and Mars, 280;
Indras, the paramour of Ahalyâ, as a, 280;
and hen in India and Persia, and sacredness of the, 282, 284;
crowing of, 282, 285, 286;
Christus invoked as a, 283;
in the Gospels, 283;
the miraculous, 284;
of night, 285;
and Minec' Aniello, 287;
Esthonian legends of, 288;
hitting the, 289;
as a symbol, 290;
-fights, 290;
the Danes and, 290;
auguries from, 291.
Coition, mythical, i. 348.
Cornucopia, Scandinavian, i. 225.
Cosmogony, the Persian, ii. 412.
Cosimo and the fox, ii. 135, 136.
Cow and the Bull, the, origin and meaning of the myth, i. 3, 4;
respect paid to, in the family, 46.
Cow, the infinite, celestial, i. 5, 6;
son of the, 5;
-child, the spotted, 6, 14;
as monster, 15;
-moon, 19;
-aurora, 19, 20;
of abundance, 26, 95;
hide of, as symbol of fecundity, 46, 47;
sour milk of, as favourable to generation, 47;
milk-yielding, of night, 48;
invocation of the spotted, 50;
the sacred, of the Persians, 97;
purification by the excrement, 99;
pearl excrement of, 129;
the black, 167;
and the weather, 174;
Vedic, double aspect, 175;
filled with straw and sparrows, 187;
of abundance, Scandinavian, 224;
red, 228;
German proverbs relating to, 229;
and dwarf Allwis, 260;
testicles of, and the jackal, 233;
the, that spins, 250;
the Sabine, 268;
the sacrificed, 269;
the ashes of, 276.
Cow-cloud, the, i. 14, 15, 74.
Cow-moon, the, i. 274, 275.
Cows, the, of night, i. 17;
the two, 27;
that do not cover themselves with dust, 28, 31;
seen in dreams, 47, 48;
coming forth of, 50.
Cowherd, the hero disguised as, i. 168, 169.
Cox, Mr, i. 262, 263.
Crab, the, in the riddle, ii. 354;
celestial, in June, 354;
in the myth of Herakles, 355;
and Alexander, 355;
and the deceiving crane, 355;
and the serpent, 356;
sun and moon as, 356;
and fox, 357;
"from a man, a," 358;
as a charm, 359;
Cancer, the, 359.
Crescentia, the Persian, i. 121.
Cross, the, ii. 411;
of paradise, 411.
Crow, the, in borrowed feathers, ii. 246;
mythical significance, 250, 251;
and cheese, 251;
disguised, 251, 252;
the enchanted, and Râmas, 252;
cunning of, 253;
Râmas and Apollo as, 253;
and Pallas and Yamas, 254;
of evil omen, 254;
the giant, 255;
and the dead, 255;
and the old man, 255;
the procrastinating, and Phoebus, 256;
as messenger, 257;
the egg, 257;
brood, 257.
Cuckoo, the, and Zeus, i. 248;
its mythical congeners, ii. 226;
Indras as a, 228, 229, 231;
birth of the, 231;
a phallical symbol, 232;
and Hêra and Zeus, 232;
and marriage, 232;
as mocker, 233;
harbinger of spring, 233;
sinister aspect of, 234;
as cuckold, 234;
as a bird of omen, 234, 235;
immortal and omniscient, 235;
and nightingale, 235.
Çunahçepas, i. 35;
story of, 69-72, 74.
Cupid and Psyche, i. 368, 369; ii. 378.
Cypresses, riddle of the two, ii. 174.
Cyrus, legend of, i. 110, 118
Cyzicene, the, i. 275.
Dædalus and Icarus, ii. 186.
Dadhyanc, the head of, i. 303, 304.
Dadhikrâ, the solar horse, i. 337.
Dakshas, ii. 364.
Danaidæ, the, i. 265.
Daphnê, i. 170, 273.
Darius Hystaspes, myth of, i. 346.
Daughter, the third, and the toad, i. 381;
and the magician, 382, 383.
Dawns, the two, i. 27.
Dejanira, i. 212.
Delilah, counter-types of, i. 212.
Deluge, the Vedic, ii. 335.
Demons, mountain of, i. 96.
Demosthenes on Athênê, ii. 247.
Devayânî, the nymph, i. 83, 84.
Devil, the, as a bull, i. 184;
and the waters, ii. 390, 391.
Dhâumyas, three disciples of, i. 79.
Diana (Hindoo), ii. 43.
Dead, the, good luck brought by, i. 198.
Dionysos, ii. 217;
and the panther, 160.
Dioskuroi, i. 304, 305;
the legend of, 318.
Dîrghatamas, i. 84, 85.
Dog, the, and cat, ii. 56, 57.
Dolphin, the, ii. 351.
Dominic, St, and the dog, ii. 40.
Domitian and the astrologer, ii. 39.
Dove, in the Rigvedas, ii. 297;
Agnis as, 297;
Moses and the flesh of, 297;
self-sacrificing, 297;
and the ant, 298;
stories of the maiden (and prince) transformed into, 298;
story of the twelve sons changed into, 298, 299;
of the prince and servants changed into, 299-301;
the two, and Gennariello, 300-302;
the funereal, 303;
as announcer of the resurrection, 304;
the daughters of Anius changed into, 304;
the two, and Little Mary, 304;
and Zezolla, 305;
doves and the rosebush-maiden, 305;
Peristera changed into, 305;
and Venus, 305;
the laughing, 306;
and Aspasia, 306;
infidelity of, 306.
Drinking, trial of, i. 206.
Drusilla, Livia, and the white hen, ii. 196.
Duck, swan, or goose, the, Agnis as, ii. 307;
the Marutas, and the horses of the Açvinâu as, 307;
and golden egg, 308;
the sun as, 309;
in the lake, 309;
the white, and her three sons, 311;
death of, 311;
that lays a golden and a silver egg, 311, 312.
Drunkenness, and madness, ii. 348, 349.
Dundus, i. 75, 76.
Dundubhis, the cloud-monster, i. 75.
Eagle, the, and Zeus, ii. 195-197;
and the classic heroes, 196;
the Hellenic, 196;
and Aphroditê, 197.
Earrings, theft and recovery of the, of Karnas, i. 80, 81.
