ii. 24, 85;

and Kabandhas, i. 64-66, 81, 86; and Bharatas, 374.

Râmâyanam, the, most solemn moments of, i. 16.

Râvanas, the monster, i. 76, 77; asses of, 375.

Rebhas, i. 299.

Reinardus Vulpes, ii. 141.

Renart, Procession du, ii. 140, 141.

Resurrection, offerings symbolic, of, i. 48, 49; faith in, 339.

Rhodopê and her slipper, ii. 197.

Ribhavas, the brothers, work and workmanship of, i. 20, 21, 46; names and relationships, 21, 22; identification with Indras as Agohyas, 22; the third of, 20-26; in Hindoo tradition, 25; protectors of the cow, 27; and the evening aurora, 33; the three, in search of the earrings, 79, 81, 125.

Riddles, propounding, i. 82, 102, 112; solving of, 143; identification by solving, 206, 207.

Rigrâçvas, the red horse, i. 415, 417.

Rigvedas, the, i. 4, 40; 28th hymn of 10th book, ii. 77, 78; the 103d hymn of, 371-373.

Rikshas, ii. 98.

Ring of recognition, i. 55; of Dushyantas, ii. 350.

Rocco, San, and dog, ii. 27.

Rohitas, i. 69-72.

Romeo and Juliet, i. 125.

Romulus, i. 118; and Remus, ii. 177.

Round table, the, poems of, i. 257.

Rudras, i. 5, 47, 89; ii. 7.

Rustem, the myth of, i. 112-116; and the ass, 379; horse of, and the lion, 380.

Sack, the, the hero in, i. 237, 239, 240; the dwarf in, 238; and the hero cut in pieces, 295.

Sailors, the, saved in the buffalo's hide, i. 239.

Saints, i. 355, 356.

Sal, the hero, i. 112.

Salamander, the, ii. 380.

Sampo, the Finnish cup of abundance, i. 150.

Samson, i. 236; the Hindoo, ii. 104-107; and the lion, 154-156.

Samvaranas, i. 86, 87.

Saramâ, i. 57, 58, 97; and the Panayas, ii. 19-22; and the cows in the rock, 19; impersonation of the moon, 21; sons of, 22; and Sarameyas, 24.

Sarameyas, ii. 22-24.

Savitar, i. 54, 65.

Saranyû, i. 347.

Schmierbock, the cunning, i. 413, 416; ii. 151.

Schwanritter, the, ii. 319.

Scylla, ii. 34.

Sea-urchin, the, ii. 336, 350.

Sefid, the demon, i. 113.

Selênê, ii. 217.

Serpent, as the privileged demoniac form, ii. 389; tail of, as betraying the devil, 389; the devil, and the young widow, 389; -devil, and the waters, 390; the killing of, the theme of all epics, 392; in the Rigvedas, 393-396; that bites its tail, 396; Agnis as, 397; Indras, the Marutas, 397; the wisdom of, 397; and the Somas, 397, 398; the phallical, 399; Anantas, 399; Vasukis, 400; and the cloud-monster, 400, 401; the funereal, 401, 402; -rope, of Yamas, 402; collar of, 402; and Sîtâ, 402; and riches, 403; and the lower world, 403; Karkotakas, and Nalas, 405; and hunter, 405; as a wise magician, 405; the crested, 406; three-headed, 406; skin and tongue of, 407; and lost riches and the dead, 407; the white, 407; worship of, 408; and children, 408; and the heads of the family, 408; and the tree, 409; and moon, 410; tree guarded by a, 410; symbol of, 411; the, in the Persian mythology, 412, 417; the Çruvara, 412, 413; the breath of, 413; and frog, 414; the two talking, 415, 416; the three headed, 416; fairy, and three gifts, 417; and king who has betrayed the maiden, 417; the sleeping, with eyes open, 417; and the king's daughter, 418; as whistler, 419.

Sheep, the, triple aspect of, i. 401.

Shepherd's son, ii. 45; and Giuseppe, 45.

Shepherdess, the, who proves herself a queen, i. 209-211.

Siddhi-Kûr, stories of, i. 120; Mongol and Calmuc stories of, 128-135.

Sîfrit, i. 213, 214; and Brünhilt, 329, 330; horse of, 339.

Sijavush, i. 116.

Simurg, the bird, and the child Sal, ii. 188, 189.

Sirens, the, i. 149, 205, 206.

Sister, triple, i. 85.

Sisters, the three, i. 105; Calmuc story of, 130.

Sîtâ, the dawn, i. 26, 55-60, 62, 65, 66; fire sacrifice of, 67, 69; and Saramâ, ii. 21; and the serpents, 403.

Sky, the glowing, a fire, i. 69; stone of, 96; by night, ii. 167; winged animals of, 168.

Slipper, the lost, i. 31; enchanted, 126; origin of throwing the, 196.

