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Lyngi, 394.

Meco'ne; see Sicyon.

Lyric poets, Greek, 25-27; transl. Com. Me-de'a, 27; myth of, 246-249, 260;

§ 11; Roman, 29.

Ma-cha'on, 293, 294, 304-

Mæan'der, 124, 239, 255; Com. §§ 75,.

149.

Mæn'a-des, Man' ads, 76, 102, 262; Com.;

§§ 64, 102, 103.

Com. 145, 149, genealogy.
Med'ici, the Venus of, 66, 67; Com. § 40.
Me-du'sa, myth of, 225-227; extract
from William Morris, Doom of King
Acrisius, 226; from Shelley's Medusa
of Da Vinci, 227; Com. §§ 133-137-
¡Me-gæ'ra, 84.

Man'alus, 138; a range of mountains in, Megalen'sian Games, Com. § 45 a.

Arcadia, sacred to Pan.
Mæo'nia, 176; Com. § 102, 103.
Mæon'i-des: A native of Mæonia;
Homer.

Mag na Ma'ter, 88.

Mahabharata, 35, 36; transl. Com. § 15.
Ma'ia, mother of Mercury (Hermes),
52, 68, 172; Com. § 101.

Ma'ia, Ma'ja, or Majes'ta: a name for
Fauna, or for the daughter of Faunus
and wife of the Roman Vulcan. In
either case called Bona Dea.
Man, origin of, Greek, 42, 43.

Ma'nes, 89.

Manil'ius, Com. § 12.

Man'tua, 28.

Mar'athon, 267.

(Interpret.).

Meg'ara, 219, 255.

Me-lam'pus, 22.

Me-le'ager, or Me-le-a'ger, 4, 223, 241,
245; myth of, 250-254, 273, 281; Com.
$148.

Melesig'e-nes, Com. § 11.
Melicer'tes; a sea-god, 87, 219, 269;
Com. § 70.

Me'lic Nymphs, 39.
Me-lis'seus, Com. § 131.

Me'los, Venus of, 66; Com. § 40.
Melpom'e-ne, the muse of tragedy, 72.
Mem'non, myth of, extract from Dar-
win's Botanic Garden, 199, 303; Com.
§§ 115, 165 (5).

Mem'phis; a city in Middle Egypt,
Com. § 38.

Maratho'nian Bull, 26; Com. §§ 152-157 Men-ela'üs, 281, 285-302, 309; Com.

Ma'ro; see Vergil.

Maruts; see under Hindoo divinities (1).
Mars (A'res), one of the great gods, 52;
attributes of, 57, 58; meaning of names,
57; his retinue, his mistress, his favor-
ite animals, and abode, 58; Roman
divinity, 88; father of Harmonia, 98;
myths of M., 112-117; M. and Dio-
mede, 112; and Minerva, 113, 114;
and Cadmus, 114-117; and Vulcan,
118, 190, 273, 290; Com. §§ 36, 68-70.
Mar'syas, 24; Com. §§ 83 a, 104.
Mass, 37.

Ma-t; see under Egyptian deities (2).
Ma'ter Matu'ta, the goddess of the
Dawn, Aurora; among the Romans
applied also to Ino (Leucothea), 90.
Ma'ter Tur'rita; Cybele, or Cybe'be,
with the mural crown, as protectress
of walled cities.
Matrona'lia, Com. § 34.

§165 (2), genealogy.
Me-ne'nius, 2.

Me-noe'ceus, 274; Com. §§ 158-164.
Me-noe tius, son of Actor and father
of Patroclus ; an Argonaut, Com.
§ 165 (4).

Men'tor, Com. § 171.

