INDEX.
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Doane, T. W. (Thomas William)
Iao, according to the Chaldeans, 248;
Ormuzd, according to the Persians, 249;
Narduk, according to the Assyrians, 249;
Adonis and Prometheus believed to be, 249.
Creed, the Apostles', 385;
compared with the Pagan, 385;
not known before the fourth century, 385;
additions to since A. D. 600, 385.
Crescent, the, an emblem of the female generative principle, 328.
Crèstos, the, was the Logos, 487.
Crishna, born of the Virgin Devaki, 113;
the greatest of all the Avatars, 113;
is "Vishnu himself in human form," 113;
his birth announced in the heavens by a star, 278;
spoke to his mother shortly after birth, 279;
adored by cowherds, 279;
presented with gifts, 279;
was of royal descent, 280;
performed miracles, 281;
was crucified, 280;
descended into hell, 282;
rose from the dead, 282;
a personification of the sun, 483.
Cross, the, used as a religious symbol before the Christian era, 338;
adored in India, 340;
adored by the Buddhists of Thibet, 340;
found on Egyptian monuments, 342;
found under the temple of Serapis, 342;
universally adored before the Christian era, 339-347.
Crucifixes, the earliest Christian, described, 203-205.
Crucifixion, the, of Jesus, 180;
of "Saviours" before the Christian era, 181-193;
of all the gods, explained, 484, 485.
Crux Ansata, the, of Egypt, 341.
Cuneiform Inscriptions, the, of Babylonians, relate the legends of creation and fall of man, 9, 98.
Cybele, the goddess, called "Mother of God," 333.
Cyril, St., caused the death of Hypatia, 440.
Cyrus, king of Persia, 127;
considered divine, 127;
called the "Christ," 127, 196;