabharata

Ball, 'Akkadian

Adi

given

or

Ruling

Jarat-

yearly task
Ashtaka

sun-god
of

god

the

Akkadians

the

and

god

socket

and

altar

flame

robbed

the

as

an

car

which

kindled

S.B.E.,

of

Races

treasure-

tree-mother-god

785, 786, 787,


pp.

Chinese.'

of Prehistoric

331,

xlvii.

pp.

I.

Gond

(arba),
Eggcling,

332.

132"139.

of

Tratisactions

Central

415

412"

pp.

note

name

Naga

(vid) four

double

the

xlv."

of the

that

means

Hittite

four, the

or

in

vol. xxvi.

{Astika) Parva,
Affinities

the

to

Congress of Orientalists, " China,


p. 685 ; Hewitt,

the

heaven.

appears

seen,

Vasuki,

when

both

who

Arba

Semitic

Vidarba,

the

is the

by

the

from

of

Rigz'eda^ vol. ii., Hymns


iv. 3, 3.

He

2.

thieves

two

Arbuda

god

of

mother-tree.

of the

name

Yaya-vara,

male

mate

meaning

house
The

VII

born

of

The

short, the fire-drill

sun-god

make

eight {ashta), the

the

day worshipped

story of the

The

H.

of

Chapter

Esh-shu,

birth to the

gave

by

of

star

They

3.

com

of

who

fulfilled his

his

the

are

father

{Yd),
sister

has

who
leaves

god

them,

life-

early Jains, whose

solstice.

successor,

the

as

the

the

summer

heaven*

the

of the

sect

were

was

dying sun-god

which

to

revolving

between

the

to

who

female

of

ritual

mother-stone

full-moon-god

the

ruling

the

Jarat-karu, they

belongs

the

Yayati,

was

of the

god.

Mahabharata

{Jara),

goddess

meridian-sun,

plants placed

old

the

Nagas,

tlie nether

on

Soma

the

chief

of

counterpart

part

mother-stones,
out

presses

called

pair

and

the

to

the

as

the

{Sarpd)

serpent

or

son

forms

ceremony

365

the

to

the

being

(drii) of

This

Age,

belong

to

Arbuda

mother-tree

Ka

Indra

said

are

Nagas',

Kadru

Myth-Making

Asia,

Times, vol.

i.

the

and

Ninth
the

Far

national
Inter-

East,

Preface, p. xxviii.

of the
of

this

of

Caleb, the

of

Ram,

the

the

of

who

Ram

of

grandson

(ephrd) of Caleb,

ashes
of

he

genealogy
the

( Shu

bird

of

ancestor

Ir-Nahash,

Sirius, which

horse

the

of

sun,

buffalo, who

made

the

of

up
He

rains
his

is in

the

young

form

the

black

cloud,

the

second

rainy
Avatar

as

Tishtrya,
Tishtrya,

the

bright youth, fifteen

Jephunneh,
It
the

and

he

was

gods

who

as

Hebrew

to

me

to

'

Chron.

killed the

scholars
be

old

ii.

lo"

16, i8, 19, 24,


Tir

and

11,

he

is the

years

horse's

who

Yaskf,

12,

star

old,
white
white

the

as

son

path

sun's

fifteen

the

head, give
solstice*.

summer

this

intervened

year

between

old, Caleb's

Tol-mai.

father,

into
15 ; Gen.

10"24;

Palestine,

These

Hebrew.

not

vi.

the

and

the

Indra,

the

and

trinityof Southern

are

another

In

sun-horse.

imported
iv.

the dty

(Sinus), the

years

white

admit,

god-names

D"rmesteter, Zem/avfsfn

96"102.

the

Shesh-ai, Ahiman,

all

"

golden horns,

Tishtrya,

of

star-god ruling

bull

city rf

god

short,

the

at

the

with

of

season

the

Nagas,

ZendTishtrya

Zend

the

in

Tamar,

man,

the

Hamal,

of

Judah's first wife,

the
In

great-

bom

dog-star guarding
the

the

Sirius.

preceded

'.

date-

Chronicles

As

as

his

the

the

was

Shuhah,

youth

then

afterwards

became

who

by

city (iV)of

the

Milky Way,

the

ruled

who

first the

was

him

of

beautiful

the

sun

marks

brother

) goddess,

Jephunneh,

along

the

is

of

him.

to

the

same

and

Tamar,

Caleb-Ephratah,

year

the

Hezron, brother

is

in

which

the

in

sun-god,

the

of

died

Hezron

cleft,tbc

He

from

which

Arietis, from

cycle-year.

brother

fish-mother-goddess

genealogies

father

history

was

Shemiramot.

assigned

are

his

Tamar

star

of

historical

of descent

lines

various

the

seen,

descended

both
the

In

palm-tree.

the

mother

were

in the

Perez, the

of

seasons

goddess Tirhatha, with


have

we

as

was,

four

He

Sinus.

star

grandson

Phoenician

Phoenicians,

brother

and

sun-god

of the

meaning,

(kalb),the

dog

found

be

is to

months,

epod

this

history of

ruling gods, the

four

the

of eleven

year

form

male

of

deification

Hebrew

The

tribes.

eight Gond

the

Chronology

and

History

366

They

Hebrew
xxxviii.

S.B.E.,

words,
seem

theology
2.

vol.

xxiii,

pp.

the

of

by

the

of

India

Turvasu,

Thus

the

to

of the

snake, the
the

of

while

Vasuk,

Talmai

is the

the

of

season

this

tribe of

of

the
of

stars

four
the

seven

{sha\ the

{shi)star

the

the

of

star

creating (id)
the

sak,
of

the

Regulus
tail

led

'

rulers

by

the

dog

Sayce, Assyrian
Hewitt,
R.

Brown,

of

the

of

jun., F.S.A.,

mer.
sum-

ijuv)antelope {mas),
Id-khu,

or

when

Arjuna
with

his

he

Uttara,

last

the

the

star

lion's
the

defeated

the

North-god

This

was

year

surviving

com-

16.

Times^ vol. i.,Essay iii.,


p. 189,

Euphratean

star

Hebrew

the

with

charioteer.

Syllabary No.

the

Masu,

ape

the

(4) Papil-

Israelites,was
the

of

year

Prehistoric

of

tion
(en) founda-

winter-star.

the

Pandavas,

star

this year

banner

Grammar

Ruling Races

I, iii.,Ivii.,No.

A,

of

the

of

and

solstice, as

summer

(i) Kakshisha,

the
great {sai) fire (///),

year

of this

Kiriath-

or

the

was

the

on

Caleb

capital
four

(3) Ta-khu

wet

of

by

ruled

year

divine

black

the

theology
of

This

depicted
the

of

leader

5.

Kauravyas,

the

of

(khu),the

{pa), the

In

4.

the

{kak) Sirius, the

autumn.

mother-bird

sceptre

spring

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rainy

3 :

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prince {no)

the

Lu-masi

door

(2) En-te-na-mas-luv
(/^)of

the

fourth

institution

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was

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".

three

the

added

of Caleb,
parent-altar-fire

the

Taksh

or

calling Hebron

by

la '.

these

to

the

of

name

was

commemorated

time

Judah,

city of

Akkadian

and

year,

of

form

the

of this year,

god

equivalent

Takshaka,
It

winter.

holding

snake-god Vasuki,

of

one

Takka

the

of

the

as

measure

Arba,the

horn

Caleb,

this

new

the

of

biting-snake

that

seasons

of

counter-part

the

wise

the

female

the

Tal,

Ahi,

Egyptian

and

encloser,

the

Nag,

of Echis, the

Nag, the

mother
very

the

form

Basuk

or

Tal-tal, the

is

Nag,

Vritra, the

coasts.

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or

Ahiman,

Sanskrit

the

Takka

Akkadian
He

and

customs

Mediterranean

Shesh

triad.

national

and

the

and

367

Age,

gods

wet-god

Takka

European

the

Gulf

the

is

of Osiris

name

brought

Persian

Shesh-ai

spring-god
a

who

Myth-Making

Stellar

Researches,'

6, Proceedings of the Societyof

Biblical

note

ii.,Tablets

Archaology,

W,
May,

1893* P- 328.
*

Hewitt, Ruling Races

Sayce, Hibbert

Lectures

of Prehistoric

Times

for 1887, Lect.

vol.
^

i. p. 49.

i.. Essay iv., pp.

2.

370"372.:

ion

pan

His

Yudishthira

of
of

close

his

minister

of

of

law

of

national

Pole

the

and

Vega

in

in

order

to

his

historical

trading

this

last

Menec,

stone

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this

tale

ii. 121,

of

the

Egypt,

found

Sagara,

intended

to

revolution
Phoenician

and

No.

1 1

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the

two

for the

Agamedes,

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For

other

Lai

No.

and

Agamedes

Ali

see

Herodotus

in

Baba
sons

by

of

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Folk

story, which

history

of

the

the

was

great

Indian
the

those

the

and

Katha

the

they substituted

were

Mahaprashthanika
variants

in

Dey*s

three-years cycle,are
and

king's

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this

the

widely

is the

is told
of

of

the

substructure

stole

Behari

forms

when

the

who

story

graphically

trading guilds

Trophonius

of

in

stones

solstice.

summer

on

time-reckoning wrought

eleven-months
and

India,

of

memorated
com-

year-gnomon-

forty months,

treasure

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they recorded

Thieves

of the

in

portray

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its

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where

is

year

rows

of the

its foundation

the

robbery

arc

of Bengal-,

'

in

this

which

year,

Britany.

eleven

of this story, which

Variants

treasure.

stories

of

the

rising sun

and

year

of

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the

all lands

to

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Britany, in

the

to

historical

disseminated

nius

in

became

India

seen

three-years cycle with

the

Sarit

calendar

the

in which

their eleven-months

from
have

and

recitation

of

to

turn

countries

India

and

Caleb

must

oral

official year

the

B.C.

we

year,

of the

them

with

sequence

story of

for

of

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we

Carnac,

the

of

this

reciters

sea-coasts

oriented

history of

of

national

as

8000

fully the

chid

Ma'at, the

goddess

to

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compiled

or

unvarying

Egyptain

from

seasons,

god \ author

Star

the

chronicles

country

near

was

the

brought

in

of

and

the

at

Sinus, the

star

Pole

with

the

heaven

to

up

the

connection

they established

they ruled,

of

the

understand

Turvasu

They

which

in

Dharma,

Lyra

the

by

powers.

into

phenomena,

realise

the

changed

{dharm),

order

transmitted

at

god

Star

But

the

was

went

join his brethren, its dead

to

dog

Chronology
he

when

career

faithful

to

and

History

368

of

Forty

and

year

TrophoThieves.

Erginus, king of

Parva, iii. 17, p. 8.

list in Frazers'

Pausanias^

vol.

v.

pp.

of

176"179.

the

the

of

Minyans,

form

Poseidon.

of

They

of their

the

father

Poseidon

gods

is the

course,

they
stones

could

enter

and

In

called

the

of

the

was

Pole

counsel

of the

father-god
Greek

the

were

priestessesof

the

and

meter

commemorated
the

harvest,

who

the

the

under

the

Semite

Israel

of the
Oak

was

the

with

heavenly
of

Dumuzi.

It

was

was

lamented
the

Frazer, Pausaniasj

Ibid., vol.

iv. pp.

of

223,

224;

5, viii.
Gen.
B

xxxv.

official

name

of

Ephesus,
the

the

the

De-

mother

the

idols

at

after
and

predecessor.

Thus

bee,

whose

queen

the

2, ix. ii,
"

of

buried

was

year's end,

of

corn

{Alton -bacuth)^^

the

of

bee

lightning-god,

She

his

10,

and

laughing

the

prophet star-bees,

ix. 37, 4,

the

working-bees.

destroyed

her

at

this

In

heaven,

Deborah,

bow.

Weeping

Mord-

of

prophet priestessesare

Barak,

mother-year-goddess,

death

annual

the

of

god

Jacob, the supplanter sun-god, had


Pole
Star
false gods of the
god,
she

bees,

Rebekah,

of

nurse

heaven,

commands
the

of

name

blind

ruled

Centaur-god

Bethel

The

of

were

mother-goddess
the

{laughter),the

Isaac

the

the

under

date-palm-tree,

oracles

of

169.

p.

the

the

of

honey-comb).

vpiov,

IV.

thieves

treasure

bee-hive

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uttered

in

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star-gods

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hive,

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they might

vault

or

annual

one

that

so

hive

the

that

night.

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priestesses who

and

his

run

contrived
outside

vpovy

in

the stages

pyramid

god ruling

Star

to

which

star-year-

as

this, like the

bee

temple of the bees,

priests
These

from

building

Delphi,

every

the

described

theology,

world's

of

of

god

{alk^arc)

marked

was

tuary
sanc-

the bridal

at

the

hoard

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vin

from

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and

position

Hyrieus

Rhampsinitus, they
removed

the

But

the sun-god

pilfer the

that

was

by

built

moon-bow

nights, who

architects.

be

god

historical

King

of the story of

Ericthonius, the

of the

treasury of

the

were

Herakles

which

through

369

Mantinaea,

near

goddess

measured

year

in heaven

the

Age,

builders, who

clearly their

most

of

^ake-god

noted

were

cbamb^ of Alkmene,
motheivfthesun-god
indicates

Myth-Making

like

that

measurers

i, vol. i.

8; Judges iv. 4ff. v,

of
of

the
of

who

year,

of

tower

the

the

the

number

of the

car

name

wealthy
the

the

winter, beginning
of

spring,

from

door

of the

it

by

Shut
of

twin
sacred

Baba's

brother

was

the

ten

cave,

it

he

which

of
and

months

gestation

Sesame.
he

treasure

of

out

Burton,

But

wanted

Open

Arabian

to

of

equinox.

of

of the

Open

the

is

oil

fortune,

good

mules,

ten

cycle-year,to
Sesame,

and

taking

ten

he

forgot

the

Barley, showing

Ali

When

took

that

13, note

2,

the

growers

after

p.

the

shut

discoverer

brother's

Ni"hts^ vol. xii.

watched

he

Orientale.

return,

covered.
dis-

was

Sesame, and

this

when

season

they opened

pass-word, he

opened by calling out

Shut

called

of the

season

wealthy

thieves

was

of

treasure

year

his

seasons

vernal

that

Sesamum

discovered

told the secret

by saying

loads

the

was

Kasim

sexless

Thus

eleven-months

plant

the

by saying Open

Sesame.

the

the

the

learnt

kind

despised

ifpon the

came

treasure-house

whose

and

equinox

hiding-place, and

two

that

of

year

brother, Kasim,

signify the

at

wludi

of the

in

beginning

theatre
amphi-

those

tribute

and

c]^cl^

Baba, who

All

seasons

cycle, the

latter,

dark

asses,

His

of

autumnal

Baba

AH

saying

ruling

the

at

autumnal

When

them

the

summer

the

at

was

and

three

three

They
of

equinoctial year

The
of the

Cybele.

with

collector

prosperous.

ing
by examin-

the

cave,

of the Zendavesta,

means

and

of

cave

Ashvins, the

three-leggedass

whose

whence

earth.

on

clear

more

ww

inspiring mead

of the

Forty Thieves.

in

treasure

wood-cutter

poor

creed

that of the months

as

night sky, the

it,was

the

and

same

their

still

age of

bee-hive,

life

tk

was

the

national
a

aoi

Th

rivers.

in

was

as

mental

made

Baba

the

is

buried

the

the

world

preparation

will be

the story of All

drew

the

in

the

for

conclusion

found

the

the

as

over-arching heavens,

generating physical and

of the

of

the

taken

had

sons

of

was

year,

Crete

the

article

the

honey
This

in

it

requiring belief
for

Zeus

three-year cycle, and

made

whose

of

holy bees, the

cycle-year that

and

young

tree-mother

these

of

hive

nursed

the

Rhea,

It

Chronology

History and

370

he

was

the
shut

muleword,
passthe

brother's

his

away

received

and

the

ram

offered

was

for

by worshippers who
his

shrine

to him

3, were

at

he

His

healing-god 2.

wore

This

the

She

great

ancient

vol.

of
the

Frazer,
V.

p.

of the

the

sun-egg
of

the

the

Victory

mysteries
ix. 37,

Pausanias,

of

2,

Persephone,
the

from

born

the

the

Seb,
This

Bes,

goose

He

6.

which

the

3,

with

earth

39,

4,

7.

vol.

of

Seb,

whose

Ani

of

Pylon,
passes,

fire

(Bes\

of

That

is to

say,

491,

493,

490,

the

by

flames

i. pp.

egg

laid

sixteenth

soul

the

is called in

she

or

the

the

laid

egg

form

of On.

sun-city

who

or

Cackler

Great

sacred

lives 5,

burneth

who

the

Egyptian god

the

being within

through

gods

goddess

Kansa,
to

goose-god

Nekekur

god

the

Dead

ficed
sacri-

by Pausanias,

told

her

from

was

in

Osiris
of

egg

of the

Hindu

the

{seb)god

star

which

who

4.

egg

the

the

the

of

of

stone

is Bes-bes
of

Lady

creator

"

of

name

gate

the

legend

sycamore-tree,

the

is

Book

the

to the

of

frequented

preserving goddess,

the

fled

Tropha,

of animals

skins

goose,

Lebadea

at

oracles, and

Hercyna, that

which

the

also

growth

star-god

or

laid

is called

in the

layer

who

goddess

C3^1e-year

were

his

Hayim,

the

mother

it under

goose

under

Erek

epoch

autumn

hid

sun-god,

from

of the

made

holding

which

grove,

the river

on

of this

the

as

to

Wack

Baal

Phoenician

sought advice
shoes

goddess

goose-king
who,

and

Virgo. She, according

the

was

of the

god worshipped

is the

cave

Erycina, the Phoenician


the star

pit consecrated

ram-sun-god

Trophonius, the

Zeus

as

the

as

op"icd

earth

in which
goat (flja),

Star

as

^.

Trophonius,

in Boeotia

the

him

to

slain at its close


As

Pole

Hindu

the

sacrificial

in the

Pausanias,

to

head

his brother's

away

Trophonius

Agamedes,

According

body.

carried

Trophonius

Chronology

and

History

3/2

she

494,

201.

Ibid., vol.

Frazer, Pausanias,

V.

p. 197

Berard, Origine

vol.

v.

pp.

-"

Ibid., ix. 39, I, 2, vol. i. pp.

Buige,

Brugsch, Religion

Book

202,

492,

des

Mythologie

Arcadiens^

pp.

293,

294.

203.
493.

of the Dead, chaps, liv., lix.


imd

Culies

der

pp.

Alten

105, 108, 109.

Aigypter, pp.

172,

173, 576,

577.
7

Budge,

Book

of the Dead,

chap. cxlv. 56, Translation,

p. 250, Text, p. 344.

of the Myth-Making
is the

life the

she

egg

of the

god

have

we

of

goddess

is to

mother

follows

god

'.

the

lunar

He

lay, that

phases

of

of

year.

the

the

months

Arjuna, ruling

with

ape

Kakshisha,

3. Takhu

the

of

the

prince

of

the

rains

of

black
the

Hydra

the

This

in Hindu

year

vulture-mother
her

of

hundred
the

is
we

sons,

Pole

Star

told

arc

in

years

gestation of

Parthavas
born

the

the

20th

and

the

sacred

'

of

to

the

year

the

god
black

the

final contest

in which

and

world's

the

clarified

of

the

divisions, each

of

ten

eldest

the

the

Star

Pole

of Khartik

October,
Antares

Wilkinson,

The

Scorpio

Ancient

two

years

two

more

they

came

lunar

Pandava

god.

at

the

spring
off-

the

were

egg

of

months,

simultaneously

constellation

Abhijit ( Vega)

star

egg,

of

son

Yudishthira

with

Kunti

of

mother

(October" November),

the

under

This

for

conceiving {peru)

or

Dharma,

laid

was

She

Lyrae.

before

born

It

born.

remained

butter

which

from

were

remained

offspring

children

day

the

Gandharl,

egg

world,

Vega

star

its

and

the

laid

Mahabharata,

lance

fifth

the

the

in which

the

of

cycle-year.

the

star

Gardiner

mother,

Yudishthira,

and

on

rulers

four

the

of

Prithi,

or

the

the

the

birth

Kauravyas,

water

Hence
of

the

in the

year

is that

the

womb,

holy

life.

to

history

the

in

Gandhari's

in

Hydra;

laid.

was

^Z'S^

god of

of

Akkadian

of

that

water-snake,

with

the

four

the

(liiv)
antelope {mas)^
charioteer

Kauravyas,

is the

the banner

on

Pa-pil-sak, Leo

antelope-god Krishna, Arjuna's


the

He

Entenamasluv,

2.

4.

tail

of

year

Sirius;

(no) of the

this

lion's

the

Id-khu, Aquila

or

Southern

the

Hi,

lion's

the

hand, representing

the

i.

ape-god

with

is, as

in each

of

stars:

the

raven-

Bes

god

ape

into

sacrificial knife

counterpart
sexless

of the

or

ape

This

form

heats

who

Southern

the

Argo.

succeeds

373

fire-mother

of

in the

god

and

bears

South, the

constellation

the

seen,

tail,who

the

Age,

the
was

about

Jaistha Scorpio,
Muhurta

or

hour

2.

Et^yptians^ vol. iii. pp.

148, 150, Fig.

535=

is

Mahabharata
here
difficulty

Adi

{Sambhava)

about

dates.

Parva,
Wc

have

cxv.,
seen

cxxiii. pp.
in the

338, 359.

history of

the

There
birth

of

the

Hence

laid

was

the

of

and

History

374

of

beginning

coincided

Roman

horse

the

the

with

earlier

than

days

in the

phase preceding

of

son

who

Ugrasena,

Khartik

fortnight of

Kauravya,
This

was

of the

was

also

the

treasury, who

Erek-hayim,
in another

the

of

sons

But
the

this

of

that

mother

star-

this year,

the

of the

Hindu

May),
vernal

when

sun

was

B.C.,

or

about

under

"

order
in

that

May

They

"

might, when

conceived
cannot

this
and

be

the

they should

^June, the

at

the

cleared

the
difficulty
Arishta-nemi

apparently in

the

when

sun

month
born

born

birth, which

fixed

of

without

connection
is clear.

Jaistha,May"

began

Virgo,

birth

of

Khartik
a

were

June, at

Khartik

in

the

this

(October"

If

in

the

apply

we

be

must

that

in
bom

constellation.

solstice,be

summer

November).

The

of the

texts, but

of the

Pandava,

born

about

12,200

B.C., and

solstice.

in Cheit

Yudishthira

births

summer

It

called

born

the

the

Star,

born.

they

was

month,

10,200

Pole

B.C.

and

12,200,

sun

the

and

12,200

the

when

year

Scorpio,

the Kauravyas

full examination

between
Both

of

in

native
alter-

it at

were

about

Scorpio

end

be

to

Antares

the

about

was

Kauravyas

quickened

under

the

April

was

(April-

The

Virgo.

of

Jaistha, in which
at

beginning
up

in

in

Roman

Baisakh

of

mencing
com-

This

mentioned

to

in

was

of the

the

at

year

the

was

and

October

of

seen,

mid-month

the

ist

Vega

he

have

the

isth

and

that

date
be

Poludeukes,

iSth of April.

was

consecrated

year

reasoning to

on

the

Yudishthira

the

sun

at

time

Arishta-nemi, pp. 316"318,


the
(March
April), when
similar

the

Virgo

the

which

also

was

in

or

which

egg,

we

months

six

Arishtanemi*s

equinox

robber

Erycina

and

ruled

isth

of

on

succeeding
of

the

the

on

period

account

year.

the

the

as

was,

sun-star,

beginning

that

and

the

as

Fordicidia

year

of

Castor

Erek-hayim

beginning

its second
festival

eldest

the

of

river

son

which

from

the

about

or

eleven-months

the

the

dark

the

born.

a, were

Virgo, which,

star

god of

the

or

(JKansa)

of

day

Trophonius,

to

began

it

Duryodhana,

this

sacred

as

was

Led

of

goose-mother,

the

form

like

ruling-god
month

sacrifice

the

goose

November),

"

who

and

I2th

the

on

the

was

Arishtanemi

of

birth

He

it

(October

13th of November;

world's

opening with

the

born

was

the

isth of October, and

the

on

when

year

year

twenty-one
lunar

Chronology

difficulty
in

spite of

Yudishthira,
Yudishthira

the

of
the

Seed

of

L^rd

of

:udda

the

of

and

began

this

at

its

that

Also

3.

Trophonius
in

Egypt

as

that

with

this

of

the

in
of

and

ruled

by the
ushered

in this

world's

coincided
with

"

the

R.

egg,

born.

were

Star

with
New

Brown,

it.

new

the

this date

That
that

of

Year's

Lockyer, Dawn

of

Astro

no

long analysis

primaeval

io,ooo

birth

Primitive

my

"t

chap.

Ibid., pp. 289, 308, 360, 388, 419.

"

Ibid., chap. xxxi. pp.

318, 319.

p. 314.

is that

constellation,

B.C.

who

of the

by hatching
to

were

rule

Kauravyas
ruler, and

beginning

Constellations, 'Tablet

xxx.

hive
bee-

eleven-

this year

Vulture

Starb/ vol. ii.,Antare;i, xxiv. py. 8S, 89.


*

the

the

of this year

seen,

legends that the

that

the

began

have

Yudishthira, the Pandava

Day

jun., F.S.A.,

in this

Kauravyas

of

that

star

year

we

Also

about

year

whence

from

of

Vega

from

Persephone, the

as

of

that

this

by the twin-gods of the

succeeded

Pole

of

on

beginning

concludes

to

of

that

looked

also

astronomical
was

was

notice

may

whose

see

star

Argos

the years

year

thus

and

appears,

We

conquered

which

year

it

legend.

three-years cycle

months

the

the

this

to

at

was

god

vernal

of this year

dedicated

epoch, who

mythologies

robbed

Virgo,

noctial
equi-

an

the

was

Lockyer

of

was

It

ruled

temples

This

4.

Trophonius

of the

who

who

worship

as

at

sun

Khim,

or

worship

Pleiades

ancient

age

the

the

May

1st

of the

year

Min

the

Egypt

connection
a

in

function

for

Heroeum,

Sir Norman

and

of

celebrated

the

on

Spica

star

star, called

orientation

they

the

equinox

three-yearscycle,

the

the

Here,

mummy-goddess

in

equinox

marking

the

setting stars,

the

setting of

of

bird, Lugal-

similar

regarded

was

of

is,the

that

autumnal

of the

that

autumnal

as

the

fulfilled

like

the

temple

great

oriented

with

the

rising at

the

It

date.

of

temples erected

year,

marking

star,
and

whose

Lord

egg.

season

also

storm, Zu

the

autumnal

Babylonia

year-god

the

Greece, where

and

the

Thirty Stars

of

star

heralding the

star

Egypt

of

layer

the

375

(September" October),

the
offspring,

^ the

India

of

Tisri

month

its

This
in

Tablet

Akkadian

Age,

Myth-Making

of

with

the

the Thirty

History

376
sacrifice

of

the

lion's

tail,borne

the

of

sun-horse

This

October.

of

the

under

of

year

the

that
of

after

the

of

land

by

south
the

with

This

of

the

little bird,

Miriam,

stars

of

Kavad,

the

the

of

that

Hebrew
as

357

Virgo

"

Exodus
from

Hewitt,

2fi2i where

is discussed

ii.

at

the

"

4,

21

Rttling Races
history of the

the

the

and

called

Su

bird,

Zipporah,
the
list

zodiacal

parallel
who

that

with

found

was

Zarah

or

constellation

of

T/wsaurtts,

mother

of Prehistoric
constellations

last

is

to

which

Chapter

the

Leo,

sacred

Nebo,

Gcscnius,

lies

virgin-sister

planet Mercury,

Mariam,

Mariamma,

length.

the

Kushava

The

sun-god

the

which

his

kings,

Mount

on

the

the Greek

Tamil

Hindu

mother.

of

is

god.

the

name,

birth

Miriam
the

{marom)

Star

of

ruled

wife

in

lake

the

death

Mari-amma,

Leo

Kushite

of

died

year,

xiii. "^"^^34.
I

Pole

goat

Numbers

word

PP-

reeds

the

xii.

the

the

the

Kushite

Moses

for

Bear, that

Great

Hindu

precedes

of

herald

Ibid.

which

it

in

which

infancy by

the

the

discovered

constellation

his

Dan,

queen-bee.

dwelt

{gi) of
spirit-reed

Mariam,

of

or

(the forty

that

Leo

in

Ya

the

the

after

Times,

VII.,

of the

the

819, derives

p.

Mari,
vol.

the
was

certainly the

{amma)^

it

Judah^

conquered

had

the

in his

guarded

Caleb,

sons

was

made

he, with

ancestor

the

who

is the

birth-story of

in

prophet-god

warrior

of

of

tribe

and

honey

pointer-stars of

was

the

of

ruler

'

the

b^[un

star

by Deborah,

was

Su-gi, the

The

2.

by Uzava,

to

with

that

wilderness

into

and

This

was

Danava

the

in

Regulus

year.

Greek

infant

an

as

15th

chief

Hoshea,

or

the

thieves

in which

the

of

milk

star

prophet-star Virgo

as

the

on

ape

the

the

broke

conquest

Akkadians

reed-cradle

of

ruled

or

the

the

the

star

Hushim,

bees

spies

of this

season

Sirius,

forty years

of the

Masu,

or

due

the

lion's tail

Joshua

cycle-year)

two

the

star

and

or

for

the

forty days'.
Moses

(kalb)
he

flowing

these

last

of

year

god Arjuna, the

with

the

of

Hus

treasure-house

by

the

sexless

ape

dog

wandering

months

the

which

in

Yahveh

This

the

auspices

conquering

was

also

Equiria

Roman

Pandavas.

As

the

the

at

was

by

Chronology

and

the

same

tree

i., Essay iv.,

Great

Bear

and

of

god
lands

the

as

of

eight-rayed

ruled

was,

have

heavens

ashes

two

wild

the

of

son

father

of

male

and

female

were

bird

(dhu)

the

Great

called

Rachel

of

of

life

of the

Nunet,
air

(3) Seb,

{is) goddess
the

afterwards
the

mistress

the

Pole

of

Star

sun-god

the

of

garment
'

444,

form

of

Numbers

the

house,

the

tender

the

the

the

drawn

god
the

Egyptian

moon-

artificer,
were

the

year-cow

Ribhus, manifested

the

cloud-god

or

earliest

or

egg

^,

eight gods

(2) Tefnut,

heat;

ment
embodi-

the

(4) Nut, the

(6) Isis,the

tain
moun-

first,and

Canopus

(8) Nebh-hat,

and

fire and

sacred

of Set.

depicted

that
on

Horus
the

the young
zodiac

square

equinoctial points North, South,

planisphere
on

the

the

are

of the

eight parent-gods

ruling
of

wife

creating

the

water

ape-star

Kepheus

the

or

eight-partitioned plan

panther's hide,

priests.

In

this

the

the

sacred

stars

are

xiii. 8.

Brughch, Religion
469.

the

in

heavens
of

star

Star

as

West

the

Pole

born,

was

and

(7) Set,

these

Denderah

East

the

mother-goddess,

from

was

four

cow,

the

Nun,

the

the

Nun,

Keket, Gorh, Gorhet,

They

by

Asipu,

or

fire-god. They

(S) Osiris, Orion;

over-arching heaven;

at

Mehueret

metaphysical

flame

or

the

the

of

three-eyed

Dhu-ti,

or

earth.

made

the

Leah,

the

by Chnum

Shu,

the

or

Egyptian mythology

the

seasons

of

the

was

supplanting

Joseph

of

god

fire-worshippers: (i) Shu,

effluence

It

of

vulture-wife

the

were

of

Hehet, Kek,

and

theology

the

Nunet,

the

the

of

the

i,

ram-sun-god.

formed

soul

Heh,

of three

year

They

the

leader

of. Ephraim

lunar-solar

(//),and

Potter,

the

the
chief

the

Their

eyes,

and

who

Bashan,

husband

inspired by Thoth

and

spiritsof

the

the

of

Jacob,

weak

ewe,

pairs of

led

Nun,

of

Shiva,

was

God.

and

the

the

of

the

acquired

revolving year-bed

tribe

Bethel

of

wife

the

sons

with

Hoshea,

who

of

pillar of

invaders

of

the

united

(ephrd),the

Gauri,

of

Nun,

{le) cow-mother

mother

in

of

son

of the

sun-god

god

377

Rephaim

the

beehive-house

or

the

Hoshea^

the

seen,

Age,

These

star.

king of

the

by Og,

we

the

Myth-Making

the

of

und

Mytholo;^ie der

Alien

^gypUr^

pp.

116, 123, 124,

History and

37^
in their

placed

in the

respective quarters

Hathor

of Horus

Chronology

South-west, South-east, North-west


St

the

Andrew's

of

the

temple

goddess, is

the

Star

Num

of

world

between

of

the

of the

Elam,

the

called

Mat

the

the

the

god

South-east

rising in

symbol

"*YYy"""meaning

of the

Hebrew

sun-god

fish

for

Nun

the

goddess Tirhatha, or

the

mother

the

mother-tree
It

means

13ahu

and

the

young

with

the

lion's

the

Temple

'

Max

R.

163"

of the

The

Book

165

who

oj

Virgin-Mother,

Miiller, Contributions
Brown,

the

succeeding

Draco,

jun., F.S.A.,

Sayce, Assyrian

Master
71

pp.

to the

Grammar

3.

the

winter

Assyrian

words,

parent

she

was

originally

was

born

sun-god

from

the

of the

dog-star Sirius

lion-star, the

ape

yellow [Yarah

crocodile-mother,
the

Secret

spies

two

House,

of Mythology ^^so\, i. p.

Constellations^vol.
:

Nun

or

chap, vi.,

73.

"

ScUiue

Primitive

is

This

who

or

moon

admitted

the

geography,

the

"-,

leaders, the

betrayed by Rahab,

Adams,

Marsham

The

robber

two

for

mud.

ocean

tail,that Jericho, the

constellation

'

in her

Akkadians

by the cuneiform

other

the

to

water

fish-mother-goddess,

cleft,the pool

gave

of the

the

of

Ribhus.
the

Vulture

Susi-Nag,

sun

gods

In

birth

bom

lady {fnak)

the

Hindu
belief

the

sun-god

Yareh) city,was
the

who

three

Hebrew.

in

grown

under

was

the

in Hebrew

was

the

is indicated

the

Rabbi,

Num,

snake

of

goddess

or

and

rule

Ugro-Finn

of

land

Nun

ocean-god

the

Akkadian

of

Star

Horus

the

was

Naga

great
land

solstice

the

the

Pole

of

son

god, and

of

the

divided

heaven

walls

Nunet, the

Nun

who

god

of

the

of the

the

on

Egyptian
was

father

his

Num-maki,
of the

markiog

'.

the

as

the

Samoyedes,

land

of

womb

mother

South-eastern

name

Rabu,

of

his

also

represented

thus,

counterpart

was

points,those

eight-rayedstar
is

Jumala,

the

Elam,

The

the

Finn

He

^.

from

Vega, while

Pole

god

born

Star, and

Pole

of the

is

Hoshea

eight, the

the

who

son

Hebrew

The

Horus,
as

east,
North-

indicating the yearly circuit

Cross

Thus

sun-bird.

mother

the

the intermediate

rule

Nebt-hat

or

sky, and

ii.

261.

cliap.xiv.

Syllabary Sigft 361, 498.

pp.

this

The

place of

is shown

in

the

have

which

to

referred

the

the

Dionysus

the

face

conical

the

sun-god

Shaul

was

Samuel,

who

setting
the

priests of
the

Saul

his

Dod

xxxvi.

haiian,

Goliath,

the

merciful

the

Movers,

Gen.

means,

Die

xxxvi.

Samuel
as

noted

of

or

the

12.

in the

Rephaim,
In
the
his

pitying-god, the

i. pp.

24,

; Sayce, Hibbcrt

margin,

monument

hand.

or

Genesis
mouse,

of

sun-god

the

heavens,

19,

marked

path

sun-god

the
of

Baal

Jesse

of

sons

in

24,

El-

the

great

the

giant

xxxvi.

that

38,

is

or

Hanan

xxiii.

slew

Baal

name

hand

by the

son

who

Bethlehem,

and

word

xxi.

by

prophet-

was

called

is

year

year-kings, the

eighth

Samuel

Achbor,

The

the

He

of

Phonizier^ vol.

the

through
This

by

the

later

Stars.

the

of

Star, following the

in

mouse,

the

chariot

is.

of

of

god
symbol

succeeded

year

Dodo

of

37, 38
xv.

Shawul

or

consecrated

pillar-chiefof

was

Canopus.

star

the

Smintheus,

is the

Pole

and

of

son

His

Euphrates,

Shaul

as

the

who

chief

the

rule

He

son

{Rep/ia), the
called

his

beloved-one,

38,

the

history

the

Ishai, meaning
Gen.

Hebrew

Zodiacal

the

by

Dodo,

or

god of

the

river

of

his

drove

him

for

the

where

star-father

independently of the
out

the

of

destroyed.

Babylon,

who

Ephod,

who

Gideon

by

Penuel,

image

Samlath,

or

phalli

the

called

of

He

3.

eight-rayed

sun-god

gnomon

which

monument

weeks

the

the

Rehoboth

inaugurated
as

up

Penuel
of

otherwise

or

prophet pillar

which

is

Semele

Samlah,

*.

the

five-day

of

of

suburbs

and

was

of

Shaul

was

squares

was

This

towers

successor

the

He

*.

Samlah

of

Pen

fig"treefrom

golden

the

counterpart

{S/tem)^ the

Name

made

of

Phoenician

the

the

son

the

was

Hannah,

God.

Dionysus,

young
the

were

of

of the

of

son

Rahab,

of Edom,

kings

Boaz

previously.

vine-land,

of the God

face

Samuel,
of

of

histof)

traditional

genealogy of the

historical

the

Masrekah,

in Hebrew

revolution

pillar,the husband
of

Chronology

and

History

38o

is

Apollo

of

Hanan

sun-physician, the

he

means

Phoeni-

25.

Lectures
in

for 1887, Lect


our

verbion, the

i. pp.

54, 55.

Hebrew

yj^i!*,

of

cian
of

the

Eshmun,
the

Indian

god,

who

form

the

the

sun-cock

and

the

introduced

subject

healing-god

Greek

snake

of

the

Age.

Myth-Making

next

new

chapter.

the

yEsculapius,
sacrificed

form

381

of

to

solar

him.

worship,

son

This

will

BOOK

III.

WORSHIP.

SOLAR

VH.

CHAPTER
The

fifteen

period

of

the

weeks

of

of

this

nine

Pleiades

of
and

of

age

control
of

those

of

their

whole

India, the

public

the

union

the
of

in

and

Euphrates

and

in

Ganges
the

India,
groups

incorporated

province
of
of

the

the

centre

states.

The

forming
united

the

central

parent-village

of

ruler
the

the

allied

separate

as

the

by

and
of

the

as

period

of

the

Nerbudda,

Euphrates

and

confederacy,

Tigris

provinces, which

the

were

had
trolled
con-

law-givers, ruled

each

like

by

prosperous

Indus,

confederated

city which

became,

Indian

formed

most

national

the

Tigris, Egypt,

confederacies,

of

injure

underlying

provinces

In

watered

by imperial princes who,


the

with

Minor,

village communities.

Mesopotamia,

become

Asia

regions, those

these

Jumna

the

of

and

of

North

on

province
not

this

during
the

coast-lands

and
did

the

cial
provin-

and

this

of

of

days

village

diffusion

policy studded

the

they

by

organisation

village

affairs,provided

villages

Syria, Armenia

of

three-

the

measured

social
in

each

The

of

years

The

which

one

development

worship

system

gave

*is
of

history

the

of

stage

still, as

the

neighbours.

of

Ocean,

days.

own

principle
of

eleven

which
its

the

eleven-months

on

review

solar

was

week.

education

the

based

year,

of

lunar

transition

governments,
the

of

this

national

completion

epoch

and

cycle

years

the

us

in

the

of

god

eight-days

the

at

and

progress

to

occupying

arrived

sun

the

of

and

star

now

human

discloses

year

rayed

eight-

THE

months

the

was

Kashi
site of

and

the

sociation
as-

quarters
head-

Babylon,
national

and

History
Place

High
of the

mother.

Of

of
(ScX^i/x)

the

great

the womb
mountain

of the

in the ages

society was,

have

we

succeeded

watched

held

the

Persia,

Syria,

and

who

the

and

Italy to

they

founded

the

which

grew

into

Girsu
the

and

guilds which

and
the

annual

farmers
had

of

these

Takka-sila
and
or

Mediterranean

in

Patala

Kharran

in

on

the

Egypt

the

and

Indian
of

coasts

their

In

the

advance

Neolithic

Age

trading centres,

such

interior, and
coasts

Mesopotamia

Ashkelon,

and

penetrated

earlier

of the

the

on

maritime

passed through Greece

and

the

and

guilds

had

the

Europe.

cities

This

wealth

as

foreign and

of

villagecommunities
inland

and

fairs

country.

Tur-vasu,

of

tent,
ex-

valley highways,

descendants

extremities

Dwarika
Haran

the
and

they

past

interchange of local

guidance

as

the

productive trades,

over

the

their

certain

developed,

the

settled

Thence

Mediterranean.

Baragyza,

the

had

and

to

was,

internal

river

as

for

Euphratean countries, Arabia,

joined

emigrants

Kashi

the

successors

continue

commercial

of

children

progressive improvements.

new

and

that

India, known

of

the

tion
genera-

as

as

to

weekly markets

Under

coasts.

ocean

traders

of

to

commerce

into

fresh

trained

taught

provin^

of government,

born

were

were

distributed

internal

followed

which

the

sites

enterprise increased,
trade

of

each

veneration

advance

in

selected

at

supervision of

as

of

and

developed the

and

over

the stage at

duties

every-day
who

handicrafts

all

products conducted

into

the

up,

that

by

superintended

counsellors

it reached

original village organisation

The

the

which

conservative

slow

and

of careful

their

and

princes

women

them

brought

policy of

inherited

survivals.

conspicuous

education

the

and

men

who

those

and

most

respectivevillages. These

of their
to

the

are

doing

superintended

383

the altar

shrine

sacred

arrived, ruled by the village and

now

young

Age.

centralisingtheocracy Delphi,
Dorians, and
Jerusalem, the holy

through

cial elders who, besides

of

its most

these

of

Myth-Making

this

Semites,

control

the

Under

which

Akropolis,and

or

the

Chrofiology of

Tamra-lipti,

of

India; Eridu,
;

on

Jebail Gi-bil

the coasts
or

Bil-gi,

History

384
consecrated
Greeks

the

; and

in Crete

city of Tarchon
furrow

the

constellation

of

the

was

Draco.

Gates

the

show

indubitable

the

of the

French

to

stone

of

original snake

which

trade

apples

Britany,

their

the

Cornwall,

of his

maritime

to

of

traces

Indian

the

sun-circles

Cornouaille,

tin lands

the

Hercules

of

from

astronomy

city of the

the

sacred

rose

of

of

pioneers

of Caere

who

the

of

menhirs,

calendars

the

child

These

sepulchral mounds,

coasts

of

capital

the

form

la

Tirym,

port

child

European

port

the

Tarquinium,

disseminator

who

and

Hesperides,
their

the

passed through Gades,

also

had

of

son

and

Rama,

Gnossos,

Terie'gh, the

or

Sita, the

year-mother
father

the

of Athens,

Italy the Umbrian

in

Tages

as

Orchomenus,

Tyrrhenian

the

and

Agylla,

Phoenician

earliest
Greece

In

Troy.

prehistoric Akropoh's

of Minos
or

and

by (he

fire-godBil-gi,called

Byb-los. apparently the

Syria, Smyrna
and

Akkadian

the

to

Chronology

and

of the
where

and

stone

of

occupation

were

ancient

stepping-

Kassiterides

tin islands.

or

the

Throughout
of

had

character

had

been

sons

of

of

They

months
in

had

the

year,

the

emigrant

lands

the

by

the

by

the

but

races,

who

fresh breeds

ages

till the
had

of the

which

their

arbitrarydealings with

they introduced

for

the

the

the

age

revolution

sun-god

the

as

types

Northern

possession

into

way

and

intermingling of
of growth
process

arrival

taken

prepared, during

of

worship

of

formed

sun-horse,

subjugated

they

been

generally peaceful
the

beliefs.

of

stocks

different

series

long

of

querors
con-

as

their
the

people

the

which

elevento

was

end

Pole

the

to

successor

new

Star.
It
the

to

was

these

development

North-western

military
of

individual

Goths

or

character

of the

sons

that

conquerors

the

begun

bull

world

owes

the

among

ox
{^giit
got) the

race

of

cattle

on

family property,

herdsmen

communities
to

form

but
tribal

provinces.

who

based

their

national

and

divided

their

land

into

tracts

territories,as

owned
the

by

the

organisation

not

into

families

village communities

village
united
formed

of tlu Myth'Making
These

men

described

houses

"endure
"

they

close to

Their

Romans

with

"

surrounds

"

fire

tiles,but

"or

These
Suevi
"or

and

"while
of

the

the

who,

the

village tenants

of

Indian

each

"

Central
the

kind,
In

the

North-west

common

each

farmer

farm

garden

and

and

not

neighbours

as

from

existed

form

and

oldest

most

Recht
tribe,

Hof

or

analogous to,

'

of
but

Tacitus, Germania,

the

magis-

proportion,

in

members

the

to

and

the
pays

the

the

with

hof

own

Captain,

the

bears

his

differingfrom,

'

their

holdings
farms
of
is

house

meeting-place
the

one

the lands

name

proprietor

and

the

In

the

house

of

scattered

several

Its

paid

which

or

holdings
of these

prototype

Hof.

that

fields, all forming

generally

i6.

is

rent

find

wc

his

family

Judgment,

reached

has

Jat villages,in

the

the

V.

India

of

of

those

like

and

immemorial,

or

private

house,

village lands.

where

which

no

belong

not

own

compact

honoured

Court

his

of

intermixed

Headman,

Hauptman,

his

communal

Bauerschaft,

those

his

time

and

lands, for which

with

Europe,

of North-west
has

in the

do

Chapters IV.

are

cultivates

farm,

separate

clay),

Southern

have

villages,which

provinces

tenures

most

and

in

"

2,

community

Indian

described

as

stones

use

the

lord," like

who

stage of cultivatingcommon

in

fear of

flax."

cattle,and

Southern

and

from

annually

the

occupies

describes

here

says

land

village community

tribute of corn,
Tacitus

man

(kneaded

boundaries,

proper

princes divide

official families,
"a

Tacitus

as

with

fields

separate

us

Each

not

material

or

among

as

do

They

essentiallydifferent

are

Swabians,

or

separated

courtyard, from

open

common

cannot

buildings.

build.

to

"They
and

arranged

not

an

Saxons,

value."

or

people

"trate

how

employ

show

"without

witli

house

and

spring, a pasture,

dependent

united

ignorance

or

by

are

them':

; scattered

another

one

villages

his

of

says

attracted

where

settle

"grove.

who

Tacitus,

by

Frisians

Teutonic

the

were

385

Age.

Gemeinde

Ibid., 25, 26.

the

called
is

the

of

the

Haus

the

of

the

to

Southern

Bratsvo

Slavs,

Each

Bratsvo

owns

definite

of

capable

and

eight hundred,

to

and

or

more

digion,

the

corresponding

fight side

side

by

The

class

of

men

thirty

about

they belong

Uchelwyr

among

the

Bonll^

and

Cdts

Goidelic

their leader

battle, and

in

from
which

to

familf

each

number

the

villages like

one

of 4c

brothers

which

vary

families

the

occupy

They

Bratsvo

is

".

portion.

in

arms

imE-

not

Germans

Low

of

estate, of

compact

bearing

of the

by Schrader

landed

and

common

community

or

described

as

is

Bauerschaft

This

property.

similar

owns

village,which

communal

vidual

is chosen

the Bratsvenici.

by

These

country
who

Cheroos

or

of

shares

land

Asia

hold

Pattidari

held

like

i.

offered

Jats, called
(desh)fwho

the

worship

the

like
the

preserve

or

was

the

recited
the

to

the

national

and

the

as

divine

of

were

poems

died

followers

sect.

was

these

Jevon, Schrader*s
iii.

p. 397.

and

out, under
of

the

distinguished individuals
It

and

bards

Prehistoric

of

rule

Goidels,

claimed
who

as

took

the

form
or

the

of

the

the
Dhe

by

of

Bhats.
to

keepers
became,

original
Jats, the

family histories

ancestors

the

or

These
of

the

assistants

or

Prashastri

remembrance
the

for his

Shem,

Jagas

written.

not

country

plough

priestlysuccessors

verbal

preparation

the

principles similar

on

priests called

careful

Brythonic
tribes.

the

{pack),

West

sons

called

they
the Dhc

into

history in

bards

by

whom

to

the

Hebrew

ancient

munity.
com-

described

in

has

who

different

village

the

dwellers

history framed

chronicles

which

from

Jats

the

into

divided

are

god Ram,

villageelders, the

of records

sun-god,

Jats,

family

originally a

the

comers

mythic genealogy, prepared by

It

Armenia,

in India

Deshwali

or

of

Getae

Jats

India

the

family forming

Pachades

They,

weapon.

Name,

the

Hole

the

and

The

in

of the

Getae

villagesdivided

216, worshipped

horses.

became

Minor,

each

by

the

Gothland,

of

and

They,
Herodotus

Goths

the

people,

Balkan

Chronology

History and

386

the

of

Brython

place first assigned

Antiquitiesof Aryans^

Part

iv., chap, xii.,

and

History

388
the

Chronology

district

Ludhiana

Jagraon

in

Fattis

or

wards, Jagraon being

seven

circumjacent Pattis

each

other

hills of

Rome,

quarter

of

the

Suburra

sacrificed

though

Northern
them

the

neighbours, who
in

old

year's

Latin

and

to

the

of

horse
These

spiritof

lived

under

contact

with

hostes

"

who

strangers,

of

rule

the

entrusted

of

were

live

to

as

tutions,
village insti-

Dravidian

the

borrow

the

the

who

*'

of the
those

of

with

dread

original

seva

Equina.

those

that

enemies

both
and

which

the

at

possible foes, the

were

towns

horse

show

their

lost

speech

in walled

similar

men

with

head

permeated

arc

the

fought

Sacra

Via

possession of the

they

far

so

against

the

on

seen,

the

isolation, yet

had

dwellers

have

we

as

Palatine

for

as

customs,

when,

and

the

carefully fortified

all

separated the

isolation

rivalry and

it and tk

; and

centre

e^

into

precautions recall the days when

These

'.

in the

were

divided

was

community

the

to

village elders.
Hence
their
and

we

violence, and
the

the old

the

and

grew

up

modifications

of

which

forth

all these,

as

in

gods

the

of

first parents

as

the

system

we

and
of

'

now

Sir G.

the

ritual

the

the

as

CampbeU,

of

interfusion

that

the

In

mingling
inter-

the
the

races,

national

held

from

the

vol. ii. p. 52,

as

of
the

the

cloud-

looked

pursuance
bom

but

represented

everywhere

sun-god

Autobiography

union

In

beliefs

directlydescended

sun-god.

capture

evolved;

were

histories

; and

marriages,
inter-

the

the

and

primaeval

national

of

partners.

reckoning

the

toms
cus-

binding by

married

war

gradually

forcible

father-tree-ape were

new

see

made

by
the

habit

marriages

Chapters

village races

Khu

shall

year-

the

by

was

this

seen,

and

new

ancestors

the

they

the

these

alien

from

have

we

of the

mother-bird

the

previous

conspicuous place ;
the

In

settlers

new

settled

trample underfoot

to

preceded

land.

of

set

they

which

instituted

and

first

were

blood

societies

ritual

them

daughters of
the

various

by trying

with

which

between

in

aboriginal inhabitants, yet

amalgamated
of the

lands

established

Finno-Celts

the

though

the

in

supremacy

of

in

that

see

on

this
ruler

of
of

this

epoch

the

the

the

of

son

from

bom

the

A.
The

successive

Tlie birth

origin of

by

these

the

year

of

year-altar.

The

altar

the

those

ritual

the

that
that

sun-god
be

can

the

from

new

is the

This
the

by

eleven

old

the

that

These

metre

year.
of

contained
Hence

of

'

Apr!

hymns.

the

eleven-

of the

Brahmanas,

from

one

natural

Pole

Star
of

evolution

stanzas

lines

these

of

24

or

of

i. 3, 5, 4"9;

or

months

the

in

be

to

be
in

Gayatri
fifteen

of the

each

as

twenty-four syllables.
fifteen

eight-day

15,

of

fifteen stanzas

year

three

and

line, and

each

were

number
to

recited

be

to

last

the

introduced

sacrificial fires of this

were

were

the

rule

new

the

and

fifteen

this

Eggcling, Sat. Brah,,

first

the

description of
only

year,

night by that
the only signification

in

us

was

stanzas

hymn

contained

recited

of

words

kindling

the Samidheni

twenty-four days,
year

tells

the

eight syllables in
three

day

of

make

the

new

of

meaning
in

ritual, but
to

the

its

during
of the

sun-horse

on

months
of

was

that

were

the

the

the

stanzas

of

Samidheni

repeated thrice

and

woman,

eleven

was

on

year.

obvious

innovators,

the

year

old

the

this

that

and

sun-worship,

to

fire kindled

the

in

fire

supersession of

to

after

races

lighting the

year-reckonings

of

change

the

given

Thigh, adopted

Southern

stanzas

the

head

of the

to

eleven

marking

of the Thigh.

kindling

ruling the
the

first the

distinctly explained

of

of

year.

and

for

or

mother

as

of the

son

is

form

Samidheni

in

dedicated

the

Northern

the

in

invoked

year

of

year

ape-father

garland of flowers

born

Sun-god

instructions

gods

months

of the

first sacrificial

made

the

Koronis,

as

annual

the

months,

the

eleven

the

But

this

eleven

ignition
to

t fie

of

eleven
in

of

Thigh

was

months

amalgamated

Brahmanas

the

afterwards

and

389

cloud-bird-mother, who,

sun-physician iEsculapius,

raven-mother

in

the

was

from

begotten

Myth' Making Age^

the

three

each

months,

weeks

hundred

mised
epito-

an

was

Thus
and

S.B.E., vol. xii. pp. 96, 97

of

this

sixty
note.

eleven-months

of the

order

In
a

reversal

Orion
out

the

in

that

is of

the

the

and

the

in

the

his

shrine

This

latter

it

was

being

symbolise

to

'

the

after

of the
of

which

he

the

called

reproduction

of

had

found

cycle-year, and

had

High-place

consecrated

Ramah

he

was

Movers,

Die

to

declared

Ephod
Ram,
to

Phottizier,vol.

be

i. pp.

the
car

been

the

the

latter
of Zeus

Phoenician
hill of the

of

his

father

Ashvins

and

received
at

sun-god.
son

the

bee-prophetess,

the

worship,
the

the

which

asses

of

and

Rhodes

that

the

the

Deborah,

of

and
in

of

Galilee, on

eight-

Eshmun,

Cyprus

was

the

Pegasus

Phoenician
in

same

Pegasus,

week

Atabyrios

of

of

of

of

stars

Esh-

the

stars

and

the

age

with

eleven-days

drew

the

Phoenician

sun-physician,

Sea

parent-tree

ass-sun-gods

that

is
the

near

prophesied

sun-king

Mount

on

the

worshipped

was

the

eight gods ruled

eleven

god,

new

mountain

Tabor

'

Bear

four

the

the

as

healer, the

the

Ravana

Rishis

Pegasus

Ashtaka,

these

and

ruled

This

year.

Paian

Saul

Bear,

three-years

the

of

stars

that

India

seven

the

in

sun-god,

for

year,

Eshshu,

oak-tree,

the

Great

the

Hindu

the

had

Bear

Akkadian

Mount

of

Great

invaded

both

and

four

the

year

Horus,

this

of

previous

as

of

Great

Paian.

the

substituted

sons

week

island

ruled
year,

stars

present

were

four

as

called

they

constellation

eighth god,

meaning

the

who

called

Thigh,

the

Kushika

find

was

of the

son

trace

shall

we

the

months.

or

days

the

to
must

He

of

which

seven

this

constellation
the

Pegasus,

the

with

and

was

Dadhiank

sun-god.

age

eleven-months

with

its eleven

the

of

and

This

the

of that

Set, the

of

North,

associated

mun

of

which

sixty da3r5,we

revolution,

the

change,

of

year

and

parentage

antelopes.

But

correct

constellation

the

united

of

Thigh

sixty-three days

this

of

causes

hundred

mythologies

parent

cycle

the
more

three

the

of

the

from
or

from

history

in all the

the

realise

of

and

year.

to

year

hundred

three

the

of

instead

days

Chronology

and

History

390

of the

by Samuel,
Ram
It

ah,
was

Thigh,

226, 26, Appius, xii, 27.

the
at

that

of t)u Myth-Making
of

the

victim

dead

year

god

given

Kohath

rider

the

the

the

must

of

in the

the

red one,

In

the

daughter

(konyd)

Sharyata,

the

of Orion's

mother
Her
the
of

marriage

the

the

of

the

from
of

fires of

Pool

the

the

is

the

Kathi

was

on

who

Orion's

the

made

was

the

father

of

the

is

arrow

Krishanu

the

Shyena

the

from

whom

the

be

born.

to

Shyena

that

of

the

by

the

the

Hittites, the

i"

Mahabharata

this

Adi

the

bird-

or

the

Ashvins,
kindler

aged

him

again by bathing
by causing
is

the

Lycian

him
as

to

be

the

sun-god
He

North
Yadava

Indian

reborn

Apollo,

thus

(Sambhava)

Samuel

born

in which

the

became

and

South

and

Turvasu.

twins,

marriage of the rejuvenated

in

pool symbolised

birth.

united

in

sun-god

yellow-river Xanthus,

13.

Chyavana,

mother-ocean

his

at

of

race

is

This

him

of

young

of the

birth

ix.,x.

as

work

the

was

year,

accomplishing

Samuel

fire-drills.

Su-konya,

solstice

winter

wife

Arushi,

the

god

reproduction of the

they ruled.

or

the

to

means

Her

Palasha-tree

the

Chyavana

bathed
of

sun-god

to

tree-trunk

mother

his

this

year.

of the

the

of Leto

called

mother-bird.

the

of

name

by

year-mother-bird

year

living waters

story

is

of Manu,

at

Regeneration,

year

kindled

of

said

of Manu

daughter

she

son

the

Gemini,

twin-stars

whose

year-god Orion, who,

short, Su-konya

In

the

slew

born

(wri^),is

Thigh

is of the

Orion's

of

sun-god

the

of the

where

Mahabharata,

or

bow,

child

"

personified fire-drill whose

Su, the

(shyd) bird,

frost

or

history of the god

Manava

of the

drawer

father-god,

the
the

of

god, given,

birth

Brahmana
of

Star

house

the

glowing fire-socket

"atapatha

{sharya)ythat

the

god of the

the

of the

sun-father-

333, to the

Chyavana,

Mahabharata

the

of the

Pole

the

pp. 332,

of

son

was

to

to

Chyavana.

one,"

moving

back

the

Aurva,

son

is called

VI.

trace

go

the

prophet-priestsof

Chapter
To

39

thigh of

right thigh

the left,sacred

of Indra."

called

the

was

sun-horse, after

we

the

plate as

Jewish

in

seen

Thigh

god
"

this

not

the

on

majesty

be

But
to

have

the

on

2, and

we

as

'.

his

put

Age.

ix. 24 ; Levit

Parva, Ixvi. p. 191.

It
sun-

vii. 32.

that

father

allowed

Brahmana,
Soma

Ashvins

the

by Dadhiank,

taught them

was

horse's
At
the

head

inaugurating

Bahish-pavamana

of

the

rain.

he

is called

the air for the


the

the

the
the

of

title,for

than
it

with

with

the

in the
of

find

we

chanted

syllabled metre,
it,which

metre,

as

the

successive
But

ritual

this
of

is

the

of

union

words,

the

it

clears

year

week

of

ritualistic

had

is to

of the
the

seen,

say, it

Gayatri

cycle-year

Orion's

year3.
well

as

that

the

in

have

we

cryptogram,

strikingproofs

gods
special

the

and

Pleiades

tation
interpre-

lines

as

inner

that

nine

in the

as

authors

the

in

the

liltingGayatri eight-

that

by

the

earliest

employed

been

tecJinica

epochs
methods

not

reproduced
for

of

the

of

reckoning

all the

in the
the

world's

historical

Bahishpavamana

hymn,

Ibid., iv.

I, 5, 13 ;

S.B.E., vol. xii.

Ibid., iv.

2, 5, 10;

S.B.E., vol. xxvi. p. 310,

"

18; S.B.E.,
p.

writers,

Anacreontic
of

preservation

which

by

given by the
the

summoned

vol. xxvi.

275.
note

the

time.

information

Sat.

iv. i, 5,

Greek

annual

Eggeling,

Brah.y

Vedic

history ear-marked

waves

the

syllables. That

72

of the

most

memoria

and

ritual, written

has

of the

memory

the

into

chant

this

nine-days

this

kindling hymn,

this

used

the

in

his

clouds, who

the

consecrated,

of

five-day weeks

72

Thus

of

hymns

other

In

gain from

consists

It

therefore

week

eight-days

sent
heaven-

the

with

therefore

2, and

tellingof

year-hymn

the

all

who

insight

can

we

was

Ashvins

and

chant

is the

addressed,

are

sea.

of

driver

reception

their

that

Rigveda

better

us

significance.

this year,

is

of the

year

Soma,

pure

the

Gayatri cight-syllablcdmetre
to

mystcfy

sun-god.

gives
chant

the

summoned

of the

path

this

its

historical

the

This

god-king

wind-god,

ritual

of

meaning

the

of

Pavamana

of

(ix. 107, 15)

primarily

But

year

holy offerings across

the

is

he

Soma

Mandala

Ninth

takes

the

of

is recited.

stotra

this

It is to

the

god

{bahish) drizzling or

outside

of

the

which

^.

sacrifice

the

gods, and the

the

honey-drink of

Satapatha

the

to

with

Soma

drink
the

was

according

were,

to

they drank

Chronotogy

and

History

39^

i.

pp.

272

"

277.

stars

Gemini

to

New

Year's

the

at

the

new

the

gods

eleven-months
of

pit,whence

altar

taken.

the

sun

at

was

taken

Kusha

grass,

for the

is outside

the

solstice

from

was,

earth

its north-east

at

the

as

have

and

The

the

rejuvenated

the

twin

of Varuna,
sheaves

of

of

ritual

the

the

earth

the

with

in

the

{ficus

Plaksha-tree

the

of

of

risingpoint

covered
used

branches

consecrated

of the

earth-altar

square

the

at

northern

or

for which

altar

when

afterwards,

introduced

Uttaravedi

the

ruling-

recited

was

limits

first

seen,

with
sacrifices,

animal

time

the

agents who

corner,

'.

pit was

we

the

eight-days week,

the

summer

which

the

recognised
as

year

This

ground

ruled

who

mother-year-bird.

Chatvala

Soma

the

393

marriage of

feast of the

sun-year

was

of

assembly

invitation,which

of

hymn
of the

stars

Age,

the

year-fatherto
This

of the Myth-Making

infectorid).
This

latter

covering
of

heart

and

omentum

it, after they had

at

close

ground

reconsecrated
the

that

for

animal

that

at

sap

Eggeling,
notes

the

altar"

branches,

deodara),

[Pinus

twigs {Butea

symbol

of the

Soma

year

Dronakalasa
the

or

these

the

^'d/.

and

3.

Brdh.j

iv.

there

divine

of

2,

the

it

; and

ceremonies

the

hollowed

mother-water
threw

5, 9, iii. 5, I, 26;

throne

in

of

into

the

which

These
or

end

[Ficus

{sadas)

stored.

was

the

the

tree-trunk

of
into

was

Udumbarf

house

the

series

at

thrown

were

the

sacrificer

with

recurring

-king,

year-tree
to

associated

its progress

Samishtayajus
sacrifices

of

as

year

marking

transferred

with

Together

116,

the

the

Soma

afterwards

'

Plaksha

of Palasha

especially

supporting pillar

glomeratd)
year-gods,

the

Soma

annual

{asandt) of

the

Soma

this

on

was

wood

of this

navel

was
on

sacrifices

pit
the

of

pit

looked

ceremonial
this

the

roasted

were

consecrated

by the

Pitadaru

the

life.

which

ritual

It

triangle made

round

slain

the

pit.

sacrifices
of

for the

Chatvala

The

Chatvala

triangle,made

of

outside

when

altar

the

on

living victims

slain

been
the

frondosd) placed
mother

the

to

substituted

was

placed

was

were

temple-pool.
the

S.B.E., vol. xxvi.

pit
pp.

his

309,

History and

394

year-girdle of
the year,

sacrificial
of the

surplice

black

Chatvala
the

year

of

rising of

New

bride

bird

as

twin

door-posts
the

as

chant.

the
of

the

deities

allotted

of

origtnal year
performed at the
opening

year

the

rising,not
as

was,

weeks

-day

have

we

in

described

the
or

moon-god,

and

worshipped

them

of

the

the

year's

cups

of this

months

the

Ashvins

included

in

new

Star

Pole

that

as

the

year

as

Bahish-pavamana
assigned

the

to

tenth

the

year

gods of the

the

as

IV.

Ashvins,

sun-maiden

recalled

that

seen,

Chapter

deified

of God,

god

Southern

the

House

is the

solstice, that

summer

of the

years

the

to

end

of his

end

brought

ritual
of

the

sacrifice which

the

earlier

In

ruling

six

who

to

and

this year

Year

Gemini,

stars

was

; and

and

seasons

the

at

god

of

of

seasons

the

at

wore

ceremonies

beginning

sun

Northern

Hcnc^^ the

well

the

setting sun

of three

The

'.

the

he

horn

reminiscence

antelope

the

of the

deer's

as

recognised

with

the

black

the

three

strands, signifying the

three

and

Chronology

cup

three-years

cycle 2.
To

Gayatrl

another

year

the

Shiras,

chant

the

horse's

is to

say,

ruling-god

of

analysis of

it

the

the

eleven-months
of

ritual

shows

initiated

notes
'

Eggeling,
2

and

that

complete

Sat,

Brdh.y

the

of

its initial

year
of

the

one

to

the

ruled

by

the

be

this

Hence

ceremonies
time

lengthy
of the

by the

about

conveyed

records,

the

head,

horse's

significantmarriage

history of

thus

neck,

head

the

Su-konya, brought

and

as

to

the

disclosed

iv. 4, 5, 2, iii. 2, I, 18 ; S.B.E., vol. xxvi.

pp.

379,

3, 29, 30.

Ibid., iv. 1, 5, 16; S.B.E., vol. xxvi.

Ibid., iv.

xliv. pp.

of

god

Bear.

this most

to

is called

the

years, the year

Great

added

stanzas

sacrifice to

the

proclaimed

year-gods Chyavana
Ashvins,

the

the

eleven-months

the

is called

chant

by Dadhiank,

constellation

Thigh

This

was

Grivah,

of

to

down

verses

these

second

year-hymn

record

eleven

first of

the

neck.

ofTcrcd

sacrifice
that

be

of

The

and

head,

it to

showing

historical

ritualistic

Bahish-pavamana.

the

of

the

bring

444,

I, 5,

445.

15,

xiv.

i,

i,

18

"

24;

p.

278.
S.B.E., vol. xxvi.

p.

276,

note

I,

39^

History
These

(v. 45).

of the

stars

We

Thigh

must

ratha

Parva

she

is said

return

told

as

They

the

speaks

who

of

mouth
heavens

the

shara,

the

birth

the
lunar
Shaktri

sent

He

then

became,

(j'a)of

the

the

Stauibha,

golden
second

of

pillar Boaz
of

edition

astronomical

the

fourteen

phases

Mahabharata

Sachau,

the

the

Adi

of tiic

ancestors

of

Sakko,

god

day
of

gods

the

of

and

formed
perstellar

the
his

destroyed, and
the

Great

the

father

of

Bear,

Ur-ja,

called

full

the

thigh-born sun-god, the

headed

In

of the

astronomy

his

Phoenician

Svayambhara,

Parva,

being

name

temples.

or

period

original

the

This

Urjalist of

Urja-Stambha,

by

this

marking

{Chaitra-ratha)

the

of

the

from

(Urn),
the

Pari-

counterpart

star-god '.

learn

stars

his

first Manvantara

parent-stars

Alberunrs

the

by

reckoned

year

sun-god

were

reckoner.

is the

the

of the

thirty-three gods

which

in

we

star-parents,

the

lunar

the

as

Thigh

be

distorted

the

circuits

Shaktri,

of

son

worship

as

where

Vadavamukha,

is with

that

ruled

pillar(stambha)

fourteen

the

cloud,

of the

one

Aurva

heaven

to

up

Manvantara,
born

of

Star

the

that

land.

sacrifice

great

that in

as

the ocean,

into

by

used

of the

age

statement

whose
of

of hff

birth

of the

that

god

became

year,

of Pole

era

the

those

who

the

called

messenger

the

on

overhanging

eleven-months

"

from

of Vashishtha,

son

(vama),

Star

dwellers

at

was

left

left-handed,

different

indigenous

the
Pole

the

sun-horse

but

named,

identified

his wrath

the

of

with

arc

methods

It

head

Chaitra-

being ruthlessly

before

the

by

oflsprii^

the

are

were

further

is

fire of

the

who

conquerors

conceived

cast

the

it became

savage

which

was

god

nascent

Kshatriyas just

Bhrigus

the

In

father

or

the

year,

Aurva

which

mother

his

seven

Pegasus.

Mahabharata.

the

the

by

story of Aurva,

of the

were

eleven-months

the

in

one

be

slaughtered by
son.

in

symboh'sed

four stars

to

neither
to

months

the

and

now

this union,

of

the

are

Chronology

and

period
the

clxxx.

of

list the
of

the

is

Manu,
first of

creating

self-begotten2,

"

clxxxii., pp.

5I2"5I9.

Indian vol. i. chaps, xliv.,xlr. pp. 387, 394.

the

of the Myth-Making
Star

Pole

god, who

Kapi, the

or

This

is, in Greek

of

Edomite

father
the

male

this

of

form

of

the

Tammuz

Phoenician
the

he

Greek
the

goddess

list of

is

to

word

same

the Celtic
*

Die

Movers,
It

be
as

of

Races

the

into

the

elements

Smith, Classual

madness
of

the

was

the

Great

son

Bear.
he

was

Dumu-zi,

or

Melicertes, the

i. pp.

Athamas
of

of

of

this

the

lunar

the

ship Argo,

Pleiades, the

That

maiden-

became

who

Nysa,

the

Ino

Kalmashapada,

sun-ram

of

and
stellar

Chapter VL,

to

stars

of Prehistoric

is to

the

third

say,

he

in
was

T'/Wj, vol. ii.,Essay viii.,p. i6i.

617, 618, Strabo, xi.

this Phoenician

Karth,

Caer, for city ; the

in the

he

First

of

by

up

say,

stages.

mother

Zend

taken

to

goddess

Nakshatra.

that

Cehic

the

nymphs

Phoniziery vol.
noted

the

rain-ape,wife

of the

When

year

the

Hindu

the

the

parent-

Mahabharata,

stars

valent
equi-

sun-god-master of the city {Karth) 3,

Here,

companion

Hewitt, Ruling

by

by

Ino

Herakles.

form

up

the

Hyades4,
the

the

changed

brought

and

and

the

was

is

of

form
the

rose,

by Athamas,

up

{tan),
Tanais

by Strabo

Euphrates

the

in
His

mud

earliest

the

girl brought

eleven-months

was

wine-land

Anahita,

of the

Name

Phoenician

thigh, that

nician
Phoe-

the

the

two

or

mad

of

prematurely, but
his

ape-god,

36, 37.

passed through
Orion,

Ar-chal

time, the
of

star

made

god

the

mythology

Melkarth,

god

were

in

Hindu

sun-maiden,

the

born

sewn

born

and

is called

Thigh of the mother-ape,

the

of

goddess Vrisha-kapT, the

was

and

in the

When

to

He

Star

Semele, the

ape-god

mother-goddess

Vedic

".

first,as

She

Pole

{pen)

therefore

springs whence

father

his

Zend

the

Indra

of

the

the

cloud,

of the

Sabaeans

^"

xxxvi.

Carthaginian

parent- god.

of

Genesis

female, and

the

Tanit,

by the

of

face

Kepheus

seen,

M asrekah, the

of

form

the

Tan,

Cretan

or

of the
son

the

of

genealogy
in his

have

we

worshipped

thigh

Samlah

the

Zeus

was

the

Pen-Samlath,

God,

397

divinely self-created

of

born

is

mythology, Dionysos,

goddess
the

who

light,the

sun-god,

(Shem)

as
originally,

was

ape-god

ancient

the

"

as

Age,

population of

name

Semitic

Dictionary,Dionysos, p,

226.

the

p. 432

Hebrew

is

cities.

therefore

Rg.

Kiriath,
one

x.

86.

is the

pointing

the

second

of

the

supremacy

of

the

counterpart

of

the

Great

was

Bear,

the

world,

solstice,that
sun

festivals

of

bring back

by

bull

February),
the

Zeus,

at

Larysium,
marriage

of

Migonium

of Suria

at

he

in

of

4, and

Soma,

and

Frazer, PausaniaSf vii. 27, i, vol. i. p, 371.

'

Ibid., i. 40, 5,

Ibid., ii. 27, 6, viii.

Ibid., iii. 22, 2, vol. i. p. 170.

vol.

i. p.
19,

61, vol.
I, vol.

the

in

pp.

130,

in

Arcadia,

on

to

rise

of

the

(January-

Pausanias

tells

oxen

in

397,

us

called

mountain

and

Here

slaying
the

of

Vedic

by the Anthesteria

ii. ]i. 525.

i.

two

held

festival

it, like the

crated
conse-

spring 3.

followed

was

'.

the

axe,

called

on

February) wedding

"

Soteira,

festivals

This

Laconia,

This

of
{ydfio^)

marriage

to the

Akropolis

Gamelion

in

to

his return

physician

was

of

gone

offered

double

that

year.

had

Cynethaca

at

in the

November.

the

the

and

held

this

the

return

of Artemis

in

sun-god

the

winter

when

Pellene

that

"

grove

of

and

Dionysos

to

(January

and

spring-god

of

month

sacred

him,
bull

the

at

(December-

he

Dionysiac

was

press

beginning

held

Magh

the

the
the

as

wine-

or

as

him

to

was

Lenaea

lake

of the

out

that

H3^des,

the

whither

held

was

Zeus

to

winter

the

time

Poseidon

healing female

Alcyonian lake,

sacrificed

was

the

these

At

2.

the

on

in

Carian

lower

the

worshipped

was

October

in

the

the

celebrate

to

Semele,

festival

the

Car,

in

world,

held

was

of

same

feast of torches, like

goddess,

crescents

Argolis

lower

Demeter

this

Megara

the

that he

held

the sun-mother

Bear

Great

lunar

the

the

sun

Dion}^sos

February.

"

Dionysos

were

festival

to

was

lesser

mother

Dionysos

It

solstice

the

acclaimed

Pleiades

up

winter

from

Dionysos

At

January

These

January).

the

at

was

was

in

of

they stand

B.C., at

10,200

goddess of

god
in

was

of which

midst

is about

in Gemini

was

It

the

in

Taurus,

sun

Semeki

the

was

Southern

the

when

solstice,the god born


is in

the

by

He

Arcadian

the

when

Arktos, the

of heaven.

ruler

of the age

sun-goddess

called

Artemis,

ruled

realm

the

mother-goddesses,

the

night-sun,

the

Nuktelios,

Chronology

birth

of his

form

in

the

and

History

398

vol, iii, 302, 303.

of the Myth-Making
of the

Arjuna
In

the

another

of

birth

RohinI, when

of

she

with

of

and

and

of eleven

that

Omphalos

the

This

god

of the

of

at

p. 332,
He

whose
also

was

the

He

of

sons

has

Frazer

Year's

Feast

sacred

the

It

was

Barhis

or

by

Pithoi

They

This

of Recall

sheaves

Oldenberg,

or

new

greeted

grass.

of Hellenic

the Pitaro

Studies^ vol.

xx.

traditionally

who

days

New

New

libations.

Choai

Festival

Year's

calle"l to sit

Box;
pp.

ii.,Orphica,

three

tree-trunk

were

900,

ploughs

issued from

day with

Mr.

as

name,

of

or

hollowed

the Hindu

Pandora

Zeus

of the dead
or

Barishadah

Harrison,

Antiquities^ vol.

Drona

the second

on

sowing -god

he

the souls

year-reckoning of

equinox, when
of Kusha

latter

VI.

3.

heaven,

was
(^yaeifrtraadai)

casks, the Indian

(January

Chapter

be

to

hollow

the

child

*'

Eubouleus,

Zeus

properly Disaules,

were

in

and

Pausanias

Dysaules.
is

Smith, Dictionary of

S.B.E.,

brother

Coeleus,

or

reproduction in

vol. iv, p.
3

ploughing

under

marriage

or

offered

was

when
beginning with the Pitlioigia,

Anthesleria^ Journal
*

said

are

Festiral

or

cleft called

autumnal

the

his

and

shown,

of the mother-tree.

of

Greek

Celeus

Anthesleria

The

thigh

human

the

sun-god,

described

was

cycle-year ^.

fortnightof Magh

already

and

buried
the

of

cycle-year

Ekashtaka

the

dark

the

as

names

the

at

were

the

two

Titans,

of

altar

was

at

left

the

Celeus

of

brother

the

the

counsel,

good

born

the

remains

called

born

the

under

rituals

house

Prajapati Orion.

man-god

tripod

the

Zagreus,

by

bull
the

I have

birth

Triptolemus.
of

of

which

February),

slain

Thigh

Indra,"

eighth day

god,

His

the

of

This

of the

navel

born

called

tells

this star

father

was

totem

of

her

which

(^pati)of

fire,from

by

was

months.

or

Majesty
the

day,

the

as

sacrifices

animal

and

Dionysos

Zagreus,

by them

eaten

violated

was

This

Zeus.

by
story

lord

is said

of the Pleiades,

Queen

Hindu

'.

he

Dionysos

violated

was

household

the

bull's head.

Dionysos

"

of

first form

hunter

she

when

of

the

Persephone,

Vastos-pati,the

of

the god
(vastos)y

This

of

son

Hindu

the

consummated

was

bull

399

March),

"

marriage

reproduction of the

exact

the

the

story of the

Aldebaran,

the

(February

when

Greek
the

been

star

IS

Phalgun,

or

have

to

of Anthesterion

2th

Age.

p.

on

the

Verrall, The Name


102"

302

10,

1 1

6.

Fraier,

sanias^
Pau-

143.

Grihya

vol. xxix. pp.

Sutra

342,

344.

Pdraskara,

Grihya Sutra,

iii. 3,

5,

"

10;

400

twice,

thrice

the

of

offered

the

to

p. 394,
this

on

offered

South

consecrated

the

setting sun

with

year
of

division

the

curds,

the

Varuna,

Mitra

the

when

season

bowl

of

god,

and

with

four

year-gods.

bullock,"

in

Capella
shall

sec,

These
twelve
the
"

'

the

this

the

drove

rice

cups

offered

for

hot

In

ploughing festival.

sacred

to

Sat.

Brah,",

v.

central

division
Pole

"

the

Aryaman,

twelve

oblation

months

took

place

of

"

12

S.B.E., vol.

of

the

year

Orion's

20,

pp.

star

as

the

91, 303,
120

"

we

".

teams,

among

xli.

other

white-backed

of this

the

Star

the

of the

This

5, i,

solstice

summer

Auriga, which,

with

dish

division

offeringsto

sun-god

the

is

Frazer, Pausanias, i. 14, 2, ii. 14, 3, viii. 15, 4, vol. i. pp.

Eggeling,

; and

constellation

close
the

beginning

season,

the

of

west
South-

the

Brihaspati,the

path

bowl

summer

the

is called

the

in

solstice

part of the

ruling

to

placed

ruling

gruel

year-car

ceremonies

sun-bird,

the

centre-god

Star

offering pr^

an

North-west

is mixed

sacrifice

second

of

winter

of

seen

on

god

the

or

charioteer
the

the

{var) begins.

This

Pole

In

is

twin-gods

rainy

placed

is

of

Northern

the

in

placed

this

the

to

milk

curdled

have

we

on

of

Vishvadevah

the

gestation,

eleven-days week.

and

year

for

gruel

the

cups

or

cake

Indra,

as

The

cake

division

eleven-months
rice

is

eight-day weeks.
for

which,

of

five divi-

Agni, the god

for

potsherds

eleven

there

Indian

ten

or

months

the

the East

series of observances

Ashvins.

In

the

Dasapeya

cup,

tion
explana-

year-god.

rite of

the Panchabila,

called

South-east

or

tenth

diagram.

the

of

year

platter with

square

the

the

to

is the

of

the

to

is that

eight potsherds
of

the

the

division

North-east

year

with

in this

sions, as

of

gods

was

series

sentcd

of

plouj^'

who

complete

name

oblation

the

ending

year

this

the ceremonies

begin with

which

the

he

Rajasuya, the coronation

the

last

find

we

of

assignment

kings,the

of

Trisaules,

that

Satapatha Brahmana

the

ritual of

on

of

'like

name

of

the

Chrondogy

'.

In

the

History and

the

year

at

Kuniiii.p. 81.

123,

of

the

"Panchalas,the Kurus

or

of the

men

in the

five

Magh

in

the

"

festival
Push

to

the

the

when

the

January

February,

the

by the

driven

was

forward

when

the

when

he

rains

ploughs the

ploughing

the

of

first six-months
Hence

form

as

he

in

beginning
months

six

divided
four

was

in

the

received

from

northern

chariot

stars

of

in

the

the

North,

of the

constellation

Eggeling, Sat. Brah.y

Frazer, Pausanias^

v.

i. 14,

of the
solstice

summer

the

or

centre

of three

ploughGreek

When

of

months

four

to
car,

5, 2, 1"5

This

the

the

him.
the

was

twentythe

Hence

he

seven-starred

of

xli. pp.

the

123,

i, vol. i. p. 20, ii. p. 118, iv. p. 142.

the

when

by dragons,

god

S.B.E., vol.

year

year

or

summer,

or

Bear, drawn
".

of

Persephone,

and

season

Draco

the

Orion's

ancient

in

was

of

sea.sons

June.

gift of

Great

furrows,

months

six

assigned

was

August.

"

two

god

the

year

year-god of

the

In

months'.

July

two

sun

Demeter, the barley-mother,

each

the

Demeter

in

December,

May

seasons,

five-day weeks,

sun

or

line

course

February)

"

the

first

the

November

three

plough

six

represented

standing between

beginning

into

of

called, as

is

originally representing

of

ending

Trisaules, or

seasons,

this

monuments

also

was

plough

again southwards

plougher of the

the

is in

that

The

to

the

end

(January
that

was

began

year

month.

return

the

at

ploughing-god
who

three
In

ings.

Magh

Triptolemus,

solstitial sun,
of

the

furrow

originally the
year

South

the

furrow, representing the

second

the

to

is to

of

birth

ploughing beginning

is directed

he

wedded

was

Gemini,

at

Moon

New

B.C., the

northerly point

begin,and

returning again

the

the

annual

cease

originally a

represent the Northern

to

its most

reaching

sun

of

that

to

which

was

at

Moon

New

dews

Pushan

age

the

king, who

northward

or

the

constellation

hence

in this year

is at the

10,000

transferred

was

year

the

the Panchala

held

beginning

about

and

with

plentiful. It

in

the

in

was

401

was

January), when

"

Pandavas,

sun

"

that

daughter, but
and

Kauravyas

season,

solstice

winter

(December
sun's

It

still

are

season

of

week.

February), when

(January
hot

of

dewy

Age,

united

Kauravyas

(paflch)days

early spring or

of

Myth' Making

the

dragon124.

of the

son

of

cultivation

of

corn,

and

garments,
It

the

Etruscan

god Tages

ploughed

from

who

of Arcadia.

His

Etruscan

like

has,

this

face is

second

who

those

civilised
a

as

I^ess

terminating

depicted, so

Southern

and

was

(TarfuiniH,

had

he

as

that
He

face^

solstitial

of the

Cross

St. Andrew*s

the

child

wise

the

became

2.

sun

His

Zeus

counterpart,

partner of Demcter

sow

an

uncut

pregnant
boar

he

Thus

to

was

boar-god, the
the

of

sun

festival

the

or

the

the

son

sun

of

Pleiades

3.

We

history of
tlfe story

in

Gulf

the

white

of
of

the
the

the

the

to

the
*'

god

of

the

of

the

brick

wild

cow

Etruscan

Frazer, Pausanias,

Genesis

{Je)with
vii.

Roman
vol.

i8,

the

2, viii. 4,

he

where

tender
i,

left Harran

the
of

of

year

with

22,

banks

{kfiarran) from

road

had

the

to

of

born

sun-god

foundations

xxxii.

another

find

after

Mediterranean,

was

Thesmophoria

came

Jordan,

lunar-solar-godsof the
three-yearscycle. He
in

the

of
He

Jacob.

half-way city

Frazer, PausaniaSy
Leiand,

of

worship

tributary of

expressly told

'^

the

year

young

pig-gods that pigs

three

the

the

Eubuleus.

to

Triptolemus

solstice,as
these

to

was

Demeter,

year-mothers, the

two

winter

Triptolemus,
of pig-gods.
to

sucking-pig

beginning

Persian

(i) Leah,

the

the
It

and

the

the

palace

of

offered

was

at

Kharran,

god

Persephone,

triad

serpents* pit

Jabbok,

Laban,

first time

the

the

in

Persephone

the

Thigh

of the

for

like

was,

into

of

phase

Eubuleus,

and

summer.

thrown

were

are

Etruria

sun-god, a Northern

the

his breast

on

the

of heaveOi

images represent him


lozenge-shaped body

above

point, and

wears

people of

god, with

armless

and

he

the

civilised

the furrow

city of Tarchon

in the

earth

the

weaving of

Triptolemus

Terie'gh,

or

in the

mother,

'.

sowed

Sita, that

goddess

Indian

of wool

spinning

instructol

bread, the

of

baking

sowing-god who

the

as

was

the

the

Bear

Great

the

Kallisto

Areas, the

bii3dff

the

thigh of the ape-god, taught Eumelus,


ploughing {ar) city of Aroe, to sow grain, and

the

car,

in

Chronology

and

History

402

his

eyes,

vol. i. pp.

KetnainSf pp. 96, 98.


ii. pp. 118, 119, v. p. 29.

the

god

heaven,"
bee-hive

him,
four
the

was

as

we

wives:
counter-

354, 376.

golden pillarof

the

passed
where
Year

held.

was

His

passing

of the

not

of

the

Herakles

Sandon

the

looked

Phoenician

mother

it

Ida,
as

was,

who

their

and

week,

is of

that

the

traced

in

sacred

river

the

of

which

on

it

of

time

of

this

eleven-months
Genesis

xxxiii.

Homer,

Od.^ iii. 292

5
*"

p.

200,

Pausanias,

while

that
he

Hor., Carm,

v.

Athene,
has

5, vol.

Phaea,

the

river
^,

shininglardanus
It

god

Shechem,

the

17 ; Smith,

Frazer, Pausanias, ii.

5, 5,

was

as

of the
then

i. 7.

Classical

DutUmary,

i. p. 317.

vol. i. p. 243.

name

sow

became

been

of their

754.

p.

vi. 21,

Iliad, vii. 135

Herod,

the

the

five-days

ancient

Acidas

in

of

sons

name

an

The

Jacob

iv. 9,

5,

meant

the

dwelt
=*

Teucer,

PVazer, Pausanias,

called

danus
of lar-

sons

the

after

s.

who

Troy, and

of

history

was

name

by Nestor

17.

Frazer, Pausanias,
Homer,

taken

year

called
Its

moon-river

Cydonia,

stood.

it

sheep-

Cydonian

took

where

archers

Apollo-Smintheus,

whose

They

Phaea,

was

the

of

west

Dardanus,

to

These

3.

was

4.

of the

and

priests of the

tree-mother

Greece,

by Theseus,

in the
son

in

of

was

antelope. They

vi. 21,

or

goddess-mother

Elis

and

Troy

Dactyli

original

to

river

moon-city,
the

the

wife

Pausanias

previous chapters

destroyed

was,

of

Herakles

god

the

mountain

worship

to

sexless

picked

antelope sun-god

Crete
to

the

became

the

altar

father

in

the

and

of

of the

Her

the

Pole

river-mother

the

Kudon

son,

the

parent-stream

of

bow

son

the

according

were,

the

brought
from

mouse-god,

Idsean

of

seen,

of

bowmen,

daughter

have

we

noted

Teucer,

whose

Teucer

was

the

of

archers

the

sons

sons

national

the

as

of

the

clothes.

her

the

navel-fire

", the

phallic worship

most

were

the

were

channel-river

or

wore

on

Kushika

the

of

who

Minyans,

who

Crete,

the

Chapter V.

in

he became

that

us

of lardanus

of

goddess

river

shown

yellow {yareh) moon-river,

of the

Omphale, daughter

and

it tells

Nahr

the

Euphrates,

but

Star,

I have

Jordan is,as

over

for
significant,

230,

229,

pp.

the Net

inaugurating

of Tabernacles

tent-festival

the

place of bootiis,

the

Succoth,

to

came

Jacob

this meeting*

After

sun-god.

the

Jordan and

over

Chronolofj

and

History

404

i, 3, vol. i. p.

70.

of the Myth' Making


:apital of

the

ephra)y

the

[oseph.

It

of

lands
united
at

was

Shechem

that

the

:eremony

was

Ephraimites,
itar, in

ileven-months

of
the

Jacob

luz) tree, the

of

:he

of

death

the

his
of

god

The

the

the

East

is the
the

was

in their

the

the

Pole

the

to

their

on

of

service
the

Genesis

Sachau,

of the
3

vol.

xxxiii. 16

"

Albeninrs

Moslems,

Hewitt,

Day

of

he

passed

Benjamin,

year,

the

the

with

Joseph,

of

wore

coat

star

North,

and

right hand

the

and

not

southwards
Roman

South.

the

inaugurating
of

while

The

the

with

connection
wether

for the

rising

left,hke

parent-god

Sabaean
year,

Mandaites
fix
and

Bear
the

Star

worshipping*.

whose

their

Great

the

their

on

augurs,

Pole

the
thus

have

the

represented

now

worshipping
who

of

sun-god

the

as

North,

the
in

position

their

born

who

gods by substituting a

who

the

of

idols

thence

of this

Bethel,

called

the

and

shall see,

we

ewe-mother

the

was

face

who

mark

Year's

bull,

simultaneously

year,

Star

Mandaites,

annual

New

the

he

From

born

was

Rachel,

position of

by referringto

on

the

almond

of the

also, as

buried

sun-god

right hand

mother-tree

Star, and

dog-

'.