Mentu; see under Egyptian deities (1).
Mer'cury, Mercu'rius (Her'mes), 4:
identified with Jubal, 12; son of Maia,
52; attributes of, 68, 69; meaning of
names, 68; conductor of ghosts, 81;
among the Romans, 88; Argus and
Io, 92-94; his story of Pan and Syrinx,
93; with Philemon and Baucis, 105:
and Psyche, 159; myths of, Homeric
hymn to, 172, 173: M. and Perseus,
226; and Hercules, 238, 244, 289, 301,
319, 323, 343; Com. §§ 41, IOI.
Mer'o-pe (1) daughter of Enopion, 146;
(2) the Pleiad, 147; Com. §§ 91, 138,
geneal. table; (3) of Arcadia, see p. 526.

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Miner'va (Athe'ne), Ruskin's theory,
17, 42; quotation from Odyssey, 51;
daughter of Jupiter, 52; attributes of,
56; meaning of her names, 56; her
@gis, 56; her favorite animals and
cities, 56; M. among the Romans, 88;
myths of M., 109-111; contest with
Neptune, 109, 110; with Arachne, 109-
III; quotation from Spenser, Muiopot-
mos, III; contests with Mars, 112-
114; M. and Cadmus, 115; and
Perseus, 225-231; and Bellerophon,
233; and Hercules, 234, 238; 258, 285,
290, 299, 305, 312, 324, 326; Com.
§§ 35. 67, 69.

Mo'mus, Com. § 51, table B.
Mongolians, 20.

Mop'sus, 23.

Mor'pheus, 196; Com. § 114; see under
Somnus.

Mors, Than'atos, Death, 295.

Mos'chus, Lang's transl. of Idyl II., 95-
97; of Idyl VI., 207; Com. §§ 11, 61.
Mountain-giants, 369.
Mul'ciber, Com. § 37.
Munin, 368.

Mu-nych'ia, Com. § 39; see under Diana.
Mu-sæ'us, (1) mythical poet, 23; (2)
writer of Hero and Leander, 166;
transl. by Fawkes in v. 2, English
Transls. from Ancient and Modern
Poems; see Com. §§ 11, 96.

Mu-sag'e-tes: Apollo, as leader of the
Muses.

Muses (Mu'sæ), 23, 64; names and
attributes, 71, 72; Com. § 43 (4).
Muspelheim, 366, 388.

Mut, or Maut; see under Egyptian deities.
My-ce'næ, 235, 236, 281.
Mygdo'nian flutes, 96; Com. § 61.
Myr'midons, 102, 277, 294, 295; Com.
$63.

My'ron, sculpt. Com. § 66.
Myr'rha, 150, 172.
Myr'tilus, 191.

Mys'ia, 199, 239, 245; Com. § 115.
Mi-no'ïd (Minoïs), Ariadne, daughter of Mysteries of Eleusis, Com. §§ 105, 106.

Minos, 260-266.

Mi'nos I., judge of the shades, 81, 83,

84; son of Europa, 97, 223, 224; the
house of, 255-257, 347; Com. §§ 59,!
132 (1), 149.

Mi'nos II., 219; myths of, 255-257, 261,

281.

Min'otaur, 255, 260-265; Com. §§ 149,
152-157 (Interpret.).
Min'y-æ

descendants of Minyas, king
of Thessaly; Argonauts.
Mist, 37.

Mne-mos'y-ne, mother of the Muses, 38,

71; Com. § 17. See Rossetti, p. 540.
Moe'ræ, Par'cæ; see Fates.
Moe-rag'e-tes: a name applied to Zeus
as leader of the Fates.

Molly, 319.

Myth, stages of mythological philosophy,
study of myth, see Introduction; defi-
nition of, I; compared with fable, 1-
3; of existent races, 2; kinds of, 3;
explanatory, 3; æsthetic, 4; æsthetic
myth is historic or romantic, 5; of
unconscious growth, 5; divisions of
inquiry, 5. Origin and Elements of
Myth, 5-18: the reasonable element,
6; part played by imagination, 6; and
by belief, 7; the unreasonable element,
8; theories of, 8; theory of deteriora-
tion, 8-13; theory of progress, 13-18.
Interpretation, methods of: historical
or Euhemeristic, 9; philological, 9-11;
allegorical, 11; theological, 12; the
mental state of savages, 13; senseless
element, a survival, 14; other germs