Eel, the, as phallical, sacrificial, and divine, ii. 341;
proverbs about, 341;
eating, 342;
with two heads and two tails, 342;
transformation into a fountain and an, 343;
the maiden changed into an, 343;
and monster-serpent, 343;
diabolical, 344;
the epic exploit, 344.
Eggs, hatching of, and thunder, ii. 281;
worship of, 291;
the golden, 292;
beginning with, 292, 293.
Elephant and the hare, ii. 77;
mythical qualities of, 91;
general mythical significance, 92;
Airavanas, 92;
the white, overcome by the monkey, 93;
in the lake, 93;
that supports the world, 92, 93, 95;
and the tortoise, 93-95;
the Vedic, 94.
Emilius, the lazy, and the grateful pike, i. 195-198.
Empusa, i. 367.
Endymion, i. 429.
Epics, the, killing of the serpent the theme of all, ii. 392.
Eros as a fish, ii. 340.
Esmeralda and Quasimodo, loves of, i. 421.
Eulenspiegel, ii. 246.
Eurôpê, i. 264, 265, 272.
Exchanges, tales of unfortunate, i. 176.
Farquhar II., death of, ii. 14.
Fecundity, symbols of, i. 49.
Feridun, episode of old age of, i. 111.
Finger, the knowing little, i. 166;
Small Little, story of, ii. 151, 152.
Finns, the, the epopee of, i. 150.
Firefly, the, ii. 212, 213.
Firud, i. 117.
Fish, the laughing, i. 249;
symbolic meaning of, 249;
the April, 250;
and the man's seed, 250;
celestial metamorphosis into, ii. 331;
become a stone, 331;
laughing, 333;
Alexander and the, 333;
the little gold, 334;
Vishnus as a, 334, 335;
and Aphroditê, 340;
phallical, 341;
wise and stupid, 349;
and the ring, 350;
the heroic, 350, 351;
and pearl, 352;
sacred, 353.
Fly, the, and bear, ii. 221;
and ant, 222.
Flies, ii. 221.
Fleece, the golden, i. 146, 429.
Flute, the magic, i. 161, 195.
Fool, the fortunate, i. 195;
the would-be, fortune-making, i. 240.
Fox, the, and the bear, ii. 113;
mythical significance, 122;
and jackal, 123;
double aspect of legendary, 123, 124;
the wolf and honey, 128, 129;
and the old man whose wife is dead, 129, 130;
as weeper, 130;
and tail, 131;
and four hungry animals, 131;
the hungry, and bird, 131;
and wolf, 132, 133;
and lost girl, 133;
and the cheese, 133;
as go-between, 134;
and Buhtan, 134, 135;
and Cosimo, 135;
and hare, 136, 137;
and cock, 137, 138;
knaveries and cunning, 139;
and other animals, 139, 140;
the sick, and lion, 140;
human antitype, 140;
Lycaon, 147.
Formicola, Captain, and the shepherd's son, ii. 45.
Freya, i. 212;
the foot of, 253.
Frog, the, and mouse, ii. 71, 72.
Frogs, the, in the sky, ii. 373;
imitating the sounds of, 373;
and the serpent or heron, 374;
in the 103d hymn of the Rigvedas, 374;
and Indras and Zeus, 374;
and the moon, 375-377;
the dumb, 375;
and Proserpina, 375;
and serpent, 376;
and rook, 376;
the diabolical, 376, 377;
two dragons in the form of, 377;
the maiden changed into, 377-379.
Gahs, the, i. 98.
Galanthis, ii. 53.
Galathea, i. 421, 422.
Gandhamâdanas mountains, i. 52, 55.
Gandharvas, the, i. 52, 53, 149, 160, 311;
appetites of, 365, 367, 369, 370, 379.
Ganeças, ii. 68.
Gangâ, the nymph, i. 68.
Ganges, the, ii. 308.
Ganymede, rape of, ii. 196.
Garatkarus, the wise, i. 68, 69.
Gardabhas, i. 365, 369.
Gargantua, at birth, i. 259.
Garudas, the bird, and elephant, ii. 94, 95;
and the monsters, 184;
and the birds, 245, 363.
Gâtâyus, the omniscient vulture, ii. 185.
Gazelle, the misleading, ii. 84.
Gefion, voyage of, i. 222.
Gemshid, legend of, i. 95.
Geneviève, the Persian, i. 121, 219.
Gennariello and Milluccio, ii. 300-302.
Geusurva, the, i. 98, 99.
Gerion, the oxen of, i. 273, 277.
Ghoshâ, the leprous, ii. 3, 5.
Giant-monster, the, and dwarf, i. 148, 149.
Giovannino, the fearless, i. 202, 388.
Girl, the, persecuted, i. 121;
affianced to three, 123;
in the chest, Calmuc story of, 131;
seven years old, Esthonian story of, 153;
wise, of the wood, 154;
the poor, and the lady of the waters (Esth.), 154;
the beautiful, and the witch, 218.
Giuseppe, the boy, and the ant's leg, ii. 45, 46.
Gnat, the, ii. 221.
Goat, the, triple aspect of, i. 401;
the cloud as, 402;
the he-, 402, 403;
Açvinâu as, 403;
and apple-tree, 405;
and walnut-tree, 405;
kids of, and wolf, 406, 407;
revenge of the goat, 406, 407;
mythical meaning, 407;
he-, and merchant's daughter, 410;
the sacrificed he-, 415, 416;
as all-seeing, 418;
with seven eyes, 419;
with twelve eyes, 419;
constellation of the, 421;
as rain-bringing, 421;
milk of the, 421, 424;
blood of the he-, 422;
stones, 422;
sacrifice of he-, 423;
cunning of the she-, 424;
the witch and the boy goatherds, 425;
and the peasants of Sicily, 426;
and the goatherd of Val di Formazza, 426;
and the god Thor, 426;
in the Scandinavian mythology, 427;
the horned, 427, 428;
lust of, 427, 428;
in Greek mythology, 428.
Gods, the cheating of, i. 44, 45.
Gold, hand of, ii. 32.
Goose, the, and pearl, ii. 309;
the miraculous, 312;
foot of, 315;
the disenchanted, 315;
eating of, on St Michael's Day, 316.
