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.

_December_ 25th, 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.

_Dragon_, a, protected the garden of the Hesperides, 11; the cherub of Genesis, 14.

_Drama_ of Life, the, 29.

_Druids_, the, of Gaul, worshiped the Virgo-Paritura as the Mother of God, 333.

_Durga_, a fish deity among the Hindoos, 82.

_Dyaus_, the Heavenly Father, 478; a personification of the sky, 478.

E.

_East_, turning to in worship, practiced by Christians, 503.

_Easter_, origin of, 226; observed in China, 227; controversies about, 227; dyed eggs on, of Pagan origin, 228; the primitive was celebrated on March 25th, 335.

_Eating_, the forbidden fruit, the story of, figurative, 101.

_Ebionites_, the first Christians called, 134.

_Ecclesiastics_, the Essenes called, 424.

_Eclectics_, the Essenes called, 424.

_Eclipse_, an, of the Sun, occurred at the death of Jesus, 206; of Romulus, 207; of Julius Cæsar, 207; of Æsculapius, 208; of Hercules, 208; of Quirinius, 208.

_Edda_, the, of the Scandinavians speaks of the "Golden" Age, 15; describes the deluge, 27.

_Egypt_, legend of the Deluge not known in, 23; the Exodus from, 48; circumcision practiced in, 85; virgin-born gods worshiped in, 122; kings of considered gods, 123; Virgin Mother worshiped in, 329, 330; the cross adored in, 341.

_Egyptian faith_, hardly an idea in the Christian system which has not its analogy in the, 414.

_Egyptian kings_ considered gods, 123.

_Egyptians_, the, had a legend of the "Tree of Life," 12; received their laws direct from God, 60; practiced circumcision at an early period, 85; were great astrologers, 142; were familiar with the war in heaven, 387.

_El_, the Phenician deity, 484; called the "Saviour," 484.

_Elephant_, the, a symbol of power and wisdom, 117; cut on the fire tower at Brechin, in Scotland, 198; in America, 537.

_Eleusinian_, the, Mysteries, 310.

_Eleusis_, the ceremonies at, 310.

_Elijah_ ascends to heaven, 90; its parallel, 90.

_Elohistic_, the, narrative of the Creation and Deluge differs from the Jehovistic, 93.

_Elysium_, the, of the Greeks, 11; meaning of, 101.

_Emperors_, the, of Rome considered divine, 126.

_Eocene period_, the, 29.

_Eostre_, or _Oster_, the Saxon Goddess, 226, 227.

_Epimetheus_, the first man, brother of Prometheus, 10.

_Equinox_, at the Spring, most nations set apart a day to implore the blessings of their gods, 492.

_Esdras_, the apocryphal book of, 95.

_Essenes_, the, and the Therapeutæ the same, 419; the origin of not known, 419; compared with the primitive Christians, 420; their principal rites connected with the East, 423; the "Scriptures" of, 443.

_Etruscan_, baptism, 320; Goddess, 330.

_Etruscans_, the, had a legend of creation similar to Hebrew, 75; performed the rite of baptism, 320; worshiped a "Virgin Mother," 330.

_Eucharist_, the, or Lord's Supper, 305; instituted before the Christian era, 305; performed by various ancient nations, 305-312.

_Eudes_, the, of California, worshiped a mediating deity, 131.

_Eusebius_, speaks of the Ebionites, 134; of Easter, 226; of Simon Magus, 265; of Menander the "Wonder Worker," 266; of an "ancient custom" among the Christians, 316; the birth of Jesus, 361; calls the Essenes Christians, 422.

_Eve_, the first woman, 3.

_Evil_, origin of, 4.

_Exorcism_, practiced by the Jews before the time of Jesus, 268.

_Explanation_, the, of the Universal Mythos, 466.

_Ezra_, added to the Pentateuch, 94.

F.

_Faith_, salvation by, taught before the Christian era, 184.

_Fall of Man_, the, Hebrew account of, 4; parallels to, 7-16; hardly alluded to outside of Genesis, 99; allegorical meaning of, 101.

_Fall of the Angels_, the, 386.

_Fasting_, for forty days, a common occurrence, 179; at certain periods, practiced by the ancients, 177, 392.

