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Doane, T. W. (Thomas William)
believed to be the Messiah, 433;
sun myth added to the history of, 506.
D.
Dag, a, Hercules swallowed up by, 78.
Dagon, a fish-god of the Philistines, 82;
identical with the Indian fish Avatar of Vishnu, 82.
Danae, a "Virgin Mother," 124.
Dangerous Child, the, myth of, 165.
Daphne, a personification of the morning, 469.
Darkness, at crucifixion of Jesus, 206;
parallels to, 206-210;
the, explained, 494.
David, killed Goliath, 90;
compared with Thor, 91.
Dawn, the, personified, and called Aditi, the "Mother of the Gods," 475.
Day, the, swallowed up by night, 79.
December25th, birth-day of the gods, 359.
Delphi, Apollo's tomb at, 510.
Deluge, the, Hebrew legend of, 19;
parallels to, 20-30.
Demi-gods, the, of antiquity not real personages, 467.
Demons, cast out, by Jews and Gentiles, 269.
Denis, St., is Dionysus, 399.
Deo Soli, pictures of the Virgin inscribed with the words, 338.
Derceto, the goddess, represented as a mermaid, 83.
Deucalion, the legend of, 26;
derived from Chaldean sources, 101.
Devaki, a virgin mother, 326.
Devil, the, counterfeits the religion of Christ, 124;
formerly a name of the Supreme Being, 391.
Diana, called "Mother," yet famed for her virginity, 333.
Dionysus, a name of Bacchus, 51.
Divine incarnation, the idea of redemption by a, was general and popular among the Heathen, 183.
Divine incarnations, common before the time of Jesus, 112.
Divine Love, crucified, 484;
the sun, 487.
Divus, the title of, given to Roman emperors, 125.
Docetes, Asiatic Christians who invented the phantastic system, 136.
Dove, the, a symbol of the Holy Ghost among all nations of antiquity, 357;
the, crucified, 485.