Gorgons, the, ii. 9.
Godiva, the Mongol, i. 138.
Grasshopper, the, the wedding of, with the ant, ii. 48, 49;
as diviner, 48;
song of the wedding, 49.
Griffins, the, ii. 204, 205.
Gudrun, i. 226.
Guhas, i. 58.
Guhas, King, ii. 333.
Halcyon, the, phallical nature of, ii. 269;
the Greek, 270.
Hansas, the, ii. 306, 307, 309.
Hanumant in quest of the herb of health, i. 52, 57-59, 61, 64, 78, 89;
the monkey, ii. 101, 106.
Haoma, the ambrosial god, i. 97, 104.
Harayas and Haritas, i. 376.
Hare, the mythical, ii. 76;
habitat and king, 76;
and the elephant, 77;
and hungry lion, 77;
and the lion, 78;
and dying eagle, 78;
and cave of the wild beasts, 79;
and lamb, 79;
transfigured by Indras, 79;
and parturition, 80;
that sleeps with eyes open, 80;
and bear, 81;
and a wedding procession, 81;
and the girl that rides on it, 82.
Hariçcandras, i. 69-72.
Haris and hari, meanings of, i. 376; ii. 99, 320.
Harpies, the, ii. 201, 202.
Hawk, mythical meaning of, ii. 192, 193;
as a badge of knighthood, 193;
sacredness of, 193;
and Attila, 194;
and the Greek gods, 194;
superstitious beliefs about, 194.
Heads, exchange of, i. 303, 304.
Health, herb of, i. 52-54;
Gandharvas, guardians of, 53.
Heaven, cup of, i. 8;
battle in, 10, 11.
Hedgehog and wolf, ii. 11, 12.
Helen, the Argive, i. 170, 212; ii. 318.
Hen, the crowing, ii. 284, 285;
dreaming of the brood of the, 288.
Herakles and Augeias, i. 143;
and Cacus, 232, 235, 266, 267;
and the golden cup, 273;
and the oxen of Gerion, 277;
competes with the he-goat, 428;
and the boar, ii. 9.
Hermes and Admetos, i. 279;
and Sârameyas, ii. 22.
Hermits, the dwarf, ii. 364.
Hero, the solar, riddle of, as a wonderful cowherd, i. 29;
maiden helper, 209;
concealed, 237;
in the night, 326;
saved by a tree, 334, 335.
Heroes, the, hunger and thirst of, i. 8;
chief arena of, 15;
weapons of, 62;
mountain of, 97;
biblical, 118;
disguise of, ii. 2;
noises at the birth of, 373.
Heroines, perverted, i. 211, 212.
Hesperides, garden of the, i. 274; ii. 410, 418.
Hippolytos, the legend of, i. 345.
Hippomenes and Atalanta, ii. 159.
Hog, as guise of the hero, ii. 2;
the skin of, 5;
bristles of, 5;
dedicated to St Anthony, 6;
lust of, 6;
as Vishnus, 7, 8;
and wolf, 11.
Holda, the dark, i. 251, 252.
Hoopoe, the, ii. 230.
Horse, the, of the sun, i. 290, 291;
black, 291, 292, 295;
the three, 291, 296;
tail and mane, 295;
and the cat, 317;
the myth of, 330, 331;
fat of, 332;
the strength of Indras, 336;
the symbolic meaning of head of, 339;
the hero's, 340;
binding of, 341;
the neighing of, 346, 347;
tears of, 349, 350;
mythical, 349;
the foam of, 352;
the hoofs of, 353, 354;
and the gods, 355.
Husband, the wicked, i. 124.
Husbands, exchange of, i. 317.
Idol, the wooden, Æsop's fable of, i. 177.
Ichneumon, the, ii. 51-53.
Iliad, the, most solemn moment of, i. 16.
Ilvalas and Vâtâpis, legend of, i. 414.
Indras, the rôle of, i. 7, 15;
appetite and food, 8;
horns of the bull, 9;
as the fire-god Agnis, 10;
his fields of battle, 12, 15;
great exploits of, 12;
threefold victory, 13, 14;
weapons of, 14;
companion of Somas, 18, 19;
the triple, 20;
moments of, 20, 23;
special function, 27;
relations to the aurora, 27;
and the blind lame one, 32;
destroyer of the witch Aurora, 33;
lover of the aurora, 35;
personified in Râmas, 59-61;
slays Viçvarûpas, 76;
fall of, 76;
protector of Utankas, 80, 81;
transformation, 89;
quarrel of, with the Marutas, 106;
horses of, 351;
as a ram, 403;
with the thousand eyes, 418;
the rudder of, ii. 7;
as a wild boar, 8;
and the dwarf hermits, 95;
and Vishnus, 99, 100;
and the monkeys, 101;
and Vritras, 154, 155;
deprived of strength and beauty, 155;
as a hawk, 181;
and Ahalyâ, 280, 281, 330;
impotent, 326;
unchaining the waters, 330;
drunk, 349;
and the monster, 393, 394;
killing the monster, 394, 395.
Indus, i. 18.
Io, i. 264, 265, 271, 272.
Iphiklos, ii. 198, 199.
Isfendiar, seven adventures of, i. 118.
Iskander, legend of, i. 119.
Ivan, three essays of, i. 301, 302;
(and Mary), with horse, dog, and apple-tree, ii. 28;
resuscitated, 29;
the three, sons respectively of the bitch, the cook, and the queen, 29;
and the ring, 345;
and his frog-bride, story of, 377-379.
Ivan Tzarevic and the serpent, i. 177;
and Helen and the bear, 178;
and Princess Mary, 179-182;
and the demoniacal cow, 181;
and the magic apples, 182;
and the witch in the balance, 183;
and the hero Nikanore, 184;
and the theft of the black bull, 186;
son of the black girl, 188;
and his brothers, killing the serpents, 191;
and the rescue of the three sisters, 194;
of the dog, 194;
the drinker, 194;
and the dead body of his mother, 198, 199;
courage of, 201;
variations of, 202-204;
horse of, 340.
Ivan Durak and the humpbacked horse, i. 293, 294;
and the fire-breathing grey horse, 296;
who, mounted, three times kisses the princess through twelve
glasses, 297.