_Father, Son and Holy Ghost_, the, of Pagan origin, 369.

_Females_, the, of the Orinoco tribes, fasted forty days before marriage, 179.

_Festivals_, held by the Hindoos, the Chinese, the Egyptians, and others, 392.

_Fifty_, Jesus said to have lived to the age of, 515.

_Fig-tree_, the, sacred, 13.

_Fijians_, the, practiced circumcision, 86.

_Fire_, worshiped by the Mexicans and Peruvians, 532.

_Fire Tower_, the, of Brechin, 199.

_Firmicius_ (Julius), says the Devil has his Christs, 183.

_Fish_, the, a symbol of Christ Jesus, 355; meaning of, 504.

_Fleur de Lis_, or Lotus, a sacred plant, 329.

_Flood_, the, Hebrew legend of, 19; parallels to, 22-27.

_Flower_, Jesus called a, 487.

_Fo-hi_, of China, born of a Virgin, 119.

_Forty_, a sacred number, 179.

_Fraud_, practiced by the early Christians, 434.

_Frey_, the deity of the Sun, 488; killed at the time of the winter solstice, 488.

_Freyga_, the goddess, of the Scandinavians, transformed into the Virgin Mary, 399; a personification of the earth, 479.

_Friday_, fish day, why, 354.

_Frigga_ (see Freyga).

_Fuh-he_, Chinese sage, 119; considered divine, 119.

_Future Life_, the doctrine of, taught by nearly all nations of antiquity, 388.

G.

_Gabriel_, the angel, salutes the Virgin Mary, 111.

_Galaxy_, the, souls dwell in, 45.

_Galilee_, Jesus a native of, 520; the insurgent district of the country, 520; the Messiahs all started out from, 521.

_Galli_, the, now sung in Christian churches, was once sung by the priests of Cybele, 333.

_Ganesa_, the Indian God of Wisdom, 117.

_Ganges_, the, a sacred river, 318.

_Garden_, the, of Eden, 2; of the Hesperides, 11; identical, 11; hardly alluded to outside of Genesis, 99.

_Gaul_, the worship of the Virgo-Paritura in, 334.

_Gautama_, a name of Buddha, 297.

_Geetas_, the, antiquity of, 451.

_Genealogy_, the, of Jesus, 160; of Crishna, 163; of Buddha, 163; of Rama, 163; of Fo-hi, 163; of Confucius, 163; of Horus, 163; of Hercules, 163; of Bacchus, 164.

_Genesis_, two contradictory accounts of the Creation in, 2.

_Gentiles_, the, religion of, adopted by Christians, 384; celebrate the birth of god Sol on December 25th, 363.

_Germans_, the ancient, worshiped a Virgin-goddess under the name of Hertha, 334, 477.

_Germany_, the practice of baptism found in, by Boniface, 322.

_Ghost_, the Holy, impregnates the Virgin Mary, 111; and the Virgin Maya, 117; is one with the Father and the Son, 368; is symbolized by the Dove among Heathen and Christian nations, 357.

_Giants_, fossil remains of animals supposed to have been those of, 19; the Rakshasas of the Hindoos the origin of all, 19.

_Glacial period_, the, 24.

_Gnostic_, the, heresy, 135.

_Gnostics_, the, maintained that Jesus was a mere man, 135; the Essenes the same as, 422; their doctrine, 511.

_God_, a, believed in by nearly all nations of antiquity, 384.

_Godhead_, the, a belief in the Trinitarian nature of, before the Christian era, 368.

_God of Israel_, the, same as the Gentiles, 87-88.

_Gods_, the, created the heaven and earth, 4, _note_ 1; descended from heaven and were made incarnate in men, 112.

_God's first-born_, applied to Heathen Virgin-born gods, 195.

_God the Father_, the, of all nations, a personification of the sky, 478.

_Golden Age_, the, of the past, believed in by all nations of antiquity, 8-16.

_Goliath_, killed by David, 90.

_Good Friday_, the, "Agonie" at Rome on, same as the weeping for Adonis, 226.

_Gospel_, the, of the Egyptians, 443.