Harranites,

This

the

established

of

which

Luz,

eleven-months

faces

of the

sun

of

Sabaean

their

turn

of the

leader

place

sons

worship.

mother,

the

worshippers

the

Toda

At

right hand,

of the

son

Luz,

circumcision

the

bees, and

priests,and

former
where

colours

Df many

by

his

of the

god

to

This

joined Caleb,

pillar of God, Jacob

Bethlehem,

to

DH

the

the

Kohathite

the

of

light-gods

of

of this year.

sun-god

place

of

went

nut-tree

of the

parent-tree

:he

treasury

villagers,the

the

of

by Hoshea,
he

of

sons

circumcised.

form

when

Joseph,

ashes

two

races,

Hivite

were

variant

the

year.

Shechem

"f the

land,

performed

sons

robbing

Prom

the

apparently
races

of

Sonthern

in

405

men

and

first settlers

united

the

Northern

Rephaim
^f the

Ephraim,

Age,

age

earlier

the

hour

the

Pole

of the
ram

less
sex-

offered

3.

xxxv.,

xxxvii.

3, 4.

Chronology of

Ancient

Nations^

chap, xix.,

Festivals

p. 329.

Ruling

Races

ii.,Essay viii.,
pp.

of Prehistoric

159"164.

Times, Sabaean

New

Year's

Riiual,

The

birth-placeof

shrine

of

the

shown

in

Chapter

of Lakh,
the

It

It
the

the

as

lost the

had

who

succeeded

was

eighth
the

of

son

eighth

thigh, the
of

era

Jesse

bisexual

palm-tree which
female-tree

has

of the

tree.

male

is also

called

the

Indian

she

of

Dodo

is,

as

have

we

of

god

2.

Chron.

of

the
It

seen

on

of

ii.

Thigh
was

i6, 17

the

was

this

; 2

is

the

the

Sam.

El

Thigh,

of
p.

El

Hanan

380, the

Genesis
son

of

xvii. 25.

of

name

who

Chron.

Abigail,

xi.

David

that

so

slew

is the

of the
called

merciful, which

himself, the

Hanan

he

is also

the

xxxvi.,

Nagash,

and

He

Ishai

god of

daughter

the

flower

the

Nahush

the

Exaltation,

date-

of

Arabic

As

Nagur.

gnomon-stone

father

genealogy

of

son

of

and

the

flower

pollen

lunar

male

Tamar,

is

left

the

not

the

Cleft, the goddess Tirhatha

[ab)

Bethlehem,

Edomite
son

the

He

gods of the

the

Bear,

Great
Gond

the

father

whose

the

the

was

is.

right

car,

is named

who

of

was

Benjamin,

plough-snake {nahur), the

the

of

the

the

the

East,

father's

who

He

when

by

of

parent

Nahash,

inspired prophet

'

As

of Zcruiah

father

fertilised

been

Nahusha,

fruit

of

stone,

mother

the

bears

only

constellation

the

of

trees

19,

first Saul

his

fig-tree,but

parent

the

tribe

sexless

the

Ep.

Taminuz

Beloved, who

of

but

of

of

was

draw

to

Moabitc

Thigh,
not

two

the

the

in

who

Ishai, meaning

or

born

pair,the

used

the

on

the

of

son

god

the

female

god

he

of

Dodo

or

Jerome,

golden pillar,that

hand

right

thigh, and

that

asses

Ragb

held.

was

sun-god

by David

national

the

as

left

heirless

the

Shawul,

or

of the

son

offspring

Hindu

rebirth

of Boaz, the

the

sun-god, rising on

new

and

kadian
the Ak-

the

St.

to

or

I have

as

Lehem,
and

was

ashes

was,

of

Median

death

shrine

this ancient

the

Lakhamu,

there, according

was

It

house

of the

form

right hand,

place of

past.

and

year-god Orion,

the

at

was

born

Lakhmu

festival of the

that the annual

Dumu-zi,

the

of

p. 154, the

the Akkadian

sun-god.

or

IV.

gods

of the

son

Ephrata, the

faiths

dead

twin

sun-god,

called

also

Bethlehem,

the

Chronology

and

History

4o6

in

the
the

Dodo

self-begottenof

Goliath,

son

26;

xxiii. 24.

Sam.

the

of

Rapha,

the

Lahmi,

brook,
the

slew

he

and

ten

his left

the

in

contest

Celtic
slain

by Lugaid,
of

the

that

Fairge,

It

waters.

with

which
as

was,

week

together
Conall

Celtic

this

year

light,husband

form

of the

whence

of the
to

of

three

Cranes

the

Jason,

food,

'

and

Chron.

kill

Rhys, Hibbert

Ibid., Lect.

5 ;

Samuel

Lectures
v.

fasten

p. 472,

Blathnat

winter,

the

"

of

god

three

tried

474,

iv.

p.

552, 676.

called

is also

Cu-chulainn,

the

328.

eat.

They

lower
birds

tried, in

to

the

Cranes

or

Crane.

baleful

'

Lect.

bound

that

Corr

the

Corr

xxi. 19.

eight-days

sea-eagle,by taking
he

when

Maine

iEsculapius the

the

vultures, who

or

for 1886,
note

the

fell,and

be

of

also

the

waste

flower-goddess,

mother

of

Fergus
brooch

chain

to

the

were

of

Curoi, keeper of the

and

Lugaid

year

the

Lugaid

said

hounds,

in

the

of

of the

of the

was

of

Southern
that

goddess

3,

the

son

cloak

her

links

of

the

Fergus

of

lap

Mider,

Phineus
him

of

the

reproduces

the

slayer,was

name

Harpies

pecking

xx.

god

Curoi

of
of

sun

Greek
to

the

the

his

got

Southern

he

Koronis,

These

Lugaid
the

were

Cu, before

by

of

Greek

physician 4.

sun

of

supersession

his

Jacob

hound

Ocean-god

of

slayer

that of

the

Curoi

three

departing,

was

like

the

of this

close

to

of fifteen months

Cernach,
of

cows

eight Maine,

of

god

the

at

was

thigh,

happened

presently, the

see

the

left

history of

to

the

of the

son

used

shall

we

of

the

Maine

the

end

the

into

was

from

the

week,

what

year

the

Fergus

their

his

Lugaid,

is

of

of

-months

weeks.

eight-day
of

eleven

of

is

story

the

was

out

days

withered

the

the

striking form

most

god

and

stones

ruling sun-god

This

Cuchulainn,

Lehcm

seen,

it

or

Penuel.

at

sun-god

and

broken

was

have

the

as

brother

2.

we

year,

power

thigh

five

strength

as

was,

eleven-months
his

his

his

Beth

five

with

year-gods

drew

born,

was

epoch, when
that

who

407

and

whom

to

them

as

Age.

Rephaim,

river-god, the

parent

sun-god

the

Lakhmu,

last of their rule

whence

of

He

their

The

of

giant god
form

dedicated

Myth' Making

Samuel

world,
ing
answer-

the

story
his

away

These

birds

xvii. 23 ff.

1
Historyand

4o8

by Zetes and

driven

were

and

North-west

of

the

three

Vulture
old

whose

the

Argus,

he

it,and

ate

it

strength of
Lugaid "" That

of the
by the son
Fergus Fairge,who gave
days week of Maine, and
slain

altar

of the
The

sun-god

of Tobit

and

of the

Bear

4, to

their

on

god
the

under

born

his

of

and

the

of

had

had
She

Median

the

Zend

Lectures

of Prehistoric

for 1886,

The

Times
^

Rhys,

Hibbert

Tobit, chapter xii. 15.

Lectures

stars

of

Lakh.

Lect. iv. pp. 331

of

the

of

or

Apocrypha,
"

Great

all died

Raguel, the

before

But

Ragha,
by

the

dealing
I must

334, 676, 677 ; Hewitt,

198, 199.

Death, pp. 254


p. 472.

by Raphael,

Rages

vol. ii.,Essay viii.,pp.

v.

in the story

worshipped

told in the

for 1886, Lect.

builder

who

daughter

land

Saga^ Cuchulainn's

Hull,

CtuhuUin

as

3.

Killer

husbands

the

as

solstice,

again

seven

sun-god

in Bethlehem

solstice,

summer

married

was

seven

the

winter

eight-

nifu-day weeks.

the

was

of the

dog's head

appears

who

who

Hibbert

Ruling Races

Thigh

Sara,

with the facts of this story

of the

land of

eightand

Tobias,

son

birth-place of

Rhys,

year-dog

South

of the

tfieGiant

Jack

angels of God,

and

the

Lugaid, god of the

seven

[el)Raghu

the shoulder-

Lugaid the brooch

to

of the

wedding-day.

Akkadians

Cranes

three

by Conall, god

T/ie story of Tobit

B.

one

his name,

horse, the dog-star Sirius,had

whose

eat

his

slain by
thigh departed,and he was
say, the sun-god of the left thigh was

is to

in his turn

to

on

left

his

slain

was

one-eyed Grais

They gave it to him with


left ^hand that Cuchulainn
his left thigh. Thereupon

his

from

put the bone

the

him

of

form

the

Cuchulainn

met

took

Argo.

was

the

in

left eye, the

he

constellation

the left hand, and

Cranes

persuaded

and

turning
solstitial

sisters in the constellation

off,who

whence

hound,

Strophades, or

three

the

of

carried

Perseus

of the

these

blind

east
Boreas, the North-

turning-pointsof

weaving

was

fightLugaid,

to

blade

three

the

in

winter

It

women

eye

way

the

became

and

of

Kalais, sons

winds

islands,marking the
sun,

Chronology

"

263.

first show

by

the

features

of

number
final

who

is

of

the

The
his

aid

to

from

is

dead

and

Giant

other

the

as

is

wooer

died

or

story, six
the

In

in

in

and

of

to

of the

of

shirt, a

rod

husband,

Age.

He

as

to

what

at

his

she

and

of

the

is

thus

she

was

season,
sawn

mother

his

out

of

by the
the

he

of

her.

assistant

sun-god

of

second

who
the

of the

inside

these

the

evil

feather

her

way

Star

three

questions

him

the

to

answer

he

tells her

of

the

and

one

bride,

the

year,

beast, the

to

year,

but

second

version
her

god

Gypsey

half

regenerated

the

Pole

Russian

restores

the

of the

the

claims

are

files after

head

making

In

bridal-

answer

In

night,

the

with

he

the

produces.

the

when

last

head,

seasons

serpents

version

asks

she

the

guardian-angel
two

version.

two

him

the

answer

lover's

which

claim

comes

in half

of which

of the

reminiscence
up

thinking
her

Armenian

wedding

lover

to

In

the

year-bird, makes

demon

visits.

their

and

these

enabled

the

story

of the

her

air to

of

dead-year,

Armenian

guise

daily

thinking

the

gives

the

in

she,

with

and

sword,

cessful
suc-

on

half, and

supplied by

is

the

her

German

the

Jack

who

out

in

In

angel.

of

the

files into

sawn

dead

descends

German

comes

one

been

man

on

the

husbands

in

her

of

compare

by

dragons

dragon

and

the

girl whom

the

in

bride

one

had

dead

successive

is

she

assistant

the

nine

the

kill the

night through

at

mouth

after

princess as

of

the

one

after

husbands

two

story

the

saviour

and

Armenian

and

all except

beheaded

or

man,

of

from

several

had

five

are

Russian

bride

by

has

Russian,

the

the

chamber

slain

the

Gypsey
out

come

There

night.

In

of

father

story he

tale, the

strangled

future

Russian

discuss

Tobit

dead

sun-mother

rises

agent

eighth husband

of God.

marry

either

were

wedding

to

the

the

by

the

in

I will

the

with

of

is

the
In

the

ends

husband

buried

angel

narrative.

story

the

Tobit

in

Killer, which

variants

the

buried

benefactor, and

heaven

the

which

been

has

variants

Groome,

previous husbands

who

sun-god,

Mr.

by

469

numerous

historical

this

collected

who

and

bride.

of

marriage with

one

bride,
the

these

of its

some

comparing

fundamental

Age.

Myth-Making

the

of

life

when

she
as

is

the
the

History

410

leave

dragons
the

on

of

the

of

the

to

life

the

the

as

evil

slew

Tobit

in

the

strangledman
night he
as

the

him.

and

reproached

night Sara,
be

might

was

the

shall

the

of the

town

of

ideogram
it

Hence
is called
has

blind
He

reckoner

*.

versions
that

the

to

the

story
of the

burier

of the

presently,one

by

Tobit

him

for

his

blind

became
his

that

wife got
stole it,

she

hypocrisy.

Raguel, prayed

On

this

that

she

would

Asmodcus

whom

of

the

who

of

226

of

H.

la

Groome,

for the

is
fish

Nineveh.

form,

who

and

the

king,

that

Jack the Giant


"^

Grammar:

of

son

Tobit

Sorcery',chap. xiii. App.

I. p.

203.

the

the

fish, and

teaching-fish.

called
as

He

la.

Lenormant

was

the

god

thus

the

gnomon-stone.

Ana-el, the

is the

filler of

god Anu,
the

cups

Killer,'Folklore^ vol. ix,, 1898,

i. 17"19,

Syllabary

cuneiform

became

Tobit

fish-mother-goddess,

to

the

fish-god first

the

Achiacharus,

'Tobit

of

Nineveh,

in

oracle, the

which

of

god

ff.

and

the

la

Khan,

the
to

of

city

the

means

Oannes,

cup-bearer

Sayce, Assyrian

Magic

city

supreme

uncle

was

F.

also

the

oracle

dwelt

Anna,

the

means

name

by Berosus

was

its

was

shown,

Assur,

pp.

year-

husbands.

her

changing

fish-mother-goddess Nana,

for fish, Kha,

name

"

the

told

of

destroys
the

night Anna

that

Tobit, the blind-god, husband

returned

strangle ^,

not

\
/

stories

sun

deformed

see

husband

groom,
bride-

last into

these

dead

himself, who

daughter

with

provided

all

changes

find

we

On

and

in

ages

variant

we

as

dove,

sun-god

bride, is Tobit

buried

she

the

these

was,

wages,

which

same

successive

to

by the

Zeit-geist,who

her

Apocrypha,

who

of

husbands

on

German

her

changes

water

the

man,

previous

from

turn

we

kid

have

we

slain
or

bride

the

previous epochs of the life

in

by wedding

year

When

in

into

Time-spirit finallytransforms

the

the

and

of the

Time-spirit

who

of the

of

mark

spiritswhich

mother

And

changes

year-mother-bird,

in

dipped
then

resurrection

version

German

the

raven,

These

maiden.

Chronology

night, when

wedding
first into

In

her.

and

ii. 3"14.

178,442;

Lenormant,

Chaldaatt

tiistoryand

412

the

Raphael,
Aldebaran

the

the

as

both

giants {rapha),and

which

faiths

Southern

of the

of

god

Chronology

looked
of

parent

gods

were

the mother-heifer-star

to

life and

not

the

to

Northern

moon-father.
The
of

regeneration of Tobit

the

right Thigh

leading
with

of

star

the

when

Thigh,
Raphael

that

2, led

born

of the

the

the

in

caught
Zend

the

from

took

when

drove

Asmodcus

4,

who

of

the

killed

the

the

as

He

the

was

the

the

sun

days

of

Greek

South,

to

in

Sara

South

with

fish

Tobit

V.

13.

the

liver,

and

fumes

the

the

evil

spirit
fices
sacri-

human

past year,

Sara, and

vital

the

rose

of

as

to

gall,and

Ibid.

the

at

of the

the

anvil

whose

winter

the

was

of the

brides

defeat
then

was

Tobit

his

made

xiv.

2.

of
that

stone-gnomonof

the

solstice.

they
the

once

when

Fourteen
the

and

ration
regene-

returned

winter-god

at

the

of

the

Tobias, instructed

eyesight by rubbing

him

heavenly

began

year

marriage

sun-mother,
the

It

god

South,

of the

the

Nineveh.
restored

"

the

Akmon,

consummation

the

Raphael,
the

the

of the

solstice, after

summer

of

husband

of

heart

home,

of

Raphael

seats

offerers

the

sun-god

god Ashma-deva,

thunder-god

was

after

dead

of

that

Tobias,

tales.

pillar{ashman), the
smith,

his

they

way

Draco.

the

Raghu,

of

going South,

devour

gall3, the

South,

god

former

the

variant

sun-god

young

Raphael's command,

at
to

away

who,

the

sun-god

From

eight

of

their

to

Tobit

year-week

On

the

left
slain

after

land

tried

liver and

heart,

representing the
god

of

the

the

years

alligator constellation

Tobias

by

burnt

which

river

of

sons,

Northern

day.

primitive physiology.

in

essence

of

fish which

or

it its

the

the

sun-god

Tigris,the

river-fish

is the

of

end

to
pillar,

the

Rangha,

eight

buried

been

rule

eldest

their

rejuvenated Tobit,

old gnomon

birth-place of

the

the

had

Star

Pole

Raphael,

is at

Tobias,

of

age

god

the

by Raphael, the

accomplished

offered

sacrifice

in

days

the

fathers

blind,

became

of

gods

of

parents

as

Thigh constellation, who

the

dead

be

to

was

Sara

and

more

ibid. vi. 1"5.

the

his

seeing

"

Ibid.

by
eyes
Pole

viii. 3.

the

of
Star

of

god

the

the

shall

we

beehive

of

that

Auriga,
this

VI.

Chapter

Hindu

of

review

that

original Akkadian
the

of

24th

of

that

who

built

of

nursery

rhyme.

It is founded

bought

for

pieces of

our

father

place of

"

the

of

relic
in
to

the

ours

the

nine

god

the

ate

number

lakhan,

in

the

this

the

actors

the

Talmud

there
old

Tobit

astronomy
is

rhyme

"

very

as

in

"

St.

his

John's
The

of

in

kid which
takes

this

my

the

primitive

version
it

the

form

version.

our

have

we

can

ten

be

and

traced

taught

seen,

first stellar year

strong probability that

represent

viii. 19, xi. 4

on

This

certainty that

fish,who,

the

by weeks,

of

the

of Berdsus,

solstice.

money."

Malt

in

ancient

an

resumed

He,

the

on

"

In

of the

in the Talmud

us

the

being

actors, and

early Akkadians

actors

depicted

which

folklore, there

measured
the

two

Rat

Considering

is

Killer.

rhyme

summer

for

that

the

of Tobit

story

also

Jack.

the

see,

01

original Akkadian

has

or

chief

completing

the Cannes

became

House

Jack

shall

was

see

year

Aryaman

we

the

in

shown

The

nursery

shall

we

waggon

ruling the

before

the

still rules

June,

have

the

of

driver

and

Jack the Giant

of la-kh

name

the

star

of

teaching

who

as

now

remember

lakhan,

constellation

plough

is, as

have

seen

the

astronomy.

which

form

identification

of

is the

Aurigae
I

of

constellation

lohaniiesT^ur John,

Greek

the

Babylonian

have

as

replace the

to

wrist

This,

the

was

was

the

Bear.

built, which

We

teaching-fishwas

This

replace

must

Jack

tale.

historical

Day,

340,

variant
we

consecrated,

capable

on

historical

the

identifying him
House

made

astronomy,

the

examine

the

to

sun-physician.

the

of

the

was

in the

sun

Zend

and

star

kids

this constellation

in

star

two

"

temple

new

of heaven

Anna.

to

Great

the

338

pp.

zodiacal

of the

the

of

of

night '.

history is

which

year-car,

constellation

to

this

gift of the kid

the

by

of

age

of

gods

his

Tobit, before

erection

vault

413

fully regenerated Buddha

of the

palace

The

the

to

see,

day, the

Age,
year.

the

foretold

of

sun-god

Orion's

of

age

approaching death,
of

Myth-Making

13, xiv.

the

5.

bricks

or

days

the

the

Laban
the

of

according
the

with

course

of the

stations

there

first denotes

and

the second

the

of

to

the rule

as

in the

the

9.

The

Ape,
the

Among
Hare,

4.

Hen,

10.

signs

I,

These

the

or

Dog,

II,

and

sign
kings

Burton,

of

Arabian

Nights^

Brit..

Pig

and

nth

Ninth
12th

Prescott, History of

Civilisation,p. 521,

the

note.

The

Hog,

the

first

are

lay

the

in the

Rat

the

house

Babylonian

zodiacal

year

Edition,

p.

219,

vol.

the

Xisuthros,

i.ote

xxiv.

I.

p.

The

793,

built

star

list in

substitutes

first

Mouse,

or

and

xi.

Ape,

Chinese^.

Aquarius,

with

9.

exceptions of

is the
in

Ram,

3. Leopard,

discussion

This

The

Fox^

Sheep,

as

same

sign

Dragon

The

Ox,

the

i.

The

8.
12.

right

second,

represents

ended

vol.

with

present

that

Malt

The

Babylon

Horse,

the

are

mark

Rat, which

Hare, 5. The

that

so

course

the

signs

8.

year-house.

water.

The

Serpent, 7. Horse,

they

the

that

so

2.

in Chinese

Rat

Zodiac, Encyc.
for the

the

; and

Mouse,

concern

ate

for

6.

great

left to

is the

The

i.

the

left, according

from

signs

4. The

11.

midn^jht,

at

yearly

to

not

year.

signs are:

Hog,

12.

12,

of

that
The

Jack.

ten

II.

brick

Rat

Crocodile,

signs only

sign

as

5.

Cock,
the

Mongols

right

but

same,

But

sun's

Aquarius

Serpent, 7.

The

the

are

woiU,

the

retrograde and

are

and

Age,

Tiger,

in

sun.

the

from

of the

3. The

10.

the

Capricornus,

last month

6. The

signs

zodiac

Pisces, but

Ox,

zodiacal

the

oldest

signs

first of these

annual

Crocodile,

or

Star

the

The

2.

the

going

sun

in

represents

Rat,

that

Pole

with

day beginning

of

The

the

the

representation

era.

is not

ox,

the

of

solar

represents

of

the

path

the

of the

of

one

hours

fact

connected

stars

sun.

zodiacal

this

worship,

namB-

probaldy,

were

possibly

and

the

and

heaven,"

stellar

in which

the

by the

course

and

the

of

is shown

year,

Zodiacs

the

antiquity

of the

astronomy,

two

are

of

moon

Chinese

In

custom

the

time, beginning frtft^

of

foundation-week

its

forming

to

of

Tibl

edifice.

this year

up

foundation

"brick

bricks

built

palace of the gods

beehive

was

which

weeks

forming the

Chronology

and

History

414

by

is used
of

the

Skat

the

article

Dog

and

signs.
Mexico
^

vol. iii.,Appendix,

Part

i., Origin of Mexican

of the Myth' Making

He

Aquarius.
from

the

Legend
and

he

was

This

path

circle

Yuga

on

which

time

which

in

is said

that

in which

with

the

made

first used

when

Zodiac,

as

or

if

Brown,

of

sun

take

jun., F.S.A.,

Remarks

for 1887, Lect.

vol. i., Essay ir.,pp.

iv. p.

382

"

233

384

on

the

when

in

Gen.

an

As

have

been

it

began
that
from

flood-year,
Marchesvan

this

about

as

zodiac

February

"

and

was

March,

is told

the

was

this

and

year,

; it

this

and

year

history

in

this

Babylonian
representing

begin with

the

Tablet

Thirty Stars.'

Hewitt, Ruling
vi. 6.

mark

Aquarius

of

the

Archaology^ January, 1890

Proceedings of the Society of Biblical


Lectures

will

year

of

this

of

Hindu

probable
this

or

Hence

as

January

"

Aries, according

the

and

in

sign following Aquarius

December,

the

materials

was

the

kings

to

of

official

of which

the

into

measure

sun

time

the

divided

official

17th

in Gemini

was

year

we

the

shown

the

the

date

as

have

date

December

the

almanac

the

the
"

in

marks

the

beginning
;

R.

the

as

Chapter

'

Aries

Aquarius.

based.

their

the

the

in

countries

it is most

on

Capricornus,

historians

took

eight

two

season,

when

fixes this

8,200 B.C., and

the

occurred,

thence

the

entered

of

is

flood

begin

to

in

be

of

who

took

position

date

rainy

November),

"

zodiacal

November

Year

reckoning

year

Babylonian

traditional

sources,

thus

that

New

of

years

became

zodiac

the

by

of

history

successors,

they

(October

the

the

as

chronology

systems

Babylonian

Babylonish

would

Flood,

Skat

years

the 432,000

their

this

the

Hebrew

which

the

degrees

360

432,000

were

the

in

of

circle

coincident

two

their

of

he

to

sun

represented,

The

the

year

of

Flood

passed through

he

zodiacal

our

seconds.

important period
the

the

represented by Alorus,

Hamal,

Thence

zodiac

of

seconds

of

celestial

and

minutes

these

of

sun

stars, when

star

kings.

Babylonian

elsewhere,

Kali

the

by

return

to

of

Taurus, Gemini, Leo, Virgo, Scorpio, and

in

stars

in the

these

saved

form

the

as

zodiacal

ten

Aries

first of

again

rose

the

constellation

god

the

{Orion)^ called Dumu-zi

who

by

415

Berosus,

to

Akkadian

the

in

Dumu-zi

measured

the

who

Flood,
was

it

according

was,

Age.

Races

sun

in

Sayce, Hibbert

of Prehistoric

Times,

Aries

in November

February,
the year

the

rain-god,

Water-rat

This

crops.

of the

Chinese
their

correspondence

and

their

that

Jack built, I

and

Talmud

English

Rat,

I.

"

Dog,

of

Death.

full

It

the

it with
last

would

sowing

of these

children

revolutions
of

spring, October

seed

Freya,

the
of

mother
the

moon-disk

that

the

cat-goddess

Her

other

scorpion

is

name

with

horns

of

Star

goddess.

Dan,

the

of

the
the

son

scorpion

of

of

old

of

the

her

she

is the

Danu

is called

it.
a

or

in

and

year

Southern

of

year-car

cat-goddess

is

its

sign, the Cat,


the

under

which

poem

beginning

the

on

of

Angel

nursery

second

day

This

the

drew

that

remark

time,

bears

second

to

old

an

of

the

serpent

disk.

not

Egyptian

Sochit, under
and

certainly could

month

cats, who

Hebrew

This

the

Cab

2.

the

and

that

cat

Kid,

i.

I will

death

Also
the

it is

Pleiades

and

with

is

sign

the

mummied

and

the

6. Man,

show

Farmer

history

November.

"

sun-hawk,
the

with

in

significant. She

is

the

follows:

Maiden,

head

Bast,
horns

This

shows

moon-goddess.
is

depicted

scorpion
Genesis

as

banner-

Billah, the
xlix.

House

English

as

treatise

but

knowledge,
that

the
the

are

"

signs, and

belief

zodiac,

Ox, 8. Butcher, 9. Angel

7.

Sowing

of

They
5.

the ftc

Mouse, l!i

and

compare

special

Rat

Rat

Talmud

require

the

teach

to

first annual
the

Farmer.

signs, the

two

to

house.

this

present

my

the

proceed

now

9.

Death, corroborate
made

in

to

between

the

Cat, 3. Dog, 4. Cow,

of each

meaning

write

the

of

JI

have

Crete

primitive Babylonian

of

2.

from

the

we

with

Staff, 5. Fire, 6. Water,

4.

was,

signs

will

Priest, 8. Cock,

3.

worship
coincidence

probable reproduction
bricks

Smintheus,

zodiacal

Mongol

and

the

theo*

of

as

tiie|^^

good

Apollo

archer-god,

shown

thus

Having

Troy.

whose

wasl*^^

brought

evolution

worship of

who

the

in

the

Teucer,

by

the

on

dfr*^-

398.

the Water-rat

Khu,

Mouse-god

primaeval Semites,

brought

seen,

bird

became

the

logical astronomy
god

cloud

and

rain

based

year

is that

date

in p.

tradition

in ancient

the zodiacal

of

founder

the

latter

shown

as

January-!'^

in

Gemini

in

This

Nuktelios,

that

see

and

B.C.

10,200

Dionysos

we

Chronology

December,

"

about

or

of

Hence

7.

and

History

41 6

Pole

17

of the Myth-Making
This

serpent.

banner

t^he

Sochit

name

with

'^Dnnected
'^cord

of

land,

c"w

iroddess

also

and

days

of

the

is, a

and

as

by

both

village

area,

so

that

she

she

is

month

Tisri

of

worship

make

week,

and

as

of

the
the

the

crescents, the

house

of

of

year

week

horns

contains

of

the

In

these

the sun-cock.

of

and

Gog

or

this

epoch

in

weeks

made

Number

ii. 25"31.

"

Bnigsch, Religion

the

Dawn

Patcrson

Targums,

the

3.

up

the

und

Smith,

riii, ; The

months

of

the

history

son

king

for the

of

lunar

months

of

Alien

Mgypttr^

House

that

pp.

New

sun-god

gestation

289, 290, xxxii.


the

Jack Built, pp. 141"


E

Baal

Edom,

accumulated

ten

and

quering
con-

the

when

Documents

the

over

is the

pp.
p.

Bible, The
144.

is

tory
vic-

Thigh,

bricks

Old

the

of the

nine

der

was

cock

mean

the

Mythologie

lesson,

variant

Pul, that

it

the

with

of Edom,

and

victorious

of Astronomy^ chap. xxix.


The

ten

to

Israel, sons

eighth

Also

of

Lockyer,

the

the

of the butcher

Kush

Magog,
of

David,

of

of

tells

last

the Talmud

of

their

in

compared

commentators

men

which

upon

lunar

Talmudic

the

original school

the

in

the

of the

by the

the

when

verse

Talmud

the

progress

Hanan

and

heaven

is that

But

the

from

of

house

poem,

light

substitution

the

gained by

born

that,

eighth

The

explained by
armies

the

to

symbolize the

nine

of which

verses,

see

we

of the

butcher

October),
back

measured

year

further

ten

beehive

school

sun-god
still

English version,
the

cycle-year

it must

cat-goddess.

verses,

the

gestation,throws
accords.

village-

"

goes

the

number

this

of

ten

of

victory

time

the

interpretation of this ancient


final

and

primaeval conception of

the

cycle-year,the

days of the

version

of

age

high

is

(September

worship

the

of

by Antares

symbolised

that her

so

represented

that

nine

area

is

the

in

means

an

the

Naphtah" ".

serpent-goddess

or

field,and

the

2.

list

that

scorpion

of

camp

and

Edfu

star

of

Asher,

at

lunar-solar

this

land

Draconis,

bricks

was

of

star

this

of Dan,

Coptic Sochi,

that

its equinoxes
If

of

grant

Scorpio,the

tribes

417

the Israelite

guarded

brth, containing the

Age,

333,

from

649

329.
Talmud

and

which
in

lay
th"

the

barley

the

house

Talmud

decease

enemies,

and

rise

as

again

the

of

of

of the

This

the

and

that

is the

constellation

upon

his

that

stars

of

course

and

mark

the

when

the

the
the

vernal

began

the
is

called

Pole

old
in

the

the

Airyaman,
the

ploughman.

the

great
See

'

that
I

nursery

healer

Built

of

given

are

point out,

throws

lesson, and

earliest,forms

the
in

well

as

fresh

from

the

age

of

the

as

that

of the

in

the

one

was

functions
the
placed
re-

It

time

and

versions

pestilences
of

version.

origin of
of

its

cycle-yearruled

Alrem,

Zendavesta

the

Basque
the

lonian
Baby-

sun

Celtic

away

Talmud

light on

conclusively proves

it dates

the

sun

Aryaman
in

drives

the

final

its

to

zodiacal

the

warder

is called

and

believed

goat, which

the

who

Star

Pole

which

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English

full

much

the

Bafayko

constellation

constellation,

diseases

the

the

little

the

as

star-god

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Appendix

faek

there

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in

but

this

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Capella,

ploughing

goat

which

B.C.,

and

the

was

in

was

4200

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kids

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in

goat

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to

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Star

with

through

sun

epoch.

was

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year

time.

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about

that

Auriga

the

constellation

constellation

before

of

begun.

year

of

Askur

pointing

the

story

charioteer

ruled

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star

equinox,

long
star

which

of

the

Akkadians

by the

indicator

an

the

year

chief

as

substiti'

by the

in

Anna

to

Auriga, the

Great

the

over

entered

at

of

constellation

discarded

watch

given

year of

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first brick.

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as

wrists, called

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was

rat

mud
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die

gestation, and

of

is confirmed

ti

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between

months

lunar

ten

for the

worship

originallydescribing

poem

kii

work

his

done

connection

eight-day weeks,

kid

is the

of solar

age

day of Ac'

botdiered

has

has

he

the

of

and

kid

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of the

sun

weeks

this year
tion

dies

interpretation

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of

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nindi

the

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conquering

tbe

become

to

boilt, and

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is the

who

version
nine

that

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born,

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version

of

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son

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and

History

4iS

this

Tk"

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prinueval

earliest, if not
by the

as

Pole

its
Star

goat.
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on

god Uz,

throne

the

watching

for 1887, Lcct.

iv. p.

goat,

is

depicted

the revolution

285.

on

Babylonian

of the solar

disk.

monuments

Sayce,

Hihbert

as

sitting
Lectuns

and

History

420
the

when

god

about
We

B.C.

now

to

told
that

to

return

builder

of

of the

house

Talmud

he

year

seed

the

the

of

reckoner

burial

the

giant,

Geryon,

the

he

the

the

the

of

the

Tobit

him

in

her

called

the

Charion
of

of

darkness,

the

the

of

heart, liver
he

and

the

the

her

bosom,

at

night. She

sun's

and

guess

gave

the

kissed

Legend

the

Raphael
three-

god
of

of

the year

knowledge,

swiftness, the

arrive

marry,

the

which

whose

with

outfit

these,

the

house

with

seven

at

Sara

she

lips

handkerchief
his

night disguise,took

Rhys, Tht Arthurian

the

agreed to, provided the prince

was

to

paying

gall of the alligatorfish

prince

handkerchief,

and

Lucifer,

to

and

the

three-headed

Provided

Sigurd.

as

after

from

cap

dead

paymg

like

the

the

on

the

met

travels

year

part
counter-

in

after

procured

shoes

of the

of

had

{Orion)

and

marriage

bring

to

thing
in

the

of

year

money

was

he

Jack

way

coat

story,
The

able

her

it

their

on

lady the prince sought

was

here

out

Perseus

sun-gods

husbands.

last

whom

sharpness, and

equivalentsof

in

Jack,

giant

Phoenician

of

sword

the

and

set

their

seasons,

of the

and

year,

sowed

Thigh-god,

all his

spent

who

arrested

corpse

the

Bear,

the

corpse

the

present

ploughing-

prince, the
a

debts,

Great

dead

life of

buried

He

the

eleven-months

three

the

the

that, in the

of

farmer

This

grow^.
and

year.

On

headed

of

of

after

the

or

of

seed

man's

corpse,

Tobias.

and

to

dead

that

of

malt

of the

last penny

story,to

first built the

Arthur, the Celtic

ploughman

released

the

creditors

the

of

phase

Tobit

eight-day weeks

of

son

the

was

rule

of the

year

of the

the

the

of

this

seen,

house

Airem,

Tobit,

have

we

as

against the giants of

eight-days week
account

He,

nine-day weeks, and

wars

whence

of

the

of

forms

of the

with

Echaid

of

review

tion,
constella-

sun

tellingof the exploits of Jack the Giant-killer,

year

met

the

complete

Jack's house.

his

In

Hercules, the

entered

the various

in

story, the

year.

god

Star

8000

have

history,as
the

Pole

Chronology

lips;
the

but

placed before
she
to

kissed

the

Asmodeus,

Jack

followed

handkerchief, and

chap, ii,,Arthur and Airem,

pp,

25 ff.

the

of
off the horned

cut

princess,who
the

head

shown

is

mother-bird

her

recovered
the

For

of the

before

the

raven

raven

the

maiden.

bird-mother

dove

who

Athene

in her

of Asia

Minor.

in the

Odyssey

the

the

originally
It

seasons.

that she

bride of the

prince.

go back to the German


bride when
plunged into

the

a raven
successively
These
changes

we

forth from

sent

matriarchal

the

and

races

may

Noah's
who

dove"
pare
com-

ark,
appeared
dis-

spiritswhich

returned

with

patriarchalraces

of two

to

must

we

the dove
of

evil

he gave

{ashma) god

stone

became

scene

and

like the
and

and

becomes
a

421

her two-year tasks to be

story, in which

she became

with the

which

Asmodeus,

of the horned

beauty

by her lover

water

by

transformation

version

of

Age.

of the solstitialsun-year

after the death

was

Myth-Making

the

as

olive

the princess*
disfigured
the marrying-birdof the

leaf of

beak^ the leaf sacred

to

the

the

tree -mother

mother-goddess

changes are similar to those made


to Peleus,
by Thetis, the mud {thith)
goddess,when wedded
the god of the Potter's clay,before she became
the mother
of the sun-god Achilles.
She became
a lioness,
successively
Also
the seal-godProteus, called
a
dragon, fire and water.
ape-god

These

the

of the river

Egyptian god

assistant of Poseidon, the

Nile, became, when

caught by Menelaus,

leopard,a boar, water, and


various
These
forms
a
lofty tree'.
depict the successive
changes in the symbolic representationsof the god who
in the previous
measured
time in the images I have recorded

lion, a dragon

pages
The

or

serpent,

of this book.

altar

house

of the

sun-god rulingthe year of eightday weeks, which was built by Jack the Giant-killer,
appears
in
altar
David
the
built
the
on
again
by
threshing-floor
the
of Araunah
the Jebusite,
Jewish counterpart of the
built on
It was
the
Hindu
year-altarof the Brahmanas.
of Jerusalem,which
mountain
the site of the later
became
surmounted
temple. This is now
by an octagonal dome
with its entrance
gate at the North-west, the setting-point
or

"

Homer,

Odyssey,iv. 383,386,456"459.

422

of the

the

of

sun

stay the

to

brought,
of the

as

stayed

by

his

of

nents.

Among

the

of

Baal

as
name

of

he

when

king of
had

is

twenty-nine days each.

wine-bearing
of Solomon,
built

the

of

she

of

stars

of

temple

conspiracies of Joab,
the

Great

Absalom,
This

Bear

the

god

as

the

navel

of

the
of

in

Hindu

history by

Tfte

C.

seen,

'

eight-rayed

god, whose
the

name

of the

son

the

of

the
the

means

two

father

the

the

defeated

him

and

set

up

-tree.

the

year

an
as

eight-days week,
equally decisive
that

in

marked

Ashtaka.

gods of

Hindu

seven

Jerusalem, dedicated

marks

earth

the sacrifice

at

and

star

history of

Hebrew

also

date-palm

sun-rock

the

the

fish-sun-god,who

the

dethrone

to

the

of Tamar,

the Semite

period

the

sought

of

consecration

his wife

married

Zeruiah, daughter of Nahash,

of

son

rf

months

became

had

He

yean

who

god,

the brother

to

This

the

and

Bear,

Salli-manu,

the

last day

{sfuba) measures,

Great

the Akkadian

year-god,

twelve
he

death

his

seven

the

of

Hittite, whose

captains 4, the

Orion

tbe

is himsdf

deceased

the

merdfel,

3, that

as

Ac

came

the

the

dap

all his oj^

Hanan

Uriah

of his

After

the

altar

conquered

slain

of

year

to

sun-god,
Similarly,

3.

Ammonites

to be

the

on

according

David's

were,

caused

god,

the

in

of

had

the

ph^

conquering

enemies

chief

the

twenty-ninth

month

Bath-sheba,

his

after he

who

the

the

bnilt

was

is, the

of Death

sent,

was

building

these

Light

was

the

plague

career

Hanan,

means

and

This

all

altar

people, that

by the Angel

the

Nahash,

David's

^,

seen,

brick.

overcome

Chronology

the

among

had

close

son

solstice

commentator,

butcher,

the

summer

have

ninth

plague

attd

plague
we

Rabbinical

History

eight-daysweek.
eighth, was,

as

have

we

Jarat-karus,the heavenly fire-drill

O'Neill, Night of the Gods, vol

Number

i.,The

Eight,

p.

167, The

North,

P-443"

Samuel

Bibliy Second
3

Samuel

xxiv.

19"25

Edition, The
x.

ff.

\ Paterson

Talmud

Smith, The
and

the
4

Old

Targums,

Chron.

Documents
p. 143.

xi. 40.

and

the

Nrai

of the Myth-Making
socket

and

which

Ixion

Ashtaka

Akshivan

or

officiated

which

of the

Vasuk

Nag,

spring

season,

sacrifice.

maternal

Nag, the god


of

gods

the

sacrifice

and

the

winter, who

epoch, whose

did

not

slain

had

did

of summer,

god

likewise

he

snake-

the

ocean-snake
at

not

appear

was

Ashtaka's
Taksh

appear.

of the

Parikshit,one

I will

history

Nag,
of

god

the

he

at

{Taxila)^ the

the

Nag,

by Vasuki

made

Nag,

and

of

this

Shesh

Nag.

to

turning-god.

Takkas, Shesh

the

of

mother-mountain,

uncle,

the

as

Bear,

destroyed all the Naga

year-gods

been

Vasuk

Great

the

conquering Takka-sila

Taksh

had

423

chief-priestat

power,

three

and

encircling the
the

after

Naga

the

gods, except

the

of

bound

was

as

Janamejaya,

stronghold

axle-star

by the

turned

Age,

tell later on,

was

saved

the

at

The

altar

of the

of

269, 270,

in the

I have

consecrated

image

that

was

drawn

was

the

on

later brick

the

The

altar

of

the

comer,

beginning

sacred

which

it
of

the

solstice.

South-west

to

the

South-east

from

the

South-west

to

the

North-west,

the

to

"

'

the

North-east,

South-east

and

the

completes

the

at

the

of

the

third
from

square

Adi

(JFaushya)Parva,

Mahabharata

Adi

(Astika) Parva, lyi." ItuL

pp.

the

year
is

traced

second

from

the

the Northeast

marking

iii. p. 45.

Mahabhirata

points,
west
South-

the

corner,

fourth

of the

cardinal

first line

the

to

plough by

three-strand

sun-bird

The

on

of the

seasons

begun

are

from

North-west

the

altar face the

marking

the

to

made

are

made

plough

attached

marked

be

to

denoting the three

this square

winter

Linga altar^,is ordered

bird-altar

oxen

setting point

the

at

the

by
of

grass,

first lines

the

the

This

year.

description in Chapter V.

the Breton

by

Brahmins,

sides

short

whole

the

stages

building of

ground

Munja

girdles of
year.

on

drawn
fig-tree

of

traces

and

given

depicted

as

ritual of the

Udumbara

and

offered

was

building of the

of its bricks

number

altar,of which

the

'.

year-sun-bird rising in the East, the altar measuring

the

in the

pp.

the

of which

for the

consecrated

sacrifice

this

which

on

eight-rayedstar

ground

of Ashtaka

special intercession

154^159.

the

History

424

that
of

of

circuit

year

of the

the

the

from

South

the

solstitial
the

at

line

line to

the

the

the

line

of

sun

six-days week

^.

of

points
it

divided

is

the

of this

sun-god
called
the

Dyu, light.

Gunga,

in

the

the

of the

god

Ushlnara,

the

god

of the

She

son.

first

her

killed

seven

them

husband

sons

like

duty

Eggeling,

'

Mahabharata

the

her

and

his

done

have

as

Sat.

as
as

earth

departing

{SamdAava)

"

14;

Parva,

Hindu
also

of

the

daughter

of Kakshivat,

eighth

the
her

gave

name,

born, that

is to say,

and

left her

Sara,
her

wife

sun-god

S.B.E.,

Bear

Great

was

directly
his

told

Nandini

stole

wife

she

and
are

we

in the

the

healer,

the

as

who

were

Jarat-karu quitted

2, 2, 3

him,

altar,for

which

husbands
on

week, and

Pandavas

Bhishma

they

as

seven

Brah,^ vii.
Adi

seen,

river, to

soon

the

the

eight

The

and

star

the

on

year.

home

of

year

the

the

Shantanu,

Dyu

chief

the

as

the

of

god

fire

into

born, just

was

the

we

of

years.

identified

who

eleven-months

threw

measured

as

sun-god Bhishma,

son

perpetual
was,

east
South-

the

this arrangement

Kauravyas

the

Vashishtha,

who

star

West

three-years

to

eight days

the

was

of

the

the

solstice, the

sexless

the

2, with

Mahabharata
of

and

the

river-mother

the

the year-cow

of

He

great-grandfather

of

of

centre

in the

primitive ruling
was

year

of

year

Then

North-west

Under

from

setting of the

South-west.

summ"r

their

SB

and

the

all

the

eight divisions, representing

into
compass

represents

the

8^

"

mark

eight-rayed

-^^ b

BW'

altar

the

marie

in

is drawn

the

the

centre

to

line

included

the

from
of

year

setting

to

from

equinoctial year

the

denote

East

and

lastlythe

cycle, and

a
'

ths

in

the

Canopus

beginning with

solstice

West

Then

North-east

flying-bird

from

and

Pleiades

Pole.

the

to

due

mark

to

the

winter

drawn

from

west

the

by

is

drawn

South-east

the

to

line

cross

North

and

South-west

the

first

The

South

due

round

course

the

sun

Star,

measured

year

annual

the' sun-bird.

Pole

line

Chronology

and

eighth

when

and

given

vol. xli. pp.

xcviii.,xcix. pp.

293

he

"

326
297.

"

son

had
life

330.

of the Myth' Making


his

to

also, called
him

back

for
the

to

life

the

god

ruling

nursed

for

as

was

genealogy,
created

was

from

the

told

as

the

roots

/\

of the

the

non-existent

the

of

week.

days

He

sent

there

like

thus

was

first three

with

away
dead
Thus

the

of his

months

earth

Country
Bharata

from

this

god,
the

the

Vichitra

ruled

fish-mother-goddess,
Kauravya

of

and

army
with

palm-tree, the
with

Pandavas.
mother-tree

the

"

"

Mahibharata

Bhishma

legs,

symbol
Aditi,

Daksha,

who

the

the

summer

which

sons,

the

brought

of

rains

took

she

eighth,the

Mart-anda

of

of

the

the

He

of

the

{Jamvu-khanda

land

Satyavati,
of the

Virya.
days

also

He

of their

Rigveda

of heaven
to

enter

and

ix.^xi.

led

eighteen
the

datemounted
sur-

year,
"

five bulls

back

hold

the watery

Nirmand) Parva,

the

Kauravya

his banner

in the

of

Chitr-angada

eleven-months

the

tries

of

by

on

the

of the

Northern

infancy

bore

midst

rising on

Jambu-dwipa,

reigns

first ten

the

as

India, the home

Shantanu

the

his

On

clearly

as

Bear

Great

the

Vichitra

of

is

Mart-anda,

land

five stars, called

sit in the
eagles which
devouring wolf," who

time

Sakadwipa,

during

during

of

North

of

grandsons

the

fingersof the five-

epoch.

during

sons

five

or

the

or

of

sun-god.

this

Jambu-tree

Virya,

the

of
of

He

'.

the

stars

king

lying South

race

{diti)yand

the

who

born

was

he

god

parent

this

the

Dyu

sun-gods

of the

days* battle

sexless

Star

out-stretched

From

seven

earth

on

that

original female

the

born

thigh

seven

the

(with

Bhishma

as

became

Pandava,

the

and

sea

were

{anda)^ the

and

forth

second

hand

the

Aditi

Kushika

and

Pole

begot the gods

egg

he

the

They

national

other

{a)

declares

72,

x.

with

god

mother-tree,

her, leaving

from

born

Rg.

open

To

solstice).

in

of the

sun-god Su-rya

and

remain

to

up,

year.

the

productive thighs.

two

showing god

the

the

brought

beginning without

or

^rown

was

child

her

{vratd) of God,

Brahmanas-pati,

by

existent, Uttanapad,

the

took

by the thirty stars.

His

or

he

when

425

Gunga

law

the

or

earth,

whp

sun

Ashtaka.

son

Devavrata,

time

born

newly

Age.

pp. 29

home

"

39.

of

their
are

vesta

to

the

Pole

rule

the

seven

Haptoiringas

These
the

or

of

the

tree-trunk
bulls

hand

of the

It

that

who

by Arjuna,

lunar-solar

the

rainbow-god, provided

the

for

the

hand

suitor.

contest

Kama

accept

as

Pushya

in

(December
the

solstice,when
full-moon

palace of

the
year
full
the

of

the

in

of

five

Pandava

that

they

Star, where
It

at

was

to

the

year

the

in

'

Rg.

of

the

It

the

end

of

the

Pandava

Mahabharata,

i. 105, 10,

Hewitt, Ruling

Mahabhirata

Mahabharata

at

the

hand

Magh

five

seasons

died,

the

end

as

winter

the

or

sky,
of the

give the

repeated

Drupadi

for the

bride

won

was

Pole

master

4.

of December

end

took

of his

bow

thus

He

the

we

to

16th,

I shall

the

year,

the

in

Potter, the

wedding

refused

mark

of

bow

entered

the

on

consummated

was

the

when

of the

who

Bhishma,

IX.

was

house

marriage

pp.

won

the

January, that

"

and

brethren.

went

and

VIII.

Chapters

Krishanu

and

the

arrows,

first

homed

who

of

month

brethren, of which

five Pandava

account

feat

Star, five

ruling

stringing the

central

the

string the

Drupadi

place,

the

through

Pole

the

took

stars

their
the

for those

the

January),

"

five

these

after

after

Ac

of

god

Kama^

Drupadi.

Arjuna

wedding

shot

day,

of

five

its

the

themselves

of Krishanu,

these
of

that

to

tutor,

alone, except

SoutL
Of

or

ruling constelli-

three-years cycle, could

of tlie

god

Hindus

god of

centre

betook

Pandavas

the

victory won

the

to

was

Bear,

the

Argo,

is the

their

or

3. Vanant

compared

are

ZemUt-

the

Great

Corvus,

or

Daksha,

of

Drona

round

3.

of the

or

hand

who

Pandavas,

stood

they

as

the

Hasta,

five-dayweeks

Satavaesa

4.

These

".

Tishtrya

i.

North

the

bulls,

in

stars

seven

"god

said

stars

Loka-palas of the

four

the

constellation

tion

The

2.

and,

West;

also

are

rain

four quarters of the heavens

the

the

the four

and

Star

Sirius,ruling the East


Corvus,

of the

treasure-house

realm, the

stars

Chronology

and

History

426

are

year

place.

This

was

expressly told
on

the

first of

II.

Races

Adi

Adi

of Prehistoric

{Sambhava)
(Swayam-vara)

524, 526, 530, 532, 538, 558.

Times
^

vol. i., Essay iv., pp.

Parva, cxxxvii.
Parva,

331, 33a.

p. 403.

clxzxvii., cbcxxix.,

cxc,

cxcii.

Nandini, the

the

was

the

which

the

Valarama,

was

called

Bhishma

His

banner

by

the
He

2.

the

Kauravyas

the

Plough

borne
He

and

their final

{mad)

five

the

of

mother

of

the

the Ashvins
The

deceased

father

was

two

the

celebrate

to

year

that

[mriga

about

in

B.C.,

12,200

the

of

marriage

first union
the

year

of

their

Rohini

Orion.

with
of

year

sirska)

sun

Pleiades, his

mother

six

the

Taurus

in

was

the

of

age

was

of the

god

national

December)

"

in

the

Bear,
It

the

made

was

Mriga-sirsha (November

when

say

fathers

antelopes of the Great

or

that

union

head

beginning
is to

army

intoxicated

whose

Pandavas,

the

from

Rishis

seven

this

antelope's

Kauravya

4.

marriage succeeding her

in

star

arrow-yearX

of Madri, the

youngest

of

plough

the

the

the

mounted
sur-

between

leading
was

of

led

who

not

contest

This

for his

palm-tree

the

thus

was

brethren, signifiedthe
with

queen

the

Shalya, god

of Valarama

birth

from

aloof

Madras,

defeat, and

{hal)

the

crowning

stars

of

Devak^

and

plough

constellations.

banner

process

date-palm-tree,but

the

Pandavas

Bear

by Dyn,

Jain Tlrthakaras^

Vasudeva

the

has

stood

and

king

was

who
was

who

the

on

were

he

of

son

embryo,

of all

stories

stolen

sun-gods.

transferred

seventh

Halayudha,

weapon.

birth

of

series

this

the

in

appears

of Vashistha

Bhishma

from

born

son

Chronology

year-cow

of the

eighth god

The

at

and

History

428

that

s,

month

eleven-months

year.
It

the

was

from
of

stars

Though

the

the

the
local

the

eighth day

of

and

the

of

South

union

of the

Thigh

that

the

of

Mathura

legend
the

Pleiades

light half

India

of

and

Krishna

god

fixes

Bhadon,

it is celebrated

Jacobi, /aina Sutras^ Kalpa Sutra,

Lives

on

of the

with

Aldebaran

his

bora.

was

birthday on

yet

in

the

eighth day

Jainas,30;

Bombay

S.B.E.,

xxii. p. 229.
'

Mahabharata

Shalya (Gut-Ayudha) Parva,

Mahabharata

Drona

Mahabharata

Adi

Eggcling, Sat.

xxiv.

(Jayad-ratha-badha)Parva,
{Sambhava)

Parva, cxxiv.

Brdh,", ii. I, 2, 6"8;

pp.

and
cv.

Ix. pp.

135, 233.

p. 297.

364, 365.

S.B.E., vol. xii. pp. 283, 284.

vol

of the Myth'Making
the

of

dark

of

8th

half

and

taken

place

have

of

Bhadon

date

Harivansa
and

Kauravyas
July

middle
in

August

"

of

January

when

Krishna
the

of

guards
bank

east

of the

son

she

the

as

borne

virgin Suria

of

the

the

Pandavas,

and

bearing the

she

wore

the

Qanuary

Monier

Williams,

Festivals, and

collar

"

Holidays, pp.

430,

with

431.

Her

Here

and

goddess
the

as

her

of

wedding

the

of

Lift

in

the

goddess
of

three
of

and

the

lights

yellow upper
her

neck

banner

married

the

star

moon-god.

rain-clouds

Greek

Religious Thought and

newly-born

year

pearls round

February),

goddess.

lance-mother

moon-goddess.

is of the

and

goddess

the

of

the

of

to

Kushika,

black

was

newly-

placed her

the

the

trident

and

mountain-goddess

Soma

as

pierces the

dress

and

Auriga,

KuntI,

Her

peacock's tail,that

'

that

pearl earrings of

in Gamelion

of

lance

lance

year's fires.

garment,
the

the

and

described

is

her

Ashvins,

with

the

on

Nanda

to

slay the

LVHI.

Harivansa

the

Kushika,

the

Su-konya

eluded

Su-bird, the

constellation

or

and

moon,

seasons

the

in

blessed

the

Gemini

Gokul,

away

the

as

of

in

year-god
to

came

chariot

the

marked

to

Krishna,

of the

the

it

varied

father, who

took

heaven

to

up

date

consigned

of

bed

Kansa

chariot

the

in

and

sun

rose

in

is called

She

of

Su-bhadra,

or

Capella

there

twin-sister

eighth
be

river, and

Vega,

the

was

the

March.

"

Jumna

the

guards

to

the

sun

his

by

latter Vasudeva

the

the

February

the

When

Durga

September

carried

the

as

of

Star

Abhijit the

"

across

of Devaki,

bed

in

was

Kansa,

Jasoda. From
born
daughter,
in the

and

born

and

September,

generally celebrated

B.C., and

8000

August

February

half

dark

place like that

under

to

is

it took

beginning when

year

"

festival

us

and

10,000

of

8th

LVII.

Pandavas

between

is

from

tells

the

the

of

the

about

Harivansa

eighth day

the

India

the

in

stated

429

August), or

"

the

on

which

at

Northern

throughout

that

(July

[Bhadrapadd), about

is the

The

it is

August;

to

this

of Shravana

Age.

to

and
was

Zeus

Mayura

kings

India^ Hindoo

Fasts,

History

430

of the

Bharata.

of the

dark

was

and

animal

Her

birthday, the
the

which

sacrifices

took

mother

Krishna,

the

the

Aldebaran

star

with

born

of

23rd

of

called
born

months
the
It

of

was

of

stars

seven

his

on

honour

snake

who

of the

eleven-months

This

Greek

snake

form

Budhnya,
*

had

of

the

Hesiod, Works

and

Frazer, Pausanias^

was

his

as

of

lution
evo-

twin-sister.
the

Bhadon,

Pythian Apollo,

(August

in

of

the

v.

771
p.

Ibid., X. 7, 3, vol. i. p. 507.

slew with

his

of

the
the

3.

of

the

sung

in

memory

hymns
the

arrows

Ephod

was

oracle
Its

Python

of

depths, the

the

Pausanias
is the

Python
Vedic

the

Greek

god Ahi

Buthos,
vol.

Pausanias
^

age

worshipped^.

which

name

from

constellation.

Delphi during

name

sq. ; Frazer,

seventeen

began, which

games
in

week

the

derived

father's

year

of

22nd

as

doubtless

with

the

the

say

epoch, the

his

was

September)^

"

sacred

opened

of

242.

to

Pythian

birth

his

at

vol.

and

oracles

Dragon

Days

next

when

year

snake

the

they

Budhnya

and

One.

astronomical

of the

is

eighth

every

the

slew

goddess-

Blessed

8th

became

the

is

that

virgin-mother-goddess,

the

on

Bear,

that

the

of

Christian

day

', that

Great

the

inspired the

was

Apollo

says

of

Apollo Paian, who

of

Church,

December,

The

same

seven

year

birthday

eight-days week,

'

Delphi

originally held

were

festival

in

birthday

days each,

seven

the

and

Metageitnion

number

the

in

Apollo

of
at

this

; but

day consecrated

healing-god, the sun-physician. He

7th

Boukatios

August

the

is also
the

or

the

on

that

birthdays,

August,

Paian

called

of

their

the

epoch"

Mrigasirsha (November

the

of

those

Roman

of

8th

become

on

day

human

the

reverence

had

who

Capella, was
One

equal

brother

and

son

is the
in

Indian

the

whom

to

during

month

Hindu

Both

called

the

on

ninth

eleven-day weeks,

after

moitths

nine

half of the

are

offered

Virgin Mother

of the

December).

and

September,

Conception

the dark

"

of

nine

goddess Kali,

were

8th

place

Immaculate
in

the

as

of the

goddess

day of the light half of the

of

years

worshipped

birthday

the

eleventh

the

is of

who

as

is called

of the

end

that

month,

She

Chronology

and

v.

pp

called

244,245.

Myth' Making

of the
Ahi

also

Shuva,

accompanied

when

of

daughters
Apollo

Krishna

or

Indra

he

as

god,
hymn
have

side he

of the

the

mother

Pleiades

son

slain snake

who

is called

is invoked

bring the

head

horse's

months.

they

which

Arjuna

which

of

This

Julys.

f Piscium, the

Shravana

"

Raivataka

hill

year

of

the

is

year

of fifteen

year

first victory

of the

the

sun-god
6th

the

on

August),

about

and

the

on

the

of

the

day of

the

consecrated

is,to the

epoch

one

snake

sun-antelope, and

Su-bhadra

perfection
(July

of

tree-mother-goddess

married

27th Nakshatra, that

of the

close

year

Arishtanemi,

attained

year,

of

and

who

Dadhiank

slaying of the

the

won

year.

waters,

god

black

the

seen,

spinning

series of national

in this

Krishna, the

have

we

hill,on

light half

told

in which
in

eleven-months

20th

Revati

to

marking

star

beginning of

Rg. viiL 65, 1"3.

'

Eggeling,

Sat.

Brah,^ IL 5, 3, 20;

viii. 66, I,

Rg.
Jacobi,yinina Suirds^

vol.
of

as

Pandavas

Raivataka

the

of

year

Aurna-

cycle

the

of

children

from

healing god,

parent-plough star-god

It was,

and

of

year

the

Valarama,

This

4.

as

we

Ahi-budhnya,

as

thought, the

as

sun-god,

histories,is the

Drupadi,

swift

stallion

by the new-born

the

by the

accompanied

come

the

hymn

health

as

was,

is of the

of

ram-sun

in another

bestow

to

on

Maruts,

foe Ahi-shuva

dead

next

mother-tree

Polar

is

sun-

the

the

who

one,

of wool, that
the

", that

In

and

Indra

round

young

stars.

seven

her

weaver

bore

who

This

of

calls

bom,

was

vabhas^

the

its

p. 350, the

Chapter VI.

in

seen

of the

with

danced

of the

mother-goddesses

Thigh

said

are

enclosing snake

mother, called Shavasi, the strong

whose

the

who

number,

or

the

great victory of Indra,

the

describing the victory of

that

to

Indra's

the

Vritra

slew

Maruts,

Maroti,

ape-god

in

seven

the

the

were

of

son

be

to

killed

they

say,

to

{marom)

tree

Indra

These

".

sacrifice oflTered to celebrate

in the

to

Maruts

the

by

the

431

swelling snake, which

the

or

Age,

xxii. p. 277.

Bombay

dark

and

2.

We
the

half of Shravana.

have
South

Kalpa
seen

S.B.E., vol. xii. p. 416.


Rg. i. 186, 5.

Sutra^ Life
on

of India

of

Arishtanemi,

p. 428, that

according

Krishna

born

was

on

S. R.E.,

173;

to

the

the

8th

mythology
day

of the

another.
nemi

the

Hence
hill

this

on

and

the

bhadra,

the

nominees

favour

in

He

followed

was

the

mother

the

naked

of the

and

have

between

this

the

of the
ritual.

this year

and

Al

and

have

AH

been

the

have

February
in

Gemini

in

the

twins.

for

that

beginnings,

two

"

one

March,
in those

Arab

year

Their

Jacobi, /aina

xxii. pp.

gods

year-

seen

112"

116.

from

who

this
in

two

beginning
is

worshipped

fifteen

months

said

find

the

birth

Uttaradhyayattay

be

Lect.

on

xxii.

the

the

"

the

other

sun

similar
of

with

one

the

those

western
South-

in

is

when

We

to

these

to

Mahommed.

and

February

with

Hasain

originally

of

months.

Medina,

Al

But

were

times

first of

history the

before

the

from

medan
Mahom-

to

twifts

years

"

relations

the

Mecca

of

January

marking

first birth

Siiir"s

year

panoply

in

Mahommedan

been

him,

gained

July,

Mahommed.

had

thousands

of

the

with

which

attributes

the

arranged

as

in

of

years.

be

can

went

of

like

the

to

as

isth

called

are

grandsons

attached

Asia
We

who

of

star

by the constellation

the

closely connected

is

and

twin

Arabs
with

Ra-dha,

bride

became,

constellation

Mahommed

Hosein,

of

sons

evidence

began

when

Mohurrum,

of

It

of

Twins.

historical

Mahommedan

year.

Rai-mati,

or

the

as

the dead

among

is ruled

the

of flie

Rohini, the

stripped

were

this year

and

year

wife

of the Mahommedan

year

valuable

and

year

is,they

that

seen

his

abdication

his

on

rule

form

by Krishna

numbered

and

The

D.

Gemini,

she

the

shipped
wor-

Jain birth story daughter

king by

chosen

', that

ascetic

year-god

We

Bhoja

Su-

and

fifteen-months

variant

in the

was

of

the

eleven

Rama,

by Raji-mati

sun-god,

who

been

had

Arishtanemi,
a

the

She

Vasu-deva,

retirement

of

year

with

who,

of

Arishta*

by

by Arjuna

renunciation

gods

new

his

Ra,

wife of Nanda.

Aldebaran,

the

on

of

his

his

of

ruled

Krishna,

on

of

close

of that

of

attained

of state

the

opening

Arishtanemi
year

Chronology

change

marked

months,

of

and

History

432

was

change
Arabian

3rd Sha'ban,

32 ;

S.B.E.,

vol.

of the Myth-Making
"ruary

March, when

"

1 Mecca

the

Sabxan

it.

of

the

the

Roman

birth

the
iigurating
these

it

of

th
sia

births

the

nths

after

of

of

Safar

and

birth

The

the

each

This

of
birth

Al

Hasan

(August

is celebrated

in

"

the

from

rces

which

"itol
ted
pat

hi seven

the

Moslems,

21,

Warde
Martins

the

pp.

Rome

at

and

"

The

January

Arx

the

He

seven

and

Arjuna

or

Apollo;

him

to

at

of the

stars

360 gods, the

^.

He

Mecca,
Great

days of

Nations^ chap, xx., The

the

repre-

was

god Hobal

were

at

At

Bovillae.

sacrificed

Chronology of Ancient

326, 328

first of

and

like

the

hand,

chiefly

Tyrrhenian

island.

was

February,

"

is,from

between

Tiber

temple there

Fowler,

the

iEsculapius Vediovis,

Pre-Mahommedan
in his

arrows

Sachau, Alberuoi's

W.

The

god holding arrows


him

and

ritual

Roman

called

god

the

on

beside

ir, in whose

temples, one
one

young

stood

the

India.

worshipped

two

resembles

the

after

months

January

Etruria, that

to

to

in

from

and

back

go

hill,and

as

news

year-gods, beginning their

Gemini

in

Umbria

had

he

six

on

weeks
of eight^day

year

Twin

illustrated

island Vediovis
me

of

of Lug.

earlier

dedicated

was

the

and

Damascus

brought to
September), six

was

sun

further

ived

me

Shias

the

March,

was

gods of tlu

history of the

be

by the reputed

'.

Roman

when

divided

Augfust),or

"

"

equinox,

year

by

(July

February

year
The

April),

"

the vernal

is shown

Moharrum

second

(March

beginning of

months

six

loth

of Ramadan

the

tells us,

The

South.

beginning at

marked

their

death

6th

Year

twins.

the

on

;he

New

periods of

two

the

to

of

Alberunl

as

the

to

augurs,

was

who,

site

turning

succeeding that

religious attitude

rranites,worshippers of Laban,
led, like

the

was

prayed

men

Kebla

the

be

to

Jerusalem

which

in

worship

the

North,

for

433

ceased

Jerusalem

substituted

was

Age.

the

Festivals

330.
Roman

Festivals
y

Non, 7, p. 43.
F

Januarius I,

p.

277, Maius, 21,

three

Koran

of

goddess
'Huzza

two

was

united,

the

full-moon

worshipped

moon

this

Thus

of

the

of

god

of the

temple

used

to

nally

took

place

of

the

god

of

the
that

Agon,

priest of

the

the

to

from

the

the

opener,

the

of

Hindu

victim

the

of

root

same

to

Star

age.

the

the

or^-

was

Palmer,

i. pp.

for 1887,

cljap.liii.v.

xii. ; Tide,

offered
As

the

Outlines

sacrificed

and
and

Vediovis,

as

Janus
is

of

after

comes

clearly a god

Latin
the

twin

the

Ptah, the

Phoenician
a

called

him

he

the

Sacronim,

Rex

name

god
for

outside

was

to

name

fire was,

Lokapala
gate

called

Janus Geminus,

year,

the

Sayce, Hihbert

p.

he

another

day the

vestal

Egyptian

of

Movers, Die Phonitier^ vol.

Introduction,

this

Janua, the doors,

"

Lectures

Agonis,

called

goat

The

ram.

Quran^

the

the

'

The

On

hill

Varuna,
the

race,

assignation'

is then

He

Sabines, which
4.

as

beginner

was

As

them.

fonn

Latin

Bharata

of

"place

the

Collis

the

the

Pole

strictlyanalogous
the

of

of

god

of

god

the

January.

Regia, where

instead

(Geminus\
the

of

city of Romulus

Palatine

ram

9th
is of

hill

Quirinal

the

of

the

as

cycle-year of nine-day weeks, his festival

the

on

parents

to

fonn

male

cycle-year, and,
is the

Sanket,

at

dark

the

the

was

he

hills dedicated

the two

between

Radha

as

3.

groves,

two

and

meet

of the

deities

stone

Hobal,

like

between

Nanda

Hindu

who

lunar

of tte

goddess

sun-god Manat,

huge sacrificial

god Vediovis,

bisexual

the

as

and

light moon.

goddess worshipped

of the

acacia-tree, the tree-mother

the

form

name,
as

god

Akkadian

the

same

worshipped

bisexual

the

8, Alilat,

Hi.

Orotal,
the

with

Bahu,

Uzza

or

moons

world

mother

'Huzza, and

Herodotus

called

as

mentioned

are

deities,Allat, Al

Dionysos

Mecca

at

They

".

god called by

nether

the

Southern

of the
Al

of

form

female

Uzza

Arab

old

is the

Allat

Manat.

gods worshipped

and

Lata,

the

as

three

of

one

Hobal,

stones,

the

in

is

He

'.

year

Chronology

and

History

434

counterpart
whose

North,
him

Janus

was

86, 263.
vi. p.

Lect.
19,

20

408.

S.6.E.,

vol.

ix. p.

of the History of the Ancient

252,

voL

vi.

Religions,

67.

p.
*

Mommsen,

vol. i. p. 86.

History

of Romcy

Translated

by Dickson, Popular Edition,

only

not

of the

sons

who

Lukos,

brought,

had

as

Italy the

have

we

cord

the

The

the

festival

when

the

was

plough

and

cakes,

three

the

This

January.

is

festival
I will

observed

discuss

27th
of

last

their

of the
the

we

and

They

appear

all

part

beginning
W.

festivals

Warde

the

of

tivce Paganalia,
pp.

"'

Ibid., Mensis

the

to

ploughing

the

Brethren
Lake
the

on

have

we

of the

is that

of the

Praeneste

month

the

temple
bathed

who

Regillus,
nth

of

in the

January.
all the

ruled

seen,

it

began

; the

the

year,

from

year,

The

and

of

of

the

festival

consecrating
Festivals^ Mensis

the

February, but
lasted

13th

celebrated

was

national

Roman

simultaneously:"

17th

the

festivals

three

Magh

Parentalia

festivals

the

great

one

the

on

Lupercalia

of

almost

place

closed

with

Fowler,

Ibid., Mensis

world, which

the

January

Twin

of

as

took

of

of the

'

ing
January plough-

come

of
at

Great

of

half

told when

February,

'

in

tribes,wiA

2.

connected

week

form

countries
when

on

who,

twins

month

days, the

to

the

festival

February)

"

cognate

to

Also

battle

the

February

not

other

of the

garlands

This

".

(January

Magh

and

most

the

Fornicaria, which
are

offered

was

dedication

Pollux,

the

intimately
The

with

sow

or

the 2^

to

decorated

were

fountain, worshipped

feasts

24th

oxen

year.

the

steeds, after

were

the

Sementivac,

festival

Roman

month,

They
In

wore,

sacrificial

the

ploughing

in

the

and

Juturna

who

and

age,

Buddha.

of

of the

Castor

into

the Roman

full later

in

festival of the
The

introduced

Feriae

from

days

Mundas,

their

they begin

the

the great

to

festival of the Indian


which

who

Barishadah,

was

pregnant

clearlyallied

one

Pitaro

Hindu

January

Paganalia of

and

Star

Umbrians,

right shoulder.

next

year,

Pole

ritual of the

Indian

the

priests who

the

seen,

priestsof the

on

Italy with

to

come

wolf-sun-god, the Gred:

of the

but

grove

like the

of

Chronology

History and

436

to
on

end

for

the

21st

the
of

eight
of

15th3.

January

inaugurating the
whole

month

Januarius Feriae

of

Semen-

294"296.

Januarius, .'Edes Castoris


Februarius,

pp.

302

"

324.

et

Pollucis

dedicata, pp. 296, 297.

of the Myth-Making

January

February

"

the

consecrate

The

of

Fornicaria

the

Picts

cakes.
of

the

the

the

on

the

omission.

with
It

his

It

held

was

Phoenician
The

cult

of the

the

national

of

after

their

the

of

of

the

two

of

dead

the

to

where

they

collected
have

of

dead

each

is

district.

Lohardugga

in

The

Parentalia
victims.

festival, called

in

The

December

"

In
the

water,
each

temples

have

from

the

poles

placed, and

and

Mundas

used

the

province

January,
at

of

tombs

the

Caristia,

was

custom

as

held

Ovid
on

city of the

dead
the

tells us,
22nd

the

of

month

the
the

in

Ooraons

of the

the

buried.

be

Tamar,

wine, milk, honey, and


household,

The

to

of

before

the

in

the

of

funerals

of

front

in

village where

the

survival

burnt

buried

deceased.
in

till the

been

who

the

with

place

year,

the

the

closed

were

accords
take

can

common

offerings made
were

all

family
is

all Akkadians
Mundas

of

family

race

virgin daughters of

the

custom

been

first settled

the

place

the

past

the

cycle-year, and

the

by

This

the

are

of

of

marriages

no

death,

ancestors

of

black

hill.

Palatine

survivors

it lasted

allowed.

dead

in which

Magh.

year

brotherhood.

the

feast

gods

While

that

burying-the

take

the

beginning

on

were

fire tended

king.

burying-place

That

sexless

household

house

dead

it

national

the

the

rule

bones

their

of

was

marriages

no

Ooraon

of

front

Quirinus

his

remedy

pillars.

introduced

each

of

celebrate

to

national

of

assertion

all

of

meeting

and

attend

which

Quirinalia

the

failed

had

each

in

Virgins (Virgo Vesta/is Parentaiia), that is,of the

Vestal

and

festival

temple
in

it,was

might

short,

in

in the

Parentalia

who

Curia

was,

of

who

man

every

into

into

festival

ended

grain

made

held

meal

common

the

which

own

myrtles

two

India

the

and

Barishadah,

; and

.'recognitionand

The

the

divided

17th February,
in

like

thirty villages, communities

or

were

feast

at

in

revelry.

and

grain roasted

Pitaro

eaten

437

Mundas

the

dancing

to

feast of

Indian

Curiae, at which

the

Magh

were

Curiae,

Latins

of

was

and

These

festivity,as

to

whole

Agi,

during
blood
a

of

family
of

Feb-

History

438
the

ruary,

ninth

Feralia,
rites to
the

old

an

the

pair
in

bits

of

of

the

whispers

incense

the

mother-goddess

of

the

at

the

from

Muttering

threads

house.
in

and

day

dark

black

beans

Great

Bear.

in

of

fish

its

pitch, sewed
it before

the

drive

to

with

the

where

of the

Romulus

held

had

The

of

It

the

of the

last

"

were

year's harvest,

Eggeling,
Ovid,

Sat,

Brdh,

by

$,

Fasti, 2, 571 ff. ; W.

Febniarius, pp. 308, 309.

12

Warde

by

twins,

the

two

Hence
the

who

had,

in

goat

as

the

Artemis,

Lycia.

and
the

Luperci,

dog,

mother
Cakes

Vestals

from

the

had

been

already used

which

of

some

i. 4,

the

of

hill,

wolf, and

Xanthus

river

Matari-shvan,

sacrificed

offered, made

the

of

one

called

cave

fig-tree.

of

sacrifice

Hindu

*.

Palatine

{silvd)goddess,

the

drank

she

wolf.nurtured

sons

yellow

the

fire, the

dog. They
also

were

of

mother

the

at

fish

the

February,
the

sacred

with

roasted

service

Apollo, the wolf, and

with

began

of

the

the

wood

on

place

corner

Ramnes,

of

working
wonder-

of

wine

the

at

of the

it and

entrails

isth

took

under

the

goddess,

festival

the

on

deposited

Silvia, the

Bear

assisted

seven

head

its

the

rf

shades

the

on

of

rest

who

Leto, the tree-trunk,borne


Great

the

The

Remus,

mother-tree

roasted

South-western

festival

wine

woollen

stars

seven

mcena,

dropped

Tobias

was

Tiber
and

was

up,

alorf

him

white

smeared

story,

Parentalia.

the

in

the

fish,the

Asmodeus.

Lupercalia

Lupercal,

it

mouth

girls of the house

days

Tobit

fire,as

away

the

The

the

that rf

weaving,

the

to

three

placed

keep

was

sacred

took

then

shipped
wor-

was

mingled

she

kept, while
mouth,

who

wove

the

web,

coloured

her

She

spell,she

the

Abyss,

mouse-hole,

of death, to

mouse-god

and

night,

of

entrance

Apollo Smintheus,
the

the

fingers she

three

With

^.

performed

silent^oddess,

Prajapati [Orion)^

Hindu

family

the

sorceress,

Muta,

Dea

or

the

all

festival, called the

this

accredited

Tacita

Bahu,

before

night
an

of

when

Parentalia,

the

woman,

goddess

survival

female

the

On

together.

ate

of

day

Chronology

and

first

ears

of
at

S.B.E., vol. xii. p. 131.


Fowler,

The

Roman

FtstiualSyMcoiis

of the Myth' Making


the

Vestalia

the

first

second

9th of June
the

offeringof
than

more

be

to

the

on

five months

the birth-festival

corn

and

race

of

two

companies,

the

of whom

youths,

one

of

Quirinal, and

the

the

and

were

bath

of

They

then

the

naked
the

Vaishya
base,
the

rejoiced
bom

from

hitherto

girt

dress

part

their blows

which

with

as

starting from

of

the

to

North-east,

Lares

to

the
to

the

South

with

was

the

West

that both
see

the

in

of

god
the

the

that

of the
sun,

the

side

goat

who

had

skins

the

of

of the

the

Hindu
the

round

all

themselves

of the victims

hides

of

of

who

same

I describe
the

three

and

seasons

similar

Gubbio
three
ran

priestlyprocession

Ceri

the
faces
that
were

improbable

direction, for
the

so

runners

it is

But

Umbrian
the

their

right hand,
the

shrine

the

South-west

turned

which

East.

to

Tacitus

by

from

ran

their

from

in the

when

the

offspring

original sun-bird,

to

party bearing

year

while

This

West

went

boundaries

as

passing by

augurs

by West

Chapter VIII.,

Monday,
the

Roman

lucky

the bands

town

of

the

Northwards

start

the

offered

or

and

Forum.

course

of the

course

as

of

hill is described

Lupercal

the

the

slain,

hill,striking at

of the

Palatine

the

and

the

which

feasting ran

them

had

They

Palatine

skin

with

produce fertility.

to

the

birth

priestsand

near

of

Quinctii

children

with

after

Fabii

the

guiltof the slaughter.

sun-ram.

the

strips of

round

course

sunward

came

the

into

Luperci

of

milk,

in

as

themselves

of

divided

they

new

Akkadian

base,

supposed

were

The

the

of the
who

women

to

of

the

their initiation,and

at

or

over

sacrifices the

smeared

of the

their

last

noble

victims

laugh

to

year's

of

dipped

them

of the

Collegia

were

the

wool

seems

the

that

to

of

with

obliged

who

the

foreheads

blood

wiped

sun-cow

goats,

Their

the

then

dog,

been

other

purificationcleansed

were

and
of

with

dyed

the

of

the

last,which

were

one

to

eight and

the

After

runners

by

belonged

hill.

Palatine

knife

The

headed

each

born

September.

Luperci began.

9th of September,

this

wolf-sun

439

than

more

before

of the

in

quickened

the

and

being

ears

Age,

we

shall

race

round

on

Whit-

representing

with

the

went

against it.

course

History

440

both

and

the

course,

The
year

god,

parties

met

rising-placeof

festival
and

the

son

of

is

the

mid-months

of

Palatine

the

cave-mother,

pillarswere

placed.

marks
the

on

or

Phalgun,

sun-maiden

of the

that

corresponds
with

is

of

that

to

Ho

dances

Kols, by

did

authorised

day

of

the

at

of

authorised

other
the

were

men

simulated
This

confined.
the

Ulster
'

ladies

like

his

the

laid

up

with

lying-in of
story
were

Rhys, Uihbert

Lectures

for

meeting
the

bed

Fir

1 886,

of

to

Lect.

other

could

women

the

Bolg

the

vi. pp.

the
gotten.
be-

then

alone

when

at

of

end

in

this

on

followed

were

and

Palatine

alone

father

to

the

of

women

children

the

clearly points
brought

at the

sickness

the

the

population

how

possessions against

clearly
year

have

Lug

ceremony

Magh

at

which

father

beginning

and

of

must

b^n

show

the

men

understand

we

thus

to

seems

followed

at

February

religious

their

of

of the

pair.

of the

and

birth

Arjuna

in

year

the

twin-

February,

mythology

people

meeting,

and

Ulster

their

these

birthdays

Hence

he

Cuchulainn

defend

of

festivals

of the

wedding

was

The

fertile

was

the

tribal

legallyconceive.

sun

by

Lupercal,
union

of the

month

the

the birds

the

as

gestation by
Similar

of

the

B.C.

women

met

one

the

of

isth

of

year

At

rules the

sun-god

Hindu

popular

the

it.

adjoining villages

period

the

general pairing

introducing

Quirinal

the

sun-

runners,

temple

originally begun,

was

year

wolf

whose

one

direction, marked

solar

the

the

dog-star
of

of

Quirinal worshippers

8000
our

of

the

make

to

this

of the

of

Day, when

inauguration

designed
that

the

the

close
to

bands

consummation

abput

St. Valentine's

The

other

Suria, beginning when

March,

"

two

March,

"

the

the

as

before

February

that

who

solstice.

consecrated

the

of

winter

die

of

point

denoting

beginning about

year
of

ist

or

of the

another

the

Sabines

South-east

one

; and

PhcEnician

It

sun

worshippers

the

with

the

Sirius,

dog

of the year

union

the

of

taking the pre-solar and


the

at

certainly

beginning

Chronology

and

history
able

as

to

all the

the

couvade'i

his

wife

time
same

when
time.

627, 628.

was

all

t/ie

of
The

by

beginning

of

the

first

whether

the

that
of

it

drive
the

to

the

when

sacrifice of

sacrifice to

said

Dionysos

in

Anthesterion

of

the

; and

away

after

the

at

exactly

have

this may

Also

have

to

Tenedos,

at

been

to

that

festival

p. 224.

Dionysos

to

March),

"

is

opening

V.

by Hesychius

(February

killing the

expiatory sacrifice,

Chapter

bull-calf

says

priest after killingthe

equinox
in

certain

market-place

wizard-gods,

Indian

the

end

Plutarch

central

this

the

at

is not

but

Sacrorum

malevolent

flightof

It

ox,

or

flight after

out

priestfled

the

an

or

Rex

cycle-year described

of the

that

the

spring

taken

place

is at the

beginning

Lupercalia year ^. The


flightapparently represented
when
disappearance of the year-father of the new
year,

the
he

of the

rule

The

coming

Festival

of

12th

the

of

of

series

That

Diana

to

Portunalia

the

Consualia

Opiconsivia

victory

the

the

these

been

rain

South-west

Wardc

is

He

of

the

is the

on

the

first

month.
the

on

the

on

Patet

by
in

Palatine,
The

M.

Roman

and

festival

called

Kakios

Brdal

to

said

Kaikias,

dwelt

Fowler,

the

clearly
Cacus,

over

wind

2.

gods

Vinalia

Mundus

ritual

of the

close

other

and

It

year.

the

to

Roman

Herculi-invicto,

this

17th, the

proved

South-west

the

13th,

19th,

the

24th,

the

celebrating

the

the

25 th.

of Hercules

has

who

lasting

the

in

to

ruled

21st, the

the

first of

The

W.

on

August

Aventine

the

on

the

on

the

leaves

and

son.

this year

who

festivals
of

of
of

Hercules

unconquered

his

to

year

of his year

end

the

at

Mid-year
that

was

functions

his

quits

'

the

celebrated

February,

year.

Agora

oflTered at the autumnal

lamb

up

the

The

of

24th

goat

44 1

apparently

of this

that

away.

to

similar

of

was

oflTered in

ran

oflTered

of

victim

city, and

victim

the

on

Age,

was

year

nine-days week

was

the

this

of

sacrifice

second

Myth-Making

cave

Festivals

Aristotle

Mensis

to

Aventine

the

Hercules

the

represent

by

on

by Diodorus,

is said

Febiuarius

god

bring
to

in

the

Virgil's

Regifugium,

P- 327.
'

M.

chap.

Breal, Hercule

"!., Formation

et

Cacus, chap, ii., La

de la Fable, p. iii.

Legende

Latine, pp.

61, 62,

History

44^

of the

graphic description
had

he

slain

Charion
Cacus
is

the

is described

three-headed
the

eleven-

brood.

the
which

cave,

and

of the
But

zodiac,

Latin

foe,who

from

retreated

Greeks,

of

the

demarcated
of

the

Hindu

the

and
the

as

explains

sign of

their

the

the

Janus

=*

of

Virgil, y"n,,

the

Cerus

stabilis

Atque

hos,

Cauda

in

ne

Br^al, Hercule

Csecius, pp. 55, 56

conquered

{sagmen), that
ambassadors3,
sacrifice of

memorial

It denotes

story.

cs,

by

duonus

note.

prsestanti
corpore

forma

qua

speluncam

Indiciis raptos,
M.

the Sabine

the

Varro

Janus

with
:

Thou

Re-creator
reference
art

the

:"

Avertit, totidem

sun

201.

Ibid., viii. 207"211


Quatuor

Roman

the

creator, called

second

viii.

have

grass

by all
at

kept the
was

to

(Ipicos),

conquering-god, Recaranus, clearly

of the

meaning

Duonus

He

said

sacred

mission

Herkos

race,

Maxima.

Ara

name

the

officiated

Salii

Sabine

is also

Herakles

ploughing

who

stars.

meet

guardian-god

the

Greek

the

the

not

the

of

boundary-god
who

astronomers

directly to

but

Ar-chal,

of

sower

(kar,ker)fthe
to

Sancus,

them

drew

retrograde path

by the

steps, is

course,through the

is, the

other

backward

the

Lakshman,

victory on

The

with

He

advanced

enclosing fence,

sowing-god Semo
carried

who

four bulls

him

the

into his

preserved by the Chinese*.

family properties

the

that

still

Phoenician

the

in his ordained

Cacus,

and

the

to

antagonist

with

denoting

that

commemorates

retreated

right to left,followed
year

seasons'.

belonged

Cacus

him, taking

after

Centaur,

Trigemina

vanquisher

god Hercules,

the

god

who

year,

incident

tails,an

of

the

half-human

him

Phoenidao

three

this three-headed

behind

eleven-months

the

his

their

by

the

of

closed

the

heifers^tJu eight days of the week.

four

inside

he

fought
of

year

as

Porta

over

of his

approach

the

months

The

have

to

Geryon,

of

god

victory of Hercules
At

contest

by Virgil

the

of

god

Chronology

three-headed

Orion, the

or

and

et

saxo

tauros

superante juvencas.

forent pedibus vestigiarectis,


tractos, versisque viarum
occultabat

opaco.

CacuSy chap, ii.,La

Legende

Latine, Sancus

et

be

must

naked.

of

the

and

Star

Pole

the

national

the

of

of the

The

sacrifice

animals

to

the

eat

tribes hitherto

the

between

according
Under

whole

the

union

with

brought
art

the

of

the

two

between

tithes of

the
the

union

was

of its

public benefit,

the

granaries

common

village communities.

its

itself

hereditary property.

meals
the

the

maintained

was

tithes,such

or

an

Northern

and

India

to

of

formation

similar

Kathi,

Vid-arba

into

family maintained

from

Southern

Minor

not

that

as

Saul.

building houses,

of

first

that

to

millets,

alliance

the
the
who

oil,and

sesame

the

by

Gonds,

producing

double-four,

stock

new

races,

formed
the

of

previous population

Asia

that

to

common

tells of

joined

Jewish

from

the

provided

two

only

were

union

from

the

in

each

old

ceremony
the

and

The

of

it

kept the produce

part

become

had

at

Pinarii

shows

each
a

entertained

Samuel

from

the

which

form

Hindu

the

This

of

the

officiatingSalii

whole

custom

of

prohibition, together

is derived

alliance

the

of the

another.

whom

sacrificial feasts

The

Pleiades

flesh

; but

; the

this

one

arrangement

new

lands

which

born

the

to

modified

in the
at

to

devoted

only

placing

this

the

on

and

of

instead

any

left the

the

presided

it indicated

that

the

joined

offered

dividinjr the

allies among

lands,

own

from

the

on

Praetor

; and

booty given by Hercules.

one

the

opposed

proof of

feast

all present

entrails

show

to

by

with

of

custom

Another

men

only recognised

the

women,

everything

eat

parties,seems
two

the

to

of

Feast

rites

both

who

men,

the

the

excluded

the

was

than

which

at

was

Year's

which

who

could

the

with

New

later

ages,

sex

it

followed

was

priestly families
allowed

be

from

women

village races.

sacrificed,in

Potitii

Solar

if any

; and

the

excluding
it to

Lunar

Thcsmophoria,

parents

the

rule

ceremonies

solemnisation
year,

the

and

assisted

women

of

Also

Chronology

conclusivelyproves

ceremony

of

and

History

444

the

federacy
con-

eight tribes

Gonds.
consummation

immigrants

and

their

of

this

alliance

predecessors

between
was

the

celebrated

ploughing
at

the

of the Myth-Making
banquet

of Hercules

immense

wooden

of

the

the

Ribhus,

this

altars,

stone

oaths

were

The

the

worshippers

this

of

the

the

The

year.
held

this

M.

Caxius,
W.

pp. 19""

day

festival

the

great

solemn

battle

It

of

of the

lucus,

The

and

of

the

the

feast

the

Circus

earliest
of the

the

ruling
the

held

was

dcer-sun-god
turned

the

first instituted

at

especially dedicated

doc-goddess

Maximus

of

of

Orion's

flowers,was
But

2,

meaning

Cacus^ chap, ii., La

was

end

feast

who

goddess

its historical

It

sun-maiden,
the

was

was

the

deer,

that

on

the
the

whose
wed

and

aristocratic

when

days

but

to

temple

Flora,

the

et

the

Diana

indicated

Twins,

festival of

year,

rejoicingsat

or

Hercules,

of

Aug^ust

Trigemina.

not

and

of

was

the

Porta

of

I will

also

deal

presently, when

Legende

Latinc*

Sancus

ct

44"48.

Warde
202.

and

most

13th

temples

sun-god,

when

of

at

Brcal, Ilercule
pp.

the

plougher Vertumnus,

festival

this

on

with

the

the

that

Flaminia

the protectress

Diana

the

slaves,

Ashvins

the

solstice.

summer

in

year,

his furrow

of

sacred

most

ritual the

which

in

Phoenician

heads,

festival of the

at

male

the

in the

North,

direction

the

Roman

on

autumnal

of the
not

day

and

bare

to

was

its situation

Greek

with

Maxima,

national

was

the

consecrated

proved by

conclusions.

and

Ara

the

at

brought by

on

'

Plebs

months

year-god

these

Hercules

of

stage of those

of

parts into

Maxima

turning (verto) gods of

the

of

Ara

of the victorious

Aventine,

also

first six

is

men

the

day

confirms

South-west

feast

god, that

division

place where

It

of

of the

followingthat

doe

by

characteristics

hill,and

the

not

the

cup,

'.

sworn

Vertumnus,*

loving

of its compotent

Scandinavians

of the

completely

the

their hand.

in

the

circlingsun-god.

as

use

445

conquering

primitive Hindu

made

were

white

"

its

by

and

flint knife

to

the

air,like

contracts

of the

year

union

ploughing sun-god

new

open

the

the

antiquity of the ritual of the

The

the

indicating,

but

seasons,

complete

to

by draughts from

goblet given by the

united

into

year

Age.