Ivanushka and little Helen, i. 409.
Jack and the beanstalk, i. 244.
Jackal and the ass, i. 378;
the perfidious, ii. 125;
friend of the hero, 125;
in borrowed feathers, 126;
the, inquisitive and vile, 126;
and the parrots, 127.
Joan lou Pec, i. 397.
John, little, and his red shoes, i. 195, 196.
Johnny and the goose-swans, ii. 309, 310.
Jonah (the Hindoo), ii. 337.
Jorsh, the, ii. 336-345;
trial by the fishes of, 346-349;
and Reinecke Fuchs, 348.
Julius Cæsar, horse of, i. 338, 350.
Jupiter Ammon, i. 429.
Kabandhas, the monster, i. 62-64.
Kaçapas, the, ii. 362.
Kaçyapas, the fecundator, ii. 364.
Kadmos, i. 265, 272.
Kai Khosru, the hero, i. 117, 118.
Kan Pudai, Altaic story of, i. 144, 145.
Kapilas, ravisher of the sacrificial horse, i. 331.
Kapis, ii. 98, 99.
Katoma and the hero's horse, i. 340, 341.
Kâuçalyâ, i. 332.
Kawus, King, i. 112, 113, 115, 116.
Kentaurs, the, i. 367-369.
Ker Iupta and the third brother, i. 290.
Kereçâçpa, the Persian hero, i. 106, 108;
myth of, 313, 314, 335.
King's son, the, and the peasant girl, i. 163-166.
Kishmar, cypress of, i. 96.
Krimhilt, i. 212.
Krishnas, celebration of birth of, i. 51;
father of, 75.
Kruth, the bird, and tortoise, ii. 369, 370.
Kuhn, A., i. 263.
Kumbhakarnas, the monster, ii. 400, 401.
Lakshmanas, i. 55;
and Râmas, 62, 63, 66, 77; ii. 85.
Lame, the, and the blind, i. 217.
Lapillus Alectorius, ii. 287.
Lanka, three brothers of, i. 77.
Lark, the, in cosmogony, ii. 273, 274;
and St Christopher, 274;
the crested, 275;
Bharadvâgas, 275.
Leaf, the magic, i. 155, 156.
Lear, King, in embryo, i. 85; ii. 230.
Lêda, ii. 185.
Lion, the, and the bull, i. 278;
(and tiger) symbol of strength and majesty, ii. 153;
Indras as a, 154;
virtue of hair of, 155;
lion's share, 156;
-sun, the western, 157;
sign of, 159;
Androcles and, 157;
the Nemæan, 158;
afraid of the cock, 159.
Lizard, the, as witch, ii. 385;
as omen, 385;
the little, 385;
the green, 386, 387;
and poor Laric, 387.
Locust, the nocturnal, ii. 47.
Lohengrin and Elsa, the legend of, ii. 317-319.
Loki, i. 226, 227;
and the pike, ii. 333, 334.
Louse, the, stories of, ii. 222.
Lucìa, St, the Vedic, i. 36, 254;
feast of, ii. 210.
Lucius, of Apuleius, i. 366.
Lunus, i. 58;
the god, 139, 324.
Lynx, the, ii. 54.
Madonna the old, and the maiden who combs her head, i. 180.
Magician, the, of the seven heads, ii. 36.
Magpie, the, in mythology, ii. 258, 259;
as a robber, 259;
knowledge and malice of, 259;
bird of omen, 260.
Mahâbhâratam, the, most solemn moments of, i. 16.
Mahrusa, i. 125.
Maiden, the enchanted, and her hair, i. 146;
Esthonian story of the prince and persecuted, 151-153;
and the golden slipper, 208;
that by a puppet weaves a shirt for a prince, 208;
the, and the apple-tree, 251;
the fairies' favourite, and the enchanted prince, ii. 286, 287.
Man and woman, the old, with the nine cows, i. 132, 133;
the old, who essays heaven in vain with his wife, 190;
and the cabbage, beanstalk, &c., 190, 191;
the old, and the beanstalk, 243.
Man-bull, Calmuc tale of, i. 129.
Mandaras, the, ii. 361, 362.
Manus, ii. 248;
and Vishnus as a fish, 335.
Mansûr, i. 315.
Marcellus, St, the legend of, ii. 159.
Mare's head and the two girls, i. 298.
Mârgâras, ii. 42, 43.
Marîças, the stag, i. 64; ii. 85.
Mars and the wild boar, ii. 14.
Martin, St, and birds of, ii. 270.
Marutas, or winds, i. 5-7, 10, 12;
kindred of, 17, 59; ii. 7;
horses of, 83, 84;
as monkeys, 99.
Marziella and the geese, ii. 313.
Mary and the cow's ear, and the step-mother with three daughters, i.
179-182;
little, and the slipper, 196, 197.
Matsyâs, the, ii. 332.
Mâyâvin, the monster, i. 313.
Max Müller, i. 262, 263;
and the panegyric of the frogs, ii. 371, 372.
Medea, of the Vedas, i. 33, 35.
Medea, i. 212.
Medusa, i. 305.
Menas, ii. 87.
Merchant, synonymous with miser, i. 184;
son of the, who transforms himself into a horse, 342;
the, and his three daughters, 410.
Mercury, i. 335;
legend of, ii. 23.
Merdi Gânbâz, the faithful, i. 120.
Merhuma, the story of, i. 120, 121, 315.
Merula, the fish, ii. 340.
Metempsychosis, ii. 328.
Mice and the dead, ii. 67;
apparitions of, 67;
men transformed into, 67;
presages from, 67, 68;
and lion and elephant, 68;
war of, with the frogs, 72.
Michael, St, i. 183.
Midas, myth of (the Mongolian), i. 381;
(the Phrygian), 382, 383;
as musical critic, 385;
ears of, 386;
as a miser, 389;
the progenitor and judge, 390.
Milky-sea, the, i. 52;
-way, the, 228.
Millstone, the devil under the, i. 114.
Milôn of Kroton, ii. 113, 147.
Minotaurus, the Calmuc, i. 129, 265.
Minucehr, the hero, i. 112.
Mithra, the solar god, i. 95, 102, 103;
bow of, 107.
