GENERAL INDEX
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Lawson, J. C. (John Cuthbert)
Decomposition (see Dissolution)
Degeneracy of mankind, 294
Deities, gregarious or solitary, 70;
non-Christian, how denoted, 67;
pagan, local names for, 69
‘Delivering unto Satan,’ 406
Demeter (see alsoMysteries of Demeter), 79–98;
and Poseidon, modern story of, 86;
as corn-goddess, 562;
character of, 92;
Cretan legend of, 579;
displaced by S. Demetrius, 44;
dwelling-place of, 92;
evidence for identity of, 92;
her priestesses officiating at weddings, 590;
horse-headed, 87, 252;
in Homer, 522;
in modern story, 54;
modern functions of, 93;
modern titles of, 89;
modern worship of her statue, 80;
mysteries of (see Mysteries);
represented by S. Demetrius, 79;
stories of her union with men, 579 f.;
story of, compared with story of Christ, 576;
where originally domiciled, 93–96
Demeter and Persephone, modern legend of, 80;
symbolism of myth concerning, 88;
unity of, 88
Demetrius Poliorcetes, story of, 587
Demons, exorcism of, 68
Despoina, 579;
marriage with, 596
Deucalion, 93
Devils, entering bodies of dead men, 416;
exorcism of, 68
Devil, responsible for resuscitation of dead persons, 402
‘Diana,’ 164
Dionysus, and Prosymnus, story of, 585;
displaced by S. Dionysius, 43;