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• literal fulfilment of prophecy regarding, 40, 41, 83, 85.

Canopied boat, the, of the Egyptians, 273.

Carver, Mr, on Indian wars, 28;

• the Indian mode of declaration of war, 399, 401;
• Indian flags of truce, 405.

Cashmir, tradition of Deluge in, 68;

• commemorative festival in, 69.

Catholicism and Christianity, identity of, 113.

Catlin, Mr G., on traditions of Creation among the Indians, 134, 138;

• of Deluge, 223;
• the “O-kee-pa,” 245;
• the big canoe, 255;
• the baskets of water, 256;
• the gourds or calabashes used by the Indians, 257;
• the “first man,” 258, 259;
• the “evil spirit,” 260;
• water ceremonies, 262;
• on the pheasant, 266;
• description of a “whale ashore” at Vancouver’s Island, 317;
• on the cranial development of the Flathead and Crow Indians, 318.

Caverley’s Theocritus quoted, 217.

Centre of tradition, the, 339.

Ceremony at Gorbio, 307.

ChaldÆa, early inhabitants of, 184.

ChaldÆan Pantheon, deities of the, 183.

ChaldÆan system of chronology, 57;

• religion, 163.

Champagny, M. F. de, 404, 409.

Chanaan, or Canaan, the curse of, 79;

• tradition of this curse among the Sioux Indians, 81;
  • in Tonga, 82.
• Chandordy, Count, 405.
• Chaos in the Phoenician cosmogony, 174;
  • the commencement of all things, 174–177.
• Chateaugay, xxviii.
• China, certain and uncertain history of, 58, 59;
  • astronomical cycle of, 61;
  • aboriginal tribes, 133;
  • belief in, as to creation of man, 134.
• Chinese chronology, 58–65;
  • confusion in, 65.
• Chinese tradition of first and second heaven, 328.
• Chin-nong, 240.
• Chippeways and Natchez tribes, institution of perpetual fire among, 320.
• Choctaw Indians, tradition regarding creation of man, 134.
• Christian doctrine, the foundation of, 142.
• Chronicles of Egypt, 93.
• Chronology, Egyptian, Palmer on, 92–104;
  • the Sothic cycle, 96–100 lass="pginternal">347.
  • Diluvian tradition. See Noah, Deluge.
• Diluvian traditions in Africa and America, 242–282.
  • See Deluge. Festivals (commemorative).
• Diogenes Laertius’ scheme of chronology, 101.
• Dionusus, identified with Noah, 215;
  • the first king of India, 220, 221.
• Dionysia, 249.
• Discovery of America, the, a proof of tradition, 324.
• Dispersion, the, 329, 336; rise of government under, 342.
• Disraeli, Mr, on sceptical effects of discoveries of science, xvi., xvii.
• Distribution of races, 89.
• Divergence between religion and philosophy, 108.
• Divinities of the Tahitians, 315.
• Divinity attaching to forms, 402, 403.
• Dixon, Hepworth, his conversation with Brigham Young, 18;
  • his views of human progress, 32.
• Donoughmore, Earl of, 408.
• Dove, the bird of Venus, 392;
  • traditions of, 394–396.
• Duc de Grammont, the, 404.
• Dyaks and Javanese, contrast in colour, 81.
• Dyans, 170.
• Dyer, Dr, on the Sabines, 352;
  • the temple of Diana, 364.
• Dynasties of Egypt, 97, 98, 102, 103.
• Dynasty of the Popes, 381, 382.
• Eastern Islanders, tradition among the, 200.
• Egg, the mundane, tradition of, 306;
  • an emblem of the Creation, 307;
  • the Mahabarata account of, 308.
• Egypt, chronology of, 92;
  • its Chronicles, 93;
  • dynasties of, 97;
  • commemorative festival of the Deluge in, 249.
• Egyptian chronology, Palmer on, 92–104.
• Egyptians, the, canopied boat of, 273;
  • Jewish rites and ceremonies borrowed from, 274.
• Ellis’s “Polynesian Researches” quoted, 265;
  • on Tahitian relics, 312.
• Endogamy, 45–47, 50.
• English socialists, 110.
• Enoch, result of his disappearance regarding Nimrod, 160;
  • embodied traditionally in ChaldÆan gods Ana and Enu, 192.
• Enu or Bil, a ChaldÆan deity, 190;
  • a reduplication of Enoch, 192.
• Epimetheus (afterthought) and Prometheus (forethought), 134.
• Latin League, the, 355.
• Law connected with religion, 368.
• Law, International. See International Law.
• Law of honour, the, 11.
• Law of Nations, the, an unwritten law, 4;
  • Sir Henry Maine on the, 338;
  • common to all nations, 345;
  • testimony to in the Manx Thing, 347;
  • ancient codes of, 350;
  • the jus gentium, 351;
  • origin of the phrase, 352, 353;
  • the Amphictyonic Council, 361;
  • primary objects of, 367;
  • common source, 371;
  • discussed on the basis of usage, 378;
  • the lex legum of mankind, 385;
  • a modern transgression of, 405;
  • the seizure of Papal States a flagrant violation of, 407–409;
  • adaptability of, 410;
  • foundation of, 412.
  • See International Law.
• Law of Nature, the, 20;
  • question whether there is or is not a, 20;
  • different solutions of this question, 20;
  • Sir G. C. Lewis on, 22;
  • Sir H. Maine on, 22, 25;
  • what the Roman meant by it, 23;
  • among the ancients, 23;
  • a social compact, 23, 24;
  • tradition of, 350;
  • origin of the phrase, 352, 353.
• Law, unwritten, 369;
  • Ozanam on, 370, 371.
• Laws, the first, of all nations, 121.
• Layard, Mr, on the man-fish, 238.
• League of the Ten Kings, 367.
• Legend of the tortoise, 138, 139;
  • of Michabo, 152, 153;
  • of the bull and the egg, 257.
• Legends of Œdipus and Perseus, 178.
• Legists of different nationalities, their agreement accounted for, 385.
• Lenormant, on Noe, 88;
  • on the Fall, 128.
• Lepchas, the, curious legend of, 224;
  • religion among the, 305, 307.
• Letters, the use of, a distinction between a civilised and savage people, 120.
• Levitical worship, the ceremonial borrowed from Egypt, 272, 273.
• Lewis, Sir G. C, on Law of Nature, 22, 24, 380.
• Light and darkness, as symbols, 167–170;
• complications and confusion in, 171–181;
• Assyrian, see Assyrian mythology.