Mitras, the sun, a witch at a riddle, i. 30, 31, 52.
Mole, the, ii. 73, 74.
Monkey, original home of myth of, ii. 97;
equivalents, 97, 98;
and Vishnus, 99;
mythical significations, 99;
king of, 100, 101;
Hanumant, 101-106;
mistaken for a man, 103;
tail of, 107;
divination from, 107;
and Jove, 108;
as stupid, 108;
musician, 119.
Monster, the celestial, i. 10, 12;
subdued by Indras, 12-14;
that keeps back the waters, ii. 393;
killing of, 394, 395;
and the egg of the duck, 395;
the eggs of, 396;
the aquatic, 404.
Moon, the mythical nature and office of, i. 18;
as a pearl, 54;
as a good fairy, 56, 57;
as a bull, 58;
Indian, ii. 87.
Mother of gold and her three dwarf sons, i. 153;
story of the, who recovers her hands and son by throwing her arms
into a fountain, ii. 31;
and the hands of gold, 31.
Mouse, transformed by the penitent into a beautiful maiden, ii. 65, 66;
and the mountain, 66;
and maiden, 69;
the grateful, 70;
and sparrow, 70, 71;
the, Psicharpax, 71.
Muses, the, and the bee, ii. 223.
Mûsh (mûshas, &c.), ii. 43.
Music in the heavens, sorrow-inspired, i. 149.
Mythology, the Greek, i. 262;
mobile nature of the objects of, 319, 320;
allegorical treatment of, 421;
a Semitic, ii. 412;
the science of, 422;
principal error in the scientific study of, 422, 423;
concord of the learned in, 423;
way to study, 424;
animal, 425;
product of imagination, 427.
Myths, the central interest and most splendid moments of, i. 15, 16;
development of objects in the, into personalities with
relationships, 320, 321;
the negative as a factor in the formation of, 322;
the uncertain subjective in, 323;
entrance of variety into, 324;
interpretation of, 323-326.
Nakulas, i. 311; ii. 43, 51, 52.
Nalas, ii. 404.
Neptune, i. 430.
Netherworld, the, ii. 403.
Nibelungen, the, most solemn moments of, i. 16, 257.
Night and the aurora, i. 36, 37.
Nightingale, as prognosticator, ii. 236;
whistling of, 237;
propitious to lovers, 239.
Nisos and Scylla, ii. 197.
Noah, the Vedic, ii. 335.
Nose, the bleeding, Calmuc story of, i. 131.
Nükteus, ii. 246, 247.
Numbers, sacred, i. 6, 76, 77; ii. 416.
Odin, i. 224, 226, 227.
Odysseus, i. 266.
Oidin-oidon, i. 398, 399.
Okeanos, the bull-headed, i. 267.
Onokentaurs, i. 367-369.
Orpheus, i. 149, 160.
Otter, the monster, ii. 391.
Owl, the, as the bird of death, ii. 244;
as an evil genius, 244;
and vulture, 244, 245;
and the crows, 245, 246;
cunning, 246;
and Athênê, 247;
eggs of, 247;
the male, 247, 248;
prophetic faculty of, 249;
horned, 249, 250.
Ox, the speaking, i. 247;
and Zeus, 248;
as priest, 258.
Pallas and the war of the frogs and mice, ii. 72;
and the crow, 254.
Pan and Midas, i. 385;
and the ass, 387, 391;
god of shepherds, 387;
at Marathon, 389, 428, 429.
Panayas, the, ii. 19, 20.
Pândavas, the five brothers, i. 77-79.
Pandora, i. 34.
Pandus, ii. 84.
Paravrig, the blind-lame, i. 32.
Parîkshit, King, ii. 84.
Parrot, the, myth of, ii. 320;
and the colour haris, 321;
as çukas, 321;
lunar character of, 322;
as counsellor, 322.
Partridge, the devil as, ii. 227;
Talaus changed into, 228;
and peasant, 228.
Pasiphaë, myth of, i. 237, 266.
Peacock, the mythical equivalents of, ii. 323;
the hiding of, 324;
as rival of the cuckoo, 324;
and dove, 324;
Indras as, 325, 326;
feather of, and the younger brother, 325;
tail of, 326, 327;
as a symbol of immortality, 327.
Pearl, the ambrosial, i. 54.
Peasant, riddle-solving, i. 142.
Pêgasos, and Hippocrene, i. 176, 291, 305, 338.
Penelope, i. 428;
and he-goat, ii. 163.
Pepin, the times of, i. 252;
King, 255, 256.
Peirithoos and Trikerberos, ii. 39.
Perrault, story of, i. 367.
Perrette, the Calmuc, i. 134, 135.
Peter, St, and the dog, ii. 27.
Phaethôn, i. 277;
the bull, 277, 343, 344.
Phalaris, the bull, i. 239.
Phineus, ii. 74.
Phrixos and Helle, the Russian, i. 409, 429.
Phoenix, the, mythical significance of, ii. 200, 201;
death of, 200.
Piçâcâs, the ass, i. 375, 376.
Piccolino, ii. 151.
Picus, King, ii. 265, 266.
Pike, the luminous, ii. 334;
the brown, 337, 338;
and Emilius, 338;
the phallical, 339;
and crab and heron, 339;
drunk, 349.
Pimpi, the stupid, and the hog, ii. 10.
Pipetta and the sackful of souls, i. 388.
Pipkin, the miraculous, i. 126;
the stories of, 243-245.
Piran and Pilsem, i. 314.
Poem, an epic, i. 141.
Polyphêmos, i. 266.
Porcupine, the, ashes and quills of, ii. 12, 13.
Pork, virtues of, ii. 10, 11.
Porringer, the enchanted, i. 126.
Portugal, third son of the King of, and the dragons, ii. 187-189.
Poseidôn, i. 266.
Pragâpatis, i. 47.
Pretiosa, disguised as a bear, ii. 117.
Priapos, i. 394, 396;
and Silenos, 384.
Priçnayas, the, i. 6, 16, 17.
Prince, the, and princess of the bird's egg, i. 170;
who three times wins the race, 291;
and enchanted mantle, 411.
Princess, three-breasted, i. 86, 122;
in the chest, Celtic story of, 241;
and the pups, 412.