Snail, the, ii. 74, 75.

Sohrab, son of Rustem, i. 114, 115.

Solabella and her seven brothers, ii. 314.

Solomon, ring of, and the hero, i. 167; story of the ring of, ii. 175.

Somas, the, i. 8, 18; as a bull, and a stallion, 19, 104.

Son, the, who sacrifices his mother, i. 124.

Sons, three, rape and restoration of the, ii. 57; transformation of, into doves, 57.

Sperm as ambrosia, ii. 181.

Spider, the, and its web, ii. 161, 163, 165; and the wasp, 164.

Squirrel, the, and fox, ii. 73; in the Edda, 73.

St James's Way, i. 422; Day, 422, 423, 430.

Stag, the mythical, ii. 83; the golden, 85; the hero, 86; at the fountain, 86; Eikthyrner, 87; and Telephos, 88; as nourisher of heroes, 88; silver images of, in churches, 88; disguise of, 88, 89.

Stone, mountain of, i. 314; the man turned to, ii. 285.

Stork, the, and heron, ii. 261; and children, 261; mythical meaning of, 261; and the old man, 262; and the peasant, 262.

Strix, the, ii. 202, 203.

Stymphalian, the, birds, ii. 204.

Styx, the, i. 390.

Sudabe, i. 116.

Sudeshnâ, Queen, i. 85.

Sugrîvas, ii. 109.

Sun, the, as a god, i. 7; as a bull, 8; relations of, to aurora, 27; as a cowherd, 29; child of night and aurora, 37; the, in relation to the aurora, 27; as a lame hero, 31, 32; persecuted by, and persecutor of, the aurora, 33; as born of aurora, 51; the pearl, 54; and the aurora, 56, 65; and moon, 65; light of the, and Ssaran, intrigue of, 138; firing at, 344; the, in the cloud, 394.

Sundas and Upasundas, the inseparable, i. 310.

Sunlight and Moonlight, i. 315, 316.

Superlatif, i. 259.

Suramâ, i. 57, 58.

Sûryâ, i. 65; husband of, 307.

Svaçvas, i. 343.

Svetazor and his brothers, i. 192-194.

Swallows as birds of omen, ii. 240; the seven, and Sigurd, 240; and the Lord, 240; of good augury, 240; and the crow, 241; and swan, 241; as babblers, 241; dreaming of, 241.

Swan, the, and the prince, ii, 311; hero as or on, 316.

Swineherd, the, and the hogs' tails, i. 234.

Sword, the enchanted, i. 126.

Tail, the, value of recovering, i. 235, 237; the fox's, 236.

Takshakas, king of serpents, i. 80, 81.

Tapatî, legend of the loves of, i. 86, 87.

Tâtos, the Hungarian horse, i. 288, 296.

Tehmime and Rustem, i. 114.

Telephos and the stag, ii. 88.

Tereus, the myth of, ii. 229.

Theodore, the hero, i. 296.

Thief and the pigs, i. 200, 201; the, in the myths, 333.

Thomas, little, and the priest's horse, i. 234; the ass, 362.

Thor, and the serpent of Midgard, i. 225; his appetite, 226; and the goat, 426; the vessel of, 426; ii. 6.

Thraetaona, i. 101, 103-106.

Three, the number, ii. 416.

Thrita, i. 103-105.

Thunder, son of, thunder-god and devil, story of, i. 159, 160.

Thunderbolt, the, i. 9, 14; symbolic meaning, 250.

Tiger, tail of, ii. 160.

Tistar, i. 98.

Toad, the, as demon and as a diabolic form, ii. 379; the maiden changed into, 379, 380; fortune-bringing, 380; sacredness of, 381; and the third daughter, 381; -births, 383; the dried, as an amulet, 384; the -stone, 384.

Tom, little, blind of an eye, and his brothers, i. 335, 336.

Tortoise and the elephant, ii. 93-95; the incarnation of Vishnus as a, 360-362; originally, 361; names of, 361, 362; and mountain, 362; and elephant, 363-364; the funereal, 365; buried, 365; blood of, 365; and frogs, 366; changed into the lyre, 366; the shields of, 366; and Zeus, 366, 367; and new-born children, 367; mythical meaning, 368; German legend of, 368; the island, 368; and the hare, 369; and the eagle, 369; and the bird Kruth, 369, 370.

Tree, the ambrosial, guarded by a dragon, ii. 410, 411.

Triçankus, i. 72-74.

Triçiras, i. 76, 77.

Trigatâ, i. 57.

Trinity, Indian, dispute for pre-eminence, ii. 8.

Tritas, i. 8; horse of, 23; character and relationships, 23; why called stupid, 23; in the well, 24, 25; and his brothers, 25.

Turn-little-Pea and his brothers, story of, i. 191, 192.

Tuti-Name, the, i. 119.