Fowler,

The

Roman

Festivals
t

Mcnsis

Sextilis, August

13th,

have

and

History

446

the

completed

Chronology
of

survey

of

Festivals

Roman

the

August.
The

of

next

Portunalia

the

and

19th,

the

festivals of

the

retrograde

the

at

his

in

and

who

Portunus

Mater

Ino

Ino

^.

Of

Orion.

her

killed

by

answering

to

was

recorded

born

two

rock

in

from

with

Megara,
into

changed
found

under

cities

Phoenician

towns.

'

Sul
deir
="

of

Cuho

di Leucothea

Acque

the

who

25th
di

Frazer, Pausanias^ i. 44,

80

"

her

Ino

people.

Molurian

dolphin,and

landed

Corinth,

son

thigh {iiru)

the

by

was

of

the

from

saved

Isthmus

Phoenician

festival

Napoli,

dell' Aria, pp.

with

her

sea

Pausya

as

where

the

son

he

was

"

His

of

madness,

or

of Aurva,

{karth)^worshipped

Materiali

of his

escaped

was

god

is the

Peritius, the

Milani, Studi

the

the

on

Melicertes

{nialik)of
2nd

Melicertes

pine-tree

into

as

Dumu-zi

or

victim

slaughterers

son

Palaimon,

mother-fish

god

her

well

as

Kalmashapada

mother

the

and

of the

This

the

being

Melicertes, Learchus

and

Ino

both

mother

Tammuz

offered
of

VI.

Arusha,

herself

the

madness

Chapter

as

Athamus

as

called

Leukothea,

and

Etruscan

by Signers Correra

Italy,his

Learchus

sons,

the

god, fled

threw

of

his father

in

Melicertes

Eileitheia

had

he

the

Palaemon,

god

presided

worshipped

was

apparently

Southern

in

wife

was

day Janus

and

father

Verrius

to

also

called

who

god

identified

Greek

Matuta,

was

of

those

were

river-god,the

was

been

Palaemon

and

named

He

has

gods

according

this

on

the

with

Milani

and

be

to

seem

Portunalia,

the

for

year,

Marcelli.

god Portumnus,

The

Portunus,

as

the

hand,

Theatrum

the

at

of

opening

key

he,

whose

and

festival of

the

was

the

on

Italy before the sun-worshippers

Cacus.

of

all

They

21st.

into

came

year

Tiber, and

mother

the

on

eight-days week,

Tiberinalia,

who

race

the

of

Consualia

of

those

are

17th of August, the Vinalia

the

on

reviewed

be

festivals to

these

of

Mclquarth,
as

the

held

was

December,

and

Archeologia e Numismatica^
pp.

73"79

Milani, Ino

86.

10, ii. I, 3, vol. i. pp.

in

sun-god
at

68, 71.

Tyre

lord

the

on

all
the

his

death

Part

i.,Correra,

Leucothca

as

Imagine

of the Myth-Making

log, the

he

yule log, and

annual

iolaus ", who

was,

form

of

Rama,

kept
It

this and

in

the

is

"f the

Baal

He

January

Melquarth,

.vas

in

ivhen

the

the

February

"

present

on

St.

March,

that

been

The

was

the

of the

in whose
as

that

attack

games
the

infant

Vinalia

Bcrard,

Thucydides

fish-sun-

the

the

on

from

to

him

from

for

spring weather,

Athenians
wreath

sailed

"

10.

from

prize

leaves

of

the

19th

of

place
which

Kenchreae

of the

of the

August
Dieu

Arcadiens, iv., Le
^

viii. 6

Alkimenes,

The

pine

took

tree

Victor
under

found.

was

Cultes

of

of Corinth

immediately after

was

under

3.

mid-

February

"

games

Thucydides,
it

us

his

the

In his first

January

the Isthmian

began

with

August.
in

and
B.C.,

year

15th, that

of

beginning

tells

he

the

on

17th

learn

we

whose

god

year

8ocx)

about

to

the

February

"

sun

B.C.,

12,200

14th* of February,

the

on

January
the

as

the

god of

12,200

the

honour

festival

des

in

Lcarchus

when

age

became

Spartan fleet

p. 254.
3

of

form

twins

of the

the

the

god

Origine

is

year

the

was

he

time

Parentalia

place

They,

to

in these
which

of

waiting

Chios

to

awoke

counterpart

January, about

"

day,

took

games

the

seen

pine-tree

year
of

Gemini,

early spring, for

in the

had

It

age.

held.

were

of
in

god

under

of the

December

was

year-god

as

is the

these

in

festival

birth

born

sky

between

god

the

Salli-manu,

Gemini

stars

progress

y^ear festival

(^yam) god,

sea

the

in

the

in

sun-god,

Akkadian

sun-god

Valentine's

Roman

the

the

the

sun

the

he

the

Gemini,

in

the

of

this

that

102,

of

story

have

we

was

md

ind

which

loi,

pp.

Solomon,

thus

was

HI.

of

Hebrew

of

He

the

by

263,

p.

intervening

days

January,

Yam,

first birth

5th of

of

of

right place

his

twelve

representative

or

the

the

Chapter

first

Palaimon

jod,

5th

in

V.

Melquarth.

or

in

life

to

Chapter

boundary-god

sun-god

after

was

the

neaning

the

celebrated

recalled

in

seen

447

were

was

Makar

the

Lakshman,

who

furrow.

have

Baal

to

He

begun.

we

as

Baal lol, charioteer

resurrection

his

festival then

Age,

Tbid.

Fils

was

des

the

mid-

Phoeniciens,

of the

festival

year

ruary

the

of

St

2 1

This

is the

who

had,

of

Southern

the

the

with

after

is

forth

set

in

of

centre

the

the two

goddesses

months

each,

world

lower

the

the

lapis manalis,

three

days

reversed

at

its

For

festivals,which
of this year

of the

the

wolf

of

211"

W.

214.

the

South.

stone

of

turning

of

reached

the

become
Yam

also

the

at

nected
con-

hearth

three

festival

days
of

the

Lug.

that

is

of

the

Roman

He
of

Palatine

Dis

and

two

was

the

Proserpine,
of six

seasons

reach

to

taken

was

when

the

of

part
turn
as

Wolfs

we

to

have

Festivals, Mensis

pit.

half-yearly

the

ritual

the
the

history

seen,

Head.

Apollo, the
also

having

sun

of

by

off for

Southern

system

must

the

in

usually closed

of the

was,

24th of

supposed

formed

Lycean
He

the

This

we

festivab

the

on

was

this

of

mid-year

were

brink

eight-day weeks,

The

sea-

form

Baal

or

into

year,

have

to

to

It

fate.

the

understanding

Fowler,

Reg^a

on

sacred

was

light (Itikos lux).

Wardc

pit

they

form

had

was

opening

which

sun-god

Celtic

of

pit by

seems

male

or

August

divided

Mackinealy,

thus

'

of

Celtic

of

son

the

who

the

year

the

Consus

at

of the

course

full

This

of

wiA

underground

an

thus

and

of

these

round

or

city.

had,

asses

decked

63,

probably

ceremony

Mundus

the

August

the

p.

half-year.

of

meaning

in

guardian

and

25th of August,

was

fires at the

whole

The

It

the

was

Palaimon

held

the

held

us,

were

Bahu,

festival

on

and

seen,

brought

who

Opiconsivia

the

blessing of

tells

on

equivalent of the Celtic

Leicester,

at

Aventine

it horses

at

the

have

we

Virgins

the

on

Tertullian

holiday,

Consualia.

the

held

god worshipped

mid-year

the

Vestal

the

(FA-

mother-goddess

This

land.

of

as

dolphin-mother

to

beginning of Anthesterion

sun-god,

the Soar

under

temple

The

Plutarch,

to

god Llyr,

b^ifl

{condere)grain, and

stored

flowers.

year

as

was,

temple.

according

Dionysos, whose

Consualia

August

subterranean
the

of the

The

March).

"

Chronology

Vine-god

the Anthesteria

with

of

and

History

448

He
son

wa.s

of

the

of

successor

Sextilis, pp.

the

202,

207,

of the Myth^Making
of the

^uada

"f

killed

was

with

Lug's mother,
in his turn

nade

king of the Tuatha

nust

have

of

[st of

the

Dn

Hindu

rice,
The

Year's

Day.

fifteen

This

and

the almond-tree
sacred

tree

and

maidens

and

is

to

who

brought

middle

of

'

Rhys, Hibbert

Ibid., Lect.
Risley,

Tribes

ii., Ooraon,

Northern

the

not

of Shahabad

of

Bhumijes

light half

September),

"

Bankura

of Bhadon
is held

the

and

festival is cut

fast

till

they

Akra

have

with

solemnly

Lectures
v.

Luz

this

in

the

at

for i886"

Lect.

it

begins

and

lasts
it

3.

honour

in

the

of
ing
answer-

of Aaron.

almond-rod
in the

New

celebrate

forest

by youths

completed their task,


and

dances

planted
On

dancing-ground.

or

I have

as

changing the

for

of

birthday

the

almond-tree
{Nauclea parvifolict)^
a wild

The

vol.

the

of

gora

middle

the

dates, owing,

(August

significant festival

most

Kurum-tree
to

and

that

Kharwars

of Bhadon

Shravana.

of

Sth

five

of the

festival of the

harvest

reasons

the

Among

days,

dark

in the

astronomical

early part

the

on

various

at

Mundas

and

festival

festival, like

place

and

Mundas

place about

takes

Kurum

tribal

to

in the

which

takes

the

by

same

ing
August), correspond-

Panchami

held

the

being

paralleledby the- great

is

"

snake-mothers

of

till the

is the

year

of Hindu

(July

Naga

mid-year

goddess

by the Ooraons

Shravana

festival is followed

shown,

of

his

rule

of

year

feast

his

and

held

the

Hence

^.

India

brighthalf
the

of

victory

continued

and

head.

his

Taill-tiu,the

nurse

mid-year festival

its

Krishna,

the

his

father

his

Lug's

^.

lunar

Star

on

was

February, for

"

of Bhishma

year

and

August.

for

January

Lammas

our

who

Danann

middle-day

upland

of

behind

the

[punch) Naga

or

and

August,

with

This

before

isth of July

festival of

Kurum

Pole

the

Magh

Doraons,

the

by Lug,

De

of

Balor,

on

August,

the

is

in

honour

lowers, began
[4th

eye

killed

was

begun

in

by

an

Jalor

estival

449

Silver-Hand, god of the cycle-year of the

who

rescents,

Age,

the

in

chief

vi., pp. 611,612.

p. 414.
and
pp.

of Bengal, vol. i., Bhumij,

Castes

145,

146;

Crooke,

India, pp. 245, 246.


G

Popular

p.

125, Ho, p. 329,

Religion and

Folklore

of

the

night of the festival,before


begins, the

of

daughters

the Akra

into

been

has

with

turmeric,

the

before

dancers, who

of

trec

Magh

month

is

of

the

the

to

The

February),

"

celebrated,

of

Suria

Pandava

sacred

river

Its

name

the

of

the

means

which

it

them

will

the

fords

bridge
and
used

it

The

and
that

or

the

Magh

in the
on

parallelof

the

month

the second

month

the

shown

Grand

Trunk

the

Road

its banks

on

of

deal

great

which
the

Pandavas,

the

festival but
half

of

looked

full-moon

day.

the

European

carnival

it, and

hence

the

present

Kharwars

it

on

of

that

list of

of the

who

This

of

None

as

sacred

by carrying pilgrims

from

Phalgun

in

with

horror

built, the

money

that

Benares.

Kurum-tree,

the

feet

was

ancestors

with

the

river, before

who

(panda) Hindus,

of

of

Hindus.

superseded

river

that

the

divides

which

by

their

wet

or

parent -tribe of

from

orthodox

crossing

bright
the

all

water

ritual

fair

of the

god ruling

next

Kurumnasa,

{nasa)

roads

removed

of the

Northern

ending

Kurum-

birth

Soma,

the

Behar

or

by

on

dwellers
make

to

Kurum

with

or

over

is the

destruction

the

the

other

across

was

touch

the

to

Kharwars,

significance is

looked

is

of

the

the

March),

"

of

in

told

Arjuna.

Maghada

its historical

and

at

of

province

dance,

is

history

in which

Sukonya

or

Cheroos, rulers of Maghada,


the

the

among

worship

that

to

Phalgun (February

wedding

sacred

the

change from

(January

of

plants

the

during the

piece of national

the

barley-sun-god
the

remainder

they

Akra,

of

some

heads

their

the

into

When

race.

night.

with

connection

yellow

lay

the

mixed

mother-river

the

and

on

remarkable

very

The

grown

distribute

them

wear

lasts all

which

thus

Kurum-tree

it; they then

gardens of Adonis.
the

of

holy plant

the

worship

grown

from

they bring the yellow shoots


first

they have

barley which

of

Kurum-trec

vills^e bring

of the

head-man

sand

in

sown

the

round

dance

the pots of the

like

seed

the

plants

young

special beds

in

Chronology

History and

450

called

holy

their

the

(February"
festival

streams

distinctly

more

began

Magha

the

year

Huli, beginning

March)
is

not

the

and

Hindu

beginning originally,before

Chronology

History and

452

Athens

held

baion

(July

month,

answering

of

and

Flora

goddess

the

to

of

July

before
with

the

second

the

of

of

Lug

Tronche,

thirty or
almost

cloth.

back,

Melquarth
from

2nd

of

Czech
withered
with

her

hands

are

of
New

'

"

Year's

C.

the

Mannhardt,

she

virgin
as

thrown

in

into

Wald

en

the

of

the

Feld

of
the

funeral

and

year

the

from
is the

Yule-log
of the

the

straw,
in summer

scythe

village".

palace

Apollo

She

every
the

of

pyre

Krishna

of

next

was

birth of

the

made

and

after

".

December,

doll

they

time

Mari-amma.

national

Franche
und

from

is clothed

tree-trunk

the

prevented

disclosed

survival

2Sth

removed

removed

was

were

the broom

and

Z^"J Mois

Antikt

cloth

accouckir).

were

After

them.

it with

beat

which

year

tree-trunk,

of corn,

festival

Bcauquier,

as

black

sun-mother

shirt,and

faire

the

the

Leto, who,

goddess

la

they

thus

covered

and

apart

so

Eve

it had

{pour

sun-god,

Peritius, or

mother-tree,

to

When

and

presents

the

Archal,

or

Frend

Christmas

in

unmistakeable

an

Leto, worshipped

the

in

see

we

Christmas

the

and

province, about

came

past

when

nected
con-

account

great

on

it.

beating,

of the

and

fire

taken

childen

sins

in the

off the

was

being good

it their

beat

it

first

this

from

house

bring forth

it

those

brought

on

the

of

of

mother

the

Then

came

repent

Here

fire

another

the

near

placed on

been

parallelisms

Lyons, the Yule-log, called

or

taken

ago,

with

make

to

Nothing

they

festival

Lug

equivalent of Lug

in every

it had

as

with

were

almost

soon

baptized

the

the

to

turn

Comt6,

Lug-dunum

at

been

to

Franche

In

was

I must

Lug,

the

of

account

sun-god, the

forty years

as

sticks

of

year

Lycian Apollo.
La

and

Rome,

at

of

stage

of the

festival

the Aventine

of

the

closing

birth

the

shrine

the

of the

28th

August.

"

But

of

the

was

Hekatom-'

of

days

3th of August,

Diana

exactly coinciding with

last

great day

Its

August).

"

the

in

fifth year

every

dl

Panathenaia

the

is

mid-year festival of this year

Greek

she

bears

This
lit

on

dess-mot
godthe

bee-taught

Comti^ p. 137.
Kultur^

vol.

i.

chap.

iii. pp.

155, 156.

of the Myth-Making
for the

race,

Eve

bees

in Franche

But

called

the
of

on

and

found

iirhich

begins

till the

end
of

the

6th

3ld

wine-grower

lis

these

three

in

Ravana

in

by the

road

the

"

C.

January

in

Franche

Comt6

tries to

the

of
the

Sita

the
is

he

boundary
born,
The

and
star

Beauqoier, Les

Ibid., pp.

has

149"152.

Mots

of

sought
en

Franche

for

in

the

Comiiy

pp.

is to

child

ploughs

who

Sita, whom

his

the

he

crescent

ten-headed

journey's end
the

Lakshman,

zodiac
he

the

to

guiding

of the

which

through

journey

its

god

the

vivals
sur-

with

kept by

stars

between

plough-furrow

year-child of

been

stantly
con-

hermit

(Ceylon),after reaching

which

he

old

furrow

castle

the

of the

the

Rama,

on

are

peace

the

which

under

the

they

their

Bear

in the
as

in

counsel

Great

star

heaven

finds

for in

cradle
ask

child

young

unmistakeable

see

we

Lakshman,
and

by the black

the

keep

in

are

Naitoure, whom

his wife

his

who

headed
the

labyrinthine Southern

)rearlycircuit.
"

cradle,

tation
represen"

those

are

worship

story tells how

him,

in

sun-god

thology
my-

intervals

lasts at

to

in

will show

Lanka

guardian of

the

or

December

Cologne,

persons

go

stars

drama

who

sun-god

The

the

year

theatrical

in

year

of

and

Sita

year-path through

moon

the

But

year-stars, they

before

and

it is

that

came

Verly,

astrologer,the

irives

year-mother

ancient

Cr6che,

December

so

Barbizier,

young

found.

of La

the

and

Dointers, who
"e

in

Kings

who

of Rama^

"f the

of

survival

of

January.

beats,

the

mother-tree

Su-koniya, the

drama

in

actors

iie

In

places

and

ass

February.

Melchior,

^.

the

January,

"

of

an

pine-tree, the
is

another

Comt6,

on

year

^.

Besan^on

the Three

Srermany

)r

mother

opening

three

The

ind

this

in

at

of

January

:hem

Christmas

remarkable

most

is

king

the

the

gives

Franche

riding

comes

ass-riding Ashvins

Another

Christmas

every

who

of

parts

some

Aric, who

presents

uid

in

is,

Tante

of the

in their hives

to

tree-trunk-mother

the

Germany,

453

Comtd

besides

gifts,there

called

are

Age.

in

passes
cradle-drama

136

"

138.

which
in

his
is

History

and

sun-child

of

454
in which

that

born

be

is to

mother,
the

the

It

furrow.

history of time
Zodiacal

stars, and

marking

the

of

of

year

sun-god

second

is

the

in

of

day

thenaia.

by Rama,

that

the

Judy,

is

which

five

cradle

and

of

the

of

is

that

in which
twelve

January,
twelve

twenty-four days

up

lay

policeman,

the
his

the

before

the

of

on

solstice,

winter

twelve

this

of
found

be

to

the

on

month

or

sun

origin by

was

the

to

Archal

which

during

added

days

sun

after

days

Pana-

preserved in

birth-star

The
the

the

{panck) days week,

five

mothers.

on

wife

Indian

his

Indian

the

beats

the

of

his

who

with

proves

found

at

is also

Punch,

the

star

year-track of the

Lakshman,

quarrelling

of the

August

on

Peplos

circular

and

is

sun

Virgin

year

this

In

mid-year

the

the

her

He

that

is

these

make

Sita

always

drama

solstice

of

the

of

Nag-Panchami

6th

which

in

receives

Lakshman.

guardian
the

that

universally known

and

name,

is

those

solstice, yet

the

and

the

stars

first birth

winter

the

at

February,

"

story

followed

these

especially

the

though

Assumption

This

of

place

January

Athene

when

of

changes

successive

equinoctial guiding points.

takes

the

of the

through

sun

resting-places,and

and

second.]birth

15th,

the

the

from

bom,

was

of the

passage

eight-days week,

the

young

this

the

by

monthly

solstitial

the

Tages

perpetually recurring drama

told

bearing (inu^)

the

Naitoure,

the Etruscan

as

is

Chrofiology

funeral

pyre

fifteen-months

this

year.

That

this

various

year

forms

by eight-day
Maini.

in

of

ancient

weeks

They,

is

eighth god, the

the

Sccht

called

Maine

i.

Great

seven

sun-god

like

dutiful

; 4.

Maine

Epert^

greater

his

; 7. Maine

father;

Mingor,
than

of
As

Mathremail,

Athremail,

honey-bloom

year-history

Maini.

seven

find

we

depicted
a

was

proved by the Celtic

the

as

the

or

which

Lug

Bear

this

measured

year

week

of

stars

year,

these

in

eight

the

parents

originally

were

the

eight Maini

they

like

his

2.

3.

Maine

little

mother;

Morgor,

dutiful ;

5.

is said

; 6. Maine

And6e

(meaning unknown)

of

are

Maine

very

Maine

Milscothach,

mo

of

; 8. Maine

of the Myth' Making


cotageib Ule,
the

that

eighth.

They

night by Odin's
nine

nights

him

after

eight

warders

Airem,

who

the

of

year

survey

of

to

rule

return

times

to

before.

shooting

in
His

wife,

Pleiades
was,

into

the

as

the

also

Vega,

of

the

have

we

the

of the

one

of

of

leader

who

was,

of

goddess Athene,

and

shown
swineherd
in twelve

Rhys,

the

by

the

the
his

He

Lectures

swine
six

owned

he

for

his

had

1886,

also

Lect.

iv.

won

Pole.

originallythe

p.

326, changed
goddess-

the

as

; and

in

seen

the

olive
the

kept by

pp.

Pole

hundred

364"372,

like

Chapter
mother-

his

was

Star

mother

IV.
tree-

is further

year

hundred

six

Virgo,

perhaps she

sisters,the

with

connection
of

pig-sties,and
Hibbert

of

the

round

the
He

he

constellation

have

we

of

Orion.

in

child-bearing

year-bed

catalogue

Eumaeus.

as

was,

the

weaving

Gandhari,

Odusseus

god

144,

three

the

VI.

became,

sun

was

daughter of Ikarios,

Chapter

of the

He

Ikarios, whom

the

races,

now

several

Orwandil

going

as

have

year.

Rigel

of

Bootes, she

as

the

was
(injvTj),

but
in

stations

the

victor, like Arjuna, in


of

stars

of

born

year

mentioned

star

web

corn-growing

zodiacal

Penelope.
p.

the

seen

constellation
of

mother

leader

weaver

the

the

goddess

spinning-mother,

or

who

as

whom

Gavael-

Glewlwyd

have

the

of

and

of

was

the

and

ploughing-god

them,
sun,

and

guard

to

Danann,

the

wandering-god

toe

eight days

eight-day weeks,

whom

the

de

ninth

every

god of tlu Thigh,

as

Penelope, daughter

to

as

of

Northern

foot-race

for

great

married

was

Grip

Odusseus,

is

contest

whose

North,

the

sun-gods

year

This

the

originally

Great

sun-god

of

sun-god

placed

Arthur,

of Odusseus

this

of

warders

between

horse

the

week

Tuatha

of

year

the

with

The

who

This

of the

the

is the

eight rings dropped

court

white

Grey

the

Thigh

the

455

all,that

Lug's eight

king

the

was

F.
In

of

became

Brave

vaur.

them

ring Draupnir.

divided

eighth

the

are

is that

he

contains

Age.

Phoenician

sows,

lodged

boars

Lect.

who

vi. pp.

lived
hundred

and

them

food.

as

They

stars

Their

numbers

twelve-months

fiftysows

allotted

fiftygreat

daughters

of

daughters

of

of

of

Hindu

Priam, the fiftydaughters

wives

left behind

Troy,

of

They

were

hand

he

of

600

Nergal,

the

day

term

would

in

length, as

it must
of

and

sixty days,

each

explanation
Tithis

days.

or

have
the

it is divided

Sayce,

In

day

Homer,

of

the

Lectures

suitors.

that

and

the

six

hundred

must

have

those

which

the

eight

which

differ

Tithi

days

Vishtis
or

or

lunar

days, the
attach

we

three

of

three

made

make

difficultymay

of

days equalled

the

been

Great

the

that

from

six

months

twelve

year

of

year

and

days,

of

of

3.

whole

the

hundred

done,

thirty Tithis

"

that

meaning
six

days,

the

Odyssey^ xiv. 5
Hibbert

this

list of

contain

{Santbhava) Parva,
3

the

fifty mother-

the

and

year

of

suitors

lunar

given by Alberunl,

Homer,

to

went

reckonings, who

hundred

contained

year

parts differingfrom

'

fifty

he

Babylonian cycle

different

Odusseus

sixty boars

civil

the

fiftyservant-

the suitors

so

six

if this

{^gal)Ner,

and

Hindu

fifty

fiftysons

to

year

year-god

the

But

have

if the

it,and

of

years.

Great

the

contain

number

must

to

An

the
when

old

fifty days,

mean

months
is the

hundred

the

and

with

contest

of

fiftychildren

of twelve

Ner

in his

win

to

apparently

sows

of

the

and

mistresses

become

year-goddesses

fiftyanswer

moon,

by Odusseus

had

reckoning

this

These

the

replaced by the newly-recovered Penelope, whose

has

These

the

of Danaus,

Ithaca

twelve

the

be

to

were

whom

in

Argo.

time, Daksha=",

of

by Selene,

Endymion

in

'.

four

year-pigs of

Akkadians,

the

god

and

the

were

month

each

to

gods

the

they

boar-god, and

of the

year

were

the

to

that

show

killed
the

dogs,

Bear, Corvus

Sirius, the Great

Lokapala

by four

guarded

were

thrct

to

Penelope, who

of

suitors

the

sixty by

reduced

been

had

numbers

whose

but

outside,

Chronology

and

History

456

in

hundred

our

day.

found

length

of the

in
from

lunar

changes
days,

the
the

month
which

into
and

tional
frac-

of

up

up
be

hundred

the

first

22.

for

Ixvi. p. 189.

Odyssey y xxii. 419"429.

1887, Lcct.

iii. p.

183

MahabhSrata

Adi

of the Myth-Making
of

these

the

of p.

396

Tithis

we

of

But

use.

this year

that

he

his

power

after

in the

from

joy

vagabond

the

his

at

career

which

wanderings

as

This

unattached

an

the

marks

as

twenty-four lunar phases.

containing thirty, or
days,

would

be

contained

the
hours
and
is

sixty

of the

of

who

astronomers

of

year
months

they

mixed

decimal

their

system

this

is based

on

I
the

of

twenty-four minutes

divides

Sachau, Alberunl's

been

in

India,

have

Dravidian

the

day

each,
vol.

(Chaitra-ratha) Parva, clxxxii.


Ilomcr, Odyssey^ xrii. 327.

sketched

an

order

517.

each

of

7,200

of

time

by

the

this

as

national
the

eleven-

the

descent,
formed

reckoning,

is the

our

did

all

lowed
reckoning folOur

above.

mixed

measurement

sixty Ghatis
reversed

201

of

hundred

three

and

races

ii. chap. Ixviii. pp.


p.

day

instead

as

duodecimal
into

Tithi

Northern

of

this

Tithi
fifty,

of

observatories

North

the

system
and

used

Southern

his

each

contain
of

year

Southern

decimals,

time, which

Adi

the

in
year

would

astronomers

duodecimal

of

"

framed

months,

hours

600

measurement

in the

in

twenty-four,

our

of the

lunar-solar

if every

year

have

and

reckoning
in

head

with

united

it may

These

year.

before

Such

measured

horse's

the

each

8,640 hours

quite practical,and

each

contain

and

days.

our

equalling

his

presently, by

of twenty

; and

of

months

see

months

his

his feet

at

the

lunar

shall

year

days

would

month,

our

instead

600

hours

thirty days

of

720

This
twelve

of

one

twenty
of

month

of

of

we

resumed

account

of

sun-god

number

measured,

was

in the

number

statement

and

fell dead

Argo,

of

god

departure, when

his

since

year

2.

the

Ithaca,

to

same

ment
measure-

constantly repeated

constellation

return

epoch apparently
year,

his

the

Vadavamukha,

as

in the

twentieth

year-dog Argus,

by the
to

the

of

year

measured

was

this year

how

in the

use

find,perhaps, a clue

we

year,

returned

eleven-months

tell us

not

month,

distorted

of the

their

seen,

of Odusseus

eleven-months

the

have

we

as

does

from

apart

up

which,

as

Alberunl

But

1.

head

horse's

457

the

Vadavamukha,

of the

god

is made

Karanas,

days

is called

of the

name

year

of

Vishtis

Age.

"

or

by
203

the

hours

Baby-

; Mahabharata

History

45 8
whom

lonians,

from

system

provided

seconds

and

for

than

the

latter

The

the

on

be

main

pigsties for
boars

he

proof that
mark

his

on

left

was

he

sun-god

of

Raphon,

the

the

fountain

his

knee

that

The

The

boar

him

in

dust

with

gash

made

of

life

the

as

three

is

the

the

on

boar

nassus
Par-

of

Auto-

of

sons

independent

wound

right

the

given by

Baal

or

Pegasus, who

made

above

was

after

immediately

time.

complete

Bellerophon
This

to

hundred

further

by the

his horse

seus
Odus-

reckoning

year

to

ever
what-

him

prove

the

with

its foot

at

right

receiving

shoulder

last.

This

king

of the

mark

poet

the

tusk
his

shoulder

it

slew

and

as

he

told

story is
who

forest who

had

hunted

dies

imprinted

Homer,

one

on

of

defiance
that

which

his

he

thigh

would

slain

"

iv
die

fighting

have

only
the

Kovirjai
been

undaunted

last gasp.

before

Odyssey^ xix. 449

spear

forest fell in the

could

his

thigh,
struck

The

(hreaev

and

fightingto

Odusseus

the

as

kept straight

by him.

went

his foe

left

spearman's

stroke, and

he

of

grunt

left side, and

right leg. He

fighting monarch

dying

which

by

of

his

from

delivering his

the

and
the

told

his

advance

with
fbOKoiyp),

This

Thigh

hunting

boar

with

after

the

home,

the

the

charged past Odusseus

went

to

only

and

poet's description of the fight is thrillingly


graphic.

course

on

to

and

sacred

Hippocrene

was

his

North;

no

this, and

sun-physician,and

passed gashed

which

the

mountain

the

usefiil

the

{auto) shining (lukos) god, the

struck

it ^.

has

methods

sows

{yovvbs virep)^and

Odusseus

of

necessary

prove

while

slew

self

lycus, the

his

god of

into

more

bearing
explanation of the

this

only

alive

thigh by

which

on

of

argument

primaeval

sixty

time

Northern

old

hypothesis

year-god of the
twelve

he

this

it is

The

of

Orwandil.

story, for which


a

and

of

correctness

Dravidian

practical use,

of

tales

Odusseus

of

original story

for

the

much

was

calendar

rougher

the

historical

such

in

survived

fractions, it

superseded

was

division

elaborate

minute

more

As

calendar.

our

most

astronomers

hence

took

we

Chronology

and

^453.

he

left Ithaca

History and

460
of

Eurytus

between

the

mark

noticeable.
the

by

of
in

seven

the

zodiac.

In

these
his

of the

he

returned

faithful
make
hall

for the

way

Philoitios,the

of the

nose,

hands

ears,

that
be

sexless

The

the

(anti) key,
Homer,

"

Ibid., xxi

gods

at

Bethel.

goat-god,

Odusseus

as

beggar-

of the

to

central

Arcturus

and

his

died

by Eurycleia

the

of

night, those
At

the

and

; and

he
of

ape-god

buried
of the

end

brought

was

off,and

cut

were

from

after

went

gardener
the

of the

dwelt

with

his

376"391.

212

"

victory

Garden
his

of

216, 300
^

of God

wife

year-goddess

Odyssey^ xvii.

filler

his

out,

was

lated,
emascu-

the

Thigh

to

gnomon-pillar 3.

had

this he

the

who

doors

closed

the

tree

feet

and

changed

sun-god

Laertes,
In

is

of

the

slaughter Melanthios,

herdsman.

imprisoned suitors, the false gods

worship
oak

act

ing
succumb-

suitors,

Argo,

The

*.

were

went

only recognised by

was

ruler

all the

the

under

by Jacob

thus

always derided

constellation

year

ceeded
suc-

the

in

cattle

the

to

had

palace

slew

of the

ages

the

guardian-stars Virgo

two

then

Odusseus

new

heaven's

the

of

bound,

and

wanderings disguised

the

lunar

who

caught

was

from

Argus,

dog

He

who

our

of Odusseus,

and

his

in

which

goat

seasons,

despised sun-god,

the

man,

of the

twenty-

twenty-four

bedchamber

cup-bearer

been

the

twelve

Star

Aryaman,

star

axes,

were

suitors

Pole

the

bed.

the

as

had

cups

from

of

preceded by the capture

was

of heaven

treasury

Philoitios

Melanthios

suitors

arrow

star.

the

of

slaughter

heaven's

the

robbing
to

stay in each

goatherd, the

for the

arms

containing the

when

and

double

the

most

encircled

the

became

while

rests

monthly

the

Melanthios,
get

and

Rama,

sun

while

stars, which

victory of Odusseus

the

of

the

fight with

The

of

is

bird

Star

twelve

zodiacal

twelve

Pole

the

difference

contests

two

Draco,

through

furrow

mark

crescents

to

the

the

at

The

(epw).
the

in

at

aimed

shot

was

drawer

constellation

guardian

stations

of

aimed

Arjuna

Odusseus

the

Eurutos,

or

Chronology

"

visit

to

of the

Antikleia,
the

327,

father

Zendavcsta.
backward

retrograde Pole

369 if.,xx.

Ibid., xxiL

the

his

172

135"193,

"

184, 255.

474"477.

Star

of the Myth- Making


wedded

years

vernacular

He

of

father

the

of

the

sea

that

the

with
These

is shown

their

and

Stonehenge, denoting

at

Odusseus

Thus
is the

of the

sun

holy

This

sacred

tree

grew

at

out

of

the

as

the

When
him

'

to

they

Simpson,

dance

two,

The

the

p. 327;

14,

pp.

138 ff.

top.

round

signs

sun-circle
^

right thigh

been

planted
of the

and

to

was

him

over

to

keep
the

the

the

Thuparaina

the Italian
the

son

sun-god
him

for the

and

danced

and

gave

third

Garden

Ooraons

contents

beggar

they

in the

is
of

and

witches.
of

of

one

day gathering them.

one

their

eat

was

weddings,

Indian

Bcneventum,

surrounded

of

Roman

the

as

fruit of which

of

was

Pillars

the

sun-god

three

fairy came
with

him,

Odusseus.

nuts, told

king's daughter,

Lankarama

Dagabas

in

Adi
(Sambhava)
Parva, cix.
p. 361 ; Mahabharat.i
vol. ii.,Essay viii.,
Hewitt, Ruiing Races 0/ Prehistoric Times

Ceylon.* J.R.A.S.^ 1896,


13,

the

month

of

the

walnut-tree

round

danced

open

have

fruits

the

each, and
stars

the

on

of the

at

sold its fruit

who

opened

posts,

are

calendrical

pair

the almond-tree
the

the peasants
he

to

and

Kharwars,

As

Jews

It became

Eden.

is

temple

of this year,

as

begot

nut-tree,

bridal

the

the

by

believed

as

in the Mahabharata

conquering god

This

nut-tree.

before

scattered

central

god

thirty days

and

such

age,

Vishnu

meaning

god

surrounded

which

said

the

the

seasons,

this

the

of
are

creating fire-drill which

the

of

was

the earthly emblem


fruit-bearingtree-pillar,

of the

son

the

the

as

He

pillarssurrounding

thirty stone

the

by

posts

by Bhishma,

temples,

all Indian

where

Latinus,

tree-ape, the

Lats

plans of

tional
na-

deer-sun-god,

the

shrines, between

or

Garuda

and

erected

been

the

on

or

the

These

eagle cloud-bird

Garuda

Chaityas

have

of

first marked

Burmah,

by Chaityas

encircled

Roman

the

Mart-is.

which

in

Sando-paya

at

of the

Faunus,

Mars

Latin

Temples, built

Hindu

the

of

son

Lat, the

Pelasgian Lar,

form

denoting the months.

those

became

the

marsh-mother

or

sacrificial stakes

the

to

Latins,

Indian

Yupa, the sacrificial stake,

son,

the Greek

Maroti, the

Hindu

Sanskrit

eldest

or

was

the

Marica,

and

the

Larth,

father.

tree-trunk, the

gnomon

for

name

Etruscan

the

the

to

461

Age.

462

History
to

take

king.

From

and

gold
the

the

second

the

to

him

her

three
man

father

said

she

-god.

But

he

third

to

the

princess,telling her

bed,

and

then

as

her

secretlywedded

went

to

with

her

of

custom

had

the

when

choose

her

mate

Arjuna

and

the
We
forms

In

it with
how

its

this

Indian

Franche

Comt6,

laboured

earth

this scries

of
**

The

that

more

you

of

year

of

the

in

is

it

the

dog, and
beat

of

year
*

them

Leland, Etruscan

when

the

day

Penelope,

its

with

the

had
suitors

'.

and

trace

also

its

see

fruit, the

heaven.

to

came
be-

variant

We

through

like

and

walnut-tree

Italy.

This

lying-in mother
stricken

fruits, and

origin of

the

to

by the

Chapter,

in
the

like
we

old

is

find

in

rhyme,

tree,

the better

they'llbe,"

of the Buddha

and

Parikshii

stiH'gods.

survey

eight-day

year-bride,

numerous

and

walnut

the

Indian

summoned

the

the

as

historical

the

and

earth

yield

remained

beggar-sun-god,

to

ploughed

the birth

this

from

beaten

make

to

woman,

now

of
and

this

in

features

raised

as

I have

it,and

of the

became,

was

symbols

The

of

till she

it

competitors,

of

told

original

which

all

resume

tale

sun-god

tree-trunk

G.

story

historical

of the

open

contending

born

sun-god

walnut-tree-trunk

the

mother

of the

but

walnut-tree, who

the

vanquished

went

give the

to

to

suitors

from

another

to

But

age,

choice, the

her

against

the

allowed

out

mudi

so

daughter,

promised
not

this

of

peasant's garb.

father

of

his

of

self-choice

of

in

then

husband.

youth

Odusseus,

see

He

was

contending

the

exclaimed

who

and

came

or

Italy

among

chose
his

resumed

the

to

world,

princess had, like Drupadi

the

king, she

the

Swayamvara,

penetrated

came

himself

he

in the

was

the

nut

issued

hand

the

for

to the

him,

gave

there

nuts

husband,

moon

they

suit of clothes.

summer

asked

and

king

which

richest

the

splendid

refused, as

was

first of his

make

to

as

Chronology

of nuts,

basketful

and

of

weeks
Roman

the
the

history

of

the

sun-physician

RemaitiSi

pp.

193,

194.

sun-god
to

deal

of the Myth-Making
the

vith,
:he
in

II.

Chapter

Maya,

driving the
this

But

born

Great

Bear

who

was,

god,

physician, according

(January
birth
in the

third of his

births

the

in

was

sun

the

when

his

earliest
the

told

history,as
existence

Aries,
born

sun-god

follows

in

The
the

the

furrow

the

of

Sita round

the

Bnddha,

B.C.,
his

in

about

Maya

of

the

David,
pp.

the

the

at

was

Buddhist

and

the

Buddhas,

light, the

nascent

Nakshatra

stars,
in the

equinox,

ploughing-god Ram,
heavens

his

.cycle-yearwho

autumnal

born

2.

which

is

then

borne

In short

who

he

was

Dipankara,

told

pp.

2fr.

in

in

The

equinox
ten

lunar

story of this conception

calculation

Stories:

autumnal

solstice,after

standing

of
{sila)

Birth

at the

summer

67, 78.

Ibid., Sumedha

of the

in

was

twenty-seven

it is the

And

Himalayas
rock

he

three-years cycle.

sun-god

solstice

mother

Rhys

the

gestation.

plain {tal)of

'

of the

conceived

summer

the

at

mother

of this

god

Sal-tree

"

the

successor

months

His

82CX)

February,

"

Nidanakatha,

meaning

Aries,

sun-god beginning

at

when

{Osadha) god

first of the twenty-seven

the

city of Ram-ma,

was

January

month

of the

days

twenty-seven

birth-star

the

medicine

first of the

the

as

the

in

preceded him, Dipankara


the

in

Gemini,

entered

{Yanta) gods

Twin

great

Gemini

had

about

was

B.C.

10,200
In

in

was

sun

the

as

the

he

birth,

March,

"

his

of

say

he

sun-

Magha

entered

sun

his Vessantara

in

of

is to

B.C., after

62CX)

February

heaven

birth

Mah-osadha

in

Gemini,

the

when

wealth

of

the Yamaloka

and

born

in

account

That

equinox.

pigs.
the

as

tradition

orthodox

the

in

about

equinox,
heaven

Tusita

the

original

goddess

seven

born

see,

was

year,

Star

the

of

shall

we

the

was

vernal

at

the vernal

at

as

the

born

constellation

to

February),

"

Pole

Thibetan

seen

mother

His

Sal-tree.

god,

have

we

goddess ruling this

Tara, the

or

as

was,

the

of

the

Magha,

Marlchi

otherwise

who

sun-god,

31,

p.

of

form

Indian

the

Buddha,

this

of

birth-stories

all the

of

graphic

most

463

Age,

in

the

Nidanakatha.

spirit to
the

the

Great

Mano-Sila-tal

(mano), the
Nidanakatha,

world's

Birth

of

the

History and

464
She

gnomon-tree.

angels, the four


bathed

They
cool

pool

laid

her

the Anototta, the

in

bath

who

Gan-isha,
side

right
Sal

the

of

town

This

Lumbini

grove

Bharatas,

in

angels

Su, the

thakaras,

his

his

mother

him

All

world

hand,

wedded
this

Rhys David,

under

of the

parents

took

all

birth

with
that

in
was

white

the

(ydrnd)

twins

he

the

Nidanakatha,

by

the

other

the

the

was
was

births

two

the

of

Tir-

Jain

historical

same

under

place

god Krishna,

under

those

He

stars.

of the

the

pala
Loka-

nomena,
phe-

guardianship of

Gemini.

stars

he

zodiacal

constellation

births, like

by

four

to

according

is

branch
the

the

of

hence

This

Birth

py. 62, 63.


Ibid., Birth of the Buddha,

born

hymn

medicine,

Buddhist

Sandal

sun-god

Vedic

pp.

sun-physician

Stories:

66"68.

the
of the

to

Soma.

he

was

came

wood

(chando)\

moon

moon-tree,
He
called

medicine-plant

The

he

Chandanasaro

(sdro) of

tree

the

was

the

as

Dream,
^

Mallis,

of the

Sanket, the place

strides

which

accompanied

darika, Medicine-child

"

KafHla-

to

the

Su-yama,

by

his

Mahosadha

that is to say
Suria

in the

bom

by the

skin

seven

birth, followed

were

the

Su-yama,
the

of

of the

antelope

took

first birth,

and

into

ha

entered

race

received

star-net

Gemini,

above.

In

the

{suddhd) seed, and

Nanda,

was

the

on

over

stars

His

named

in

out

Mahosadha

the

born

net, the

held

born.

and

common

counterpart

Thqr

Elast, and

was

of the

and

rise.

elephant cloud-god

pure

was

Radha

antelope, and

umbrella
of

who

is the

when

stepped

black

the

the

lake,the

met.

sun-child

thence

villagegrove

Maya,

assignation,where

the

conceived

city of Suddho-dana,

Koliya the

the

to

as

"

rivers

North-east,

thus

sun-god

Lumbini,

the

The

the

from

came

The

'.

grove

vastu,

of

her

sun-god appeared before

young

head

her

with

Lokapala

four

not-heated

"

the mother

water, whence

her

the

by

quarters of the heavem

four

ruling the

stars

of pure

after

thither

brought

was

her

Chronoh^

Nidanakatha^

told

the
his

Osadha-

planted

was

Maha

Ma)i's

oJ[the Myth' Making


in

earthenware

an

shall

the

see

His

pot, his first

among

the

Kuru-Panchalas

at

February), and
after

of

Hercules,

of

Cacus,

on

the

the

the

dukes

nine

other

or

of

Thus

the

five-day

ritual, while
twelve
the

the

Hindu

nine

tree, the

central

royal province

His

shadow
the

the

of

Festival

by

the

of

the

Mallis

remained

to

"

Legge,

Li-chtf The

of

of

an

Central

the

Jambulike

Jambu-dwipa.
as

senting
repre-

parent.
13;

of

the

original birthIndia, brought

shrine

Ling, First month,

and

countries.

description

from

Kapila-vastu, the

Viieh

times

earthly embodiment

This

2.

Kapila, their yellow {kapila)divine

Chinese

nine

stationary

point, the

Kuru-Panchalas

of two

ministers

under

point

clearly taken

is

each.

royal village,which

centre

Star

Pole

the

the

in the

seated

ministers,

Hindu

in

in both

have

to

the

and

the

and

nine

seven,

ploughed
of

his

and

Chinese

steadfast

central

motionless

Ploughing
legend

is said

of

ploughing

forward

one

nine

the

was

the

and

was

The

his

is recalled

ploughing

February,

"

provinces five,and
At

in the

and

death

the

three

week

parent-tree

the

of

the

of

commemorated

furrows

at this

Buddha

The

weeks

nine-days

ministerial

ploughing

each

furrows,

furrows,

one

the

to

constellation.

frontier

two

January

same

hundred

is

ploughs

in

Magh

festival held

Chinese

each^

one

year

the

was

golden plough

were

Chinese
of

seasons

of

ploughed

there

whom

of

given

Monday

the

in

place

plough festival,

our

It

in the

nine

with

to

ploughs three

governors

backward,

took

seen,

beginning

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other

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year

ministers

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moon

Emperor

three

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forward

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sun

have

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name

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day

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at

was

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in

Monday

when

public
This,

commemorated

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of

(January

465

meaning presently.

first appearance

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Age,

of

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the

ancient

apparently

S.B.E., vol. xxvii. pp.

2S4" 255.
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Rhys

Davids, Buddhist

Birth

Stories

Feitival, pp. 74, 75H

The

Nidanakatha,

The

Ploughing

466

History and

the

Indivfdual

founder

of

Church,

was

by

the

Siddharta

the

Chinese

Confucius,
Hebrew

about

550

the

birth

for

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themselves

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to

this

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prophets.

of

of

and

practical perfection which


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faiths

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of

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life, had

the

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present.

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together by
older

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forms

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history

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names

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personal

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conscience,

metaphysical

away.

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desire

life and

for

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period of

passed

individualityand
belief

the national

yearly recurring round

the

teacher

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spirit of this

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great

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moral

religiousaspiration after

awakening

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path^

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Asia.

born

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wave

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awakening

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Southern

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period that
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their

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and

preacher, teacher

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B.C.

men,

of

task

of

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Gotama,

reh'gious organisation the

great

born

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meanings

arose

answers

older

which
to

the

handed

down

teacher

imbued

discover

truth

the

of

with
and

and

born

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eclipticpath
the young

as

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of the

his

his first task

career

sun-god

born

was

mother,

the eleventh
Gotami

Maha

who

had

brought

after his birth.


as

was,

She

shall

we

the

mother-river

Buddha

started

of

birth

most

is told

in

important

chapter

in

father's

Channo,

groom

the

sun

lunar

of the

goddess

months.

Saint,
',

or

the

was

eleven-months
birth

when

sun-god,
the

first

was

the

that

historical

conceived

national

in the
in its

him

They

took

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thirty stars

capital

of the

Pegasus

of Lakshman

1 1., the

(dhdrd)

the

days

seven

Golden

the

stream

as

Magha,

Prajapati Orion,

VI

sun-physician,
in

Kaccani,

mother

Rahulo's

story

whose

myth
the

made

history telling of

the

popular theology.

left his

his

of

goddess

career

life,the

star- horse

kept

his

on

Rahu,

died

of thirteen

after

days

and

revolution
He

of this

his

form

[yaso)

sons

seven

history

of

Chapter

year

young

year-mothers, preceded

Kaccani,

renowned

was

whose

the

of the
Bhudda

of the

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year.

in

see

on

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mother

female

the

sun

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or

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lead

successor.

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when

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mother,

Yasodhara,

beget

Theris,

up

ruling the first month


Rahulo's

When

Pajapati, the sister


him

passed

yearly round

the

took

Nidanakatha,

Buddhist

of the

by

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in

unnamed

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Rahulo,

as

to

ties
difficul-

mental

his

in

Year.

to

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year-god who

stars

was

re-birth.

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life

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as

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sun-god

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by

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the

Gotama,

with

sympathy

rare

of

picture of

religious zeal,

birth, growth, extinction,


It

the

in

posterity Siddharta

to

others, was

through

forms

changing

Consequently

time.

measures

of

of the

manifester

successive

Chronology

and

History

468

year
the

story

of

right course

on

his

of eleven

horse

months,

concealed

Rama,

the

through

the banks

Hardy,

Manual

of the

of Buddhism,

hidden
the

river

counterpart
power

furrow

the

which

of heaven.

heavenly

called

p. 155.

the

accompanied

the

one,

thirty yojanas through


to

Kanthika,

Anoma

circle
the

of

the

consecrated
illustrious,
whom

to

This,

the

as

the

was

god,
It

he

that
took

the

place.

the

then

head,

Nidanakatha,

the

eight requisites

the

three

sixty Ghatis

the

as

to

these

four

To

year.

pruning-knife, which

river-born

symbolized

year

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in

; and

(3)

the

and

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of the

birth.
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vol.

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into

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of Kanthika,

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ii., pp. 71"82,


The

year

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of

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bound

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vol.

ii.,Essay vii.,

73, 82.

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in

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Stories, pp. 79, 82, 85, 40;


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the

of

hair; (2)

eighth day

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journey after

Pegasus,

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the

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days

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eighth requisite commemorating


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the

all

united

the

days, nights, weeks

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were

sun-physician

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to

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into

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minutes

winter

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threading-needle, which
together

the

grow

firstfruits of

the

race

and

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which

fruit

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in

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sun-god.
and

of

sun-god
in

twenty-four

gave

year

culation
cal-

stated

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method,

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the

Archangel

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recorded

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which

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the

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the

autumn,

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Nala,

as

custom

of

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spring, summer,

next

the

of

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planted

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to

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day

earth, that

his

sacred.

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career

by the

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time

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polled

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of

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epoch

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began

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into

annual

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338 ff.

pp.

story of Nala

reached

birth

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horse's

VI.

history of

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Age.

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pp.

86"88.

History and

476

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of

year
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land

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birth

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thousand

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face

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history

Brdh,, xiii.

276, 282,

the

the

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as

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on

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of

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him

at

Chukra-varti,

trading merchant

the

Casks

; the

threw

then

Vessantara

the

as

of

primitive villages had

which
his

equinox
god

wet-god

sun-god

(9) darkness

revolving
the

became

entered

the

heralded

the

launched

He

oil-press of

heavenly

the

week.
barb

**a

of

year

from

(2) rain, (3) rocks, (4) lightnings,(s)

(i) wind,

the

him

(vi) victory

new

vernal

charcoal, (6) ashes, (7) sand, (8) mud,

days

double

by Sakko,

He

by Mara,

against

of the

of

three-years cycle.

of

in

eastern

progress,

make

to

his

on

coming

that

eclipticyear-circlethe god

storms

the

\s

successor

attacked

was

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the

the

he

{uttara)^blown

Mara

his

himself

ape,

his

stopping

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equinox.

star

(marom)

tree

festival,whidi

eight-rayed star,

seated

eight-rayed

to-

powder*

March).

"

sun-god, begetting

red

or

Huli

the

Star

of

the

of

the

grass,

{Grislea

Ahur

the

Phalgun (February

by the Vijayanuttara trumpet,


(jaydj

beUrica\

Dhowra

at

baik

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{Tenninalia

parent

the

the

of

moon

lovers

the

Pali

chebuU^

Arjuna
of

in

ing
mean-

{Termifialia

Kusha

the

throne

the

to

is

Bengal.

of

traditional
the

Hari-taka

their

on

the full

ends

allied

in

physidan,

Galava,

Sap,

or

Munjit {madder)^ forms

and

by

of

father

Lodh

tinctoria) flowers

{morinda

mentosd)

called

that

tree

Soma

ever-moving

first

the

as

His

'.

pure

racemosa,

with

bom

Buddha

the

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Symplocus

when

the

the

{dhanv\

thought, was

of

counterpart

tree

Chronology

{antart) flowing stream

of intellectual

in

and

History

474

whose

god,
46, 47.

who

the

making
uid

blind

He

equinox,
birth

"f his

the

emal

Kanha

nd

of

children

twin

Krishna

or

lunar

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un-god,

spent

renounced

nd

Suria,

ciaiden

the

his

wife
whom

he

had

mountain,
the

honey-queen,

the

Maddi,

been

of

the

which

crooked

or

black

Chapter VIII.

that

was

sun,

Vanka-giri,

on

to

the

by

net,

married

sun-

Soma,

as

moon-god.

he

of

norning

the
he

rises

at

the

the

and

South-west

Nineteen
rasun

place of

the

there

Vajrasun
and

silver

seventy-six,

and

end

of

the

found,

were

other

Rhys Davids,

She

is called

F.

Buddhist
Krishna

Manual

PiDCott,

'

as

This

Buddha.

{vajra) throne
the

There

stones.

19

4, disks.

walk,

which

Birth

stones

Stories

Jina in the

ur

pp.

form

Path
the

to

of

VajBudh

at

relics

the
in

gold,
relics

gold

small

small

two

nineteen

were

precious

In

running

the

nineteen

are

tween
be-

Underneath

of

number

the

spent

Buddha

holy Pipal-trce.
found

Vajrasun

the

on

then

walk

is close

of

the

He

spot, and

known

of BucUihism,
The

this

as

North-east,

solstice.

summer

North-east,

Buddha's

among

nineteen

Hardy's

or

the

to

went

the

were

precious

year

made

the

thunder-bolt

or

Gaya,

of

new

Pipal-tree he

to

Steps

his

Pipal-tree, and

days standing steadfastly on

from

under

sat

of

days

seven

eighth day

sun

this

and

the

the

seven

the

he

god

/essantara

vhence

first

the

During

in

measured

not

year,

sacred

year

of the year

of

year

the

at

conquering

hirteen

Pandavas

account

Jali, the

god

Krishna) goddess, the goddess Durga


the

the

Mahabha-

the

Kanlid^

months,

the

the

is,the

that

Jina ^,

walk,

to

Gemini

was

Vessantara

the

by

'.

in

see

entered

This

B.C.

birth

April) with

"

shall

which

sun

6200

about

lame

circling-sun of

the

of the

the

hear,

(March

we

as

his

sun-physician

Cheit

in

475

celebrated
to

the

become,

horse

white

deaf

as

Parikshit,

as

Mara,

the

see,

year

to

equinox

the

his

began

rernal

to

all diseases

by healing

ata,

of

flight tlie armies

to

puts

Age.

Myth-Making

i/ie

of

stupa,

trays

of

near

relics

lapis-lazulibeads

3.

The
of

NidaiiakathCi, pp.
the

Buddhist

96

"

104.

birth-storygiven

180, 181.

Thunderbolt

seat

of

the Mahabodhi

Temple.

'

History

476
these

That
sacred

nineteen

objects

zodiacal

by
and

by

are

and

revelation.

by

The

prophet

who

Bab

or

Stars,

of

as

all,

in

divided

r's

enlightenment

Koran

is the

the

invocation

of

himself
Twin

the

of

in the

are

and

360

their

Babis

the

there

but

361 days
The

days.
in

as

year,

each

chapter

nineteen

Buddha,

the

Among

nected
con-

IX.,

Chapter

the
Bis-

ing
letters,count-

total numbers

the

letter,and

one

as

seen,

probably

of

year

Shia

Gemioi

called

days each,

are

have

history of

weeks,

the

stars

number
year

the

there

and

inspiration, and

of

beginning

Rahim

the

who

with

of

Gate

fount

the

A.D.,

we

faith

authorising

as

1843

as

was,

new

nineteen

than

Bali

The

divine

equinox.

into

of

more

Rahmani'r

the
is

the

vernal

record.

Hosain,

or

Persia

of

in

year

in

Babis

mystic schools

that

months^

Persia

this

began

the

not

day
of

mi'llahiV

thirteen

clearly connected

and

Nukta

months

one

sentence

of

are

of the

Gate,

It

at

are

cite

Babis

year

now

measured

years

by the

nineteci;
of

solar

eighteen-months

seen,

nineteen

year

they

of

the

eighteen disciples,a

360 days.

months

the

in

introduced

the

have

we

measurement

I will

Hasain

the

were

with
year

the

used

year

arose

afterwards

and

him

with

with

Persia^ whose

twins

the

first the

the

revival

of

Mahommedans
ruled

series

lunar

the

But

probably

are

the

recipients of special

be

new

than

which

sect

and

to

evidence, which

other

to

forms

its

proved by

new

claim

in

stars

be

to

seems

steps

connected

were

alien

more

year

Chronology

and

of

Chapters

114=19x6^
The

White

the

Epona,

is oriented

to

stone

Transactions

falls

of

North-east
marked

The

Heel.

Friar's

on

the

temple
of

Horse

the

solstice

summer

month

the

astronomical

the

in

this

days of

nineteen

Ninth

sun

this

year

of

the

British

at

risingpoint
by

shadow

the

thrown

line

the

the

of

Congress

of

the

This
of

sun

called

1892,

it and

vol.

i. pp.

248.
K.

G.

Browne,

The

Babis

of Persia.'

J,Rul,S.t 1889,

the

the

risingbehind

sun

intervening between
of Orientalists^

goddtsa

Stonehenge.

gnomon-stone

by the

sented
repre-

are

PP*

921

"

^i.

the

247,

of the
It is

sun-circle.

this line that

on

sacrifice of animal

in

Inside

this

pairs
is

from

brought

of

Sarsen

pillars to

months

of

of

sun-altar
the

in

the

lintel

of

in

These

two

horse-shoes

of

the

stones,

indicate

of

fourteen

the

earlier

twenty-eight days each,

which

of

the

outer

the

to

of

the

The

When
was

Or

of

age

of

diorite

perhaps by
I wrote

connected

this

is

the

so

by

horse-shoes
of

many

god worshipped
other

horse-shoes

lunar

of

days

of
of

months
of

year

twelve

thirty stones

the

of

with

year.

fourteen

the

the

arrangements

; the

the

year

outer

united

diorite

the

of

belonging

measurements

sun-horse

is

in

stones

nineteen

steps

2.

correctness

Hewitt,

on

by

year

the

of

is

the

preceded the

only

the

occurs

Buddha

nineteen

the

'

earlier
nineteen

which

the

circle,and

forty

horse-shoe

or

thirteen

denoted

and

thirty days

four

added

pair

measurements

of

months

solstitial

sun-god of Orion's

year

of

phases

lunar

and

forty, the

each

the

the

the

sun-horse,

them

drawn

denote

stones

IX.,

and

represent

must

paired

thirty-six

South-west

behind

clearly,like the
year

stones

Derbyshire, which

stones,

sun,

month.

Chapter

semi-circle

neighbourhood,

the

rites of the

bloodless

the

To

These

top.
of the

Horse

hills

chalk

the

at

stone

Sarsen

the

been

to

from

circle, is

fourteen

have

number

"stones, and

diorite

white

this

sandstone

the

of

White

the

of

To

the

quarries,

the

first Pleiades

the

increase

of

of

year

of the

year

Orion.

of

local

probably

the

is formed

thirty-six syenite

three-years cycle.

centre

horse-shoe
a

like

micaceous

nineteen

of

see,

five-day weeks,
the year

of

eighteen-months

shall

we

as

and

years

the

of

for

stone

sun-circle

thirty days

indicate

', to

477

sacrificial

produce

the

circle

older

the

the

represent

an

of

was,

one

to

Age,

placed. The

stones,

Dartmoor

half-months
which

is

victims

by thirty lofty Sarsen


joined

f/i-Making

My

water

Ruling
this
with

fact of the connection

up

Races

this

hypothesis

stones

of

the Avon

from

of

Prehistoric

to

as

Stonehenge
the sacred
Times
^

worship

between

of

it and

the
the

Buddha,
Buddha's

meaning

is

corroborated

diorite rocks

of

Essay viii.,pp.

descriptionof Stonehenge, though


the

the

had

nineteen

saw

not

that

Britany.
138

"

the

144.

temple

yet grasped

steps.

of

the

History

478
the

by

Cornwall,

the

Boscawen

its

which

apparently

must

months

nineteen

The

the last of the

in

spent

was

The

steps.

three

of

month

fourth

Pitaka,

year

thirteen

Pipal-tree and
he

where

thinking
ethical
He

the

at

back

to

the

there

Ahriman.

Discontent,

void

and

of

that

that

is

measure

of

2nd
"

Abid-

the

in

year

month

of

he

left the

of

the lunar
Bo

or

Banyan-tree,

or

his

of

task

his

all

of

system

Thurnam,

on

edition, chap.

or

into
union

their

germ

on

p.

like

of

being

views

two

thought

they ignored
of

Darkness,

the

Lubbock,

or

form
was
existence
non-

change,
evolved.

was

origin and

inconceivable

Vedantists,
iv. ;

of

or

These

".

system

the

was
as

creating

Hegel, that

desire

the

Arati,

algebraic

activity by

Megalithic Circles, Decade


v.

the

their

which

they believed,

say,

Craving,

the

the

like

season

Tanha,

were

the evil

of

Sattwa, Completion

; and

things, and

self

winter

parallelwith

are

proposition

the
in

and

daughters

the

metaphysicians

stirred

say,

underlying

the

to

from

is to

Desire

the

was

That

the

of the

next

philosophy, Tamas,

Sankhya

Rajas,

enunciating

and

of

completing

three

called

are

Raga, Lust,

the

creating-gods
based,

by

week.

Nigrodha

of

god

They

principles of

of

the

nineteen

built

the

principles

by the

tempted

angel Mara, originallythe

the

the

books

seven

in

fundamental

of

North-west

its end

fifth week

Chapter VIII.,

religion.
was

Zend

the

sun-god,

twenty-oi"-

house

seven-days

and

the

in

last of

the

of

year

the

the

of

organised

months,

the

out

of

was

went

spent

say,

the

as

path

to

the

out

to

is

week

fourth
of

that

first year

series,the

This

thought

the

jewels

stones,

'.

year

passed

sacred

he

hamma

he

of

making

down

and

up

week

seven

where

weeks

stows]

neighbourhood

Buddha

the

of

seventeen-months

walking

Bo-tree,

birth

diorite

of nineteen

months

days each

seven-day

the

angels of the

this

the

mean

of the

and

circles,each

of nineteen

week

third

days

hundred

four

are

Chronology

Cornwall, whence

of

brought, for there, near

were

in

circles

stone

and

rather

Prehistoric

the

they
Times,

117.

BaUantyne, Sankhya Aphorisms of Kapila^ Book

i., Aphorism

61, p. 71.

Age.

of tfu Myth'MakinfT

interpreted this
this

the

was

germ

self

sole

does

nothing itself

Tao,

the

whole

differ

life

Tao

the

but

from

In

death.

Is free from

With

this

was

the

rain, which

was

to

rise to heaven

cloud-bird

It

these

was

vain

as

the

into

and

being

to

whom

he

she

or

and

lifetime,
consecrated

the

his

to

be

to

end

of

this
he

incapable

the

and

of

of the

Zends

Jews,
'

them

cast
to

enquire
fact

by cultivating his
blessing to

all

indirectlyduring their
the

other

being defiled

of

tations
temp-

accept the

earth

to

fifth week
left

Legge,

and

The

rainy

and
the

Texts

the

edible

Aaitanguld), the

b^inning
of

them

able

germ

he

and

no

Self.

the

bid

directly or
the

return

be

to

were

followers

on

elephant-

the Vedantist

his

was

existence

the

seems

which

by

fruit which

the

there

earth

to

from

and

cobwebs

philosophy,and

influenced

mother-tree

tonia

Desire

Sankhya

Syrian fig-tree.This

the

brought

analysis

existed, and

tempters,
first

was

meditating Buddha,

make

as

their will *.

world

so

by

in

sin

existence.

future
At

of

still

of

frivolous, forbade

them

of

moral

the

to

mysteries

each

that

in

poet,

aim,

emanating

sun

makes

Chinese

the

mother-tree

the

metaphysical

offered
aside

and

the

between

the

as

Gan-isha,

difference

which

in

generated

natural

of

spark which
of

and

rest

right as

driving-germ

path,

name

all external

All things go

It

ordained

electricityis

vital

desire, at

no

the

on

words

Simplicity without

the

Chinese,

Simplicity,which

electric

the

with

path charged

or

Vedantists

recurring succession

inherent

the

of the

Tao

round

the

to

Nameless

drives

annually

; it is

phenomena

the
reality,

ruling will,the

and

indwelling

aspiration. But

as

479

Ijul
season,

Cymric

Banyan-tree

fruit

or

and

the

which

the

of Taoism^ Introduction;

been

nut*tree

the

to

consecration

of

(Barring-

oak, flowering
had

of the

sophical
philo-

went

Mucalinda-tree

Indian

Druids,

walnut-tree

before

the

was

wrestling with

of

the
of

sacred
the

witch-mothers.

S.B.E., vol. xxxix.

the

at

oak

Todas
It

was

p. 26.

History

480
this that

under

the

completing
creating

Central

small

with

of

fruit

which

the

and

Betul

When

the

and

underlying
and

merchants

from

the

kingdom,

cake

and

show

them

Tapassu

star

He

is

of

the

after

the

of

eight gods
eighth.
Diksha,
the
'

They

or

Mahabharata

variant

form

Their

the

dients
ingreof the

sun-god
as

Nagalata

the

nut

is

tooth-

Piper

or

eaten

as

the
the

who

Kurus,

had

Hindi

Bear,

and

in

the
to

and

Bhalluka,

the

king

god

of the
the

overcome

is

form

represents

the

short, they represent

the

which

of

called

of

the

Gayatri

metre

xciv.
the mad

pp.

the

sun

is the

Tapas, Penance, and

which, according

Kalmashapada

rice-

sun-maiden-

Bhalluka

in

Parva,

the

the

him

Baluk,

caskets

(Sambhava)

him

to

eight-rayed
heating-sun (tap).

and

eight-rayed star,

of the story of

of

rays

enabled

the

Adi

brought

Samvarana,

Great

year-sap

travelling

two

Tapassu

Panchalas

two

by

who

the

the

being,he

human

burning-one,

to

time

spiritual pw-

given by Vashishtha,

wife

the

of

going North-west

heated

was

Vashishtha

are

make

were

eight

knowledge,

calculation

every

names,

Tapati, the

Consecration,

Soma

who

Jambu-dwipa,

of

of

of

the

Pyar almond-tree

Bhalla, the

bear
stars

seven

by

represent

Akshauhinis

ten

rf

Sakko

astronomical

South,

altar-flame, as

Bharatas,

of

the

of

the

Myrobolan-trce

gained complete

attainable

represents

form

mother
of

to

of

which

honey-cake.

bf

the

from

principles

the

under

middle

fed

was

one

to

which

thus

the

of

arts

possible

visited

was

had

sun-god

the

fection

he

seen,

sacred

thorn
of

creeper,

mastered
the

of
forest-people

the

or

have

received

also

periodof

his

rice-eatingHindus.

all

digestive by

and

the

on

by all

Haritaka

powder,

digestive the

the

Betul,

sustenance

forty-ninth day

we

wed!

seventh

Raja-yatana-trce
Chironji-tree, bearing

or

eaten

as

red
He

equinox.

cleaner

Pyar

the

of

was,

Hull

his

under

passed

the

On

the

Calculation,

vernal

he

almonds,

India.

Sakko

of

The

eight-rayed star-god

latifolia),the

fruit like

week.

forty-nine days

preparation

(Bucfutnonia

Chronology

sixth

his

spent

of the

rice

Pentecostal

he

and

to

the

Brahmanas,

of the
280,

king,

281.

told in

year

of the

This

Chapter

is

VI.

"

stars

He

'.

slain

was

his

Dusshasana

was

of the
of

eleven-months

sana's

name

Its four
the

seasons

and

raven,

{shasa),who

counselled

DrupadI

Pandavas
the
to

summer

be

his
he

thighs.

the

was

god of

wealth

the

the

left

parent-thighs that

Bhima,

the

of the

champion

the

combatant,

the

be

which

gradually

all of

you

of the

seasons

In

ruling god
in

god
of the

of

Mahabharata

'

with

meets

fight^."
year,

to

which

all the

and

the

Kauravya

of

one

the

god

the

of the

those

the

year
with

meet

the

was

five

the

summer

this

quering
con-

the

gods

solar-year by breaking

Mahabharata

Drona

{Abhimanyu-badha)

Parva,

Mahabharata

Adi

divans

Mahabharata

Sabha

{Anadyuta)^

Mahabharata

Sabha

{Anadyuta) Parva,

Mahabharata

Shalya {Gu^-AyudAa)

12.

xlix. 13,

14, p. 147.

ana) Parva, Ixiii. p. 180.

havatar

had

claimed

between

war

other

army

Like

of

It

solstice.
ended

"

dhana
Duryoor

represented

iv. 19, p.

selected

as

I shall

(Swarja-rohanika) Parva,
(A

of

said,

seasons

was

summer

who

he

death

Pandavas

by

single combat

challenge

he

year

god of the

the

as

the

for

year,

was

by showng

challenge Duryodhana

Bhima

the

summer

duel

The

and

eleven-months

'

his

of the

ending with

season

in

contest

annihilated.

in

the

accepted

finally
by

husband

her

was

the

Shakuni,

with

tree-ape, when

the

Maroti,

Pandavas

decide

to

been

of

son

slain

was

and

season

eleven-months

the
it

of the

son

4, when

husband

seduce

thigh, and

he

{dus)

This

to

Shakuni

Karna,

gambling

of

god

Duryodhanal

rainy

season.

sought

As

of

sons

Dussha-

of this year,

autumn

in

hot

the

who

Duryodhana,

left

two

to

of

raven

eleven

another

choose

lost their

had

the

ill-omened
the

ruled

to

list of

that

after

the

Dusshasana,

moon-hare

ruling god

by Duryodhana,

ruled

were

the

months

the

second

comes

the

rf

brother

and

seen,

have
In

ruled

who

Dhritarashtra,

*.

Dhritarashtra

year.

Pan-

and

of Dusshasana

we

as

was,

final battk

Kauravyas

the

son

of

son

who

Duryodhana,

the

slayer was

became

poem

day of the

twelfth

the

on

fought between

eighteen days

davas, and

of this historical

all the heroes

when

moon-god
of

Chronology

History and

482

Parva, Ixxvi. pp.

202,

204.

Ixxi. p. 191.

Parva, xxxii. 17, p. 127.

of the Myih'Making
both

the

thighsof Duryodhana

of the age
The

when

wife

North

of

Pole

of the

time

Great

Star

sister

Bear,

who

final defeat of the

Ashvatthaman,
Df

the

entered

the camp

was

Mara

of the

by the

destruction

in

threw

the

into

Arjuna.
of

the death

and

the

Drona,

After

the

tree-trunk,the

god

which

the

by night

prepared

wombs

the

of

threw

the Kusha

of the

sun-physician. This

of Kusha

lap

of

all the

slew

livingheirs,
when

their final

for

weapon

Pandava

into the

birth,

Ashvatthaman

slain.

been

and

without

Pandavas

the

Duryodhana,

his Vcssantara

on

Pandavas

creating blade

grass

constellation

charioteer

entered

Pandavas
the

Uttara, the

was

Polar

and

DrupadT, leaving
Abhimanyu had also

arrested

moon-god,

stars.

{Ficus religiosa)under

tree

of

as

by the fixed

to

leader

killingthe

Uttara, the

of

son

Ashvattha
defeated

of

Kauravyas

the

Buddha

sons

the

Abhimanyu,

thus

', and

reckoned

was

483

Age,

which

grass,

Galava

as

women

he

Bir-bhadra, the mother

engendering grass begettingthe


withering of
sun-god liable to yearly death by the winter
intended
to
the offspringof Uttara
nature
was
to
cause
belong

frustrated
dying gods, but Krishna
raise again to
by declaring that he would

this class of

to

intention

this

life the

dying child

of

years

sixty
The

release

the

the

sun-god,

the Pole

hymn

who

The

Mahabharata

ICahabharata

*.

of the

to

the

wedding

which
was

gem

the

forth
hence-

became

yearly way

the

was

by

of

mother

and

moon-god,

wedding
in

in his

round

eclipticstars.

father

the

year-god

the gem

This

his

made

goddess-bird,who

brought

Gemini.

earth

and

the

Soma,

were

Star

path

that

see

cycle

ended

Pandavas

residing in the year-god, who

in the

we

the

and

last

the

resigning to them

undying sun-god

the heavens
Thus

of his

ruler of heaven
force

creative

for

world

the

Ashvatthaman,

mother-tree,

condition

on

him

made

between

of the

age

rule

would

Parikshit,the circlingsun.

as

contest

of the

who

and

in the
the

the

I i 2

marriage
the

Ashvins,

Mahabharata

"

sun-maiden,

Vedic

Shalya (Gut-^yudha)Parva, Iviii. p. 227.


Sauptika Parva, xiii. 18 22, xv. 27"35,

48, 52" 53-

Parikshit,

is

stars

described

xvi.

"

16, pp.

as

alliance

an

the

of

sons

of

after

Arjuna, guided by

the

mother-sun-bird

banner

which

of

I have

birth

the

of

heaven

of

wealth

is

Before

the

birth

took

and

Central

Palace

the year
Festival

meaning

IV.

p. 131, and

VI.

the

Kauravyas.
this

of

born

marriage

the

in the

in
out

model

Hall

of

Emperor

the
was

Tusita

narrative.

of

Dhruva

the

on

the

laid

p. 329',

That

realm

Taurus

was

camp

called

which

of

of

parent-gods of the

constellation

that

divisions,exactly
Sun

lion's tail, the

South, the

the

place

took

by the MahSbhSrata

the

as

Bharata^^

charioteer, had, under

birth of the Buddha

to

Their

was.

his

place the Pandava

Pole, explained

nine

it

the

proved

forth

set

Aldebaran

and

Parikshit

ape-tree-god, under
the

to

Sakuntala,

Chapter

Vessantara

the

year

the

light from

sun-god

parallelwith

coming

in

of

cows

the

and

Uttara

with

ape

described

the

recovered

eel^od,

the
river-fish,

the

the

phallus-worshipping Matsjw

the

between

sons

the

Chronology

History and

484

Marutta,

pointii^

which
with

of

Rohinf
six

the

roads

Chinese

Distinction, representing

opens

by the

Ploughing

*.
N

Tenth

montli

Eleyenth

montli

Twelfth

month

Tenth

month

Eleventh

month

Twelfth

month

S
5

5
g

3
o

Centre

month

5
"

3
n

I
Sixth

month

Fifth month

Fourth

month

Sixth

month

Fifth

Fourth

month

"

month

S
'

Mahabharata

"

Legge, Lt-M,

Virata

xxvii. pp. 251, note

The

{VaivdMka)
Yueh

i, 252.

Ling,

Parva, Ixxi.,Ixxii. pp. 181"


iv.,sect, i.,part i, 9

Book

185.
;

S.B.E., foL

Myth-Making Age.

of tlu
In

this

historical
and

two,
St.

George's

centre

Chapter
On

sacrifices
thatched

heaven

was

to

the

of

Southern

the

about

to

have

short

by

Corvus,

the

the vernal

at

born

before

the

the

in

that

at

of

ist

month,

But

horse

the
of

the

March), for Phalguna

to

cradle

life

by

February,

"

the

is when

the

that
8200

B.C.

Cheit
was

race

or

the

of

made

were

It

was

(March
begun

Arjuna

Ashvamedha

(Anugita) Parva,

Mahabharata

Ashvamedha

{Anugi/a) Parva, Ixvi."

annual
4, and

April),or

"

Phalgun

in

appointed

was

Mahabharata

164

"

171.

Ixx. 13, 14, p. 178.

Ixx., pp.

to

started

Parikshit

'

Phalgun

March) 3, when

{Anugita) Parva, Ixiii.,Ixiv. pp.

Eggeling,

month

the

in

child

Ashvamedha

BrdA,, xiii. 4, i, 4

or

".

Mahabharata

Sat,

Hasta

of

end

'

arriving at

i,

festival

sun-horse

the

full-moon

April.

the

for

Mahabharata
the

about

of

Phalgun, when, according

of

full-moon

by

"

ot

Himalayas.

Delhi,

Ashvattha-tree,

preparations

the

course

"

the

heavens

to

the

Phalgun (February

the

sands

river

recalled

was

of

first worked,

beginning January

year

under

Gemini

in

of

in

the

as

altar

an

gold

been

the

equinox

lifeless,but

of the

on

city of the

is at

was

god

they offered

gold-mines

the

modern

Parikshit,that

solstice,

winter

marches

the

he

(February

in

of the Pamir

first born

according
his

appear

was

Brahmanas,

circuit

in

Parikshit

was

was

the

described

the

for

the hill streams

March)

the

Buddha

on

of

began his life

week

the

three-eyed Shiva

obtained

city Hastinapur,

Twins,

Krishna,

sun

and

age,

the

sought

northwards

birth

When

Star

including

now

constellation

(February"

they

and

Kauravya

and

present
re-

equinoctial

B.C.,

10,200

Pole

there

the

gold being supplied by the

returned

the

be

to

is at

about

the

grass,

wealth

former

Pandava

of

of

gods

Kusha

Nagpur,

after

the

months,

month,

Taurus,

India, which

the

They

twelve

south, that

cycle-year. They

Chutia

the

thirteenth

in

sun

with

the

the

of

each

squares

forming

squares

one

the

corner

VIII.

the

all

centre

their arrival at the

when

of

the

cross,

square

the

diagram

4^5

170"179.

S.B.E., vol. xliv. p. 348.

History

486
to

attend

as

the

Parikshit

horse,

he

antelope, and
by white
The

horses

spoken

is said

place of

{bitagd). From
in

it reached

as

the

here

was

he

whom

in

the

poem

the

hofsc

like

blade

chariot

drawn

to

the

of

all but

was

of

to

whidi

races,

It

sun.

the

by his

slain

fruit

North-east

horse, had

rulers of the solstices and

the

India

edible

Eastern

protector

as

it

thence

Central

Naga
the

of the

land

with
the

to

Equinoctial states

land

of

tree

the

pass,

the

country

of

vanquish

had

the

it turned

Arjuna, who,

in the

described

as

solstice,from

of

god

the

Assam,

that
and

meet

head

North-west,

summer

South

the

the

the

through

the South-west,

Manipur,

had

sun-horse,

first to

by Bhagadatta, the

ruled

but

man,

by Arjuna

white

the

was

Trigartas,the
to

as

have

to

followed

was

of

course

went

of

in

named

is not

Mahabharata,

to

is

representedhim

that

Parikshit

^.

but

Chronology

and

equinoxes
Vabhru-

son

Chitrangada, daughter of Chitra-vahana, King


Manipur, that is the offspringof the eleven-months
year

vahana,
of

ruled

of

son

by the

This

contest,

bring back

Chitra

star

the

course.

whence

of

the

it returned

The

preparations

who

began

of

new-moon

of

Magh
Rome,

It

is

the

February),

"

took

noteworthy

the

that

of

the

the

the

be
or

and

not

on

the

made
two

by

was

the

Ashvamedha

(Anusita) Parva, Ixxxii.,Ixxxiii.

Ashvamedha

{Anugita)

Mahabharata

Ashvamedha

Ashvamedha

pp.

Parva, Ixxxii. 7, p. 184.


{Anugita) Parva, Ixxix., Ixxx. pp.
pp.

{AnugUa) Parva,

the

Fordicidia

the

Mahabharata

Mahabharata

full-moon

before

horse

made

the

with

months

Mahabharata

of Cheit^.

returning sun-horse,

"

(Arjttna-vanav"sa)
Parva, ccxvi., ccxvii.

fice
sacri-

the

full-moon

October

circuit

to

went

Hastinapur, where
at

to

period

same

'

Adi

tried

sun-horse

place fifteen days before


blood

the

at the

full-moon,
to

heaven

cycle-year, is exactly

sacrifice of the

with

year

of

Mara

East

place

Bhishma, began

This
when

to

took

for the

(January

sacrifice.
at

his

of the

the

From

sun-horse

rulers

Naga

fightwith

Buddha's

of his

3.

the rule

under

sun

the

Magadha,

the

which

in

parallelwith
year's

Virgo

offered
horse

i8i

"

as

185.

197^204,

593"598.
Ixxiv.

"

Ixxxiv.

pp.

185"213.

of the Myth-Making
described

the

in

Mahabharata

is

Age,

487

made

not

sunwise, but

This

the

to

contrary

of

circuit

therefore

the

that

not

and

of the
the

his

ended

described

received
of

his

Vaisakha

(April

the

sun

B.C., the

4200
vernal

epoch

same

other

are
one

of

the

Horse

these, the

the

and

time

of

the

of

history of the
from

the

This

about

or

at

the

there

date

described, and

be

introduced
the

be

at

subject

of

in

the

ploughing

ceremony,

February

conception of
I have

of

the

shown

Akkadian

in

we

before

in

was

his

trospect
re-

the

about

January

New

Vessantara

"

Year's

birth,

place about

took
in

our
as

seen,

in

the

at

Gemini

the

beginning

assumed

by

this

was

apparently,

the

calendar

reckoned

astronomers,

which

of consecutive

Indian

have

original form

Chapter VI.

Buddha

the

winter

tracing

in

begin

Gemini

Parikshit, which

The

and

of

appeared

also

sun

series

as

in

was

he

and

March.

"

place,

sun

year

the

B.C., when

birth

the

But
must

we

birth

the

at

B.C.

births

took

that

Gemini

march

the

with

began

year

Buddha

the

of

picture

12,200

Mahosadha

the

February,

by both

of

Easter

Taurus

sun-gods,

constellation

successive

the

coinciding with

the

about

was

when

B.C.,

10,200

of these

when

sun-physician, which

as

the

that

to

panoramic

the

in

before

of

in

who

George

date,

eighteen months,

births

age

stages of the

8200

St.

from

was

year

became

and

Day,

that

Parikshit, will

have

we

sun-god

solstice.
the

the

of

year

sacrifice

Parikshit,

of

of

the

full- moon

the

the

reach

we

of

IX.

Chapter
In

forms

variant

it

the

the rice

then

at

born
at

when

as

before

But

equinox.

April, as

Gemini

as

birth-stories,who
May

sun-god

in

was

about

was

described,
on

He

May.

Su-jata

of

the

I have

Buddhist

or

15th

mythology,

when

egg

the

on

year

national

our

May),

"

his

began

of

birth-offeringfrom

is that

of sustenance

loth

the

in

circuit

installation

forty-nine days

star

finally accepted

last

the

solstice.

summer

eight-rayed

sun-god

final

golden bowl, about

sun-god

the

This

whose

of the

sun

of

the

ruler.

Buddha

who

the

horse

of

fully emancipated
complete

of

course

p. 332,

births

began the

488
the

with

year

concealment

the

called

first of

the

of the

calendar
and

ending

time

was

close

the

Ashtakas

three

started

his

born

was

his

on

horse

thirty

the
of

infant

sun-god

of

in

the
in

or

the

Year's

must

have

of

This

is about

the

therefore

the
*

the

of

whose

in his

of

began

Emcr,

the

home

of

Cu-chulainn,

who

strength lay

in

his

of

his

god

Forgall

Southern

oj the

vol. i.,Supplementary

was,

Races

sun,

of

Glossary, Part

tfu

of

and

on

the
who

North-Western

ii.,Dithwan,

pp.

of the

birth
March,

"

birth

Parik-

of

obscurity

February,

"

in

October-

of

the

have

thigh,

the

the

on

November)

"

we

the

the

at

Krishna

as

left
of

earlier

the

February

beginning

by wedding,

career

daughter
the

the

reckoning

Vcssantara

of

the

Mahosadha

his

the

on

of

seclusion

(October

as

was

this

seclusion

Khartik

truth

of

January

liftingup

or

assumed

first avatar

who

Elliot, Memoirs

half

date

of

months*

Dcothan,

bright

trance

sun-god

year,

the

with

from

ceremony

Indra,"and

ignore

the

vealed
re-

moon-

second

in

succeeding
emerged

his

of

the

of

close

the

on

of

place

the

three

when

months'

and

moon

who

his

Magfaa

account

no

at

ploughing

nth

the

begun

November

months'

of

sun-god

New

Theris

sun-god

phase

The

thirteen

February,

"

released

shit.

which

take

they

as

January

the

the

fortnight of

revealer

months

history of this three

phase
birth

of

year

of the

Pegasus,

star

three

those

majesty

the

as

the

through

dependance

of the

February)!

"

moon

Ekashtaka,

his

son

the

Kanthika,
The

the

December)

"

also

last

the

mission

divine

stars.

began

the

"as

were

from

sun-god, released
nurse,

months

Orion.

Akkadian

the

(January

of the

thirteen

Prajapati

in

track

with

the

(November

Sebet

in

ending

February)

"

of

the

by

These

stars.

reckoned

Kislev

in

of

the

Mahapaji-

ruling

form

sun-

by

Gotami

Theris

female

the

guarded

Buddhists

months,

measured

(January

the

and

three

at

the

of

was

sun

thirteen

beginning

as

Hindu

infant

by

the

year,

these

During

thirty

months*

three

moon-goddess,
months

Chronology

which

god, during

pati,

tiistoryand

three
seen,

and

who

eleven-months
ist

of

Gardens

gained
Provinces

245"247.

ber,
Novemof

Lugh,

his

bride

of InMih

History

490
mother

Southern

He

from

the

feast

the

months

December

of

the

Pole

Star

After

West.

the

as

Hindu

the

he

eighth

the

Krishna,

god

the

slew

that

Ailill

sun,

of

and

Alba
arts

tradition

which

mythology

the

continual

and

Eastern

of

of

in

Calatin, the

Babylon

they

could

and

emigration
theology

and

Patroclus

as

to

Ailill's

the

rising
gers
astrolo-

the

the

learn

to

furnished

that

Welsh

Celts

astronomical

by

proof of

in

Europe

Western

to

of

destroy Cu-chulainn,

evidence

Irish

of

to

told

are

death

messengers

sun-

twenty-

We

bull

brown

and

the

revived

cycle-year.

by the

ment,
gar-

antelope-god

the

the

peared
ap-

deer-skin

black

of

his

mounted

As

the

of

and
invisibility,

the

sons

further

adds

the

he

of

mantle

Europe)

which

by

magical

sun-god

hosts

trance

his

that

the

sent

(East

time

by

victories, and

Meave

December,

"

this

during

or

destroyed

of the

horned-bull, slain

white

November

his

after

Wednesday

February,

of Vasudeva.

months

Monday

old

skin

son

Cu-chulainn*s

after

the

the

the

twenty-seven

the

days of

seven

sacred

from

"

sun-god clothed

warrior

mantle, comiif

of

off his

scythed chariot, threw

hcpsu

companions

from

awaking

regeneration

during

were

age,

winter

green

of

ist

was

boy-warriors, the

of

corps

It

January.

"

to

November,

"

the

sleep lasted

his

October

of

in

of

sun

of

man-god

Bridget," the

St.

of

the

31st of October,

the

Samhain,

of

and

trance

North-east, and

the

before

sleep by

to

put

was

life

Cu-chulainn's

that

solstice

of

Chronology

and

Indian

of

methods

of

suring
mea-

titnc ^.

H.

Before

closing

by the story

of Patroclus.

for it

who

by
*

174,
pp.

he

was

him
Hull,

as

one

The

182, 236;

366, 367.

tended

skilled

CuchulUn

Rhys,

to

in

Saga,
Ilibberi

the historical

He
and

was

cured

medicine
i"p.

year.

of this

sun-physicians the gods

list of

call attention

I must

year,

the

year-god of this

60, 83,

Lectures

of the

one

furnished

evidence

sun-physicians,

Eurupulos, when

besought

his wound

inflicted

to

114,

heal

115, 119,

for 1886,

Lcct.

157, 164"
ii. pp.

168, 170"

137,

138,

!".

of the Myth-Making
the

by

Achilles,

Eurupulos, whose
the

been
of

Helios

maiden.
a

clod

the

sun,

He

was

of earth

it became

Great

Poseidon, married

Bear

with

the

gate marks

took

the

arms

derived
solar
the

of

of the

sun-god

of

These

the

were

Centaur,
Cheiron

ash-tree

and

the

He

his

the

lunar

two

Sirius, which
This

ruled

precisely similar

wield

the

to

that

with

front but

of

of
funeral.
*

Homer,

Achilles
of lunar-

of

invisibility.

the

These

the

This

two

blow

games

games

were,

behind

came

of

like

death

is

Patroclus,

Sigurd
the

by Hagen,
shoulders.

Patroclus
were

according
=

dog-days.

behind.

dealt

which

dog-star

His

wore,

his

knocked

the

in the

vulnerable

story of

I/ioit,xi. 821"848.

of the

bore

shoulders,and

successors.

of the

funeral

who

mid-day

between

and

was

Potter, the

this he

helmet

behind

races

I"bid., xvi. 790"800

which

spear

Master

of

the

Cheiron,

by

of

impenetrable

ashen

Sigurd, who

god

noteworthy part

its
his

killed, like Patroclus, by

winter, from

the

or
{/cwerj)

of

Naga

was

most

by
Instead

by Hector

impenetrable in

armour

the

race

cap

Achilles

between

his year

assumed

was

of

the

wore

by Apollo, the Mouse-god,


kunee

mist,

the

epoch, the equivalent

to

crescents

of

Patroclus

which

mule

awning, the

Thigh.

sun-helmet, the

Twins.

from

gave

connection

Ygg-drasil,the supporting pole

him

in

of

his

sun-god

the

of that

not

struck

him

by

fire-drill turned

the

slain

was

the

Echis,

given

could

ape-father-god of
spears,

also

Peleus, the god of the potter'sclay.

gave

heavens,

helm

arms

he

but

world's

the

the

mail, and

beautiful,that

Perseus, Sigurd, he

sun-gods Kama,

coat

most

the

obscured

was

it into

of

sun-

the sea, where

threw

one

when

daughter

for he

year,

name,

serpent

the

As

as

Achilles

name,

gods.

same

him

the

of

his

who

have

to

of the

husbands

this

parf^.

said

the

Sterope,

of the

one

Kallisto, the

goddess

worshippers

is

Euphemus,

island

gate, is

to

sun-god

the

vulnerable

only

creating-god of

to

the

he

so

491

slew

the wide

means

name

of

son

heel, his

his

piercing

by

afterwards

Paris, which

of

arrow

Age.

is the

held
to

The
lishment
estabat

his

tradition,

Ibid., xvi. 135

"

144.

and

History

492

instituted

she

the

who

which

the

drew

Krishna
of

have

other

Chapter
of

shows

name,

he

in

shown

who

shaped

with

knife

of

the

lunar

the

note

340,

knife

of
the

been

it

the
of

god

of

year-sun-bird

against

for

by
means

crescent-

the

fuU-mooiij

the

father

Acastus,

is, with
the

moon-god,

day,

wbidi,

made

was

physicians,

(a/ci;), that

husband

the

year.

the

with

of

stars

accusation

i,

eleven-months

male

was

had

age

p.

affinity
the

who

new-moon,

the

his

cuts

VI.

star-horses

Peleus,
an

as

way

own

the
the

accused

her

her

by

her,

name,

describes

sun-gods,

violate

to

Her

making

drawn

falsely

attempting

of

and

the

She

ruling-gods

his

of

chariots

Age.