Myths connecting man with the monkey, 136.

Myths, their importance, 117.

Natchez tribes, institution of perpetual fire among, 320.

Nations, law of. See International Law, Law of Nations.

Natural right, 5.

Nature, law of. See Law of Nature.

Nature-worship, 143, 163, 173.

Nazarians, the, a curious Gnostic sect, 154.

Nebo, a ChaldÆan deity, 206;

• resemblance of, to Shem, 207.

Necessities of the pastoral life, 27.

Negro, the, persistency of colour in, 77;

• subserviency of, 80.

Ner, soss, and sar, ChaldÆan periods of time, 57.

Nergal identified with Mars, 164.

Newman, Dr, 310, 323;

• on history of Western civilisation, 338–340.

New Zealanders, curious tradition among, 139;

• their degeneration and retrogression, 321, 322.

Nicolas, Mon. A., 107.

NiebÜhr, quoted, 364.

Nillson, Professor, on the Stone Age, 290, 292;

• quoted, 297.

Nimrod, a powerful chieftain, 88;

• in the ChaldÆan mythology, 158;
• identity with Belus, 159;
• his apotheosis confounded with Enoch’s disappearance, 160.

Nin or Ninip, the true fish-god, 200;

• identification with Noah, 202;
• emblem of, in Assyria, 203;
• note of Rawlinson on, 205.

Noah (or Noe), identified with Shin-nong, 64, 232;

• with Oannes, 139;
• confusion of traditions regarding, 158;
• traditions of, among the ChaldÆans, 183;
• philology of the name, 196;
• warlike epithets applied to, 202;
• correspondence of Nin to, 202;
• Nebo a counterpart of, 206;
• identifications of (with Xisuthrus) 208, (with Saturn) 210–212, (with Bacchus) 215, (with Janus) 217, 326, (with Ogyges and Deucalion) 222;
• the depositary of tradition and channel of law, 236;
• summary of evidence regarding traditional identifications, 236–241;
• and the Golden Age, 323;
• proofs of identity with Saturn, 325;
• associations of dove and rainbow with, 393, 21.
• Solar and ancestral worship, interfusion of, 205.
• Solar mythology, 119;
• the Oriental religions, 154;
• conformity of grammatical forms, 189;
• Jewish rites and ceremonies, 274;
• the growth of nations, 331.

Wordsworth’s “Excursion” quoted, 145.

Women, their status, 109;

• precedence of, in Dahome, 259.

Worship, mode of, among the Peruvians, 304.

Worship of ancestors, 161, 205.

Writing, its invention, 123;

• cuneiform, 195;
• Greece indebted to Cadmus for, 221.

Xisuthrus, attempted identification of with Noah, 208.

Yao or Yu, 65;

• erection of monument by, commemorative of the Deluge, 67.

Yavana identified with Javan, son of Japheth, 43.

Yokohama, religious festivals at, 268.

Zendavesta, the, 83.

Zeus, 169–171.