Tvashtar, i. 21, 34; the Hindoo Vulcan, ii. 154, 155.

Twilights, the two, i. 18, 27.

Tyrant, the, and the bleating lamb, i. 416, 417.

Tzarevic, Ivan, and his Medea sister Helen, i. 212-214; and his penitent sister, 214-216; and his perfidious mother, 216; and his perfidious wife, 216, 217; and his wife Anna, 217.

Uccaihçravas, the horse, i. 288, 289.

Uddâlakas, i. 80.

Ukko, the Finnic thunder-god, i. 147.

Upamanyus, i. 79.

Ursula, St, ii. 118.

Urvaçi, the myth of, i. 39, 67, 84, 170, 273, 365, 369.

Ushâ, i. 26.

Utankas, myth of, i. 80, 81, 95, 331, 333.

Vadhrimatî, ii. 32.

Väinämöinen, dwarf-god, i. 147, 148; harp of, 149.

Valkyries, the, and their swan forms, ii. 315.

Valmîkam, ii. 43.

Vamrî, ii. 43.

Vamras, ii. 44.

Varunas, i. 52, 69-72, 107.

Vasavas, the, i. 68.

Vasishtas, cow of, i. 72-74, 87, 88; vain attempt at self-destruction, 88, 99.

Valas, the grotto of, i. 13; as a cow, 15.

Vâyus, i. 5-7.

Vedas, i. 80.

Vegetables, as symbols of generation, i. 164.

Veretraghna, the bull, i. 103, 104.

Vespasian and the horse's dung, i. 389.

Vesta, i. 384.

Viçvamitras, myth of, i. 72-74, 88.

Viçvarûpas, with the three heads, i. 76.

Vikramâdityas, the history of, i. 136, 137.

Vishnus, i. 20, 24, 26, 54, 57; personified in Ramâs, 59; three steps of, 301, 302, 334; as a wild boar, ii. 8, 9; and Hiranyakshas, 8; and the monkeys, 99, 100; as haris, 424.

Vivasvant, i. 34.

Vouru-Kasha, sea of, i. 96.

Vulcan, the Vedic, i. 21; the Christian, ii. 40.

Vulnerability of the hero or monster, i. 82.

Vulture, the, in the classics, ii. 198; feathers of, 198; and the immortal liver, 198; voracity, 199.

Vultures, the twin, ii. 184.

Walchelm, the priest, i. 293.

Walnut-tree, and goat, i. 405.

Wasp, wisdom of, ii. 221.

Way, the Milky, i. 421; and she-goat, 422.

Weasel, the, ii. 52, 53.

Wedding-ring, the, i. 169.

Whale, the mythical, ii. 337; and the fleet, 345.

Wife, the, and the bewitching voice, i. 137.

Willimar and his vow, i. 356.

Wind, Persian god of, i. 105.

Winds, the, as bulls, i. 7, 12.

Wise men, the seven (Angirasas), i. 17, 28.

Wolf, the, and goat's kids, i. 406, 407; mythical meaning of, 408; the monster, 408; the, and the devotee, ii. 142; impersonations of, 142; and dog, 143; heroic forms of, 144; the she-wolf, 144; transformation into, 145; sent by God as instrument of vengeance, 146; hide and teeth of, 146, 147; the demoniacal, 147; as omen of death, 147; Sköll and Hati, 147; disguises of, 147-149.

Woman, made of wood, story of, i. 137; the old, and her older sister, ii. 6.

Women, knowledge of, i. 246, 247.

Woodman and painter, the, Calmuc story of, i. 130.

Woodpecker, the mythical meaning of, ii. 265; and King Picus, 265; beak of, 267; and Beowulf, 267; of evil omen, 267, 268; and dog, 268, 269.

Wren, the, in mythology, ii. 207; and the eagle, 208; and beetle, 208; and death of Cæsar, 209.

Yamas, i. 23, 71, ii. 25; kingdom of, 48, 49; son of, 78, 95, 107.

Yayâtis and the girl in the well, i. 83, 84.

Yggdrasil and the four stags, ii. 87.

Ysengrin, the wolf, ii. 141, 149.

Yudhishthiras, i. 77-79, 82.

Yünx, the bird, ii. 269.

Zafarana, ii. 10.

Zeus and Hera, i. 247, 248; the beetle, and the eagle's eggs, ii. 195; eagle of, 195, 196; and Latona, 277, 280; and Lêda, 318; and Io, 327; Faber, 352, 353.

Zezolla, the maiden, and the dove, ii. 304, 305.

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Fixed spelling and punctuation errors throughout

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Shakespeare is spelled Shakspeare throughout, this is a spelling of his name used in the 19th century, so was left per the text

Goose-swans and geese-swans appear to be used interchangeably, left to match the text

There are several words that are spelled both with and without a hyphen (i.e. crosstrees and cross-trees), they have been left to match the text

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