Hippolyte.
horses,

year,

being

Achilles.

and

Achilles,

as

without

heaven

through

of
from

the

ruling

moon-goddess

Myth-^Miiking

husband

released

is

the

oj

the

Acastus,

by

meaning

Chronology

crescent

befoie

who
the

Pole

Star

god.
shall

of

the

chariot

god

close

races

were

in

prove
of

the

the

year

inaugurating
instituted.

Chapter

next

of

eight-day
the

year

that

it

weeks
of

the

was

that

this

at

the

independent

epoch
national

sun-

VIII

CHAPTER

The

years

five

must

year,

but

with

seventeen

of

this

in

opening

sacrifice

called

point

out,

is

call

the

ground

first
that

was

VII.

p.

two

syllables,

"

Races

Eggeling,
Ibid.,

of

i.

Saf.

5,

2,

Prehistoric

festival

the

the

that

this

of

Brdh.^^ i.
16"20;
Times,

eight

invocation

3, 5, 10,

S.B.E.,
vol.

five-day

11

vol.

!., Essay

S.B.E.,
xii.

iii., p.

pp.

vol.

stars

note

Gemini,
seen

6.

in

seventythe

97,

year.
at

the

98.

Hewitt,

142"144;

165,

sacrificial

added

pp.

year

triplets,each

in

are

xii.

chants

the

contained
weeks

number

the

have

we

Gayatri

whole

The

the

the

festival

which

as

three

the

of

number

This,

of

consisted

392,

with

outside

varshat

or

in

with

Ashvins,

Stotra.

year-god,

vashat

forward

season-

Brahmanas

the

".

the

at

the

the

as

rain-god

performed

ceremony

ritualistically

to

the

libations,

made

year-offering

Vajapeya

first

seasons

with

verses'.

in

Prajapati,

is the

summoning

lines

nine

the

To

it is

syllables,so

twenty-four

for

prominently

Bahish-pavamana

the

Chapter
of

the

offered
is

one

fifteen-months

kindling

contain,

end

deity

brought

of

The

opens.

by

presiding

ritual

the

they

that

; so

is also

seventeen

of

(var)

the

summonses

sacrifices

and

in

five

The

syllables,

fold,"

its commencement

were

the

to

year.

seventeen

rain

which

of

the

as

is

sacrifices

at

months

seventeen

these

to

seventeen

for

of

full-moon

twenty-one

sacrifices

invocations

the

attested

gods

fifteen,

It

year.

and

new

or

year

of

duration

both

told

are

we

as

fifteen-months

with

not

ritual

succeeded,

year-fires lighted

kindled

its

and

"'

the

be

the

In

the

which

in

seasons,

offered, and

were

months

seventeen

BrShmanas,

the

in

of

of

year

and

months.

thirteen

THE

seventeen

and

weeks

seven-day

of

Ruling

History and

494

Vajapeya

festival,so

seventeen

lines.

the

from

Arbhava-pavamana,

the

of

one

Similarly the

is increased

pavamana

seventeen

of

number

by

the

to

the

eleven-months

the
in
on

as

being

of

years

It is
divided

into

hundred

and

three

the

three

and

months

of

ritualistic year

as

ceremonial

or

of

the

Eggeling,

Ibid.,

Ibid., i.

V.

1,2,
4,

eleven

of

19 ;

days

in

year

follows

was

looked
both

months,

of

v.

Prajapati.
days

hymn

this

i, 2,

of

ii

That
is

total

of

the
on

the

proved

sung

year

39" vi. 2, i, 22"24;


I.

existed

see,

S.B.E., vol. xli.

113, vol. xli. p. 167, note

days each,

twenty-one

of

week

the

at the

p.

ii,

completed,

was

month

of

by the

note

with
this

twenty-

Keshava-panlya

full-moon

S.B.E., vol. xli.

this,

lunar-year

king, performed
the

three

to

simultaneously

of

Brah.,

I, 7"

it

three

shall

hair-cutting

Sat.

of

of

that

the

to

each

morning

ceremonies

"

total

this

sixty-four days

twenty-one

of the

verses

twenty-four

twenty-eight days

we

of

Ac

teen
seven-

added

fifty-sevendays, and, by adding

one

of

syllables

number

see

the

arc

year

sixty-four syllables

seven-day weeks, making

the

one

of

up

we

of

of tbc

eleven

though

months

seventeen

this year,

was

and

same

sun-horse.

the

and

year

year,

descendant

hundred

of thirteen

Hence,

the

this

Gayatri stanzas, when

year.

of

year

has

stanzas

stanzas

syllables, make

ritualistic

of

of

hymn

or

to
burnt-offering,

verses

peya
Vaja-

the

stanzas

the

of

and

festival,is

at

sacrifices of

hundred

fifteen-months

the

time

chant

sixty-three syllables,the

and

this

Samidheni

Gayatri

two

ninety-nine tristubh
hundred

of

five-days week,

number

contain

verses,

Brihat-stotra

tristubh

eleven

seventeen

last

original animal

The

of

hymn

the

animal

the

nine

3.

Madhj^ndina*

the

originaleleven

syllables each
in

the

eleven,

adding

chant

special chant

the

at

of the

Apr! hymns
each

used

from

midday

Similarly the

2.

verses

kindling hymn
increased

of

goddess

hymn

fifteen to

called
evening sacrifice,

Brihati, the

whole

Also

i.

verses

the

make

to

as

Chronology

p.

8,

note

as

of

part

Jalstha

I.

I.

S.B.E., voU

xii. pp.

102,

note

I"

the

of

(May

about

June),

"

coronation

'.

This

hymn,

Ukthyas^,
which

is that

his

the

watches

its

round

the

of

of

rising sun

where

the

The

A.

rises

sun

ritual

the

whole

the

of

of

the

full-moon

Then

white

hornless

silent service, and

seventeen

On
of

8th
for

the

The

April) 4.
certainly
at

as

'

all

Eggeling,

the

at

sacrificer

the

Patesi
and

Girsu

he, like

is

in

offered

the

full-moon,

the

Brah.^

v.

5, 3, 2,

the

Cheit

of

the

about

earth

consecrated

at

the

(March

"

in this ritual is almost

of

this

unless

S.B.E.,

epoch,

who

was,

High-Priest.

national

3 ;

kindling

collect

be

beginning

March.

lighted with

after

primitive rulers, was,


Sat,

is

twenty-one

is to

March),

"

of

ist

on,

to

fire-pan

Prajapati with

to

sacrifice

begins

history

the

further

priest-king

Egypt,

the

is

contemplated

or

the

(February

about

the

by ritualistic

making

year

fire-pan which

that

new-moon,

and

consecration

of

deal

Phalgun

sacrificer

the

the

making

said

and

it tells

great

fire for

eighth day

March,

making

goat

the

is

as

or,

verses.

the

South-east,

fire-pan (Ukha)

preparations for

beginning

the

to

point

3.

as
significant,

of

fire in the firepan,

North-east

the

the

of the

full-moon

of the

of the sun-god.

beliefs

past

The

year.

with

begin
the

is

knobs,

charioteer

the

sun,

solstice

it

from

-one

heavens, carries during

solstice

of

his

shining {jikh^

or

the

from

summer

twenty

twenty-one

as

symbolic

ground

ritual

fire-pan {Ukha)

this

of

the

of the making

of the

reproductions

round

the winter

at

the birth
The

he,

the

as

of

with

after

year

rising

when

on

sacrificial

the

the

to

gold plate

course

initiation(
Dtkshd)

June,

495

Uktha-stotra

addressed
in

Age.

first of

the

the sacrificer puts


who

sun

the

called

symbolised

sun,

Myth-Making

he

had

vol.

But

exceptional

xli. pp.

126,

note

"127.
"

Ibid., xii. 2,

2,

6; S.6.E., vol. xliv. pp.

Ibid., V.

Ibid., vi. 2, 2,7,

I, 7, 3, I, 9;

180, 181, 182.

8, 18

S.B.E.,
"

22,

150, 151.

vol. xli. pp.

23"27,

30;

277,

280.

S.B.E.,

vol.

xli. pp.

174,

179,

force

of

character, scarcely
fetters

in

the

in

strict accordance

with

the

ephors, kept
for

The

him.

be

made

is

bamboo,

the

of which

being used.
animals

The

who

horse, the

of

ant-hill,the emblem

an

horse

is made

lump

and

to

step
it

puts

on

is

three

placed

Gayatrl
by

the

the
of

god

on

black

of

stanzas

Atharvans

the

the

clay

in the

it with
mixes

the
it with

tree

and

clay

which

is to

fightinggod

Eggeling,

pp.
*

Rg.

vi.

pp.

Bnih.,
197

"

vi.

of

this

200,

the

as

of the

rivers.
in

addressed

the

eleven-months

of
to

annual

the
the

the

I,
"

He

suns.

fire,where

he

age

it to

He

4.

the

pan

moistens

3, 2,

I"

parentthe

Makha,

the

it four

makes

is consecrated

vi.

the

dedicates
to

sun-horse, and

25"30,

the

takes

{Butea frondosa\ and

of

made

and

year,

journey (pathi)

consecrating
Star

crated
conse-

at

lo,

vi.

the

3,

3,

new-

i-^;

206, 207.

16, 13, 14, 15.

Eggeling,

Sat.

Brah.,\\.

4,

2,

1"5,

vi. 5, i,

218, 229, 230.


Ibid., vi. 5, 21 ff. ; S.B.E., vol. xli. pp. 233 ff.

217,

Indra

to

the

bottom

of

203

digs

son,

his

skin

Pole

3,

side

eastern

sun-priest Dadhiank,

the

head

when

their

fire-panthus

Sat.

S.B.E., vol. xli.


"

of the

The

square.

make

Star

up

Palasha-tree

the

of

Pole

sacrificer

and

goat's hair, thus

star-gods

sun-

the

antelope skin

makes

of the

resin

the

sons

head

antelope

the

the

the

eclipticstar-path

black

three

syllables*, as

Pathya, the sun-bull, who


through

the

seventy-two

as

horse's

before

and

growing water-plant, a plant-parentof


This

of

time

leaf, sacred

lotus

distance

mother-mountain,

The

it*.

on

female

Shavanlya

on

to

is

libation-fire;

or

of

the
it

find
the

of

holloiv

by the help

from

They

clay.

the

Ashvins, and

eastward

out

fire-pan

rulers

most

Spartan

the

cubit's

for

the

and

led

the

of

at

symbolic

been

are

placed

sought

is

of Piishan

ass

search

it is

act

marked

Ahav"niya

of the

the

course

of

made

only

rule, being

straight

spade

clay

had

he-c^oat. They
in

the

supposed wife

north

the

with

dug

could

and

clay of which

of

lump

and

custom,

boand

was

counsellors, who, like


in

king

He

agent.

precedent

his

by

free

and

ritual

of

carefully watched

to

Chronolof^y

History and

496

1"4;

S.B.E.,

vol.

xli.

History

49?

the

altar,symbolised
of India

year

in the

explained

as

The

Deva,

Hence

in

the

this

descent

physician, and
the

of

the

eleven-months

Kumara,

the

of Solomon's

year

stolen

from
of

North

owning

and

Southward

sun-fish
winter

Salli-manu
He

winter

by Aminah,

the

outcast

the

sun

who

the

and

was,

as

He

have

we

eloped

vi. I, 3, 8

and

"

20;

South, the

the

slay him
young

kingdom

the

thirty

became
seen,

with
when

ruled

was

sun-

While

stars.

wandered

born

young

Aminah,

his

in
sun

of the

from

and

of

the

his

sun-god,

morning-star,

Eggeling, Sat. Brah,^

North

moon-nurse

Odusseus,

by the union

the

in

to

sun-god,

year-ring

of the

{sak)

Jinn

black

through

the young

constellation.

daughter,
'

journey

stole

Ammon,

Bear

faithful,the

his

throne, Solomon,
like the

the

god

This

the

solstice,absent, and

god, during
Sakhr, who

found

of

equivalent

of

Solomon,

or

is the

wet

the

god

fight the

to

house.

the

at

This

sun-

mother-goddess

circle.

sun-mare,

the

as

formed

divisions

Jinn dwelling

the

Sigurd*s Grani.

came

of

White

the

equivalent

Kaccana, the golden

by Sakhr, the

him

was

Soma.

moon

Buddha

forms

nine

in

and

golden womb.

the

the

son-

of time,

is the

boy,

Bhudda

of nine

seal

god, king
of

of

triangles enclosed

two

was

with

the

as

crescent

Isha

of the

of Gan-isha,

Therl, the

called

year,

god

womb

creator

of the

son

eleventh

sun-god

young

the

Kuman

the

the

son

of the

male

saint, that is the mother


This

the

the

moon-god,

of

conceived

was

form

which

son

entered

is thus

eighth god

Rahulo, the little Rahu,

of

he

when

Buddha

the

say

seen,

predecessor, the seventh

Mahan

of

is to

have

we

as

physician. This
his

thirteen-monAs

forms, of

successive

these

of

the

ing,
divisions, illustrat-

484, the

p.

fire-

the

of

China.

Gan-isha, who,
of

VII.

caDed

Prajapati,

sun-god

nine

year-plan of

ninth, is Ishana, that

mother

of

son

", the

forms

Chapter

in

and

eighth

is the
or

of his

ninth

the

is also

sun-god Hiranya-garbha
Kumara,

Chronology

and

usurped
as

cook

beggar,

to

his

the king

Nahash

the

Great

Na'uzah,

the

king's

fish

found

boiling

S.B.E., vol. xli. pp.

159, 160.

the

of
inside
and

swallowed

fish had

the

fish-sun-godrising from
the

Fisherman's

each

Pope

of

magic

sign

of

vaulted

the

ruling god
last
and

time, the

of

bowl

begging

his

the

through
to

powers

symbol
from

the

epoch of

with

the

new-moon

equinox,

the

sign

in

was

is

formed

T/te

the

this

by

united

Burton,
of the

Tale

Wonderful
Times

gives
in

over

is

Nights^

Fishennan

Lamp,*

vol.

seen,

vernal

the

lation
constelis

the

the

Brahmanas
of

instituted

one

fullest account

at

confederacies

of

of small

Early Man

Boyd

Eggelingy Sai. Brah,^

v.

India

with

Jambu-dwipa

note

those

as

Balukeya,' p. 263

Hewitt, Ruling

in Britain,

6,

chap.

x.

peace
of the
in

p. 378.

the

Aladdin,

Races

i, 2, 13, 14 ; S.B.E., vol. xli. p. 4.


K

customs,

area,

of

states,

maintained

Jinni,'vol. i. p. 38, note

p. 49,

and

large

Adventures

period

villagesgoverned

such

The

the

and
x.

lawgiverwho

of subordinate

late

be

to

circle

vol. ii..Essay ix., p. 295 if.

Dawkins,

have

year.

the

us

provinces and

kingdoms

Arabian

date

This

B.C.

ruler

centre

supreme

regulated trade

seven

must

ruling

disciplineof their hereditary rules

controlled

were

6200

is said

year,

of united

the union

iron

the

Vajapeya sacrifice
of this

development, when

by

we

sacred

Royal Arch.

by the supreme
it
kings 3. Hence

of national

is

^April)at

"

Gemini,

about

as

The

year.

seal

began,

his

delegating

or

Age 2, and

(March

offered

that

"

which

Cheit

that

of the

history of

the

and

Bronze

Vajapeya sacrifice,which

The

by

the

year,

sun

this age,

B.

of

this
of

when

of
Masonic

of

the

on

pursues

each

trianglesof Solomon's

monuments

on

him

the

immortal

who

resting

from

reborn

of the interlocked

sign

of

become

sun

without

heavens

Pantheon

had

never-dying

succcessor

who

The

keystone

topmost

vault, symbolised

Buddha

the

as

finger of

his death.

at

the

become

the

on

eight sides, the


heaven's

of the

omnipotent

course

of

temple

has

sea

of

year-ring

it is the

on

into the

Pisces

broken

and

depicted

nine

This

'.

marriage placed

of

his consecration

at

499

thrown

had

constellation

the

ring

Age,

Sakhr

which

it his year-ring,

which

Myth-Making

or

The
the

of Prehistoric

Chronology

History and

500
the

and

centre

with

of Iran

seven

Khvanlras

is

The

^.

belonging

one

time

this

the

control

Star

this

of this year

god, who
of

year

light

of

kingdoms

first became

seven

the

Vajapeya

five

of

Arbhava

the

which,

as

this year

Thus
of

use

all

of the

sons

five cups

or

Agrayana,

with

The

Shukra

Sak,

and

be

have

Indra,

the

it and

off'ered to
shown

sacred

signifiedby

these

which

Darmesteter,

zxviii. ;

Manthin

the

gods Shanda

to

this

five cups
is that

Zendavesta

of the

Vendtdad

Eggeling, Sat, Brdh.y

Ibid.,

"

Ibid., iv. 2,

v.

iv. 3, 3, 2, iv. 2,

Hewitt,

I, 1"4;

RulingRaces

i, i, 4,

5,

21,

S.B.E.,

22

and

vol.

of Prehistoric

by

xix.

S.B.E.,

as

full-moon
of

the

third

39;

god

the

Brahmanas

course

the

315,

the

end

the

Yaskt^

Farvardtn
note

s,

year

cup,

at

vol. xli. pp.

S.B.E., vol. xxvi. pp.


xxvi. pp. 278, 279.
Times

of

These,

and

6, xxiii. p. 220,

15, 16;
;

the

firstfruits offered

Fargard,

sacrifice.

the

Marka4.

the

and

specially

are

cup

in

crescent

is marked

S.B.E., vol. iv. p. 216, notes

'

said
and

the

year,

the

as

are

cup

Shukra, Manthin,

first to

him

after

ritual of the

the

They

is summoned

who

eel-

the

of Indra

in

feast,the

Ukthya.

elsewhere, mean

moons

Agrayana,

and

is called

cup

called

are

Soma

Mid-day

or

making

and

rivers.

seasons

Marutvatiya,

connected

to

of the

measurements

uniting
rule

five

Jagati,all

and

time

the

under

the

the

in

verses

one

the

are

chanted

was

Anushtubh,
be

drawit^

the

was

it

At

ceremony

These

seventeen

to

Pole
woik-

his

as

special

seasons.

represent

conceived

was

Madhyandina

of

seen,

previous epochs

god parent
These

have

we

first

imperialyear

Ushnih,

Gayatri, Kakubh,

sun-god,

The

libation.

Stotra

pavamana

metres,

the

for its five

evening

Brahmaoas,

"

of this

cups

ing
conquer-

impeller {pra-savitri) of

supreme

birth

the

.by Brihaspati, the

retained

was

of the

in

given

as

Prajapati {Orion).

of the five
cups

ruler

appointed Savitri,

inaugurating the

land

seven

of the installation

universal

the

ing representative,the

'

when

age,

the account

to

sun-god,

the

these

Shn-

Elam

unit.

According

of

of

conception

to

in

centre

Hvaniratha, the

shan, called in the Zendavesta


or

the

i.

5.

2,
note

vol. i.. Essay iii.,


pp.

2,

332.

243,244.

of i/te Myth'Making
of

the

rainy

ending with the


Agrahan
a

hot

the

winter

(November

denote
or

year

celebrate

year

Vritra

the

In

this

the

seven

victory of
the

in

of winter

victorythat

the Mahendra

of the

Soma

East

of

the

Sadas,

the

and

female

the

East

and

piece

of

who

Soma

tonsure,

together

lead

had

tribes

or

other

The

which

pig-tail
one

offering cups

cut

not

to

after
of

hair

required

all

the

shaved.

He

the

other

seventeen

Eggeling, Sat. Brah.t

orthodox

iv. 3, 3,

of

the

and

seasons,

19 ; S.B.E.,

the

and

Neshtri

is

directed

usually drunk

by

races,

of

the

primitive

to

the

orthodox

man

hair
the

and

cart

Neshtri

the

cart

the

Adh-

The

two

at

the

between

the

cups,

Tryashira

i"

of

centre

and

according

be

the

other

semi-aboriginal

and

long-haired

his

the

between

rice-beer

aboriginal

from

in

West

between

eastwards.

looking

Mundas

the

in

the

raised
and

himself

year

Parisrut, apparently the

buy

the

of

god

mother-goddesses

mound

West

to

gods of the

part of the Vaja-

looking westward,

Tvashtar

after

was

'.

Uttara-vedi.

priest,places

mound

it

the

to

were

East
the

and

vatiya
the Marut-

offered

was

placed

cart

priest'shouse

West

of

priest

for

Soma

the ceremonial

varyu,

the

the

thirty-six
steps long, from

space

to

end

the

Maruts,

seven

spring-sun, called

mounds
at

the

VII. p. 431.

services,and

distinctive

one

of

cups

Ahishuva

to whom

five cups

most

the

over

the

by the

Indra,

Two

ground,

Year's

Shukra

victorious

these

the

begins.

consecrated

the

of

that

year

the

of

cup

Chapter

Bear

in the

Great

offeringof

ceremonies

peya

of

cup

of the

cup

Great

is offered

the

It is after the
seasons

of the

the

with

in

cups

Shukra

the

rains, Agrayana

or

contest

month

five

with

New

Indra

accompanied

was

star-mothers
cup

his

he

battle

these

and

The

spring.

season

of the

day

the

winter,

swelling cloud-serpent described

or

autumn

Thus

Manthin

the

enclosing snake

or

the

beginning

by the

the

sun

501

the last

on

December).

"

Marutvatiya

shining (ukthd)

of

cup

solstice

followed

season,

the

five seasons,

of

autumn,

this

and

season,

Age,

except

the

Adhvaryu
the

mixture

vol. xxvi. pp

knot
topoffer

Adhvaryu
of

331

Indra,

"

340.

History and

So2

of

made

the

milk,

Neshtri

offered

after

cups
mounds.
be

of

above

the

eleven-months

and

year,

thirty-fourthgod

ribs

were

offered, as

Thus

ritual
is

year

eleven

shall

of

the

of fifteen months.

the

West

the

on

East

and

is said

of

this

whose

to

of the

months

god

sun-horse,

year,

thirty-four

directly,at the Ashvamedha

of

of

fifteen months
is

epoch,
sacrifice

of
for

potsherds
her

proved
Soma

sons,

who

was,

dead

egg,

the

sexless

and

kindling
uttered

are

addressed

before

and

low

the

the Kathi

the

cake

on

whisper
of

the

Aditi
or

p. 425,
with

year,

which

with

eleven

VII.

this

to

ing
crown-

Martanda,

offered

are

dox
ortho-

for

gruel

Chapter

These

the

in

of

men

the

rice

in

seen

the

sun-god,
are

or

worshippers

sun

eighth, the

chants

the

worshippers of
the

appropriate

the

the

between

and

the

3.

verses

in

sun

These

have

wc

Bhishma

sun-god

seventeen

to

Vishnu,

including
as

of

initial sacrifices

the

theology.

Agni

consolidating

accomplished by

sacrifice

Hindu

eight

the

year
was

by

of

of

year

worshippers

this union

eleven-months

of the

ritual

and

seventeen-

previous

means

unorthodox

That

the

the

as

this

of

and

from

year

of

was

and

thirty-four cups

see

the

Hittites

they

axle,

Vajapeya

between

year

and

the

it is intended

of the eleven-months

this

below

clearly deduced

gods

that

arc

Prajapati, the
the

of

'

we

months, and

reconcilement

cups

|'

^.

the

months

Soma

of

to

and

The

thirty-threegods of the

the

water,

Sura.

placed

are

number

the

sacrifice

or

Sura

offered

whole

The

sacrifice to

Parisrut

and

being

running

milk, barley and

sour

cups

Chronology

the
and

Prajapati

later

ritual

Rigveda

is the

were

introduced.
The

horse-sacrifice, described

that

as

In

the

are

to

offered

hymn
be

cut

at

the

Eggeling, Sat, Brah.,

Ruling

Races

of Prehistoric

'

Rg. i. 162, 18.

EggeliDg,

Sat,

the

v.

it

we

horse

I, 2,

ID"

the

festival

Vajapeya

depicting
from

in

are

told

that

answering

this

opening
to

the

18 ; S.B.E., vol. xli. pp.

S.B.E., vol.

year.

thirty-four ribs

thirty-four
8"11

Iwtes, vol. i..Essay iii.,p. 242.

Brah,^ iii I, 3, 1"6

same

autvi. pp.

12,

13,

Hewitt,

of the Myth-Making
of Soma

cups
the

Vedic

horse-sacrifice

Indra

to

by

and

hymn,

the

These

gods

the
whom

the

proved

of the

long
the

other

of

the

offeringof

the Adhvaryu
sacrifice,
or

honey-cup,

to

the

in

Buddha
and

cups,
These

the

by
he

the

cups

Pole

Star

of

the

that

offered

have

seen

ten

Kg.

vol. xxvi.

this

of the

and

gods

Also
is further

of

series

the

for

year

twentyof

the

Dirgha-tamas,

to

of

Kakshlvat,

the

Apr! hymn

the

to

Indra,

are

twenty-four days

eleven

i.

p.

1"3,

the

year-god

the

this collection

in

of the

stanzas

offered, of

the

of

the

tenth

SaL

the

sacrifice

eighth and

They,

last
as

first made

were

Chyavana

Brah.,

cups.

and

Gemini.

iv.

Ibid., iv. 2, 3,

Brah,,
I"

v.

I, 2,

18, iv. 2, 4,

19 ;
I"

S.B.E., vol.

Su-konya,

or

honey-cup

2,

24;

S.B.E.,

xli. p.

5,

22;

S.B.E.,

11.

vol. xxvi.

we

takers
par-

3'S*

Eggeling, Sat.

is

and

Madhu-graha,

Eggeling,

Soma

Dhruva

arc

the

392,

given

the

full Soma

years

391,

pp.

bowl

(uktka) and

sun

in the

stars

wedding

called

5"18;

the

Madhu-graha

the

and

which

Vajapeya

it among

Ukthya

cups

the

at

golden

places

twelve-months

the

the

shining

These

Ashvins,

is

cup

162,

of

called

cup,

vessel,

the

cups

at

offers

Chapter VII.

in

their

draws

and

2.

the

to

of Soma

="

Vith

thirty-fourcups

the

Sujata,

of the

sun-god

ninth

'

sun-horse

ascribed

of

golden

then

are

steadfast

and

and

year.

Varuna^.

the

one

this

Ribhuksan

These

year,

instead

of

is chanted.

164, the

"

in the Vedic

Brahmana

is

162,

Praja-

Apri hymns.

After

to

i.

goat

conducted

are

the

of

Also

called

week

Ayu,

of

connected

year,

thirteen

the

Aryaman,

(tamas\ father

eleven-months

of

days

fifteen-months

darkness

is

gods invoked

Sarasvati, Mitra,

especially

140

offeringof

seven

sacrifice

the

Rg. i.

hymns,

months

of

be

to

of

describing it,Rg.

fouf

the

ritual

the

the sacrifices

Pavamana

ritual.

Vajapeya

being the god

counterparts

Arbhava

Vedic

hymn

the

are

503

Also

seven

horses, Pushan,

two

the

the

are

Mitra, Varuna,

Maruts,

his

there

of

gods

latter

ritual.

priestsand

seven

in the

begins with

the

Pushan,

in the Brahmana

pati

offered

Sura

and

Age.

pp.

292"305.

which

of

There

head

is

either
As

seventeen

back

of

Sura

cups

the

to

aboriginal
horse

the

chant

libation

of

record

of

sixteen
To

recall

these

is added

offered

six

the

victorious

of the

Great

the

the
the

Bear,

who

is ;a

the

3.

Finally,seventeen

Eggeling, Sat, Brah,,

Ibid.,

"

V.

Ibid., V.

xxvi.
*"

are

we

p.

368,

Ibid., V.

I, 5, 28

I, 3, 1"3,

for

stanzas

and

fifteen

eight-day weeks.

early six-days week,

the

victim,

last
barren

Maruts,
the

rejoiced over

and

included

the

and

spotted

Ukthya

he-goats

these

and

follows

the

twelve

The

seven

rule

year-god

of

stanzas.

sacrifices

Maruts,

offered,is,as

white

Agni, with

to

to

special Vajapeya

newly-installedsun-god,
The

semi-

the

victims

two

the

year,

gods

the

pati 4.

mation
consum-

and

river-mother-goddess with

seventeen

this series of

in

of fifteen-months

victims,

of

hymn
in

year

Sarasvati,

to

and

Indra, and

to

Orion's

seventh,

the

the

he-goat

he-goats

reckonings
of

the

Two

chants

months

are

fifteen stanzas,

earlier time

twelve

These

stanzas.

sixteen

offeringof

the

sacrifice

cups.

twelve

with

ram,

it

took

then

aboriginal

the

all

worshippers of

northern

round

him

shows

earlier

the

warrior.

stepped

it, and

ceremony

fice,
sacri-

the
or

gave

the

of

one

^.

sun

Indra-Agni, with

god

the

This

the

ritual of the

that of the

for

exchange

in

and

and

cart

between

union

races

of the

In

Soma

the

Neshtri

the

it

to

Rajanya

nected
con-

Adhvaryn

followed

that
or

The

it

gave

trader

or

Adhvaryu.

of the

and

out

received

East

Ashvins.

the

chariot-race

the

he

as

the

it

Vaishya

soon

from

in

drivers

of

^.

year

significantceremony

very

honey-cup

sacrificer,took

chariot

and

god of

the

Dadhiank,

from

eleven-months

of the

this

Chronology

secret

further

with
and

the

they got

horse's

the

and

History

5C4

offered

offered

cow

victory

peya
Vaja-

the

victim

the

goat

to

mother-stars
of

their son,

victory extinguished their


he-goats are offered to Praja-

whose

grey

these

Prajapati,to whom

victims

are

the

god

speciallytold

in the

iv. I, 5, 16

S.B.E., vol. xxvi. pp. 276, 277.

S.B.E.,

"

18 ;

Brahmanas,

vol. xli. p. 29.

iv. 4, 2, 17, iv. 5, 3,

398.

note

2"370,

397,

I, 3,

7"12;

S.B.E., vol. xli. pp. 14

note

2,

S.B.E.,

i ;

"

16.

vol.

xlL

pp.

II"

I3i

History and

5o6

[Ficus glomerata) throne,

Udumbara
is

spread

The

After

Chariot-races
sacrifice of

the

sacrificer

the

yokes

to

horse

right-hand
Pole

In

Star

the

warrior

Ashvins

the

of the

the

altar

which

the

or

house

of

round

While

the

'

I,

to

chant

Brah,^

I, 4,

Ibid., V.

I, 5,

note

I.

"

"

v.

as

2,

Thus

3.

I,

He

"

These

ground^

marks

solstice,and

the

the

and

it

to

to

his navel

as

while

the

was

It

made.

were

29

the
race.

stand

on

near

the

wheel

to

was

represent
"

36.

22.

note

i,

23,

note

Sadas

chariot

vol. xli. pp.


"

of

were

was

race

25 ; S.B.E.,

14;

archer

[Fiats glomerata)

high

19

is

this

the

arrow

Brahmin

S.B.E.,

the

Stonehengc.

at

house-pole

S.B.E., vol. xli. pp. 22,

the

North-east

Stonchenge,

14;

in

out

gods.

the

to

ground

vol. xli. pp.

between

Soma

accompanying
a

the

from

dug

the

sacrificer*s

run

or

pit, whence

with

prescribed hymn

sunwise

earth

seventeenth

the

the

Rajaniya
altar

race-course

the

it is

ranges

the

summer

Soma

post

the

at

and

that

the

consecrated

old

in the

on

of

Udumbara-tree

being

was

Ibid., V.

offers

Brihaspati,

to

Northern

to

the

of

chariots

placed

Sat,

the

placed along

Chatvala

the

the

plough

goal

be

by

that

the

the

this

revolve

Eggeling,

25,

of

to

Soma

of

of

range

gods

to

run.

beside

race-course

arrow

was

of

the

race

altar, and
made

the

sacred

cart-wheel

drink

sun

four-horse

sixteen

the

branch

of

rice

the

or

the

like

position

and

race-course

exactly the
planted

third

leader, and

as

archer

an

Vedi

North-east

of

of

is

horses, yoking

of

seventeen

to

pillar,which,

the end

adds

wild

are

formed

mound

the

of

year.

chariot-race

in front

made

Uttara

the

the

to

he

consecration

shoot

rising point

was

first two

that

invited

hence

At

chariot

altar, and

were

both

of

the

drums

edge

constructing

and

the

fourth

this

".

is to

Utkara,

are

victims

seventeen

caste

Northern
the

god

that
of

edge

and

ritual for the

the

ordered

goat-skin

sun-god of

the

platters of gruel

seventeen

the

of

first ; to these

right-hand horse

the

which

over

i.

C.

The

Chronology

i,

24,

note

the

contest

annual

sun

the

the

is

measured

in

the

VII.

490,

from

the

winter

and

which

which

is

There

are

of the

five

European
well

These

world,

she

the

He

Hercules.

Indra

the

two

horses

the six which

Zeus

which
as

the

Anchises
he

gods and

Tros

shown

in

god

'

the

of

Homer,

in

so

from
that

of

the

lower

down
the

as

the

like

dying

sun-god

constellation

rainy

the

season,

Diomedes,

the

Tydeus, the hammering


of summer,

solstice.

He

-/Eneas, which
Laomedon,
of the

exchange
winter

this

Hades

went

H.

summer

Chapter
the

whence

conquering-god

from

stole

took,

to

gave

have

at

the

taken

had

he

horses

for the

mares

Vritra

slew

who

the

the

not

called

the

South.
of

son

smith,

{tud) god, the Northern


the

the

in

of Zeus,
{firjSos)

counsellor

of

season

derived.

life

in

'.

was

by Herakles,

year-god

home

his

own

India,

his

seasons

by Homer

god

was

precedence

are

Admetus,

save

Star

Pole

the

was

sought

god who

to

epoch

of five

seasons

sun-maiden,

brought back
the

for

for his

untamed

Chapter

and

year

of

the

at

followed

was

mythology

of

son

death

of

when

age

he

each

those

but

in

described

of the Greek

more

was

shown

this year

these

and

found

be

by Achilles

contest

contending

Greece,

realms

the

to

whence

sun,

of

the year

is to

new

chariot-race

cups,
of

the

season

wife Alkestis, the

whose

stitial
sol-

summer

in which

I have

as

of

the
(ot"yy aSfiriros),

Admetos

the

one

It is the

I. Eumelus,

were

Istar

him.

champions

much

of

instituted

sun-god

season

so

as

the

to

solstice, and

sun-physician,and

in the

seasons

South-west

by months,

not

games

opening

depicted

the

among

the

but

race,

Patroclus,

succeed

to

ruler

the

the

at

by the

was

the

marking

year

summer

position

and

seasons

was

death

his

of

going

S07

home.

Patroclus.

of
p.

at

by

chariot-race

funeral

was,

the

complete parallelto this

of

of

months

North-east

the

its winter

to

sun

of

of

from

returning

as

the

between

North-east

as

between

course

Age,

Myth' Making

the

of

IV.

were

year-horses

Ganymede,

p. 145, the

season,

//iadf xxiii. 287"538.

six

two

substituting

twelve

for

drove

were

who

cupbearer
mortal

History and

5o8
and

mares

sun-horses

of

iEneas,
the

Assarakos,

III.

of

the

of

of

sacred

the

city of

of

god

leader

of

was

bird, the god of winter,


the

Ares,

the

of

autumn

god

shot

that

said

by

of

of

of

Nestor
of

God,

thigh (f^vp^h
the

god of the bow, whence

Homer

be

to

mother-cloudthe

He

Enyo.

Thigh-born

originally

Idomeneus,

pierced the

war

horse

Garden

the

of

to

Cl3^em-

own

of

son

the

born

", the

his

season,

half-brother

archers

twin,

Ka, and

Antilochus,

(war)^

Cretan

the

female

of

Merione,

(ievhplr^

pair of steeds

the

gates {irvKai)of
V.

Molos

winter-arrow

warrior

of the

IV.

the

spring.

of

son

god

of

sister

i"thiope belonging

other

pole

Ganymede'.

Helen,

drove

the

Twins.

of

grandson

tree-mother

mare

the

the

was

todc

who

Diomede,

brother

the

the

immortal

these

immortal

He

of

the

was

the

to

Pylos, the

the

of

and

Kastor,

He

Podargus.

the

bed

originalTwin-gods,

nestra, sister

and

the

Rhodes.

husband

of

of

property

rain-twin

Dorians

Agamemnon,

the

of

Two

Anchises, who

of

son

god

Polydeukes, the
the

the

husband

Menelaus,

of

steeds.

become

had

from

them

immortal

six

Chronology

of

sun-god

equal of the
the

was

sentative
repre-

iifteen-months

the

year.
The

which
date-palm-tree {(f"o2vL^),

ashes
of

the

as

Peleus,

and

the

was

The

the

among
of

the

"

of

and

the

by

of

which

in
the

Pandava

//tad, v. 265"279,

the

through

323^327,

the
of

own

servant

Achilles,

of

steerer

both

the
was

the

xx.

heavens

to

divided

the

sun-ship

that

of

was

232"240,

son

of

xxiii. 291,

the

season

god

the

solstice.
the

the

by

victorious

summer

Bhima,

the

watched

or

analogy

year
at

its

himself, the independent

close

ending
the

clay, father

moon-god

bears

from

is called

course

boundaries,

season

Ibid., ii. 651.

own

Pandavas;

five into

season

Homer,

the

contest

summer

the

was

led

Potter's

of the

year-bird

yearly

He

of Achilles
his

steered

guardian-star
Kauravyas

the

counterpart

being

Argo.

of

god

sun-god who
without

rises

ever-living sun-bird.

the

the

guarded by Phoenix,

was

course

This

Maroti,

292.

of t/ie Myth-Making
the

tree-ape-god, who

hammer,

whence

and

Kauravya

the

and

vanquished
the

was

and

thigh-god

Pandava

the

the

at

the

Great

the

of

son

the

to

Thracian

Paeonians,

whose
shall

we

the

this year

of

Parikshit, had
The

the
in
of

of

course

Nestor
a

which

his

in

of

an

at

run

Ilos, marked

'

'

advice

oak

or

ancient

the

his

the

tomb

by

the

parent

Homer,

Achilles

{aster)

star

the

parent

Thracian

the

by

time

equivalent
he
the

as

Rahulo

the

of this

proclaimed

was

of

sun-god

young

the

in

which

fathom
was

form

562,

as

described
was

almost
is the

certainly
dolmen

fig-tree of Troy

xxi.

one

high, marking

altar,that

wild

"

run,

Antilochus,

son

and

I/iad, xxiii. 558

Ibid., xi. 166, 167.

and

was

trunk

chief,

Troy

of

words

race

pine

the

father.

his

to

tion
recogni-

from

measured

guardian

superseded

his

on

sun-physician (Traidv),and

chariot-race, who,

over

withered

tomb
races

the

sun-physician,

sun-

glitteringtin,which

leader

other

In

As

{Peleg) god,

predecessor

'.

year

of

round

the

year,

the

ruling rain-god,
of

presently,

see

seventeen-months

the

was

ending
year

of

Asteropaios, the
and

sun-

became

started

received

stream

Axios

god

thirteen-months

by

the

Pelagon,

the

to

season

who

once

band

Paeonian

during

March)

"

his

like

season

April).

"

Indra, Eumelus
a

appears

overthrown

horses

white

the

by

who

was

rainy

sun-horse

(March

surrounded

broke,

seventeen-months

the

changed position of

corslet

the

Cheit

of

ist

river, the

as

drove

he

next

(February
this

Parikshit, the

the

as

Phalgun

god who

thighs

rainy

of the

god

equinox, when

belonged

who,

the

being

month

to

finally

subsequently was,
merit

Mahendra,

chief,

who

name

he

chariot

whose

tree-

whom

year,

in

of the

had

eleven-months

be

on

brazen

the

judged

war,

behind

course

both

the

and

chariot

whose

of

and

his

took

Diomedes

Duryodhana,

but

5^9

striking-clubor

of

vernal

began,

the

prototype, Arjuna, god

of the

god

of

Eumelus,

Arjuna from

god.

father

maimed,

Kauravya

the

of

as

himself

he

with

leader

slew,

this horse-race

In

the

fought

Age.

135"199.

2, the

of

Udumbara-tree
Homer

by
the

trunk, the

between

and

the

the

of

Gemini

;
came

the

winter

the

lose

to

the

his

competition

the

chariot

of

judged

received

of the

the

his

of the
him

Troy, caused

of

Eumelus

on

But

Athene,

{Pales),

victory by

turning
over-

final order

the

first,Antilochus

of the
laus
Mene-

second,

who

Eumelus,

course^

Eumelus,

seed-husk

the

was

ultimately

already explained, last

prize given

follower

the

to

final
while

him,

returning

steeds.

In

I have

as

Meriones,
the

gain

to

after

next

by
of

it

gate-stars

front

the

cease

secured

driver

that

Diomedes

Apollo

on

fourth, and

second,

in

Pallas

was

the

season

in

thdr

and

; and

guardian

sun-god.

The

other

female

bearing

the

the
sun

significant. The

sun-maiden

cauldron
The

of

also

prizes arc

slave, the

months.

and

be

to

and

Eumelus.

Diomedes

third, Meriones

three

thus

urge

and

last

mouse

goddess

him

it to

the

the

longer

the

inimediately behind

was

and

whip,

no

tree-mother,

the

in

right.

followed

and

he

goal

rainy

autumn,

up

latter

of

guidance

bow;

enough

first,showing

the

Antilochus

the

could

he

restored

he

the

solstices;

space

Antilochus,

was

froBl

in

two

the

left to

of

It stood

was

rounded

race

the

caught

passed

goal there

gates,

Apollo Smintheus,

him
as

the

Thb

mother-goddess

pillars placed

from

Eumelus,

of

he

passing

the

they

under

was

god

Eumelus

plain

Mari-amma.

two

sunwise

the

spring

But

the

or

the

as

Menelaus,

victor.

Drona

of

of

next

him

when

turn

going

course,

horses
in

after

to

beginning

began

of

pillarsand

the

the

In

image

of the

temples, the pillars of the

chariots

returning

middle

described

and

race-course,

the

stones,

Phoenician

between

for

Indian

white

two

all

in

tree-pillar,the

tree-

Chronology

Indian

the

standing

as

decaying

of

and

History

5IO

of

lunar-solar
descended

'

with

mare

Homer,

year
from

of

the

measures,

mule
the

received

eleven-months

the

holding twenty-two

second

winner

foal, also

male

sun-ass.

/Had, xi. i66, 167.

crescent

The

year,
its halfa

iscence
reminmoon

third

of the Myth' Making


cauldron

holding

eleven-months
fifth

and

guardian of

of

double

Antilochus, the

which

he

In

the

handed

succeeding

beating

the

the

Greeks,

like

that

caused

the

of Diomede,

second

The

which

the

of

king

(p.93)

short

He

now

this

of

this

two

sun-year

had

Both

medes

in

the

These

months.

of their

Northern

the

sent

as

Homer,

Ibid., xi. 5, 6.

have

we

Dumu-zi
as

sun-

the
seen

Orion,

year-ruler.

as

the

ruling

and

teen
thir-

by Hector,

centre

his

of

thirteen

were

year-chariot

were

the
and

the

of

camp

Thracians,
the
found

guard

of

slain

by

taken

Ibid., x.

471"501.

Orion

thirteen-months
and

it
of

Dio-

was

the

ful
deceit-

year-king
twelve

Rhesus

surrounding

Diomede,

'

of

races,

star

by Odusseus

612"617.
*

Southern

guidance
the

the

tree-mother

centre

The

3.

of

races

thirteen-months

this

Athene,

that

the

won

with

under

who,

lliad^ xxiii. 262"270,

"

ruling

seventeen

Northern

the

Grecian

of the
of

who

of

Odusseus,

Odusseus

Dolon,

sleeping

horses

of

centre

and
spy

moon-ox,

of Thoas,

season

of

that

the

as

was,

leading

connection

of

uniter

that

was

cup

first form

year-gods

favourites

were

tent

in the

year

who

""

special

the

sun-year,

winning

and

South,
the

new

the

Akkadian

his

in

of

cup

months

These

was

himself

of

who

the

Tammuz,

Odusseus

lunar

and

Odusseus,

the

only

of

runner

Athene,

of

aid

that

seasons,

Chersonesus,

Phoenician

sun-god

the

foot-race,

of

victory

win

was

won

contending

Tauric

won

year.

Odusseus

three

the

the

in

thus

foal,

prize.

cup

of

god

and

the

swiftest

by the

gained

was

stumble

to

the

But

mule

'.

won

the

was

Gates, father

gnomon-stone

Oileus,

Ajax

Antilochus.

and

the

of

Odusseus

contests,

Locrian

Ajax

the

Noemon,

to

and

cup-bearer

year

spring, recipient of the

of

god

gold

the

solstitial-year. This

warder

ancient

of

the

as

the

of

seasons

the

Nestor,

to

him

of

seasons

talents

two

marking

cup,
the

fourth

511

four

the

measures,

The

year.

the

given

four

Age.

and

the

4.

Ibid., xxiii. 739"782.

History and

512
Odusseus

D.

was

that

as

Odusseus

is, of the
whose

he

him

sent

the

oarsmen,

him

risen

from

where

from

sent

the

the

of

era

the

the

the

sun,

the

the

with

of

cap

the

eight-days

the

double

These

arms,

of

(ireXeKv^)of

the

of

was

saved
a

P- 397

his

the
f

'

Homer,

Ibid., V.

the

two

raft

of

mother

the

She

was,

of

which

transition

arrived

in

lunar

Zeus

we

have

the

of

he

had

got

of

wrecked

on

the
of
the

the

in
in

from

rule

the
raft

of

year

of

eighteenth

sight of Phaeacia4.

seen

of

carried

he

usurper

period

of

sun

crescents

which

daughter of Kadmus,
as

land

conquering

immediately after he,


had

by Ino,

the

new

of

horses

sun-god armed

new

sun-god,

this

the

golden year-girdle,

the

the

as

in

Poseidon,

Southern

of

Carian

tempest

voyage,

sea-gull.

the

fearing

eight-days week,

day

him

marking

by

of

owner

this

to

sent

-god, hidden

son

the
{KaXxnrrfyq)^

measured

raised

Odusseus,
the

week

Poseidon

heaven

of

coming

tunic
(apyij"f""09)

axe

Calypso.

of

darkness

silver white

and

the

the

arrive

to

be

to

was

was

Hermes,

was

eight-days week.

from

return

of

^Ethiopians, aware

he

trident-year and

his

He
of

he

came

(KaXufrrm)

command*

sexless

the

the

of

sun-god

on

was,

the

whence

as

He

year.

hidden

the

story

clearly shows

eight years*.

at

3, and

came

of

snake-god

remained

Scheria

day

thus

He

Calypso,

the

was

fifty-

The

'.

year

sun-gnomon-pillar, where

twentieth

Ithaca.

of

had
to

the

of

the

he

thence

god

on

island

of

it

and

ship with

country,

ruler

kings,

by twelve

year

the

of

the

sun-god,

Ogygia, the

goddess,

their

pauper

Phaeacians, that,

thirteenth,

Scheria, the Phaeacian

at

in

fifty-twoweeks

of his arrival
be

Ithaca

to

of the

the

months

lunar

returning

night, ruled

Alkinoos

was

the

as

land

of

land
dusky {(f"airf)

they who

to

the

year.

of thirteen

year

Ithaca

from

came

over-lord

two

in

appeared

for

sun-god,

of the

born

god

of the

rulers

year-gods

thirteen-nionths

and

seventeen

It

Greek

other

and

Chronology

the

He

likeness

Chapter

VII.

Melicertes,the sun-god Melquarth, with

Odyssey, viii. 390, 391, 35, 36, 48.


Ibid., vii. 253"263.
*
34"38.
Ibid., v. 229"236, 277"318,
'

History

514

It is to this age, when


of the

god
solar

thirteen-months

the

twin

Poseidon

he

reputed

of

son

nine

cubits

broad

three

times

nine,

they

mountains

piling

the

year

path which

path

of the

Thus

of

in

before
their

say

in

cubits

step-mother
This

in

in this

his

yearly

in

the

chief

ruler

of

his twelve
warned
the

age,

circuit

forms

the
of

the

Phaeacia, the

subordinate

chiefs.

Hephaistos, the god


fire-socket,the

Ares, the

Homer,

or

Odyssey

of

the

the

xi. 305

"

320;

to

is

Ares
of the

god

the

captivity by

of the

in

Gemini,

the

the

at

giant

two

sun's

appears

entry
variant

banquet
and

thirteenth
month

centre

told

how

that
fire-drill,

plough

were

that

by the

station

Demodokos
the

they

constellation

himself

of

full-moons.

cloud-goddess'.

about

earth-goddess, had

ploughing-god

'

mist

supreme

the

longer the

no

rejected.

Demodokos,

proclaimed

they
of

Apollo,

his

heavens,

heaven

to

say,

but

was

of the

by

rebelled

ploughing {ar) god

of

guiding

recited

Alkinoos

which

the

were

fathoms,

to

and

new

by

Ares, brought

salt sea,

ballad

the

months,

warned

was

of

it

the

of

course

captivityby Hermes,

Ares, Eeriboia, the

of the

born
was,

form

of

captivity

which
on

his

from

is

the

year-measurement

-pillar,who

gnomon

twins

of

system

thdr

they

path

made

manhood

attained

Their

high. They
that

Ares,

thirteen

for

three

make

by

bound

chains

and

year

marked

they

they

released

was

that

this year

increase,

slain

but

sun,

old

his

of

age

years

shoulders,

and

salt

the

father

the

the

referrei

dating, like

nine

heaven,

to

lunar-

year.

from

would

son-

that

of

god
the

as

thirteen-months
led

the

also

mountains,

on

their

in

changed

be

were

against the gods, declaring they


by

Ephialtesmust

Gemini,

twenty-seven

or

of

the

sun,

them

stars

across

during
the

was

marks

when

For

cycle-year.

horses

of the

thirteen-months

the

twin

of time

Aloeus,

who

of

god

the

counterparts

of

sons

Homer

in

description

and

Poseidon,

the

sons,

the

of Otus

the enemy

was

ruler

owned

year

the

were

sea,

Chronology

post-lunar age, and

epoch when

They

and

constellation

"

391.

the

sun

Aphrodite,

deserted

Iliad^ v. 386

among

him

for

of the

the

of
Great

Bear.

warrior
and

He

sun-god, described
from

summoned

he

had

with

the

made

for

Poseidon,

pillar made,
this

sun-dog,

Sirius,

and

bound

the

of

story

the

the

warrior

lunar

Northern

and

Southern

solution

is

that

Paphos

in

Cyprus,

made

the

year

of

regenerating

waters

of

the

the sun-mother
also

find

We

stories of the
battle

of the

the

between

three

of

CEnomaus,

Star

god,

is released

moon-goddess,
the

from

sun-god,
the

weeks,

and

her

sun-maiden.

the

the

Here

the

'

of

is

this

the

in

her

the

in

era

Pirithoos.

of the

took
This

horses, daughter
the

measurer,

thus

Pole

who

of the

year

married
the

of

265

dent
indepen-

is wedded

to

clearly distinguished

was

viii.

is the

She

mistress

parent-gods

her

goddess Hippolyte, she who

or

Odyssey^

to

mother-

year

Pclops, and

to

unus)

chronology

Homer,

and

went

Lapithae, which

the

tamer

moon-father-god

In

of

to

of Acastus.

wedding

of the

wedding

when

the

ment
state-

ruling-sun'.

wedded

was

of the

by horses, wife

is the

re-robed

and

sun-god

and

its

Thrace,

bathed

Hippodameia

form

this

South,

the

sea,

and

the

Centaurs

is another

from

sun

to

Charitcs, the

only (01V09,Lat.

the

North

Southern

Hippodameia
place when
year-goddess Hippodameia,

clearly the

that

; and

seasons

released

of

marriage

the Aminah

the

kept

ruled

three

picture of

Hephaistos

probable by Homer's

Aminah,

where

year-god

thirteen-months

ring, was

paths

free

Poseidon, who,

paramour,

released, went

the

as

his

gnomon-

the

in which

Solomon's

most

of

goddesses

and

solstitial

like

who,

of

web

The

the

as

of the

creator

together

effort to

no

offered

phases, which

when

Ares,

Aphrodite,

the

and

the

story,

year-net

came

of

god

intercession

year-sun

Sakhr

the

the

in

Apollo

the

were

released.

year-circle of
correct

the

was

was

of

of

dogs

at

sons

and

gods,

of the

free themselves,

not

them

and

sun-god

version

was

that Ares

year,

behold

to

this

catch

to

runner

could

they

Hermes

whom

his twin

through

gods

this

to

it

which

515

web

fastest

the

as

them.

but

in

Age.

accordingly prepared

his paramour

and

Myth-Making

"

366.

of

eight-day

to

Suria,

present

year

the

the

5i6
has

moon

while

of

of the

the

by

Pelops

won

North

the

North,

the

ruling

sun-bird

the

not

the

in

of

CEnomaus

thirteen
Vedic

his

and
his

the

In

this

and

centre,

the

hymn

others

the

I.

discharges the

This

central

month

June)

in

its full

moon,

about

versed

mid-day

of the

This

is the

months
of

Aditi,

hymns

are

'

of

the

year,

June,

this
that

chanted
Keshava

offers the

called

Krodha

the

New

father

of the

Kushite

v.

to

Jaistha

it

was

morning

race.

Kala, 5. Danayu,

10, 2, vol. i. p.

and

Creator.

on

and
and

ceremonial

list of the

Mahabharata

Frazer, Pausanias,

sides.

sacrifices.

in the

4.

for

or

called

Diti, 3. Danu,

the

by

the

Year

in the

month

twenty-one

panlya

the

is self-created,

year,

at

in

two

position assigned
of

ceremonies

those

ordinance,

it

to

these

supreme

alone

alloted

Thus

the

of

those

and

^.

divine

by

the

ist

month

month

born

the

Kashyapa,
2.

be

king, who

of this

on

functions

the

services

shaving

paired months

of him,

side

like
the

164, 15,

seventh

to

each

other

the

on

figures,that

side,

one

Diomede

depicting the

thirteen

with

occupies

(May"

seventeen

six

central

each

on

present
chariot,

with

figures on

friends

the

his broken

exactly arranged

said

are

six

supporters

are

predecessors, who

race

are

chariot,

master's

Olympia

at

of

charioteer

In

the

frieze

with

cosmological hymn,

in

in

racecourse.

the

CEnomaus.

contest, there

centre

months

Indian

his

chariots

of

race

the

by fallingfrom

the

In

the

and

in

on

Hippodameia,

to

fate of his thirteen

counterpart

Pelops

Pelops

linch-pins of

the

killed

disabled.

Zeus

those

conquering

his

for

of

CEnomaus

like

out

was

preparations

I.

Southeni

become

has

by bribing Myrtilus,

the

by

Eumelus

those

father

race

CEnomaus

wives

the
of

Thigh and

wedding

escaped the

he

also

the

take

to

slain

were

was

of

moon

sun

the

of

horses,

the

thus

race

male

the
the

born

her

four

CEnomaus,

the

goddess

hand

other

from

won

drawn

of

female

longer

no

story of

the
is

as

Chronology

South.

In

and

is

the

on

king

the

become

nations, and

she

and

History

the

thirteen
thirteen

They
6.

are

Sinhika,

250 ; vol. iii. p. 505.

the

of
Krodha,

7.

of

this

by

the

is

fact that
of

the

thirteen

The

frieze

Centaurs

violent

the

Hippodameia

which

figures,of
be

Apollo Paean,

of

the

the

central

the

sun-god

Centaur

Theseus

this

of the

Lapithae, the
Vajapeya
who

of the
trunk
when
of
was

of

born

water

from

and

cask

and

the

Mahabharata

the

to

twenty

certainly

must

the

-one

sun-physician
by

time

(thoiis)round

{peri)

the

of

Hindu

group

the

Parikshit,

Hippodameia

from

in

which

another

group,

apparently Hip-

woman,

the

the

Adi

Sura

of the

waters

the

Soma,
as

till

sparkle

opened

it for

It

when

in

the

of

the

Frazer, Pausanias^ vol. iii. pp. 516

"

to

Herakles

pp.

of

iv. p.

wine

185, 187.
238,

note

Samlah

Pindar,

522.

for 1887, Lect.

vine

Dumuzi

honey-sweet

cxv.

tree-

the

days

that, according

ian
guard-

sacred

palm-tree, whence

{^Savibhava) Parva,

Sayce, Ilibbcrt Lectures

Pholos, the

was

the

at

sun-horse,

the

of life,the

parent-trees
lands

of

sons

wine.
or

of the

bought

was

see

we

long-hairedrace

milk

drank

defeated

were

the
the

Gis-kin

the
vine

Centaurs

Centaurs,

forth

came

learnt

of

is

whom
the

hair

3, became

"

the

right of Apollo

is

between

containing

Masrekah,

Centaurs

the

struggle

their

Dionysos

summer

measured

defends

Centaur

He

seen,

the

left

in which

national

the

is

"

men

Drona

that

wedding

contains

epoch,

have

runner

his

sacrifice,and

polled

of this

On

the

at

Apollo.

Lapithae,

from

battle

picture

the

mother

the

at

the

be

to

fights between

It

equivalent

on

rescues

podameia's
In

and

is

we

the

Greek
of

king

was

as

year.

Pirithous,

proved

apparently refers

year.

the

circling-sun, the
who

also

this

Paeonians, who,

which

in

of

thirteen-months

is said

beginning

illustratingthe

Pirithous

history

is

water-goddesses,

or

long-haired Lapithae

with

traditional

solstice

eighth month,
rains

month

^.

Elis

at

and

the

Kapila"

11.

central

the

summer

Apsarus

in which
most

are

the

to

517

Vinata,

10.

Krodha,

Pradha, the

the

month

solstice

That
close

one

Age,

9. Vishva,

Kadru.

13.

year,

mother
of

Pradha,

8.

Muni,

12.

Myth' Making

2,

the

and

the

pushed
series

milk

Pholus.

refer to the

to

consumed

the

at

is the

It

is

Pholus
the

is

proved

the

of

cup

the

Phcenician
three

same

the

offered

the

The

".

the

as

horses

They

3.

name

Ugro-Finn
attacked

the

in which

races,

the

leading place.
by the

god
by

that

of

called

is the
the

realistic

like

the

phallus.

the

rainbow-god,
ears

"*

Herodotus,

Homer,

the

Boeckh,

147,

Kcutauria,

Hewitt, Ruling

cut

were

Melanthios,

Pindar, Fm^,

introduced,
was

off 4.

defeat

took

Vajapeya

the

cating
intoxi-

in

the

contest

symbolism
the

of

gods

or

those

of

the

the

Centaur

thrown

out

That

is to

Meyer,

of the

/ndo

whose

Centaurs
its

with

Hippodameia

goat-herd-god

ii. 637 ;

the

linga-worshippers of

the

of

year,

to

of

Sisna-deva,

year

the

refined

more

after the

the

was

in

representations

Hence

of the

men

sun-horse

But

the

of

between

Soma

race.
a

they

Destroyers

or

union

pure

in

Rigveda

when

weeks

and

nose

Gandliarva
=

in

Lapithae,

Eurytion,
made

the

belief

the

of

country

is marked

long-haired

year

whom

to

of the

sons

the

Geryon,

eleven-months

in

Lapithae phallus-worshippers,

seven-day
his

the

the

the

ended

of

three-

apparently

long-haired

of

union

of

cups

to

gave

Plunderers

fierce

the

Their

developed

was

India,

Also

Soma.

sun-god,

the

the

war

addition

of

Sura

the

epithet

Massagetae. who, according

Northern

the

two

than

the

ruling the

were

reaching

on

Ugrosena

and

them,

only

means

the

race,

he

Orion

star

Centaurs

(lap,XaTra^o),to plunder),

there

the

filling the

which

milk-drinking

Lapithae, whose

sacrifice

of

denote

to

Soma-god

seasons,

Charion,

seasons

race

three

Herodotus, worshipped

to

of

name

yiXo^ y^^o^^ meaning

Z enclaves ta

be

to

the

by

the
by the tripleflagon {rpiXdyvvov Seiras^),

seasons

cupped

the

in

sacramental

the

translation

exact

this

of

stories

of

festivals
of

form

an

The

question

seasonal

iEolic

golden-green, and
Hari-Zairi,used

Chronology
tables "."

their

from

shown

are

drink

of

and

History

5i8

archer-god
of

and

doors

he

say,
suitors

was

whom

Mytken

Germainsche

p. 41.

Races

of Prehistoric

i. 216

Odyssey^ xxi. 295

"

303.

Times, vol. i., Essay vi., pp.

549

"

55

1.

of the Myth' Making


Odusseus

treated

pillar,the
the

and

in the

same

Hir-men-sul,

pillar-worshipof

sun-gnomon

of

sun-stone

great

North

the

replaced the idol-

Fhcenicians

the

519

the featureless

way,

the

Age.

worship of the lunar solar-era.

The

E.

thirteen-months

wives

the thirteen

and

of Kashyapa

This

year

of

thirteen

Santals^

and

its

adoption by

its

on

history. They

of very

race,

dark

thick

lips,black

skulls

father's

and

side

they

Champa

the

chief

king of Anga,

brothers,

of

the

five

the

of

born

Moreko,

Bhars

the

maternal

the

peacock
and

the

ancestors

of

the

the

separate

nationality dates

its starry tail became


and

goddess,
the

of the

track

They

used

descent
goose-son

when

to

shows

of

moon

from

mohr),

the

totem-god

Thus

the

the sacred

began

men

and

sacrifice human
that

Bharatas,

sun

bird
to

these

of

through

to

they

brethren,

the

Bhoja king

say

the

when

Gosain
that

the
the
the

race

; that

their

peacock

Here, the

of

measure

victims, and

they belong

Ugra-sena, the

age

Their

kings.

village-grove (jahir) and

saintly {gosain) goddess.

five

of

one

the

sisters

two

side

called

Peacock

or

Koh

or

father's

the

{mor) god,

Hindi

Era, the

with

Koi

on

brethren

Maurya

are

Jair Era, goddess

descent

[inayura

mountain

mother-mountain-goddess

peacock

Pandava

the

priesthood.

great

mountain-mother
their

trace

god

the

at

say,

seen,

Angiras
the

Buru^

of

Gond

the

{kai'kaia). They
the

Marung

equivalent

and

Su-bhadra

is

{kasduk),

have

we

as

the

and

ancestors.

they

was,

the

on

wild-goose

India

was,

that

Northern

the

in

Ganges, which

god

{fnarting)ythe

from

of

sons

original settlement

capital of Karna^
Their

the

Dravidian

doliko-kephallic

and

from

descended

light

large mouths,

flat noses,

hair

vivid

pure

the

of

year

most

history shows

traditional

themselves

on

throws

curly

Theres,

sacred

physically nearly

are

were

Buddhist

the

is

them

somewhat

their

their

months

complexions, with

and

call

They

of the SantalSy the thirteen

year

moon-

year

zodiacal

by
stars.

story of their
of

Kansa,

is to

say

the

that

their Northern
Altaic

ancestors

who

Finns,

immemorial

have,

used

introduced

the

They brought

of

and

leather,fibres
The

Finn

of the

of

be

immigrants
allied

nearly
of

Orissa,

male

line.

The

is shown

in

their

with

which

of

principal septs
Pleiades,

and

sect

of

are

their

the

All

Sas,

of

Rautias
*

will

who

arc

so

enter

not

their

and

days

seven

the

the

they

Sayce, Introduction
Risley, Tribes and

Seven
are

Castes

careful

Sarens

to

preservt

have

of

any

special

Sisters

worship

Sarchawdi,

6.

week
the

by

of Language,

of Bengal

2.

Deswali,

7.

Thunta-

of

the

{goraya)^
of
their

family-

as

embodiments

are

goddess

stars

seven

Science

of the

where

house
and

and

of their

one

Naiki-Khil

the

and

Great

village
most

Bear,
the

congeners

certainly paralleldeities

to the

seasons,

solstice

Baspahar,

i.

boundary-god

originallythe
as

the

of

{pahar) goddess,
and

men,

called

Barpahar,

5.

the

own.

women

Orakbonga,

were

2, and

the

clan

Saren

of

descendants

or

priest of

Goraya,

worshipped

Sarens

and

mountain

probably

the

they

{des-wali)

grove

the

of the

drink

Also

February.

"

bride

mahua-trec

winter

the

descent

tivals
orgiastic fes-

changes

at

descends

both

the

in

ceremonially unclean,

These

the

of

which

honey

and

anceston

Santal

to

the

are

seven

4.

tursa.

January

that

is

Sohrai

Santals, both

the

gods the
3.

of

that

villagegrove

in

Santal

the

by

of

with

India

to

property

married

the

celebrate

incipientLcvites

inmates

silver,

and

patriarchal
side

brewed,

the

among

purity

of metab

gold

came

tribes

whence

was

festival

Magh

the

to

in both

as

tree

they

especially those
the

who

Akkadians

shown,

arc

separately

are

Ashvins

the

who

matriarchal

(Bassta latifolia\|the
of

in

marriage ceremonies,

bridegroom

age

Santals

of the

artisan

to

whidi

and

knowledge

workers

as

time

wood.

Kandhs

the

and

and

ancestors

this influx

customs,

handicrafts

from

months,

the

their

Ugro-

tribes,

among

Asia

Southern

their

and

ores,

week

us,

lunar

Turkic

the

the

were

tells

Sayce

thirteen

from

seven-days
into

father's side

Dr.

as

year

Chronology

the

on

they apparently derived

in

and

History

520

to

vol. ii. pp.

Kautia, vol. iL p. 204.

the

seven

195, 196.

History

522

are

masculine

the

male
the

of

J air Era, goddess

Theri,

Bhudda

The

of

those

had

who

later Hindus,

and

in

ancient

method

Santal

the

cruel

conquest

has

far

extended

thirteen

number

the

on

their

the

Quipas'.

of

of

Kushite

the
their

the

ruthless

people,

and

India,

mory
me-

caused

has

unlucky

as

Kriirii

and

anger,

on

like the

by tiic

Peruvian

of

beyond

tbe

which

records

memory

looked

be

to

the

minds

KlashyajB

who,

races,

Krodha

the

of

with

central-goddess

deeply

impressed

was

which
the

how

marks

tto

these

write, regarded

artisan

name

the

to

wives

and

cords,

Buddhist

of

names

Chinese, kept

of di

'.

hatred

read

the

by

by the

given

one,

and

year,

shown

the

sisttr

name

eleventh

thirteen

to

knotted

of

feeling is

the

learnt

reckoning brought

Peruvians

of

the

Santal

it shows

interesting,for

is most

the

The

Saint

Golden

the

marri^

mother-tree,

village grove.

between

comparison

Vedic

the

of

marriage of

the

the

of

equivalent

Kaccani,

year-gods and

This

of

Soma

the

is the

goddess-mother

year

denote

saintly {gosain) goddess

to

teen

the

god,

and

feminine,

and

moon

Chronology

and

all

over

Europe.
The

evidence

adoption
Buddhist

by
of

days
races,

of

beginning
months

year,

Bronze

into

which

one

was

tried

to

unite

their

Southern
of

tendencies
festivals

the

the

the

and

the

Tribes

and

sacrifices

Rislcy,

Prescott, History of Peru


122.

Castes

and

of

the
to

that

of the

earlier

II2

vol.

Lcgge,

the

Northern

the

in the

seventeen-

week

porated,
incor-

was

priesthood, who
and

conquerors
the

combine
to

its week

conquerors

Northern

wished

i. p.

by

ritualistic

the

of Bengal^ Santals,
vol.

as

into

mother

with

year

India

its

Theris, headed

Buddha's

seven-days

by

who

races

p.

the

this

to

Age;

races

thirteen

country

predecessors,and

"

vol. xxxix.

in the

framed
two

that

brought

settled

who

incorporation

sister of the

show

first

was

the

of

year

to

seems

nurse,

seven

the

as

given by

year

its

and

year

Pajapati, the

Gotami

his

artisan

Santal

theology

Maha

and

the

as

thirteen-months

this

to

as

retain

conservative
the

epochs
ii. pp.

Texts

225

"

orgiastic

with

those

233.

of Taoism

S.B.E.,

of the
rof

the

moral

reformers

in
"

who,

teachers,

insisted

reformers

who

grass,

-HiW^i

spiritsand
and

similar

a,

Iliad

Pramnion

it is made

of

the

was

Tamar
of

leaders

what

do
have

called

the

him

It

God.

this

in

of

of

their

male

bas-reliefs

mixture

god,

of

that

that

the

into

incorporated
which

meal

in

drink

they

who

Koran

to

dates, butter,and

said

and

the

in

The

tree.

temperance

is said

the

impregnating

as

the

horsemen

date-palm

they

inmost

them

took

lived

life-giving

their

made

water-drinkers, who

these

was

and

magical

mint, and

Hanlfa, meaning

sacramental

this

who

of

Abram

was

and

race

the

short, they believed

living God

the

by

nature

In

3.

said

date-palm-tree,the

of

pollen

Hals, their

named

sacramental

is left out, and

and

demi-gods

virtues

called

They

find

We

water.

wine

the

cult

Banu

right,to which

belonged.

spirit of

the
the

tribe
is

by eating

the

priest-kings or
in

of

is
[icvKkwv)

water-drinking

with

of

mysteries ". This change

Babylonians,

the

made

Indra, made

honey

the

of

sons

made

Sautramani

Greek

added

Ceres

to

by the

fice,
sacri-

millets, mixed

of

cup

the Eleusinian

at

belief

dry curds,

of

hymn

Soma

barley-meal, grated cheese,

this Circe

this

in

the

were

of

to

mother-palm-tree

the

called

made

the

of

their

represent

pure

Kuke5n

who

creed

national

the

these

323,

barley, rice,and

Jews, the

desert

the

322,

pp.

the

about

the

of

VI.

Jain

was

the

barley-meal {oK^vra),water,

brought

was

from

of the

drunk

cup

cup

composition

in

But

Soma

dulgence
in-

national

Hittite

the

in the

be

to

the

the

from

running

wine, and

drugs

drink

into

This

of

of

milk, barley, and

Demeter.

the

in

sour

change

of

cup

strong

fruits, malted
milk

against

self-discipline. It

Chapter

in

Kusha

svreet

the

changed

faces

influence

moral

523

licence

the

the

banished

Age.

their

set

and

under
on

described

cup,

who

drink

strong

festivals, and

and

Myth-Making

sons

the

name

"

Homer,

Iliad^ xi. 624, 641;

Ibid., Cer,^ 208

Ibid., Odyssey,

Hewitt, RtUing

Races

x.

316.

234,

Times^ vol. i..Preface,

of Prehistoric

p. xlviii.
3

Palmer,

Alberuoi's
*

Qur^an, chap.

ii. 129;

Chronology of Ancient

Nights^ Story

of Gharib

and

his

S.B.E.,

hations^
brother

vol.

chap.

vi.

p.

viii. p.

Ajib,'vol.

v.

19,

193

note

Sachau,

Burton, Arabian

pp. 215, 216.

Hanifa

the

of

mythic

and

sun

the

was

king, newly

consecrated

tiger,runs

chariot

and

he

as

The

F.

turn

of

years

of thirteen

years.

they

Northward,

described

They

journey

in

departure
first week
of

their

on

of

tour

the

rainy
earth

the

The
of

year,

that

they

of
his

the

five

Eggeling,

Mahabharata

the

Sat.

tlie

of the

son

by four horses^
be

avatar

an

fourth

the
the

of the

for

of

in Indra's
year
who

Forest

or

year's

their

their

of

day

days, the

seven

the

grove
of

bom

It

{tnen) time*.

measures

this

shrines

sacred

Mainaka,

solstice,who

of

that

year

Vana

point

mount

exile

they began

year

of the

the

god

then

of the

returned

to

heaven.

is told
was,

we

origift

Pandavas*

joined by Arjuna,

years' sojourn

year

its

GLandha-madana,

who

summer

this

find

the

remained

the

near

were

the

in

months

seventeenth

the

the

at

history

Brah,

of

sections

sun-lizard, the god

Vana

of

pilgrimage

and

moon-goddess

traditional

Skanda,

the

we

of

end

gods

on

South,

this

season

from

these

of

history of

Northern

Himalayas

from

the

the

as

reached

of

there

was

latter

There

the

Tirtha-yatra

the

the

into

at

was

intoxicating odours,

Meneka,

Raja-

and

to

fifth year

the

to

It

in the

Canto.

whid

3^ar,

chronology.

Mahabharata.

the

attributed

South,

moie

Vajapeya

thirteen

and

insight

mythically

in the

and

earlier

drawn

claims

chariot

seventeen

further
to

went

the

duty of

the

god Arjuna^.

obtain

must

in

eleven- months

chariot

introduced

who

tiger-skinas

Mahabharata
To

the

In
a

in

the

ascends

Mahabharata

the

on

race

it
; and

belief

the

the

sacrifices.

consecration

suya

date-palm

ritual of the

in the

commemorated

was

of

by these

the

and

drink,

of the age

represented

reformers,

India

in

strong

invaders

savage

class

from

of

sons

these

between

upper

abstinence

of India

ruling races

moon-gods,

union
the

among

the

and

Valarania,

and

Bhishma

made

Righteous, who

the

or

Chronology

and

History

524

as

in
we

the

story

have

seen

S.B.E., vol. xli. pp. 98 ff.


( YaksJui' Yudhd) Parva, civil. , dxiv. pp. 467, 46S, 497*
v.

4, 3,

flf.;

t/ie

of
In

Chapter

the

V.

of

born

p. 279,

Mahabharata

story

Prajapati disguised

in

other

and

ratha, that
which

the

of

the

to

the

ruled

god

zenith

the

and

whom

whose

one,

attacked

This

face

sixth

by Indra.

of the rainy

god

bom

was

after

the

and

season,

stars

seven

Skanda

the

ruler

mid-

of

the

ruling god of
the

was

born

in p.

498

Shashti,
and

eight-rayed

year

waning

moon

corps

Pole

of

measured

his

marriage

of

heaven

in

that
the

by

After

Vana

Asa,

Aparajata,

Star, showing

Mahabharata

679"691.

Lakshmi,

is the

ninth

Devasena,

to

the

the year
he went

its search
star

that

Vega,

the

April, called

"

the

rule

half

mothers,

the

of

the

child

whom

god Kumara,
this year
known

^.

by the
the

to

waxing
of
out

to

for

who

and

full-moon

lead the seventh


of

ruler
had

ccxxxii.

time

ceased

of Skanda

(Mdrkaftdeya-Samdsyd) Parva,

eighth
Sinivali

moon

new

of

goddess

Sisu, the

child

eight

Sinivali,

Sukhaprada,
is

was

bright

the

the

rainy
It

year.

seven

Sisu,

god of

the

as

Kuhu,

replace Abhijit, that

the

god Visakha,

the

of

was

of the

thunderbolt

day

and

called

as

star-mother

sacrifices.

Bear

goat,

preceding

fifth

Skanda

of

Star

Pleiades

the

the

on

son

married

of

concealed

Pole

months

sun-cock,

sun-physician,
the

March

was

West,

and

the

the

Skanda,

month

He

East,

of the

second

month

Great

the

Satvritti

Kuhu,

the

called

was

Guha,

the

blow

the

two

was

of

names

the

of

first of the

described

I have

army

that

the

eight-rayed star,

and

was

of

that

of Visakha

and

Pleiades.

offeringsto
called

From

Virgo {Chitrd)y

worshipped

also

the birth of Visakha

after

the

the

of Chaitra-

land

star

or

god,

season

the

as

him,

fire,the sun-god

months,

Krittakas

Agni,

the matriarchal

of

by the

of

and

in the

born

nadir, who

cocks,

sacrificed.

were

Pleiades

union

eleven

the

In

Svaha, the daughter

household

the

ruled

of

of

the

the

was

land

year

son

of

He

of

son

of

of

525

faces, looking North, South

six

is to

that

one

sons

is, in the

Kartikeya,
a

as

born

Age.

the kettle of Kesari-tar.

is the

fire-flame.

the

of

from

he

words, the god

patriarchal races,

born

Myth' Making

was

"

to

to

be

after

ccxxxvii.

pp.

History

and

Chronology

during the

age

when

526
8ocx)

and

B.C.

Hercules.

It

story, the

then

was

Krittakas

heaven

succeeding

thirteen

wives

made

were

of

of

of the

Nagas,

as

Kadamba

of

Ooraons

this

destroyed
leader

the

the god

once

Danava

god with

Indra

the

that is the

of
of

Skanda

in the

account

year

by Jayadratha,
of the

year

which

Shakuni,
had

year,

the

always

besought
her

which

they

reckoning,
sun-bowl,

pp.
'

arrived

Mahabharata

the

to

to
a

not

meal

stay

fore-shadowed
that

was

close

Vana

to

to

in
caused
the

the

of

the
she

this

by

ill-omened

2.

The

eleven-months

especially
of time,

Pandavas

had

(Maskandcya-Samasya)

She

eaten."
bowl
his

of

as

so

to

attendants,

revolution

arrival
camp

"which

Buddha,

refillingof the
the

and

Kama

creator

and

Durvasa

eleventh

the

the

exhausted

eat

and

months

his arrival

on

after

the
to

Mahabharata,

of

of the

was

beggar-bowl
refill

victorythe

his

Durvasa

seasons

full

(p.349)1

seen

history of the
of Drupadi
rape

end

replenish,as

remained

give

would

to

theff

and

god

Dusshasana,

who

May)

"

the

in

the

at

after

four

Krishna,

Krishna

enable

of the

gods

(April

attempted

place

tree

*.

Duryodhana,

by Drupadi

till then

who

of

"sun-vessel,"

the

exile, and

fled from

summoned
her

took

Pandava

{dur^ emissary

of

be

to

installatiofl

seventeen

also

appears

sacred

in the

of

each

the

after

recorded

days

seven

said

have

we

became

of this year

ruling god

Pandavas

Skanda

fifty-one names

fifty-oneweeks
This

; and

are

Star

as

was,

Kadrii, the

after the

Pole

the

Vinata

Visakha

and

buffalo, who

rule the

of this year,

they

was

of the

sons

the

Mahisha,

Skanda

that

age

It

their

and

almond-trees,

or

rulers of

them

of

and

named,

are

the

months

Asuras

of the

Kharwars.

and

new

Under

and

ia

was

Mahabharata

made

thirteen
;

Star

the

to

were

heaven

mother

the

worshipped

the

Kashypa,

mothers

of

Pleiades

Abhijit {Yegd).

tenth, Aditi, Diti, the


mother

that, according

or

Pole

the

in time-

exhausted

Jayadratha,

after the

reinstal-

Parva, ccxxviii., ccxxix.,

ccxxLi

695"710.
Mahabharata

Vana

(tr^Ma-^a/rd) Parva, cclvii., cclxi.

pp.

763, 777

"

779.

.of the Myth-Making


lation

of

{sifi)kingdom
of

the

of

Nila

and

Jaj^dratha

ruled

and

followed

the

of this

He

Kuhana.

year-god,

whose
the

was

{kslietra\and

and

first child

of

the

was

Hindu

Pole

the

Dan,

to

months

we

off"

told

the

East

was

in the
from

North
South

summer

Sahadeva

the

Arjuna,

silver-boar,

the

egg

laid
".

form

female

thirteenth

child

and

the
reach

the

of

god

in the

Nakula, the

Mahabharata

Drona

'

Mahabharata

Adi

the

in

year
while

them

having
point
sun

vernal

and

the

South,

of autumn

(Abhimanyu-badha) Parva,

the

on

rising

sun

was

ing
com-

in

the

in

the

the twin-brethren
and

winter,

xliii. 3, p. 134.

cxvii. p. 342.

in

equinox,

beginning

season

and

as

gone,

solstice

summer

rainy

{Sambhava) Parva,

of

summer,

West*;

gods

each

spring, the

the

bride

camp

different

of

god

tempted
at-

Kauravya

year

solstice

he

for

Pandava

the
a

of

god

starting-point
the

the

the

hunting,

to

winter

to

of

of

when

seeking

was

poem,

Bhima,

solstice,was
and

the

out

the

South
his

from

the

seasons

the

between

the

hundred

Dhritarashtra

and

passed

were

the

in

East

(vrtddhd)

the

Dinah, the

goddess

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thirteen-months

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the

aissumption
"~

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the bird-

^
~

headed
~

the

to

found

in

of the

bird

jackal-headed

Egyptian

him

temples depicting

figure

the
the

with

heads

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in which

Jackal
of

is the

he

shows

official
of

year

jackal-god

with

cosmogony

of the

of

the

before

long

its

months

seventeen

this year

is also

thirteen

Theris,

Theri

Sigala-Mata,

biography of

Egyptian

thirteen

of

year

thirteenth

The

jackal.

his

that

year

the

son

the

of

'.

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in the

mother

also

the

connection

preserved

the

and

months

of

the

each

days

twenty-one

the

made

was

priestly developement

of

Ra

was

introduced.
This
delivered
in

of

year

its

by

Neith, the

sacred

Indian Telis
year

oil,and

have

must

sons

brought

were

The

H.

to

the
the

Egypt

it to

the

thirteen-montlis

year

goddess of

the

flax whence

the

eleven

which
flax-plant,
India

from

of the Nooktas

It

Minor.

thirteen

of

yields

probably by

and

the

gods

also

Asia

merchant

Kushite

the

that

308, shown

p.

of eleven

years

months.

Jewish priestswere

quarter, and

same

by

and

I have

eleven

the

wove

worshipped

of the Sesame

from

been

of

was

furnishes

connection

Athene,

VI.

year-god

Neith,

or

year

Egyptian

they brought

India, that both

of

of the

who
oil-sellers,

the

that

who

the

the

Egyptian

already, in Chapter

or

are

the

Lybyans

both

I have

made.

the

of

garments

it and

is the

races

of

evidence

between

weaver,

weaving

Nit

midwife-goddess

the

noted

in which

months,

birth-storyfurther

already
the

thirteen

way

months

kings.

of

British

Columbia.
This
who

strong

year

is that
in

show, both

used
their

affinities with
'

by
the

Lockyer, Dawn

the

of British

Nooktas

physique

and

Polynesians
of Astronomy

their

mode

and

the

p. 149.

Columbia,
of

life,

seafaring

broad

Dravidian

found

among

and

wear

like

the

loose

Hittite

cut

their hair

like

the

Ooraons

live

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in

which

flat

canoes

bow

stick

the

of

have

Santals

and

her

as

her

deputy,

marriage

certain

the

goes

representing the

privileges of

noble,

the

The

mother.
the

among

from

common

and

system
*

of

Ratscl, History

19, 91

"

100.

in

law

paternal

of

customs

strange

making

clearly marks

of Mankind,

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up
them

by

A.

like
races.

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family
position

himself

of

her

them

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son,

line.

family

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conferring

to

be

are,

descended
of

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a

the

through

mixture

as

she

village,and

village community

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The

I have
very

origin,descends

each

and

father's

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ancestor

slave

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ancestor.

matriarchal
tribal

free

members

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coast

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being

possessor

in

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way.

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and

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houses

people

brings

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crest,

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on

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wife,

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on

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Polynesians

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on

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the

painted designs, like

with
houses

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trace

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beard.

all

description,

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designs ^.

maritime

descends

Madras.
a

on

are

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of
in

seen

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seen

boats

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from

are,

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in front of their houses.

outrigger of the

the

themselves

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like

and,

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also

hanging
Indians

out

houses

of their houses

often

pluck

their

cedar

outside

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build

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family,and

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dresses

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holding

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and

hair

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poles

bark

cone,

capable

without

Malays,

in

heads

only Columbian

the

Burmese,

totem

lips and

short

houses

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the

their

wear

Polynesian customs,

are

use

truncated

Haidas.

the

and

of

tufts,and

are

large

of

generations

themselves

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into

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clothe

shape

cap.

divided

or

the

in

cap

They

thick

long and

both

features, and
them.

flat noses,

have

That

India,

of

Dravidians

of

Chronology

History and

536

archal
patri-

intricate

mixed

J. Butler, vol.

race

ii. pp.

History

538
mountain

his

say,

they

The
Cheit

(March
the

I have

fiftydays
or

fifty Tithi

of hours

the
the

Easter

the

originated
of

this^year
then

Devasena,

the

moon-hare,

which

at

latter

of the

year,

which

between

his

there

of

birth

sun-god

of the

epoch,
and

birth

and

of

the

in

his

into

ascent

of the

months

history
that

and

Sisu,

eight

be

fiftydays

of

son

of
was

names,

of the

adoration

symbolic

the

into

ation
explan-

out

the

and

Easter-eggs

be

to

ascent

sun-child

the

fiftydays

apparently

and

arose

scale

suggested

the

can

thirteen

of

still survive

an

fifty-

by months

was

interval

assumption

of

the

case

whatever

But

be,

probable

year

in this

of his year.

in this

recondite

I have

as

that
rider.

different

cended
as-

Easter

fectionery
con-

Germany.

history

beginning

and

by

the

ritualists

very

this

there

its

reckoning

such

use,

intervening

the

the

by

The

we

moon-bird-goddess

celebrated

of

measured

seventeen

that

of

23rd

after

and

with

days^

difficultymay

the

that

between

was

end

fiftydays

by the

rites

mode

month

those

of

of the ancient

lunar

p. 457,

the

to

birth

sun-horse

connected

which

one

by

and

doubt

it

lunar

that

solving

of

or

represent

heaven

heaven

fell

the

rule,

sun-god

previous chapters, it seems

were

some

VII.

Chapter

in

of

from

completed

no

noted

the

(rf

his

starting date

of

which

their

into

equinox

in the

to

full-moon

began
changing

this

datq

sun-god,

history

weeks

would

the

in

belonged

the

at

vernal

the

predecessors,

introduce

that these

in

of

year

by the persistentendeavours

methods

of

the

was

'.

successor

this variation

variation

mortal

Judging

one

his

from

immortal

and

to

with

similar

his

of

Easter

our

And

April.

offered

was

tions
transforma-

three

"

April), when

"

all

(April May)

Parikshit

beginning

like

varied

is to

in Visakha

sun-horse

that

of

that

wife;

their

fifth Dhammadinna

the

beginning

was

of

course

and

years

of

the

in

^goddess, were

Chronology

daughters of Visakha,
once

so

and

of

these

Christmas

Hewitt, Ruling Races

rebirths

successive
and

of Prehistoric

ending

Times
^

at

of

the

sun-god,

Pentecost, is, as

vol. ii.,Essay vii.,pp.

74"

we

77" ^

of tlu Myth' Making


have

diiTusion

universal

of

the

moving

of

the

Eastern

of

son

the

head,

this

story

Uther,

that

but

theology;

Her

sun.

is close

or

Airem,

Bran

of

the

of

that

temple,

the

same

hands

king

It

3.

of

find the

we

when

he

the

as

the

the

the

be

to

that

of

by

accomplished
alone

he

could

power,

for which
Twelfth
last

which

at

'

Rhys, Hibbcrt
Thi

Ibid.,

Ibid., chap.

Book
"

MorUd^

the

of

Arthur

from
in

Easter

birth

Arjuna

sun-sword

his

he

secration
con-

His

birth

from

the

the

only
proved
in five

stone

to

the

of

that

Arthur

These

"

final

his

prove

his

mas,
at Christ-

were

Whitsuntide,

and

finallycrowned

was

time

Odusseus,

from

Easter

that

Gemini

in

like

and

winter-

the

drawing

feat,

the

December

unnecessary

enough.

was

Night, Candlemas,
festival

and

Gemini

by

wholly

trial

king

Thus

4.

Lectures^ p. 97.

ii. pp.

JU^end^ chap, ii.,pp. 25, 35, 36.


38, 39

i. chaps, xvii.,xviii.,xxv.

Malory,

the

with

Whitsuntide.

at

was

his death

met

ruling year-god.

were

one

Arthurian

the

take

repeated trials,which

of

had

B.C., and

sun-sword,

year-bow

who

spirit {/izvyvar),

archer

6000

about

mare

or

queen,

rebirths

his

fiftydays

the

the

to

horse

coronation

manifested

was

sun-gnomon-stone

stringing

of

end

sun-god

the

entered

B.C.,

12,000

Christian

ploughing-god

successive

sun-god

vernal^equinox,
at

as

his

been

goddess Epona,

his

Arthur

story of the
of

with

{gwen)

the

Modred,

son

the

record

January, about
at

his

is in

white
of

has

Rama,

British

Guinivcre,

wives

ploughing-

history of pre-Christian

the

herself,after

2, betook

name

the

at

three-year

plough*-

wonderful

the

accordance

scenes

Western

the

worship of the white

the

to

of

Eastern

into

Amesbury, whither
originally Gwen-hwyvar, the
one

the

originallythe

was

originallya

culminating in

of the

of Arthur

of

the

the

reproduction

life of

forms

was

the

the

form

it

of

panorama

is Uther

and

Buddha,

in

S who

in its modern

brought

S39

proved by

is

pictorial series

Western

dramatic

of time

The

the

h'fe of

the

gnomon-stone

sun-god,

faiths

of

scroll

king Arthur.
man^

in

depicted

seen,

Age,

Arthur

pp.
Book

Malory,
42

"

44,

Morte

d'

Arthur^

4S, 49, Book

xxi.

i. chaps, iii.,
iv.,v., pp.

Globe

chap.

2S,

31.

Edition,
vii.

History

540

story, when

this

that

us

the

in

twelve-days sleep

his

born

child

of

the

of

rebirth

is

It

of
the

in

village and

Roman

ritual

ritualistic

the

round

of this year

The
and
of

zodiacal

used.

It

and

the

by

puppets,
The

of

Rome,

in

the

account,

and

March
in

which

May,

one

monies.
cere-

the

on

processions

went

representative sun-god

the

the

bolising
sym-

race-course,

Argei,

that

of

the

Fa.sti to

Jupiter

and

to

Mercurius

the

of

god
the

at

the

by

all the

female

rushes

with

which

which

these

in

is called

in

The

boundaries.