_Gospels_, the, were not written by the persons whose names they bear, 454; full of interpolations and errors, 454.

_Greece_, the gods and goddesses of, personifications of natural objects, 467.

_Greeks_, the ancient, boasted of their "Golden Age," 10; had a tradition of the "Islands of the Blessed," and the "Garden of the Hesperides," 11; had records of a Deluge, 26; considered that the births of great men were announced by celestial signs, 207; had the rite of baptism, 320; worshiped the virgin mother, and child, 342; adored the cross, 344; celebrated the birth of their gods on December 25th, 364; worshiped a trinity, 374.

"_Grove_," the, of the Old Testament, is the "Ashera" of the Pagans, 47.

_Gruter_ (inscriptions of), 397.

_Gymnosophists_, the, and the Essenes, the same, 423.

H.

_Hair_, long, attributes of the sun, 71; worn by all sun-gods, 71, 72.

_Hâu-Ki_, Chinese sage, of supernatural origin, 120.

_Heathen_, the, the religion of, same as Christian, 384.

_Heaven_, all nations believed in a, 389; is born of the sky, 391, 559.

_Heavenly host_, the, sang praises at the birth of Jesus, 146; parallels to, 146-149.

_Hebrew people_, the, history of, commences with the Exodus, 52-55.

_Hebrews_, the gospel of the, 455.

_Hell_, Christ Jesus descended into, 211; Crishna descended into, 213; Zoroaster descended into, 213; Osiris, Horus, Adonis, Bacchus, Hercules, Mercury, all descended into, 213; built by priests, 391.

_Hercules_, compared with Samson, 66-72; a personification of the Sun, 73, 485; all nations had their, 76; was the son of Jupiter, 124; was exposed when an infant, 170; was called the "Saviour," 193; the "Only begotten," 193; is put to death, 485; is comforted by Iole, 493.

_Heretics_, the first, 134; denied the crucifixion of "the Christ," 511; denied that "the Christ" ever came in the flesh, 512.

_Heri_, means "Saviour," 112; Crishna so called, 112.

_Hermes_, or Mercury, the son of Jupiter and a mortal mother, 125; is born in a cave, 156; was called the "Saviour," 195; the "Logos" and "Messenger of God," 195.

_Herod_, orders all the children in Bethlehem to be slain, 166; the Hindoo parallel to, 166-167; a personification of Night, 481.

_Herodotus_, speaks of Hercules, 69; speaks of circumcision, 86; relates a wonderful miracle, 261.

_Hesione_, rescued from the sea monster, 78.

_Hesperides_, the apples of, the tree of knowledge, 11-12.

_Hieroglyphics_, the Mexican, describe the crucifixion of Quetzalcoatle, 199.

_Hilkiah_, claimed to have found the "Book of the Law," 94.

_Himalayas_, the, the Hindoo ark rested on, 27.

_Hindoos_, the, had no legend of the creation similar to the Hebrew, 13; believe Mount Meru to have been the Paradise, 13; had a legend of the Deluge, 24; had a legend of the "Confusion of Tongues," 35; had their Samson or Strong Man, 73; worshiped a virgin-born god, 113; adored a trinity, 371; have believed in a soul from time immemorial, 388.

_Historical_ theory, the, succeeded by the allegorical, 466.

_Histories_, the, of the gods are fabulous, 466.

_Holy Ghost_, the, impregnates the Virgin Mary, 111; and the Virgin Maya, 117; is one with the Father and the Son, 368; is symbolized by the dove among Heathen nations, 357.

_Holy One_, the, of the Chinese, 190.

_Holy Trinity_, the, of the Christians, the same as that of the Pagans, 370.

_Homa_, or Haoma, a god of the Hindoos, called the "Benefactor of the World," 306.

_Horus_, the Egyptian Saviour, 122; born of the Virgin Isis, 122; is put to death, 190; descended into hell, 213; rose from the dead, 222; performed miracles, 256; raised the dead to life, 256; is represented as an infant on the lap of his virgin mother, 327; is born on December 25th, 363; a personification of the sun, 476; crucified in the heavens, 484.

_Hydaspus_, the river, divided by Bacchus, 51.

_Hypatia_, put to death by a Christian mob, 440.