1 Pronounce Mizh'ia.

than savage curiosity and credulity, | Nefer Atum; see under Egyptian deities.
15; phases of myth-development, 15-
17; physical, religious, and moral im-
port, 16, 17; myth, more than 'sham
history,' 18; general conclusion con-
cerning elements of myth, 18. Distri-
bution of myth, 19-21: theories of
accident, borrowing, origination in In-
dia, historical tradition, 19; Aryan
germ, psychological basis, 20; the state
of the problem, 21. Preservation of
Myth, 22-36: in Greece, 22-28; in
Italy, 28, 29; in Scandinavian lands,
30-33; in Germany, 33, 34; in the
Orient, 34-36. Greek Myths of Crea-
tion, 37-50: Greek Myths of great
divinities of heaven, 91-173; of great
divinities of earth, 174-180; of earth
and underworld, 181-188; of waters,
189-191; of lesser divinities of heaven,
192-199; of lesser divinities of earth
and underworld, 200-214; of lesser
divinities of waters, 215-222; of the old-
er heroes, 223-272; of the younger
heroes, 273 et seq.; of the Norse gods,
366-391; of Norse and Old German
heroes, 392-403. Interpretation and
illustration of myths: Commentary,
sections corresponding to those of the
Text.

Neith; see under Egyptian deities (2).
Ne'mea, the city, the valley, and the
lion of, 235; Com. § 139.
Neme'an Games, founded by Hercules;
held in honor of Jupiter; Com. §§ 152–
157 (Textual).

Nem'esis, 72; Com. § 43 (7); genealogy,
Com. 51.
Neoptol'emus, 304.
Nepenthe, 309.

Mythical musicians and poets, 23, 24.
Mythical prophets, 22, 23.

Mythical tales of the younger Edda, 32.

Neph, Chnuphis, Knum, Num or Nu;
see under Egyptian deities (2).
Neph'e-le, 145, 244.
Nephthys; see under Egyptian deities (1).
Nep'tune (Neptu'nus, Po-si'don), 26,
39, 40, 48, 52; founder of younger
dynasty of the waters, 85, 86; among
the Romans, 88; contest with Minerva,
109; N. and Iphimedia, 120, 124; and
Laomedon, 136, 189; father of Orion,
146; myths of, 189-191; N. and An-
dromeda, 189, 228; and Apollo, 189;
and Hercules, 189; sons of N., 190;
N. and Amymone, and Ceres, and
Arne, and Tyro, and Pelops, 190, 209,

220, 222, 236-238, 240, 255, 290, 292,
298, 305, 342, 343; Com. §§ 52-54:
table C, genealogy.

Ne'reïds, the (Nere'i-des), 85, 97, 124,
256.

Ne'reus, 85, 215, 222.
Nes'sus, 241.

Nes'tor, 199, 245, 254, 287, 292, 294–296.

Na'iad, the, poem by R. Buchanan, 207, Netherlands, 400-404.
208.

Na'iads (Nai'a-des), 87, 125, 204, 215,
221; Com. §§ 52-54, 120.
Na'is, 203; Com. § 116.
Nala, episode of, 35.
Nalopákhyánam, transl. Com. § 15.
Names, Greek and Latin, system of trans-
literation; preface, 52; and of pronun-
ciation; introduction to Index.
Nanna, 383, 384; Com. §§ 177-184.
Narcissus, 207; Com. § 118.

Nausic'aä, 324; Com. § 171.

Nausith'oüs, 324.

Nibelungenlied, theories of origin, 33.
34, 400-404.

Niblungs (Nibelungs, Nibelungen), 397–
403; lay of the N., 400-404; Com.
§§ 185, 186. See Baldwin, p. 540.
Ni-can'der, Com. § 11.

Nidhogge, 367.

Niflheim, 366, 367, 370. 372, 388; Com.
§§ 185, 186.

Night, Nyx, Nox; mother of Fates and

of Nemesis, 72, 195, 214; geneal, table,
Com. § 51.