Sublicius, the

Pons

of

construction

Pontifices

which

cession
pro-

ancient
no

iron

priests,by the

or

priestessof Jupiter

to

mourning,

in

Chapter V.
I will

these

the

which

festivals

into

from

Tiber

the

rush

hand

bound

men

the

shows

dolls

the

of the

boundaries

the Salii carried

beginning
p. 239.

the

No

one

who

and

they

Sacella

Servian

city

year-shields

the

year,

or

bridge.

that

twenty-four shrines,

the

marked

round

resemble

to

these

Argei given

Argcorum,

the

Virgins carrying twenty-four Argei

threw

connected

described

or

of

they

name

were

led

Vestal

made

foot, and

the

Tiber,

Dialis

Flaminica

where
every-

satisfactory

most

festivals in

Sth of May

ended

day

was

sion
ascen-

circumambulated.

find

his chariot

in

the

festivals,in which

we

29th, in
as

Maximus,

the

over

in

this

and

circuit.

of the

Circus

bridge

crowned

and

teaching conveyed

the

on

round

is dedicated
the

that

boundaries

went

festival

on

was

other

city

his

equinox;

held, almost

are

parish are

of these

two

are

the

and

Sth

February;

vernal

birth

Year's

New

each

There
I

there

Pentecost

at

of the

evidence

sun-

ploughing*
"

born

Easter

the

between

throughout Europe,
boundaries

January

universe

the

the

as

the

of the

year

rule

to

Archal, from

secondly,

in

beginning
Easter

right

Phoenician

thirdly, as

Night;

ruler

interval

and

the

his

tdls

Whitsuntide.

at

the

In

like

showed

Christmas;

at

year

the

fifthly,as

in heaven

he

god of the

the

fourthly,as
and

of ages

Twelfth

on

sun-god

its

sun-god awoke,

the

as
first,

pre-Christian form,

in

repeated

progress

Chronology

and

which
has

give presently,of the ancient

read

have

the

procession

of the Myth-Making
of

the

5th May, held

will be

the

the

of

that

of

each

final

of

shrines

boundary

the

sacrifice

the

the

denoted

ceremony

it

the

twenty-four lunar phases


marked

mourning

old

was

year,

offered

from

throughout Europe

indubitably proved

is

the

In

festival

Artemis

and

the

of

with

in

Bavaria

in

others,

the

is

old

Erfurt

by
in

which
and

which

by

the

into

and

the

the

"

Mannhnnlt,

of

Indian
man

Dorier,

carried

was

knobs

Book

Mensis
^

the

and

ii.

chap.

Maius,

331,

pp.
ill

"

about

viii.

121.

the

"

Alte

Roman

2,

was

the

consecration

p.

329.

35^, 420;

W.

The

"

forbidden

of the
with

men,

this custom,

ducking

making

in

Der

ponte"

was

sacrifice

This

of

ritual

similar

the

of

Germany,

*.

puppet

fields, and
is

to

de

observance

prohibitingthe

1551

Baumkultus,

Festivals

The

Similarly,

there

saying "Sexagenaries
bridge.

from

traditionallyold

were

throughout

twenty-one
uller,Die

victims

thrown

doll called

straw

with

the

strictlyanalogous

Whitsuntide

sham

is

of

crowned

places, a

river ; and

to

festival

frontier*.

round

year

rituals.

Roman

were

some

carried

the

Athens

at

woman

in

of

national

the

to

sacrifice

human
end

the

of

remains

June)

the

boy

Dialis

of

"

over

and

the

the

law

'

Roman

led

which

man,

universal

Easter

at

and

bridge

from

men

almost

and

man

decorated
a

is shown

old

of

or

Flaminica

the

at

evidence

sacrifice at Halle

festival, in
as

Asia

the

Whitsuntide

at

Whitsuntide
or

May,

of the

months,

ancient

more

and

by

whole

twelve

of

dead

the

Thargelion (May

curses

from

thrown

death

fruit,like sacrificial victims,

and

rock

for the

the

sun-god.

dead

Apollo, corresponding

isth of

flowers
a

of

the

the

of

the puppets,

survival

for

victim

Thus

year

dress

of the

this sacrifice of

the

of

the

the

twenty-four days each,

of

by

representing the mother


That

slain

mourning

fifteen months

that

round

went

river-parentgod.

year

able to doubt

me

contributed

old

of

Gubbio, the

reaching the bridge, and

city before

national

to

seems

twenty-four Argei

shrines

to

541

Iguvium, the modern

at

capital of Umbria,
procession

Age,

Warde

at

of

people

also

lated
simu-

fire-pan,in
gold plate
service

Fowler,

The

beginning

equinox
the

East

victim

The

buried,

sacrifice

second

of

boundaries,

is the

of

the

Its

of

May.

fields.

driven

Three

three

when

of

J.

sacrifice

The

bull,

with

round
held

was

(May

when

fortunately

the

in

other

religiousrite

except

those

described

we

find

of

Gubbio,

on

worship

of

pp.

W.

the

exactly
6th

the

on

animals

were

Warde

Diogenes
186, 187.

of ancient

the

by

isth

the

of

give the rules

annual

and

which

name

the

Fowler,
Laertius

The

the

date

walls

of

c.

old

these

modem

cessor
suc-

every

year

that

as

as

can,

at

of the

Rome.

by the

dominated

23 ; Fustcl

these

different official circuits

two

Fistivais,

we

illustrate
of

the

fire,and

Roman

Socrates,

and

irresistiblyconnects

household

In

circumambulation

same

Iguvium,

country,

Brahmanas.

the

for

is extant

in any

place

May,

mation
fuller inforthan

takes

rite which

of

ritual

observances

the

the Servian

round

Tables

worship

Indian

Echtemach.

and

capital Iguvium,

ancient

boundaries
a

early

presently,supplement

tables

Ingino,

'

ficed
sacri-

An

same

in Gubbio

its

in the

Umbrian

instructions

the

'

the

show

procession
of

the

carryii^

were

Athens

Eugubine

description of

minute

of

The

and

were

cipality
muni-

and

'.

29th

pig,

animals

at

year

circuit

is the

estate

completed

every

June),

"

and

garlands
the

was

for any

Gubbio

the

at

perambulation

sheep

hands, and

their

by

calendars,

limits of each

the

this sacrifice and

official

the head

2.

have

shall

vemal

the

Chapter IX^

solemn

in the

given

about

Aha-

brick
at

accompanied

perambulations of boundaries

We

in

or

crowned

third

the

sacrificed

the East

show

May,

as

round

in

Thargelion

in

animals,

crowd

branches

similar

shall

Ambarvalia

date,

times

by
olive

the

actually offered^and

was

as

of

year

the altar.

of

end

new

year-bird rising in
sacrifice

human

Chronology

the

building at

the

altar of the

vanlya

of

and

History

542

Mcnsis
de

the

mother-

Maius,

Coulanges,

sacred

pp.
La

hill

city, its
mountain,

124"
Cite

28.

Antiqve^

i/ie

of
the

with

describes

these

to

them

ancient

the

favourable, the

were

(answering

the

to

(adhvan) ), and

with

the

place

praetexta
tlu

Star

Pole

in the

the

temple

roads

He

off.
before

Tursa
In
close

Cerfia

the

said

be

Cerfus

ritual

in

identical

as

well

with

circuits

of

Tacitus, Germania,
Bower,

Appendix,
132"140.

The

Ceri

Lustration

the

that

The

the

city, driving
and

pigs,sheep
expel

three

aliens

any

naturalised

becoming
the

four

the

of

circuits

silent

Cerfia

Praestita

Martius,

walls

of

injunction

the

of

in

worship

must

the
to

the

old

and

fire

very

pre-Vedic
of

wearing
the

on

the

right

silently,are

pray

of

like the

have

we

the

to

as

bearing

the

that

observed

rules

the
as

those

of

with

was

branched

boundary

perfectlyclear
to

and

cord

augur's chair

compass

sacrifice,the

the

owl

Martius.

it is

India.

the

of

to

tlu

of

sacred

the

at

circuit

Cerfus

to

invested

city,whence

of the

each

of

be

the

to

pray

city without

end

approximation

shoulder,

pp.

the

in

the

on

enclosure, which

or

the

reaching

on

of

for

arranger

o-Barisliadah

auspices

the

they

right sJioulder^according

points

make

if

or

to

the

purple stripes,aftd

with

to

centre

four

then

must

sacrificial

'

the

to

At

sacrifices

three

in the

settled

this

the

before

advancer

the

Pilar

then

take

the victims

Umbrians.
prayers

his

on

augural templum

must

have

who

was

city and

Adfertor

assistants, had

two

was

to

of Vista

him

it

birds, and

the

the

official robe

He

must

bulls, and

'

his
or

again

leading

from

of the Hindu

Age.

sacred

the

are

Umbrian

priests had

Adhvaryu,

cord
sacrificial

(parra\ and

the

priest called

pre-solar custom

the

They

^.

ingle-nook, and

", the

auspices

Hindhu

road

to

that

of Mannus,

dedicated.

take

to

ceremony

Ingaevones of

sons

ocean

the

and

circuits described

the

543

eldest

the

nearest

parent-gods

confederacy were
In both

the

as

household-hearth

of the

Age.

Ing, Inguina, the

Tuisco, dwelling

of

men

German

ancient

Tacitus, who
son

Myth-Making

Prajapati; also the


three

Hindu

circuits

2.

at

Gubbio.

of

the

Published

Iguvine

by the

Folklore

People, Eugubine

Society, 1897.

Tables

vi.

and

vii.

History

544
altar

the

round

the

against
will

be

Pole
the

of

of

is

sacrifice.

interpretersof the

that

Cerrus

is also

is the

the

carried

in the

the

be

the

and

three

Mari-amma
or

Greek

the
the

Perrons

of

sign

on

the

in

the

Hir-mensul
of

the

was

triads,

central

two

of

called

and

in the

Janko
latter

Rayetal
the

the

in

prong

trident

are

(p. i6o).

protecting, and

being the

goddess

the

and

who
of

shipped
wor-

as

the

the

the
the

that
of the
the

the

the

of

gods

cone

give
and

Gond

trident

the

represent
and

his

tigerrmothers

These

wearing

also

they

two

Tursa,

sun,

parent-

pine

triad

this

shipped
wor-

cone

of

with

the

surmounted

pine

with

fact

Drona

Orthia,

with

identical

middle

Gond

Sanskrit

stem

of

goddess

Soma,

the

connection

are

Pharsipot,

Praestita,or

Cerfia, the

they

father-god,the

wives, who

Manko

for

close

the

races

Bacchus,

gods

The

India.

tree-pillarsof

or

this

was

the

their

Takka

It

of

of

of

Artemis

with

of

mothers

gnomon-stone

Augsberg,
of

names

oak

the

would

Cerfi

village sun-stones,

Thyrsus

The

proof

the

of

tree-mother.

top.

triad

the

three

the

in

grows

Northern

great

or

Germany,

Perron

further

Gond

the

is used

species of

which

Asherah

among

of

three

and

Leto

whidi

pedestals

Cerrus

sacred

the

Cerfus,

the three

to

India,

thinking

create,

mother-trees,

of

The

to

name

or

holding

became

Ker,

these

parent

tree-mother

tree-trunks.

the

which

tree

three

tree-stem

which

or

Tri-kadru-ka

the

and

mother-goddesses

Jews,

the

Linnaeus,

Drei-eich

in

editors

Umbrian

of

the

as

Hence

the

the
the

or

as

as

of

hollowed

of

Piedmont.

Grimm,

stems

6,

xvi.

Cerrus

oaks,

of

Germany,
three

Nat.

of the

tree-gods

Gubbio.

at

Good

the

Biicheler, the

Ceri, given

procession

Quercus

Apennines

Cer

root

name

modern

Hist.

Pliny,

oak,

of the

root

the

prayen

of

agree

as

in the

whom

gods

Tables,

equivalent

it from

derive

and

which

circuit

to

three

Eugubine

Latin

the

the

Br6al

Both

and

they

of

in

their

the triad

of

left-handed

been

direction

priests make

and

Pharsi-pen

Tri-kadru-ka

by

the

sun,

reproduction

have

age,

procession. Furthermore

trident

and

Star

presently the

addressed

are

the

course

seen

modern

in

Chronology

and

last
or

the

the

are

here

towered
tower

of

those

by

expressly

ritual

Praestita Cerfia

the

was

the

rain-ape

the

days when

the

tree

came

to

he

libations

vessels

born

the

god

of the sacred

of the

of

cleft, and

the

living victims
his

and

in silence

prayed

Jovia, whence

age

following

tops

decurional

the

hunt

sham
to

At

each

given
good
that

of

to

the

crops.
are

It

as

in

with

sacrificed

see

to

to

to

her

ritual,the
to

bury

this

ritual

female

to

in

the

that

goddesses,

and

had

the later

that the
driven

to

caught in

were

and

ficed
sacri-

there
and

given,
the

fields

it is female
the

air,

mountain

were

be

Tursa

open

of

pieces of
their

Adfertur

worshipped

the

they

were

no

offered

temple

Aquilonia,

pieces

Indian

in

her

and

called

in

on

from

ritual

praetexta,

drink-offerings,corn

townspeople
We

the

goddess

After

forum.

sacrifices

the

was

form

to

was

was

of

worshipped

taken

were

Jovia

Tursa

lustral

the

was

of the

the

to

after

instead

sacrificed

centre

they

cleft

sacrifice

goddess

was

men

be

to

or

doubtless,

were

She

He

the

Syrian Tirhatha,
the

and

the

this

her

to

when

heifer-calves

third

Sata,

that

gods.

that

(p.442).

only first-fruits

wearing

artificial hills.

on

or

three

two

Sancus,

god belonging

The

sonal
sea-

Fisovius

to

temple of Cerfia Tursa,

in the

other

the

beyond

consecrated

like

he

solstitial

offered

of the

whom

to

it appears

shrine

circuit

the

issuing from

offered.

assistants,

two

god of

Ingino, the god

form

clearly is

were

third

the

after

male

mothers,

of

Cacus

called

river

He

Southern

of the

in

the

the

brook.

the town

in

Indra,

whence

Martu,

were

slew

hill,now

perhaps
{fissus)y

cleft

Ahalya,

or

sowing-god Semo

who

grass,

Fisian

the

of

that

earrings given

Gautuma

goddess

spelt meal

Sancius, the Iguvine form

god

the

so

sun,

goddess

lunar

wind

West

the

to

and

cake

of

of

Martius.

Italy as
the

wife

the

form

rain-ape-god Maroti, the

the

and

(maroni)^

After

the

was

Indian
the

was

the

solstitial

with

as

placed,

were

the

and

her,

to

is in

the

sun-hen,

(p. 313). She

Utanka

to

that

crosswise,

says,

Vrisha-kapi,

or

black,

two

Cross, representing the

Andrew's

St.

and

white

vessels, two

four

dedicated

vessels

white

the

over

Chronology

and

History

546

to

cake.
these

victims
secure

animals

heifers offered

of the Myth-Making
Tursa

to

of

cow

the

on

older ritual

an

the sexless
The

than

whole
of

Indian

of

the

branch

in

of

Asia

the

Iguvium

Minor,

Mars, belonged,
the

female

the
of

is

is

ascension

to

ritual of

the

of

hoof

appointed
country

with

divided

Ceri.

the

The

whom

and

and

wine

fire.

it

was

the

begins
solstice.

an

that

Jupiter,

are
com

The

of

the

of

with

it.

the

male

is the
2

Easter

deities,
Tursa,

the fact that

to

the

at

the

lamb

the

it

that

right,shows

Su-astika,

journey by going South

sheep sacrificed

like those

and

belonging

age,

litter

various

But

to the

on

priest enters

Publicus

priestturns
solar

the

the

in from

is carried

to

He

brethren.

brought

after

Tursa,

prints

the

compartment,

Pumunus

offered

are

offeringof
annual

is

sheep

lower

of the

specialpriestwas

Attidian

sacrifice is offered

worshippers
his

The

and

upper

sacrifice in v/hich the

is

the

of

which
sacrifice,

sacred
an

this

For

object of

The

from

forth

and

birth

the

at

sanctification

is the

longed
be-

apparently

sun-god.

welling

Collegia

temple, apparently

among

Easter

sun-horse.

for the

into two,

the

fountain

the

sheep

offered

those

aflter-

sheep sacrifice

it

and

Tables,

sheep sacrifice

the

from

the

this

of

chooses

of the

of

heaven

ritual of

the

cessions
pro-

apparentlyan

was

pigs first and

which

in

But

of

series

spring, the

temple

ritual

Eugubine

the

to

the

the

in

given

sheep, which

offered.

were

Iguvine circuit

in the ritual of the

earlier

the

heifers

wards

of increase.

god

the sacrifice of

to

the

became

Martins, who

Umbrian

mention

no

of

addition

the

tree-ape-god Maroti,

the

and

Asia,

villages,the

matriarchal

Indian

priestsot

South-western

in

succeeded,
the

of

the

Maso,

There

who

clearly

were

Salii, the

Roman

the

mother-tree

prototype

Etruscan

and

dancers

offspringof
the

which

to

they

whether

not,

or

trol
con-

dancing priests originating

of

order

the

under

was

brethren, who,

Attidian

same

of

age

offered.

were

ritual of

twelve

of the

oxen

priests of the Phrygian god Attis

were

of

bulls

the

the

in which

sacrifice

the

belong apparently to

and

Ashtaka,

those

and

gods

547

and
Jewish heifer-offerings

like the

are

Age.

creed

sun

who

summer

eaten

by

Chronology

Historjf and

548
the

Jews
the

with

of

feast

George

St.

to

almost

animal

the

Sabaean

like

the

the

followers

Purim,
his

on

sacrifice

of

the
who

but

the

In

year.

child

who

and

were

age

of the

Year's

fice
sacri-

the

New

by

North,

the

and

in

for

eaten

to

in

wether

day

substitute

not

Laban

Easter

South,

Mandaite

equinox,

Bulgarians

the

the

God

the

the

was

turning
to

beginning

on

son,

pray

White

the

of

It

year

by

eaten

eldest

Sabaeans,

autumnal

the

that

Greece.

eleven-months
at

and

in

Mandaite

the

sacrificed

day,

Haranites,

of

lamb

that

house

every

the

Passover, the

the

at

not

is

lamb

slain I.
have

We

of

15th

of

May,

prqpession,has
details

given

but

and

originally

The

other

of
but

of

god, who
of

after
of

who

PPPP-

164;
3^9i

Chwolsohn,
3^4

332, 333-

the

have

St.
at
cross

in

George

the

the

described

tion
descrip-

dedicated

now

St.

Francisco,

George

we
as

of

St.

the

in this and

seen

in

ploughingequinox

equal
of

course

Orion,

George,

have

autumnal
with

which

year-gods

that

to

St.

and

the

to

as

was,

the

smallest

festival, in

one

as

the

mountain-mother.

dedicated

to

became

St.

of

to

arms,

the

as

called

evolution

previous

the

Hewitt, Ruling Races 0}


Ceri^ pp. 114, 115;
vol. ii.,Preface, p. xvi., Essay vii.,pp. SSi 56; Essay viiii

Procession
Times

of

This

sacred

season

with

originally

was

upright four-armed

p.

it

the

of

the

is

ginning
be-

on

account

which

that

inner

sun-god,

Gubbio

at

begins

was

the

ceremonies

his

in

Ingino,

originally born

him, but

Prehistoric

it

those

equinox.

was

the

Bower,

in

seasons,

when

religiousbelief

'

Bower,

marking

three

autumnal

Chapter V., the


god

year

principal actors,

as

year

the

of

called

are

beginning,

at

every

He

of

Easter

first of these

The

Cero

the

the

picture

dedication

appear

the

us

formerly

the

two

Anthony,
they

Mr.

Ceri.

three

Ubaldo,

St.

which

of

recorded.
artistically

are

of the
to

Year

festival celebrated

the

to

New

Umbrian

the
turn

significance of

historical

and

meaning

seeking further illustrations

in

now,

Gamett

of

the

Ssabier
and

und

der

Stuart

Sabiismus^

Glennie,

ii., Excursus

Women

of Turkey

to

chap,

i^

chap, xii-

of tlu Myth-Making

Age.

S49
"

chapters, the
carries

of

god

fire-ball in his

the

of the

god

protector of

survivals of ancient

body

is

every

year

to

before

his

eleven

cities for the

yearly

reclothes

of summer,

and

of

victories

the

Ubaldo

bearers

who

with

shirt.
red

its

The

the

the

significantpart of

and

races;

his

red

the

hawk

her
deer
He

into
or

He

is

refused

wood-pecker

in

her

4.

was

St.

red

or

of the
most

red-capped

from

guard

to

dwarf

the

red

mining
his

bird-

wood-pecker,

the

witch-goddess Circe,
West, the
was

land

of the

changed by

the father of Faunus,

the

and

to

is the

of the

advances, and

He

white

cap

This

the

the

the

are

is believed

the

by

time

antelope sun-god,

is,in short, the

the
cap

in

birth-story.

members

inheritance

an

beloved
of

the

parent-god of

wood-pecker.

(kirke)ruler

setting sun.

forth

procession wear

as

of Ireland, who

head

parents, the red-headed


wood-king Picus, was

wearers

It is the

epoch,

properties

articles

earth, but

dress.

is the

who

and

the

red

goblin,the Leprechaun
treasure,

the

tassel, and

marks

is

god Dadhiank

of the old
in

he

flowers

and

transferred

noticeable

most

the

Adam,

this

These

been

Ceri

long strings and

red colour

of

race

these

carry

conquered

year, has become

earth.

transformation

uniform, of whiph

cap

of the

conquering sun-god, set

in the modern

The

he

leaves

green

eleven-months

original ritualistic history,have

three

attributes

these

In

and

especial

is reclothed

he

is that

conqueror

rulingthe

thology,
my-

of his titles to the

one

saints

in the

ruler of heaven

supreme

and

the

as

the

never-dying sun-god of

himself

who,

of the horse's head


the

the

popular

history of these

that

Iguvians3.

who

forgetthat St. Ubaldo's

not

must

and
festival,

to be

Italian

in

imperishable,that

be

Anthony,

and
fire-place,

the three Cero

among

clearlydeclared
who

^ is,

considering the

creeds,we

believed

supremacy

hand

St.

sun.

household

In

pigs ".

Easter

the

grandfatherof

the

Latinus.

bird-parent of the forest miners, whose

Bower, Procession of the Ceri^ p. 114.

'

Lelandf

Bower,

Virgil,^neid,

Etruscan

Roman

Procession

Remains^

of the Ceri^ pp.

vii. 189"

191.

pp.

238

"

240, 252.

13, 17, 22, 30, 123.

I have

emigration
Europe

and

the

in

and

History

SSO

traced

Asia, where

traditional

settled.

They

be

all

were

Indians,

well

as

It

peasants'.
and

Tennessee,

in which

the

and

of

opening

of

of Gubbio,

Suidas

to

be

Zeus\

and

to

the

whose

her

history shows

miners

in the

India,

to

Southern

of

god

as

the

at

the vernal

god who

the

horse

earliest

the winter

Leland, Etruscan

"

See

came

wealth

it

It

Roman

have

been

solstice

was

under

back

to

De

Pliny,

Institution,United

Gubernatis, Die
10,

18,

20

Thiere

Aristotle,De

on

this bird,

was

on

(German
Gen.

as

led

bird
Finn

the

in the

belief

wealth, and

of

the

rich

gifts of spring

the

banner

of

this

sacrifice

of

the

from

heaven

the
of

god
sun-

Southern

this

god

of

162"165.

the

States

totle
of Aris-

ice-bird

god

taken

pp.

who

the

the

Tusita

Remains

Figures 263, 264, 269, Wilson

the Smithsonian

South

the

the

as

with

November,

their

by

(wiyicoj

identical

looked

god

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Zeus

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disseminated

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of

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moon,

the

to

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apparently

winters.

they had

from

was

sacred

Pekos

in

they

equinox.

of the

year-reckonings, who

brings from

the

and

it to

season

as

is

have

to

place by the

Pleiades, the

the

eggs

where

Pandavas

with

mines;

of

by Pliny

closed

bird

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in

wood-pecker
bird-guardian

wood-pecker.

divine

St. Martin, the

of

on

night
the

or

foretell rain ; and

sits

ruling time

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the

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original year

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female

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the

was

mountain

worshipped

bird

sacred

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messenger
the

this

of

German

and

made
in

head

and

Algonquin

the

as

tombs

dwarfs, who
any

is believed

the

in this bird

beak

red-capped

their

by

have

they

wood-pecker,

Indian

gathers

calls it Picus

Martins

ruled

it

plant

where

god of wealth, who

the

of the

he

the

believers

treasure

power

virtue

the

preserved

been

Italian, Irish,

of the Su-astika

arms

has

wealth

the

by

through

mountains

country

every

as

in* old

found

of the

memory

mineral

of the

Su-astikas

the

their

Ural

red-headed

of

was

embodiment

form

the

sun-worshippers,and

of the

guardian

from

history of

goblin-parent,soji
to

Chronology

Suastika, pp. 906, 907.


Museum,
1896.

Reporti

National

Translation),chap.

Animalium,

v.

vii. pp.

543,546;

of the Myth-Afaking
wealth

{tuso) that

birth

the

at

These

the

vernal

red

bear

the

chief

or

guests

He

lot

the

the

those
that

; so

Nobles,

Indian

twelve

the

of

St.

of

of

and

day of
therefore

held

before
the

is

millets

by
the

of

Nakshatra
the

sun-rain

mystic
which

to

the

of

bricks

the

the

of the

the

It is

again

bearer
of

of

the

first

days

they who

of

the
rule

of

with

its nine

the

'

seal

Bower,

of the

The

two

Procession

"

the

divisions,
roof of the
Masons

year-palaceby arranging

weeks
this

last
Aries

Solomon,

of the vaulted

the

died

who

fish, the

Seal

by

Gubbio

widely-disseminated association

adopted

sacramental

the

sun-god built by the

began

This

rivers.

constellation

the

feast

fish,
cuttle-

and

peas

the

or

in

Pope,

immortal

to

day,

the

at

Solomon,

or

the

stone

topmost

holy craft,who

measured.
as

the

or

patron-gods

of the

sons

Pisces,

rose

ring

be

heavenly palace
of the

and

as

marriage
was

of boiled

fish courses,

constellation

Revati,

the

principal dish

one

of

Contadini

of St. Ubaldo's

eve

fish-sun-godSalli-manu'

the

in

yearly

the

number

fhe Guild

to

farmers.

river-fish of the

and

national

the

warriors, Vaishya,

or

or

is the

is

procession

when

days

Cultivators, answering

Sudras

Hence

the

are

birth.

of noble

are

saints

is

May, from

of

was

Anthony

and

procession

fast.

the

followed

dishes

of

the

in

He

day.

be

and

Kshatrya

the

principal

George belong

three

the

village{vish) artisans, and


The

St.

the

i6th

must

Society of
Captain

the

republic he

Traders,

castes

he

months,

Ceraioli

and

but

first,

First

entertains

day, the

this

The

the

to

celebrating

Masons,

capital of

The

countrymen

of

for

the

Traders,

Vessantara

livery of

is the

leader

St. Ubaldo's

on

office

feast

the

Society

was

his

bodies.

belong

festival,who

at

three

St. Ubaldo,

of the

President

of

of

into

director

holds

of

the

Their

the

Gubbio

wearing

Masons.

by

among

in

or

present

elected

divided

are

Cero

Muratori

born

was

Ceraioli

-capped

the

551

equinox.

treasure-guardian
who

Buddha

Age.

of

interlocked

of ike Cerit

pp.

which

time

festival,and
Free

Masons,

was

who,
have

trianglesenclosed

6, 7, 65, 66.

and

History

552

in

circle

the

as

Chronology

signet of the

their

Royal Arch,

highest

grade.
This

meal

which

is

is washed

also, as

which
survival
of the

of the

the

the

the

and

The

the

or

is

cortege

with

covered

axe

headed

when

the

into

forest

St. Ubaldo's
the

Cero

after
and

the

each

procession
There

they

the

Piazza

taken

at

the

meals

of

the

the

breakfast, dinner
After
of
and

Vespers,

St. Ubaldo
autumn

last ; and
announces

in

the

of

the

supper.

the

final

time

bell
of

times

of

Cero

they

all meet

the

by

only

St.

rung

five

The

as

own

final

being

the

are

the

of

with

the

times

Ceri

its

second

George

Anthony

times

for the

the

These

St.

departure.

citizens,

market-place.

town

day,

the

visit,one

takes

early mythology

by

against

three

each

of

starting

prominent

is turned

went

front

before

procession begins

front, followed

in

of the Ceri

visit.

they

and

great

of

but

three

number

visits

march

way,

Cero

meal

saint,next, and
the

These
the

of

almond-tree

it.

two

had

procession,

by fasting villagers,who

houses

sun-god

ancient

an

double-

Zeus, which

or

Signorina, the

third

various

the

carrying

cut

after them

and

have

Kurum

these

course,

at

the

the

house

starting. During

Carian

at

Burmah.

of the

survival

the

end

the

at

by the Captain

shirt

red

carried

of

another, the houses

independent

in

before

showing

and

is led

first the bearers

At

India

in

and

violently round

sun.

opposite

April

leads

Cero, which

is turned

of

course

seek

to

of

and

like

were,

the

man

Rama

Nagpur, solemnly
the

for rain, like

prayer

Sal- tree, held

of

cloth, the

mother-trees

trees

as

gods

and

it, thus

on

national

noon,

white

it

seasonal

being raised,

is

at

and

of Parasu

the

Chutia

arranged

with

axe

down

cut

at

was

beginning

sword

drawn

sion,
proces-

marking

the

to

is thrown

water

original festival

March

evening, thus

St. Ubaldo

of

Cero

the

during

sun.

water-throwing festivals

of

consumed

see,

of wine,

large draughts

early orgiastic festivals

procession starts,

that

with

in the

place

setting stars

While
the

shall

we

takes

down

North,

Cero

the

the

summer

winter
in

are

three

saint,

the

carried

year

by

and

History

SS4

They,

followed

Great

Piazza.

made,

after

Piazza

against the

for

their

by the Ceri, go North


There
the

final

of

the

up

the

have

of

and

Mount

to

up

hill,and

The

with

two

that

to

in

in

Echternach
in

heaven,

of Gubbio.

Echternach

there

was

is dedicated

to

he

founded
its

and

and

A.D.,

of

monk

English
in

Ripon

in

Sauer,

had

there, the

came

under

well

the

small

was

and
It

dedicated.
to

at

fort

from

the

Wild

Boar

of

hoofs

It

as

boar

hill.

is

far South
Lacus

Eburi,

Ardennes.

Eber,

the

of the Ardennes.

as

and

for

well

Eburodunensis,

they

They
sun-boar

in

the

right
before

ages
:

those

of

one

whom

to

it

by

Eiffel

hill

of the

country

the

was

village

the

near

country
the

which

the

Lake

of the

the

whole

of the

ruled

probably
of

seat

the

on

Neufchatel, of

Lake

the

rising above

in

who

he

was

sun-horse,

from

territory extended
is

the

the

in

vows

site,hallowed

typical Celtic

foot

of

the

tianity.
Chris-

to

Echternach

near

hill

conical

converted

Trier,

to

died

who

the

it

and

day.
Mon-

Whit

had

holy well

the

{dufC) of the
of

of

and

name

country

site

similar

procession

on

took

probably

mountain-mother,

North

Roman

the

been

of the

another

Echternach,

A.D.

May

Year

he

came

the

whose

Eburones,
the

festivals,

Willibrod,

who

He

739

welling forth

on

court

these

dancing

Yorkshire,

Frisians.

died

the

Willibrod

grove

the

lighting

neighbourhood

provincial government

Roman

sacred

the

New

after

of

the

the

of

to

St.

the

bank

take

Year

yearly

first converted

698

Porta

the

round

with

the

is the
held

an

at

monastery

the

then

turn

Luxemburg,

monastery

He
the

They

account

to

This

people of Echternach

the

the

closing

processions celebrating
enthroned

festival
at

before

now,

Pentecostal

sun-god

at

days' fair.

have

thence

start

New

the

round

wine

ancient

is

wine

times

end

the

to

and

rest

times

ceremonies

year's fires and, like other

of

three

of the

East

They

sun.

Ingino.

them

carry

Monastery.

the

draught

for

several

gone

course

then

and

halt

second

Ceji

halt

Ingino, leading
Ceri

Chronology

take

Orion's

their

year,

name

and

the

of the Myth-Making
When

WilHbrod

found,

as

festival

we

held

was

physician, who
whom

to

stands

days and

have

originated

Gubbio

at

festival

takes

The

the

; that

place

the

healing-sun-god"

of

the

When

festival

love

Gregory

the

taking

was

the

do

by Christian

so,

its

ancient

Die

"

Die

which

pp.

as

in the
advice

the
alter
far

as

perity
pros-

and

people

the

them

and
not

von

It

measured

und

J. Bern

der
;

at

at

call

to

practice
given by

missionaries

he

the

of

festivals

they found

is

with

Echternach,

forward

=".

or

Spring prozession

Purior,

did

here

Both

the

and

it

sinful

as

distinguished the ancient

paces

music

Tripudium

Echternach^

for health

practices denounced

renounce

three

of

Echternach^

in

to

still performed

special

own

and

substituted

they

the

the

but

ethics.

processionwas
step

Augustine

bringing them,

the dance

Hence

St.

England,

to

train

to

change

to

procession,

'.

by

tianity
Chris-

to

won

were

taught

virtues, followed

First to

people beyond

possible to

tried

and

like that

sites hallowed

holy

sun-god

it must

festival of

May

and

it is

as

present Christian

was

prayers

heathen

of Christian

held

was

the

Christian

Munda

that

so

preaching they agreed

in their

Christians

It

people

clerical teachers, who

the

themselves

^nd

the

into

St. Willibrod

for that of the

Gubbio,

of

really merely nominal,

was

of

name

it

boundaries

by St. Willibrod*s

dancing

distance,

is to say,

for three
the

at

and
now

attended,

was

when

time

same

do

they

as

times.

ancient

there

danced

sun-festival

considerable

in very

consecration

change

the

people

this

the

their

which

on

sun-

its waters,

parish church

about

at

of the

honour

hill

festivals ; and

by people from

dancing

to

nights together,just

now,

annual

healing properties

conical

three

missionary, he

an

in

year

555

as

life,that

his

every

dedicated.

was

seasonal

there

gave

the

in

told

are

Echternach

to

came

Age,

and

heathen

able
its remark-

backwards,

two

and

of the

survival

apparently

step of the

Dionysian Choric

Wallfahrt

zum

Grabe

Krier, Religions lehrer

des heiligm
am

Willibrod

Progymnasium

su

66 ff.

Echternach

St,

Willibrod

Spring prozession^p. 113.

et la

Procession

dansanie^ P" '3

Krier,

and

dances,

nach

step

of the

have
in

1617

in

some

as

now,

of

the

Sauer,

the

is

the

sacred

tree

the

at

the

lation

of

circuit

the

of

the

represent,

Krier, Der

'

Luke

"

17.

in their

had

the

mind.

from

the

and

by

the

Celtic

in

triple
round

that
the

cross

Church

they

dedicated

centre

lights,

disciplessent
This

2.

certainly

ancient
year,

tradition

which

people

were

who
in

customs

Brigit to the Goidelic

of

of the

the

and

Pre-Celtic

seventy-two

Brythonic

Picts
Celts.

and

Echternach

original dancing festival

ancient

seventy

seventy-two,

as

makers

number

of

speaks only

number

the

give

The
the

version

Our

recognised

they

beliefs

old

many

the

of

The

seventy-two

gospel

at

as

circumambu-

round

the

for

of

round

have

Gubbio

Spring prozession,pp. 158, 63, 68.

manuscripts

number

descended
and

X.

the

and

procession,

three.

conservative

very

the

seventy-two

survival

by the
so

the

linden

times

Abbey

in

five-day weeks

seventy-two
intact

the

left bank

Belgium

this

and

fitted

and

preach

like

much

in

repeated

In

began,

It

Echternach,

and

Church

told,

are

to

At

was

differed

facing the crossing

tree

town,

Treviria

and

three

danced

chandelier

great

recorded

the

in

villages

first of the

Church

Lord

still remembered

the

Abbey

we

as

our

very

the

year

now

bearers

it then

on

special stages

the

Apostles,

twelve

by

the

that

Echternach,

town.

Willibrod's

under

to

the

was

Parish

the

indeed

Ceraioli

present day.

the

under

round

cross

St.

to

the

has

procession

shows

they

three

the

outside

ancient

and

town,

Metropolis Ecclesicg

all

almost

to

the

of

There

were

round

danced

of

sunwise

interior

kept

the

St. Willibrod

of

mother-tree

leading

there

went

of

of

of the

that

from

country.

which

his

in

linden-tree

Sauer

Gubbio,

looks

of

of St. Willibrod

cross

out

account

A.D.,

respects

Eiffel

the

pace

their

Gubbio, which

at

Trevirenses^ which

Annates

the

used

running

minute

by Brower

the

of

Echter-

the

Ceri.

We

and

the

into

degenerated

step that

circuit

the

with

connection

this

the

make

probably

was

to

It is with

processionistsnow

similar

of

steps point

five-daysweek.

Celtic

five

its

Chronology

and

History

5S6

and

was

the

disciples,but
this

many

certainly

was

chandelier, unless*

five-day weeks
certainly one
earlier

sons

of the

which
of

had

Dagda

of the Myth-Making
Echternach,

and

and,

The

in the

No

who

take

their

made

and

as

Anderlecht

the

Brussels,
human

Sick

was

originally about

foot

higher by

1667

A.D.

The

pilgrims

who

and

distances,

immediately
is

Dean,

Whit

before

it is almost
the

see

procession

their

time

them

on

The

the

by

journey

to

take,

the

allotted
rows

raised

from

1657
from

Priim, the

of

to

cession
pro-

some

in,

arrival

than

each
in

to

in

together

and

reciting the

Litanies

the

they spend
of

town

foot, that

St.

were

they continually recited


on

and

village,

villageband,

near

capital

For

pilgrims from
come

by

come

to

their

met

siderable
con-

dancing

Echternach.

long journey

I cannot

in separate
girls,

that

whether

procession begins
its

in

stone

priests,headed

children,

their

be

to

was

the

pilgrims begin
All

Certainly all

village takes
and

the

throughout

had

people

itself.

engaged, though

services

the

boys, girls,and

Willibrod.
thus

for

accompanied

troop

one

walking

healing

used

come

in

interestingto watch

more

women,

men,

abbot

the

Monday

it

at

stone

possess

and

place

near

Echternach

festival

from

holy

to

The

after

sixty miles

their

stone

lambs

was

first

the

reserved

Eiffel,about

similar

high,

the

attend

two

reserved

was

holy

Easter

who

Paschasius,

religious
into

priests at Gubbio,

in

stone.

feet

two

on

circuit, beginning

and

beings

it is looked

these

supposed

was

see

was

hole

"fail to

can

divided

of

the

the Anderlecht

passed through

days

it

solemn

it

second

interesting

most

most

which, like the

cross,

near

virtues.

of the

slowly round

way

Willibrod*s

the

is

seen

Ages

journey by creeping through


St.

peopled by the

creeping penitents,who, like the

the

for

has

it

Middle

services,

separate

in

instances

many

that
processionists

part

the

In

ceremony.

so

world.

procession

who

one

557

countries

ancient

the

of the

demeanour

all

by

of

arrangement
instructive.

and

of the

ruling races

successive

in

seen

all the

in

in this work,

recorded

have

we

as

Age,

the
of

some

say.
with

place.
for

and

sermon,

The

each

men,
sex

and

in

women,

age,

it each

boys,
dance

in

behind

step

their
It

village flag.
of matriarchal
in

Chutia
I

and

is

communal

pilgrims

that

looked

services

as

descendants

of

St.

Willibrod.

staying

in Echtemach

would

have

the

met

reciting prayers
he

the

to

festival

The

though

bonfires

no

who

tribes

who
of

sons

Year's

Easter

looked

was

the

their

conservative

changed

large enough
and

powerful
in

change

started,was
to

the

the

new

It

the

was

of

of

the

Rome,

only after

sun-year

new

the
of

the

any

much

as

in

they
a

more

and

even

of

long series

bring

alteration
the

in

only
new

be

year

numerous

then

the

special quarter

separate

could

Pleiades,

all innovations

whence

the

the

of

latter,

the

New

would

of

men

as

ritual

These

assignment

those

that

which

predecessors ;

close

nationality of

year

the

faur, and
the

regarded

into

comers

new

wherein,

comers,

those

brought it from
of amalgamated
the

was

festival

town-centres,

by

from

primaeval times, could

of

their

first made

hills

seven

ritual.

of

any

it

reckonings.

immigration
than

accepted without

and

the

with

adopted

November

holy

annual

to

and

these

old

make

Buddha
all

of

diseases

into

incorporated

country,

an

the

as

section

when

countries

by

by

lamb,

their

previous

festival

in groups,

town

Eburones

themselves

as

the

remote

the

it is certain

By

on

those

it, yet

at

use.

retained

blessings to
of

the

feast, but

Celts, who
it

formed

national

for their

the

inhabited

had

the

to

modem

obtaining

in

Gubbio,

feasts

two

among

centre,

town

some

the

it

of

that

lighted

the

introduced

of

the

of

help.

to

are

similarity between

their

sun-physician,who,

like

ends,

that

days before

the

those

pilgrims^

ritual

one

some

birth, healed

pleased

was

for

the

the

hope

villagerscoming

Vessantara

whom

as

Any

processions

sun-physician, the

and

the

in

their

village musicians;

the

journey

perform

ages

the

of

equally holy duty

now

intercession

their

the

days when

the

in

them

having, like

and

flag

own

healing well

on

an

with
of

villages,each

their

the

to

take

and

surviving likeness

tertain

am

Chronology

village band,

Nagpur,

made

was

of

and

History

558

follow
of

of

divisions

their

own

quarrels, recon-

Age.

of the Myth' Making


ciliations, and
with

each

made

into

those

of the

the

of

year

in

Rogation

week.

this

dedicated

epoch
final

this

to

record

of

the

and

altar

brick

two

boundaries

history of the

its

the

the

by

this

Garhapatya
in

altars

India

at

embodying

told

year

tion
posi-

close

must

designed

and

the

of

retained

are

marked

the

at

show

to

the

began

and

is

Year

New

parish

time,

the

of

year,

first of

the

as

annual

of

were

It

heaven

developement,

description

the

to

round

of this year

measurements

Chapter with

that

Europe,

of

us

state.

one

as

raised

made

account

to

boundaries, which

history of human

successive

the

circuits

complete the

hearth

of

in all countries

the

in

the

sections

festivals,embodying

united

sun-god

Easter-born

England

in

of annual

verification

in

To

alien

down

come

incorporated festivals

survive

Pentecost,

have

tribes

component

and

processions

round

national

one

of these

one

as

the

by intermarriage, that the composite ritual of

other

primitive mythologies which

the

of

general amalgamation

559

Hindu

in

ritual.

Tlie ritual of tlie building

K.

the

of

thirteen-tnonths

The

frondosa) branch,
the

whence
to

so

as

to

those

who

the

of

plant,

rivers

of

the

orientale

Sesamum

one

days

of

Eggeling,

Sat.

298, 299,

252.

with

the

month

vii.

of

i,

^.

inner

The

"

year,

the

7, vi. 6,

salt,

Brahmanas,

and

sea-mothers,
(ammon)

oil-bearing flaxfor

ground

i,

sand,

with

membrane

and

{Butea

river

enclosing stones,

this

i,

river

mother, the

twenty-one

Brdh,^

the

flax {umd)

the

of

language
the

from

Palasha

born, mixed

were

of

sons

races,

their descent

womb
the

the

by

sprinkled with

was

of this

altar

year.

swept

was

it, in the

united

enclosed

pp.

of

sons

was

'

and

consecrate

trace

altar

the

for

space

Garhapatya

in

24;

the

the

twenty-

placing
S.B.E.,

altar

them

vol.

xli.

560

History

laid

be

the

Chronology of

direction

sunwise

to

and

down

The

Age.

bricks

then

were

order

the

in

followed.

be

to

was

Myth^Making

__

stated

in

diagram,
inside

the

circle
The

be

to

and

arms

down

the

placing

four

fathom

in

stones

the
this

with

of

life 2, that
to

was

the

'

Eggeling,

Sat,

Ibid., vii.

I, 2,

born

from

15

vii. i,

S.B.E.,

i"

vol.

the
was

12,

37;

the

in
this

vol.

the
one

layer

one

worship of
born

the

from

of the

bird

chapter.

next

hearth

transferred

xli. p. 315.

of
the

the

fire kindled

S.B.E.,

of

altar,

twenty-one

sun-bird

months,

described

fire-pan which

Brah.^

as

of

built

be

birth-year

be

offspring of

the

to

thirteen

to

be

the

heaven

and

to

is

makes

measuring

circle

the

South-east

whole

year,

the

to

the

by

fire

of

head

the

in

the

this

inside

of

to

altar,

was

as

of

rise

seventeen
brick

of

hearth,

or

brick

that

so

months

placed

altar

sun-bird

that

parts,

thirteen

diameter,

of

generation

two

his

represented

ninth

the

bricks

eight

father

the
and

arms

year-square,

added,

are

of

^^^

head,

the

first

the

round

goes

represent

that

outstretched

the

into

who

year

the

to

thighs,

two

then

He

first.

brick

with

the

represent

to

representing
back

Ahavaniya
This

bricks

first,so

womb

sun,

place

to

bricks

This

I.

the

as

is

North

the

of

square

builder,

bricks

divided

being

the

Eastern

bricks

more

stice.
sol-

summer

complete

To

East.

body

the

cross,

his

going

Southern

places

on

the
these

the

the

sun-god

Western

placing

lying

North

sunwise,

two

from

the

proceeding

form

bricks

of

at

altar

four

represent

After

and

the

twenty-one

to

Southward

the

of

first

laid

South

to

accompanying

representing

stones.
are

the

of

national

it,combined

on

to

xli. pp.

it.

301"

309.

These

tena

the

numbers

altar

were

the

stakes

twenty,

of

the sacrificial

on

called

golden bricks, and


and

broad,

It

fire.

heaped-up

and

orthodox

number
and

manas,

of

bull
the

from

an

sun-hen,
the

of

differs from

and

Brahmanas,

its lowest

layer.

This

of

year

four

into

It

return

and

sixty days
the

final
of

banner
union

of

the

of

taken

from

lasted

in

'

'

the
and

alien

of

the

India

America

Mahabharata

Ashvamedha

{^Astika)Parva, xvi. p. 77.

all the
which

This

Mexico

was

in
the

Indica^ pp.

the

sun-

Gadura

was

bom
is the

This

originally the
altar

brick

depicted

was

of the

in the

on

the

the

outcome

Arjuna's

made

in

year

the

alien

up

is told

of

birth

different

the
in the

which

one
races

lation
popu-

teen
eighwas

Age,

which

conquest.

For

Bronze

Spanish

and

hundred

was

the

istic
ritual-

Mahabharata

three

denoted

It

history which

till after

Clarke, Roxburgh's Flora

shape

people, comprising

poem.
to

the

fighting under

origin

It is their

in

days each, divided

and

weeks,

Bharata

Great

see,

of

year

Pandavas

Northern

India.

cantos

the

Brah-

of the

given

ape-father-god.

originally

Southern

is

earlier

seventy-two

the

the culmination

history
the

to

victory of

nationalityof
of

the

of

".

was

of twenty

marks

the

Kashyapa,

Nagas

shall

we

as

eighteen months

which

of

marks

of

which,

five-day weeks,

eras,

wife of

cloud-bird

the

layers

was

see,

This

ritual, which

Indian

that

10,

Gadura, the

or

of the

devourer

altar of

or

rows

altar

Krishna.
tenth

8 +

shall

we

Garuda

of

of

golden bird

the

bird

the

sun-bird

earlier

of

and

egg,

by

of Vinata, the

son

as

made

be

eight cubits

four

of

great Ahavanlya

represent
sacred

and

year

made

was

surmounted

was

second

the

in

or

the

five,which,

of

not

triangle,to
{gud) and

It

Chayana,

or

brick

A
to

long

da"'s

twenty-one

ground, said

cubits
of

of

months.

Agni

altar

an

is,of eighteen months.


of bricks

the

ten

was

thus

was

and

year,

make

to

number

the

or

that of seventeen

in

days

added

probably

eighteen-months

built

also

was

stakes

of the

number

the

three
of

month

in the

of

Ckrofwlogy

History and

562

198, 199.

{Anugitd) Parva,

kxxviii.

pp.

222,

223 ; Adi

t/ie

of
when

the

Spaniards

and

learned,

of

quality
all

worship
India
for

abounds

of

all

Indian

brought

the

has

one

their

first and

their

the

who

of
had

and

bronze.

they

the

not,

never

far

'*

of

The

Publications

of the

Bureau

or

other

four

from

the

alligator and
nent
promi-

North,

of

the

other

beings, but

grants
immi-

Carib

bals
canni-

Neolithic

of

art

these
Indian

only

offered

after

land

earlier

the

the

But

came.

the

of

ruled

cannibal

the

by

like

learnt

tribes

to

easily.
and

name,

the

rulers

of

read

Spaniards

civilisation
that

no

clue

seen,

descendants

Toltecs,

thirteen

2.

belonged,

vol.

have

wc

the

the

cannibal

as

became

human

be

conquered

was

the

Mayas

exact

after the

islands,to

the

Prescott, History of Mexico

Ibid., chap.

known

now

unfortunately

an

has

came

it when

exceeded

iv. p. 92

they

characters

to

month

who

who

sacrificed

their altar.
*

like

level

The

country,

of

and

them

held,

they

of

year

such

named

it

Indian

West

Age

Bronze

on

before

America,

into

the

probably

were

the
left

Age

the

hieroglyphic

arc

governed

Toltecs,

that

also

Chronography

Aztecs, though

these

of

Toltecs,

long

country

Aztecs,

the

the

Mexico

In

of

have

Iron

of

and

enable

whom

of

that

finding

will

Indian

position in

ritual

iron-work,

descendants,

in

days

both

monkey-god,

purest
Hence

must

the

sacred

used

twenty days

eleventh

the

Quiche-Cakchiquel, Zapotec,

used

tribes

succeeded

of the

the

in

in

is

year

also

interpretation as

Each

of

thither

of

architects,

longer intelligibleto
no

of

norant
ig-

were

territory^

known

was

Tzental,

who

These

country

castes.

tribes, the

months.

the

and

knowledge

the

Nahuatl,

time

highly civihsed,

iron-stone

left India

eighteen months

Mexican

of

Mexican

iron

had

emigrants

Toltecs, meaning

and

of

of

use

metal-working

This

the

over

563

the

year-gods brought

the

have

all

natives

iron, though

computations

if the

to

use

before

would

of

Age,

Mexico

to

came

accomph'shed

the

Indian

Myth-Making

Stone

making

of

of

men

the

tribes, and

animal

human

Age,

victims

sacrifices,

i. p. 117.

Thomas,

of American
002

Day

Symbols

of the

Maya

Year,* vol. 16,

Ethnology^ pp. 206, 212, 243.

Chronology

History and

564

especiallyof children,
those

sacrificed

for the

sacrifice

it took

the

of

midst
this

whose

man,

young

with

which

He

is

he

was

could

also

represented

bound

like Ixion, to the

His

description reads

form

of

Prajapati, the

gold plate, to whom,


mouth,

nostrils,and

offered

at

the

divided

they
four

into

midnight
all

taken
slain

of

by
and

with

the

on

the

out, and

the

burnt

on

his

breast

at

the

auspicious

all

the

fires

in

the

country

'

"

pp.
3

took

place

about

Prescott, History of Mexico


Zelia

Nuttall, Fundamental

9, 10, Papers of Peabody

lit with

the

Pleiades

in

105

there

and

the

kindled

fire

fire

lighted 3.

This

sacrifice

of

and

New

University,
"

victim

human

Agrahayani

9, 10, 62, 63, 70, vol.

Harvard

Prescott, History of Mexico^ vol. i. pp.

the

this

Principles of Old
Museum^

at

from

moon

new

vol. i. pp.

Pleiades

; and

moment

were

of this

close

mountain

pyre,

on

probably

of

top

funeral

to

the

to

the

slaughtered

divided

only re-lighted from

were

of

breast

priests to

of

ther
fur-

Mahabharata,

the

sacred

month

whose

answering

culmination

the

showed

At

Pandavas.

the

put

were

each

years,

his

year-bird.

fifty-two years,

of

ninth

the

the

of

of the

Pandavas

2.

gold chips, was

chronometry

cycles

the

in November,
fires

the

thirteen
of

ended

fire kindled

the

of
into

years' exile

cycle,which

their

Bear

victim,

with

god,

Star

sun-god, with

altar

brick

the

of

mirror,

reflected

of

that

human

racteristic
cha-

Great

young

stuffed

were

in

time

periods

thirteen

India,

ears

that

to

or

shall see,

we

also

approach
for

Kumara

as

like

Pole

the

nished
gar-

most

world

like

much

very

building

Mexicans

These

of Time,

wheel

stone,

His

one-footed

the

as

whom

handsome

black

the

in the

to

as

polished

doings of

the

god

ornaments.

shield

see

of

made

was

plates and

ornament

in

represented

was

image

gold

The

period

this
lived

OrissaJ

indulgence.

offered

was

of

chosen

Tezcatlipoca,

During

place.

victims

and

luxury

every

victim

Meriah

the

like

victim,

of

festival

the

before

year

like

were,

India,

in

of Orissa

Khands

by the

creating-god, at which

the

who

special victims, generally captives,

offered

they also

rain-god, and

Tlaloc, the

to

107.

ii. p.

World
vol.

or

128.

Civilisation,

ii. 1901.

of the My tilMaking
Mriga-sirsha (November
dedicated

to

intimately

connected

(October

November),

haran)^

"

for

December),

"

of

the

and

the

offered

be

with

normal

winter

animal

month

which,

Pleiades

Brahmins

an

RohinI

sacrifices

offer

of

the

grain

new

the

at

this

Hencew

Turayana.
offered

was

[Aide-

sacrifice,and

called

sacrifice

Krittakas

or

should

animal

as

(sirshd),
was

queen-star

solstices

the

at

the

full-moon

and

new

of

all

the

565

{mriga) head

their

that

says

is, the

that

Agrahayani, together

is to

deer

with

Manu

Ishti,that
in

Orion

Age.

end

of

Mriga-sirsha,which
with,

as

have

we

year-deer

the Mexicans

of the

November),
RohinI

took

household
the

In

of

the

their

that

born.

cosmogony

of

in Mexico

descent

and

Sus-sistinnako,

Spinner,

the

birth

Vedic

at

the

of

life the

North-east

the

buffalo-mother
fire with
'

in

the

say,
year

the

Buhler, Manu,

of
West

the

and

as

of

the

he

had

West,
used

winter

placed

to

the

sons

to

counterpart

Krittida,
in

of

mother

on

the

fire-

Mexican

the

the

the
in

earth, sat
into

four

ploughing-corn-god

point

and

"

history,

appears

life

the

these

of

is traced

or

the

in

"

and

of the

exact

which

of
the

iv. 26, 27, vi. 10;

ing-point
meet-

god

Asiatic

Kirat

cycle

at

stick

the

sun-circle,divided

From

quarters.

by

Orion

tribes

creating

cross

seeds

two

the

the

meal

is to

and

their

of

of

quarter

opening

into

sang

end

derived

artistic potters

and

the

is

goddess

Sus-sistinnako,

George, that
the

He

Vastospati,

the

the

(October

that

to

Mexican

of

equal parts by
St.

of other

of

tribe

early European

constellation

at

of

at

Vastospati, the

Pleiades

story

was

between

union

Sias,

Spider.

the

South-west

the

in

it

solstice

death

Khartik

position similar

that

lighting sacrifice

year's fires.

the

Krittikas, the

Hindu

of the

the

which

from

Potter

month

which

on

the

89,

p.

winter

Mriga-sirsha (November

Pleiades

the

place,

Great

the

probably offered

was

solstitial month

fire,was

occupying

III.

Chapter

India,

and
as

night before

special cycle sacrifice,if

from

December),

in

seen

This

'.

the

closed

in the
born
those

light the

S.B.E., vol.

xxv.

pp.

sun

set

there

He

solstice.

were

of

the

where

North-west

Now-ut'set,
who
fire
133,

lighted
on

200.

the

History and

566
Hindu

altar

born

of the

with

the

Cross

stick

the

from
the

Mexico

the

chians,

the

Phoenicians

of

Egyptian

those
mother

Hindu

The

also

this

to

the

Naga

fifth of

of

in

marriage month,

lasts from

of

reports

August

by

Mr.

The

American
'

Hewitt, Ruling
Ibid.,

vol.

Ecwkcs,

Affu'rican

of

Bureau
Races

v.

p.

'Tusayan

Ethnology

v.,

790;
Snake

feast

its
the

of the
visited

894"

p.

492;

like

very

Hindu

Buddha,

and

of the
survives

worship
place

takes

the

by

the

at

great
the

of

sons

Mexico

inhabited

who

the

of

Hindu

show

vol.
y

Chcync,

Ceremonies,'

the

as

Bancroft, Natii'e

that

July

to

Lug.

of

Lug's

fifteenth

the

villagecelebrations

them

Times

of

of

is devoted

days

form

fifteenth of

month

marriage

twenty

Celtic

snakc-mothcrs,

August);
the

to

three

festival,called

five
"

of

consecration

whose

(July
of

Mexico,

of

the

Ethnology 3,

of Prehistoric

i., Esiiay

Niiitli Edition, vol.


^

who

Fewkcs,

with

month

festival,which,

of

both

the

whose

chronometry

Mexican

Phoenicians

or

it.

Shravana

in Celtic

the

sons

or

Mughs,

or

snake-gods,

the

or

Minor
among

names

snake-dances

in its ritual

to

dedicated

of

races,

antelope and

the

whole

have

founded

deer-born

Naga-panchami
on

year,

Col-

Asia

NahuatI,

and

to

the

Kaphtorim

Kcftenu

This

Spaniards conquered

August

"

is held

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corresponds

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brought

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some

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maritime

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It

god,

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in the

the

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eighteen-months

festival,one

united
when

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sons

August

tribal

Philistines

and

Magha,

in Mexico

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all Semites

by

not

theology.

the

Nahusha,

form

and

fire

George's

of St.

in the

the

race

lighted their

who

laid

had

of the

and

corn

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circumcision

Egyptians,

the

of

of

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ape

use

four

belonged,

custom

Syria, but
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the

mothers, two,

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whom

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ancient

of

risingin
of the

of

mother

of
kindling-sticks

born

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deer-sun

East

as

tribes
to

; and

Chronology

delegate
that

of

of

America

Publications

1895, vol. xvi. pp. 274

"

308,

not

248 ff.,237.

'Circumcision,' Encyc.
Races

the

do

they

ii.,Essay ix., pp.

seen

vol.

Brit.,

iii.

of

the

Bureau

cj

of the Myth-Making Age.


begin exactly
ceremonial
The

of

when

are

August

of

the

by

; and

he

it

of which

dances

has
of

held

its

of

directors

of

two

snake-priests,chosen
the

of

Ooraon

descendants

from

generation

of the

words

ind

who

thus

*orm

of

worship

ng

the

to

riven

Hindu

full abstract

he

antelope-god

ain

where

){ the
ent

he

by

father

three

leginning with
/orship

from

of the

He

dwelt.

their

by
with

seasons

the
the

the

yea^

land.

of

of the
These

East, the Cougar

'

or

to

their

of

the

sons

ritual

them,

at

sung

the

of

antelope-god, answerantelope,occupies

the

last

of

top

and

arrows

of

the

moun-

gods

Ma'asewe,
three

rabbit

cycles

Mexican

^, to banish

Rabbit

idolatrous

twins

successively killed

Tiger

of the

Prescott, History of Mexico

North,

vol. i. p. 97.

very

Times

false

and

Uyunyewe

years

of the
old

the

I have

of which

of Prehistoric

from

and

the

the

are

continuity

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the

bows

be

cosmogony,

twins

priests

or

village.

black

the

and

township, together
to

songs

the

zenith

The

of the

These

down

each

Mexican

was

Pahans

unbroken

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the

antelope

members

the

the

in

the

Sia

in the

secret

days.

knowledge

in each

the

ruled

killed

land

ticks, the

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the

or
purification

the

handed

the

the

Krishna,

days,

orgiasticfeasts.

Nagpur.

the

of

villagegods

of

are

of

have

established

place.

mportant

who

maintained

the

Among

days

Hindu

that

to

music

and

nine
to

these

village from

festivals observed

national

ivith the

are

the

generation

to

seven

preparations

next

of

last

or

to

in the

families

in

devoted

are

villages of Chutia

of

The

first

The

spent

proceedings

priestly clan, answering

is determined

place.

are

month

the

the

Mr.

snake-worship, ending with

general rejoicing,
answering
The

it

to

and

last

remaining four days

August

given by

as

date

exact

special name,

the

on

the

antelope-god.

antelope

in

time

some

begin,

actually takes

the

that the nine

but

Cipaulovi, 15th; Cuflopavi, i6th

allotted

days

fall

days

that

says

priests of

ceremonies

nine

Oraibi, nth;

twenty

the

each

these

days before

sixteen

day everywhere,

same

of the festival must

days

dates

Fewkes,

the

on

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the

the

Bear

History and

568

father

the

the West,

of

socket, whom

they

the

Antelope

of the

the

god

his

enabling

them

Ma*asewe
below

in the

sun

of

same

mole,

approach

him

unseen.

antelope, who
killed

shot

and

shot

circuit

yearly
him

the

hole

of

from

in

Shyena-bird

setting

snake-ruler

he

him

by

himself

hid

rainbow-god,

the

circle

Star

the

the

in which

Krishanu,

Pole

the

from

traversed

path

hole

this

of

up
way

westward

Fafnir,

the

; as

led

were

underground

looking

heavens,

the

below

They

Through

killed

in

of children,

eater

an

was

Sigurd

attacked

next

antelope-sun-god

the

as

way

time, by digging

in his

offered.

were

made

thus

the

as

fire-

the

Nadir,

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with

South

the

the

fire.

own

who

the

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of

described

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to

shot
'.

in her

children

by

mountain

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burnt

whom

to

mother

and

the

offspring,and

their

Chronology

winter

the

at

solstice.
These

twins

part

same

zodiacal

that

as

VII.

the

reckoning,
with

the

ritual

birth

the

with

of

and

Krishna,

and

course

death,

the

the

shown

in

the

the

yearly

its end

in

history

presently,

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for

way

round

the

his

year's

of

beginning

which

age

light going

make

to

solstice.

describe
of

year-

beginning

Mexican

gods

the

at

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in

winter

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thus

and

sun-worship,
at

months

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course,

changes

of

star

year-god

gates

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which

have

as

antelope

sun

at

in

stars

sun-god

Mahabharata

dying

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all the

the

as

the

successive

of

as

the

his

on

young

death

chronology

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doctrines

the

the

the

worshipped
born

and

of

corresponds

the

of

historical

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entered

sun

dates

to

years.

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the

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Pole,

assigned

and

through which
marked

Mexican

of past

records

Chapters

in

play

his

and

son

successor.

This
ended
in

with

272

of
the

worship
revels,at

feasts, where

of the

'

form

Ruling

Stevenson,

vol. ii. pp.

52, S3.

the

which

honey-drink,

Aslivins,was

Hewitt,

of

The

they
the

of

Prehistoric

Sia,' Publications

the

Mexican

twins

celebrated

their

victories

Madhu

Hindu

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consumed.

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of

age

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they

of
went

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of

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American

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the

of

West

The
of

Chronology

History and

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entering the

built of earth

altar is not

strewn

where

town

the
brick

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on

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ground where
oblong figure of sand

is

with

adorned

brated.
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but

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built,

on

the

and

the

figures,

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hornless
and
females, and
representing horned
with
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bands

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antelope-heads placed
of the

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similar

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of

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placed near

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certainly
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men

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Indian

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virgin-motherof

summer

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of the

corner

crowned

into
to

as

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corn,

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of the

form

and

name

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that

seems

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of

of

moon,

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and

in the

years,

divisions

divided.
child

four

every

thirteen

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full

who,

Devayana

Indian

completely

the

Turvasu,

image

with cotton-wool

woven

be

of

solstitial year
an

Sia

of the god

rule the

to be

the

by

meaning

names

brother

twin

of the

Ya,

in the

goddess Devayani,
seasons

is called

Hittite

the

in India

Yadu,

and

two

are

The

altar.

idol.

or

to

appears

there

with

is also distinguished
antelope-priest
snake-priestby carrying during the ceremonies

tiponi

North-east

the

at

Oraibi

At

also

the Vedic
car

was

of

"

kisi,"

Shalmalithe

placed

Indian
in

the

of the Myth-Making
of

South
this

the

piazza

The

which

the

her

This

and

dance,

three
was

the

on

danced

the

performances

to

in

left

the

Oraibi

wore^

cord
sacrificial

round

t/ie

over

bow

with

of the

had
one

the

and

also

was

the

carried

of wool
snake-

tiponi
in

or

corn

hand

one

This

string.
of the

weapon

the

by

priests^
the

by

carried

became

antelope-

band

the

the

made

Umbrian

worn

also
to

the

and

was

attached

which

of

with

piazza

each

bow

Mexican

snake-priests,who

head

accompanied

had

the

took

he

ground, when

the

group,

who

divided

formed

by

meal

snakes

lines

This

is

Sus-sistinnako
had

been

of

drawn
an

to

carried

up

by

of

the

the

Sia

round

St.

of the

priests

hand

put

four

cosmogony.

the

the

of

end

his

it

on

of

man

sacred

of

cross

mouth

third

with

there

his

and

the

circled

each

with

the

mouth

three

and

in his

left

it round

priest

reproduction

exact

in

carried

the

by

parts

placed

his

ring

shrine

or

reached

picked

was

four

into

had

out

it into

threw

compass.

circle of

it

then
second

he

snake

and

the

to

partiesof

into

kisi

up

He

the

When

shoulder.

the

took

left.

by

circuits

divided

before
he

the

to

the

and

knelt

party

four

the

priestswere

snake, which

his

circuit

the

made,

its

after

snake-dance,

been

received

the

Hindu

he

and

snake-priests,

Also

sun.

cord

during

circuits, were

right shoulder

no

horsehair

rainbow-god,

At

the

but

antelope-

idol.

no

on

their

left arm,

red

twin-gods,

the

like

over

the

of

snake-dance

and

antelope-chief-priestcarried

his

idol

of

the

the

antelope
four

bride

seasons

circuits made

the

with

course

left knee,

priests. The

the

by

beginning

against

priests at
the

both

performance

the

All

evening.

after

which

on

as

three

morning

day

year-

his

steps by throwing

the

apples,

the

on

same

the

was

each

run

her

delayed

golden

won

this

at

of the Greek

and

defeated,

who

sun-god,

of

centre

sunrise

at

reproduction

was

the

in

and

occurring
a

57

principal shrine.

or

ceremony

Atalanta

the

year.

Pahoki

snake-race,

victor

before
the

the

was

the

was

in

Uz,

there

market-place,

or

only public

festival
race

piazza

Age.

meal-

George,
points

of

creatingWhen

rushed

all
into

History and

57^

and

snake-ring,

the

of

hold

threw

and

for them

marked
At

the

round

he

meal

wearing; of

the

of

binding
the

like
"

the

of

"

soul

from

the

of

of life infused

In

these

seasonal
of

the

into

the

the

reached

snakes,

who

kept

to

the

food

the

by

the

dancers

tribes

therefore

the

Mexican

Skeat, Malay

served
pre-

The

*.

as

borne
nowing
win-

mystic
is the
from

rain

of

grain

corn

the

they

keep

germ

heaven,

life to

all

and

family

became

tribes,who

of

custom

those

associations

and

latter

Indian

like

more

other

These

the

the

up

of the

men

among

much

are

it is this

the

are

Minor, Greece

village,and

the

the

sun-god,

dancers, who

races.

when

of

cloth

well

as

best

the

harvest

next

called

is

and

with

ceremonies

young

Salii, Dactyli-Kouretes,

matriarchal

the

at

Hindu

cord

basket

mixed

and

food.

cognate

Asia

be

the

with

small

left-hand

white

indwelling god, giving

women

; and

dances

by

the

first and

in

tied

basket

national

dances

other

and

of

stalks

corn-god

the

firstfruits

the

rain-born

the

not

the

in

the

up

and

cut

the

lacchus,

of the

dances
instead

wrapped
in

of

copies

Also

Mexican

and

the

dancing-priests of
of

in his

right shoulder,

rice-child,

rice

these

in

Mexican

village,and
Mundas

as

vine

the

dances,
the

fathers.

last sheaf

disseminates

partake

who

and

corn

exact

placed

the

of

processions
basket

which

get

points

snake-priest

on

are

ears

is

rice-god,

Malay

in Bacchic

cord

Malay

which

deity worshipped
the

the

swaddling-clothes,

the

thrashed

of

evening

the

female

bark,

as

the

left knee

the

seven

babies'

tcrap

cardinal

snake-priestscarried
by

barley-eating

reproduction
of

bundle

the

ceremonies,

circuits,the

bunch

could

his shoulder.

on

of

the

to

he

as

antelope-priest carried

accompanied

these

ritual

many

cross.

the

snake

as

up

outside

in the

of

was

his hand
In

them

ground, just as

the

and

took

antelope-dance

instead

mouth

each

Chronology

Italy,than

succeeded
the

the
national

stage

which

all Hve

in

AlagtCj pp. 225, 226, 249.

has

long

of
those

archal
matriunit
been
houses

the

of
large enough
their
the

priests formed

Pahans

of the

in their

of

Brahmins.

mixed
and

dances

barber

But

ritual,the

it

rites which

where

mother-goddess

Athene,

peplos, her

the

age

of

the

barber-priests

Pahan

of

the

whose

Nahusha,

name

seems,

the

was

lation,

which

traditional

world
her

save

which

and

home

Mexican
between
into

locust,
and

Ganges

the

and

buffalo

then
and

of

and

by
the

the

beetle

the

She
the

of

rain

called

are

the parent

as

be

to

Great

Bear

the

Thigh

; and

that

duced
repro-

constel-'
of

this

the
the

was

is shown

by

from

the

corn-mother,
she

led

was

floods, which,

was

of

the

made

like

to

those

twins, made

her

by

opened

badger.
carrying

After
the

the

up

reed.

her

first

her

came

her
to

this

enclosed

river

for

star

way

Doab,

Gangetic

Jumna,

plateau

corn

as

river

uninhabitable.

the

worshippers

newly-born millet-growingGonds

Jumna

reproduction

to

latter

land, whither

from

tl\jB

point

immigration

corn

the

the

seen,

Ut'set, the

upper

people

of

the

Mexican
of

drowned

sources

ancient

way

her

nearly

the

the

to

the

escape

of

sun-god

the

and

Nahuatl.

Mexican

have

Hindu

guilds,

ceremonies

Malay

the

ploughing-snake {Nagur\

worship

we

of

of

epoch
the

the

as

parent

story of

lower

at

was,

the

ape-god,

of

age

received

already suggested,

of the

in that

the

Athens,

trade

These

of the

sons

I have

as

in America
It

or

of

August

Orissa,

praisers of

or

sacrifice

at

weavers,

and

snake.

Naga

their

stages

Kushika

and

Indian

Rigveda Varshagiras,

life,and

the

the

retained,

the

without

Mexican

the

; and

Indian

corresponding

Behar

Bengal,

from

grain-soul and

in the

of

of

the

of

that

was

clans

derived

ritual

the

festival

this

the

into

Panathenaia

The

year-garment.

woven

Ooraon

in this Mexican

the

of

to

that

the

transition

reproduced

were

festival, answering

Ooraon

and

festivals with

flowers

the

the

passing through

seasonal

was

and

when

age

patriarchaltribes

these

fruit and

and

family ;

Kushika

-priests

ancient

offeringsof

living victims;

ancient

the

by

573

village-priestclan, developed

or

caste

after

guilds, which,

indicated

the

from

date

to

seems

Age.

generationsof

several

contain

to

ritual also

stages

Myth' Making

The

by

the

bag, which

the
deer
may

History

574
the

epoch

year

of the

indicate
months
of

which

had

allowed

Bear.

Egyptian

the

Orion's

of

the

placed

beetle-sun-god,

turkey

in the

sky

of

the

as

beetle
the

Pleiades,

stars

seven

The

The

'.

the

except

escape

belt, and

last Ut'set

These

to

thirteen-

Chapter VIII.

the

was

of the

the

in

history

land

stars

that

as

Kheper-Ra,

the

new.

the

all

stars

immigration

given

into

comer

three

have

last

of the

Chronology

and

the

Great

parent-stars

the nation.

of

It
of

thus, according

was

r-ule of

the

the

bringing with
with

the

oT life
Soma

The

traditional

of

the

sheaf

of

god,

priestwho
and

corn

of

Asiatic
the

of

Stevenson,
35"37.

three

side
is

the

of

cutting
He

is

the
a

cap

Orion's

girdle,which
stars,

is

tying the

three

the

on
a

of the
tied
of

sult
con-

with

crowned

girdles

top

and
priest,

turkey, to

probably

the

arrow,

seated

slain

the

on

belt, the

a reproduction
flcur-de-lys,
a

winter

illustration.

stands

cross

wears

the

feathered

turkey

up

Shycna

depicted

of Orion's

the

of

annexed

the

stars

the

sap

rainbow-archer-god,

the

as

the

tridentwith

the

Brahmins

dervishes.
Mexicans

ruling

mother

shaped

augural signs.

races

nationality

PP-

each

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knots

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is

bird

twins,
in

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pig-tail,and

three

is shown

the

the

of

they

story of

earth

to

Star

Mexican

as

cross

Pole

And

belt

Indian

blood

the

Krishanu,

the

year.

cross.

the

and

the

left-hand

the

of

of

of

arrow

of

^seasons

the

of

stem

in

(shya), the

story

Palenque,

at

bringing

heaven

Mexico,

to

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the

form,

age
lope-born
ante-

parent-stars.

of

stars

variant

from

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three

Palasha-tree,

rainbow-father

cross

in

frost

of

bird

the

'

the
down

sent

the

the

these

came

worship of these

of

that

snake

^and

in

tradition,

constellation

corn

the

them,

of

solstice.

the

them

with

birth

the

the

worship

brought

Bear

Great

of

sons

national

to

is

the

The

emigrants

were
were

proved
Southern

of

mixed

by

their
Indian

Sia,' Publications

Southern

country

the

races,

American

Pleiades

the

Orion

Bureau

where

Northern

and

parent-stars,
forest

of

from

parent

of Ethnoiost^

To

eighteen-months

the

it

animals
drink

the

sacrifice, according
the

ritual

Pandava

two

twins,

intoxicated
He

Virata
which

they spent
that

gods,
the

by
the

of

He

winter

act

of

of

the

in accordance
of

the

with

This

sacramental

the
as

doctrines
the

rule

Soma

or

forth

orthodox
after

only

drink
the

was

the

sacrifice
rule

new

allowed

vrata

which

or

to

fast

in the
of
was

those

milk,

Mahabharata

Virata

'

Mahabharata

Ashvamedha

milk,

libations

worshippers joining

held

at

who
which

took
was

the

be

This

ferings
of-

"

one

was

was

sacrifices

and

fruit

addition

were

of

the

milk, barley, and


and

gods,
At

part
their

sect.

Parva, xci. 14,

drunk

by

finallyaccepted

law

(Pandava -praves ha) Parva,

(Anu^a)

to be

said

earliest

sour

the

that

Jain priests,and

ritual.

made

^,

should

sacrifice, was

Indian

the

trains

be

flowers

the

to

was

doctrine

2.**

the

governing

mingled

as

the

never

primitive sacrifice,with

poured

the

the

sun-

heavens

sacrifices

taught by

exile,

measured

was

the

of animals

liquids,not

king

the

hidden

who

year,

can

Pandu.

fifth Pandava

preached

that

primitive village races,

offered.

water,

reformer

the

Madri,

of

time

round

living creatures

and

cardinal

the

circuit

yearly

of the

of

the

as

the

as

of

one

Pandavas*

the

when

He

righteousness,"and

of seeds

of

age

season

sacrificial
of

the

revisor

wife

horses

Matsyas

months.

lunar

destruction

''the

during

the

of

and

the

year

the

among

for their

the

as

of

trainer

after this

mun-goose,

second

the

which

in

was

that

Ashvins

the

thirteenth

say,

the

horses

sun's

an

is to

thirteen

god

the

as

the

during

of

sons

the

Nakula

prophetess,

{mad)
engaged

was

in

appeared

It

Mahabharata,

the

to

gurated
inau-

sacramental

as

priesthood.

Hindu

orthodox

festivals

orgiastic

spirits drunk

and

sacrificed

were

by

of the

last

the

was

which

horse-sacrifice

The

year.

of

introduction

the

after

India

history of

the

to

return

told ift tlu Mahdbhdrata,

as

year

etghUen-months

the

historyof the epoch following

Indian

C.

of

Chronology

History and

576

of
in

the

sacrifice"

the

land, the

only

sustenance

xii. pp.
20,

sacrifice

the

p.

26,

239.

27.

the

of

during

its

continuance

it

these

was

Soma

in

that

the

with

No

all

drink

in North-western

The

fermented

the

Parva,

is traced

the

to

child

Camba,

on

the

Sakti

p.

190,

the

bamboo
bolt

iron
In

Age.

to

it

decree

did

the

; and

Garuda

to

the

or

also

in

which

'

'

all

in
the

wine

favourite

portents
which

and

Valarama's

The

at

the

Eggeling, Sat, Brdh,,

the

portended by

the

showed

which

demi-gods

the

ended
slew

rh

IV.

Jews.
Iron
iron

car

But

onward
the

of the

of

the

date-palmthemselves

betook

Pragjyotisha,

or

Nerbudda.

one

the

rule the year

standard

in

appearance
dis-

that

mutual

There

fight,

another,

S.B.E., vol. xxvi. pp. 5, 6.

Ibid., iv. I, 4i 8; S.B.E., vol. xxvi. p. 271.


1"

by

Krishna's

Baragyza
of

the

prevent

nor

heroes

set

Vrishnis, Andhakas

banner

mouth

iii. i, 2,

the

of

beginning

Krishna's

port of

last orgy,

of

to

who

Chapter

heaven, should

doomed

the

Yadava

of

of

sun-horses

in

heir

be

to

intoxicating drinks.

make

time,

said

seen

the

that

the

is to

the

the

in

hermaphrodite

Asherah

the

sun-horses

four

one

graceful
it dis-

palm

god Vasu,

have

evil

any

the

Broach,

sons

Mahabharata.

the

and

the

we

denotes

avert

vanished.

they indulged

as

Vasu,

to

sun-bird

Prabhasa, that
modern

of

cease

with

this

Arab

the

the

by

Krishna,

the charioteer

yearly-dying sun,
more

of

epoch-making
of

at

described

of

canto

ordained

not

to

thought

is

age

{Shamba)^

avert

was

this

new

conceived

lance

apparently

Bhojas should
of

bolt

pole

and

march

this

mountains,

order

thunderbolt,

tree

of

father

up

allowed

date-palm-tree, a

seventeenth

the

the

Vasu-deva,

who

of

was

India, being forbidden.

iron

of

libations,

was

like the

became,

the

of

sap

inauguration

Mausala

no

Hindus

it

spirituous liquids,even

any

of the

all

libation

Also

sacrifice.

and

plant;

in

the

date-palm-tree, total abstainers,


drink

Soma

offered
which

in

mental
sacra-

milk, barley, and

sour

of the

sap
were

the

high-caste

made

This

the

577

intoxicating liquid was


of

part

any

to

It

of milk,

Mitra-varuna,

milk^

used

of

mixed

to

and

time

mixture

Age,

sacrifice itself the

the

ingredients which

that

except

be

water

At

the

was

cup

running

Myth-Making

and

and

History

578
Krishna

joined

the

in

Chronology

his charioteer, to

slain,Krishna, sending Daruka,


his

as
a

went

successor,

into
Rama

the

of

Jara, old

of

the

the

by

under
formation
trans-

of

himself
the

bow

like that

was

part of

only vulnerable

the

his

from

heel, which

his

found

laid

shot

arrow

an

Arjuna

disappearance

Krishna

past,

entered

Achilles,

sun-god

the

slain

was

which

age,

of

gods

die, and

to

After

snake.

fetch

by

death, accompanied

Naga

among

down

his

watched

tree, and

he

whom

Valarama,

to

all been

they had

When

slaughter.

his

body.
Arjuna,
and

Vrishni
and

having

god

of

Andhaka

though

took

many

of

the

marked
When
rulers

resign
and

Southern

stocks,

Yuyutsu,
the

their

national

Rahu,

of

son

the

Mahabharata

tama)

gave

up

now

year
is to

of

say,

his

of

the

king, was

Buddha,

races,

which

throne

he

mixed

the

united
of the

the

the

Yuyutsu,

the

eleventh

village
and

Northern
Hindu

nation.

eleventh

month

ruled

equivalent
the

woods.

the

of

Kauravyas,

was

successors,

to

wife

the

god

the

and

kingdom,

by
in

Duthe

sun-god

young
Theri

Bhudda

Saint.

{Afah"prasthanika)

Parva, Ixiii. p. i8o.

march,

in

penance

Vaishya

became

Golden

parture.
de-

Abhirya

their

leave

to

life of

who

the

his

princes, the

Pandava

genealogical history of Rahulo,

Kaccani,

'

of alien

the

to

born

That

left

the

on

sun-worshipping

therefore

eleven-months

ryodhana'.

all

their

to

by

new

the

by

away

decided

age,

Dhrita-rashtra
and

on

sea

cattle-herdsmen,

done,

was

accordingly

{vish) races,

he

die,

Indraprastha {Delhi),

to

taken

or

themselves

Yudishthira

of

duty

sovereignty

betake

son

the

creating-

religiousbelief.

in

transition

the

their

of

Asherah,

by

up

were

Ahirs

change

this
of

them

Krishna, the

tree

wives

husbands

their

lost

indicating the amalgamation

incident

an

of

Yadava

the

modern

tribes,the

father

swallowed

was

He

had

sun-pole, the

bamboo
which

who

wives

all the

collected

Dwaraka,

at

Vasu-deva,

seen

the

Dwaraka,

arrival

his

on

Parva,

pp.

"

lo,

Adi

{Adivanshiva-

of the Myth'Making
ive brethren,

dog
le

of

of the

in which
black

He

white

horse

the

and

August

sea

his bow

d of the

Gandiva,
faith

old

[le summer

died

onward
his

as

oddess

of the

da)

root

or

"n-goddess

the

of

:osmogony

the

ddess

of

and

rs

of the
I

who

una,

his

in

the
had

the

and

die

Bhima, the summer-god.


the leader

ssteter, Zendavesia

the

tree

as

called

of the

Yashty

Ttr

the

of

12

dying
Maya

ruler

as

She

by
the

was

Ka-

the

barley-growing
festival

her

of

in

shthira,as

the

of the

"

Peplos

fire-god,god

circuit

the

July

the

by Nakula,

the

August.
of

She

Athene

followed
the

in
died

autumn,

winter-god.
last of

the

as

the

After
sun-

seasonal

year-star Sirius,went

"

of

meaning
her

Ut'set

arikshit
was

god

goddess answering,

celebrate

spring-god, died, who

the

name,

of

received

followed

was

the

course

antelope festival,and

almond-tree

the

Westward,

of the nut-tree.

who

tree-goddess who

id he

earth

the
with

superseded

was

born

August

the

of

Drupadi died first,

corn-mother

Ooraons,

Sahadeva,

of

seasons

eighteen-months year

the

Kurum

two

circuit

is the

almond-nut-tree-mother

or

of the

inexhaus-

two

{dru)^marks
She

sickle.

sun-god
the

cast

ploughing Kuru-Panchalas,

eighteen months,
.^anne,

his

Her

tree

Mexican

the

year-arrows

yearly

season.

the

of the

men

is, to

rainy

of

the

ended.

was

summer

had

first Southward

their

season

of

Arjuna

afterwards

on

Zen-

dog-day festivals

After

year

went

solstice, and

marched

I, or

the

had

pierced

of the

indicating the

They

course.

the

shot, and

were

horse

rain-cloud

whence

made

they

white

dedicated.

were

ititial year,

ison

followed

were

that of the

sun,

whom

dog-star to

ivers of year-arrows,

ey

of the

black

horse, the

was

mwise

by Drupadi,

Tishtrya {Sirius\as

'.

579

Yudishthira, the dog-star Sirius, which

year

vthe

accompanied

Age,

34;

S.B.E.,

vol.

xxiii.

on

pp.

alone, and
the

taken

was

But

rain-god.
him

Shukra

finallyreceived
of

director

the

solstice,when

the

the

year's

Yudishthira, when
he

whom
of

of

powers

rulers

to

company
ac-

by

on

looked

was

moon-worshippers,
called

and

year,
The

dc^

order,

and

the

at

was

summer

heaven, found
earth

on

and

into
the

all

all

stars

those
heroes

the

directing

or

the

alligator encircling

previously told

him

would

the

be

^.

case

These

it is

conclusion

intervened

between

Neolithic
and

corn

Age.

of

poem,

The

part of the

of

India

during the

edited

aimed

picture of
paint,
story

the

of

progress

and

in

re-edited

which

panoramic
form.

following one

as

months

seventeen-months

or

righteous

cantos,
race

made

who

Mahabharata

to

The

culminating
had

been

of

in
in

original

the

eleven,

The

object

vivid

an

the

moulded

{Acramavasika) Parva,

acts

xxxi.

pp.

of

of
to

consecutive
sented
repre-

were

year

rule

into

ages

apparently
and

ideal

the

together

was

successive

another

nucleus

history of these

the nation,

narrative,

of the

generations

many

grouped

the

oil,

in the

its

years.
who

in the

original

that

was

which

ages

close

from

by

poets,

importance

dramatic

the

that

poem,

country

the

and
in

correctness

brought

translated

original author,

events

vital

his

in

and

the

by

at

Minor,

been

Sanskrit-speaking bardic

fifteen,thirteen

the

into

tribes,who

Asia

has

the

every

period comprised

which

and

language

of

of

by

Northern

crops

proof

first entry

the

of the

Age

Bronze
the

conveyed

allegoricalhistory

an

millet

further

add

closing scenes

of the

of

had

Draco,

as

he

Shukra,

began.
in

Vyasa,

as

looked

beginning

transformed

nature,

was

ruler of law

the

course

arrived

as

Mahabharata

the

Pole

he

allowed

Krodha.

year

of Sirius

known

had

their

season

not

say,

Semite

god Dharma,

the

as

is to

of

car

thirteen-months

the

of

mid-ruling month

the

he

that

by the

by

was

that

unclean,

animal

time

measured

who

dog

saying

as

unclean

an

as

first his

the

in

heaven

to

up

at

Krodha-vashas

the
on

Chronology

History and

58o

of
a

nation

69"71.

eighteen
new

in

and
India,

of the Myth-Making
who

and
davas

had

tried

was

overthrown

the

revolt

India

of

founded

the

the

for

the

votaries

of

in

founded

The

function.
of

Kurmis

Kabir,

the

banner

of

in

all

heads

the

revolution

the

increase

in

castes
or

it has

creed

unions

or

community

on

done

the

duction
introthe

among

communal

associations,

apart, such

the

as

believers

unitarian

image

by the

their

trading
in

in

the

on

was

; and

from

India,
and

also

it

is

went

in

about

members

Europe,
have

for
set

it

ritual

and

large numbers

by

the

of

the

there

the

seen,

multitudes

theology,
a

belief.
to

America,

Asia

derived
factor

dominant
And

calendar

the

up

Phoenician
have

tension
ex-

only

was

patterns brought from

we

of

date-palm-tree.

on

as

And

continual

the

tombs
and

by

out

made

is,

Roman

arising

or

Indian

which

result

down

family.

their

settled

could

laid

brought

of the

in which

ages,

of conduct

trade

replaced

Britany,

chambered

Minor

earlier

followed

Western

creed

new

the

the

voyages

who

in

of

was

sons

the

by

tribe, or

which

ruled

Carnac

of oriented

in Greek

ages.

new

following

rules

maritime

and

population
of

people

caused

wealth

agents

as

the

village,their

thus

land

guilds

stones

self-

selves
separated them-

birth

the

teachings

follow

to

of

of

resident

this

as

stituted
sub-

earlier

the

the

ape-god, whose

the

their

of

the

guilds

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individual

of

associations

engendered

measure

trained

They

the

time.

of

or

were

the

Arjuna.

great

were

trade

Star

Pole

individualism

This

old

who

Koiris,

and

castes

new

the

of

North

ethics

religious movement

left certain

of

on

of

community

entirely

theology

based

from

rule of

whose

forms

degree

by

year

race,

associations, which

less

which

that

annual

various

Pan-

then

sun-god

sun-worship originated,as

Jains, some
and

the

or

was

the

communal

supposed

on

of

the

thirteen-months

mixed

education

into

greater

It

ruler of

the

of

themselves

grouped

of

and

which

Yudishthira, but

of the

of

worship

system

improvement
And

hands

the

light

under

epoch

581

government

Kauravyas.

the

on

of

god

introduce

to

the

it the

to

in the

fell into

was

give

to

were

Age.

this
and

same

thus

of

Ocean
that

prince

finds

the

becomes

story of Omar-bin-al

assistant
baths

the

to

of

the Wazir
in the

of the

estates,

the

to

the

quite

consonant

equal

in

wonderful
with

birth, and

according
talents

their

to

they

communities,

whose

is

stories

scarcely

successors

the

Burton's

of

Omar-bin-al

his

brother

Din
'

237
3

vol.

ff'" Ala-ed-din

Nights,

of

spoken

industry

scale

whole

this

their

or

settled

In

and

his

the

chief

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are

only

actors

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Story of Badr-al-Din

the

depicting
volumes

stories, those

two

are

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by

twelve

and

sons,

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tales,and

whole

for

collection

handed

as

be

rank

of

of

midst

as

to

seem

their

of historical

Nights there

in which

Ajib,

of the

and

people

the

were

generally peaceable,

history

people.

Nu'uman

of

soldiers
and

and

Gharib

his

3,

son

Badr-al'

179!!".

i. pp.

Ibid., 'Abdullah
*

the

Arabian

Burton, Arabian
Hasan,'

national

they

the

in

in

of

fisherman,

when

are

the

; and

down

were

spoken

ever

of

of

live

to

seem

of official framers

characters

All

fortune,

good

the

Merman,

ring,

or

up

relations

telling the

and

in these

birth

on

the

propriety 2.
move

confectioner

holding large

widow,

poor

lamp

to

and

war

of

son

indication

of Abdullah

by the gifts of Abdullah


of the

slaves

of

son

public

the
the

and

based

ranks

king's daughter

Ala-ed-din,

enriched

of

division

becomes

in

landowners

settled

foreign

sons

fires

no

and

Zan-al-Makan

his

cook

or

when

Hasan,

is little
of

existence

of

or

marriages
and

There

city '.

same

stories

Ali, became

Nur-al-Din

Arabian

; and

in

and

Badr-al-Din

and

Damascus,

depicted

misfortune

Prince

lighted the

who

man

in trade

as

Nu'uman

Indian

including the

outcast

trader, just

the

life,the

falls into

unacknowledged

then

wide
world-

like that

engaged

are

the

this

of

community,

high birth

of
an

he

of

shores

become

of the

ministers,

man

himself

country,
in

or

had

all classes

their

and

the

on

description of Oriental

vivid

There

Nights.

growth

population which

most

kings

the

caused

whole

the

prosperity engendered by

The

civilised world.
trade

Chronology

sphere of influence

their

in

included

in

and

History

582

the
and

Hewitt, Ruling Races

Fisherman

the Wonderful

of Frehistoric

and

Abdullah

Lamp,'

vol.

the
x.

p.

