C.

_Cabala_, the, had its Trinity, 376.

_Cadiz_, the gates of, 70.

_Cæsar_ (Augustus), was believed to be divine, 126.

_Cæsar_ (Julius), was likened to the divine, 126.

_Calabrian Shepherds_, the, a few weeks before Winter solstice, came into Rome to play on the pipes, 365.

_Cam-Deo_, the God of Love, 216.

_Capricorn_, when the planets met in, the world was deluged with water, 102.

_Cardinals_, the, of Rome, wear the robes once worn by Roman senators, 400.

_Carmelites_, the, and Essenes the same, 422.

_Canon_, the, of the New Testament, when settled, 463.

_Carne-vale_, a farewell to animal food, 227.

_Carnutes_, the, of Gaul, 198; the Lamb of, 199.

_Castles_, Lord, a ring found on his estate, 199.

_Catholic_ rites and ceremonies are imitations of those of the Pagans, 384.

_Catholic theory_, the, of the fall of the angels, 386.

_Cave_, Jesus born in a, 154; Crishna born in a, 156; Abraham born in a, 156; Apollo born in a, 156; Mithras born in a, 156; Hermes born in a, 156.

_Caves_, all the oldest temples were in, 286.

_Celibacy_, among Pagan priests, 400-404.

_Celts_, the, Legend of the Deluge found among, 27.

_Cerinthus_, denied the divinity of Jesus, 136.

_Ceylon_, never believed to have been the Paradise, 13.

_Chaldean_, the, account of the Deluge, 22.

_Chaldeans_, the, Legend of the Deluge borrowed from, 101; worshiped the Sun, 480.

_Champlain period_, the, 28.

_Chandragupta_, a dangerous child, 171.

_Chastity_, among Mexican priests, 404.

_Charlemagne_, the Messiah of medieval Teutondom, 239.

_Cherokees_, the, had a priest and law-giver called Wasi, 130.

_Cherubim_, the, of Genesis, a dragon, 14.

_Child_, the dangerous, 165.

_Chiliasm_, the thousand years when Satan is bound, 242.

_Chimalman_, the Mexican virgin, 334.

_Chinese_, the, have their Age of Virtue, 14; have a legend of a deluge, 25; worship a Virgin-born God, 119; worship a "Queen of Heaven," 327; worship a Trinity, 371; have "Festivals of gratitude to Tien," 392; have monasteries for priests, friars and nuns, 401; identified with the American race, 539.

_Cholula_, the tower of, 36.

_Chrest_, the, 568.

_Christ_ (Buddha), compared with Jesus, 289.

_Christ_ (Crishna), compared with Jesus, 278.

_Christ_ (Jesus), born of a Virgin, 111; a star heralds his birth, 140; is visited by shepherds and wise men, 150; is born in a cave, 154; is of royal descent, 160; is tempted by the devil, 175; fasts for forty days, 175; is put to death, 181; no early representations of, on the cross, 201; descends into hell, 211; rises from the dead, 215; ascends into heaven, 215; will come again, 233; will be judge of the dead, 245; as creator, 246; performs miracles, 252; compared with Crishna, 278; compared with Buddha, 289; his birth-day not known, 359; a personification of the Sun, 498; not identical with the historical Jesus, 506.

_Christian_, the name, originated by Heathens, 567, _note_ 3.

_Christianity_, identical with Paganism, 384; why it prospered, 419.

_Christians_, the disciples first called, at Antioch, 567; the worshipers of Serapis called, 568; heathen moralists called by the name of, 568.

_Christian Symbols_, of Pagan origin, 339.

_Christening_, a Pagan rite, 320.

_Circumcision_, the universal practice of, 85.

_Claudius_, Roman Emperor, 126; considered divine, 126.

_Cobra_, the, or hooded snake, held sacred in India, 199.

_Codom_, the Siamese Virgin-born Saviour, 118. The legend of, contained in the Pali books, 316 B. C., 451.

_Comets_, superstitions concerning, 144, 210.

_Coming_, the second, of Christ Jesus, 233; of Vishnu, 236; of Buddha, 237; of Bacchus, 238; of Arthur, 238; of Charlemagne, 239; of Quetzalcoatle, 239.

_Commandments_, the ten, of Moses, and of Buddha, 59.

_Conception_, the immaculate, of Jesus, 111; of Crishna, 113; of Buddha, 115; of Codom, 118; of Salivahana, 119; of Fuh-he, 119; of Fo-hi, 119; of Xaca, 119; of Lao-kiun, 120; of Yu, 120; of Hau-ki, 120; of Confucius, 121; of Horus, 122; of Raam-ses, 123; of Zoroaster, 123; of Hercules, 124; of Bacchus, 125; of Perseus, 125; of Mercury, 126; Apollo, 126; of Quetzalcoatle, 129.

_Confession_, the, of sins, of Pagan origin, 403.

_Confirmation_, the, of children, of Pagan origin, 319.

_Confucius_, was of supernatural origin, 121; had seventy-two disciples, 121; author of the "Golden Rule," 415.

_Confusion of Tongues_, the "Scripture" account of, 33; the Armenian tradition, 35; the Hindoo legend of, 35; the Mexican legend of, 36.

_Constantine_ (Saint), the first Roman emperor to check free thought, 444; accepts the Christian faith, 444; commits murders, 444; baptized on his death-bed, 445; the first Roman emperor who embraced the Christian faith, 446; his edicts against heretics, 446; his effigies engraved on Roman coins, 446; conferred dignities on the Christians, 446.

_Coronis_, the mother of Æsculapius, 128; impregnated by a god, 128.

_Creation_, the, Hebrew legend of, 1; two different and contradictory accounts of, 5; Bishop Colenso on, 5; Persian legend of, 7; Etruscan legend of, 7; Hebrew legend of, borrowed from Chaldeans, 98.

_Creator_, the, Jesus considered, 247; Crishna, according to the Hindoos, 247; Lauther, according to the Chinese, 248; 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; believed to be the Messiah, 433; sun myth added to the history of, 506.