Ni'ke, 73; see Victoria.

Nax'os, 175, 176, 178, 189, 266; Com. Nile, the river, 189; Com. § 133.

§ 102, 103.

Nimrod, 12.

Ni'nus, 170.

Ni'o-be, 104; the punishment of, 126-
129; quotation from Landor's Niobe,
129, 190; genealogy, interpretation,
etc., Com. § 77.
Nirva'na annihilation, or absorption in-
to the Infinite, of the Karma (human
character, or soul) after it has passed
through innumerable existences, and
learned the virtuous life; see under
Buddha.

Ni'sus, (1) father of Scylla, 219 (2);
friend of Euryalus, 360–362.
Noah and Deucalion, 12.
No'mios, No'mius; an epithet applied
to Apollo, as the Pasturer or Herds-
man; see 241-245; Com. § 38, on Art.
Norns, 367, 368, 382, 397.

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Oce'anus, the Titan, 38, 40, 55; older
dynasty of the waters, 85, 95, 222;
.Com. §§ 17, 52.
Ocyr'rhoë, 130.

Odin, 9, 366–371, 380–391, 392–399; Com.
§§ 177-184.

Odys'seus; see under Ulysses and Odys-
sey.

Od'yssey, kind of myth, 5, 20; cited, 22;
history of, 25; narrative of, 313-337;
transl. and authorities, Com. § 11;
§§ 171-174.

Echa'lia, 241; Com. §§ 139-143.
Ed'ipus, mentioned, 27, 117, 223, 224;
myth of, 269-272; and the Sphinx,
270; Ed., King, 270; at Colonus, 271,
272; extracts from Plumptre's transl.
of Sophocles, Ed. King and Ed. Co-
lon, Com. §§ 158-164.
CE'neus, 142, 241, 250.

Norse gods, myths of, 2, 366-391; Com.
§§ 177-184.
Norse heroes, myths of, 392-399; Com. Enom'aüs, 190.
§§ 177-185.

Norse mythology, records of, 30-33;
narrative, 392-399; translations and
authorities, 30-33 n, and Com. §§ 177-

186.

North American Indians, mental state
of, 13, 20.

Eno'ne, 4, 304, 305; Com. § 169.
Eno'pion; the father of Merope; a
king of Chios, see Orion.

E'te, Mount, 124, 241; Com. §§ 75, 139–

143.

O'ï-cles, father of Amphiaraüs; grand-
father of Alcmæon.

Norway, Norsemen, 14, 20; Com. §§ 177- Olympian religion, the, Com. § 32;

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O-lym'pic Games, Com. §§ 152-159
(Textual).

O-lym'pus, Mount, 124.

O-lym'pus, home of Greek gods of
heaven, 2, 40; located and described,
51; Homer's conception of, 51, 52, 74,
myths of greater gods of, 91-173; of
lesser gods of, 192-199, 200.
Om'pha-le, 239.
O-phi'on, Com. §§ 17, 71.
Ops, 88.

Oracles, Delphi, 39, 61, 74; Dodona, 52,
53; of Jupiter Ammon in Oasis, 53;
of Trophonius, Com. § 38; of the dead,
81, 153, 155, 195, 343. 353.

O'asis, in Libya, oracle of Jupiter Orchom'enos, Orchom'enus, 234; Com.

Ammon, 53.

Oblivion, valley of, 351.

Ocean, the river, 37, 74, 75.

Oce'anids, 85, 87.

§§ 139-143.

Or'cus; see Pluto, 83, 88.

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O-res'tes, 214, 281, 310-313; Com. § 165 Pæ'an, the chant, 60; Com. § 68.
(2); genealogy, § 170.
Oriental mythology, records of, 34–36.
Origin of the world: Greek, 37; of the
gods, 38; of man, 42, 43; Norse, 366,
367.

Pakht, and Bast; see under Egyptian
deities (1).

O-ri'on, 26, 73; myth of, 146, 147, 190;
Com. § 91.