Proserpina, the Teutonic, i. 252, 260.
Proverb, the, of shutting the stable after the cow is stolen, i. 231;
of shutting Peppergate, 231;
recovering the cow's tail, 232;
of the cow's tail wagging but never falling, 234;
of the egg-hatching cow, 238;
of the cow and the hare, of the cow and the moon, 241, 242;
of hunting by blowing a horn, 242;
of the blind cow finding the pea, 243;
of the laughing cow, 245;
of the spinning cow, 250, 251;
of the cow-maid that spins, 250.
Proverbs, German, relating to the cow, i. 229;
mythical, 230, 231.
Puppets, the three, i. 207.
Purse, the enchanted, i. 126.
Purûravas, myth of, i. 67.
Pûrus, i. 84.
Pûshan, i. 409.
Pyramos and Thysbe, ii. 157.
Pythagoras once a peacock, ii. 327;
the belief of, 328.
Quail, the, in Rigvedas, ii. 276;
as symbol of the Tzar, 276;
and Hercules and Latona, 277;
and moon, 277;
the game of, 277;
as a bird of omen, 277, 278.
Queen, the blinded, and her servant, i. 218, 219.
Queen-mother, the, and her wicked sister, i. 412.
Rahus, ii. 252.
Râkâ, i. 50, 56.
Ram, the rain-cloud as a, i. 402;
Indras, 403;
Indras and testicles of, 414;
devourer of, 415.
Râmas, the sun, i. 55, 57-59;
_alter ego_ of Indras, 59-62;
and Lakshmanas, 63, 77, 311, 312, 315;
ii. 24, 85;
and Kabandhas, i. 64-66, 81, 86;
and Bharatas, 374.
Râmâyanam, the, most solemn moments of, i. 16.
Râvanas, the monster, i. 76, 77;
asses of, 375.
Rebhas, i. 299.
Reinardus Vulpes, ii. 141.
Renart, Procession du, ii. 140, 141.
Resurrection, offerings symbolic, of, i. 48, 49;
faith in, 339.
Rhodopê and her slipper, ii. 197.
Ribhavas, the brothers, work and workmanship of, i. 20, 21, 46;
names and relationships, 21, 22;
identification with Indras as Agohyas, 22;
the third of, 20-26;
in Hindoo tradition, 25;
protectors of the cow, 27;
and the evening aurora, 33;
the three, in search of the earrings, 79, 81, 125.
Riddles, propounding, i. 82, 102, 112;
solving of, 143;
identification by solving, 206, 207.
Rigrâçvas, the red horse, i. 415, 417.
Rigvedas, the, i. 4, 40;
28th hymn of 10th book, ii. 77, 78;
the 103d hymn of, 371-373.
Rikshas, ii. 98.
Ring of recognition, i. 55;
of Dushyantas, ii. 350.
Rocco, San, and dog, ii. 27.
Rohitas, i. 69-72.
Romeo and Juliet, i. 125.
Romulus, i. 118; and Remus, ii. 177.
Round table, the, poems of, i. 257.
Rudras, i. 5, 47, 89; ii. 7.
Rustem, the myth of, i. 112-116;
and the ass, 379;
horse of, and the lion, 380.
Sack, the, the hero in, i. 237, 239, 240;
the dwarf in, 238;
and the hero cut in pieces, 295.
Sailors, the, saved in the buffalo's hide, i. 239.
Saints, i. 355, 356.
Sal, the hero, i. 112.
Salamander, the, ii. 380.
Sampo, the Finnish cup of abundance, i. 150.
Samson, i. 236;
the Hindoo, ii. 104-107;
and the lion, 154-156.
Samvaranas, i. 86, 87.
Saramâ, i. 57, 58, 97;
and the Panayas, ii. 19-22;
and the cows in the rock, 19;
impersonation of the moon, 21;
sons of, 22;
and Sarameyas, 24.
Sarameyas, ii. 22-24.
Savitar, i. 54, 65.
Saranyû, i. 347.
Schmierbock, the cunning, i. 413, 416;
ii. 151.
Schwanritter, the, ii. 319.
Scylla, ii. 34.
Sea-urchin, the, ii. 336, 350.
Sefid, the demon, i. 113.
Selênê, ii. 217.
Serpent, as the privileged demoniac form, ii. 389;
tail of, as betraying the devil, 389;
the devil, and the young widow, 389;
-devil, and the waters, 390;
the killing of, the theme of all epics, 392;
in the Rigvedas, 393-396;
that bites its tail, 396;
Agnis as, 397;
Indras, the Marutas, 397;
the wisdom of, 397;
and the Somas, 397, 398;
the phallical, 399;
Anantas, 399;
Vasukis, 400;
and the cloud-monster, 400, 401;
the funereal, 401, 402;
-rope, of Yamas, 402;
collar of, 402;
and Sîtâ, 402;
and riches, 403;
and the lower world, 403;
Karkotakas, and Nalas, 405;
and hunter, 405;
as a wise magician, 405;
the crested, 406;
three-headed, 406;
skin and tongue of, 407;
and lost riches and the dead, 407;
the white, 407;
worship of, 408;
and children, 408;
and the heads of the family, 408;
and the tree, 409;
and moon, 410;
tree guarded by a, 410;
symbol of, 411;
the, in the Persian mythology, 412, 417;
the Çruvara, 412, 413;
the breath of, 413;
and frog, 414;
the two talking, 415, 416;
the three headed, 416;
fairy, and three gifts, 417;
and king who has betrayed the maiden, 417;
the sleeping, with eyes open, 417;
and the king's daughter, 418;
as whistler, 419.
Sheep, the, triple aspect of, i. 401.
Shepherd's son, ii. 45;
and Giuseppe, 45.
Shepherdess, the, who proves herself a queen, i. 209-211.
Siddhi-Kûr, stories of, i. 120;
Mongol and Calmuc stories of, 128-135.
Sîfrit, i. 213, 214;
and Brünhilt, 329, 330;
horse of, 339.
Sijavush, i. 116.
Simurg, the bird, and the child Sal, ii. 188, 189.
Sirens, the, i. 149, 205, 206.
Sister, triple, i. 85.