Merman,'

vol.

viL p.

33 flf.

Times^ vol. ii..Essay ix., pp.

306" jio.

oflFered the

who
of

months

seventeen

nearly, if

were

Nights.

It says

observers

another

the

coasts,

the

this

of

the
of

priests of

Hittite

ruled

year

of

each

is

eighteen
each

in

The

ruled
at

'

of

the

are

and

Rigveda

of the

races

to

its

and
These

so

held

who

traded

to

trading
finallywere
traders

Eggeling, Sat, Brah,,

as

to

caravan

held

stood

i. 8, 3, 6 ;

in

the

an

vol. xii. pp.

pecially
es-

travelled

escort,

of

guild
as

four

which
in the

as

years

in

of the

possession

insignia and

S.B.E.,

the

own

highest rank

army,

siege

its

upon

armed

an

to
a

the

bazaars, and

foreign countries

amount

Pandava

special quarter

looked

was

by

Naga

among

Indian

left in undisturbed
assumed

and

worshipped

merchants

the

as

enjoined

as

artisan

and

large

in

as

chief, and

festivals
of

guild,

have

historical

the

by

lands

to

seems

Antelope
them,

it

the

whose

time

own

in

existing

the

guarded against attack

where

town.

its

by

the

Those

state.

Ayotlan

had

profession

sometimes

case

the

on

mentioned

trading

Among

appropriated

was

deity

caravans

was

the

Toltecs,

measured

months.

honourable,
in the

Malabar

either
here

of

that

to

that

to

who

and

trade

city was

ritual

fourth,

the

priests,who

the

Mexican

similar

so

of

guild

society

the

India,

tutelar

says

tion,
genera-

of the

peace-loving merchant-princes

of

the

of

race

Mandala

Eighth

of

among

Kushikas,

from

Kanvas

Yadu-Turvasu,

state

mythology
races

the

the

by these

prevailed

{kana)

new

third

first cousins
The

father.

passage,

the

people

one

of Khatlawar.

land

similar

side

is the

that

from

common

Saus

trading

or

^.

men

from

among

may,

this

on

intermarriages

mother's

reputed authors
the

commentator

allow

the

near

Arabian

distant

from

laws

of

the

wife

more

"*ear

marriage
in

and

no

the

of

marriages

described

generation

between

the

the

husband

ritual, be

the

the

to

as

people

Dakshinatyas,

or

sacrifices

seasons,

lax

permit marriage

father's
are

the

Sau-rashitras

that

and

five

third

Kanvas

the

and

both

Harisvamin,

that the

fuIUmoon

that

of

than

And

of

those

as

and

quite, as

not

relations

the

new

Chronology

and

History

584

devices

of their

238,

I,

note

239.

the

of

like

own,

banners

the

Tezcuco

Myth-Making
of

they controlled
of the

and

held

cases

I, and

State.

their

the

by

They

they

council

of

called

were

both

in

were,

585

Yadu-Turvasu

courts

own

Age,

finance

the

Uncle"

"

for
the

short,

chiefs, and
diture
expen-

by the

civil

king,

criminal

and

of

rulers

chief

in

the

land.

The
have

originated

the

Northern

the

disturbed

their

rule

be

to

of

the

trained

husbandmen
there

is

all

those

in

upon

Vaishya

Tlie

D.

in

days

or

as

the

state, and
who

duty,
of

lands

; and

looked

was

the

at

ordinary

were

their

profession ;

were

appeared

soldier

of

trade

begun

people

were

villages.

tlu

of

conquest

for

separate

of the

men

each

cultivation

the

that

evidence

no

summoned

under

was

purposes

military exercises,

not

it

shown, organised by

of

provinces

in

engaged

I have

as

country' after

and

for defensive

when

year,

the

months,

to

seems

fifteen-months

eleven

were,

border

traders

reorganised

standing armies

but, when

musters,

of

These

merchant

of the

age

of that

age

clansmen

only

the

sun-worshippers

that

chiefs

the

in

entertained.

the

of

in India

supremacy

B/idrata

the

mercltant-kingsby

Sanskrit-speaking sun-worshippers.
The
of

rule

Sallimanu

epoch

when

Gemini

at

B.C., when
at

the

vernal
the

Iron

the

vernal

the

Pole

equinox,
Star

allied
the

traders.

when

B.C., that

4000

in

North,
An

links

Prescott, History

of

sun

the
who

invasion

the

trade

chain

of Mexico^ voL

the

that

6000

It

iron

ending

in

alliances

i. chap.

v.

pp.

at

the

introducing

the

poor

wealth

of

but
the

dislocation

guilds and

7000

apparently

bolt

the

coveted

the
into

sun

Taurus

irruptionof

age

of

and

was

entered
the

of

of

entry of the

is between

that

the

confederacy of the

united

the

the

in Hercules.

was

descended
of

races

fish-sun-god,
was

began with

year

the

Age

the

Solomon,

or

equinox, about

prosperous

of

peace-loving merchant-kings

close of this age,

warlike

the

these

of

the

separation

which

124

"

of

126.

bound

History

586
together the

merchant

looked

which

of

the

made

Arya, or
but
In

davas

they

the

led

battle
the

Fandava

then

become

between

of the Aruna

them

the

the

it is in the

people who
of

kings
the
of

the

of

son

fire

Bharatas,

the
of

account

make

gelded-horsc, the
and

of

son-god,

the

year

brought

India

to

first adored

her

Mahabharata

badha) Parva,

by
as

Udyoga
xxviii.

iv. 30,

the

pp.

17, 18.

the

kings

battle

find

the

sun-god
Sarasvati

Su,

the
as

in the

appear

Arna

of the

sons

by the
shows

war

the

the

Tritsu,

the

ten

is called

{das/ia) months

ten

of Vadhri-ashva,

son

of

Tritsu,

satisfactory

most

the

fifteen-months

This

2.

king

is the

sun-bird, descendant
the

goddess
Asia

river-goddess of

Parva, Ivi.

p.

the

202,

Shar

was

Minor,

who

Harah-vaiti

Shalya {SAalyC'

lo6, 107.
Ibid.

who

races,

and

fire- worshippers of

men

or

(trit)^with

king of

{Yana-sandhi)

the

Hittite

the

is called

tribal

of

".

rubbing

name

the

this

of Sudas

the

of

of

defeated

were

of

whose
the

They

trading

we

the

Kuni-kshethra,

Sutlej,and

or

is,

sexless

giver {das)

the

of

of corn,

river-mother

river-mother,

the

Rg.

the

remnant

the

Shakuni,

Chitra-ratha^ or

the

the

that

Divodasa

gestation,and

the

that

Divo-dasa,

last

their allies the

by

Sudas,

war.

of

as

Nakula, the mun-goose,


that
shows
they had

land

merchant
of the

story

son

DrishadvatL

of

the

as

Kauravyas

eighteenth day

name

holy

Sarayu

enemies

the country

But

and

the

on

be

to

ruled

'

the

in

and
fire-drill,

Yadu-Turvasu

of

Their

Virgo {Chitra)^the mother

star

the

the

on

Arya, who, with

or

the

owl,

formed

'.

Sarasvati
the

as

the

Pan-

and

Kauravyas

the

of

fire-god,and

twins

settlers

the

Rigveda

the

the

side

chronicles.

the national

and

between

destroyed

by Sahadeva,

two

is told

They

army

war

people, the rulers of India,

by Uluka,

raven-mother-bird.

Kauravya

who

this

selves
them-

the

on

of

history

foes

as

called

Rigveda

war

appear

Sarasvatas,

friends,but

as

The

conquest.

noble

the

history of the

the

not

of

each

kingdoms^

Sanskrit-speaking races,

cursorilyin

v^ry

alien

into

neighbours

meditating projects
which

Chronology

states

its

on

and

vii. 18, 25, vi. 61, I.

of the Myth-Making
[erat

in

\hura
rian

the

Kandahar,
Mazda
of

races

he

lands, created

good
the

was

orth-western
is

Chapter VII.
altar,and

he

of

of the

worshippers

He

sacrificial flame
born

Aurva,

sun-god

Tritsu,

and

have

and

opponents
of

cows

the

Sakuntala,
we

followers

time,

whose

sun-god,
of

the

were

lunar

of

offspring,as

the

Bharata,

the

have

we

Bear.

god

father

the

was

of

the

of

ashishtha, priest of the


:.

languages

as

was,

of the

god

Great

the

Vishvamitra,

the

father

foes

Bharatas,

le

396,

p.

who

Vashishtha,

was

the

Thigh-stars

le

the

Europe.

prophet-priest

in

of

sun-god
of the

home

the Asiatic

Ragha,

587

sun-god Ra, the speakers of the inflexional

le

light he

bird-mother
of the

seen,

of

three-

cycle.

ence

the

ndia

were

ders

from

i India

the

in

the

and

unt

of

the

n,

Rg.

vii.
of

ing tribe
vii. 33,

"

Bharatas

belong

8,

6,

These

land,

arc

to

vii.

Pritha

Zctuiavesta

themselves

of

year

is

the

seventeen

merchant

the

of

i,

tribe

told

war

is called

these

are

the

also

Vendidad

the

kings

Parsis,

or

sons

called

of

in

conquerors
name

shows

the

union

the

fire-wor-

Pritha, the

the

Tritsu,but

KuntI, the

Fargardy i. 13

battle

There

This
from

graphic

in the

Aryan

formed

Persians

in

Vashishtha.

to

83,

given

Pritha-Parshu.

mixed

the

the

established

of the

side

each

called
a

and

lunar-solar

attributed

tting {peril)mother,

armestctcr,

the

action

and

en-

amalgamated

sun-worshippers

the

with

Parthians
Ders.

Hittites,who

races.

on

decisive

race

three-years cycle,and

government

Yadava

the tribes

iie list of

or

the

lunar-solar

the

had

the

thirteen, and

Ikshvaku

to

who

and

together, with

Khati
the

of

epochs

year,

of

r-year

le

the

of

rule

-worshippers,

sun

those

Kushika

previous dwellers

the

le

and

for the

contend

to

were

fire and

the

North,
and

m-months

ths

of

those

in

which

armies

two

lie Bharatas

the

of

tenth

Hence

Age.

of

Pandava

lance,

and

S.B.E., vol. iv. p. 7.

History

588
the

throughout
Arjuna,
the

of

the

Mahabharata

called

are

of

made

Partha

in

the

Rigveda

of

the

Srin-jayas

Yadavas
stakes

of

{yupd)

Turvasu

Hari

the

said

Parshu

Rigveda
where

is used

is called

Tirindira

whose

Parshu,

knife^

shaped
Manu

the

may

be

year

4.

twenty

Central

of

the

Asia,

clan

Buddha,

India

Siddartha

They
of

Ragha

the

crescent-

daughter of
which

sons,

clearly the
Sakyas, the

or

the

real

men
name

living

fire-worshippersof
the

on

into

immigrants

In the

eighteen-months

are

who

Media,

or

themselves

established

and

the

ceeded
suc-

feminine

the

Gautama,

were

or

in

passage

the

ribs

of the

Scythians

Also

^.

in

or

sacrifidal
'"

twenty

Persians

called

birth-land

Zoroastrian

and

the

Parthians

the

given
leader

as

tribe in the

of

is

which

Manavi,

month

of the

days

born.

was

with

of the

Indus

3, and

also

mother

the

which

in

Parshu

be

to

also

of

means

Parthians

These

of

said

is

the

by

name

the

name

measurer,

the

the

as

the

on

ruled

be

to

port

vention
inter-

the Vrishivans

is Mathura

that

the
sons

who,

Hariyupiya,

Shari,

or

Periplus Minnagora,
Patala, is

Cayamana,

at

Pritha,

Parthian

Panchalas, conquered

or

the

and

the

sons

of

sons

originally the

Abhyavartin

to

the

gods without

Parthava

of

name

especially

They,

like the

by the

father, were

Their

and

Pandavas,

Parthians.

or

pregnant

human

mother-tree.

form

the

begetting {peru) mother, bom,

virgin

the

Chronology

and

had

invaded

Sarasvati
of

country

the

as

the

skrit-speaki
San-

Turano-

Dravidians.
The

allies of the

Tritsu,

named

in

Kg.

vii. i8,

are

Paktha, (2) Alinas, (3) Bhalanas, (4) Vishanin,

and

The

by

Paktha

he

Paktues, who,
with

bows

whose
in
or

and

native

India, and
the

He
near

was

of

the

people

called

the

describes

Armenia,

them
but

Herodotus
are

Malli,

who

they called

had

settled

is

Multan,

the

Rg. vi. 27, 5, 7, 8.

Periplus, 38; Zimmer,

Rg. viii. 6, 46.

Alt

Indischet
*"

Ld"en,

Ibid., x.

p.

433.

86, 23.

armed

Bactrians,

as

city of Kaspaturos, that


which

(i) The

(5) Shiva.

goat-skin tunics, and

daggers.
home

the

wear

says,

occupied

place
"

clearly

are

city of

of the Myth' Making


said

Kashyapa^

by Hecatseus

to

Kandahar

They

tribes of

native

'.

Pathans

or

mountaineers,

Paktian

or

Pushtian

their

Sanskrit

who

and

invaded

India

it
allies,

Dravidian

married
their

Afghans,

with

that

Pushtu,

belongs

that

of

Dravidian

the

when

they

children

had
with

tongue

Indo-

like that

who

they,

the

is

the

to

uses

wives,

Northern

the

short, the Afghan

languages, but,

showing

speak

to

are, in

It

Zend-speaking

letters, thus

589

the Ghandari,

to

speak

language.

cerebral

learnt

belong

family of inflectional

European

Age,

who

Dravidian

accent.

These

of

leaders

the

the

India

which

Bhojas, and

Yadavas

and

For

Bhavishya

of

Krishna,

in the

officiate
the

throwing

heroes,

and

Indians,
Shamba

that

Shamba,

Sun

the

of

the

socket
form

forth

from

This

".

the

of their

which

the

was

destroyed

of

merchant-kings

armies
warrior

fire-socket

iron-bolt

to

Homeric

American

the

son

Shamba,

and

Sakyas

of

the

Saka-dwipa

in front

as

the

Vishnuite

confederacy

Multan

at

carried

symbol

brought

who

us

priests

it in its female

empire of

the

year-god Krishna.

tells

of

the

their

javelin

tribal

into

brought

dethroned

fire-drill and

united

the

as

the

was

the

were

the

of the

or

spear

Sudas, who

of

Magian

temple

Persians,

destroyed

Purana

brought

and

Parthians

armies

invading

iron-bolt

the

the

the

Western

sea-board.
whole

The
to

plain

old

gods

the

for

sun

bring

the

to

shrines

dedicated

the

Star

Pole

the

Herodotus,

soil

Days,

p.

iii. 93,

1889, p. 224.
*
A Weber,

India

and

who

with

the

102,

the West

worship of

to

the

germs

of

Weber,

of Northern

in Old

Days

India

with
to

life,and

and

mist

fill the

to

ii.

to

rivers

who
time

the West

India, Part

p. 20.

Saka-

creating-god, who

wreathed
was

the

temples

creating goat, ruled

vii. 67 ; A.

Early History

the

substituted

which

father-god, the

6 ; Hewitt,

how

mountain-tops
rain-water

allegoricallanguage

from
fire-worshippers

Sakyas,

the

earth

the

by

the

fertilise the

and

of

from

descended

facts, tells

overthrown
land

from

translated

of

statement

was

the

dwipa,

story, when

as

and

in

Ola

/,R,A,S,y

the

made

and

moon

the heavens

the

early

Persian

the

bow,

and

allies

found
The

first I

two

certainly

of

votaries

the

They
of

army

Manu

heroes, who
the class of

were

of the

fire

family.

the

Puranas
mixed

king Sisu-nag
of

named

in

and

Buddhist

of the

lived

the

in the

Gonds

the

"hura-sena
and

Mathura'.

near

the

Gaur

Matsya

Tagas,

whose

traditional

the

men

or

who

Jat Takkas,

^, and

doctrines

first of

and

the

in

bom

was

Vaya

to

and

the

as

Mahabharata

the

belong

son-

of Vasudeva,

son

called

who

called

are

the

to

was

also

the

the

Rajputs called the Agni-kulas

They

allied

race

tribe

Krishna,

Saisa-nagas,

supporters

were

are

of

adherents

as

They

the

were

seem

him

who

year

Shiva

and

with

worshipped

fifteen-months

the

of

and

Vishnu,

eight-rayed star, the eighth

year-god

country

Vishanin

themselves

who

those

be

the

god

the

allied

who

must

of the

Mathura.

with

the

Vishanin,

identify,but

to

forms.

in

they settled

as

connected

Vishnu,

worshippers,
sun-god

unable

language the

dialectic

are

Sq^tiiia,

of

ride, shoot wiA

to

of whose

Alinas, Bhalanas,

am

be

to

Pushtu

and

invaders

the

in

taught

invaaoa

Aryan

tribes

warlike

were

tread.

them

of the

us

truth, and

speak the

Northern

These

who

races,

Vedic, Sanskrit, Zend

tells

tale

historical

round

by moving

3rear

he bade

path

irruption led by the nomad

an

or

the

measure

sun

star-marked

the

in

this

Thus
as

Mytlwlogy

History and

590

parent-

Chiroo

kings

Magadha.
The

Shiva

herdsmen

eyed
the

of

the

India

from

Uma

Mahabharata

Manut

marched

Sabha

ii. 19, vii. 193;

Beames,

Elliot's

India, vol. i.,Gaur

who

(Rdjasuya-rafnbha) Parva,
S.B.E., vol.

Memoirs

Taga,

pp.

xxv.

of the

pp,

Races

xiv.

of

son

Ushi-

shepherd-

earliest

invaders

the

banner

the

under

were

of

the

and

the

three-

bow-husband
the

was

been

and

North,

He

East,

had

who

Pinaka

the

the

of

cattle-

and

{sveta)Shiva, the

{flax).

{nara)

shepherds

white

trident, and

the

who

the

was

pastoral races

Tri-gartas

'

the

man-god

of the

god

god

weaving-goddess

nara,

of

whose

bearer

the

undoubtedly

are

of

pp.

Takkus
the

46, 47

or

Yupa,

Biihier,

32, 247.

of

the

North-

108, 109, vol. ii. p. 77.

Western

Provinces

0}

that

hunting {yaksh)
the

Puro-dasa,

of the

leader
the

of their year,

god

of

river

Tamas,

the

SatyavatI passed,

into

the Yamuna
the

linga. (4)

Vaikarna

is

They

the

were

vii.

18,

-god

of

identified

Naga

the

of

tribes

two

three

the

of

sons

the

in

Purus

soft Dravidian
Star

the

lakkhos,

with

which

is the

this

parent-god

Akkadian

la-khan,

close

of

his

races,

the

13,

meaning
Ajas

annual

Eggeling, Sat, "rah,y

or

very
born

at

i. 2, 2, 1"4,

two-horned
said

are

who

Anu.

dants
descen-

of

speakers

is the
the

non-

applied

of the

sons

appears

the

speakers of

whom

These

who

in

the

goat, the

Shigru,

are

in Greece

mysteries

Yak-shu.

through

the

Sharmishtha,

Eleusinian

as

of

(7)The

the

were

the

in

thus, as the
days

race

the

fish-god,that
circuit

country
Kashmir.

Yakshus.

ancient

word

same

The

The

(5)

the

cycle-year. (9) The

the

the Vedic

epithet mridha-vac

{XaKxos) also
the

Druhyu

lunar

(8) The

sun-god

young

of

(6) The
and

identify. (10)

to

of Shan-

also adored

twenty-one

Yayati

by

18,

of the

goat-god

certainly identical
called

vii.

speech.

unable

am

Rg.

the

the

shown

languages, as

Aryan

of

p. 191,

Pandavas.

with

by Su-das,

year.
and

mother-banyan-fig-treeof

the

and

warriors

the

slew

era,

seventeen-months

These

Purus.

of

wife

sons

worshippers
slain

the

in

Zendavesta,

twenty-one

been

new

Matsya

sun-hawk

Hema-chandra

races,

have

leading

{karna) people, whose

by

Their

1, to

of the

month

the

Chapter IV.

sorcerers,

the

Hence

(2) The

Kauravyas

of

Druj

the

horned
(z;/)

Karna.

sun-god

Pole

be

SatyavatI,*s

or

or

eel-parents Matsya

in

seen

the

Druhyu

The

two

or

Vi-kamika

sun

of

mother

witch-goddess Druh,

Rg.

their

have

we

Tur,

to

seems

Adrika, the

of

Jumna, where

or

Pole

Yakshu,

moving

who
Bhrigu, the originalfire-worshippers,

(3)The
the

as

the

of its first month.

god

and

of the

year

round

darkness, whence

the

became

the

Turvasu,

eel-fish-godbom

sons

tanu,

going

sun-star

of the

Rg. vii. i8, 19, the

offering of

firstfruits

is the

first month

the

Push,

in

is called

cake

This

year^

is to

Savitri, that

of

the hands

to

Mythology

History and

592

The

name

that

of

sun-god

who

heavens

the
at

marked

i. 6, 2, 5 ; S.B.E., vol. xii.


pp. 42, 43, 162.

of tlie Myth-Making
the

by

the

from
of

the

the

of the

stars

new

sun-god of
the

autumnal

zodiacal

which

the

24400

who

Yakshu,
Genesis

Joktan

in

father

the

time

account

of

and

brother

one

Eber,

earth

the

the

another

of

thirteen

is of

Eastern

Akkadian

boundary
of

their

representing the
and

Sindhu,
thus

the

belong

whose

Indian

careful

observers

Zigurats
and

or

monthly

Nakshatra,
mansions.
the

towers

bearer

Their

of the

I have

shown

of the stars.
of

the

Arabian

year-god
discus
"

Gen.

the

was

stars.

X.

25"31,

9q

who

Sabaean

'.

name

East,

and

the

and
the

Ophir,

Indus,

the

These

Yakshus

Asia, who

as

of

Chapter II.

moon

In

cling
encir-

the

the

the

the

Babylon,

p.

48, were

Babylonian

in

the
the

lists

of

annual
Hindu

Lunar

antelope-sun-god Krishna,

year-circleof zodiacal

or

the

the

of Abram

They mapped

and

of

sons

tain
mother-moun-

by

founded

and

sun

in whose

the

Havilah

in

Iberian

sun,

Chaldaeans

They

observation.
of

the

of

watered

the

is in

{yak),

the

Shem,

Kushika

were

and

tribes

moon

Shemi-ramot,

of South-western

tribes

paths

and

lands

of

of the Mahabharata.

Yavana

origin

sons

in

these

and

wife

eastern

the

of

the

Keturah,

mountain

and

thirteen

Indian

of

son

mother

the

of the

through

passage

bisexual
was

of

moon

children

Indian

the

to

astronomical

the

of

the

Khur-sak-kurra,
Two

the

returns

of

son

lands

is the

called

are

sun

advancer

or

the

incense-mother, the

sons

that

God,

their

their

by

genealogy Jokshan

{ketur)or
His

the

into

worshippers

their year

measured

star

Peleg, the stream,

of

the

the

Nakshatra,

the

mover
was

Aries
of

father-god

passage

of

stars

birth

his

divided

was

of

rivers, and

zodiacal

the

originalcycle-year

the

the

by

of

each

equinox, the

Jokshan, the

or

sun-god

into

sun

become

of the

name

the year

the

through

sun

who

measured

the

turn

opened

The

before.

years

the

cycle,after

autumnal

at the

enters

sun

this

their

in

-fish

sun

procession

of

entry

In

have

stars

become

to

by the

the

equinox.

the

as

god, the ever-livingfish,was

formed

cycle

original Aries, which

the

and

the

beginning with

other

to

This

593

emerged

Pisces

Revati

in Aries.

year

equinoxes,
at

Nakshatra

Hindu

constellation

Age.

XXV.

2.

stars, and

History

594

they

thus the Yadavas,

were

lunar-months
in

seen

Chapter VIII.,

in the

solar-lunar

of the

eight-rayed star,

Hence
of

the

Anu

from

the

ruled

of

of
the

Pole

of

farmers

growing

pastoral

graphic

most

in the

war-song

which

re-echoes

worshippers

33,
ten

in

up

sums

the

kings,

battle

whence

Jumna,

the

were

the

the

corn-

shepherd
inland

rude

had

artisans,who

and

83,

one

battle,
of

what

founded

the

and

Ganges,

by

rivers,which
*

they

could

paralyse
seizing
became

Cunningham,

Ancietit

who

had

at

the

sun-

of the

hymn,

Su-das

Rg.

the

settled

on

longed
pro-

rulers

drive

out

the

Geography of I naia^

pp.

the

of

the

Jumna

and

of

the

two

kings

".

The

junction

capital of the Sakya

of

Saras-

navigation
the

iii.
the

contest

to

of

the

overthrew

kings,

the
both

poem

telling of

poems

collected

trade

Kosambi

given

hero-soldiers

doubtless

command

the

the

the

Bharata

they

army

that

victorious

Vishvamitra

was

The

years.

of

which

in

is

telling the

the

and

story

combat

the

Vashishtha

Sanskrit-speaking intruders
vati,

of

sea-

shipping
sun-wor-

party, Rg. vii. i8,

paeans

other

two

many
led

land,

Vashishtha

glorious deeds

of the
the

of

account

the

the

vii. 33

Rg.

for
the

of

It,with

war,

and

traders

shippers
wor-

and

Northern

allies

war

Ajas,

of the country.

commerce

sun.

the

was

shippers
wor-

Nagas,

rivers

villagesand

country

It

races.

population against
The

the

Bhrigu,

the

the

the

indigenous

of

founders

tribes, representing

ruled

who

the

were

Vaikarna

and

These

overthrow

to

whose

invaders,

and

goat.

descended

who

the

linga, the

sun-horse,

Star

India, united

of

five tribes

with

the

Yadavas,

Hittites, the

or

the

trading population

rich

coasts

Khati

son

composed

was

Sharmishtha,

horned

the

Bharata

the

the

year.

Turvasu

is of

and

fire and

the

worshippers
the

the

of

races

dynasties, together

mercantile

of

of the

became

of

worshippers

have

we

as

which

seventeen-months

army

the

by

and

teen
by thir-

year

which,

of the

Puru, that

and

their

ancient,

very

the

Yayati, Devayani

Kushika,

the

was

that the

pre-Sanskrit

Druhyu,

measured

chronometry

see

we

who

year-measurement

Mythology

and

391

ff.

of the Myth-Making
attached

importance
in

Stanza

helped
It

of

19

the

SarasvatI

and

the

that

North-west,

and

assembled

were
or

Shatudri,

in

Rg.

and

the

Hence

the

aUies

found

and

the

failed

to

river
find

it

easily as

as

Prithivi,"the
his

might,

were

thus

his

tale
the

of

conquest

another
of the

But

of

fools
but

the

completely
the

Here

in

of the

as

the

the

thirteen

Cunningham,

Ancient

of

the

confused

at

bank

and

their
into

the

the

picturesque

of

"

to

hurry they

lord

to

the

cities

rapidly
to

the

cross

earth,

them

seized

and
be

in

who

taking
the

their

story

of

god introducing
the

were

lowed
fol-

dramatic

historical

seventeen-months

and

Hoshiarpur,

were,

river

Geography of India

Qq

their

Beas

they

year-god by
and

and

their

of

by Su-das,

ceases

seven

of

destroyed." They

routed

becomes

Bharata

Hence

of the

and

Bharata

attacking

the

to

were

narrative

the

north

Parthians,

herdsmen

and

Sutlej

country

rushed

victory by crossing the

epoch.
week

land

the

rashly determined

and

them.

bard,

dry

eye-witness

an

the

on

allies

the

the

"thinking," according
warrior

the

their

attack

themselves

surprised

"

signed
as-

Vishvamitra,

to

the

await

Jalandhur

enemies,

destroy

herds

cities.

seven

their

easilyand

up

of

were

parent-god

and

passage

encamped
They

on

that

easy

through

districts

the

from

and

Vepash,

on

country

and

rivers

be

to

the

Tritsu

or

not

Delhi,

Hittites', between

practicableford, and

the

of

the

Tritsu

in

two

an

the

between

Shivas, lying between

or

and

flowing stream,
language

Beas

determined

of

appearance
the

would

Ravi.

forces
or

these

Tritsu

modern

have

to

commanded

the

The

they marched

or

cross

the

give

the Bharata

Purushni

their

to

Trigartas

Sutlej, the

of

it is to

antagonists^and
party.

land

they

attacked

Chinat

and

south

But

is said

the

whence

Kathi

the

to

iii.33, prays

forces.

from

Bharata

collected

Ravi

or

Indra

Tritsu.
invaders

the

Arrian

by

partiesis proved

strategic post of Indra-prastha,or

Jumna,

Purushni

the

595

by both

18, where

DrishadvatT,

important

very

and

oust

Jumna

vii.

Rg.

Yamuna
to

was

the

to

Age,

seven

year,

pp. 215 ff,

days
just

596
the

as

twenty

the

were

Vai-karna

champions

-one

himself

heads

But

fifteen-months

year,

of

the

whose

he

is

that

history

of

his

In

Tapatl.

summoned

king

of

the

advati,

the
of

was,

as

mother-tree,
on

earth

as

the

the

wife

of

the

history

of

national

33,

the

seen,

of

the

gathers

will

his

reign
of

the

ruler

the

as

land

in

field
of

southern

must

we

look

to

Rg. vii. 18, 19.

'

Eggeling,Sat. Brdh.y

iU. 7, 2,

S.B.E.,

of

mud

the

vol. xxvi.

the

{tan),
the

out

tree

fully

ancestry

Samvarana.

whose

Taneshur,

bring

to

who

Drish-

and

the

to

supreme

Kuru,

Sarasvati

But

the

marriage

mother-banyan-fig- tree,
Yayati.

appear

genealogy,

as

the

where

(of light)

This

of

father

is

lo^

cows

Kuru-kshetra,

born

Sharmishtha,
meaning

the

have

to

Samvarana

v.

appears

by

as

Brahmanas

his

story

to

watered

we

Rg.

sun-god.

he

as

site

the

central

stalls the

the

and

the

means

name

of life.
in

Vashishtha

by

consecrated

the

emerged

and

and
of

as

the

is the

examine

we

Mahabharata

holy land,

This

where

is the

the

sun-god

antelope -god, "who

he

when

Bharatas,

was

Kurus.

of

the

the

Su,

varana,
creating spirit-god, Sam-

germ

whose

reign,

the

was

name

say,

or

to

might,

clearly

more

The

of

consecrated
in

the

Sarasvati

This

said

in

it

giver

sexless

the

individual

Rishi,

is to

pay

war

of

the

from

year,

Su

an

the

Yakshus

momentous

the

Su-das,

".

the

as

his

by

come,"
still

once

called

wealth

of

giver

the

divided

given

earthly dwelling-place

altar, is the
mentioned

earth

this

account

ground

altar of the

the whole

year.

Tritsu, conquered

Samvarana.

is called

Sacrifice, the

national

represent

the

to

gelded-horse,

the

of

of

year-god, descended

life,the

Place

the

history

the Vedic

Vadhri-ashva,

the

the

where

latter

'.

turn

must

we

Mahabharata,
of

tribute

as

the
who

year-god

among

by

Ajas, Shigrus, and

the

understand

to

clearly

Druhyu

made

and

Purus,

horses'

and

Anu

the

the

as

Su-das

slain
of

month

days of the

twenty-one

goods of

sap

Chronology

established

Su-das

the

History and

p. 175.

of the Myth-Making
He

is

directlydescended

Sakuntala^ who

and

of the

son

months

of

days

of

the

remained

united

and

the

He

ruled

of

epoch

the

Kurus,
in the

Su-das, the giver

of

sustain
in

and

taken

earth.

the

Rg.

He

found

the

is

the

himself

alone

of

the

In

other

heavens, the Pole

mother

the

Dhuminl,
flame

the

on

Southern

born

as

have

we

with

the

fifteen
This
the

ten

the

sexless
the

sun-god

the

of the

the

of the

of

livingthings

gods

born.

were

unborn

where

of

mists

creating-god married
the

world.

the

sacrificial

sons

who

the
in

was

attacked
those

cycle-year,and
the

her

Bear^who,

ape-god, united
of

sun-god
of

the

year

his

first Avatar
ing
He, accord-

year.

the

driven

banks

ten

to

of

date-palm-tree.

by the Panchalas
of

seminated
dis-

From

Great

of the

fifteen-months

on

navel

the

in

by the

of the

sexless

troops,

Himalayas

5,

germ

burnt-offering,which

Thigh

god of the

genealogist,was
of

of

god Samvarana,

Akshauhinis

foot

as

of

{dhumo),

through

goat, the

months, the

gestation
the

begot

Star

Pole

was

to

seen,

67

creating

of the

Star

constellation

the

Riksha,

i.

creator,

means

the

surrounded

smoke

altar

life-givingheat
was

Rg.

Tao, dwelling

Pole
of

daughter

in

words, this creating father-goat

Star,

This

waters.

was

son

Aja-midha,

was

the

navel

year

equivalent to

son

be

all

the

in

soil

conquerors

name

{karman)

whence

the

the

Bhumanyu's

to

life,the Chinese

of

germ

the

of

son

is said

maker

and

tree-trunk,

Northern

his

and

is said

them,

Bharadvaja,

ajA {goat) also

word

waters

all life is hidden.

the

The

by Visvakarman,

(visva) from

the

who
{flja)^

82, 6, he

v.

slew

nine

the eleven-months

of

land.

Su,

the

sons,

the

{hotra)of Su,

pourer

genealogist,

holy Soma

Bhumanyu,

warring [mid/ia) goat

to

the

Drona,

previous dwellers

Su-hotra, the

the

to

help of

the

the

as

god of the eleven-

nine

begat

in the

of

races

280, born

p.

the

as

of Dushmanta

cycle-year,but

till, by
of

seen,

is

597

son

reign,according

the

father

the

the

the

of

father

the

{bhuman)y who

of

have

we

confusion.

week

became

that

his

childless

sun-lark"
he

Hence

time

as

was,

Bharata,

three-years cycle, that

year.

was

from

Age,

the

of the

with

months
forests
Sindhu

of
at
or

Indus.
thousand
of

he

There

the

remained

forth

brought
the

ruling sun-god

as

the

conquering

worshippers
marriage
the

of

home

the

was

the

Southern

his

South,

awoke

were

by

sleeping twelve
Vashishtha
of

goddess

the

dog

days

the

who

sun-god,

E.
The
of
it

of

year

months

measured

sun-god
three

Orion's

year,

into

of

Athenians.

'

Mahabharata

"

Rg.

Mahabharata

i.

ten

days,

These

were

Adi

thus

was

Orion

hundred
divided

{Sambhava)

the

lay

and
into

seasons,

after

Star

the

year

the

3.

of

Orion,

sixty days,
and

one

but

of twentyit

but

not

was

by

thirty-

decades

of

the

Egyptians

weeks

of

the

two

"

hands

and
cx-

281.

161, 13.
Adi

{ChaUra'ratha) Parva,

2.

sun-

which

months

Parva, xcIt. pp. 279

life

to

shippers.

that

five-day weeks,
the

and

Pole

in

sun-ivor

like

of

him

of his year

the

forests

goat,

made

to

coming

TapatI,

to

thirty-day months,

by seventy-two

weeks

of

year

and

but

days,

six

this

not, like

was

nine

tzvelve-months

Star

Agoya, the

days

the

the

of

Pole

of

South,

recalled

was

the

heat

brings

goddess,

makers

year

last twelve

the

he

sun-god

the

the

the

solstice, and

reproduced

The

twelve

reborn

of

in

of

house

Savitri

of

by the

sent

in the

winter

sun-god slept for

till

Ribhus,

the

it

this

was

of

rising sun
of

love

his

of

lights called

sister

enthronement

sun-

new

She

two

whence

the

as

days,
the

the

younger

sun,

for

as

united

of

mother-goddess

of

twelve

Vashishtha,

the

god

power

story

[tap) mother.

who

there

the

in

was

throne
to

the

heating

the

hour

died

for

insensible

by

She

told

he

the

return

unite

kings

till

on

His

to

was

is

the

was

Samvarana,

awaited

era

and

of

earth.

the

the

him

'.

era

Bharata

Vivasvat,

sun,

sun-maiden.

the

the

TapatI,

daughter

new

sun-god who

with

to

Surya, the

of

mercantile
year,

set

for

exile

in

the

months

who

by Vashishtha,

as

of

rule

thirteen

and

seventeen

and

childless

the

during

years,

Mythology

and

History

598

clxxiii." clxxv.

pp.

492"

50a

the

and

those

stars,
of

who

Tower

disruption

of

of

The

Babel.

metaphorical

annual

of

furnish

to

of

guardians
the

zodiacal

from

the

reckoning
winter

solstice,between

long before

this

which,
Pole,

the

It

of

the

was

of

independent
Garden

Gemini

stars

the

maritime
the

replaced
rivalryby
which
who

of

age
of

one

scheming

national

knowledge

of

the

the

vernal

bulls

of

stars, the
of

God,

as

equinox.
Assyria,

the

giants Gog
and

as

consequence

warders
of

the
time

when

the

was

then

that

It

Hebrew
and
of
this

sun

the

Cherubim,

Magog,
the

as

doors

revolution

the

and

sicians.
phya

god

of

the

as

the

and

states

friendlytrade
jealousy,

lands.

Hence
the

and

commercial

course
inter-

revolution

entered

Kirubi

in

robbers

possible

parently
ap-

Taurus
or

replaced
temples.
the

all

united

at

flying
t^^in

the

guardians of the
of

the

divine

which

This

earth.

gator,
alli-

round

tower

and

of

twin
the

language,

own

language

from
the

its

also

Ashvin

allied

as

the

overturned

and

neighbours

common

from

of

suspicion

only

used

disappeared
dates

thi^ tower,

appropriate their

to

tribe

the

of

was

sun-god

brotherhood

its

at

the

merchant-kings,

national

feared

the

of

confederacy

Gemini

stars

and

governing

international

state

every
were

every

in

people

mode

the

the

was

Shimshu-mara,

its hands

Star

the

of

of

year

time

There

B.C.

3,000

of

overthrew

trading governments
the

Gemini^

stars^ drove

were

Pole

which

God,

deification

new

through

entered

sun

and

2,000

its fourteen

with

twin

the

constellation

stars, for in the Hindu

journey

annual

into

sun

persistent deification

field of

it.

the

when

beginning

the

garden,

of fifteen months

of

entry

the

Gemini,

stars

reckonings of the zodiacal

the

year

{d)

God

measurements

its annual

in

sun

in

the

the

by

divine

bounded

that

epoch of

measured

the

which

seen

the

of

of

{bab^

the

by

story

fall of the

the

on

successive

ruled

and

Bible

the

Gate

the

those

were

by

stars

have

We

for

gate

circuited

heaven

of

Tower

moon-god

the

settings sun

of

explanation

society consequent

name

the

the

with

year

an

which

time

of

the votaries

of

their

began

seems

the

is

discomfiture

total

and

Chronology

and

History

6oo

Gate
It

was

disruptionof

of the Myth- Making


society it caused,
forth

from

till the

to

by

the

of

the

earth, which

snake.

this

Orion's

told

as

altar

of

for

ritual

in which

new

the

as

Brahmanas.

spiritof

the

This

altar

not

was

but

of

which

new

for

comers

union,
the

and

'.

and
the

in

introducing

the East

of the

longer

no

of

of

libations
of

sap

the

was

theology
of the

offered,

be

to

the

as

of libations

celebration

the

to

the

year.

sun-god
from

brick

the

milk,

Soma

sour

plant,

by the worshippers

consumed

their

into

incorporated

frames

as

the

livinggod.
object was

knowledge

is told

building of

rose

consist

and

which

whose

their

the

new

were

and

former

sun-god

the twelve-montfis

devoted

to

altar

sect

reverence

of

Ahavaniya altar
culminating embodiment
was

his

the

the serpent.

on

brick

were

food

sacramental

the

beliefs

new

this

of

livingvictims

the

on

one

and

of

milk, barley,running water,

for

age

flying bulls

or

of

of

land

of

gates

son

months, who

It

sacrifices

poured

the

tlie ritual

worship

the

that

in India

the

in

of twelve

of the

but

old

the sun-bird

the

year

sun-bird,
built

was

disturbed

be

the

Cherubim

of

triumph
the

Eastern

two

punishment passed

History

was

the

by

between

of

sentence

It

Eden,

trading

to

from

departure

life,the

of

tree

the

story

enmity

F.

the

of

henceforth

was

his

On

guarded

were

the

of

Garden

been

had

spoliationwaged by the united


sun-worshippers against the money-making progeny

mother-tree, the
In

who

man,

and

of conquest

Naga

home

red

peaceful settlements

the

waste

wars

and

tree

the

Adam,

serpent, ruler of the

beguiled by the
sent

that

60

Age,

errors,

brand

retain

to

ancient

with

the

this

intention

ancient

It

was

manifested

ceremonies.

Gen.

iii. 22

"

24.

revolutionary
old

recollection

in

faiths,
of

and

they substituted
the

intended

population
is

building

the

taught by

improvements
experience.

the
while

creeds

and

ritual of the

of

entirely obliterate

to

sought

the

creation

new

in

advance
to

bond
every

unite

of
the

of national

stage

of

and

History

6o2

These
which

on

sacred

it

was

Munja

the

foundation

to

be

To

oxen

syllabled verse,
the god

of

ploughing, as
first furrow

have

to

South-west

to form

the

the

which

in

the

North-west

of

the

Pole

it of the

to

of

three

bird

round

the

from

West

to

three

in
*

led

by

Orion

afterwards,
of the

year

After

the

this

the

square,

which

as

by

years
the

the

Eggeling, Sat, Brah.^

year

the

Pleiades
from

the

at

path

the
of

the

was

South-west
year-

the

measured

moon

first

Orion's

to

solstitial

autumnal

line

circuit

year

Then

the

line,

the

solstices, beginning

opening

zodiacal

when

closed
en-

line

Canopus

and

drawn.

was

is

by

line
of

course

year

South

This

Pleiades

ploughed

South-east

to

measured

year
the

and

line.

North-east

East, indicating the

of

age

South-west

the

Brahmanas

are

North

ploughed

cycle-year
the

cross-lines

the

indicating

well

the

is

and

as

in

its Southwest

South-west

first line

stars

equinoxes

This

fifteen-months

seasons.

North-east,

to

going

'.

the

the two-seasons

from

changed

return

the

of

as

so

solstice,and

of

of the

west
North-

of the sun-bird

star

and

Pleiades

the

from

from

South-east,

is called

year-square

and

Star

then

solstice.

starts

sun

to

east,
South-

second

course

winter

quarter

middle

the

year

the

the

winter

next

The

to

and

annual

the

to

the

424,

; the

to

of the heavens

eight-rayed

it.

from

North-east

at

unorthodox

or

the

form

round

from

sunset

finishingthe

After

going

at

the

at

Nirriti

to

and

North-west,

to

In this

423,

pp.

drawn

eleven-

or

weeks.

South-west

there

the

yoking

dedicated

were

eight-day

the

the

In

VII.

mins'
Brah-

the

Tristubh,

they

of

traces

of which

Chapter

from

to

four quarters

from

quarter

in

representing the

its year

home

and

diagram

corner

square

beginning
round

the

North-east,

to

said

ploughed

was

according
the

eleven

of

years

the

with

with

made.

are

that

recited, so

were

the

strands

land

The

fig-tree (Fiau

yoked

were

eight-syllabled,and

Gayatri, or

altar.

ploughed

was

{Saccharum Munja)

sugar-grass

year-girdles of three
oxen,

the

Udumbara

the

the

this

of

built

of

made

plough

glonteratd).
the

with

begin

Chronology

by
with

line
the

the

equinox,
and

vii. 2, I, 8 ; S.B.E., vol. xli. p. 320.

sun

of the MytJi-Making

began

South-east,

to

who

eight-days week,

the

solstice

summer

The

next

which

{Poa

of

as

forth

altar

year,

to

the

year-god by

god

of

inner

altar

year

sun-god

and

sun-horse,

Then

twelve

of

the

poured

were

jars

of

model

herbs

from

jar

sowing
Rg.

X.

this

be

to

whole

and

It

sun-

grass

star, and
it

on

the

and

five

These

bricks

the yearthe

rising
be

to

the
of

the

and

Gemini,
and

set

of which

to

and

light,and

the

indicating,

is said

stars

the

mother-

the

on

to

creat-

the

Gayatrl

Bhishak

sowing

Eggeling, Sat, Brah.^

vii. 2, 2,

'

Ibid., vii. 2, 3,

S.B.E.,

9;

year,

three

tional
addi-

consecrated

of

Then

national

and

whole

seasons

months

whole

indicating

area,

Orion's

seeds

area,

of

of

I"

the

14 ;

and

corn

consecrated

stanzas

Atharvana,
the

the

year,

area

{Ficus glomerata).

Osadhastuti,

during the

the

the

twelve

the

ground,
of

over

three

fifteen

seed

the

henceforth

Udumbara-wood

"

the

built

was

denoting

site

sown

were

of

year.

phases

of

instituted.

now

called

it

the

ploughed

jars poured

97, attributed

priest,and
stanzas

the

of

the

light.

cows

water,

the

over

that

healing

on

consecrated

household-fire

the

of

was

months

twelve

the

jars

fifteen

making

site

it *.

at

over

of

of the

of

mother

which

year

lunar

the Ashvins,

of

the

invoked

the

poured

layers of

by
cows

Kusha

sentences,
of

that

the

of

ing-god

at

the

of

are

priest

thirteen

declare

measured

Ida,

the

the five

of

meaning

year

mountain

of

year

in

star

centre

butter

months

thirteen

bringing forth

sun

and

built,and

was

the

altar

five-days week

then

the

the

the

the

of

gods

told, the

the

clarified

or

of

are

we

the

of

sunset

of the

bunch

in

placed

ghi
the

offerings to

ground

of

at

year

eight-rayed
First

ploughed.

cynosuroides) was

seasons

bull

consecration

sign of the

been

five libations
as

is the

sacred

has

square

his

began

sun-horse

white

white

or

North-west

process

the

the

wells,

and

fountains

healing

of

line

the

was

603

line, from

last

The

measured.

be

to

Age,

While

were

recited

of

the

healing

fire-

praiser of medicine, twelve


ploughed
S.B.E.,

vol. xli. pp.

vol.

332"335.

area,

xxi. pp.

and

325

"

three

330.

History and

6c4
the

during

sun-physician

trees, and

Star
to

the

of

these

with

of

age

jay ', and


the

the

year

of

jay

third

sisters,the

days

seven

of

jay, king

born

hundred

five

child,

seeds^
eldest

the

ninety-nine kings* wives


the

of

of

site

sand

down

with

bricks

placed

make

to

months
into
in

of
two

of

South

sun

Eggeling,
Hewitt,

Eggeling,

each

seven

of

Kiki,

after

this

she

the
was

of

mother-lotus

her

birth

next

the
and

hundred

that

is

of

the
it

the
made

sand

and

we

feet

scattered

was

and

the

four

the

verses

sung

the

twelve

divided

year

each, the Devayana

North,

with

seven

told,

Brahmins*

area,

level

two

are

laid

was

stanzas, with

lines

centre

whole

measuring

six

the

months

six

and

The

up,

in

before

side, was

these

make

is

ceremony
the

Sat,

Ruling

'

the

season,

Pitriyana,

in

which

3.

next

offering of

it,

boundary

goes

weeks.

palace

placed

was

over

and

grow,

year,

the

The

the

seasons

which

it goes

seed

the

of

one

her

other

the

during

four

the

its centre.

hymn,
the

bird

of

Uttaravedi,

was

on

Buddhist

the

Mahapadumo

that

feet

the

mound,

of

the

in

them

fly forth

to

on

king, called

lotus

forty

six-versed

gathered

each

scattered

side, which

each

on

birth

Ahavanlya altar, but

the

about

square

as

Pole

thirteenth

the

seven-day

in the

her

the two

".

this

was

measuring
the

of

leaf

is the

and

the

in

the

to

sons

lives

born

gave

of

{Fiats

reciting

In

sacred

week,

and

which

son

great lotus, and

It

the

Kashi^

the

was

villagemaiden, who

as

of

while

months

Theri,

whose

Brihaspati, the

is called

the

thirteen

plants

the

year.

from

was

of the

Ashvattha

to

sown

{fever)

learn

we

blue

that

growth

seed

Yakshman

Padumavati^ the
blue

the

hymn

{Butea frondosd)^

fifteen-months

the

stanzas

Theris

their

the

trees,

Palasha

or

ascribes

of

god

the

holy

dedicates

It

god.

the

to

This

unploughed.

healing virtues of

the Farna

and
religiosa)

Soma

that

the

traces

it extols

effects

of

sowing

Chronology

Sat,

large pot
Brah.^ vii.
Races

2, 4,

that

and

"

of Prehistoric

Brah,^ vii. 3, I,

"

the

30;

of

the

Pravargya,

Upasads.
S.B.E., voL

The

xli. pp.

or

the

ritual

335

"

TimeSy vol. ii.,Essay vii.,pp.


^47; S.B.E., vol. xli. pp. 342

"

342.
74"77.

355.

of

of the Myth-Making
the

described

be

preceding

five

materials^ the

boar, (4) Adari

year

Three
to

Rohini,

the

IS

poured

on

placed

the materials

of

months

the

milk.
fire

On

three

the

from

libations
the

Surya,

whom

These

place.

by those
of

that

the

history
After

"

of the

after

the

arrow,

Sat,

ceremonies

Br"h.,

xiv.

the

in the

to

the

three

I,

seasons

in

their

the year

of

before

and

are

year

offeringof
among
central

or

has

This

been

sacrifice,
Prajapati's
the

whole

red-ox

I,

I"

xiv.

skin

is

3,

31;

2,

441"510.

Ibid., iii. 4, 4, 14"17;

child.

months,

ritual

the

is being

new

of

of

second

milk
^

her

bundles

seventh

heated

is

with

the

the

sacrifice

cover

the

given

solstitial sun-year

these

Eggeling,

is

with
of

gods

the

who

of

born,

top.

is milked

last

delivered

of

closes

ceremony

Upasads

She

the

was

gods

its

on

mixed

while

sun-god

thirteen

Rohini,

three-years cycle

twelve

offered

the

placed

cow

being

the

taking part
of

{Orion's) year

is

pieces of

the first and

of

woman

sun-god,

are

denote

to

up,

the thirteen

to

seven-days

successively three

the

the

whole

The

thirteen

drunk

which

boiled

is

invoked.

faggots denote

goat

milk

the

like

goats' milk

the

being afterwards
burnt

are

sits down

and

sun-god.

young

fire-prieststands

or

These

pp.

milk

the

by

up

thirteen

the

of

faggots. During the burning


he

in

fire

the

burnt

and

that

it is

pot, goats'

Agnldhra

of

with

gold plate

five

ready, the great pot Mahavira

are

by her calf,the

accompanied
into

and

year,

heated

milk

The

the

of

(5) goats' milk.

made,

are

{Flacourtiasapida) wood,

Vikuntula

with

dug

platters consecrated

two

fire, surrounded

the

on

torn

representativesof

seven

is

those

(i) potter's clay,

plants, and

Soma

Aldebaran,

cow

these

When

week.
is

red

and

year

earth

milking-bowls,and

two

pots,

twelve-months

shortly

it is made

week

the

of

or

the

and

wood,

days

it may

Pravargya pot

ant-hills,(3) clay from

from

(2) clay

the

Udumbara

of

but

thirteen-months

for

earth

The

it.

of

the birth

the

from

altar

made

spade

complicated,

representing

as

of the

year

is somewhat

Pravargya

605

Age,

S^B.E., vol. xxvi.

p.

108.

placed
S.B.E.,

in

front

vol.

xliv.

of

altar

Garhapatya

the

consecrated
brides

sun-set

at

with

gold plate

On

the

plate

on

his

back

drive

to

there

of

his

offeringspoons,

two

of which

wood

with

its

of

in the
so

altar

leave

to

as

Zendavesta
the

wet

in

the

mountain
mist

represented

which

descends

self-piercedbrick
*

Oldenberg,

S.B.E.,

XXX.

Eggeling,

Ibid., iii. 4, i, 16;

Ibid., vii. 4, I,

Sat.

Ibid., vii. 4,
I, note

xxiii. p. 352,

iii.,p. 144.

I, 2;
note

him

of

tube
is

lotus

growing

the
the

the

these

fifth

the

beneath

layers,
This
the

in

of

life-giving
the

in

rain

and

or

that

born

of

of

mountain

earth

Sutra

hole

called

mother-

its top

to

altar.

goes

Grihya

Sutras,

Then

4.

the

altar

Durva,

woman

three

that

up

Soma

with

lotus

this

through

the

of

and

Saokanta,

arborea)

oflTering
spoon

are

the

of

laid

were

made

through

Agni

upon

on

other

first

the

man

first,third

stalk

lying

man

dew
of

Hiranyakeshin,

the

as

5.

This

the

firm

i. 7,

22,

193.

p.

'

pp.

vol.

of

over

mound.

altar

form

there

bricks

of

placed

was

made

; the

passage

is called

Grihya

the

of

in
to

the

up

{Gmelina

the

in

and

man,

the

It

to

{Ficus glomerata)

golden

generated

water

Karshmarya

twigs

open

{sak) god.

led

repeated, calling

of

the

for

ghi

layer

the

it

on

in

Over

Beside

summation.
con-

dipped

raised

East.

fiends.

centre

an

the

the

it

self-perforated brick

on

that

is

aperture

of

is

first

its

placed

are

gold image

were

Palasha

the

in

on

the

to

Udumbara

placed

it,was

knobs

3, succeeding that

Svayam-atrinna,
in

head

one

triangle of

made

was

the

enclosing triangle was

the

altar

Uttaravedi

down

the

put

wicked

the

horse

Hindu

that

before

grass

white

centre

iv. 4

Rg.

away

laying

was

with

five stanzas

the

in

and

It is

East

skin

layer

Kusha

of

twenty-one

leaf laid

lotus

the

similar

first

the

for

then
In

*.

on

the

to

marriage ',

bunch

clarified butter, and

bricks

it is

bricks

sprinkled with

and

its neck

after their

seated

are

Chronology

with

Rohini, and

to

The

or

and

History

6o6

Brdh.,

2,

45;

"

S.

"

9,

vii. 3, 2,

B.E.,

S.B.E.,
viii. i,

Darmesteter,
3 ;

I"

vol.

vol.

i,

p.

355"362.

362"376.

S.B.E.,

Races

vol. xli. pp.

89.

xli. pp.

Zendavesta

Hewitt, Ruling

S.B.E.,

"9;

xxvi.

Khorshed

of

vol.

xli.

pp.

Nyayis,

Prehistoric

377
8 ;

Times,

"

379,

S.B.E.,
vol.

xliil
vol.

i.,Essay

1
and

History

6o8

Chronology

milk, after putting chips of

sanded

and

nostrils,
eyes,

of the cross,

ends

East

the West, South, and

forming the skeleton of the body


bricks called Chandrasyah or
more

of the

as
Pankti, representing,

is of

year, that
the

North,

of

spring,Tristubh

Thus

spring

season.

metres.

the

summer,

layer the

repeat for each


each

for
first,

of

years

year

the

do

to

layer illustrates

sequence

dedicated

of the

seasons

sun

and

in the

was

Gayatri represented
JagatI,the rainy season,

the winter

Pankti

the first,
as

described

five

The

layers with

other

the

of

each

I have

the

the

is

history of the year


laying this first layer which
I shall not give the details

for

rules

in the

bricks

that the

see

we

drcle

the

altar bird, and

metrical

beginning when

the autumn,

Anushtubh

inside

told,the five

are

we

year

place

of the

laid at

Gayatri,Tristubh, JagatI,Anushtubh

the five metres,

of

Five

proceeded with.

was

Ahasya or water-bricks, reminiscences


surrounding the mother-mountain, were

mother-sea

the

mouths,

called

bricks

to

their

in

ears.

building of the altar

the

Then

gold

wrapped

up

represents

the

of

would

merely to
given for the

have

separate

section

have

depicted

as

be

historyI
a

building

minuteness

same

so

the

of

in

the

the

cessive
suc-

previous

chapters of this book.


Each
the
the

layer represents

spring,the

second

to the

Ashvins,
the

ending
the

'

pp.
'

the

stars

year,

Gemini,

and

an

with

third

Sat,

401"417,

91.

Ibid., viii. 2, I,

the

first layer

rainy

season,

five Ashvini

bricks

especiallydedicated

to the

the ritual of the


in

laying of

fifteen stanzas

to

the

the

gods

beginning with the goat and


four-year-oldbull 2. The third layer is by

the

Eggeling,

is

invocation

fifteen-months

first eleven

29. 37"39.

of the

seasons

bricks closes with


of

the

summer,

begun by layingdown
layer,

second

five

of the year, the

season

the fifth winter.

fourth autumn,

The

year,

bricks

Brah,,

"

vii.

laid

down

5, 2,

"

9, 16, viii. 2, 4,

62,

"

dedicated

v.

4,

i, 3

"

to

7;

the

S.B.E.,

eleven-

vol. xli.

15; S.B.E., vol. xliii. pp. 22"27,

of t/ie Myth-Making
months

fourth

of

layer

the

dedicated

are

that

preceding

year,

autumn

the

to

with
of

eleven
of

layer

of

months
winter

the

encircling and
of the

bricks

Orion's

of
a

overarching

of

placed
Ritavya

eighteen-months
vajyotis
of the

with

the year

of

altar thus

built

hundred

three

follows

round

hearth,

seventy-eight

appropriated
the

round

hundred

the

there

Eggeling,

Ibid.,

Sat.

viii. 4,

i, 27,

and

Ibid., viii. 5, 3, 1"8,


I, 98.
97, note
Ibid., viii. 6, 3,

the

and

to

like
the

second

placed

are

placed

two

the

the

Vis-

two

days

twenty

viii. 4, 3,

hours

of

ii

the

are

and

S.B.E.,
20

viii. 6, I,

I,

2;

ten

a.

sixty-one
the

days

are

S.B.E.,

three
sented
reprebricks

represented by

space-filling

or

thousand

each,

eight

57.

xliii. pp.

S.B.E., vol. xliii.

S.B.E., vol. xliii.pp. 117


ft

hearths

and

vol. xliii. p.
vol.

as

Garhapatya

forty-eight minutes

day,

I"

I, viii. 7, i, 24;

The

Lokamprini

distributed

stones

sixty Yajush-mati

the

and

viii. 3, 4,

28,

560,

represent

year.

Mohurtas

Brah.^

the

thirty in

are

layer

dedicated,

hundred

These

altar.

hundred

the

months

fifth

eight Dhishnya

two

eight hundred

denoting

which

of

the

round

formulas,

thousand

ten

of the

or

tells us, encircled

round

twenty-one

priests,and

three

with

Brahmana

the

as

sixty nights of

the

down

bricks

the

to

up

sixty enclosing

altars

Ahavaniya

and

by
laid

the

Nakasads

representing
are

make

to

the

on

4.

was,

and

top

heaven

rests

559,

Chiti,

whole

the

on

bricks,

living star

or

months

The

and

year,

top

eighteen bricks, two

these

on

bricks, the

seasonal

or

and

is

to

year

or

of

this

pp.
of

first called

the

Punashchiti,

it

on

VIII.

It is built

months.

it

days
It

the

fifth

vault

Inside

Chapter

in

eight bricks,

twenty-nine

layer

of

bricks, called

is inserted.

hearth

described

thirteen

of

rows

and

altar,

Karanass.

the

of

year

hearth

year

the

the

firmaments,

Garhapatya

new

the

the

the

Prajapati,

The

2.

represents

season

twenty-nine Stomabhaga

outside

the

seventeen-fold

thirty-three days

the

or

year

of

part

In

eighteen bricks

the

of

latter

the

of

year

months'.

praise to the thirty-three gods

of

hymn

months

the

609

first

the

eighteen

seventeen-months

fifteen

of

season

eighteen-fold Prajapati,and
the

Age.

"

68, 71"77pp.

131.

92"94.

and

History

10

hundred

in

for

with

additional

an

make

month

that

as

as

we

the

the

Neolithic

given

in

seen

the

the
Shatum

the

when

day

of

the

according

altar
the

to

calculations

originally,
and

of

the

Brahmana,
the

hundred

oldest

Buddhist

recited

This

hymn

hundred

and

invocations

representing

days

of

thirty representing the thirtydays

its twelve

of

added

Dhishnya
bricks

prini
of the

risen

the

chief

Thus
of

hearth

The

of

brought
'

vol.
=

of
of

bricks, the

eleven
year

hearth

the
up

the'

rains

xliii. pp.

349"354.

x.

note

Ibid., ix. I, I, 43, 44;

days

of
of

the

of

the

27,

4,

2,

2,

357"360,

S.B.E.,

"

x.

week

244,

and

wind,

8"21,

245,

vol. xliii. pp.

the

of

note

ix.

altar

like that
of time.
the

days

contains
of the

months
the

Indra

with

4,

to

libations.

Indra

solstice

4, 3,

of

bricks,

or

summer

them

history

year

South-west

the

each

Lokam-

construction,

twenty-one

of the

with

building

scventeen-months

eleven

E|TgelHig, Sat. Brah.y

record

of

showing

Brahmanacchamsin

rain-god
the

the

of

contains

the

thus

for their

rules

altar,reproduce

month

the

the

; and

sun

that

sixty

intercalary days

built

are

formulas,

before

years

Hotri's

the

without

the

and

2.

years

priests'hearths

or

laid

the

represent

six

of every

end

hundred

thirty-fivefor

and

months,

the

at

The

of

year,

the

on

sixty

the

the

on

the

three

three

sikty

commentary

consecrated.

was

in the

intercalary month

Devaloko,

Maharajaka

It would

which

in the

gods

intercalary

long.

Shata-rudriya hymn

hundred

time.

actual

hundred

three

stated

years

105^ surrounded

III. p.

altar,

the
six

in the

explanation of the
is that

of

{sitatd)Rudras,

contains,

in

for the

too

and

thirty-five,

every

thirty-six stones
of

tions
instruc-

hundred

used

intercalated

sun-circle

official

sixty-six stanzas

Mahavrata

for the earth

Chapter

the

The

of

verbal

extra

thirty-five
days

the

in the Brahmana

heaven

The

thirty-six appears

of

Age

degrees.

laid '.

six-years cycle

number

reminiscence
have

of

that

or

make

would

seem

be

added

day

the

year-reckoning correspond with

the

this number

But

each

to

in

layer,three

on

thirty-six days

the

represent
to

ordered

are

But

360 days.

bricks

the

laying

ninety-five

of

year

Chronology

the

3, 9 ;

I.

167, 168, 150"155.

who

help
S.B.E.,

of the Myth-Making
of

the

have

altar

Maruts,

seven

shown

of

days

the

in

seven

week

of

altars

each

are

week

of the

The
further
its

shown

in the
of

meaning

whole

by measuring
consecrated

the

of the

hands

of

or

sacred

weeks

called

are

They

said

are

to

nine-days
best
the

independent
Indra

the

of which

building

achievement

pictures

thoroughly
which

in

the
of

of

is

the

brick
the

by

lived.

These

Ibid., ix. 4, 3, 9, iv. 6, 6,

"

433"

the

Dashagva
the

nine

the

the

"

of the

in the

sun-bird

5 ;

meaning

S.B.E.,

their
of

course

5.

They

find

them

decades
the

were

settingsun,

ritual

and

is the

crowning

of

people

all been

vol.

be

to

five-dayweeks.

educated

S.B.E.,

ten.

Aflgiras,the

and

of

These
the

or

its

at

3.

lightand

not

year.

altar

sun-bird

These

by

had

rules

drew
which
of

instructed

the
was

the
in

age
the

xii. p. 416.

vol. xliii. p.

245,

note

I, xxvi.

434-

Ibid., ix. I, 2, 37, vi. 4, 2, 10;

Rg.

of

the

historiographers who

ii. 5, 3, 20;

make

the

of

cows

the

the

especially

uncontrollable

and

of

of

ritualists

was

to

directors

past in symbols, the

Eggeling, Sat. Brah.^

of

history told

Indian

pp.

said

rising and

altar

besides

of the

as

measured

was

the

Brihati

dawn^.

at

understood

they

be.

the

the

of

of national

record

to

forth

that

weeks

altar

goddess

from

irresistible

bringing

the

course

This
for

in

of

is

Northern

three-years cycle 4,

also

five

the

the

Rigveda

the

sun,

darkness,

therefore
the

of

representatives

help
in

week

other

tion
recita-

is

descended

be

to

the

the

rising place

the

in

which

by

consecration

the

the

six

of this year

This

corner,

the

sacrifice

the

The

decimals.

who

North-east

bricks,

measurements

itself to these

in

at

as

Margaliya

The

time

thirty-six syllabled metre,


chanted

six

ten-days week, which

of the

Brihat-Saman,

was

Bear,

The

sun-bird.

thirty-sixweeks

the

to

Great

antelope-year, in

ancient

double

year

the

year^.

also commended

man^

431'.

the

the

of
use

the

p.

6iT

eight bricks, the eight days

fifteen-months

reproduction

is

was

of

made

of

built of

first

the

circling{mriga) antelope

stars

VII.

Chapter

antelope {mriga)

the

of

the

Age.

X.

62, 6.

S.B.E.,

Ibid. viii. 12,


R

vol. xliii. p. 179, vol. xli. p.


^

2.

220.

Ibid. i. 62, iii. 39, 5.

teachers

country

the

people

wrote,

of which

Bhargavas

or

of

sons

fifth of

seventh

the

of

priestsof
are

made

the

works

the

of

up

the

Soma

of

the

rain-bringing

1,028 hymns
of

measurers

in

and

rain

and

the

sacrifice.

Soma
the

god

invoked

brought
and

begetter

pati)^
four
the

and

are

of

of

and

hymns

to

Rg.

altar

ix. 87,

of

2.

the

fire,and
to

sons

their

the

"

the

four

and

chief

of

the

of

the

Agni,

to

or

ix. 99, 6.

the

and

eighty-

gods

of the

the

god

gods.

father

(jnanasas-

hundred

and

these

the

thought

rivers

of

mother-tree

called

rain-god, father
of

belief

twenty-three

Three

associate

Maruts

Ibid.

hundred

Khu,

lord

year-gods,

large proportion

creating sap

i, the

Indra,

hundred

two

thirty-fivehymns

'

gods

in

creating gods,

three

or

god

invoked

conservative

very

and

priests
the

all

are

the

and

the

are

gods

the

Six

Su

schools,

Pavamana,

the

speech {vacas-pati)X

especial parent

eel ; and

the

Mandalas

separate

The

the

Kansa

section,

national

the

the

tenth

own

Soma

to

of

Mandala

them.

cloud-bird
the

its

in

hundred

one

is Soma,

the

by

In

third

G5tamas,

the

eighth
from

ninth

invocations

are

of the

work

priests,the

first and

in

to

guild named

the

the

the

oldest

addressed

hymns

each

Bharadvajas,

and

shown

is

Rig-

of

intensityof

the

tree-gods,

hymns

one

for

reverence

the

sections,

or

in this collection

the

and

time,

of

poems

of

{pavana).

preserved

ing,
learn-

Brahmanic

fourth

The

wind

the

over

the

called

moon-god,

thological
my-

Median

sixth

the

the

priests and

the

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the

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laid

rules

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schools

national

of

and

History

6i2

fifty-

and
of

life,and

of the
of the

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houseare

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wind-bringing goddesses,

Ibid.

ix. 26, 4, 101,6.

of the Myth-Making

daughters
the

or

take

year,

and

the

there

eleven

are

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seasons.

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ritualistic manuals,

or

time,

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formed

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among

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ceremonial

priests of

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also

and

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all

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in

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the

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torians
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nation

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of individuals.

personal
named

persons

prowess,

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ceived
con-

actually existing,

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whose

warriors
the

of

deeds

recitals of the
records

the

tribe

or

history

growth

praises they
individualism

of

judicialastrology,employed

horoscopes predicting

persons

pictures

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became

astronomy
of

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brethren

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kings

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ship
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trading

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the

trampled

personified

songs

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that

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gods

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law

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the

Indian

Brahmanas

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the

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countries

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national

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gods

history

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the

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in the

the

records

and

the

the

in

to

the

to

have

we

place

the

in

expounded

as

as

hymns

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were,

prominent

most

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tree-ape-god

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stars

who

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of the

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were

good
drawn

or

evil

those

occupied by the

astrological belief, then

dealt

out

in
tunes
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phetic
prostars

the

and

History

6i4

Another

of

cause

forgetfulnessof
the

by

year

remarkable

the

in

place
annals

make

the

the

the

records

like

those

astronomical

the

Ten

computations,

pre-solar histories.
the

separates

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detailed

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time

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by

the

stations

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discarded
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of

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methods

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women.

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iniquity.

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and

gods

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the

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teachers
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superhuman

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origin of

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primitive science,

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and

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in

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different

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the

history of

of

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recording

in the

changes

sun

of

of

system

movements

the

the

whom

people

people

of the

ignored the

influence

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old

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stories

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and

the

apparent

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natural

of

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stories

symbolic

history,which

recently, almost

until

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movements

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of modern

in the

chronicles

biographies of individuals, kings, warriors

givers, but

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from

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times,
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cles
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Babylon, reproduced

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by

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the

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in

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in which

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meanings

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methods

the

of

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human

each

to

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gradual

the

the

introduction

the

by them

allotted

chances

and

changes

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mental

as

sters
mon-

mythology
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and

new

moral

and

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6io

only

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work

in

to

the

ancient

of

the

and

in

are

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obliterated
is

in

as

those

in

that

India

or

tablets

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have

certainly
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indigenous

oral

records
of

or

pupils

in

the

used

committed

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of

such

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to

rule

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ruins

probably

and

methods

and

of

Hastinapore

Hittite

ancient

much

Assyria

the

of

records

been

so

and

thoroughly

when
less

India,

Caspian

the

There,

no

Kapila-vastu,

merchant-kings,
in

us

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Babylonia,

Pushkala-vasti,

of

Taxila

others,
or

of

to

of

Ocean,

Indian

East.

relics

of

revealed

history

the

the

from

cities

West

which

harvests

have

the

the

on

sites

many

furnish

excavated,

of

shores

Valley

also

but

as

these

from

only

not

gained,

exist

only

unexplored

on

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Europe,

those

the

on

be

to

whence

sources

now

is

and

interpret

the

which

and

ancient

Mediterranean

the

Sea

the

of

countries

between

is

read,

once

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coveries
dis-

innumerable

who

but

otherj

stimulating

which

were

lore,

knowledge

relics
the

which

manuscripts.

additional

buried

in

those

by

their

drew

neglected

that

made

works

numerous

in

succeeded

Age.

Milking

Afyth-

research,

of

be

yet

the

of

have

may

field

this

sages

almost

that

can

edit

Chronology

successive

must

with

transmitting
tions
genera-

APPENDIX

List

of

Stars

Nakshatra

Hindu

the

A.

Brahma

by

Gupta.

I.

Ashvini

2.

Bharani

or

3-

Krittaka

or

4.

RohinI

Ashvayujau.

or

Kpttakas.

Invika

or

Ardra

Muscoe.
Tauri

Orionis.

Orionis

Punarvasu.

Pushya,

9.

Ashlesha,

Asresha,

Magha

Maghas.

Tishya,

or

Sidhya.

or

Ashleshas.

or

Caneri.

"

Hydrae.

Regulus
8

Purva,

Phalguni

12.

Uttara

Phalguni.

13-

Hasta.

14.

Chitra.

Spica

Arjuni.

or

/3 Leonis
or

16.

Visakha

17-

Anuradha.

18.

Jyeshtha.

Antares

'9.

Mula

20.

Purva,

21.

Uttara,

22.

Abhijit, meaning

Visakhi.

or

Ashadha
Ashadha

omitted
the

is, after
23.

Shravana,

24.

Shravishtha

25-

Sata

26.

Purva

Apya.

or

or

Vaishoa.

{abhi)

now

("//).

or

Vichritau,

or

This

sign

Virginis.

to

ruling

Pole

Star,

that

or

Ashvattha.

Dhanistha

bhisaj.

Bhadrapada,

Scorpionis.

Scorpionis.

Sagittarii.
Sagittarii.

Vega

B.C.

Shrona,

Scorpionis.

was

ceased

Pratishana.

quered
con-

Vega

or

Corvi.

Librae.

(T

after

8000

Alsarfa.

Arcturus.

Nishtya.

or

Leonis.

Leonis.

II.

be

(?).

/3 Geminorum.

7.

Svati

(Pleiades).

Tauri.

Aryika,

Andhaka,
Ilvala.

8.

10.

Bahu.

or

Arietis.

23

(Aldebaran).

Mrigasirsha,

6.

Bharani.

Apa

Lyrae

Aquilae,

/3

Delphini.

Aquarii.

Pegasi.

Proshthapada

Al

Al
nasr

nasr

alwaqi.

altair.

6i8

Uttan

27.

iS

A.

Apftndix

'.

Bhidnpada.

Rrraix

\'tg2,

Abhxjit)

Nakshatra,
the

J.

original
became

when

it

list

Bargesi.

probably

was

as

C1.E^

Pole

mler

the

Hindu

Pisciuxn.

Andromedz.

before
Star

included

hrst

"

was

star

the

or

27th

the

27th

Pegasi

of

eliskMi

was

and

Ve^

the

tbe

after

this

in

of

the

Astronomj/

/^,A.S,,

Oct.,

1893,

p.

756

APPENDIX

The

English
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the

In
2.

is the

House

B.

Jack

that

Version,

Malt

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that

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is the

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lay

in the

Version

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of the

lay

Jack

that

built.

built.

Rat

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Kid,

A
For

that

House

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bought

of money.

pieces

two

father

my

Jack

built
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is the

Cat

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killed

the

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ate

the

That

lay

in

2.

Then

Cat

and

ate

the

Kid

Rat

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Jack

that

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the

the

came

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father

bought

pieces

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my
two

built.
4. This

is the

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worried

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killed

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ate

the

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lay

in

3. Then

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the

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came

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father

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father

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the

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two

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pieces

bought
of money.

burnt

620

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7. This

Appendix

B,

and

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kissed

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quenched

torn

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lorn
all for-

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ate

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lay in the

the

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bit the

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ate

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the

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bought
of money.

pieces

two

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the
the

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the

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that Jack

built.

8. This

is the Priest

and

all shaven

7. Then

shorn
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married

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and
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all

tered
tat-

torn

kissed

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milked

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lorn
all for-

with

the

horn

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worried

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killed the

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ate

the

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lay

in the

the

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the

came

Ox

and

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quenched

the Fire

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burnt

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beat

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bit the

Cat

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ate

the

Kid

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my

father

bought

pieces

of money.

For

dn

two

the
the

Dog

the Cat
Rat

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House

that

Jack

built

is the

9. This
the

and
That

the Priest all shaven

shorn
married

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kissed

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milked

crumpled

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the

all tattered

torn

the Maiden

the

Cow

lorn
all for-

with

the

horn

the Butcher

came

tossed

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worried

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killed the

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ate

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lay in

Dog

the Cat
Rat

the Malt
the

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drank

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quenched

the

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burnt

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beat

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bit the

Cat

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ate

the

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Chat

my

father

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the

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8. Then

the Ox

and

in

mom

waked

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that crowed

Cock

House

that Jack

two

the

the
the

Water
Fire

Dog

bought
pieces of money.

and si

10.

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the
That

is the

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the

crowed

the Priest all shaven

waked
shorn

married

the

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all

tered
tat-

torn

kissed

the

milked

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the

lorn
all for-

with

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the

the

came

of Death

killed the Butcher

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slew

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drank

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quenched

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the

burnt

Ox

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the Fire
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the

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beat

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bit the

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ate

the

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my

father

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bought

pieces of money.

two

horn

crumpled
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tossed

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worried

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killed the Rat

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ate

the

lay

in the

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that

mom

and
That

9. Then
and

fed

and
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sowed

com

in the
That

that

Farmer

621

B.

Appendix

the Dog
the Cat

Malt

that Jack

House

built.
10.

Then
blessed

1.

hor

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killed the Butcher

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bit the

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hor

heldu

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bought

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the

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eat

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2.

da

arthoa

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Ox

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yatera

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the

pieces of

two

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heldu

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there

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away

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ours.

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hor

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da

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hor

The

stick

khen

Arthoa

Dog

The

arthoa

Akherra

(eats) the

The

faeldu da

akherra

Akherrak

Wolf

was

chakurra

Chiikurrak

the

eat

there

come

Com

wn.

hor

Makhilak

! knen

has

Dog

The

gurea

4. Makhila

7. Idia

The

otsoa,

Otsoak

6. Ura

da

yatera

Chakurrak

5. Sua

B.

Appendix

Water

(quenches)

(kills) the

the

Slick

D"^
Wolf

Fire

B,

Appendix

624
8

English

"

Talmud

"

Basque
Here
was

the

nine

of the

to

week

of

the

in

see

that

the

mother

of

the

Talmud

which

earth

the

of

who

fire,the
form

the

rain, the

of

seed

of

parent
of
ox

and

of

state

the

of

the

life-givingwater
embryo

drunk

born

to

blind

the

and

the

the

veloped
fully de-

the

creed

of

the

who

the

Ox,

birth

of

Rg. i. ii6, 13, 17, 18, 117, 17, 18, 24.

the

mother

this

fire in

produced
the

months

generated

sends

Stick,

which

cloud

ten

was

fire-

Sirius,

fire-socket, the
It

cat-

Basque

star

the

cycle-year.
was

sexless

of

in

through

the

the

there

Vedic

of

find
the

by

from
of

-cow

the

gnomon-stone,

algebraic signs.
life

of

funerals, and

of

Chinese
Wolf

fire-dog,the

all Parsi

offspring born

'

of

lightning charged

water

the

also

We

the

the

the

witches

fire in the

these

the

predecessor

fire transmitted

of

mother-moon
the

the

brick

the

find

and

of

We

precedes

we

born

the

life which

of

Rat,

Greece,

epitome

an

generates

the

in

of the

death.

who

version

Com

and

the

form

the

and

the

worshipped

fifth of

the

Goat,

the

sorcery.

still attends

which
fire-drill,

Star

and

Egyptians

versions

dog

oldest

upright horse,
is

the

form

temporary

the

Apollo

conception

Life,

essence,

his

Basque

the

of

of

evolution

revealed

innermost

Auriga,

', who

in

sun-god

barley, maize

Hiranyahasta,

sun

consort

the

Pole

of

Rijrashva, the

wolf

in

the

by

Water

is the

version

this

in

the

of

from

the

re-riscn

embodied

This

constellation

worshippers,

of

maker

his

slain

being

cycle-week
the

the

versions

life after

by

science

on

all three

re-born

Also

Light,

goddess

the

Corn

time

built

star, the

father

and

Death

Basque

Golden-handed

his

Butcher

implanted

and

Aquarius.
of

God

to

has

who

house,
Kid

Death

of the

God-born

also

Butcher

Creating gods.

creating
is

Farmer

Barley-Malt,

Being

Malt

Cock

in

return

days

the

and

have

we

who

"

lo

sexless
of

tion
gesta-

From

this

the

death,

change
followed

Appendix
by
of

the

months

ten

the

In

signs 5

the

into

emergence

of gestation

English
to

differs

the

creed,
and

the

the

Hindu

of

united

They,

cock, give birth

further

in

constellation

that

the

would

eleven-months

Auriga

in

the

who

sexless

fire-drill

and

Talmud

and

out,

the

Garden

gates

Basque
last the

and

of the

planted

and

of the

of which
on

of the

sun-

who

sows

its

were

the

add

life-giving

versions,

the

born

tended

by

gate

by
the

was

three-years cycle was

born.
S

of

Zend

Yima

the

dedicated

Garden

was

for

the

of

the
and

Mithuna
of
This

Twin.

Zendavesta,

Gemini,
where

Tower

Fire

Twins

in the
twins

sun

the

Maiden

female

It

the

bisexual

the

and

and

in the

the

of

fire-worshippers,

Moon-cow

and

by

priests were

Stick

cycle-year described
guarded

in

the

last of the

substituted

They

the

race

of the

that

who

form

the

when

year

to

Also

parent-gods

sacrifices

socket

Star

variant

whose

human

Goat,

the year.

race

C,

Asia

Pole

believers

second

male

Star

of

their

Section

Hindu

from

Pole

into

is that

others,

director

Fire-god.

the parents of the

laid

Hindu

three versions, to

the

These

offered
the

were

and

these

Aquarius,
the

V.

Chapter
to

These

sun-father

altar

for

began

were

Aftgiras,who

Man.

barley

altered

constellation

creating parent-gods

children

the

anthropomorphic

star-kings of Babylon.

their

the

the
fire-priest,

the

the

was

ten

Hindu

of

as

in the

in

and

on

substituted

was

described

Twins,

parent

disseminated

worshippers

year,

Rat

dog-star Sirius,

the

probably

was

originalversion

believers

the

of

sons

Babylon

Kid

the

sexless

certainlyproved by

the

afterwards

born

are

the

school-lesson

by

the

are

the

Northern

ploughing-farmer Rama,

research

ancient

Europe

life

this

of

in

born.

is most

which
this

the

be

to

are

by

symbolised

In

mother-night

the

to

whence

corn,

What

of

guardian of the fire

the

Agnidhra,

malt

the

Mithuna,

sign.

belief
spiritualistic

whom

from

tenth

creed

generation.

heavenly parents

day.

the

the

sexless

moon-cow,

creation

the

end

the

at

out

signifiedby

the

from

fire- worshippers in

625

life opening

new

version

B,

the

built of

God,
was

the

posts,
its door-

sun-god
kneaded

Appendix

6^6

"with

clay

and

m.^"n

of

the

su:0

*'

.-Esculapius,

bc"t

of

yielded

the

best

sheep

and

oxen,

bred

the

seed

deformed,

insane,
and

men

menta!.

hi::rar.

"

endowed

race,

l^iTr*.-^:.--?.

the

Sons

Zcri^r-::^

finest

trees

leprous.

of

God

l\'nJiJJJ

the

of

the

Far^arJ^

thi

and

plants,

the

duldic

human

hump-backed

be

tob

bodily

ao

pcrts

the

fifteen-months

28,

all

were

of

parents

27.

Tbe

sacred.

strength

\\.

tbc

Sun-Cock,

the

They

full

with

so^mtt

were

and

to

was

rinf

golden

were

of

none

become

to

were

cocks

Twins

or

of

whom

and

impotent,

women

who

and

the

garden

oflTspring

to

the

by

sown

this

gencntia?

(the

with

up
In

the

bom

within"

sealed

gestation.

were

"un-phy"ician
pnxluce

door

of

whence

seeds

and

months

ten

sclf-shining

window

B.

year^

29,

30,

31;

S-Bl

APPENDIX

History

as

told

LEGEND

INO,

Melquarth,
OF

mother

his

the

the

Thigh

of

the

of

Indian

god

of

the

sun-god,

the

days

sister

Maha

after

his

Gotami

thirteen

the

which

Rahulo,

of

eleventh

Maha

Gotami

young
of

Dionysos
the

who

and

birth,

the

the

and

the

In

in

pregnant

the

son

the
to

sea-shore

mother-mountain
S

whose
of

of
the

the

the

her
star-

of

Ino,

for
at

was

Semele
she

in

year

Buddha,

story

cave

by

mother-leader

moon

of

the
died

up
of

the
and

Maya

form

months

fell

Pajapati

of

equivalent

female

sun-god,

from

Thigh,

brought

the

mother

stars

mother

thirteen

month.

the

was

the

and

star

born

was

of

was

the

after

fifteen-months

the

is

their

birth-tree

of

whose

Buddha,

young

the

in

born

oxen

was

died

she

on

in

the

Thigh

year

conception,

Theris,
the

thus

seven

god

carried

Ino

mother,

embryo

and

Pajapati,

Prajapati Orion,

god

womb

the

his

seven

the

of

at

died

mother

son

This

weeks.

eight-day

part

the

Bear,

Zeus,

heavens,

heavens

Semele

the

and

son,

father

his

sun-god,

Great

born

her

goddess-

starry

stars.

vine

the

ploughing

the

Dionysus.

creating wine-god
of

the

zodiacal

the

the

arranger,

round

the

Samlah,

or

or

drove

moon,

goddess

the

Preface,
of

creator

both

through

Semele

conception

of

and

sun

path

of

sister

the

the

veil

OR

Harmonia,

and

in

the

RIBBON.

Kadmus

bridal

They

trade.

the

light,

the

the

ZODIACAL

shown

Kadmus,

appointed

of

with

which

creating

of

I have

as

crowned

within

of

of

MELICERTES,

OF

Herakles,

OR

daughter

being,

latter

forms

MOTHER

Tyrian

the

the

was

variant

THE

KREDEMNON

THE

INO

the

in

OF

C.

the
nursed

Brasiae, the

rising

from

the

the

on

sea

also, like Gotami,

she

was,

the

as

wife

of

and

the

custom,

of

age

early m"'thology,

Athamas,

sacrificed

be

to

whose

image

next

of

temple,

mother

Cretan

its roots

At

offered

that

eldest

used

according

legends tell
of

of

that

is

merely
eldest
as

Learchus

the

of the

it

Ino's

form

of

the

began

son

the

be

to

offered

goddess-mother

is

said

have

to

"

La

Lenormant,

Frazer, Pausanias

when

slain

been

5, vol. i. pp.

Langue
^

Y.

4th

RC

century

vii, 197, and


But

4.

in

their

the

institution

sacrifices of

human
she

as

but also

Phrixus,

was

first

173,

by

shipped
^wor-

when

Athamas

174.

486, 487.

Primitive

pp.

from

of life.

iii. 24, 3, vol. i. pp.

Fraser, Pausanias^
Ibid., ix. 34,

that

statement

year.

Minos, the

the

Ino

share

her

son,

their

descent

the

of

Years

New

of

instigated by

was

by Athamas^

by Herodotus

only of the sacrifice

not

South.

claimed
to

god

tree, unth

world's

beginning

down

of

spoken

Learchus,
a

the

author

which

sacrificed

is also

us

the

to

was

Akkadian

Pan-Boeotian

equinox

family

be

him

to

of

the hous^

counterpart,
the

ifl

firewas

be

to

sacrifice,instituted

autumnal

to

sacrifice

'"'

god

that

was

the

of

sons

Star

were

national

male

therefore

festival,according

Athamas
This

of

that

Day.

her

Coronet

at

up

images

her

and

this

which

at

set

Both

showing

Zcos,

Laphystian

us,

creating-mud (fan) of the

festival
be

tells

or

Th"y

husk.

its

the

to

roasted

the

Helle

Zeus,

Pole

3, the

in the

to

was

Itanos

god
Tanu

or

The

and

eldest

The

mother-cload-

Phrixus,

Athene.

The

accordingto

the

perpetuallyburning

nation.

of the

Danu

Nephele,

father

altar,thus

her

oricnnallvthe

ofTered.

was

were

Itonian

the

where

preser\'edupon
the

son

Pausanias

the

Tamraia,

sacrifices, when,

their

by

as

was,

that

to

her

was

{"f"pirfoi))
barley grain,

parched
were

She

of

bird

of

Orion.

secwl

the

cloud,
Hebrew

bom

of

the

Orion, for

Star

the

the

eldest

children

of

of God^

Garden

Tammas,

human

the

the

Nephele

Dumu-zi

the

Semite

Ionic

of

double

of

the

Akkadian
of

the

was

successor

Athamas.

goddess

tells us,

Pausanias

site, as

She

the

C.

Appendix

r)28

de ia

169^172.

Chtddie^ pp. 99,

loa

Appendix C.
mad,

and

this

told

how

Athamas

mad

star-god, who

thus
he

the

of

Melicertes,

the

mad

of

of

Ino,

annual

the

are

course

Star

avatars

who

was

victims

of

seasons

ruled

in

and

solstitial

the

mother

Harmonia,

by

the

Learchus

and

Nephele,

first

who

god

of

pairs

two

was

his

king Kalmashapada,

Pole

The

Helle, born

and

of

which

one

sacrifices,and

Hindu

sacrifices.

sons

whose

human

be

it to

course

starry feet,the

or

human

story, Phrixus

the

in

instituted

spotted

introduced

sun

became

counterpart

of the

story shows

the

of

phase

629

of Ino.

These
of the

rule of the

the

as

the

as

the

of

god

water

land

eldest

of

sacrifices

of

each

victim, representing the

year's end

and

him

be

to

months

in oi\e

that

in

of the

Jewish

was

in

year,

Chapter
her

by

he

whence
the

of this

leap

betokens

fixes

the

that

into

the

the

beginning,

land

to

be

the

her

sun-god,

son

Isthmian

games

of

the

into

the

as

Boeotian

that

it

and

Ino

him

held

were

victor

was

escaped
the

into

the
him

honour

in
at

nician
Phoe-

landed

was

seen

between

as

Melicertes,

sun

Fleece

have

legend

this

god

the

we

dolphin which

Cybele

sea

Learchus.

of

Golden

leaped with

of

prize of the

like

This,
of the

and

by the

eleven-

is the

the

with

after

was

shows

equinox, when

date

the

descent

his

of

god

sacrifice

Helle.

the

It

saved

the

at

Kalmashapada

the

Ram

with

mother-pine-tree

god

successor.

autumnal
the

human

dying
the

blood

history the

and

B.C.

was

solstice, in which
The

of

husband

mad

his

years,

the

star

p. 207,

Melquarth,
sea,

three

with

15,000

dying

of

as

on

of the

blood

preceding it, Athamas

off Phrixus

V.

and

14,000
from

of

the

by

not

this belief

with

year

with

that

being

Aries, the
carried

which

of his

old

his

of Athamas

Phrixus

cycle-year

and

in

of

by

year

phase

this

year,

But

next

identification

The

of the

sun

and

speciallyselected

some

with
fertilising

during the

ruled

by

or

fertilised

be

to

the creator

blood

on

accordance

In

beginning

worshipped

looked

and

life.

year

its ruler

who

the

mark

son

races,

generation

of

son

Northern

source

was

eldest

the

the

pine

winter
wreath.

goddess-mother

of the

year-sun

constellation

Pisces

and

the

the

izt

-"LL-"

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shr

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the

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its appearance

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in the

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of

iietaincd

of the

by

the

77"

pp.

her

sua-^ovi

Milia;^ S:mM

the

stars,

which

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K.

hiding

she

seven

Browo,

thirteen

rider od

by

her

son,

the

jun., F.S.A.,

Aratms,

or

the

given

in the

being

panoply
of mail,

coat

voL

in the

island

the
after

Heavenly

suns

be marked

to

Ogygia,

Xumismaiu'a,

who

3.

is

imi"enetrable

where

Gemini,

thought

arrayed

was

heavens

Aurelius,

months

ends
fonns

the

stars

but

zodiacal

the

(koXuttto^) goddess,

ArckiTjiop*:

two

which
is

M.

left

he

him, the

di

the

indicates

first

was

years,

gave

Ma/inaS:

and

when

He,

for

the

originalKredemnon,

the

Oviusseus.

