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INDEX.
| Müller (C. O.), on mythology, i. 20; on myths of Zeus, ii. 181; on Metis, ii. 243; on descent from the lower animals, i. 278; on legend of Artemis, ii. 212; on Dionysus Zagreus, ii, 227; on Onomacritus, ii. 228; on Dionysus, ii. 228; on Dionysus rites in Tenedos, ii. 233 |
| Mylitta, a name of Aphrodite, ii. 252 |
| Myrmidon, ii. 176 |
| Mystic dances, i. 282 |
| Myth, rational and irrational, i. 5–10; ancient theories of, i. 1–19; modern systems of, i. 19–25; anthropological theory of, i. 25–45; and religion, ii. 165; explanatory, heroic and romantic, ii. 282 |
| Myth and ideas of savages, evidence on, ii. 331; inconsistent Aryan, ii. 131 |
| Mythological stories, origin of, ii. 321 |
| Mythology, evolution of, i. 36 |
| Myths. See Creation, Eclipse, Heaven and earth, Moon, Sun, Star; African, i. 147, ii. 12; American, i. 39, 144, 151, 152; Andaman, i. 41; Australian, i. 147, 150, ii. 12; Egyptian, ii. 112; Eskimo, ii. 47; Fiji, i. 156; Greek, i. 142, 144, 146, 149, ii. 169–276; Hervey Islands, i. 145; Indian, i. 150, ii. 136, 139, 140, 152, 155, 160, 161; Mangaian, 153, 157; Maori, ii. 29; Melanesian, ii. 23; Mexican, ii. 66–80; nature, i. 123, 160; Negro, i. 81; night, Brazilian, i. 127; Melanesian, i. 127; plant, i. 155; stone, i. 150–155 |
| Nadaillac, on prehistoric America, ii. 38; on the Moquis and Zunis, ii. 39 |
| Namaqua myths, i. 177 |
| Nana, ii. 179 |
| Nanahuatzin, i. 126 |
| Nature-myths, i. 123, 160 |
| Nebrismus, custom of, ii. 229 |
| Nebseni, papyrus of, ii. 112 |
| Nefer, Neferu, meaning of, ii. 352 |
| Negro-myth, i. 81 |
| Nepththys, ii. 113, 119 |
| New Caledonian superstition, i. 96 |
| Nightingale-myth, Greek, i. 142; Red Indian, i. 143 |
| Night-myth, Brazilian, i. 127; Melanesian, i. 127 |
| Non-Aryan totemism, i. 78 |
| Nooralie, the, ii. 4 |
| Norman ballad, a, compared with metamorphosis in India, &c., i. 119 |
| Numi Tarom, i. 182 |
| Nurrumbunguttias, the, i. 166 |
| Nurrumdere, ii. 5 |
| Nut, i. 89, 113 |
| Ocean, personality of, i. 295 |
| Odin, i. 192 |
| Ojibeway beliefs, ii. 54 |
| O-Kee-Pa, i. 286 |
| Old ones, the, i. 177, 179, ii. 4 |
| Omission of impure myths in Rig-Veda, i. 11; in Homer, i. 3 |
| Omumborumbonga-tree, the, i. 176 |
| Onatas, ii. 267 |
| Oneidas, their descent from stones, i. 152 |
| Onomacritus, i. 292, ii. 227, 229 |
| Origin of species, see Creation; of classes, American myth, i. 246; Teutonic myth, i. 246; of eland, i. 147; of frogs, i. 149; of pigs, i. 145; of mythological tales, ii. 321 |
| Origins of man, various, i. 167 |
| Orpen, on Bushman dances, i. 71 |
| Orphic poems, the, i. 291, ii. 227; Phanes, the, i. 317; mode of life, the, i. 292 |
| Osiris, ii. 89, 92, 94, 96, 107, 108, 112, 118, 123; hymn to, ii. 95; myth of, ii. 112; explanations of, ii. 120, 123 |
| Outaonaks, the, totemism of, i. 73 |
