INDEX.
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Goldziher, Ignác and Martineau, R. (Russell)
Archer who shot an apple from his son’s head, a Teutonic legend, 442
Aryan gods, their names date from the original unity, proved by Kuhn, 363–4
Ascension to heaven, characteristic of Solar heroes, 127
Ash-tree of the world, in the sky, 366
Asher is the ‘Marching’ (the Sun), 120–2;
his grave (according to Mohammedan tradition), at Kafarmandâ, 280
Ashêrâ, the ‘Marching,’ consort of Asher (and therefore the Moon), 122–3, 158
Ass, called from his red colour, 181
Ass’s Jawbone, used as a weapon by Samson;
originally name of a locality, 400;
similar to Onugnathos in Lakonia, 400–1;
denotes the Lightning, and is therefore thrown, 402
Assyria and Babylon exerted an intellectual influence on the Hebrews during the Captivity, 319
Assyrian poetry, very similar to the Hebrew Psalms, 318
Assyrians have gradations of authority among gods as among men, 267
Aztecs adopted Toltec civilisation, 236
Babel (Babylon), confusion of tongues at, story of, arose at Babylon, 330–1, 335
Babylon and Assyria exerted an intellectual influence on the Hebrews during the Captivity, 319
Babylonian story of the Creation, very similar to the Hebrew, 323
Baghirmi, people in Central Africa, identify God with the Storm, 224
Balaam (Bilʿâm) as interpreted in the Agâdâ, 33–4
Barak, ‘Lightning,’ is made a national hero, 256;
the Judge (Lightning), 430
Bedâwî, their Sun-worship, 72;
they are regarded as the true Arabs, 82–4;
they regard God as a great Chief or Sheykh, 266
Bedouins. See Bedâwî
Bel, in the Louvre, with ox-horns on his tiara, 179
Benjamin, ‘Son of the right side,’ 176;
his sons’ names, their origin given in the Agâdâ on etymological grounds, 337;
a similar story in Arabic, 339
Bernstein’s theory on the differentiation of the legends between North and South, 286
Bhṛgu-s, same as Phlegyans, Lightning, 372–3;
the first man, 389
Bilhah, a Solar figure, loves or marries Jacob and Reuben, figures of Night, 171–3
Bird, denotes Lightning, 384
Black, the colour of Night, 146–9
Bochica, Solar hero of the Muyscas, author of civilisation, 204–5
Bunsen confounds religion and mythology, 12;
does not admit any Hebrew mythology, 12–13