Sisters, the three, i. 105;
Calmuc story of, 130.
Sîtâ, the dawn, i. 26, 55-60, 62, 65, 66;
fire sacrifice of, 67, 69;
and Saramâ, ii. 21;
and the serpents, 403.
Sky, the glowing, a fire, i. 69;
stone of, 96;
by night, ii. 167;
winged animals of, 168.
Slipper, the lost, i. 31;
enchanted, 126;
origin of throwing the, 196.
Snail, the, ii. 74, 75.
Sohrab, son of Rustem, i. 114, 115.
Solabella and her seven brothers, ii. 314.
Solomon, ring of, and the hero, i. 167;
story of the ring of, ii. 175.
Somas, the, i. 8, 18;
as a bull, and a stallion, 19, 104.
Son, the, who sacrifices his mother, i. 124.
Sons, three, rape and restoration of the, ii. 57;
transformation of, into doves, 57.
Sperm as ambrosia, ii. 181.
Spider, the, and its web, ii. 161, 163, 165;
and the wasp, 164.
Squirrel, the, and fox, ii. 73;
in the Edda, 73.
St James's Way, i. 422;
Day, 422, 423, 430.
Stag, the mythical, ii. 83;
the golden, 85;
the hero, 86;
at the fountain, 86;
Eikthyrner, 87;
and Telephos, 88;
as nourisher of heroes, 88;
silver images of, in churches, 88;
disguise of, 88, 89.
Stone, mountain of, i. 314;
the man turned to, ii. 285.
Stork, the, and heron, ii. 261;
and children, 261;
mythical meaning of, 261;
and the old man, 262;
and the peasant, 262.
Strix, the, ii. 202, 203.
Stymphalian, the, birds, ii. 204.
Styx, the, i. 390.
Sudabe, i. 116.
Sudeshnâ, Queen, i. 85.
Sugrîvas, ii. 109.
Sun, the, as a god, i. 7;
as a bull, 8;
relations of, to aurora, 27;
as a cowherd, 29;
child of night and aurora, 37;
the, in relation to the aurora, 27;
as a lame hero, 31, 32;
persecuted by, and persecutor of, the aurora, 33;
as born of aurora, 51;
the pearl, 54;
and the aurora, 56, 65;
and moon, 65;
light of the, and Ssaran, intrigue of, 138;
firing at, 344;
the, in the cloud, 394.
Sundas and Upasundas, the inseparable, i. 310.
Sunlight and Moonlight, i. 315, 316.
Superlatif, i. 259.
Suramâ, i. 57, 58.
Sûryâ, i. 65;
husband of, 307.
Svaçvas, i. 343.
Svetazor and his brothers, i. 192-194.
Swallows as birds of omen, ii. 240;
the seven, and Sigurd, 240;
and the Lord, 240;
of good augury, 240;
and the crow, 241;
and swan, 241;
as babblers, 241;
dreaming of, 241.
Swan, the, and the prince, ii, 311;
hero as or on, 316.
Swineherd, the, and the hogs' tails, i. 234.
Sword, the enchanted, i. 126.
Tail, the, value of recovering, i. 235, 237;
the fox's, 236.
Takshakas, king of serpents, i. 80, 81.
Tapatî, legend of the loves of, i. 86, 87.
Tâtos, the Hungarian horse, i. 288, 296.
Tehmime and Rustem, i. 114.
Telephos and the stag, ii. 88.
Tereus, the myth of, ii. 229.
Theodore, the hero, i. 296.
Thief and the pigs, i. 200, 201;
the, in the myths, 333.
Thomas, little, and the priest's horse, i. 234;
the ass, 362.
Thor, and the serpent of Midgard, i. 225;
his appetite, 226;
and the goat, 426;
the vessel of, 426;
ii. 6.
Thraetaona, i. 101, 103-106.
Three, the number, ii. 416.
Thrita, i. 103-105.
Thunder, son of, thunder-god and devil, story of, i. 159, 160.
Thunderbolt, the, i. 9, 14;
symbolic meaning, 250.
Tiger, tail of, ii. 160.
Tistar, i. 98.
Toad, the, as demon and as a diabolic form, ii. 379;
the maiden changed into, 379, 380;
fortune-bringing, 380;
sacredness of, 381;
and the third daughter, 381;
-births, 383;
the dried, as an amulet, 384;
the -stone, 384.
Tom, little, blind of an eye, and his brothers, i. 335, 336.
Tortoise and the elephant, ii. 93-95;
the incarnation of Vishnus as a, 360-362;
originally, 361;
names of, 361, 362;
and mountain, 362;
and elephant, 363-364;
the funereal, 365;
buried, 365;
blood of, 365;
and frogs, 366;
changed into the lyre, 366;
the shields of, 366;
and Zeus, 366, 367;
and new-born children, 367;
mythical meaning, 368;
German legend of, 368;
the island, 368;
and the hare, 369;
and the eagle, 369;
and the bird Kruth, 369, 370.
Tree, the ambrosial, guarded by a dragon, ii. 410, 411.
Triçankus, i. 72-74.
Triçiras, i. 76, 77.
Trigatâ, i. 57.
Trinity, Indian, dispute for pre-eminence, ii. 8.
Tritas, i. 8;
horse of, 23;
character and relationships, 23;
why called stupid, 23;
in the well, 24, 25;
and his brothers, 25.
Turn-little-Pea and his brothers, story of, i. 191, 192.
Tuti-Name, the, i. 119.
Tvashtar, i. 21, 34;
the Hindoo Vulcan, ii. 154, 155.
Twilights, the two, i. 18, 27.
Tyrant, the, and the bleating lamb, i. 416, 417.
Tzarevic, Ivan, and his Medea sister Helen, i. 212-214;
and his penitent sister, 214-216;
and his perfidious mother, 216;
and his perfidious wife, 216, 217;
and his wife Anna, 217.
Uccaihçravas, the horse, i. 288, 289.
Uddâlakas, i. 80.
Ukko, the Finnic thunder-god, i. 147.
Upamanyus, i. 79.
Ursula, St, ii. 118.
Urvaçi, the myth of, i. 39, 67, 84, 170, 273, 365, 369.
Ushâ, i. 26.