Or-ithy'ia, daughter of Erechtheus, king
of Athens, loved by Boreas, 72, 73.
Ormuzd, 36.

Or'pheus, 23, 37, 223, 245, 282, 350; and
Eurydice, 185-188; Com. § 107; cited,

37.

Orphic hymns, 23.

Or'thia, Com. § 39; see Diana.
Ortygia, 145; Com. § 88.

Osi'ris, mentioned, 19; see under Egyp
tian deities (1).

Os'sa, Mount, 120, 124; Com. § 75; in
Thessaly. By piling Ossa on Pelion
the Titans Cous and Japetus, and the
monster Typhoeus thrice attempted
to scale Olympus, but were as often
beaten back by the lightnings of Jove.
Verg. Georgics, I: 281.

O'thrys: the mountain in Thessaly oc-
cupied by the Titans in their war with
Jupiter and the other Olympians.
Otter, 395.

O'tus, 120.
Ov'id (O-vid'ius), transl., Com. § 12;
also the Metam. in 15 books by vari-
ous authors, published by Sir Samuel
Garth, in v. 2, English Translation from
Ancient and Modern Poems, 3 v.,
Lond. 1810; account of O. and his
poems, 28, 29; references to his works,
92, 95, 98, 100, 106, 110, 111, 117, 119,
121, 123, 129, 136, 138, 141, 145, 147,
149, 162, 167, 170, 172, 175, 179, 181,
182, 185, 192, 194, 206, 209, 212, 217,
219, 220, 221, 234, 244, 247, 248, 255,
256, 258, 277.

Pacto lus, 179; Com. § 104.

Pa'dus, or Po, the river, 350.

Palæ'mon, 219; see Melicertes.
Pal-ame'des, 285, 286.
Pa'les, 89.

Pal-inu'rus, 343, 344, 347; Com. § 174
Palla'dium, 305-309.

Pal'las, name of Athena, 42; Com. § 35;
see Minerva,

Pallas, son of Evander, 357-364-
Pal'las, the Giant, 41, 42.

Pan, described, 77; Pandæan pipes, 93,
200; contest with Apollo, 136, 174;
and the personification of Nature, 200-
204; extracts from Milton, Mrs. Brown-
ing, reference to Schiller, 200, 201;
E. C. Stedman's Pan in Wall Street,
202-204, 208, 213; Com. § 117.
Pan-athenæ'a, Com. §§ 35, 152–157.
Pande'mos, Com. § 40; see Venus.
Pandi'on, 258; Com. § 151.
Pando'ra, 2; creation of, 44; wife of
Epimetheus, 45; her casket, 45; Com.
§§ 22-25.

Pan'drosos, daughter of Cecrops; see
Hersë.
[526.
Pan'o-pe, 115; Com. § 70. The Nymph,
Pa'phian, Com. § 40; see Venus.
Pa'phos, 66, 150, 172; Com. § 93.
Papy'ri, the sacred, 35.
Par'cæ, Mo'ræ; see Fates.
Par'is, the judgment of, 285; and Helen,
285, 287, 293; and Achilles, 304; and
Enone, 304, 305; Com. §§ 165 (5). 167.
Parnas'sus, Mount, in Phocis, 49, 60, 61,
124, 139; Com. §§ 43 (4). 75.
Pa'ros, 215.

Parthe'nius, Com. § 11.
Par‍thenon, Com. §§ 35, 152-157.
Parthenopæ'us, 273.
Parthen'o-pe, 222, 321.

Par'thenos, the Virgin: a title of Athene.
Parvati; see under Hindoo divinities (2).
Pasiph'aë, 255, 256; Com. § 149.

Pasith'ea: (1) a Nereid; (2) one of the
Graces.

Pæ'an, Pæ'on, Paie'on, heals Mars, Patro'clus, or Pat'ro-clus, 293, 296; Com.
113; Com. §§ 32, 68.

§ 165 (4).

1 By rule for English pronunciation this should be Pa'ris, even though the penultimate
vowel is short.

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