Kalypso,

the

Kredemnon

that

Milky Way.
of

stor\-

the

of

coin

and

Florence

through

sun

as

As

arch

Twins,

of fifteen

vears

the
a

on

the

by

proof

through

the

by

held

are

ushered

a::nual

this

in
depicted

Aratus

Kredemnon,

that

statues

her

is

hands

her

the

path of

I'-e ntirk:::-

:t5

in

name

WTialC.

the

the

tail ^.

its

holds

and

is the

of

accompanied

not

it

of

that

on

Greek

in

h;.r I.eaJ

by

and

with

she

ribbjr...cjLltd
.-.er

Naples,

ridingod

as

of

two

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the

As

illustrations

stars

:llu5trati_ns

irch

i-t

at

in

seen, die

have

we

Cetus,

rides

sfe

Mater

the

as

Pistrix, which

she

form

with

as

constellation

one

in

Italy,

represented

is

solstia,

legend, when

abyss.

in Latin

traditional

A-e

irj.^:r.

th;

she

that

of the South
winter

her

was,

Socth

the

in

of

life. "iio
Southern

t3

ire

\E:ii.e

th:

god-

throughtie

sun

the

at

Southern

the

mocster

P:re:::e

it

bom

in

called

the

star-goddess

iun

wai

oi

.:* the

r::-?ter

~j^--e

size

r-I r^

as

ocigiaal form

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rrti

the

ih:

:r.

is

::

;f

nichir

i;7

the

of

winter

of

ipc-:^lntcdpath

ih;

ir

of

stars

bcii^r-5.

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ir.iz

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n'Z'Z triCJii

le-??

S-D-ithem

i.,

PaouIaL

DisfUfy39^

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'

MiUni,
.

\6,

p.

Siu^U

MaUriali

di

Arck^ohgia

Nmmismaika^

i-

vol. i.. Paotala

.4"

Appendix* C.

632
in

cave

to

the

have

teeth, and

exacts

approaches her

and

she

this

whom

number

seus

immediately

before

This

was

the

of

and

fiftyoxen

and

after

they

had

as

sacrifices

of

his

the

ship
and

West,
the

and

mast

Charybdis,
which
the

the

thus

she

waited

till the

appeared

again^

hands

as

world's

navel,

Here

we

year-god

and

of

he

the

before

Homer,

and

of

and

loi

"

136.

of

tenth

under

Troy,

this

of

swallowed

by

up

all

and

vomited

like

her

they

them

up.
a

bat

swallowed

had

together by

raft, and

day

using

Ogygia,

at

his
the

4.

year-story

of

Odusseus

of

the

the

sun-god

the

beggar-sun-god

icx".

goddess,

branches

she

and

Dardanian

bound

this

on

vanquished
"

keel

came

Calypso

Odyssey^ xii. 84

Ibid., xii.

ship's

latter

sea

the

of

Scylla

branches

the

to

the

became

year,

then

they

on

clearly
he

and

on

of

tree

the

of

dropped

island

have

Eurytus,
'

when

arrived

thirteen-months
bow

and

being

This

gods

and

the

to

sea

from

ox-hide.

Kushika

waters

daily

mast

rope
oars

of the

from

holding

{pvKTcpk)

rock

clung

the

up

times

there

ox-hide

He

to

gods

sexless
Straits

of the

tree

himself

saved

three

the

spite

in

put

the

of

the

to

killed

by lashing himself

rope

the

sun

Odusseus,

oxen,

by

the
fig-tree(iptveos),

first drank

contained

the

ship,

they

saved

of

to

world's

great wild

tree, and

the

him

these

sent

was

with

of

their

when

storm

again

lay Charybdis.

when

days

seven

hundred

three

comrades

provisions on

alone

him

ship

Trinacria^.

of

land

fiftysheep of

The

gnomon-tree

took

and

grew

which

He

the

by

each

ship of Odus-

the

and

3.

ship's keel

and

the

triangle where

sunk

was

cycle-year brought

race,

the

hundred

Odusseus

saving girdle

on

it reached

for

She

passing through the Straits *,

nymphs

ate

three

tearer.

from

devours,

prohibitions. Consequently
the

again

and

the

means

from

consumed

with

furnished

of victims

the

three
the

pastured by

were

to

island

she

while

cave

each

Scylla

is said

Sicily. She

and

heads,

name

men,

that

took

six

her

toll of six

Italy

between

feet and

twelve

of

rows

straits

the

suitors

as

seventeen

who

bent

who

the
and
the

competed

Ibid., xii. 246.

""

Ibid., 303

"

452.

Appendix C.
him

with
who

for the

first the

was

Pleiades,
wove

was

subsequent
the

tooth

This

those

in

that

the

Takka

he

either

enjoyer

He

yearly
Ashvins,

nakta)y
variant
four

of

round
who

of

were

to

forms

ships,three

was

Twins

the

stars

the
waggons

as

the

story,
with

the

of

the

cycle-year.
days
by the

away

himself
in the

she

waters

which

three

was

Charybdis,

to

Day

and

midst

Zend

ship
six

and
with

horses

the

aid

sun

the

by

Night {Ushasa-

Gemini.

year-god,
one

his

sent

by

swallowed.

takes

who

year-bird

It

or

circling-bird {MrigUy

first the

heaven
of

the

means

time

saved

he

was

which

fragments

carried

of

in

the

several

rushing

the

Pole.

the

afterwards

and

the

of

and

when

This

time-god

Tir-

or

name

being

was

form

worshipped

storm

he

tides,

by

Murghi)^

who

tells how

standing, that

thence

Hindi

in

It

by clinging

Tugras

circle

seasons

told

and

the

the

by

Canopus.

star

the

Odusseus,

three
is

ocean,

tree

taken

aloft

is, like

and

whose

Bhujyu,
of

flows

in its Indian

the

raised

god

but

and

sacrificial stake.

or

Ino.

the

Veda

roaring flood

was

Mereghy

him

to

ebbs

death

of

son

who

swiftly moving

its

the

Yupa

by

year

in the

tide

{tri)pits{garta\

Poseidon,

the

the

appears

the

in

not

Mediterranean,

by Charybdis

tree

pieced together.

be

clinging

the

devourer,

in

tideless

where

three

bends,

nights

floods,

the

world's

world's

evidently concocted,

one

from

who

story
to

is

the

by

saved

as

the

year-god

by the gash

death

year-god

saved

of

theology

disabled

tides,the

was

or

the

of the

of the

of

episode

present

controller

the

of

trident

weapon

spinning

weaving-sister

became

from

swallowed

the

men

Odusseus

of

been

Bhujyu, the Tugra,

of

gartas,

and

left had

Penelope,

the

the

The

Time.
he

ocean

water

branches

the

of

which

of

by the

story of

to

have

islands

the

queen

of

year-boar.

Agastya, the

The

His

in

grasped,

washed

Hindu

the

he

and

like

daily

the

that

to

hand

Vega,

story of the year-god saved

lands

in

Star

{Tn^vrj)of

of the

fig-treewhich
the

web

the

Rohini,

the

the

and

year

goddess

right thigh, whose

the

of

the

of

afterwards

and

who

of

rule

633

This

bird

becomes
a

in

hundred

having

bore
the

oars,

hundred

Appendix

634
feet, also

winged

Ashvins,

which

their year
We

have

that

seen

play

Gemini,

time

reckonings

and

doubtless, if
detail

as

year-god,

the

year-god

he

when

date

the

of

story

of

of

sun

the

which

and
of

days
in

is

the

story

Hindu

and

of

and

days

be

of the
of

one

in

Karanas,

which

twelve

twelve

awoke

or

rose

K^.

days

from

as

were,

s"

the

7, L

the

of

days' rest,

i. 182,

ocean,

of the

Bhujyu, we
and

annual

sheep
in

time

dead

like

all, recall
into

Rigveda

up

have

the

i.

164,

or

to

added

sleep,of the
be

the

Thus

11.

like

of

the

sun-god

116, 3"6, i. Ii7i 14. i- "8,

360

divided

twelve

of

seven

the

are

year

seen,

number

which

were

360 days

we

revel

the

moon-cow

there

or

the

at his

sky
of

of

exact

sank

year-measurement,

twenty-nine days each, making


short

in

of the

of

by

the

oxen

and

nights

the

twelve

have

section

that

history

hundred

of

These

We
us

that

sun-

the bird

of

who

the

fiftyoxen,

seven

up

to

days

of

variant

the

placed.

twenty

seems

in

stellation
con-

sections

of

Southern

But

in the

age

four

show

to

the

as

hundred

Krishna.

of the

numbers

the

by

cosmological hymn

the

the

which

or

sun-god,

year

Pisces.

constellation

the

horses

of

story of Bhujyu

waters

of

counterpart

of that

the

of

ship, the

year-ships
the

Odusseus,

spoken

and

in the

us

of

that

asses

the

downwards,

before

him

or

year-sun-calf bom

the

cycle-year
Bhujyu

and

astronoinical

in

part

find

be

back

roaring

sheep, making

hundred

the

Night,

hundred-oared

the

would

hundred

three

of

four

first became

locate

the

should

by

the

in the

be

it must

The
of

to

drew

which

transformations

the

the

he

able

be

to

of

Satavaesa

by

Odusseus,

ought

of the

team

asses

and

Day

myth

by

called

the

into

setting
those

the

drawn

sitting at

indications

no

days

told, we

are

god's chariot, where


Garuda,

the

seen,

important

the

cycle-year, and

the

of

Twins

in which

that

rowers,

or

the

had

we

Argo,
creators

have

most

from

bird

or

we

special

'.

stars

same

the

and

horses,

as

was,

car

brown

C,

that

months

348 days,

Vedic
to

sun-god,
of

year.

the year

the

6, i. I19, 4.

who
nev

Appendix C,
bom

year
of

Odusseus

when

he
be

to

and

winter

the

at

quitted the

those

the

island

uncompleted

fields

which

he

of

The

solstice.

still left

of

the

Calypso,

the

end

of

slain

day

oxen,

at

he

the

year

the

time

appear

world's

the

reaching

which

to

of

days

ten

350

in

passed

635

tenth

the

on

came

tree

day'.
Thus
of

the

the

story

seems

sun-deer,

and

decimal

ten

the

deer

of

the

was

of the sun-circle

of Solwaster

again
their

into

year

have

that

called
of

daughters

of

of

the

ordered
of

This

year,

each

weeks,

followed

'

Part
3

See
V.

Odyssey

for the

of

of

and

his

If these
each
ten-

same

year
the

of

year

ten

Dhriti, Medha,

Mati

They

3.

order, the

are

months
his

denoting

ten

with

sun-circle,beginning

of the

Kirats

Pleiades, and

or

who

Lakshman,

the

to

end

the Northern

the

marked

of

the

the

the

two

island

would

divided

five-day
of

which

year

measurement,

of

custom

be

into
weeks

Kalypso.

seven

leaving
of

one

ten

five-day

during
These

not

were

answer

which
to

xii. 447.

Romulean

Year, Hewitt,

Early History

1890, pp. 569, 570.


Adi {Sambhava)
Parva, cxvi.

f.R.A^S.f

Mahabharata

divided

who

is the

the

and

month

at

by

This

Lajja,

thirty-fivedays

to

went

Homer,

divisions

recalled

Romulean

old

showing-god Daksha,

monthly

of

the

law

sun-circles

each.

Kirti, Lakshmi,

god

adapted

days

months

Odusseus

the

ancient

thirty-sixdays

Mahabharata

named

very

was

days

of

^,

division

custom

ten

of

the

of Rama.

when

in the

of

kings

Egyptians,

months

boundary-god

year

of

included

the

the

the

the

number

in

November

"

by

course

Roman

the ten

October

and

Kria, Buddhi,

of

fingers and
the

into

the

Dharma,

year

ancient

Athenians

Daksha,

Pushti, Cradha,
the wives

the

Northern

of the

erectors

reproduction

of

year

and

was

year

duodecimal

that

seen

the

the

Southern

tenths

into

of

that

year

the

already

Neolithic

grouped

should

as

the

the

of

thirty-sixdecades

were

months

have

Belgium,

by

Odusseus*

this

360 degrees

by

in

life

to

decades
we

of

of

variant

instead

We

observed

custom

in
unit

year.

be

to

p.

189.

of Northern

India,'

the

Vedic

the

house

the

of

where

These
the

and

early

times

the

of the

killingof

that

by

is

This

the

to

account

for

seventy-two

the

by

the

Budela

of Dervishes,

Kutb,

his

and

which

covered

of

the

of

from

the

assistants

assistants,

five-day

seventy-two
of

enables

months
of

Exodus

such

Preface,
of the

addition

p.

as

seventy-

Similarly
the

hierarchy
increased

xlvi.,are

his two

Pillar,and

to

Abihu.

three

the

as

^, who,

xxiv.,

and

for

seventy

messengers,

under-propping

in the

story

year.

year

Nadab

the

in very

seventy-two
the

year

up

made

was

appointed by Moses

Aaron,

the

sixty days,
make

to

substitution

increased, in

Star

Pole

or

of

sacred

Israel

of

or

seventy-three by

the

of

explained

as

its

among

and

learn

we

instead

frequent

number

addition

seventy

as

and

Set

by

story of Set, are

in the

to

Egyptians,

ruling elders

seventy

makers

the

enabled

which

completing the

the

as

world's

Akkadian

veil

fives

addition

an

seventy-three weeks
number

as

the

five-days week

extra

Osiris

the

the

days

starry

into

year

reckoning of seventy

weeks

the

the

year,

by

Europa,
the

of

Kibhus,

twelve

reached

had

top

the tliree hundred

up

an

the

the

he

Preface, p. xxi.

of

add

to

of

days

three

under

made

division

regulators

us

dwelt

the

at

lay

they
and

in the

days

ten

Star,

resting-placeof

Zikum

mothers,

explained

it,as

Pole

", where

after

sun-god

the

the

the

seasons

Western

of

rest

Agohya,

was

branches,

365

of

days

This

tree.

of

C.

Appendix

6t^6

head

Dervishes,

Umena

faithful

or

ones.

This

of

year

432,000

years

the

circle

the

Hindu

of

the

of

their

It

the

star

of

began

of

'

the

Kg.

of

ten, the

iv. SS)

are

; and

this

which

the

the

sun

12.

the
star

sun

of

of

Babylon,
of

number

whole

was

in

king

of

is

of

Numbers

for

the
in

calendar

Arietis,

the

Akkadian

year,

Xisuthrus, the

parently
ap-

that of

also

Hamal
of

was

seconds

their

Odusseus'

'

each

number

the

king Alorus, the

sheep

sheep (/"),the
last star

when

first

the

on

thirty-sixdays

Star-kings

reign

360 degrees

Kali-Yuga

is based.

Ten

of

that

of

months

ten

and

king

xi. 16.

the

of the

C,

Appendix

(November
of

Kislev,

to

January
this

the

by

according
the

November

"

Aquarius
Aries

and

the

year

of

kings

of

the

in

at

was

Aries

in

after

the

Athene

of the

Flood

of

described

birth

thus
tree

Chapter

in

Ruling

Races

the

the

IV.

p.

the

was

entered
Aries

lowed
folthe

patriarchal
when

600

the

sun

dove

of

day

of

the
144,

of

he
3.

years
entered

forth

sent

the

olive-leaf

the

in

of Prehistoric

in

year

Noah,

earth

the

ushered
which

of

when

new

with

of

Skat

primaeval mother-bird,

the

of

the

sun

the

epoch

that

in

of

seventeenth

season,

thirty

November),

of

year

December,

"

the

"

tenth

on

the

entry into

Babylonian

or

by returning
the

of

Hewitt,

hundredth

the

flood, which

goddess

six

disappearance

mother
This

began

November

announced

the

ginning
be-

year

from

the

(October

Noah,

Ner

close

the

raven,

his

completed

This

This

the

nursed

months

ten

B.C., when

10,000

of

in

Aquarius,

December,

"

Marchesvan

Flood

Genesis.

Marchesvan
had

of

the sun,"

the

in

passed

sun

"December.

flood

of

month

the

November

about

November

the

It

December,

in

the

begun,"

through

moon

Skat

began

in

the

star

Aries

be

of

history

the

to

which

one

of

when

of

of

2.

from

kings, beginning

ten

months

sun-god,

it enters

which

into

words

to

young

combined

passage

Kislev

December

road

gate

the

year

the

to

"

be

to

the

year,

which

the

entered

with

stars,

said

through

gate

moon,

Thus

also

is

star

the

short,

describing the

tablet

"

the
first

moon

"

the

to

in

the

November

February, t(3ok, according

"

the

it, during

from

Sebet,

and

of

entry

of

the

through

beginning

Thence

Aquarius.

Tebet

Akkadian
and

in

Skat

star

the

first star

moon

year,

with

the

is

of the

Akkadian

December),

"

This

'.

track

the

the

of

months

three

Aquarius

marking

thirty stars

the

in

Skat

Is

Flood,

637

year

year-bed
made,

was

vol.

Times
^

the

olive-tree

in its beak
of
of

the

Itonian

Odusseus,

appears

i., Essay

4.

to

iv., pp.

be

383,

384, 385.
="

R.

Brown,

jun., F.S.A.,

Societyof Biblical
3

Gen.

vi.

II.

of

'Tablet

the

Thirty Stars.*

Archaology^ January, 1890.


"

Ibid.

viii.

11.

Proceedings of the

C,

Appendix

638
the

were

all but

Ashvin

stars

Odusseus

and
saved

the

by

and

catastrophe

traditional

same

him

brought

Gemini

in

vember

January

from

the

which

appears

Flood

who

in the

foTm

the

in

Ino

by

Bhujyu

the

as

enterec

in Aries

No

in

finally saved
hire

the

seagull,

wa*

year-cai

who

was

of

legend

Bhujyu

sun-god

Similarly Odusseus

Bhujyu

him

sent

risen

the

as

which

when

February, after being

"

December.

"

in

overwhelmed,
Gemini,

forth

that

as

riga, or

circling

year-bird.
The

thus

year

Vega, the
the

was

law

and

the

neck

order,

the

historical

right

mythology

the

original

thirteen

Buddhist

female

form
the

was

the

and

mother

of the

Ino,
saved

as

the

I have

Scylla

breasts,
the

body
the

dolphin

H.

of

body
mother

of

whale

und

the

ten

of

year

of

year

Ino,
the

Pajapati,the
of

Dionysos,

Ino, who
of the

son

of

seen,

the

year,
with

Maga,

the

the

bird

year

the

Kre-

zodiacal

as

whale

the

in

the

monstei

ridinsf on

that

who

Scylla, represented

It is in the

of Melicertes

Brugsch, Religion

god

marine

primitivepictorialastronomy

Cetis.

the

which

year

husband

have

we

of

as

in

is described

the

of

Gotami

the

Odusseus

named

the

of

of

goddess

depicted

Indian

sun-physician.

rescued

constellation

the

where

as

the

in

husband

Maha

by

counterpart,
the

appeared

the

Orion,

or

plate
breast-

thirteen-months

the

mother

also

Pistrix,which

with

of

Semele,

and

statues

Southern

form

the

apparently the

was

round

worn

god Dharma,

months

goddess-mother

was

ancient

This

Buddha,

Bhujyu

demnon,

and

ten

Prajapati
of

sister

Thigh,

or

the

Theris, led

of

It

ol

to

answering

^,

of the

star

justice {dkarm),

just sketched.

and

the

as

goddess

jewel-locket

High-priest.

daughters of Daksha,
have

the

on

the

to

Truth

The

meaning

sacred

Egyptian judges

Jewish

and

this star

depicted

was

the

of

of

of

Star, and

wher

began

B.C.,

10,000

Maat,

goddess

Egyptian
Pole

about

introduced,

she

having

form

appears
a

human

the
{pistrix),
or

der
i\fythologie

tail

Melquarth,

Alten

of the
in

th(

goddes*
^neid

the

face, woman'*
of
and

Aig^ypta-y pp.

dolphin

the

womt

477,

478.

^"4^

Appendix
{\S

"-ear. the

with

mi^riNter

the

and

of

tail

Raph'-^n,the
The

Centaur,

and

the

both
month"

Vcdic

the
of

the

horse's

'3' Pistrix

which

the

body

of

and

man's

of the

and

race

of

of

the
thus

and

eleven-

piece,
its head-

(4) Scylla

year

(2I
horse

of the

to

Baal

Chiron

head,

were

goat,

or

head

mythology
;

qrck-

year;

Greece

in

of the

honours

the

was

whale

the

the

eleven-months

thirteen-months

the

represented

body

the

Bellerophon

with

who

personations

by

of

ship

lion,

Dadhiank,
man,

the

were

year
to

of

head

"iin-physician of

with

the^e

the

the

drasjjon,slain

body

Centaur,

Chimera,

The

reckonin^-j,were

C.

fall,and they

I no

Gotaini

and

Paiapati.
The

The

pine

at

the

Centaur

while

the

which

won

the

hand

the

son

of his

Pistrix
the
of

Port

mother,

The

Smintheus.

the

the

changed
of

Southern

South,

the

who

quails
into
the

the
seas

Ocean,
"

arrived

god
2,

by

the

the

the

Virgil,^neid^
Origim

sun

back

of

CuUes

whale

the

of the

mid-month

for

at

rose

Apollo

or

city {kart/i),who
the

Baal
of

mother

chariot-race

Melicertes

close

Yam,
his

the

p.

234.

his
He

meaning

mother

from

Atxadiens^

of

solstice.

winter
or

his
of

Trojan

iv. 104"243.
cUs

see, was

year-reckoning

race

god

descent

the

goal by

now

machinations

of

Palaimon

whence

Bcrard,

the

gained the

at

Scylla,

the

'.

days' sleep

twelve

the

of the

the

{malik)

disabled,

was

shall

sea

rock

this

winning

we

the

on

originally the

was

his

as

gained

mouse-god,

the

the

from

caught

to

ruler
year

who

and

Troy

at

race

rounding

oars

zodiac

the

rising

victory of

the

the

the

almost

goddess riding

sun-master

from

awoke

its

and

confounding

Diomedes,

quartli,the

In

god who,

the

secured

Portunus

G^od

shore.

her

measured

by

god

us,

of the

Athene

by

un

the

which

rock

being brought

race,

in

was

on

run

was

round

sun

it, broke

passed

contest,

the

was

the

on

of Ino, who

thirteen

for

from

struck

constellation

as

of

fig-treeof lies,

or

distance

"ome

chariot

Trojan

tumingj-point,which

solstitial

the

the

that
represcntini;^

course

like

race,

into

Melwas

year
was

the
the

constellation

C.

Appendix
Pisces
the

of

god

the

the

mother,

the

tread

to

circle of the
born

seas

the

of the gates of time.


of

the

the

He

was

the

the

who

Dionysos,
Dianus

or

all

with

shrine

whose

at

held

of

double-axe

the

the annual

August'.
Populonia

the

Etruscan
the

god Janus

Carian

Zeus,

mother

Voltumna,

councils

national

his

Dionysos,

and

of the Etruscan

forms

of

the

Greek

the

of

of

and

Etruria

were

".

This

male

god

mother-tree

whale

Southern

answering
whom

it

began,

and

of

to

that

of

month

like

the

that

the

rising from

the

we

see

of

the

before

of

Gemini

it is

sea

by

help

the

that

the

drownings

year

of the

Fowler,

The

"

Milani,

Museo

Roman

with

the

Festivals

sea

39, 41, 47 ; Deecke,

and

202,

Remains^

p. 70.
T

the

the

8000
is symbolised

year-god

connected

Odusseus,

myths
the

god

impenetrable armour,

203.

pp.

Etruria, Ettcyc. Brit.^ Ninth

Roman

with

sun-gods pursuing their

as

pp. 201,

which

as

these

the

TopograficodelP Etruria^

Hence

Kredemnon.

Bhujyu

of

sun-horse
from

rose

of the

August,

between

year

Odusseus

analysis of

Etruscan

of

March,

"

that

flower-goddess,

month

this

apparently

of this

they

that

with
in

was

the

journey

dedicated.

was

February
in

of

annual

Tailltiu, the

in

reborn

now

coincided

festival

the

from

goddess

his

year

August

"

Lug

the outcome

'

Leland,

and

Lug

installation

in

the
on

His

mid-year

July

into

sun

B.C., and

9000

As

Pisces.

and

mud,

started

son

their

the

to

entry

whose

and

Portunus,

Southern

dolphin-mother,

constellation

the

from

the

in

or

Ocean,

sun-god originallyborn

the

was

growing

the

from

of

with

the

turning (verto)

Fufluns,

or

keys

on

seaport

god Vertumnus,

the

male

later

were

Papluna

the

that

13th

Etruscan

the

identical

was

the

or

as

Etruscan

Rome

at

ruling the

Aventine

of

city

Etruscan

and

Roman

the

on

held

was

simultaneously with

tutelarygod of

Papluna,

or

festival

god Vertumnus,

held

year

His

the

holding

as

was

(SeX^v^)

womb

or

became

ports depicted

almost

August,

counterpart
of

he

It

stars.

dolphin

dolphin Apollo, that

god Portunus, god of


17th

zodiacal

the

of

641

31,

43"46,

143"

145"

Edition, vol. viii. 634

"

notes

636;

C.

Appendix

642

I-

paths

r*i

of

the

through

Palaimon

and

Ino

told

are

the

in

the

year-mother

dramatic

the

myth

and

Portunus,

Scylla,

as

the

stars,

of

stories

victory
riding

narratives

on

MeUccrtR

Ino,

of

year-ship

the

the

whid

whale,

have

quoted,

wen

/I

intended

their

by

original

authors

to

of

tell

the

contcsi

for

lasting

1^

the

;\

solar

the

fl

J
I

"l

Pole

Star

and
This

epoch.
sun-god

of

thousands

of

the

lunar

contest

seventeen

years

solar-age
ended

and

between
and
in

the
the

the

thirteen-months

year-gods
of

sun-god
final

victory
year.

th

INDEX.

chest

of

breast

or

their

Abantesy

Abhimanyu^

of

gods of the
royal races,
191, 592
/Efieas, 146, 148, 152, 508
/Esculapius, the sun-physician, marked
Hindu
a
god by his serpent form,
as
mother

Su-

moon-god,

the

529
the
\flb) Ram,
Rama, the Assyrian

year-god

Ram-anu,
51,

the

of

eel -parent

the

Ram

52,

252,

523,

411,

the

Asmodeus,

homed

him,

to

306, 626
stone

of the
worship
stone
pillar, 412,

god of

{ashman)

583,

sacred

cocks

and

Aeshma-dcva

of

Rimmon

or

snakes

"63, 255, 305,

593

the

gnomon

421

Abyssinia,
Achai,

the

of

sons

Ahi,

snake

the

Echis,

Achan,

152
the
Achilles,

little

snake

^^^

(lx"0*

of

the

son
sun-god,
Thetis,
of the
and
{thith) mother
South,
Polar
Potter
Peleus, the northern
of the potter'sclay (mjA^s), 28,
143,
33". 339" 492, 507, 508, 509,
329,
578

father

the

Adam,

of

the

red

race,

robbed

227,

Aditi,

ritual, 220,

(diti\.

215,

226,

the

legs, the
two

its
Bear

516.

Uttana-pada

Aditya,

the

six

of the
that

gods,

days

age

of

of

the

of

heaven

thighs,

constellations,

See

week

of

canopy

productive

two

425,

the

the

Master,
the

Phoenician

Tammuz,

Dumu-zi,

the

son

year-star Orion,

\dumu)
29,

the

of

the

Akkadian
of

on

the

tospati
Agohya, she

life,the

59, 60, 204,

the

257
T

of

of

Agni in
brick
altar,

altar,

(A0"

the
who

^^

central

220

fire-family,
of the

Fathers

of
their

burnt

son

the

dead,

Age
226, 363
the
household
Vaishvanara,
Agni
fire of the
yellow Vaishya, or sons
See Vasof the village, 186, 591.

Cypress-tree,

the

final

birth

of

secrets

Bronze

507

equivalent

Hebrew

606,

591,

ceremony

(chayana)

of the

Agnishvattah,
unsubdued

Adon,

the

of

son

and

altar
up

building

525,

of the
Agni'kulas, the men
the Saisa-Nagas,
or
sons
[sisu) of the Nagas, 590

creatingthe belief in pairKabiri, 65, 186.

Phoenician

the

504,

502,

400,

67, 68, 103, 562


priest of Agni,
Agtttdhra, the unsexed
180, 226, 232, 605, 625
knows
{^edas)
Agni Jatavedas, which
the

See

Adonis,

the

502,

the

Kabiri, Tri-kadru-ka
of
the
the
god
(aS^^iY^rof)nether
world,

368,

Bee,

the

607
Agni-chayana,
the heaping

fire

Admetus,

See

372

299,
second

sister
mother,
primxval
god of the showing
five fingers indicate
the
hand, whose
and
of
five-days week,
daughter
she
the
with
stretched
outUttana-pada,

with

heaven

the

singer {ga\, the leader of


of
the
spheres, the
harmony
in Argo,
and
Canopus
raven
ape-star
286
228,
108,
63,
23, 40,
firethe
Agni, the Lettic-god Ogan,
ritual, 42, 186, 216,
god of Hindu

The

Daksha.

who

thieves
of

the

of the ceremonial

501,
232,
503, 504, 543
she who
is without
{a) a

(Aja)
offered,

eleven-months

two

Treasury
inspired bees.

Agastya,

221,

349
the leader
Adhvaryu,
priests in the Hindu

were

the

the

371,

the

the

of

goat

rams

of

age

one

year,

of

the

of

god

mud

black

whom

to

Pole-star

the

Aga-medes,

57

32,

incense, At-

of

Ethiopians, collectors
jub, 52, 252, 257

53

Sanskrit

of

the sun-falcon

Adrika, the rock-mother,

father

the

Syria,

and

the

became

191,481.483,
Indian

the
297,

123,

338
Arjuna

tonsure,

who

Abram,

law,

29,

Hindu

son

bhadra,

the

of

God,

Chista

See

449.

ark

holy

the

Aaron,

Pole

who

Star,

cannot
loi

be

concealed

Index.

644
he of the

A^j?ra/ka,
chariot

foremost

{ratka\^ the

(agra)
Canopus,

star

goddess

A^rahikyani^

Ap^akan

I"ccembcr),

501,

332,

(November
564, 565.

Ajntrzi-aJas, 353.
and

the

354,

355

hen-wife

sun

29.
Altar

Indra, 146, 163, 255, 313,

eel

holy snake, 215.

or

oftheAhis,

the land

Ahi-

15, 106,

of
the
snake
the
Budhnya,
the
Greek
depths,
P)thon, 430, 431.
See Python.

AfazJa,

Asura

or
or

the

Amba,

of the

one

Pole

Star

god,

Matiiirdal

Indian

120,

133
the Pldids,

in

star

star-oiothersr

Indian

142

Pole

nus,

sister

309,

362

Ammon,

mother, sister

195, 362
boundary
processioe.

the

I Ambikd,

Bear

in Cj|96, 97, 1%

mother

Star

of

Amba,
the

Amen,

supporter, 253,

317
of

the

goat,

592,

the

Am-nor,

594,

Todas,

Akastos, 340,
Akkhadi

goat, the

fighting (muika) goat

the

Aja-midka^
('?/'').
597
if/oj, sons
596
Akkadians^

one-footed

the

three

Ambatva/taf

the

oft

Asiadc d^

and

the Great
AmbdJikd,
of Amba,
96, 98,

256
"

form

96,97

preme
asu) uf knowledge, the suZend-god, 124, 126, 155, 170,

Aja-eka-pad,

the

in

Greek

of

12, 57,
the
chief

races,

breath

the

Ai/t//, IVehk, EUyl. the dwarf, 489


Ainos, 116
118, 119, 120

Anakita

24, 26, 51, 520, 569

and
North
Akktuj^ Gond
ploughing festival of the
axle (akkha\ 64, 164, 324
the stone
Akm*m,
(askman)
anvil, the
father of fire and
of Eurytos, the
heavenly archer, the rainbow-god,
and
See Eurytus
giver of rain, 149.
AkrOf the sacred dancing-ground under

holy,

or

shade

of the

the

Water

Ardvi

Surd

Munda-Dra

vidian

undefiled

Greek

of tae

of Life, 155
Anahi/a,\ht
pore,
tk
of life,
mother

Anaitis, the

125,

214, 235,
Anehises, husband
stealer of the

146, 147,
Andromeda,
'

mother-land

North

121

Am-riAi,

515

492,

Indian

the

altar

scendants

196. 204

{jAu

its

earth

Amazons,

Ahi

Akura

of the Jets,
tree
Seils.
526. 5^
forms, beginningv^

68, 103, 164, 1"4,aj,


woman,
zz%^ 245,
248, 269, 270, 301, 421,
SuK^ar
422,423,545,601"611.
Dakshina,
Garhaptirp,
vaniya,
altars
Vedi
Linga, and
the mother
Am^
167
mango-tree,

60S

ii^/ra,

221, 329,

67,

314,

546. S75
altar of Hbalions,
Ahaianiya,
square
"03. 496, 54^, 560, 562, 6oi, 604,
A hi, the

and

the

C"

and

449,

of Gautama

Kkr

or

Baba

S3^
sacred
405.

123.

South
See

CrocodiJe-^pd.
S5, 100,
156,

or

378* 379.
Aimond'tree,

See

the

434.

stellation,

"

Mirga-Ursha
Agurnalh,
353, 354
AAa/jra^

53,

AlU^at,yr

"74

_"73*

of

world,

red-earth

Aphrodite,and

of

of the yen*

sun-horses

148, 507
Addmatk^

Phoenician

mother,
the

Andvari^

Euphzates,

river

273

wary

ibe

305

209,

dwarf

guardian01

Sama, or central grove of the village,


treasure, 357
!
the Volcanic
land of the A^ins,
16,
Anga,
14,
449, 450
Akropo/tSf the central hill of the city, ;
199, 212, 353, 359,
519
Aflgirasy priests of the burnt offerings
57, 383. 384, 398
which
axle
succeeded
those
n",
Akskauktm,
eaten
or
(akska)^ divisions
of the
and
of the Kauravyas
212,
210,
222,
296, 297, 35i
year
224,
Pandavas,

Aldebaran^
Pleiades,

309,
the

5i9

597
Star

leading the
23, 60, 84, 89, 93, 162,
Queen

228, 243, 399, 411, 427, 432,


484, 565, 605
Algonquin Indians^ 550
and
Alt Baba
the Forty Tkui'es^ 368,
210,

370

Alkinoos^ king of Phseacia, 512, 513


and Arabian
AlleU^ Alilat, Akkadian

Am,

the

E^gyptian guide

the

the
dead,
of Ani, 150,

of

Papyrus

the realos
of the
recorder
to

530, 53i,53"

534
of the
Afijalika,weapon
meaning of, 213, 519

Anna,

Phoenician

the

Akkadian

411,

418

and

Anu,

folded hands,

Roman
240,

goddess,
241,4^^

Index.

Annamesey
Aniares

43, 90

Scorpionis, 147, 417


intelop"ythe god of the Kushikas,
descendant
of the
deer-sun -god of
Northern
Europe, and fat her -god of
the Indian
Brahmins,
7, 9, q8, 135,
I42ff, 147, 307, 496, 567, 568, 569,
584. See Krishna, Deer-sun-god
Anthesteria^ year festival of the Recall
of the Dead, 399
hold
Anthony y St. the father of the housefire,151, 549, 551, 552
AntUochuSy 508, 509, 510
Anubisy the Jackal, 534
a

Anus,

mother

270,

the Kushi-

of Sharmishtha,

sons

ka

Banyan-tree, 215,

592,

510

Apple of the Hesperides, 384, 571


Aprl, ten hymns of the Rigveda to the
teen
gods of the eleven, twelve, and thirof the

3"9,

Aptya,

sacrifices, 49,

animal

water
water

Aquarius,

299,

562
\ap) goddesses,
gods, 226

at

301,

503,

494,

Apsara,

recited

year,

332,

414,

279,

517

625.

.Sir^.Rat

Aquiiaine,

of

the

goat

{Aker),

141

Arabia,
Arabian

20,

52"54,

56, 203,

Nights, Historical

234
value

of,

582, 583, 584


Arabs, 223
Ara
Maxima,
Ararat,

25, 121,

206,

B.C.,

208,

"

the

sun-horse
the

in

his annual

course

heavens,

beginning in
Cheit, March
April, xliv.,83, 151,
213, 218, 235, 258, 261, 275, 318,
346/ 373. 376, 426, 457, 459, 460,
470, 483, 484, 485, 486, 509, 524,
527, 528, 529, 539, 578, 581, 599
Ark, or ship of the gods, 265
of Aruna
the
Artta, sons
fire-drill,
586
Arpachsad, Armenia, the land (arpa)
"

of the conquerors
marking the

(kasidi),
137

Arrow,
73,

of the year,

course

86, 89, 96, 98,

173,

112,

490,

605
Artemis, goddess
Arktos, 93, 102,
398, 544, 575

no,

the

Airem,

or

king,

72,

102,

the

ot

202,

Bear

great

133,

134,

148,

ploughing (dr)
335,

336, 418,

539

Arvalia, 189
the ploughing star Arcturus
Aryaman,
in Bootes
afterwards
first,
Capella in
Auriga, 68, 85, 186, 400, 418, 460,
503

mountain

of the

fire-

worshippers, 25, 137, 153, 214


of the
Kur, river-mother
or
Araxes,
fire-worshipping Kurds, Kurus,Kauravya,

15,000

Aryans, Celto-Goths, conquerors


Bharatas, 586, 587, 590, 591

164, 442, 443, 445

mother

nal
autum-

Arjuna, the third of the five Pandava


and
leaders, the son
counterpart of
Indra, the rain-god ruling first the
and afterwards
rainy season
February
March, called after him Arjuna or
he followed
Parikshit
Phalgun, when

420,

land

into

Ram,
the

at

463, 551, 593. 604

Arthur

624,

415,

of the

entered

sun

and

round

Lycceus, the wolf-god of the


yellow race, born on the Xanthus, the
of Lato, the tree
yellow river, son
trunk, 247, 345, 391
the
healer, the sunApollo Paian,
physician, 315, 430, 517. 569
fthe Mouse (Sminthos)
Apollo Smintheus
god of Troy, 148, 265, 380, 404, 416,

the

the

415,

dolphin-god, 177

months

which

14,000

Atoilo

491,

Constellation

Aries,

596

594"

the

Ar-chal, the Phoenician Herakles, 102,


145, 164, 286, 397, 454, 540
Argei, 239, 540, 541
of the
constellation
Argo, the mother
and the ape
raven
{rapha), xvl, 12,
26, 40, 48, 74, 119, 123, 135,
19,
260, 286, 298, 305, 341, 373, 408.
See Agastya, Canopds, Ma,
Kapha
Argus, 281, 317, 408, 466
Ariadne, xliii.,
xlv., 339
Arianrhod, moon
-goddess of the silver
wheel, 283, 284

equinox at the beginning of the


between
cycle-year of three years,

242,

AptUurtafestivaly 58
Ape^ female and.male parent-god, xvii.
36, 37, 38, 39, 44,
74"76,
35"
164,
364,
no,
199,
313,
143, 151,
376
Aphrodite, 56, 135, 148, 189, 231
Apollo^ Aplu, Ablut or Abel, the son,
256

ApolU,

64s

279

Arbuda, 364, 365


Arcadians, 11

Ash,
and

sacred
of the

headed

mother-tree

Centaur

sons

of

the

of the

Edda

of the horse-

sun-god, 29, 306, 309.

See

__Ygg-drasil.
ing
Ashur,Assur, the sun-god rulsolstice,the month
summer
Ashadha
(June" July), 91, 198, 607

Ashddhd,

the

Index,

646
AsAeraA,
trunks
41

1
"

wooden

posts, the sacred

of the

Jews, 109,

tree-

544. 577.578

296, 297. 353, 496


Tan

149

Astika^ the sun-god of the


or
eight {ashia) rayed star, the corngod of the year of fifteen months,
xxxvi., 270, 332, 333, 357, 390, 488,

Ashtaka

horse

the

first

Banyan-tree, 473, 483, 505


the god of the AshvatAshvatthdman,
the tree-trunk,
tha-tree,son of Drona
Soma

or

of life

sap

was

drawn, slayer of the Panchalas, sons


of the five (panch) days week, 483
AsAvinSf the twin creators, who
were
first Ushasa-Nakta,
day and night,
afterwards
the stars
Gemini, whose
and
drawn
first by the asses
car
was
afterwards
by the horses of the sun,
206, 208, 220, 322, 356,
71, 102,
370, 400,
419, 483, 493, 496, 503,
504. 5o6" 520, 568, 570, 576. 600,
603, 608, 613.
Asipu, the interpreter,the interpreting
god Joseph, 304,615
animal
of the sun-god
Ass, the sacred
before
the
sun-horse, xxiii., xxiv.,
198, 200, 201, 202, 206, 213,
XXV.,
220,
222, 232, 262, 328, 370, 496
AssarakoSy the god of the year-bed
(asurra), 142, 144, 146, 41 1. See
.

Asura,
of

144,

Sfe Ashadha
410.
of the Danava, sons

403,

successors

the

Pole

Star

in

metal,

workers

God

Danu,

the

of

sons

the second
mother
whose
the Angiras, offerers of

the

Diti,

priestswere
burnt

ings,
offer-

215, 216, 230, 300, 321, 322,


352, 356, 363, 526
Atar
or
the fire-god, 107, 138,
AM,
153. 288, 296, 353
Ataro
Patakauy the modern
province
,

of

Baku

on

of

Caspian, the

the

the

variant

form

first

the sacred

mother-tree

of

goddess, 33.
i^which

Tirhatha

Tamntas,

244,

397.

See

Dumu-zi

Atkarvans,

the

of the

Ionian

seus
of Odus-

year-bed

made, 31, 144, 163, 256,


258, 353, 510, 511, S13. 534"
573. 637
ladium
Athene
Pallas, the goddess of the Palnational
or
parent -god, the
Palea
or
protecting grain-husk, 31,
note

324

143,

'Athenians^

17, 229
grandfather apeAttis, the emasculated
of the
sons
god of the Phrygian

pine-tree,151,
Au^irs,
Auriga,
the

547

222,

405,

the

leading

lytus,that of fifteen
the

439
constellation
and

Poseidon,

of

year

433,

ruled

years

Hippoing
succeed-

months

by

Bear, xlv., 338, 400,

of

the

Great

418, 429*

413,

624, 625
Aurva,
391,

(uru), 312,

of the

son

Thigh
587

395,

394,

tribes

native

Australian

and

their

legends, 4, 23, 63,

90
162
142,

Auxesia, Azesia,
Avalokitcsvara,
36, 333
441,

of

Hill

Aventinc

and

Cacus

Diana,

443
of

Axe, the double-axe


the

crescents,
and
Kama

the

the

two

symbol
Carian

of

Zeus,

lunarParasu-

xliv.,

xlv., 260, 261, 512, 513, 552, 631.


Pelekus
_"Sf^ Parasu-Kama,
Ayuy the son of Time, 166, 503
the lightningof Barkhya,
Azaf, son
SalliVizir
Solomon
to
or
god.
50

mannu,

the
biting-snake Zend
of three
seasoni,
god of the year
xxviii.,49, 155, 213

Azi

Dahdka,

Aiiz

Azazel, the
142,

Aztecs,

scape-goat,

its

ing,
mean-

241

563, 566

162

see)
Athamas

plant
ale), and afterwards

fire-worshippers after

they left Phrygia, 153,


Atergatis,the fish-mother
A

was

Sesame

orient

whence

mud

which

oil

(Sesamum

Adar-baijan,the petroleum-yielding

home

sacred

goddess

southern

257.

Odusseus

Assur,

of the

was

{Ficus
fig-tree
the Bo
ing
or
religiosaY
Pipal succeedthe Nigrodha (Ficus Indica), the

the

the

race,

fice,
{askva) sacri-

99, 472, 502


Askvattha, the mother

whence

Itonian

Boeotian

Tana

or

{tan), 31.32.
33
of the
olive-tree
Athene,

547

Ashva-medkay

the

Athene,

the_stone-god,
42,

Ashman,

Angiras, 188, 395,

of the

successors

196,

190,

of
mother
the
southern
Ba, Baau,
arctic
life, the starless
abyss of the Antalso called
Pole, 135, 148;
Bahu
{which see)
ain, Bahal, the
Baal, spelt with an

Athravans,

fire

priests.

Indian

Bagha,

the

god

of the tree

Index,

648

Beetle^ symbol of the creating fullof the two


united
cents,
cresmoon"god
S(e

532, 533, 573, 574.

253,

Khepera
Bel, the fire-god,132,

145, 147,

144,

193

Bellerophon^ the

sun-physician of

the

eleven-months

the

on

Pegasusi

year,

rider

ruling constellation,202,
See
Baal
Raphon
304, 340.
Belt of Orion, symbolising in its three
ts

the

stars

three

Orion's

of

seasons

year, 89, 136, 574


Beltis,female form of Bel, 70

Benjamin,

of the

son

righthand,

403

{savangka)
the

first of

five Zend
sacred fires,42, 131, 155
Bes, Egyptian ape-god, 150, 151, 372,
373
Bethel Baitulos, the house
the divine gnomon-stone,

Beth'lehem,

the

Lakhmu,

154, 405,

Bkadra-pada

[betk)of god,
37, 405
Lehem

of

house

date-palm-tree, and
ruling

"

September),

xviii.,209, 225
Bhaga, the parent-tree with the edible
fruit,186
Bkaga-datta, the king of the Yavanas

barley-growers,
sonofBhaga,

249,

486
Bhanddris,

342,

Bharadvajas,

343, 357
of the lark, 69, 597,

sons

612

Bharata^
mother,
Rama,

Kaikaia, the Gond


of
Raghu, half-brother

and

of

and

kuntaia
race,

of

son

the

Dushmanta

little bird

father of the

Bhdrata-varsha,
raia, the

name

Mahabharata,
Great

the

Bharatas,

the

land

Sa-

and
of

of

Malli

279, 280
the

Bha-

given to India in the


the epic history of the
281

Bharatas,

Bharatas, 84, 279, 360, 427, 519, 562,


567, 591, 594, 595" 598
Bharati

or

Alahi,

one

mother-goddesses of
recited

at

the

of

the

three

the Apr! hymns

sacrifices,300

animal

of the

tribe
Bhars,
Bharatas, 280,
281, 360
of the bow
Bhils, the men
ij"illa\
81,
338,342
183,
157, 172,
the tree (marom)
Bhima, son of Maroti
of
second
the
five
ape-god, the
Pandava
season,

579

brethren

rulingthe

summer

xl., 197, 362, 482, 527, 529,

the
Hu

Bear.

with

space

five

the
the

Pole

star

Star ii

29, 96, 167, 424, 425, 416


428, 486, 502
Bhojas, 157, 181, 317, 355, 432, 577
of fir
Bhrigu Brigus, the Indian
sons

the centre,

from

the Thracian

first priests before

Bm-gcs

the

Angiras

183, i86, 201, 216, 224, 230


296, 297
Bhuiya, 16, 192, 521
Bhujyu, the Tugra year-god, 633, 634
638, 641
Bhumij, 449
135,

295,

tenure-holders,

Ooraon

Bhunhiars,
or

406

(August

stars

were

sons

Great

ruling-god of the fifteen-months


yen
(January" Fel"
beginning in Magh
tb
cognizance was
ruary), whose

the

Berezi Savangha, the eastern


fire of rain {bares), the

of the

descended

"

405

first

whose

mother
seven

Belaspur, 193

or

Bhim-sen, Gond-god, xl., 165, 16S


the dead
Bhishma, called Mart-anda
of Sbamegg, the sexless eighth son
and
Aditi, the riveror
tanu
Gunga

swering
289, 290

to

the Welsh

an

Uchelwyr, 2SS

Bhurishravas,
178, 179
Gi'bii, Akkadian
fire-godj
or
xxi., xxviii., 45, 283
Billah, the old wife of Jacob, motba

Bil-gi

of Dan,

the Pole

Star god, 403, 411,

416
of the Song
Bindo-bird, the cloud-bird
of Lingal, which
brings up the rains
of the monsoon,
156, 170
Bird-mother,
xvi., 22, 55, 63.95,
xv.,
96, 97, I2S, 166, 192, 235, 275,
^ee Adrika,
279, 298, 337, 470, 474Khu,

Hu,

Su,

Kirke,

Rukh

Black-Virgin, 134"
137
Blood, generative efficiency of, in the
Totem-gods,
theology of the animal
xxxiii., 185, 223, 224, 244, 320, 629
Blood-bathy to wash
guilt,in
away
Phrygian theology, 188
Boar
sun-god ruling Orion's year, 83,
189, 275, 334, 335, 456, 458, 554
of the
the golden-pillar-god
all
Phoenician
pillars before
Egyptian temples, the husband

Boat,

Rahab,

the

Draco,

379,

two

and
of

alligator constellation
380, 396, 407

Boomerang,

3, 81

Bootes, the

guardian

constellation

of

the year- cows,


68, 326, 425, 459
Booths Feast
of the Saka, its historya^
the festival inaugurating the year, 49"
233,

234,

235,

Sakut, Succoth

236,

242,

404,

Set

649

Index.

Boreas, xxiv., 43, 305, 329, 408


Borsippa^ the artificial Holy Hill or
Babylon, 142, 144,
High Place near
227,

of the
the bow
as
History ^
Bhils, the musical bow of the
of Africa, the Indian
Bantu
Mundas,
the Pinaka
of Shiva, 81, 83, 85, 114.
As
the
of
the
year-gods
weapon
the horse's
with
Hayagriva, tne god
neck (^/z/fl),
(^j'fli)
Eurytos,Arjuna,
and
Odusseus, 337, 346, 426, 459
of the black antelope
sons
Brahmins,
Indian

of

worshippers

year-pig

white

the

Vishnu, and reciters of the national


history, 135, 158, 188, 297, 307
the raven
Celtic god, xiv., xvi.,
Bran,
64,65
Bratsvo, Bauerschaft, 385, 386
Bres, Celtic god of war
king of the
Fomori
beneath
or
men
{fo) the sea
of Briand
(muir), the husband
son
git, which see, 70, 71, 277
the Milky
Way,
Bridge of Heaven,
the yearly path of the sun-god, 74,.
77

Brihas-pati, Brahmanas-pati, the Pole


Star god, 68, 69, 142, 178,317, 400,
500,506
of the
Brihatiy the Sanskrit cquivjilent
Celtic Brigit or
Bride, the goddess
of
of the thirty-sixfive-day weeks
half of the whole

two

making

weeks,

of

year

seventy-

the

up

Pleiades

solstitial sun-year
and
Orion's

the

year,

of

each,

seasons

three

two

year

of

xiii.,xiv., 65, 66, 67,

seasons,

68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 105, 166, 210,


278, 611
277,
of the Rigveda,
Brisaya, the sorcerers
the

of the

mother

cypress-

tree

{berut)

348, 351. 498,


562
of the
Bru-ges of Thrace, ancestors
Bhrigu,
Phrygians, and the Indian
130. 183, 201

Brythonic Celts,

the

god

history

gods

274,

as

national
and

of wisdom

Indian

hts

in

277,

350.

35

attributes
recorded

of the
in

Cacus, 165, 441, 442, 443, 446


Caduceus, 160
Caer
Sidi, the world's Turning Tower,
the revolving earth, xvi., 64,
249,
315

Caleb, his history as the dog (halb),


the year
star-god Sirius, 366, 367,
376, 405
Calypso, the goddess concealing (ico\u9ru) the year-god Odusseus, xliv. ,
512, 5?3, 632, 635
Cancer, its history as a zodiacal constellation
ruling the cycle-year of
three years, xviii.,174, 207, 208, 311,
316
Canopus, xiv., xxi., 24, 28, 32, 38, 40,
43, 48, 63, 64, 69, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77,
See Agastya
87, 144, 174, 260.
Capella, the star of the little goat in
Auriga, ruling the fifteen -months
and
Hippolytos in
year of Poseidon
super- session'of the Great 13ear,xiv.,
340, 341, 400, 418, 419
Capricornus, the star of the goat with
the fish's tail,the star of the dolphin
fish Makara,

lunar

437

Carmenialia, 435
266,
Carnac,
254,
242.

year-

ritualistic

history,xxvii., xxviii., 30, 36,

91,

368,

435,

451

formed

in

267,

581

Castes,

Odin

415

255
Caristta^

year-god,

an

177, 414,

worshippers of the god symbolised


of the two
by the double axe
and
the sun-cock,
crescents

Carians,

Islands,

previous
their

352

Caroline

inspired
with
disciples
as

"

of Neolithic Age, Position of


bodies, 267, 268
Phoenician
city,
Byblos, an Akkadian
xxviii.,45
Byga, Primoeval
provincial priests of
India, 13, 15

successive

knowledge,

equivalent of

the Edda, and secondly


teacher invested by his
the

463"481,

Burials

Carnival,

his

births, first
the

273,

201,

403

343.

413,

the full-moon
year-goddess of
cycle-year, 285, 287
and
BulU
calf, successive
buffalo cow
rulers of the year, xiv., 25, 83, loi,
120,
197, 198, 2H,
223, 323, 349,

sun-god, 29

Age, 177, 317,

Buddha,

331,

Budur,

mother-

131

Brito-martis,
Bronze

330,

the

233

Borw^

the

242,

104,

498. 530. 569* 607

of the

members
of the

1 1

from

matriarchal

the

unions

of

village communities
age.

These

were

into
by the Naga Kushikas
communities
united by community
of
function as trade guilds, 352, 362
beaver
Castor, the imsexed
twin-god,
xix., 436. See Kastor

changed

Index.

650

Chitra

(Virgo), 316, 318, 327, 341, 486


586
Chitrahgada, 425, 486
Chiun, the pillar,230, 246
Chiusi {Clusium), 264
Chnum
or
the Egyptian Potto
Khnum,
god, 150, 377
Cholas, Kols, Kolarians, 40
Churruk,
or
Swinging Puja, 345

Cat, 161, 416, 623


ine Southern

of

god

Bran

of

of Lije,

Cauldron

the

raven-

xvL,

sun,

64,

71, 72, 278, 279

Cecrops, 248
Celtic

138,

races,

288, 289, 290,

273,

338, 347. 363*

291,

Brythonic

^^e

Celts

Goidelic

and

Centaur, 640
Centaurs, 149, 306, 515, 517, 518
Ceres, 168, 189, 523

Cerfia Tursa,

546.

544,

Chutia

Cerfia

Cerfus Martins,

543,

544,

Mars

Ceri, the

three

pedestal-gods carried

May

circumambulation

the

in

194,

at

homed

the

419, 503
Cinderella, Annamite

deer-sun-god

workers

their

history, 217,
236, 285, 343, 348
Champa, 2 1 2, 519

60, 64,

the

120,

year,

of

the

195,

311

Charites,

in

Sal

of the

227,
in

of
JaraKakshivat, the

eleven

and

sun-horse

month

Cocks

the

of

Mundas

and

485, 486.

600, 601
the

Chinescy 5, 30, 139, 337, 347, 522


of the bird {chir) the
Chiroos, sons
Asia

146, I53" 190,

Chista,
the
.

the

in Zend

law, the

Minor,

sun-

108, 109,
216, 302, 342, 343,348
40,

theology the
Ephod

the priest,262, 297

ritual

of

225, 226,

459, 543, 544, 571,572


introduced
from Colchis

Stone

which

its

Age,

355,

and

Chest

the

of

inspired

hens

Nagpur,

in

Western

meals,

the

ritual

Asia

and

and

85, 437

of

twin

social

early matriarchal
and

ir.

Kastor,

India,
Europe,

of

256, 525

255,

90,

existence

405, 566
oi the Akkadians

379,

of Chutia

XXXV.,

the

sacrifice of the

Parikshit, 242,

of

to

of the male

solar

Clytemneslra, sister
508

symbol ot the three years


cycle-year destroyed by Bellerophon
Baal
the sun-physician,
or
Raphon
640
304,

falcon

the

Cities of the Dead

months

Chitra

Cherubim^
Chimicra,

ritual, changed

in

351.

Mexico,

physician, 305,

April,
of

Pre-solar

Mundas

festival of the

water

daries.
boun-

circuits prescribed

III., xxxix, 98, 99,

Common
"

Phoenidani

Ctrcumctsion,

491

Ooraons,
See

the

South

March

Chcit^

by

right-hand circuits those

515

Centaur

of, 59,

See Kirke
Circe, 523, 549.
Circuits of the altcLr and
national

306,

394

223,

Charybdis
Canopus, 632, 633
Chatitr-masiya, loi, 184
Chedi, 190
Cheiron, the

391,

story

brought

Su-astika

husband

193

Ceylon, 252

Book

of

son

father-god

from

father

Kushika,

"

sandha,

220,

192,

411

Cinnamon,

leather,

in

219,

the moon-god
Chandra,
Nakshatra, 65
Chandra

292, 300, 443


the moving
god,

Left-hand

Chalkeia, 58
Hindoo
Chamars,

358, 359

395,411,

of the

Celts, 88, 93
Ceylon, xiv., 37, 63,209, 238, 252, 274
Chakra-varti, or wheel-turning kings,
317, 362, 474
Chaldaans,
Kalda, 48

219,

Chyavana,

Gubbio, 439, 545, 547, 548, 549, 551.


552, 553. 554, 556
Cernunnos,

10,

288, 289, 292, 343, 352,


360, 362, 485, 558, 567
Chuttisgurh, 14, 82, 134,

See

545.

mother

(C4v/) lain
12, 13, 16, 22
36, 82, 83, 108, 127, 128, 170, 192
196, 198, 248. 268. 287
I93" 194,

Tursa

See

Nagpur, the
Nagas, 3,

of the

institution

ot

village

nities
commu-

its extension

to Europe, 1 1
Conchobar, 283, 284
Consus, a Roman
god, Consualia, 243,
441, 446, 448
the
Copper Age, intervening between
Neolithic and Bronze
Ages, 348, 352^
361
Copper-mines of Chutia
Nagpur and
Udaipur, 359, 364
quiring
Cord, The
sacrificial,the ritual reit to be
the right
worn
on

shoulder

in

the

Pole

traced

India,

to

Star

Age
aod

Umbria

girdle
of
round
the waist, the year-girdle
the earlygods and priests; lastlyin
Mexico.

It

was

firstworn

as

Index,

the

solar

225,

227,

age

257,

the

on

left shoulder,

351, 403,

543, 571

Corinth, II, 135, 446


Corn-baby, 139, 452, 570, 572
Corona
xlv., 339.
Borealis,xliii.,

See

Cotton, 251, 252


vins

and

snake

and

Ash-

antelope

Sias,25 1, 395,570
introduced
by the

custom

the Indian

to

of the Mexican

gods

Coui'ade,

the god with


the horse's
Dadhiank,
head
ruling the eleven -months
year,
27, 294, 295, 298, 314, 352, 431, 496,
504,

sacred
the

Cypress, mother-tree of the Phoenicians,


and
of their sun-god, 29, 93, 204,
275, 335

Corvus, the constellation rulingthe West,


426, 456, 485
tree,

Cyprus, 177, 189, 216, 390

Ariadne

Cotton

65

Basques from Iberia in Asia Minor


and brought to Europe and Ireland its
historical significance,129, 130, 440
Cradle
of the Sun-god (the Great Bear),
85, 453
x\\n.
xlv., 11, 17, 29,
Crete, Cretans
162,
148,
171, 229, 263, 370, 404,
33,
508, 590
men
of, 86, 87, 88, no,
Cro-Magnon,
"

549

Dagda^

Dagb-devos, father of Brigetthe


Daksha, 65, 69, 71
who
Dakota, the joined races
duced
reproCeltic

the
in

Indian

America,

swinging

sacrifice

345

Daksha, the god of the showing hand


ruling the year of the five-daysweek,
65. 69, 71, 186, 278, 425, 426, 456,
635
the southern
Dakshina,
semi-circular
altar of the earlier Hindu
fathers,the
.

Pitarah

Somavantah

crescent

moon,

of

sons

the

226, 227

113, 116, 121


Cross, first the solstitial St.

the
Dakshindthyas,
people of the
Andrew's
South, 584
Daktuloi; the finger (8cJictuAoj)
dancing
cross
y^, secondly, the fire-cross of
priestsof the god of the five-days
the
of the fireSt. Anthony,
cross
week, 136, 263, 572
the
house
Damia,
Dame,
lateral Dama,
worshippers I , thirdly, the equiof the tortoise, 100,
builders, sons
of St. George
upright cross
156, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 167,
J"
the cross
of the cycle-yearfound
176
See Nala
when
the
Damayanti.
the autumnal
j
at
equinox
Dan,
or
Danu,
Danft, the female
1
cycle began with the entry of the Ram
The
union
of the
| form, the Pole Star god father of the
into Aries.
sun
Indian
the Greek
with that of St. George
Danava,
solstitial cross
Danaoi,
of Danu, the Hebrew
the Zend
sons
the eight-rayedStar {which
formed
of Dan, xxxi., 9, 26, 27,
sons
see), xli.,68, 151, 222, 223, 270, 271,
39, 66,
79, loo,
276, 277, 282,
211,
230,
378, 546, 566, 571
KhamBaal
or
349. 376, 416, 516
Crucifixion of Haman
form
the
of Danu, mother
the
of
Danae, female
as
dying
year-god
man
of
the
born
eleven
Perseus,
in the
of
sun-god
months, 303
year
of
tower
the
the
hound
of
Celtic
three-years*
Cu,
cycle-year,
Cu-chulainn,
282, 283
sun-god, 137, 202, 407, 408, 440,
Danaus,
456
488, 489, 490
Danu
of
in
made
the seasons
Danava,
Danaoi, sons
of
by the
Cups
India
and
Greece, xxxi., 26, 27, 29,
Indian
Ribhus, 99, 145, 163, 301,
66, 100, 130, 216, 230, 376, 403, 526
500, 501,502,511
112,

III,

Curia,

323,

201,

231,

223,

232,

Cyclopaan
264
Cyclops, the one-eyed
124,

I33"
Pole

the

Pole

on

Indian

Temenoi

Europe
the

and

Star-god,

"68
Star

in

the

consecrated

or

festivals

seasonal

village Akra

and

3,

in, xl.,97, 311.

See

the bird, 63,


Cymri, followers of Hu
165, 288, 289, 290, 291, 293

reason

their

of their

16, 56, 136, 163, 179,

239,

Ambik^

Mexico,

and

Dara,
140,

the

enclosures

of the temples of South-western

302,379

architecture, 26, 262, 263,

Cygnus,

held

Dances

437

of the
Cybele,the Phrygian cave-mother
of the pine-tree,56,92,116, 121,
sons

Asia,

origin

institution,

187, 238,

555, 556, 570, 571, 572


Darda, tlve antelope-father-god,
449,

142,

Dardanians,

151,
sons

148, 152, 265

152
of

Dara,

143,

147,

:s

"-:

""

."."

"
"

"

"

~-

.:.

..

...

'"

I".

..".

-.1.-1.

-"
-

"-:.-

r.

"i:-

.:

/.'::kj.

The

de^-mother
:--" 'Sr

-3:

-'5-

-3'3

452

...'^

.-...^_.

"'

"

".-^".

.-"

.....

t_-."

^--.r

-i-,. v---.

ic^i, jco,

310. 4ii,4"i

r.'.e Siir, 4S4, 503


::.-^

-..-.e
""_"""'.".

F^;.i:".:::"
:ti

:'--

:.:

;7.

"-

1'

^^_
--_"*--.
-""

-"-.

-"

"

^"

"

"

"^

.r",

rir::

i.:'4.v of
:.ur

rc:c

of

Etruscan
of

groves,

life

time.

Tana,

1.*. .
.vx..

the

th;

55-

poJ-

34, 443" 445r

Index,

the

Diarmait,
killed

the

Celtic

of the year,

day

the

in

lamps
the beginning

last

275

Dibaii, DtpavcUi^ Dewali,


held

who

year-god

year-boar-god on

India

of the

feast of

the
to

celebrate

Pleiades

of Dod, Dodo,
5ee\ 241, 639
Diffrobani {Ceylon) 63
of the
Diksha, baptismal consecration
Indian partakers of the Soma
ment,
sacra480
Dii-gan, Lord (dil) of the land {gan\
the star Capella, 340
BahDil-mun, the island of God (flfiT),
form

{which

David

or

Dorians,

of the

sons

Spear {dor), \\,

17, 229, 254, 341,383


Dorji, the double-thunderbolt

the

^^

six-rayedstar,

of the

parent of

the

solstitial seasons,

two

160

157,

year,

322

Dido, the female

653

Dosadhs, priests of Ra-hu, 57, 165,


187, 188, 308
Dove, the spirit-bird of the age of the
worship of the olive-tree,90, 230,

250

rem,

Dimvaka,
196
Dinahy female form of Dan, 527, 530
Dingir^ the creating ear of corn, the
Diomedes,
of Tydeus,

the

270
of the

sun-race,

hammer

son

{tud) god,

sriiith,his mythological
history,148, 507, 508, 511,

Northern

the

516
Dionysia, 244, 398
of Semele, the Phoenician
Dionysos, son
Pen
Samlath
or
goddess
of
also the god born
Shemiramot,
of the Great
the Thigh, stars
Bear,
xliv., 56, 243, 244, 259, 315, 316,
326, 347, 380. 397, 398, 399, 627
Dlpankara, 463. See Aries
the
blind
god of the
Dirgha-tamasy
long (dirgha)darkness {tamos) of the
three-years cycle, father of Kakshivat, god of the eleven-months
199, 311,503
Diti, 216

Aldebaran

Dog

the

Rohini

Do^Star,
Fire-worshippers,

116, 183, 184, 185, 186,


378,
456, 457, 579,
440,
350.
580, 622, 623. See Argus, Caleb
Dogs, sacrifice of, 184, 185, 186
Dokana, the stars Gemini, door-posts
of heaven, 222
Doliko-kephalic races, 80, 115, ii6
Palaeolithic altars,Neolithic
Dolmens,
tombs, 105, 107, 207, 268, 269, 272,
73, 74,

ring

Odin, the

of

273,

1^3,

300

mother-goddess

and

lation,
constel-

176, 177, 446, 629, 638, 641


Doms,

early rulers

17, 161, 162

of

Zed-

of the Dravida
{Curcuma
race
Bun
oaria), the wild Turmeric

{seeTurmeric),

of the

15,

9, 12,

races,

Huldi

plant

the sacred

Malayan

Ayodhya (Oude),

18,

62, 71, 74, 80, 81, io8, 120,


187, 194, 203, 243, 266, 341. 536

21,

44,

Dravido

Mundas,

74, 77, 92,


the seen

Drishthadyumna,
bright

one

sacrificial

chalas,

men

i68

\drishtha)

{dyumna),
god of the
flame, leader of the Panof the five-days week,

529

Drolma, 36
Drona, the parent
the

Soma

hollowed
leader
204,

483,

sap

ing
contain-

of

life, the

the
receptacle and
Kauravyas, 183, 196,

Soma
of the

544,

510,

Druhyti, the

tree-trunk
or

of

race

597

{druh),

sorcerers

157, 215, 592, 594


Druids, priests of the

oak-tree, xiv.,

Drum,
and

310,

615
the

drum

magic

Lapps,

of the

Finns

79

the foot {pada) of the tree


Dmpada,
the
tree-pillar-god of the
{dru),
Panchalas, 135, 185
mother-godDrupad'i, the tree {dru) dess
of

the

Kadamba

237,

Dolphin

year-

god, 455
Dravtdians, Z"ravii/r7,menof the yellow

479,

Divo-ddsa, 586
28
Dodona,
the
Doe,
mother-star-goddess,89, 445.

of

the

Draupnir,

xxi., xxxi., 28, 62, 282, 297,

year,

See

of, 97, 119, 134.


349, 384, 412.

137, '44, 320, 329,


See Alligator,Vyasa

mixed

eight-rayedstar,
winner

231,421
constellation

Draco,

ruling the rainy


five Pandava

season,

almond-tree
wife

of

the

gods, 171, 327,


482, 526, 528, 529,

season

426, 462, 470,


579

Dry St an ( Tristram), 336


{dumu) of life {zi),
Dumu-zi, the son
of
the
Akkadian
the
god, son
the
Orion,
star
29, 30,
mother-tree,
31, 59. 1 10, 139, 154, 167, 335, 369,
511, 517,
Duodecimal
103,

628

of time
458, 469

method

ment,
measure-

Index.

654
Durgii^ the mother-mounUin
318, 349,
99,
I9i" 235,
^^ Su-bhadra
475, 4^'Durgd Piija, 210, 235
Star

Pole

Dun"a^

brick, 606

ill-omened

{dus)

(sAJsa) god of the eleven482, 526


Dwar/jiiods, 149, 168, 265, 358
-hare

year,
the

Ihvdrika,

Yadava

port in

Khatia-

283, 318, 578

249,

war,

Dyaks, 19
Dyu^ 424.

Bhishma

See

541,

540,

548, 549,

302,

303,

304,

308, 309, 3i4r

323,

327,

Z^y*

334,

357,

379.

430,

45 ^

468,

47"^

502, 503.

'

ej^s,

Island,

14
father

Eber^ Iberian
137,

Ebony

of the

Hebrews,

133,

135.

134.

Eburones^

136
of the

rulers

En/enamasluv^the
the

divine

the

Procession

land

230,

"/,

380,

417

of the early founders of


xxvii., 11,

Education

xi., xii.,XXV.

lages^
vil12,

"

of

the

Iberian

rivers, xxxiii., 126, 127,


133,

155,

153,

I9",

of

sons

205,

the

128, 129,
See

411.

I^a
Eg^'ptians, 17, 56, 189, 229
Eight-rayed star^ the symbol of the
of the fifteen-months
sun-god of com
year,

solstitial
with

271.
454,
See

cross

the

George
of

from

formed

of

the
St.

equilateral

-4"

of

the

union

of

^^

Andrew
cross

the

of

equinoctialyear

three-years cycle, 38, 270,


365, 377, 380, 390, 406, 424,
455, 470, 473, 474, 480, 530.

the

Ashtaka

Cross.

Ephraim,

430
the son
of

tribe

of

the

the

Akkadians,

land

of

mountaineer

87, 153, 154, 378, 500

Hydra,
prince

the

377,

the divine

god Joseph,
[ephra]

ashes

star

with

and

the

moon-

530

to iCsculapios,
physician, 163, 164, 255

the
British
Epona,
goddess, 476, 539

land

the

two

consecrated

the

white

first recorded

of Shinar

horse

city

the Euphratean

sun-

in

the

Delta,

48
Erectheus, Ericthonius, the holy snakegod of the Erectheum,
Athens, the
equivalent of Poseidon, xxiv., 57,
143, 152, 163, 248. 357, 369
(m)

the

the sea-port

holy {duga) city

of

Erech,

29, 48,

55

Erina-vach, she who


Iran, the land
the

second

speaks the speech

of the

wife

Thraetaona,

of

155.

sons

of Ida-Ira.

Azi-dakaka
170,

an"l

176.

See

Savangha-vach
Erycina, Erigonr, the Phoenician
Erekhayim. the star Virgo, 325. 326, 372.
374, worshipped at Rome
the 2311!
on
April, St. George's Day, 325
Esau, Usof Utsaua, the goat and green
pillarparent-god, 142, 246, 403
Eshman^
Eshmun,
nician
Esh-shu, the Phoeand
Akkadian
eighth god
called Paian, the healer
of
offspring
seven

Bear, 270,
Esther, the
the

the

-worshippers

sun

of

worship,

the

Eileitheia^ 446
Ek-Oshtaka,
332, 448
Elaniy

St.

of

Black
Antelo{"e, 367, 373
Eochaid, Celtic sun-god, 202
Ephesus, 133, 369
of the Zendavesta,
Ephod, the Chista
its ritualistic history,262,
274, 297.

Ert-du-Eri-duga^

17. 18

Eel'god

constellation

foundation

of the

Erech^

Whitsuntide

555, 556, 557, 558


of the red-men,

554,

of

country

109, 558

Ardennes,
Eehternach^
Edonty

51,

rite, 232,

260, 460

Epidaurus

593
history of its ritualistic use,
"39.

ritualistic

devotees

371.

631
Eli'un, Elias, Elt-JaM, the Phoeniciaa
ing
rain-god called El-khudr, the creatwater
(^"p), 126, 127, 222, 247.
See St. George

unitingthe

538

Easter

Easter

295,

300.

the

559

294,

ofiki
298, 299,

Head

319,

380, 390,
Eastfr, 538, 539,

272,

Emasculation

DuS'Shala, 527
the
Dus-sAtlsana,

523

140,
the

of

year

Sun-horse,

months

mysteries^

EUven-monihs

473,

the leader of the KauraDHryodhana,


of the
eleven
ruling god
vyas,
the
months
god of the left
year,
thigh, 82, 151, 180, 213,309,
310,
374, 482, 483, 509
280, 597
Dushmanta^

moon

Eleusinian

-goddess,
429,

Thigh-starsof
365, 390
equivalent

the

Great

of Istar, the
destroyer of the eleven-months
year,

303,

451

.^

(dOJn)

r-mother
-Je

2f

-f'

zsjoe

X.

u."

'"tc

lif.

37.2.

ZK^

Szr-z-Ls^

5j:i. jM

"i-:

^""^

ST

"T-

SIK'

Z"

TT'^-

2.ZZ.

ZIZ..

of

Arpauu

Stir

KuriTjas.
310, 311

the

Und

{"n\

346, 579
{tska) of the land

lord

nin-god,

-headed

elephirt

i=i;3crsociation of the Bod^


"rst the
cIocd-bLrd, xur.,

"iit "rs:

jC.

god

:he

50^
of

the

the

,'x"

of the

xl^ 97.

iT^-,

*-"-----"--=Tj.

Pole

Valmre

the

Vi^i. biri-="xlicr

Tin

1.

liai.

was

464.

35a.

--;:"r'^brxr.

47^

479- 49^

47^

god,

female

and

male

i
zscezzi

""
-

the

It

er

of

caps

d-kard^

G.'J

'J

iz":,

:r

!.:n:a

:f

:*4-

:*i.

:""

V.r^

lie

v---;^--/^"",the

:c

the

zxT

h;:3e,

L-.-ari.

the

the

wild

ihe

wiJd
of

men

hcll

G^n^n

ixt

"*'r": ""-f

*-r

'iiis?

e-c

the

"7"

f-y:-:,

Z"=i

T^nziir

\l-t

V_r;

;-t

riLa_1-"-

::

151

Gatiam,

the

the

Bear

^55'

of the

land

bull

of

race

122

{gut)and

the Gantmna,

sons

84,

race,

5""

of

mother

Indian

the

dess*
god-

Indian

Ganr,

S4, 344
So, Si, S3, 84,

r^v.

also

the

cow

^'"*-'*^w, father of
cow
and
his
\ ^-r).

afrtr-

ir-:

227,

of

fire-

Hindu

22S, 606

cow,

^-at:" and

Ga^mma.

Stan

(/oZ/j) of

circular

226,

the

by

Z23, 252, 286,

"

mistress

the

altar. 103,

ji^.:]L

2Z\

Horn-

Wliite

or

guarded

*-je=iii, xxxiv.,
^571- 455- 600
""-

145,

seasons,

;,

ttj-Zls.

the

31^

I20,

l^l^

124, 146,
361, 546,

of

302i

CzyzZTi^

170

coneight -syllabled metre


the fire-god of the eigbito

5"-CTa:ed

days

week

of

?^- 3^'

the fifteen-months

39^

394-

493.

year.

494,

49^.

""2,C0S
-biri
liii

Vinaii,

rr

"'~o

::-i

tie

sat

ret

cf
c-

the

Kr.rh^LU

cf

'"t

fiihsr

KAshvar-A,

ci

been

egg
c-f
wife

the

Iniian

the

the

year -chariot
dej;i=-ir.telcf"e
the

tertrles^

the

of
stars, gnardians
God
of
the
Garden
which
entered al
the
sun
twin

of

gate

through

Koshites

the sacred
en
f ;;te-i as sitr.r:*;
--"irrivals c{ the
cother-tree
the

Gz'mznit

:i"

yearly beginning
roand

coarse

the

of his drcular

heavens,

xxit., U"-

posts,

221.

222,

230,

233,

371,

rocx"d

401.

433-

435-

447.

463^ 464, 4"5t

iLxiia..

539,

197.

391, 39*.

599

G^\''s^tSt.,

461.562
Ca:.

Syria,

of Ccnchnliinn.

meapon

c-i.-v./j,
the
Cel::c

"ur--j;:d,the

worker

heavenly

Asia

the

(o"p7"s)

originallythe
CnX'-tK.

=5

s-

(7J.'^rc, the
at

Hull

the

473'
Ga/.i,
220,

p-re
the

which

from

474?
I

he

of the

Gai,

Soma
red

spring

202,

and

powder
festival

Great

275
the

tree

lateral

Greece, the

and
of

the

land (ri).

ploughing-starsof the
the

equinoctia]

god

of the qui-

cross

-4-

the

thromn
is

symbol of the cycle"year measored


solstices.
by the
and
equinoxes
xrxviL, xL, 222, 270, 271, 324, 32"
54S, 566, S7i
the
Gfryim^
Phoenician
CharioB,

made,

4^5
unscxed

Bear,

plooghing-god of

Minor

priests of Cybclc,

232

the river {dkarS) land


Candkara,
Seistan, 310

(jvir)

the

three-headed

star-god Orion

of

Index.

the year
Ghati

of three

266, 420,

seasons,

Gutiuniy land

51S

442.

the

Dravidian

maker

Ghatis,
time, 104,

469, 471
Gilganus^ Akkadian

Gwenhwyvar

year-god, 73, 102


Girdle^ the circular year-waistband of
the

of

age

Pole

rieht

the

Star

and

worn

left shoulders

worshippers of the Zodiacal

of the

sun-god.

82, 123, 135, 136, 233, 257, 631


Girsu, Akkadian
city,56, 83, 120, 122,

goddess

Jain
Gna, the

Goidelic

Cven

Gnomon-stont^
Gout

Pole

our

of

sons

Greek
queen,

the

fire-

of the

and

Central

orGondwana,

197.

India, called

355
Hammer-cross

the

GttduOy Akkadian
141

Guilds

of traders

Mexico,

XXXV.,

in

PirSy

the

year

of

65, 380.

xiv., 17,

of the Righteous,

sons

dates

their

and

of

of

the

their temperate

and

cow,

sacrament

sons

as

intoxicating

583

321

Hapiy

Asia, Europe

the

Egyptian

44.

name

of

the

house, 108, 127, 302


U

on

39,

bulls, Zend
Bear

Great

triones, xlv., 124


Harah'Vaitiy thc.riVer

pole-god supporting
U

ape-god, 38,
^^e Kapi

75. 76, 151. 534Hapto-iringasy the seven

and

352, 362, 368, 383,

504, 551, 573.575,612


Gosainy the central
Gumi
the

the Five

of

and

Haniiviany the striker (//a"w), the yearthe wind, and


ape-god son of Pavana
brother of Su-griva the bird-headed
Pole Star ape {which see)y36, 40, 82,
119,165
the Zend
Soma, 25, 182, 299,
Haomoy

{gud) la, 83, I20


city of the Dead,

Gugtty Ghazi Miyan, and


353. 354, 355, 356

god

drinks, 523, 524,

lands,
Is-

246, 303,

Anthony

avoidance

the capitalof the Umbrian

races, 542
Gild- lay the bull

of
the
age
its subsequent

St.

of Abram,
curds
and

tribe

date-palm

87
once

and

Daksha

Hanifa Beniy the

Gnyvesy sacred, 14, 15, 23, 29, 34, 49,


See Sama,
Vanaspati
56, 303.

Gubhioy

of

five-day weeks,

on

Canary

the

year,

Thor, 151. 152


Handy sign of the

352

the

Kaurs; they were


destroyed
the god of the
Parasu-Kama,

342, 343
surgeons,
Haman
Baal
or
Khammany

Sec

of

all
and

Gonds

13, 14, 15, 16,

308

natives

the

total tonsure
except the scalplock, xxi., 326, 328-347, 354, 469,
481
1 21
Hairy races
1 10, 116, 120,
marriage-priests and
Hajamsy barber

Gothsy Gettiy 121, 124, 273, 384, 386


Graniy grey cloud -horse of Sigurd,296,

GuancheSy

Hai,

governing

before

eleven-months

108, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, i6i,


168, 176, 182, 193, 194
and
Egypt,
Goose-goddessof Greece
S^
Ericyna, Kansa
I5'" 372" 373*
GoraitSy boundary
wardens, priests of
16
Goraya,
boundary god, 16, i88,
Gorayay Gond
.

India

of

sons

race

barber-priestsof

Celts y 201, 273, 288, 363, 386


mixed
race
formerly ruling

Gaudia

Haiobunsiy

{parasn)y xlv., 151, 194,


196, 199, 261, 287, 295
of the Edda
Ilaniry sun-horse
brought
Asia
from
to the North
Minor, 146
culture
Hairy ceremonial
of, by the

606

Northern

151,

double-axe

preceding that of the


and
wether, 108, 318, 322,
sun-ram
434. 438, 495" 496, 503. 504, 607
Gog and Magog, 354. 355, 356, 417,

Gonds,

of

Kushika

by

Star Age

Goidelic

goose-god Bes, 150,

ruling

North

Hindu

Pole

and

Indian

Star

Vaishya, 141, 439


of to the gods
GoatSy sacrifice

mother-river

Helmendy

or

HathayaSy

7w"'^, the
363

god^ xxiv.,85,121, 140,


141, 142, 175, 598, 624
dresses of Akkadian
Goat-skin
priests
and

sun-god, 52,

pomegranate

373

xl., 29, 109, 272

xxxv.,

72, 539

Kushika, 51, 79
Haiy Hiy Egyptian ape-god preceding
the ape

the

{Ga-

the

495

321,

124

May

58. 231
adding, 185

Haetumant

45,

Gnatikas^

{Guinevere)

the

Hadady

on

(gut),early

120,
of

283, 284, 285

Gwydion,

worship, preceding

sacrificial cord

the

bull

Assyria, 84,
Gwalch-meiy the Hawk
7vain)y 73, 202, 336

of
of

measures

the

of

of

name

kdra,

'

657

which

SeptemHerat

Index.

6s8

stands, the originalSarasvati, 170,


187. 587
the road, the city
Haran
Kharran^
or
of Laban, the white god {whick ste)^
252, 253, 383, 402, 40s
of the goddess Shar, a
Hari^ the son
of
Krishna, 184, 211, 383, 588
name
67
Haris^ a caste of scavengers,
Kharmano^

Hamtoniay

Kadinus,xx.,xxi.,xxiv.,

of

snake-wife

the

Kharman^

xxviii., 627
three

Harpies., the

devouring

Hasaifty

Pole

Star

Oiat)of

house

the

mother

first avatar

of

the

as

the

Hor,

Horus

his

in

bird-headed

ape

ruling the year, 39, 75, 276, 378,


Hat-hors, stars
531, 532 (the seven
of the Great Bear), 535
of Joktan, the valley of
Havilahy son
in India, 52, 138, 593
Haya-griva, the horse (haya) necked
hists,
headed
or
{^riva) god of the Buddthe Indus

334,

337,

the

HeavenSy

of

wife

four

historical

history,298,463,473
form
of Ganymede,

female

Ilebe^ the

353

four, the

of Buddhist

ages

llerakles, 145

/hctor, 26s, 330, 491.

511

/IcifcTyoffering of by the Jews and to


female
goddesses, its meaning, 411,
546, 547
mother

llckatty the
ihe
(cicaToV),

Ma

of

hundred

witch-mother, the
or
Argo, the

of

Sata-vaesa

the

hundred

stellation
con-

Zend

creators,

184, 186, 310


the

HtUtiCy

tree-

mother-goddess,

sister of I'oludeukcs

the

much

twin

\polu)

raining {deukes) god, xli., 508


Hcphaistos^ the Sanskrit yavishtha, the
most
binding [yu)^ the lame
onelegged god of the fire-drill of the
revolving heaven, 28, 58, 148, I49,
5H.

515

Ihraklcs^ the Phoenician


Archal, 102,
145. 186, 229,
232, 235. 266. 369,
395"
Here

575-

tilesy the

^'^^

Archal,

Latin

god
{^pKos)y 163,

Melquarth

of fenced

the

441,

442,

ruler

Latin

the

58

Vesta,

artificial

232 235, 236


tain,
mother-moun-

wooded

Hi'isiy the Finn


279

HimyariteSy the
Sabxan

black
of

race

and

Dravidian

Arabia

Southern

54,80
Hippodameiay 306, 515, 516,

517, 518
HippolyUy 339, 340, 491, 515
chariotHippolytuSy son of Theseus, the eer
of the year -star
Auriga {^ImK
see)yxlv., 338, 339, 340
of the Golden
Hiranya-garbhay the sun
Womb,
497, 498
the
Hiranyahasta,
sun-god of th"
Golden
Hand, 497, 624

Hir-men-soly
the

centre

and

the

106, 379,
IlittiteSy the

great

of

stone

of

stone

the

sun,

sun-circles

the

earlier

solitary Men-hirs,

519
Khati

or

joined

race

ol

South-western
India, Assyria, and
rulers of Khaiiawar,
Asia, the Indian
of the goat and antelope, xxxiv.,
sons
140,

259,

217,

214,

587' 594,

348, 362, 581,

595

god
bearing
arrows
hand, the leader
360 year-gods, 433, 434
Arabian

Hobaly

in his

seven

of the

Ho'kols, 16, 440


Ho-MundiiSy
146
horse
of night,
Ilorse-gody the black
the
god of the horse's head of the
eleven-months
succeeding the
year
and

sun-ass
sun

of

the
of

day

white

solar

of the

horse

worship, xxiii.,

xxiv., xxxiv., xxxvii., 141, 202, 294,


295, 304,
314, 3'5' 318, 327, 329,
330. 357, 485, 486, 496, 502, 503,
^^i Pegasus
538. 554, 576, 577.
the
Hor-shesuy
primitive people of
Egypt. 40, 340
of

first,the
Hat-hor
the

443,
of

plain countries,

Shem-i-ramot,

the Sekhet
moon-mistress

of the deerhunter, a form


88
sun-god Cemunnos,
hold
Hestia, the Greek goddess of the house-

HoruSy

daries
boun-

444,445

Hercy

515
the

hills of

twins, 432, 433


constellation
Corvus
Hastay the hand
ruling the West, the c^ardianstar of
the Pandavas,
426, 485
Hastinapur, city of Hasta, the capital
of the Bh"ratas, 485, 486

Hai-hor,

5'4.
Heme

fire, the

Mahommedan

the

in

"

High placefm

305
Hosain^

Zeus

to

February), 281,
(January
375,398,429,451,
519, 575
HermeSy the god of the gnomon-pillar
and
calf-bearer as
{%puLa)ythe ram
160,
and
Moskophoros,
Kriophoros
281,
278, 279,
354, 5"2,
300, 339,
Gamelion

seasons

of the year,

wedded

peacocks,

star

god

born

bird-headed

the
son

Pole

of Isis,the

constellation
at

ape, son
wards,
after-

Star;

the

autumnal

goddessof

Scorpio,the
equinox.

Index.

and

the

of

Anubis

Jackal-god

thirteen-months

the

cow, the goddess of the central


altar of the nation, the mother

276,

75,

39,

year,

659

Iranian

moon

and

the

utters

the gods, the

to

See

Dame

of the mother-bird

Khu,
182, 232. 274, 376, 533
Hu-kairya^ the creating (kairyd) Hu,
the creatingcloud-bird
of the motherriver Euphrates, 125, 214, 235, 246
Hull, spring festival of the red race,
the

form

of

successors

almond-tree

the

of

sons

542.

Ikshvaht,

the

the

form

Hebrew

conqueror
of the Temanites

sugar-cane

144,411,509

in

of the Zend

of Southern

the

of

Indra^ the eel-god (Indu Aind) of the


of the rivers, who
came
beIndian
sons

451,

Rigveda the buffaloof Vyansa


or
Vyfisa,

the

and
the alligatorconstellation Draco
the mother-tree
of whose
side he
out

and

the glory of the Hus


of the heathen, the

Gubbio

126

son

Hu-shrava,

king

Arabia,

He

was

born.

the

father

succeeded

of

the

Gautuma,

bull race,

as

band
hus-

moon

Ahalya, the sun-hen, and


the yoke-fellow of Kutsa, the
(ku) god of the Purus, M'ho

was

his

of

230
the

Hushitn,

Hu

Star

the Pole

bird-sons

or

god,

also

of Dan

called

230, 376
Hu-shrava^ the Zend conqueror,
of the Hus, the Su-shravas
Rigveda, 182, 230
the coming
Shu, the
Hvogvh

was

Shu-

ham,

mother-wife

glory
of

the

bird-

or

of Zarathustra, 262

"TiouseX^

la,

Iish-godissuingfrom
Ma

Argo,

of

the

19, 24,

the

tion
constella-

29,

71,

the

the

He

Draco.

Achilles

head

of

Dadhiank,

of the
the

the

year-arrow

ship
{skarya),

to
plain of Tan-eshur, sacred
slew
He
the Vritra
god Tan.
or
circling-snakeof the early Pole
Star Age, and killed Ahi-shuva, the
swelling-snake, the. Ahi-budhnya,
of the depths, the Greek
the snake
god Python, with the help of the

in the

Greek

form

of the Vedic

the

la-khan
the Akkadian
la,
Yakshu,
of the Hebrew
the fish, the son
Jok-

shan, 592
Iberians, the Basque Ibai-erri

or

people

{erri)of the rivers (ibai),xxxiii. , 129,


136, 138, 140, 203, 354, 355
Ida, Ila^ Ira, the mother- goddess of
the sons
the measurer,
of Manu
first,
came
bethe
little fish,the eel, which

seven

Great
the

dolphin, the horned-fish ;


secondly, the sheep-mother of the
\ and

mountain-mother

of the

of the
U

unmixed

Soma

pure

as

the

with

cating
intoxi-

national

mental
sacra-

drink, the Tri-ashira or three


mixings of Indra, 31, 69, 70, loo,

thirdly, the
sons

of the
stars
Maruts, the seven
Bear; and finallyintroduced

drink

the

sun-sheep {Eda)

eleven-months

Sharya-navan,

in

panoply

and

sun-horse

(fiavdn) of

73,

the

armour,

Sigurd
the

found

year,

410, 41 J

lakJ^os,

Perseus,

and

(a),Akkadian
the

was

the horned-sun-god
beguiled Kama,
of the cycle-year,of his golden im-

impenetrable

the.,fish-son

of the waters

constellation

snake

of
la-khan

He

charioteer.

of the sun-dog, the


god of the sons
the
succeeded
dog-star Sirius who
of his father Vyasa, the alligator
sous

Hyades, 398
Hydra constellation,367, 374
la^

See
sons

Ilos, Ilu, Assyrian god and first king


of the Trojan Dardanians,
31, 143,

the

187, 450,

Kurum,

Iguvtum,

rain-god,

474
Hushanty

Aquila, 367,

{iksha),an Indian dynasty, 8, 167,


270, 358
of the eelIla-putra, the snake-son
I la, 176
mother
for God,
H'li-ja,the eel,Finnish name

216,
speaking-priest,

Zend

constellation

the

Id'khu,

pours (hu)
invocations

22S, 298, 299, 3cx", 610


Hottentots^ 114
Houses
156.
hoiise-buildingt
HUf

in the

373

Hotri^ the priestwho

libations

goddess-mothers of the rainy


Apr! hymns, 299

the

season

Caleb

Hotar,

and

race

404

I4ah,

city,
and
established the solar worship of
the fifteen-months
year, 376,378,379.
See

of the

the Indian

Iravati,
xxxiii., 124, 176,205, 225, 228, 300,

377. 378, 53i" 533. 534. 535


with
Hoskea, the Yah of the Hus who
Caleb
the dog (katb), the dog- star
277.