Utankas, myth of, i. 80, 81, 95, 331, 333.
Vadhrimatî, ii. 32.
Väinämöinen, dwarf-god, i. 147, 148;
harp of, 149.
Valkyries, the, and their swan forms, ii. 315.
Valmîkam, ii. 43.
Vamrî, ii. 43.
Vamras, ii. 44.
Varunas, i. 52, 69-72, 107.
Vasavas, the, i. 68.
Vasishtas, cow of, i. 72-74, 87, 88;
vain attempt at self-destruction, 88, 99.
Valas, the grotto of, i. 13;
as a cow, 15.
Vâyus, i. 5-7.
Vedas, i. 80.
Vegetables, as symbols of generation, i. 164.
Veretraghna, the bull, i. 103, 104.
Vespasian and the horse's dung, i. 389.
Vesta, i. 384.
Viçvamitras, myth of, i. 72-74, 88.
Viçvarûpas, with the three heads, i. 76.
Vikramâdityas, the history of, i. 136, 137.
Vishnus, i. 20, 24, 26, 54, 57;
personified in Ramâs, 59;
three steps of, 301, 302, 334;
as a wild boar, ii. 8, 9;
and Hiranyakshas, 8;
and the monkeys, 99, 100;
as haris, 424.
Vivasvant, i. 34.
Vouru-Kasha, sea of, i. 96.
Vulcan, the Vedic, i. 21;
the Christian, ii. 40.
Vulnerability of the hero or monster, i. 82.
Vulture, the, in the classics, ii. 198;
feathers of, 198;
and the immortal liver, 198;
voracity, 199.
Vultures, the twin, ii. 184.
Walchelm, the priest, i. 293.
Walnut-tree, and goat, i. 405.
Wasp, wisdom of, ii. 221.
Way, the Milky, i. 421;
and she-goat, 422.
Weasel, the, ii. 52, 53.
Wedding-ring, the, i. 169.
Whale, the mythical, ii. 337;
and the fleet, 345.
Wife, the, and the bewitching voice, i. 137.
Willimar and his vow, i. 356.
Wind, Persian god of, i. 105.
Winds, the, as bulls, i. 7, 12.
Wise men, the seven (Angirasas), i. 17, 28.
Wolf, the, and goat's kids, i. 406, 407;
mythical meaning of, 408;
the monster, 408;
the, and the devotee, ii. 142;
impersonations of, 142;
and dog, 143;
heroic forms of, 144;
the she-wolf, 144;
transformation into, 145;
sent by God as instrument of vengeance, 146;
hide and teeth of, 146, 147;
the demoniacal, 147;
as omen of death, 147;
Sköll and Hati, 147;
disguises of, 147-149.
Woman, made of wood, story of, i. 137;
the old, and her older sister, ii. 6.
Women, knowledge of, i. 246, 247.
Woodman and painter, the, Calmuc story of, i. 130.
Woodpecker, the mythical meaning of, ii. 265;
and King Picus, 265;
beak of, 267;
and Beowulf, 267;
of evil omen, 267, 268;
and dog, 268, 269.
Wren, the, in mythology, ii. 207;
and the eagle, 208;
and beetle, 208;
and death of Cæsar, 209.
Yamas, i. 23, 71, ii. 25;
kingdom of, 48, 49;
son of, 78, 95, 107.
Yayâtis and the girl in the well, i. 83, 84.
Yggdrasil and the four stags, ii. 87.
Ysengrin, the wolf, ii. 141, 149.
Yudhishthiras, i. 77-79, 82.
Yünx, the bird, ii. 269.
Zafarana, ii. 10.
Zeus and Hera, i. 247, 248;
the beetle, and the eagle's eggs, ii. 195;
eagle of, 195, 196;
and Latona, 277, 280;
and Lêda, 318;
and Io, 327;
Faber, 352, 353.
Zezolla, the maiden, and the dove, ii. 304, 305.
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Fixed spelling and punctuation errors throughout
Non-Latin characters have been changed to their nearest Latin
equivalents (i.e. [h.] to h)
There are several words with the same letters but diacritical marks in
different locations, these appear to all be valid, so were left per
the text
Shakespeare is spelled Shakspeare throughout, this is a spelling of
his name used in the 19th century, so was left per the text
Goose-swans and geese-swans appear to be used interchangeably, left to
match the text
There are several words that are spelled both with and without a hyphen
(i.e. crosstrees and cross-trees), they have been left to match the text
The name Wesselofsky is also spelled Wesselofski, it appears the name
is spelled both ways.
Page 102: Lakshamanas left per the text also spelled Lakshmanas
elsewhere in the text, both appear correct
Page 209: Extra closing parenthesis ("... for weddings). According
to ...")
Page 212: Extra closing parenthesis ("... warm themselves), is
not ...")
Page 228: there is an extra quote. (... word _kanikradat_."[2] The
god ...)
Page 254: Extra opening parenthesis ("... a crow (in Hellenic ...")
Page 290: Added the word "to" in the following (... same, according
to Ælianos, was ...)
Page 336: Extra opening parenthesis ("... the Ganges, (çinçumâras,
which ...")
Page 421: Left the poetry to match the text. However, this is from
Dante's Inferno Canto 1.22-26, accepted wording of the 3rd and 4th
line should be
"Si volge a l'acqua perigliosa e guata,
Così l'animo mio, ch'ancor fuggiva,"
Footnote 314: There is an extra quote. (... Prato:--"A
three-headed ...)
Footnote 368: Removed the extra word "it" from the following (... and
which it had scooped ...)
Footnote 423: There is an extra quote. (... (xxxix.): "'Da, vor ...)
Footnote 440: Added the word "a" in the following (... there is a
beautiful palace ...)
Footnote 478: Inserted closing quote. (... bhîr agacchat"; _Rigv._
i. ...)
Footnote 524: Extra closing parenthesis ("... vigâniyânna samçayah).
The feet ...")
Footnote 525: Inserted closing quote. (... male serpent" (v. 38):
Ahireva ...)
In the Index "Brothers" has 3 different entries for "the three", left
them as is to match the text instead of combining
In the Index many diacriticals are left out of the names, these were
left out to match the text
In the Index, added the volume number to the entry for "Agnis".