Sirius,took Jericho, the

navel-

132,

loi,

127,

213,

216, 295,

146, 180, 184, 212,


314,

321,

322,

332,

Index.

66o

3^6, 399. 43i.

352"

350"

349"

50'"

third

of the

Indrajit^the god

of

year

the teu-headedthe cycle of Ravana,


and
Kama,
god, slain by Lakshman

238
Aindy the eel, root

237,
Indu

of Indra, 127,

128
of the
Ingino^ Ingf Ingavones^ sons
household-fire, 542, 543, 546, 548,
of

bird- mother

sun-god

the

Melquarth,

Melicertes,

became

who

the dolphin-mother and the possessor


of the zodiacal
ribbon, the ICredem-

512, 627, 628, 629, 630,

397,

non,

631, 642
lolausy Baal

lol,charioteer

of Herakles,

263
lonians^ 31
Ir"n^ Iranians^ 155, 225
of Ir" and
the
Ir"vata^ Irdvati^ sons
rivers consecrated
to her, xxxiii.
1 76
,
Lord
Ishdna^ the supreme
(isk), the

elephant-rain-god Gan-isha, the equivalent


of the Buddha, the eighth of
the

forms

successive

the

god

supreme
the

ninth,

of

the

Prajapati,

and

Orion

boy

begetter

Kumara

the

perfect sun-god, equivalent of


hulo
the
little Rahu,
of
son
Buddha, 498

of whom

and

he

the

duplicate forms,

Ixion, the

Greek

Akshi

van,

bound

to

which

the

the

he

form

god
stars

made

the

mensure

year,

Izii-nagiy/za-nami\
ating-twins, 148

god of the twin-nre$.


the fire-spark and the
two
mother-trees, the Banyan {ficui
the Pipal (Ficus reli^Jndica) and
the
iosa)y father of Parasu-Rama,
the
double-lunar-axe,
god of the
of
the
pers,
worshipgod
plant
supreme
261

Central

to

turn

and

134, 308, 423


the Japanese

Bear,
thus

cre-

of the

sons

mark

totem

Jachin, Hiphil form


pillar,246, 379
yizr^=5 la Khan
la, the

Chiun,

the

420,

421
of

the

Ivsau

supplanter, the twin-brother

Usof, the Pole Star goatgo'l {7u!nch sec),304, 341, 377, 402,
403,

404,

JaiftSy the

or

405. 407, 460, 527, 530


Hittite religious confederacy

of
Khatiawar, 316, 318, 319,
358, 359" 428, 576
Jatshtha, May" June, meaning the

the

van,

of the

Jamb-

foreheads,

their

on

19,

158,425,465
{jaya\
Jananujaya, he who is victorious
birth (/anarn), the sun-king ol
over
the worshippers of the
never-dying
of the eight-rayed star, his high
sun
who
priest Ashtaka
destroyed the
Naga gods, 271, 423

eldest

the

Jantu,

King

of

son

offered in sacrifice,245
Janus, the Latin
god of
of time, 434,

{janua)
Jard-sandha,
or

age

halves
of

tree

the

the

of the

442,

{sandka)

the

mango,

worshippers of

443

b]!

motherthe

two

Slain

195,

successor,

doon

lapse of time (jarS),the


bom
from the
Magadha

by Bhima
antelope-god, his

Krishna, the

and

Somaka

the

435,

union

lunar-crescents.

197,

234,

249

of
makers
Jarat-karu, Jarat-kama,
of
the
time
Ashtaka,
{jara)j parents
sun-god of the eight-rayed star, 271,
364. 365. 422
Aldebarln,
Jasodii Kohivii, the star
of Vala-rama,
mother
the
circhng
whose
is the
(vala) Rama
weapon
Bear,
plough, the stars of the Great
=

427
the

healer

Jilts,Indian
matriarchal

fish, 413,

va

158, 425, 465, 480


Jambu-tree, Eugenia Jambolana,

Jason,
of

the

India,

J am

157,

two

{akshd)^

Great

of

painted the bear Tilokha

bu-tree who

god-king of

33, 258, 263


of the Sanskrit

of the

bear-father

or

sons

the

the

29,

of the axle

of

old

Athene

Itonian

land

(ias),the

year-shipArgo,

J,Hoh,

year,

of Richika

son

RS-

of Shar
the cornl-sharay the house
mother, 138
Isis, xxviii., 45, 231, 377, 531, 545
Js-tar, 50, 56, 100, 188, 233
I-tanos^ Zeus, as the god Tan, the mud,

are

the

the

Jamad-agniy

Jambu-dwipay

554
Ino^ the

of

of

oldest, the mid-month


147, 354

509

Getie
form

305,
who
of

341,

pilot of

the

407

superseded
communal

the
perty
pro-

by allotting it to families, 153,


293. 385, 386, 387
Jayadratha, the silver boar-god ruling
the seventeen-months
year, 526, 529
Jericho, the yellow (yareK) moon
city,
378
is the supreme
Jesse or Ishai, he who
or
David, the
god, father of Dodo
year-god of the eight-rayed star of
the fifteen-months
year, 406

Index.

the

Jharas^

of

gold-washers

Nagpur, 358
Jo-bab^ the gate [bob) of

Chutia

the

{yo)^ 230,

and

of

brother

Jokshan^

or

stream

of "ber

son

of Joktan {which see)


Kahtan, 53, sons
of
mother
Kai-kaia, the mountain
ratha
or
Bharata, wife of Dasa
of
Raghu the sun-god, and mother
call^ Koi-tor, sons
the Gonds
of
-

God

299

Joktan

66i

Peleg

Abram,

or

the mountain,

180, 279

teen
thir-

the

for Sirius,
Kakshisha, Akkadian
name
months
of the year, and of the
367, 373
western
of Southruled
the coasts
who
Kakshivan^ Kctkshvuaty son of Dirgharace
Arabia
the
Asia
from
to
of
tamas, the long {dirgha) darkness
land oi the Mountain
the cycle-year,and of Ushinari, sister
of East India,
of Shiva, and
the ruling god of the
5i" 52, 53" 54, 593
Jordan^ lardantUy the yellow \yareh)
eIeven-monthsyear,2ii, 31 1,424, 503
of the Minyans, the sucmoon-river
cessor
Kdiij a form of the goddess Durga of
phrates,
the eleven-months
318, 320,
as
parent-riverof the Euyear,
360, 430
404
KallistOy the female Great Bear
Joseph^ the interpreter(asipu)god, the
dess,
godthe
of
of
of Artemis, 138, 491
eleventh
and
son
name
a
god
Jacob
the

father of thirteen

eleventh-months

sons,

530

405,

Leah

of the

wild

the

twin

of

sons

of

son

Jacob

(Z^), father

cow

Tamar,

the

date-

palm mother-tree, 137, 158


Jugah-ncUh^ the Lord of space (jugah),
the god
the temple at Puri
where
is
of
the
the stem
worshipped
parentcalled Vishnu
tree, the log of wood
the year-god, 31, 343, 545
of the
the river
Yamuna^
or
Jumna
twins
{yarna),131, 183, 191, 301
of the year-god
IVhOy mystic name
Prajapati (Orion\ 204, 205
JCabir, the wise ape {kapi)^
god of the

JCa

of Indian

Kabiri

Kurmis

and

ris called Kabir-puntis and

I5i"2i6,
the

Kabiriy

352
believers
creed

pairs, whose

distributed
and

Asia

151,

in

221,

creation

by

western
India, South-

over

Europe by

the

sons

147, 148, 149,

2 1

6,

220

Kadamba^
of

the

mother-almond-tree,

the

tree-goddessDrupadi,

526, 528
KadmuSy

the

creating god of the


of the ploughing-

Boeotians
of the

East

the

West

or

sons

of
{kedem)^ brother
and
mother,
{ereb)
Europa
of Harmonia
(which see),
husband
627
138,
xxi.,
258,
512,
32,
XX.,
teenth
Kadi-u, the tree {dru) of Ka, the thirwife of Kashyapa, the Kushite
of the Nagas,
mother
and
father
xxxbc, 106,481, 5"7" 526, 530
oxen

the

Star with

Pole

moon,

KandhSj

sons

lunar

races,

the

the

stars,

591

Badar

of the age,
the mil

in

metal, 357

285, 286, 287


Bengal workers

KambhojaSy
or

of

crescent-mate

KamarSj

13, 251
of the sword, the Ugur
falchion of the Ugro-Finn

and

worshippersof Tari

Pole

pennu,
and
the

goddess,

Star

eleventh

god of the eleven-months


308, 317, 320, 564
36,
year,
Kang-desh, Kangra in the Punjab, 174
the
slain
Kansa,
moon
by
goose
JCrishna, king of the Ugro-Finns,
196, 316, 320, 362, 519, 529
-

which

the

died

of

horse

Buddha

the

of his journey
of thirty yojanas through the thirty
raised to heaven
was
as
stars, and
the

sally
univer-

254

Kabir-puntis
form

the

spotted (kalmasha)
311,312,313,397,446,
the moon
Kamar-al'taman,

Kattthika,

Koi-

the Sikhs,

that

was

antelope, xxiv.

of the

Kalmasha-pada,

feet, the

Joshua^ 376. See Hoshea


Judah^ the praised fourth
and

403,

year, 304,341,

at

the

end

star-horse

the constellation Pegasus,


466, 469, 488
the new
Kanva,
{kana) priestsof the
Yadu-Turvasu, the parent-priestsof
the
of Sakuntala,
Bharatas, sons
the daughter
of Vishvamitra
and
Menaka, the moon-god and goddess,
280, 363, 584, 612
of the
Kaphtorim, the Philistines, sons
Kapi,
38,
566
ape
came
befCapiythe Dravidian
ape-god who
the Polar

37, 39, 44,

constellation

Kepheus,

216, 3S2

the
father-god of
(kapila)race, 465

Kapila,

the

yellow

ha,
Kapila-vastUy birth-place of the Budd464, 465, 467
the
Karambha,
barley offering to
Piishan, 348
"

:"1*

cl^'i.

L*r"xber

of

Fraz^rasyan,
Vtpa,
r^

isr.iitr-sur

-le

i-j'

si^^

lis

rjta

the

Takkas^
Kerufi.

.r' -.iif x.:ur-ir*.

ir^-LrJ^

lie

cc

^:c

175,

of the

stake

182

175,

of

balls

djring

theotogr, the

tndm

the

of

god

sacrificial

the

kng

Tciaiuaa

the

the

tvins

Asspiaa

Taunis, 197.

in

600

the

Kiszfi-tar,
iiec

li.r^-'^tr

in

Zrr.

-."jinrruit

l:-:

""l"

icrii;

"rm

-:

_ii:

:*:'x^

irr-'i-^-

-^

wi

"r."n.

lie

Z^\t^^,

zj

:". w

san-lixard

ii.'tirrsw

111,

iiwiL-::r=

the

Vcdic

Vritra,

ber
of

the

both

the

offered

the

shika
Si""*

'g,

ue

"i.ci

Zirih

sei

lie

Seistxn

is

HdLaeai

5;w5,

51,

1^

"'^
:c

i2"

ty-"^i^
Kts^

55S.

5xx.

iiiisr

:-r^

i;^^

q6l

91.

.-."atrr.T%.

the

c"

a6,

ulxli.,

190, 604
K;uiiika

104,

334,

516

4?=^

to

*cL*i

z*:liS

bciT-r

221,

222,

MiJiir'iLinu-

ci

kii^Mn

t^:

egg -bom

I=?iia

frxa

255, 3::v. 574, 451.


A'iai--. Aan*.,
wi,
106,

I^,

A'-iriX

ihf

ki=^

4^4- 508, 509


194,

193,

Kari

195,
Knsh

xi.iii.,
51. 376

AV't,

AVp^ji,

1S2, 216

xxiii., 174,
writer

Egypiian

caste,
name

A'gfinu,
the

19,000

constellation
ape
B.C.,

Pbce-

the

Arreslsfii, the
Zend
god, 213,

Kmresmvatda^ he

of the

214
of the

197,

and

Kb-

moo^h

November,

of

or

Pleiades,

Pleiades

the

year,

316, 318, 322,4SS,

234,

565
the

Khar-mars^
Chiroos,

parent-tribe of

108, 128,

450.

449.

193,

ibc

579

Kkati,

{tcJucA see) of India*


217, 235, 345, 362, 387.

Hittites

the

xxxiv., 214,

594"

502.

595

of the
Indian
land
A'id.'tawar, the
Khati, 176, 252, 361, 584
Alkepera, the Egyptian beetle, year of,
533.

552.

108, 109, 128


Khvaniras^
71, 500

JCk^rasan,

Kkuy

574

A'kanaSy

Kkcrias,
the

sacred

Akkadians

and

dialectic

forms

Southern

Asia

of the

mother-bird

and under
peopleof

Egyptians
of
and

all

the

Europe,
xxiii.,xxxviii., 25, 55, 63, 125,
156. 175, 193. 27". 293, 388, 41^
612.

Star

maritime

horse,

Jews,
the

(kera)

Ha

hawk-mother-goddess

KohatkiteSy

God
homed

Bird-mother

the

the

prophet -priestsof the


of

wearers

or

revealed

They

(cif-

See Circe

under

Chest

hill-bamboo, 81, 192

K"i), 192, 549.

^rmbol,
krra)

See

the

Kkkaka^
Kirke^ the

Pole

from
to
Kapi
21,000
38, 39. 7" 7^. "43.
397
homed

tied,561
were
mocher-moootais

Krittakas

first month

470,

307
of

37,

260, 329,

gods of the

xv^

ape-gods^ 3S, 566

mcaa

209,

Knni-

their

596. 597
219.
"i:her
of the

:he
"A'ajs.':i^

of

and

circiil, xrii.. xxii^29, S2, 97,


irx'irS, iSo, 191. 245, 249,

ic*.

A'jTz

of

sobs

Vegx.

-re-star

the

which

to

Akkadian

"

the

to

21.44,

444.

of the

Ksrcs

cr

lie

ih-

nlir"

50S

254.

Kjl=x"

lie

Gi^'iiirt

lie

^'

255.

AVa'-ir^-.

Ka, the nnrwias


Gemini,

rt

-i.-r

in

fire-sockei

Soma
the

year
the

October

sacred

P6,
"'2si.'. -^

Hiadc

the

theology, xxiL, 51, 154

Akartik,
the

Xjl

East

of

stakes

Kkar-joi-kurra,
of

ji::

593

sacrifices, of which

eleren-months
J"

fire

of

eleren

rictims

""

253,

animal

made

were

;"

of Abna,

vife

Eastern

the
fisher-merdaot
Kaxzart"L,
KiT-^rul,
kirgs of Tamra-lipti, 360
Kkidtr^'tm
Caticku\ tbe
{Acacia

asd
lie

yean'

three

266

enclosing {katar) incense-motba,

tree-mot

5^

290-

r4?"

ijj.

i::^

of
after

the

ritxul
i:z.

Canldroo

p-regnancy,
K^MTzk^
the

;.ajii

or

of

the

{tar\ of the
Life, mother

daoghter

Kec:]e

the

ephod, the

the

Aaron,

name

Breast, of the will of


to
were

the

hood.
inspiredpriestthe

third

of the

Index,

664
wife

Raghu,

of the sun-god

xl., 50,

237.279
the

Kutsa^

{Jtu) god

moon

Nahusha

Naga

or

^
the

Parus, charioteer

iSi,182,

of Indra, 180,

of

218

of the

brick

foundations
of Haran,

the moon-god
L^br

aid

Lore

of heaven,
252,

402

202
^

Lath
father
of
or
La^rtesy the Lar
Odusseus, 459, 460, 461
the
Akkadian
Lakhdmu,
Lakhtnu,
creating pair, 154, 407
dary
bounthe
of Raghu,
Lakshmufty son
{laksh) guardian, the watcher
of the

sur-track

of Kama,

xvii., 208,

22!^,279, 340, 442, 453, 454


Lamb, sacrifice of as a substitute for
the eldest son, 224, 232, 547, 548
and
Akkadian
Lantech
an
Langa,
Hebrew
god, the equivalent of the
Gond
Lingal, 154, 403
Langa-vira, a clan of the Yaudheyas of
of the Linga, 215
the Punjab, men
Lapiiha, 305, 515, 517, 518
Lar^ Lares, 265, 461
Larissa, Pelasgian capitalof the Lar,
265
L"t, Indian sacred wooden
pillar,461
Latinus, 461
Latona, Leto, the goddess of the treetrunk, 148, 247, 438, 452, 544
Leah, the wild cow
(Z^), wife of Jacob,
daughter of Laban, 377, 402
of
Leda, the incense (Ledon) mother
the Twin-gods,
the stars
Gemini,
253,
Leo

the

Lore,

sea-born

of the

(muir-gen) sun-

South, wife of Labraid

202

the

sea

ruling the

and
father of Bran, the raven,
63, 448
ironLohar, originally copper
now
smiths in India, 128, 172, 352
wardens
Loka-palas, the
of
space,
(ioka),27, 104, 434, 456, 481

Mo-

of the year,

ruled

race

by Qoeens,

Lot, the Hebrew


god of incense, 252
Lotus, orginallyconsecrated
as
a divine
in
India, 158, 190, 496
symbol

mid-year festival of the grove


(lucar)goddesses of the Luceres, 435
of the
Lug, Celtic god of light, son
of the threein the tower
wolf, born
years cycle, 282, 283, 284, 448, 449,
451, 452, 641
Lugaid, year-god of the Bftecn-months
Lucaria,

the

of

year

the

of

slayer
of

eleven-months

Lumdsi,

of the

eight-days week

eight Maine,
the sun-god

Cn-chulainn,

left thigh of the

the

407, 408
historical
stars

year,
seven

astronomy,
Zm8, the shrine of the Hebrew
almond

tree,

God,

of

house

of

85, 367

Akkadian

called

parent-

Beth

el" the

"

405

Lycaon, Arcadian

ficed
sacri-

wolf-god, who
248.

his eldest son,

Akkadian
mother-ship Aigo, xv.,
30,76
McCat, the Egyptian goddess of justice,
Star
the
Vega, xL,
Vulture, Pole
107, 368, 533
Carchemisb,
Hierapolis or
Mabug,
Hittite
the
Euphrates,
capital on

M",

231

230,

Madhava,
of

of

name

flowers

of the

drink

Mahua
of

made

mead

the

Krishna,

intoxicating

Madhu,

the

god

made

tree, 171
flowers

of

tree, 171, 568


Madhu-graha, the Madhu-cup
givento
the Vaishyas and
Kshatriyas at the
repurchased
Vajapeya sacrifice and
by the Neshtri, 503
ceremonial
Indian
an
Madhu-parka,
the

Mahua-

drink,

of

made

Madhu

and

honey,

171

Madhu-vira,
of
215
Madri,

the

clan

of the Yaudheyas,
of Madhu,
men

Punjab, the

the

intoxicated

{mad)

mother-

Panda,
goddess
178, 428, 576
Madrikas, subjects of Shalya, father of
Madri, 178, 179
Maga, Afaga-sebeJ^,Afugger, Mu"rai,
and
the
Alligator of the Gonds
Egyptians, 100, 177, 178
and
Al
Akkadian
Magana,
Makahy
of Madhu,

161, 403

Llyr, Celtic-god of

hours

120

Madhu,

of the Akkadian
Licehavi, sons
dog
{Lig) belonging to the Vajjian or
tiger race, 161, 304, 362
Likbarra, the Akkadian
tigeror striped
dog constellation Pegasus, 331, 332
Linga, altar of India and Britany, xxix. ,
269"273,
591, 594
Lingal, father-god of the Gonds, xxix.,
100,
154, 15s. 156, 157, 158, 159,

year,

Chinese

of the

374

constellation, 373, 376

Liban,
goddess

Lolos,
119,

Labariy the white god of Assyria, builder

indicatingthe

Lokamprlni, bricks
hiirtas,or Indian
103, 609, 610

wife

of

Index.

Arabic

of

names

(sin) mountain

Sinai, the

and

its

god,

moon

79, 80,

250

(January" February),the month


to Magha
beginning the year
of
the Mundas,
Ooraons, Santals,
Bhishma, Lug, the Chinese and that

Mdgh

665

in Chutia
the
Barrakur
PaHris) on
Nagpur, xxiii.,198, 212, 238
and
of the Kaurs
MangOy mother-tree
Kurmis, preceding the date-palm of

sacred

Bhishma,

of the

parent-trees, and that of Jarathe


of the two
sandha,
god born
halves of the mango
fruit,and grandson

Mahosadha

birth

of the

dha
Bud-

-physician, 187, 395,


398. 399. 401, 419. 426, 436, 437,
450, 451, 465, 473, 486, 488
of the
M"ghUy At"ySj reputed mother
Buddha, the goddess of the Mallis or
Mundas, 31, 332, 463, 464, 468, 627
of
land
the
Maghada^
or
Maghas
of the alligator,57,
Mughs,
sons
153, 187, 188, 190, 192, 195, 199
McUi-osadha.
birth of the Buddha, son
of Magha,'
463, 464, 488, 537
Mahio, the village guardian and accountant
of the Ooraons, 2S8, 289,
the

as

343

the three
and

yielding

drink

honey
the

of the

mother

the

madhu

Hindas,

or

one

of

Tri-kadru-ka-

marriage-treeof

trees,
the Bagdis,

Bauris, Lobars, Kurmis,


Mundas,
Santals, 167, 171, 172,
356,

and

470
and
Maine^ the seven
eight Celtic time
the
of the
stars
seven
goddesses,
Great
the
Bear, and
eight-days
of the fifteen-months
week
year, 408,
454, 455, 489
Makaruy Tamil
Makaraniy Akkadian
the
Makkhar^
porpoise or dolphinof Maga
or
god, successor
Muggar,
the
the fish of the
Alligator, and
tail of the constellationqCapricomus
with a goat'shead, 177, 278
mountain
of
the
Malay
{nial) race
Southern
the
India, Malacca, and
Indian
Achipelago, 174, 342, 346,
350, 361, 536, 570
of Anga, South
Paharias
Malts, Mai
t

Dravidian

Behar, the Finn-

108,

race,

Mallis

109,

121,

mountain-

302, 536

of India,
(mal) races
13, 40, 82, 160, 182, 215, 280, 304,
342, 363, 387, 464, 465. 570
form of Anna
Mamurtus,m9\Q
Perenna,
of
Ninus
or
Nimrod,
counterpart

mountain

239,

Manasdy

240, 241
the female

Manu,

356, 357

Mandaite

Sadaans,

405,

^48

tain
revolving (mand) mounKushika, the hill Parisnath, lord {nath) of the traders (Paris

Mandara^

the

of the

Mandara,

Maujhusy
Ooraon

three Tri-kadru-

me

Vasu, the Kushika


god of
167, 195
the share of land assigned to
kings in every village,289,

343
the chief of

290,

Manki,

Parha

Munda

or

province, 15, 467


the

Manuy

of

measurer

the

176, 205, 228, 291,

race,

Minyan

565,

513,

588
of the, in Buddhist
meaning
theology, 474, 475, 478, 486
ah Meirchion,
the
March
Brythonic
horse
[march) god with asses
ears,

Maray

202

201,

Bel Merodach,
the year-calf,
Marduky
of the
the conquering god Mordecai
Purim
festival,25, 204, 303, 347,
451

Margaliya altar of the antelope (niriga)


god, 61 1
ber
Marga-sirsha, Mriga-sirsha, NovemDecember,

"

of the

month

deer's

[fnriga)head, 89, 428, 430, 565


^an-fl w/wfl, the Dravidian
tree("iMn7"/)
mother
Miriam,
{amma)^ the Hebrew
the Greek
became
the
Mariam, who
of corn
ing
watchstar Virgo, the mother
the

over

the

reed-cra"lle

of

the

sun-

Su-gi of the Wain,


the
Great
or
Bear, that of Moses
Masu, the star Regulus in Leo
{sec
the first goddessLumasi). She was
of the Dravidians, the only
mother
Indian
god whose
image is always
made
of wood, 31, 133, 452, 510
the spark of light, a
tree
Marlchi,
{marom) parent-god of the Pole Star
of the stars in
became
one
Age who
the Great
Bear, 119, 149, 334, 463
Maroii, the tree {marom)
ape-god of
the Gond
the Gonds, father of Bhima
of SumPandava
mer,
the
god
Bhim-sen,
xl., 16, 35, 82, 165, 197, 461,
482, 508, 546, 547, 613. See Mars,
god,

stars

Maruts

Marriage

588

Manavi,

of

sun

Mahua-tree,

of

one

ka

129,

MarSy
Roman

cv"ioms,

172,

107,

108, I2I,

122,

186, 343

MartiuSy
form

Etruscan
of the

MasOy

Indian

the

Maroti,

xxxix., 189, 255, 339, 461, 546, 547

Index,

666

South-west
Akkadian
Martu,
xxxix., 335, 339, 546
the
tree
{marom) and
MarutSj

wind,

503.

wind-

611,

504,

612
the

Marut-vafiya,

winter

of five seasons,

year

Mary a
early

the
the

Gonds,

founders

of villages,

13, 14, 16, 193, 194


of the
warden

10,

boundaries,
Argo, 286, 287

Afarzawan,

the constellation
Masons

Free

Masons,

551, 552

Getae,
Geta^ the greater {tnassti)

Massa

168, 518

121,

of the
Maiar-i-svan^ the fire-mother
dog {svan)^ 161, 363, 438
the
city of the twirling
Mathura,
the fire-drill,
of
{math) god
131, 211,
428,
237. 427,
590, 616
Matriarchal
nities
primitive village commuand

their

129, 337
Matsyay the
the

the

of

"

17,

eel- fish-god,

Hindu

the

royal
178, 180, 191, 484, 576,

131,

races,

customs,

of

sons

ancestors

Asia

America

and

looked

on

the

beehive

ing
peopled by workof
bees
or
ants, the Myrmidons
Achilles
(/. 28), superintended by
bees.the priests
the prophet and queen
and
priestessesof Rai or Raghu, the
sun-god, inspired by the holy mead
;
whose
the races
gods and votaries
drank
Madhu
in India, 168, 171,
178, 179, 187, 188, 568
world

as

Celtic

Meave,
West,

Maine,

the

or

Bear,
who
the

the

of

counterpart

Krish-

the Vedic

72, 73, 539


weaving-godcow, the vulture- dess,
the star Vega, the
of
midwife

anu,
Meh-urt

the beetle, 377,

Khepera

532,

533

Melanthius, goat-herd -god of the Odjssey, 460


the
Melicertes, Melquarth,
mastff
{malik) of cities {karth), the CeltoPhoenician
sun-god of the Celtic city
(Caer), the equivalent of Archal the
of Ino {which see), 244, 263, 397,
son
446, 447, 452, 512, 629, 638, 640
Melissai, the bee-priestessesof the

mead-drinking

See Bee,

171.

age,

Mead

Mena-ka, the time-measuring


{wun)
of Sakuntali,
moon-goddess, mother
279, 280, 524
Mendh
daries,
Ishwara, the ram
-god of bounthe god
Daksha, father of
the

Nakshatra

twenty-seven

Zodiacal

of

stars

or

cycle-year of

the

the Ram-sun,

592

Maurya or peacock kings, 281, 519


May /estiva/of the Pleiades year, 49
Mayas of Mexico and their year, xxxv.,
563, 566
May-day and its antiquity as a national
feast-day,49, 62, 163, 164, 470
May-pole of the Pleiades year, 49, 62
the
of
the
peacock totem
MayurUf
Bharatas, 281, 360, 362
the
sacred
Meadf
honey drink of the
North
consecrated
to the dwarf-gods
who
in Europe,
Finn
of the
races,

Medd

special t]rpe

scull, II, 12
the winteiMehvas,
Medrody Modred
or
archer -god of the Arthusian
Legend,

501

{marom)

tree

or

Dravidian

of

cup

500,

its

race,

of

Rigveda, xxxix.,

goddesses of the
185. 431.
501,

Mediterranean

wife
tried

the wizard
mother
stars

seven

of
to

months

Medea, 341

the

of

Seven

the Great

Aillil,the dwarf-god
eighth bull of

get the

fifteen-months

chulainn,

of the

queen
of the

year
sun-god of

year, 488

"

490

from
the

Cu-

eleven-

Menelaus

as

278
year-god of
508, 510

five seasons,

the

of

year

Menhirs,

the

of

sun
gnomon-stones
Palreolithic Age
preceding

the

sun-

circles, 106, 107, 108, 273


of the Thigh (iiiipia),
Merione, son
as
a

year-god of
508, 510
Meru^

the

of

year

five seasons,

central world-mountain

of Hindu

theology, xxii., 238


Metres

tM

of

Vedic

and

hymns,

memorial

successive

cences
reminisof the

records

vear-reckonings

of

the

theological history, 66, 67, 389, 392,


394. 493,
Miao
Tsu,

495.
cat

608
tribes

of

China,

119,

161

Midas, generic naihe of the kings of


Phrygia of the age of the worship of
the sun-ass,
201,
203, 264
Midir, Celtic god of the nether world
of the winter-sun, the equivalent of
Medrod,
Milesians,

202,
sons

mother-tree
of the

sun

203, 407
of Mile

shadowing

-god, 130, 277,

Min^ the mother-goddess


race,

the star

xxiv.,

or

the

xxxv.,

305

of the

Virgo, mother
190,

Bile, the
holy well

259,

Minyan
of

com,

316, 317,

325

Minerva,

Mena,

Menfra,

the Latin

and

Index.

Etrurian
dess

Minos
J

of the

form

Min,

bull

the

Taurus

of Crete, 254, 255


of Minos, the constellation
with its queen-star

ruling the

Aldebaran

of

year

Minos,

Axe
of the god of the Double
measured
by the revolutions of the

that

Great
Bear, xliii.,
xliv.,339
Minyans, xxiv., xxxv., 203, 2l6, 229,
255, 256, 259, 316, 404
and female twins of the
male
MUhuna^
Hindu
zodiac, 147, 435, 625
six
of the six Aditya or
one
Mitra^
days of the week, 186, 419, 503
MUra-Varuna^
parent-godsof Vashishof
the altar-flame,who
the
tha,
god
refused
as
were
parents by Ida when
she

the

became

of Here, Selene
made
goddess and the sun the
male
sun-lizard, the Greek
Helios,
the Latin
Sol, 7, 8, 179, 233, 239,
322. 326, 575, 591
AforrigUta Celtic sea (muir) goddess
and
her historical change of forms,
489
MoseSf MasUj 367, 376

worshippers

the

king

Minyan

Minotaur^

measuriDg-god-

325

259,

667

cow-molher

of

the

moon

MossooSi

the

Mons,

Chinese

and

Thibetan

330, 331, 333, 336, 337, 338,

342" 353
Mountain-mother
i

Cybele
Mouse-god

56, 92,

265, 266, 414.

356.
See

See

Apollo

Smintheus

Mule-godj

intermediate

between

the

and

the sun-horse, 310, 370


Malli-tana, the city of the

sun-ass

Multan^

cycle year of intoxicating drink ;


the gods of the preceding
they were
milk
of
Ubations, that of the
age
Todas, for to them only pure Soma,
the sap of the mother- tree and
milk,

Mallis. 215, 387, 588, 589, 591


head
of the village,15,
Munda^
man
288, 290
Mundas, Mons, mountain-races, 5, 13,
14, 15, 22, 28, 36, 40, 74,81, 82, 91,
Soma
sacrioffered at the annual
108, 109, 149, 160, 168, 193, 194,
are
fice,42, 205, 577
242, 338, 437" 449, 501
of the
Mundus
Patet
(mo\ one
MocJf^ father of waters
festival,441, 448
cense-god,
inthe
of
Hebrew
twin
Lot,
sons
Miiflja, sugar-cane
grass, parent-grass
of the Brahmins,
the
equivalent of the
136, 423, 497, 602
Murwa
Greek
Polu-deukes, the much-raining
{E/eusine Coracana), and beer
from
made
it, 2, 22, 178
{dcukes) god, 253, 254
the hours of the Indian
decimal
duoMohurtas^
My/itta, Babylonian goddess, 56, 232
MythSf Mythic history^their reliability,
system of time reckoning,
ix., 13
103, 609, 610
the unMoloch^ the master
{ffiaJtA),
fire and sun-god Herakles, to
sexed
{nedishN"bha-nedishthay the nearest
whom
eldest sons
sacrificed,
were
tha) to the navel, the central fire on
232
-

in the age of
Mooft, the year-measurer
in the form
the first earth-altar made

of

that

woman,

worshippers of

of

Kushika

the

the Prastara

the

Ndgasy
and

altar, 43,
of

137, 210, 228


the
rain-snake

{ndg)
plough -god (nagur), xxxvi., 15,
sons

161.

166, 181, 196, 229, 314,


grass
344, 353, 355, 359, 3^5, 49i, 520,
Full Moon
sacrifices were
and
521, 578, 584
scribed,
preof the worthe
festival of
that of the age
five
ship
Nag-Panchami,
of
of High
Places, the Hills
{panch) Nags in Shravana
(July
and bisexual and
Shem-i-ramot
less
sexAugust), 318, 449, 454
At
sacrifice
first the
the Naga king, 406, 422
Nahash,
gods.
the
phrates
channel, the Euwas
A'ahor, Nahr,
bc^nning the year or the season
Full
b
ut
Moon
the
New
the
sacrifice,
parent-river of the Semites,
of Kusha

rain-wand

magic

or

53,

New

when

"

sacrifice
Moon
sacrifice in the

made

the

initial

ritual subsequent to
of Bhishma.
fifteen-months
year

the

earliest

The

moon-worshippers

Northern

the

the
as

was

moon

the

Kushikas

as

races
a

male

god

hen-goddess, but
changed the

the Mexicans,
diippers of Luna

like

who

were

worshipped
and

the

the
sexes,

the

Latin

and

the

sun

Nagaand
wor-

Greek

125,

140

Nahuat/f Mexican
Naga or snake race,
563, 566, 575
of the Nag, 69, 161,
Nahushdy
sons
181, 406, 575
of Southern
Nairs
India, a matriarchal
race,

17, 229

Nakshatray
Ndg-kshethra^ the field
(kshethra) stations of the Nags, the
zodiacal stars showing the paths of

668

Index,

the

and

moon

the

through

sun

xviii.,205, 208, 209,

heavens,

237,

278, 397, 593


the
the
Nakulay
youngest
mungoose,
the winter-god, 527, 576,
Pandava,

579
Nala
the

DamayanH^

and

{the channel)
earth

story of, xxv.,

it tames,

9,

469, 527
the antelope-god of drought
Na-muchh
does
who
not
(na) release (muchi)
10,

217, 218, 313,

the

rain, 321

Nana,

Akkadian

xix., 177, 209,

fish-mother

goddess,

410

the bull-husband
{Taurus) of
Jasoda RohinI
{Aldebaran\ 427, 429,
432, 464. 530
N"pit, a caste of priest-barbers,344
the
Nardshamsd,
Naryo
Sang-ha,
form
of
the
praised
developed
men,
Nabha-nebhishtha
fire

on

as

the

the altar,42, 137.

perpetual
See

Judah
Niavagva, the priestsof the nine {nava)
days week of the cycle-year,210, 296
Navigation, primitive in the Indian
Ocean, 18"20
Neanderthal
Cannstadt
or
race, 88, 1 lo,
112,

III,

113,

Nebt'hat, the
(nedt),a form

115
house

{hctt) mistress
{zvhichsee),

of Hat-hor

IS* 377
the
{menuton
nemus)
grove
parent of the Celtic races, 275
Neolithic
Age, xl., 79, 226, 272, 273,

Nemcd,

610

Ner,
one,

Ner-gal, the

{gat) bright

great

Akkadian

the

Pole

Star

goat,

456
Neshtri, the
the

year

of

priest of Tvashtar, god


two

seasons

of

of the Matriarchal

Age, 501, 502, 504, 505


Nestor, the guardian of the gates,
509,

404,

511

the

Num,
of

creators

and

Hebrew

.533. 535
Edda-god

of the

North, 88

the

fish-god of
fifteen

the

eight

months

year

"g3rptian,
theology, 377, 378
Akkadian,

wife of Nun, 377,


Nunet, the Vulture
378
Nut-tree, the parent-tree of the Todas
and Jews preceding the almond-tree,
See Walnut
122, 461, 479.
of the
Oak, a parent-tree
Druids,
Arcadians, Greeks, and Italian worshippers
of the
goat-god Pan, the
god of the hairy Satyrs, xxi., 28,
121,
135, 169, 369, 479, 509
the
Odin,
god of knowledge {odf),
170, 521
the god of the road (^t),
path of the year, xiil., 144, 455,
462, 512, 513, 630, 631, 632, 633,
634, 635
of
sons
Og, King of the Rephaim
Kepha Canopus, 80, 144, 145, 354
Sesame,
Oil, the holy oil of the sacred
xxxiv., 31, 162, 307, 308, 309
Oil-press,or year-bed, 144
of
Ojhas, men
knowledge {odj)tor

Odusseus,
the

Pradhans

Gond

Olive-tree

of

Omphalc,

of

parent-tree,

sacred

Sesame,

513.631

the

navel,

of the parent

Onga,Onha,

the

the

Ilerakles

145, 232,
nedishtha

158, 170,

Nagpur,

Athene,

form

the tree

provincial

and

priests in Chutia
290. 356

the

597

the

277. 449

Nun,

sexed

Nineteen, its historical meaning, 475,


476, 477" 478
Akkadian
Ntfi'lil,
goddess, 70
Ninus
the
or
hunterstar
Nimrod,
Orion, 84, 86, 236, 237, 240, 244
Ntshadhas, 91
Nit
or
Neith, the Egyptian Vulture
weaving goddess of flax, 252, 253,
NJord,

of
British
Columbia,
535,
536
buffalo
Now-ufset, Mexican
goddess
of the West, 565
Nuada
Celtic yearof the Stiver Hand,
time
sured
meawas
god of the age when
New
Moons,
by the crescent

31, 144.421,

Nigrodha-tree {Ficus Indica), 26, 104,


See Banyan
472, 478.
Nine, its sanctity as a historical number,
210,
214, 246, 353, 356, 498,
499.

637

Nooktcu

of Samoyede,

Nanda,

of

Noah,

wife

Sandon,

of

the

un-

slave

and

river lardanus, Jordan,


NabhaSee
395.

235,

the heated

Southern

Itonian

goddess,

Athene,
32,

353,

357

Ooraons,

sons

meaning Man,

of
the

the

Malay

Orang,

Dravido-Turanian

of Chutia
ruling race
Nagpur, before
and
of the
Kharwars, sons
ass
the
Kurum
almond-tree, 1 1, 268,
288, 289, 290, 292, 344, 346, 360,

the

449

of Joktan, the
Ophir, son
of India, 52, 138, 593

gold land

Index.

1, 448
of the Northern

66g

Opiconsiviat a mid-year festival ,44

triangle,the Paradhis,

Orion, the hunting

the

year

and

placed

hunting
It

star

the

became

leading
and

led the Pleiades


the

round

stars

haim

of the deer-sun.

sons

races,

lands
the

Canopus,

leader,

89, 90,

283,

102,

The

Gemini,

star

the Vedic

of

form

Orpheus, the Greek


313

149,

Orendel, the Orion of the


North, xiii.,64
Osiris, the Egyptian barley-god Orion,
xlvi., 44, 45, 76, 151, 377, 53^
534

533-

months,

514
ras
Sa-

incense

of the

bird

mother-

vatis

of the

god Uluka

the Indian

Owl,

teen
thir-

of

Ephialtes, their year

and

Otus

-Ethiopian merchants, of Athene and


mother
goddesses
Minerva, the Minyan
of the

also

586

bio, 257, 258, 543,


Oxtts

or

of life

^Ji),

178* 591

154"

Northern

the

god of the
introduced

who
-

months

dha,
Bud-

Altaic

Finns

Ugro

teen
the thir-

India
of

year

{uttara)

thirteenth

into

thirteen

the

Theris, 529, 530

Buddhist

Pahan,
village or parish
Ooraons, 243, 288, 356, 567
Paian, the healer epithet of the

eighth god Eshmun,


Apollo, 390, 430, 569

Greek

Pajapati,

Mahd

female

form

the

Gotami,
of

male

the

year

of

the

Phce-

and

the

l:iuddhist

god

holy
Soma

of the
tree

sap
as

Mundas,
from

of
that

and

the

bird

of the

spring, also that

Deodara)

animal

sacrifices.
the

275,

271,

251,

Palatine, hill of the

stars

Palksha wood,

of

Pales, 438,

god

Pales, Palea, the year-god of the grain


See
husk
{palea), 168, 324, 325.
Pallas

Palici, the Italian

twin

creating gods,
husk
leaves of the
cotyledon
growing plant, 325
held on
the
Palilia, festival of Pales
of
St.
to
2 1st
April, answering
George's Day of the 23rd April,324,
the

or

327
Pallas, goddess of the

Palladium,
of

mother-year-goddess
husk
{palea),
31, 324.

Su

325

growing

of which

of the fifteen months

rama

Hebrew

year

of

the typical

and

Judah

{which see),7, 17, 167, 425, 428


goat god of the hairy Satyrs,

Pan,

141

121,

mid -year

feast

of Athene

tree-mother-goddess of the
Peplos {which see), 34, 454, 573
Patuha-bila, offering to the five rulingthe Dasha-peya
at
gods of space
sacrifice to the ten {dasha) gods of
of gestation,
lunar
months
the ten
as

the

rulers

tracted
ex-

of the

and

of Tamar

sons

week,

creating

of

star

of
date-palm mother- tree
and
Valagod Bhishma

Hindu

{alas), the

was

and

grain

the

the crossing dog, 73

claws

thirteen

30^

604, 606

441

440,

of the

the firstmost
the

which

the

the triangle of

{Pinus
Ashvins,

made

68, 400
Panchdias,

Theris, xxxvii.,468, 488, 522, 627,


630
Baal
Yam, the sea-god, son
Palaimon,
the equivalent of Meliof Ino, and
Portunus
{which
certes, Melquarth,
see),446, 447, 448, 640
Paldsha-tree
{Butea frondosa), sacred
tree

the

leader

Praja-

the
was
pati {Orion). She
and goddess of the first month
thirteen-monthb

391 " 393" 395. 496, 574.


Palatitu Salii, 239

PafuUhenaia,

priest of

nician

of

228,

Palm-tree,

{padttma),the

lotus

of
was

144,

the

Padum-uttara,

wood

car

95,

of

Pallika, Procyon, the Akkadian

river

the

Jihun,

of Gub-

Umbrians

form

offerers

in the north

377" 391. 399. 40i,


Ninus, Praja-pati

See

of the

made

was

of the altar,
before
woman,

superseded by

Pitu-daru

representing

seasons,

the navel

on

in the

was

former

147, 167, 174, 179,

144,

354"

349.

602, 603.
Ribhus,
Orwandel,

star

invisible, xiii.,
77, 87, 88,

was

made
it

the Rep-

giant (repha)

reached

Canopus
where

attendant

Pole, when

of the

sons

which

star

their

of three

the

the

of the five

men

of

Kurus,

five

days

Northern
41,

204,

{panch)
of

India
401,

the
fore
be-

570,

Srinjayas
Panchayats, village and state councils
of five, 41, 387
of Pandu
and
Pandavas, the five sons
grandsons of Ambalika, the Great
mother
Bear
{p, 98), the conquering
of the Mahabharata,
Bharatas
ruling
597.

See

the five

seasons

of the

year,

178, 179, 195, 211,


248, 249, 258, 279, 309,
346, 348, 361, 367, 424,
152,

97,

151,

218,
327, 328,
425, 426,
213,

Index,

670

470, 482, 483, 562, 576, 578,

431,

579

Panduy the
sun-god,
mother

fair

sexless

Great

the
and

Ambalika

constellation

and

(pandu)
of

son

Bear

Vyasa,

reputed

Draco,

of

the

Pandavas,

the

of

the

Northern

immigrant

the

father

representative
of

sons

the Bear, 98, 178

Pandyasy

the

{pandu)

fair

of the

race

corn-growing sons of the North, sons


of Agastya Canopus
and
successors
of the Chiroo
of the bird (cAir),
sons
40, 348
Panis
PaHriSf the traders of the Rigveda, 210
constellation Leo,
Papil-sakyAkkadian
367, 373
the
overhanging (para)
(sAara)j312

Par"shara,
cloud

of

Parasu-Z^dma,

of

( parasii)json

(jama)

the

Double

Jamadagni,

fires and

Renuka

Axe
the twin
flower

the

pollen, the destroyer of the Haihayas, xliv.,260, 261, 295, 343


Parka
a
province of the Munda
triarchal
may

stale, 12, 15, 16, 17, 193


sacred
triangle first of

ParidhiSy
Palasha

afterwards

and

wood

placed

of Pitudaru

the

on

of

navel

See PalSsha.
altar,228, 393.
Parikshit^ the circling
of the
sun

horse,

of

son

Arjuna
after

and

his

191,

Uttara, the

and

mother,

Su-bhadra,

death

312,

sun-

Pole

Abhimanyu,

the

Star
of

son

who

became

the

moon-god, 175,
481, 483. 484, 485,

475"

486,488,517,538
Paris-nathy
or
on

the

the
dara

the

Jain

sacred

Burrakur

ancient

Chutia

in

Kushika

Pa?iris

mountain

Nagpur,
Man-

mountain

{which see),198,
rice beer, 502

212

Parisrui,

Parjanya, the rain-god,


Parsvoy

the

birth

Pdrthavay
the
the

588
Pasisy
from

Pdtdla,
and

with

that

of

St.

324

Parthus,

caste

who

extract

palm-wine

date-palm-tree,17

ancient
Su-varna

362, 383
Palest, Akkadian
5"^
495"

of the

form

338, 400,

sun-phjrsiciiii,
507* 639

491,

constelUtkm

the

PushyOy

Bee
Cancer,
175, 207,
311,
313.
Push, Pushan
of the
Bharatas, the
Peacock, totem
sacred bird of the Greek
Here, 281,

360, 362, 429, 519


constellatioo
Pegasus, the four-starred
with
-horse
the seven
of the sun
ruling
the

Great

year,

and

of

stars

months

the eleven-

Bear,
the

also

star-hone

sun-god, 208, 304, 306, 329.


^
333, 458, 468, 469. 533-

the

of

332,

Kanthika,

Lik-barra.

Pelasgi, sonsof Peleg, 138, 149, 265


Pelagon, Pela^ns,
Peieg, the stream
151. 509. 593
of the
Potter's

150,

H9,

139,

Peleus, the god


{in)K6%),father
horses

the

of

of the

Achilles, who
sun

from

clay
got

Poseidon,

28, 143, 169, 309, 371, 421, 492, 508


of the
of
chariot-race
Pelops, winner
thirteen-months

the

Samlatk,

Pen, Pen

of

the

Time,

the

516

515,

year,
the

Brythonic Lady
Semele, mother oif

or
(pen) Samlath
Dionysos, 347
Penelope, the weaver

of the

star-w^ife

web

of

year-star-god Orion,

(fii*^

Odusseus,

xiii.,459,

462
and

Pentecost

the

May

perambulation

boundaries, 538, 540, 559


of the image {pen)
Pen-u-el, the tower
of God, a conical
triangular s)naibol
the
divinity, succeeded
by the
worship of the Ephod, 262, 380, 403
Peplos, the creating Veil, xx., 4S4, 579
of

port

kings

of

the

of the

the

twin

male
son

form

of

of Tir-

Tamar,

the

the

Danae,

of the

Pole

Star

mother,

in the

three-yearscycle, 282,

296. 303* 498


of the eel
worship of the sons
and
the antelope plough -god, and of
the
date-palm -tree, 132,
147, 152,

Phallic

Ikshvaku

Indus, 55,

154,

priest kings, 321,


-

cleft, the

the

date-palm-tree, 152, 366


of
the
May-Queen
Persephone, the
Pleiades year, 34, 59. 62,85, I37."39.
163. 369, 375' 401
of
bom
Perseus, Assyrian fish-sun-god,
tower

the

Paushya,

hatha,

Pritha
or
Partha^
of
Parthians, also
a
name
Pandavas, 211, 328, 373, 587,

the

130

149. 306,

Penz^
350

Jain Tirthakara, whose

coincides

George,

129,

Patroclus,

of

\nath) of

lord

traders,the

Pataikoi,dwarf-gods of the Phoenidans,


149, 265
Patriarchal
succeeding the Miage
triarchal instituted by the Basques,

155

female
Pkarsi-pen, the
{pen), and
Pharsi-pot,the male, trident {pharsi

Index,

672

143. 148, 152, 163. 169, 329, 339,


360, 37i" 5*2, 513. 514, 515. 631,
633
sun-god bom
Poshai-ydnne^ Mexican
of

-tree, 569
Dasahadl

nut

Pot-raj^

the

equinox, 223, 224


of Shelah jand the Great
the
Potter
Creator, xxi., xxii., 28,
168, 169, .198, 207,
140,
137,
32,
329,426,491
220,
221,
Pottery, history of, 1 13" 1 17
the foremost
(pro) hand,
Pra-hasia,
the first year of the three-yearscyclesons

of

year

Havana,

237

teaching-priest,the
torian,
Zend
Frashaostra, the national hisxxvi., 290, 386
Praja-pati, lord {patt) of cultivators
(praj"\ the creating-starOrion, 43,
148, 204, 210,
250, 399, 438, 493"
502,

494,

504,

503,

543,

525,

505,

564, 605
made

first

magic rain-wand,

Hindu

Prastara, the

Kusha

of

of

afterwards

'
"

Ashva-vala

representing the

ceremony

of the twelve-months

birth
that

of thirteen

from

604, 605
of

mother

Pandavas, 211,

249,

its

and

female
to

Pallika

descent

consequent
tribal

line ;

and
the

among

and

in

priated
appro-

afterwards

384"388
13"17,
Protctts^ the seal -god and

Xj^alah)god

opening

150, 151,
the
Purim
See

Pums,
full

the

the

historical

the

Potter, 149,

Great

god of

Festival

of

Rama,

of the

five

{pancJi),

454

Jews, 451, 548.

Vedic

Pauravas,

Budhnya,

Ahi

430

cords of
QuipuSy recording knotted
and
Chinese, Peruvians
Santals, 523
Quirinal Hill consecrated
to Quirinns,
434"

439,

440

Qutnnal Salii, his dancing-priests,


259
Quirinalia, 437
Quirinus, Kurinus, the revolving{kur)
god of the Sabines, 239, 243, 437
Pd,

Pat, Ragh,

Raghu,

whose

worship

by the

household-fire

India

to

151,

279,"'354, 408,

2I9"

thence

was

worshippers

xl., 50,

XXXV.,

sun-god of the

and

of

the

Egypt,

152,

154, 207,

421.

432,443^

587
the

Rachel,

the

mother

of

377. 403,
the

the

Sea,

wife

ewe

405

giver

bull, the

427,

of

sons

Joseph, god of the eleven


and
the
sun-god Benjamin,

months,

Rddhd,

Raghu. father
Sheba, 50
of Jacob and

god Rama,

Sabaean

432,

Ra, wife of Nanda


Rohinl

464.-

434,
the

land

of

star

South

of

Ra

Aldebaran,

^^^
of

and

Jasoda
the
Caspian

of

the

three

154, 40S, 587, 588


Ragu-el, the god Raghu, father of Sara,
races,

408

Esther

of Yayati, the

sons

and

Rahab,

Rahabu,
Draco

Sharmishtha,

{ya) god,
Banyan-tree worshippersof Kutthe moon
(/"//)
sa,
god. too, 1 81, 182,
190, 215, 218, 594, 596
and
PuryaiT^ Junction of the Jumna
the
between
Ganjjes, place of union
and
the
immigraiing Naga-Kushikas
the

the

Rat:;ha,on

341.434
Hindu

equivalent

moon

daughter and whose


by goats, 174, 175,
208, 313, 317, 401, 496, 503, 591
Pushtu, Afghan language. 589
Pytho, Python, the prophetic snake of
the depths, god of the Delphic orade,
drawn

was

of the

year{pattish),and

hammer

of the

subsequently
Punch,

the sun's

married

Gotho-Celts,

of

B.C., 174,207,

Puck, the barley -eating-god who

our

Raaviah,

his

15,000

592
Pushan, Pashang, from Push, to grow,
the Indian
form
of Lettic Perkunas,
311, 401,

to

transformations, 421
Ptah, the Egyptian dwarf-ape-god,the
wielder

243,

brought

the
Draamong
of villages
founders

families

individuals

See

129.

to

14,000

North

matriarchal

vidian

from

thian
the Par-

328, 373.

Kunti

Proryon, 73, 74, 77,


l^roperty communal

the

year

months,

Prithl, Prit/tUythe
See

227

7, 124,

grass,

Pravargya,

India, 92,

Song
Puse, the alligator in the'Gond
of Lingal.^ioo, 156, 177
^Januaiy),
Push, Pushya
(December
of the Hindu
first month
year datuig
from
the days when
the sun
in
was
Cancer
the
solstice
winter
at
Pushya

car

Hindu

Prahastri^

of

population

301

"

of

festival

autumnal

Potters,

earlier

I'hcenicians

the
of

and

lation
alligatorconstelthe

Jews,

Akkadians,
100,

137,

378,

380
Rd-hu, Raghu, the sun-god worshipped
by the Dosadhs, his priests,in Behar
and
Kumaon,
xl., 50, 57, 165, 186,
187, 18S, 322
379.

Index.

the

R"kulo,
Buddha,

little Ri^hu,

Rai'Das,

of

son

332, 468, 498


parent-god of the

the

Chamars,

Rai'pur^ cityof Ra or Rai" 194


Rain-god^ the first god worshipped by
prayer,

coronation

mony,
cere-

sons

of

Ra

Rai, 158,

or

God, 52, 58, 152,

463
and

sacrifice of

to the

ram

year-god, xxix., xli.,184, 187, 204,


205, 278, 322, 434
of Raghu, the plougherof
Rdma^
son
sun*s year-furrow through the
the
zodiacal
stars, xvii., xviii.,xl., 49,
50, 52, 119, 152, 153, 187. 189, 207,
208, 237, 238, 279, 318, 337, 340,

tree-branch
{ramus), 438
Rapha, Repha, the giant-starCanopus,
73"76, 77
Raphael i god of the giant-race,408, 412
Rat, the constellation Aquarius, 413,
416, 624, 625
414,
marriageRath
summer
jutra, or
chariot {rath) processionof Krishna
-

Su-bhadra

with

the setting of

of

year

Orion, 236, 237,

Ratha-tur

turning (jur)
the

the

b^inning

and

or

the

last six months

the

SUman,
sun-chariot
of the

year, 70, 168


clan of the
Rautias,
a

in

solstitial

Kaurs, 93, 128,

520
ten-headed

the

Rdvana,

the

cycle-year overthrown
64, 119,
Lakshman,

Ribhu

of

season

to

third

Indra

130,

Nabhi

the

adds

of Marudevi,
and

son

{maru) goddess,
navel, the altar

Tirtha-kara

fourth

loi

bull,

mountain

{Jtsha)

master

or

who

the year,
the

Rishabha,
the

lOi,

100,

99,

seasons,

184, 287, 301, 598

145,

of the

fire,first
about

Jains, born

15.000 B.C., 198, 358, 359, 364


Rishts, the antelope {rishya)priests of
time
of the
representing the months
year

and

the

stars

seven

of the Great

Ritual

of the wolf-sun-god, the

sons

354
Rathaniura

of Su-dharvan, the bow


sons
{dharvan) of Su the mother-bird, the
rainbow-god, and makers of the cups

Bear, 147, 178

See Abram
453, 454.
Rama
Rilm-anUf
Hvastra, 52, 188

432,

Ramnesy

434. 435" 441

Ribhus,

Ribhu-ksha,

194, 443. 521


the Supreme

Ram,

Ram-sun

constellation
Pisces, 208,
318, 431. 593
Rex
Sacrorum, priest of the Roman
of the national
fire,
Regia, home

of the

322

Raj'GondSf

Revdti, the
209. 235,

219

7, 132
Hindu
Raja-Suya^

673

giant of the
and
by Rama
208, 237, 238,

essentiallyconservative, 6, 7
of the Gautuma
Rohiniy mother-river
and
Dom
building race, 162
Rohini, the doe and red cow-motherof
star
the
Aldebaran,
Queen
Pleiades, 43, 60, 93,

143, 210, 219,


427, 489, 565, 606, 633
and
twin-sons
of the
Remus,

399, 411,
Romulus

wolf-mother-goddessof
438

the Ramnes,

of Bres and
Ruadan, son
Briget, the
year-mother, 71
Rudra, the red {rud) god ruling the
the equivalent of the
Gond
year,

Bhim-sen,

the

red-headed-stick-god,
three-year starmothers, xl., 71, 90, 96, 97, 98, 99,

husband

of

the

300

Rukh, the bird of the breath (ruakh)


of God, xvi.
Rukhmi, the tree (rukh) god, and his
sister Rukmini, 157

-"53
Raven

-bird, 25.

mother

Canopus,
Recaranus,
Cacus

See

Bran,
Sabaan

Shakuna

the

re-creator

{kar) of

the

legend,442

Reed-mother

of
See

the

sons

of the rivers,

Kavad

85, 139.
Regiti,the rain-god guardian of Sig-urd
the sun -god, 186
mal
aniRein-deer
god and chief domestic
of the Glacial
Epoch, 79, 88,

Sabaans

Mandaites, 48, 405, 548


of Southern

Arabia,

52, 63 ; of Haran,
Sacrificeof eldest

405, 433,

50,

51,

548

to
sons
Hindu,
Semitic, Greek and Celtic sun-gods,
628 ; of the
244"248,
232,
234,
Jains, the sacrifice of the former
to God
man
by the ascetic culture of
his moral intuitions,320

first-fruit offerings
Sacrifices
originally

"3

early settlers in Syna, sons


of the giant Repha, xxi., 12, 77, 80,

and

sacramental

and

seed

144

plant, the

Rephaim,

of the
milk

meals

of

the

sap

year-mother-tree or
of the

mother-cow

Index.

674
and

the

God

as

life

fresh

of heaven

earth

on

bodies

ritual offerings and


of
meals
the human
slain

totems

parent

blood

their

children

or

of

re-

in

their

poured
a

their

the

of the

slain

fresh life

renew

parent

by
rificing
sac-

on

victim

god

at

who

sacrament,
34, 57, 59, 66, 67,
96, 98, 108, 122, 123, 146, 159,
184, 185, 187, 223, 244"248,
251,
268, 308, 309, 320, 398
of the Hindu
Sadas, holy house
priests
supported by a pillar of Udumbara
sacred fig-treewood, 393
or
Sahadeua^ the fire-god of the twin-sons
of Madri
by the Ashvins, the fourth
Pandava
ruling the autumn,
258,
527, 579, 586
Saivya^ the Shiva sun-horse of Krishna,
328
S"ka'dwipay Seistan, 154, 170, 173,
387, 425, 589
Sdkahy
Sangitla^ capital of the Madrikas, 179
sacrifice to the
Sdka-medha, autumn
god Sak or Sukra, the earliest form
of Indra the rain-god, loi, 184, 234,

347
of the
Sdkyas^ sons
god, 154, 355. 467, 589

wet

{sak)

Sakhr^
Sakh,
Snkh,
Sttkkht\ Sakko,
and
bian
AraSukus, Sukra, the Indian
rain-trod, originally the Akkadian

{sak) god, 50, 69, lOi, 154,


184, 234, 285, 298, 346, 396,
In Soma
ritual the god of
470, 580.
wet

159,

the

vShukra

cup

of

summer,

500,

501

mountains,
190,
197, 577
Sakiitttala^the little bird, Malli mother
of the Bharatas, 279, 280, 363,
591
Sakti

Sakut

(Heb.

Succoth),

Saka

annual

231,

262, 404

New

the

Year's

booths

robusia), parent-tree

{Sharea
Buddha

the

and

of

Festival,

{Bos7vdlia thurifera)of Indra,


the originalincense-tree,53, 248
Salii, dancing-priests, 239, 242, 442,
Salai

540

Salli'tnannUy Solomon, the Akkadian


sun-fish-god rulingthe year, 50, 152,
278, 55i" 585

Mundas,

the

xxvii., 14, 28, 127, 134, 167, 172,


242" 330, 357. 463. 464
stanzas
r^
Sdmidhenij
hymn of eleven
of the elevencited at the opening
302,

year,

the

at

months
seventeen

of the

hymn

the fifteen-

of

increased

the

in

stanzas

fifteen

of

309;

opening
389 ;

year,

to

Year's

New

seventeen-months

year,

494

gods

kindling-sticks of the
first gods of the

the

Samidhs,
of

Spring, the

eleven-months

the

annual

Sakas^

of

stanzas

year-god,

new

Sdi'tru

months

animal

generate,

by

also to

children

the

consume

and

duplicate of his

risen

predecessor

sacramental

to

consumed

earth, the birth


the

in Northern

sacrifices became

Southern

of the

gifts. These

of the offered

children

generate
the year,

to

during
the

in

its renewal

and

from

brought

water

pure
the sap

of

year

four

seasons

in the

invoked

Apri hymns, 299


Semiramv^
Sem-i-ramoty

Samirus,

bisexual-goddess of

the

84, 230,

231,

233,

236, 237,

247,

250,

257, 259,

Saka,
240,

243,

244,

Phcenician

267, 276, 347, 354, 403, 593


Samoyedes, 119, 378
of Hannah
the fig-tree,
Samuel, son

380,

391

his
Sam-z'arana, the place of sacrifice,
two
Avatars, 596, 597, 598
Santals, 127, 128, 172, 242, 519, 520,
521, 522, 536

Sar, Sara, Shar,


and

com

211,

138, 139,

grass,

363. 408,

seeks

411,
412,
bitch
of the

the

Saramil,

the

of

cows

of

cloud -mother

the

140,

184,

420

gods who
lation
light, the constel-

Argo, 74, 123, 210


river,
and
goddess-mother
170, 196, 258, 300, 322, 504, 586
Sardis^ capital of Lydia, consecrated
to Sard
Pater, the year {sar, sal)god
of the Tursena, 262
Sarganu, Sarovn, Sc'ru^, 1 38, 1 39
of the
Sartta, sacred
primitive
grove
villages,14, 15, 16, 25, 127
the
the
Sat-nam,
true
(sat) Name,
Sarasvati,

Chamar
God,
Saturn, 335
Saturnalia, 243

Satyaki,

son

and
eleven

220

of

Shini

months,

179,

Satyavati, goddess
eel-mother
131,

191.

the

year-go"l

of the

425,

of

dess
moon-godthe

329,

of

year

of

330

{Satya\,
royal races,

truth

Hindu

592

of
Asia
Minor,
Satyrs, hairy races
their ethnology, 120,
121, 201
Sau-rdshtra, kingdom
[rdshtra) of the
Sans.
Guzerat, 55, 252, 358, 361,
584

Sautrd-mani,
months

year,

sacrifice
301,

321

of
"

the
323,

eleven-

327

Index.

{savangha)

the eastern

Savangha-vachf

spcdcer, 155,

170
Savitrty the

sun-god and sunmaiden, 71, 364, 500


Savul,
Savm/, Saul, sun-god of the
left thigh, 380, 390, 403, 406
Saxons, 385
Scylla, variant ot Ino, 631, 632, 639,
640
Seboi, 84, 591
Stkhit, the lion-headed
and
scorpiongoddess, 531, 533
S^k
Nag, Gond
god, worshipped as
the
Iree-mothera
wooden-snake,
snake, 158, 159, 443, 521. See Shesh
Nag
Semele, Samlath, Samlah, of Masrekah,
the vine-land -mother
of Dionysos,
243. 244, 259, 316, 347, 380, 397,
398, 517, 627
Senio-Sancus, sowing-god of the parentwet -grass [sag sak), 164, 442
See
Septemiriones, 124, 335.
HaptoIringas
Sesame, Sesamum
orUntale, the sacred
oil-plant, xxxiv., 31, 307, 370, 535,
Savitart

559
Set, Suit,
533.

Sethlans,

Sutekh,

Egyptian

Etruscan

god,

Maruts

suggesting
the

377,

of

the

seven

of

the

Bear

Nag,

the

as

seven-days

teen-months

year,

as

he

seven

source

week

year

of

or

festivals to the dead

rain-god, wife of Yayati,


Indicd),181,

the

parva,

the Banyan-tree (Ficus


592,

594

Sharya-N"van,
the
are

the

ship (navan) of

of which

year-arrow,

the feathers

Spring, the shaft the


the
point the Winter,

the

mer,
Sum-

26,

295

Sharyata, son
eod

of

of the

Konga,

Manu,

the

measuring-

father

year-arrow,

of

Su-

391

Shelak, the spear, the creating firedrill,137, 148, 159, 306


Shesh-Ndg, Shesh-ai, the Spring-god
of

the

Takka

trident

three seasons,

of

the

year

the Gond

god SekNag {which see),175, 366, 367, 423


Shimsu-mdra, the constellation of the

Alligatorof
a

form

fourteen

stars

of Draco,

round

85,

144,

the
329,

379

seven

of

159, 431,

478
Seventeen-months

Shraddas

fathers, the Pitaro Barishadah,


225,
234, 262, 357
the most
Sharmishtha^
protecting {sharman) mother, daughter of Vrisha-

Pole,

Indra
dancing round
Vritra, indicating the
of the Great

stars

ape

332,

son

260, 261
creating-plant,
Sek
Seven
offeringsto
slew

Sham-tanu, the healing-god,father of


the
and
Pandava
kings,
Kauravya
178, 191, 424, 425
Shami'tree
346
{Prosopis spicegerd),
of the cloud-godShar-ad, the season
dess
Shar, the autumnal
equinox
beginning the cycle-year, the season

of

the

pig-god, 75, 76, 260,


See Hapi, Kapi

and

675

seven-day

Shinar, 48, 250


Shivd, female form of Shiva, 317
Shiva, Sib, Saiv, the three-eyedgod of
*the white

shepherd

races,

Finns, 83, 85, 250,


347, 362, 377, 403,

313,

the

Altaic

329,

344.

528, 529,

590,

595

weeks, 430, 478, 493^


Shuna-shepa, sacrificed as the New
Year's
Seventy, its historical meaning, xlvi.,
dog {svan) of the
summer
636
solstice,184, 185
stitial Shurasena, 590.
See Agni-kulas
Seventy 'two weeks of the Pleiades soland
Orion's
Shus,
Shu,
xlvi.,
Shuham,
Su, Sous, Su44,
year,
of the
Sauri, trading sons
varna,
45" 46, 47, 76, 556
the
bird Khu,
raven-star
Shakuni,
Shakuna,
xv.,
55, 230, 252, 258,
Canopus, brother to Gan-dhari, the
362, 527
land of the Shus, 56, 303,
Shushan,
starVega,23, 24, 218, 258, 309, 482,

586

449

Shalmali

the

{Bombax

ton
Heptaphylla), cot-

Palaisha in
used with
tree, wood
of
the
the
Simul,
cars
Ashvins,

the
human

sacred

tree

of

the

offerers

of

sacrifices,
395, 570
(sharya),Vinf^of
Shalya, the year-arrow
the Madras, whose
cognizance is the
plough, the plough constellation of
the Great
6c"ir,78, 179, 213, 428

Shyena, the frost (shyd)bird, the Polar


cloud-bird, whose
blood, the rain,
the creating Soma,
to earth as
came
95, 96, 184, 350. 391, 481
Sig'urd, the pillar{urdr) of victory
{sig),the conquering sun-god of the
North, 186, 296, 352, 353, 354, 357,
420, 491
Sikhs ^ followers

of Kabir, 157

Index.

676
Basques of South

SUures^
Simton^

the

great

the

time-god, the

cotton-tree, sacred

red

577, 012
Soma
Pavamana,
god,to whom
Ninth

to

moon-bird,

the

Simurgh^ Sin-MurgA,
xvi.

the

its mountain,

Sinai

moon,

250

Sindhu, 2SO" 252, 527, 597


red
of
mark
marriage
Sindur-dan,
the parting of the hair of
traced on
Hindu
brides, indicating fusion of
blood, 172, 179, 343
Sirius, Sharvara, the dog-star,73, 74,
456, 579.
143. 296, 366, 376, 440,
580, 625. See Caleb.
Sisu, the son, the Easter son of Skanda,
the sun-lizard-god of the seventeenmonths

the

and

year

of

stars

seven

Bear, 525, 538. 5"^ Kumara


Sisu-ndg, king of Magadha,
590
the
furrow
Slid, the
star
marking
the Great

path of the sun, xviii.,37,


118, 119, 208, 209, 237, 384, 453"
454,463
Six Gond
gods, six days of the week,
beginning the year of the Tri-kadruka festival,165, 166, 186
annual

sun-lizard-god of

the

Skanda,

-months

seventeen

the

524,

year,

cultivated
central

land

dance

and

of the
417.

the
or

16

Sotwaster,

circles,105, 247
Su, the sacred annual

root

sacramental
Year's

meal,

eaten

at

sacrifice by all who


by the Diksha
It
or

hollowed

authorised
rain

cloud-bird

sacrificial
sent

Su

from
or

from

tree-trunk,

receptacle, together
the

months

PanchiUas,

of

mien

295

year,

d Britany, 266"269
Stonehenge, 105, 476, 477
Ccdendars

Stone

Su

Shu,

or

the

Khn,

cloud-bird

xv.,

i^^Shus, Khu.
55, 391.
Suasttka, Su-asktaka, the sacred sjm*
bol
of
the
circling sun,
xxxr.,
xxxvi., 271, 272, 471, 547, 550
Su-vama
Su-barna
or
Baniks, 361
Su'bhadrd, the blessed
{bkadra) Sa*
bird, twin sister of Krishna, 99, 191,
234, 235, 244, 327, 354, 481, 519,
537
"

Su

rikha,

vama

"

of the Su-vama,

the

rikska, the
of Sn,
sons

the

with

of the

bow
[dharvan) of So,
Ribhus, 99
Snevi, Swabians, 385
Su-griva, the ape with the neck {griva)
of Su, the bird -headed
Pole Star ape
the

father of the

married

been

{vri\ the
with

the

story of R"ma

become

rain, 25, 71, 95,

96, 123, 167,251, 268, 269, 299, 301,


346, 347, 350, 364, 365, 392, 393.
395, 450, 475, 483, 501, 502, 503,

the
year

the
ment

turned

The
Vali

the

the

recorded

the

and

change

Polar
of time

circle

by

the

drclcr
stars

of

substitution

marks

14,000

Star

Pole

the

change
in

Pole

and

the

passage

in

the

furrow,

15,000

of

the

in

year- reckoning adopted


of Rama
and
Sita, the

between
when

Vali

who

ape
for

the

of

his hand.

Su-griva

other

Tara

death

the

ingredients, of
by the
to

596
Su'dharvan^

the

heaven

Khu,

of Divogiver of Su, son


grandson of Vadhri-ashva,
gelt horse, 586, 592, 594, 595,

Sudas, the
dasa, and

after

of the holy mother-tree


nally
origithe Palasha.
Soma
became
also the male moon-god, the crescent
sender

the

who

the sap

moon,

ue

India, 41, 204, 211, 588, 591


Stan-eskuara, the
-pillar-god
gnomon
(eshvar), the leader of the eleven
of the elerenRudras, the months

New

baptismal

taken

was

the
had

consecrated
ceremony.
Drona

416,

Scorpio,

Sekhet.
stone

of

the

the Sias, 571,

of

constellation

Soma, from

the

North

525,

Egyptianserpent-goddess

Ar

Mandala

name

river

572

Sothtt, the

hymns of
of the Rigveda

of gold, 249, 358


Sona-pet, the womb
the
Sau
dealers
in gold,358
Sonar,
and
its
cave
Spy Onoz,
skeletons, 1 10^
III, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116,121, 140
of the sickle {srini^,
Srinjayas, men

521,
Sudon

Sarna

the

round

village grove,

Snake-race

nis-

and

all the

248, 359
ring of

snake

sacred

wind

the

57S" 57^

Sone, the river of gold, 157, 248, 35S

the

526, 528, 537, 575


Snake,

523,

522,

addressed, 392

the Ashvins, 251

Sin,

518,

504, S17,
of

IxioD, 276

Celtic

Simula

276

turner

sorcerer,

of Fal, the

Wheel

the

Wales,

B.c,

Stars

in

measore-

of the

son

through the zodiacal signs was


nised,
recog36,37, 97,1 19, 143, 199,328,334
the Buddha
Su-jdtd, and
god of the
of the eight-rayed star, 470^
year
487, 503, 530

Index.

of the

Su'koniy"y Surid, the sun-bride


wedded

moon-god
(Janunry

February) about
marriage being

"

the

B.C.,

February

in

395,

419,

io,cxx)
mated
consum-

March,

"

391,

475, 515. 575

450,

440,

Magh

in

Soma,

settlers in the
Sumerians, the Indian
Euphratean Delta, 48
originally
SurS^
intoxicating drink
drunk

sacriBces, infused

at

the

eleven-months

apart
the

pared
prein
pure Soma
sacrifice of the seven-

Vajapeya

teen-months

and

year,

the

from

301, 321, 322,

year,

328,

502, 503, 504, 517, 518


Susi'fta^, the snake-god of the Shus of
Shushan
whose
depicted
image was
the Parthian
banners, 56, 211
on
Su-skravas, the glory of the Shus, the
Sanskrit form of the Zend
Hu-shrava,
the
of
Kutsa
moon
[Au)
conqueror
182,
god of the eleven-months
year,
230
the creating-spider of
SuS'Sistiftftako^
the Sias of Mexico, the Spinning
Pleiades, 565, 571
Su-ydmOf the twin (yama) birth stars
Gemini

presidingat

Buddha,

goddess Bahu (whuk see)^26, 27, 29,


32, 33" 34, 261, 295. 397
ginian
Tanais, Tant't, Thenet, the Carthagoddess Tan, 235, 397
Tan-esktiTf the Indian shrine of the
god (eshur)Tan, 26, 261, 295
of Tan, 27
Tan-nim, Hebrews
sons

Tanu-napdty

the births of the

464

Dara

97,
Tari

199,

Takka-sila, Taxila, the


Takkas, 383, 423, 616

city

ot

the

shippers
Trigartas^ the wortrident
the
Yiipa or

sacrificial stake
of three animal

pits {gartas)

and

the

victims
bound

to

in

sacrificers
three

three

[tri)
ficial
sacri-

stakes

{drupadas^xjxi.y xxiv.,
"35. I75t 176, 178, 180, 182, 184,
185, 198, 200, 486, 590, 591, 595,
633
Taksh-ndg, Takshaka^ the v^inter-god,
the third prong
trident
of the Takka
three seasons,
313,
191,
175,

of the

the

Semite

the
female
Pennu^
{pen) Tara
of Orissa
and
goddess of the Kandhs
the Indian
Tur-vasu, 274, 309, 347
of Trikshi, 271, 316.
Tdrkshyay son
See

Trikshi

Taurus^

constellation of, xix., 143, 415,


418, 484, 585, 599, 600
Tavat%msay\)^t,second historical heaven
of the Buddhist
chronology ruled by
the
god Sakko, that of the thirtythree
gods ruling the thirty-three
of the elevendays of the month
months
year, 298, 470, 473
TeUhines, their place in history,xxiv.,

Phoenicians, sons

of the

366,

Hebrew

{whuk see)
Tatty Tana, the

god

oil,31, 307, 308, 333,

consecrated

the

in

247
the

grove,

Templum,
Roman
the

the

the

cian
Greland

village
the

to

mother-

field of the

consecrated

augur,

Indian

round
to

Hindu

snake-guardian of

Greek

Temenos,

four-cornered

field

of

Varuna, 256
Ten
kings of Babylon, their year, 414,
415, 532, 636, 637, 638
Tenth cup allotted to the Ashvins, the
stars
Gemini, as gods of the ten
months
of gestation of the cycle-year,
Teuccr, 404
TheseuSy 239, 404

Thesmophoria^
to

the
Tamluky
TdmralipH,
copper
{tdmra) port of Bengal, 359, 360,
361, 583

and

the

of

caste-guildmakers

Sesame

TemenoSj sacred enclosure


temples answering

523

Tammuzt

goddess, 36,

394

date-palm-tree-motherof

date-palm {"poivt^),152, 275,


422,

Star

334

335

Tugras,

367. 423
TamoTf the

Pole

333,

XXV.

Aquila, 367, 373

of

299

Tdrdt the ape

sacred

TakkaSf

the god
self-producer,

xiii. 479, 597


Tdo, the creating-path,
Tapasm,
Tapas^ Tapa4i, 480, 598
See
Tary the Hittite goat-god, 17a

Telis^ the
Ta-khu

the

of summer,

sacrifice of

of the Sautramani

Soma

the

in

677

author

form
mud
of

of

Dumn-zi

{tan) goddess
life,the Soatheni

Greek

festival

the Southern

Feast

ing
answer-

of First-

fruits at the beginning of the Pleiades

57, 59. 62, 135, 203, 404

year,

Thetis

the

mud

of Achilles

(M//^) goddess- mother

the sun-g"xl,27,

371.421
Thigh constellation

parent

of the

of the

306, 309,

Great

Bear,

sun-god, the Thigh

of

678

333. 39'. 403. 407. 4t"8,

righlthigh,390, 391, 406


and withered
left
Thigh, the wounded
of the year-cods of the elevenIhifih
months
Cuchalaian, Jacob
year,
and
Odusseus, 403, 407, 408, 458,
the

4S9

High,

the year of

10,000
Gemini

the

sun

in

was

in January February,419
both thighsof the year-god
"

Thighs,
of

Ihe,beginningabout

when

B.C.,

the lunar solar age

broken,

^2,

483. 509
Thirlctn

Buddhist

wives

of

Thtris,and thirteen

the thirteen
of the year, 48S, 521
Thirty-three
days of the month of the

Kasbyapa, ruliag

months

eleven'inoDlhs year, 298


weeks
Tkirly-six

of the half-year
of the
of
weeks, the Ihirtyyear
sevent^-lwo
six stepsof Vishnu, Ihe year-god,46,

""BrihaIi

47,67-

TAaas, Tii'm,forms
J"). 3'.93.

of

Dumu-ii(ii'A(V^

35*

Thor, god of the hammer, drawn

by

goats. 152

TAalh, Taut, Tut, forms ofDhu-ti.the


bird

idhu) of life {li),(which see),


"xL, 534
Thraelatma, the Semite Zend god of
"-.
the

cycleyeor, 49, 213, 214

Three months

god

passedby the infant sunthirty stars


guardianshipof Ihe moon,

traversing the

in

under the
and the three months'

trance

of Cu-

chulainn,332, 333, 488. 489


TTiuroh, Hebrew
Thorah,
the
name

of Harmon

law,

ia, xxi.

TiS-mut, mother of livingthings(/W),


goddess of the Pole Star age, mother
of eleven-fold
of the

the
offspring,

eleven-months

months

year, 24, 303,

451

Tiger jt'iiis ol the

trident of Pbarsipot, mothers of the sons of the tiger,


160, 161. 331, 333. 336
of the Cleft or
Tirhatha, fish-goddess
rock -pool,also called Derceto Ater-

galis,177,

209, 130, 231, 233,

366,

591

TishlryaSiriuj, 183, 198, 203, 366


n-lans, 27, 399
lunar days, measureTithis, Hindu
ment
of time by, 456, 457, 538
Teiil,Tobias,4^, 409, 410, 411, 412,
413, 420

Index.

68o

Naga

two-horned

Vai'karna,

of

races

the

of Kama

worshippers

Kashmir,

senior

moineHy the
triad, 226

Finn

the

of

god

Vaishvadtvay the gods of the village


{vish),loi, 347, 400
of
Agni household-fire
FdishvUnara,
of the tree
the village {visA)and son
5(^ Vastospati
{vanam), 186, 591.
of the village(wjA), the
Vaishyay men
yellow race, 141, 308, 504" 55". 578
VAjapeya^ sacrifice of the seventeenmonths

492, 499, 500, 502, 503


of the tiger (via^kra),

year,

Vajjians,

sons

eighteen tribes,

their

161,

160,

333
thunder

the
of the

throne

bolt

of

son

weapon,
the
Queen

of

has

who

Hal-ayudha, he
the Great
plough (Jial)y

called

Rohini

Pleiades, and

the

Naga

Bear

Great

eleven-months

ruling

the

of

the

na
year preceding Krishfifteen-months
year,

427, 428. 43 !" 577, 578


Vali^ the turning {vri) Pole
of Tara

first husband

Taurus,

ruler

of the

Nahusha,

190.

to

star

of

309,

311,

126

rulers

of

the

577

Vdsu-deva, father of Krishna, the black

antelope-god, 427,

490,

from

368,

324,

526. 527
VertumnuSf the

10,000

207, 280,

373.

419,429.

455,

turning

year-god
{verto) mid641

of the year, 34, 445,


Vessantara, birth of the Buddha
Tusita

of wealth

heaven

sun

473,

in the

when
{tuso)^

in Gemini

was

463, 472,

B.C.,

8200

about

475; 484,

474,

487, 537
Vestal

Virgins consecrated
goddess Vesta,

to

of the

the

vice
ser-

the Greek

Hestia, the centra]


fire-goddess in
survivals
of
the age
village,
every
when
the priestesses and
guardians
of the

household

the wife

and

national

fires

and

daughters of the
of the household-fire, and in
master
of the village
villages of the Headman
dwelling in the central Gemeinde

were

577,

578

Hotel

or

de

Ville

of

the

lage
vil-

315,323

Vetasu^

of

sons

the

reed

of Kutsa

the

shippers
(vetasu),wor(/6")god,

moon

180, 182
Vi'Chiira

Vifya, the Polar father {viru)


two
(vi) colours
(chitra),
reputed father of the Kauravyas and
Panda
replaced by Vyasa the
vas,

of

the

constellation

Draco,
double

Vid-arha^ the

97,
four

195, 425

{ar^)

name

of Central

of the
India, the home
eight tribes of Gonds, 365, 366, 444
Vinalia
the
on
23rd of April, St.
George's Day,
{see Falilia);
325
mid -year
festival on
the 19th
as
a
August. 447, 448
wife
tenth
of Kashyapa
and
Vinafd,

months,
the

of

month

tenth

Virata,

427,

Star

xl., 8, 97,

B.C.,

in Rome
{p. 12). This became
the
of the
fire of
Regia, the home
ruled
Vesta
Sacrorum,
by the Rex
of the village Headman,
the survivor

creator-god of the Chiroos,


the bird {chir\ xxxiii.,131,

197. 213,

Pole

Lyra,

8cx)0

Haus

43, 89

Vasuy the
sons

in

Vega

Star

covering (var) rain-god,


of the
North
the Lokapala
god of
and
of
summer
barley, 27, loi, 301,
302, 321, 346, 347. 393, 434, 503
Vashistha^ Zend
Vazista, god of the
most
creating (vasti)fire burning
perpetually on the altar,42, 70, 181,
311, 312, 396, 424, 587, 594, 596
VastoS'pati, Lord
(pati) of the house
and
or
city {vastos)^the household
national
of Orion
and
fire-god,son
the

506,604,

393, 501,

606

god,

the

Aldebaran,

altar of knowledge,
in the
of a
form

Star

constellation Corvus,
426
{pa/i)
VafMs-pati\ Vena^ Vcnus^ Lord
of the
wood
{z'aftam),the central
the
of
mother-tree
village grove,
in the Apr!
the
tenth god invoked
hymns, 49, 300
Varska-giraSt praisers {giras)of rain,
name

3S7,

the Pole

mother, 199
Vanaut^ the Zend

I'arumiy

xxii., xxxiii,

197, 198, 271,

227,301,

woman,

of

summer-god

trident,

365, 367, 423


Vedi Utiaray North
originally made

the

Bear, for his


Aldebaran,

the bull constellation

Nanda

(vajra)

Buddha, 475. 476


revolving {vri) Rama

the

Vala-rdma,

year,

Takka

the

Vajrdiun^

the

the

xxxvi., 175, 190,

horned-god, 592, 594


Vcund

Vasuk^ Vasukif central

sons

Polar

Matsya,
182, 328
VirbiuSj

see),the

the

of thirteen

year

517, 526, 562


of the
Viru

or

fire-drill ; also
sons

of

the

form

of

Hippolytus

male

form

phallus,

called

the

eel, 131, 151,

of

the

{whi^h
goddess

Index.

of

goddess

Tana,

325,

326, 327,

455.

586.

316, 324,

191,

374. 375"
Chitra, Min

415.

341,

of the

Pleiades

year,

the

of

the

little bird, the

Bharatas.

the

and

He

the

was

Bharatas,

of

Yadcevas^

of

king

Babylon,

of Yadu,

sons

the

full-moon

391,

laid with

ritualistic formulas,

609, 610
Yakshus, 592, 593, 596
Yanialoka, the third of the

of

502,

heavens

of

of the

Buddhist

Twins

birth

as

10,200

twins

bom

was

historical

theology,that

Gemini,

the

as

care,
Buddha

under

Su-yama,

295,

349,

350,

See

507.

Azi

the

sun
physician about
463, 464, 473
river of the twins
the Jumna

Yavcuiiya,the barley-sun
-mare,
of the horse
of Guga,
one
Pive

the

rivers

and

Kauravyas and
I9i,36i"379,

sons

Pirs, 337,

Seis-

mother
of

the

353

of the barley [yava),


368, 592
362,
249, 350"
Yav-yilvati, river of the barley (^tizw)
of
the
granaries, name
Jumna,

Y"vafias,

352.
Da-

lation
Vydsa, Vyansa, the alligator constelof batya-vati, the
Draco, son

the

of

tan, 79

haka

eel-mother-goddess of

the

in his Mah-osadha

{yama), 191, 592,595


Finns
Yatudhana, the wizard

{vrisha)
ape {kapi) mother, 35, 397, 546
Vritra, the circling (rn) snake, the
original guardian-snake of village
matriarchal
theolot^yslain by Indra,

whose

B.C.,

Yamuna^

Vrisha-kapiythe original rain

501,

Skat

636

415,

367, 431,

the

383, 391,

the Flood, the Star

brick-altar

529

xxviii., 100,

Apollo

578,
249,
577,
588
181, 249. 361, 584,
Yadu-Turvasu,
See Turvasu
585, 586, 612.
the
Yajitsh-mati,
360 bricks of the

587, 591, 594


Vh/asva/f Vivasimu^ the two
lights
morning and evening, 305, 598
Vohu-FryanOy second of the five Zend
that of the Viru, 42, 131
parent-fires,
Volterra
the
at
beginning its year
autumnal
equinox, 263
Vriddka-kshatra, the Pole Star god,
527,

red-

Artemis

bom,

(Yd) god,

the

priest-god

280, 311,

279,

from

and

were

in Aquarius, 414,

cloud-bird

mother

mother

saved

the

Mallis

-god

438
Xtsuthros, tenth

friend (mi/ra) of the


village(vtsA)races, father of Sakun-

tala, the

wolf-sun

Bear

22, 23,

64, 165, 174, 324, 326, 487, 525,


526, 537, 538
the year-god of the village
Vishnu,
{vish)ta log of wood, the trunk of
the parent -tree
measuring time
by
flowers
its spring leaves, its summer
its winter
and fruit,and
nakedness,
184, 349,
46,
67,
158,
69,
72,
70,
31,
350" 351, 360, 361, 362, 461, 528,
590
Vishva-mitra,

the

Xanthus, the yellow river where

"

month

became

Goblin, the Irish Leprechaun,


guardian of treasure, xxxviii.,
xxxix.,xl., 549, 550

See

fTrw, the phallic-father-god,


42, 131,
132, 182, 191
V l-sakhoy Vaisakh
(April May), mid-

which

capped

xxiv., 28,

of corn,

Wood-pecker, red-headed, the original

groves,

sun-bird

34, 340
Virj^Oystar-mother

180,

sacred

the

68

sons

211

Yii^ya, the
idol

of

grandfather of the
Panda vas, 97, 184,
580

Mexican

of the
every

Sia

corn-baby, the
renewed
antelope-priests

four years,

570

Yayilti,the full-moon ( Yd) god,


365,
181, 271,
Nahusha,

of

son

592,

594
lyalnut-mother-iree

of

the

Yd-ydvaiGi full-moon
365

sun-god,

461, 462
Wether^
on

Sabsean
the

the

their

sexless
New

Mundaites

eleven-months

animal

Year's

sacrificed

Yeltaiu Finn

the

men

282,

K//;/", the
the

283,

Edda

trees,
Y

of turmeric,

sons

Ygg-drasii,the parent ash-tree


Edda, xxii.,29, 306, 309, 338

of

302, 405
light of the fireyear,

Wolf, goddess of
worshippers, 185, 245,
438. See Apollo Lyceus

sect, 271,

80, 308, 309, 465

day, by the

and

races,

(Yd)

of

the

roaring creating-gianl
whose

338, 342

hair

was

grass

of

and

Index,

682

eldest
Pandava,
Yudishthira^ the
born
under Virgo about 10,200 B.C.,
368, 373, 374, 375, 527, 579, 580,

phet

581
Yupa^

the

born from a tree, who


spoke
the language of birds, 26, 28, 262,

three-pronged sacrificial-

of
the Takkas,
stake
178, 271,
633
Yuyutsuy the Vaishya king succeeding
the Pandavas, 578

2^

the god Tan


ZfuSf originally
xxi., 29, 32, 33

or

Dana,

Zeus Lykaios and Laphystios^ to whom


sacrifices were
human
offered, 245,
246, 247, 248, 628

Z", Akkadian
Khu, XV., 55

storm-bird, form

of

ZarathusUa^ Zaotar, the inspiredpro-

1)rfnteb b^e 5ame6

parlier anb

Co., Crown

]Bar^, ^rfcrb.

c
Vv

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