Soma: a deification of the spirituous
"extract" of the moon-plant; giver of
strength to gods and men, and of radi-
ant light and joyous immortality.
Vayu: god of the wind.
Maruts: deities of the storm.
Agni: the youngest and one of the most
important of the Vedic gods; lord of
fire, born of two pieces of wood rubbed
together; youngest of the deities, giver
of prosperity to men, their guardian
and companion, passing between
heaven and earth "like a messenger
between two hamlets" (Lat. ignis; cf.
Gk. Hephaestus).
Vach: goddess of speech, teacher of
spiritual worship, promoter of wisdom
and holiness.
Vritra: the monstrous snake, drinker of
rain-clouds, dark, evil, and malicious,
overcome by Indra (cf. Apollo and the
Python).
Rakshasas: powers of darkness, com-
bated by Indra.
Yama, and his sister Yami: the first man
and woman; leaving this life they pre-
pared for those that should follow
blissful abodes in the other world, of
which they are king and queen.
2. Brahmanic: a philosophical outgrowth
of the Vedic religion, which, on the
one hand, was refined into logical sub-
tleties, intelligible only to the learned;
on the other hand, crystallized into
symbols, rites, and unending conven-
tionalities.
Trimurti: the Brahmanic Trinity, con-
sisting of the following three per-
and then annexed by the Brahmans as
a manifestation of the supreme being in
his work of preservation. He has nine
times assumed human form, each in-
carnation having for its purpose the
redemption of mankind from oppres-
sion or error. These incarnations are
his Av'atars. His ninth Avatar, say
some, was as Buddha; in his tenth he
will end this world, and reproduce
Brahma, who will create things anew.
Siva originally a blood-thirsty deity,
not of the Vedic, but of some aborigi-
nal Hindu religion; absorbed in the
Brahinanic godhead as the manifes-
tation of destructive power. He is
adorned with a necklace of skulls and
ear-rings of serpents.
Sarasvati, see Vach: goddess of speech;
spouse of Brahma.
Sri, or Lakshmi: goddess of beauty;
spouse of Vishnu.
Uma, or Parvati (Kali, Durga): the
inaccessible, the terrible; spouse of
Siva.
Ghandarvas: genii of music (cf. Cen-
taurs); retainers of Indra.
Lokapalas: generic name for the Vedic
deities when degraded by Brahmanism
to the position of tutelary spirits.
Hiordis, 394.
Hippocre'ne (anglicized in poetry:
Hip'pocrene; three syllables); Com.
§ 138.
Hip-po-da-mi'a (1) daughter of Eno-
maus, 190, 281; Com. § 110; (2) daugh-
ter of Atrax, 267.
Hippol'y-te and Hercules, 236; Com.
§ 152-157 (Textual).
Hippol'y-tus, 268; Com. §§ 151, 152–157
(Illustr.).
Brahma in the Rig-veda, a word for
devotion, prayer; later, for the supreme
principle of the universe, its source, its
essence, and its sustenance. Brahma Hippom'edon, 273.
is the creative energy of the godhead,
calm, passionless, remote from man
and the world. He is four-headed and
four-handed.
Vishnu: originally a benevolent Vedic
deity, with certain attributes of the sun;
adopted by a sect as its special god,
Hippom'e-nes (or Mila'nion), 162–164,
244; Com. § 95.
Historians of Mythology: in Greece, 28;
in Norway, 31; see under Myth (Pres-
ervation of).
Höder, 369, 381, 383; Com. §§ 177–184.
Honir, 395.
Hogni, 397-399; see Hagen.
Ho'mer (Ho-me'rus) 5; account of, 24;
Iliad and Odyssey, 24, 25, and cited
37, 51, 54, 65, 69, 78, 79, 81, 102, 112,
113, 114, 118, 126, 147, 189, 220, 231,
234; Iliad and Odyssey, 290-337; foot-
notes, passim; Com. §§ 11, 18, 167.
Homeric hymns, 25, 196.
Ho-mer'idæ, "sons of Homer," lived in
Chios, and claimed to be descended
from Homer. They were hereditary
epic poets; Com. § 11.
Horace (Ho-ra'tius), 2, 28, 29; refer-
ences to the Odes, 196, 231; notes and
transl., Com. § 12.
Iap'etus, 38, 40; Com. § 17; descend-
ants, § 132 (5), table I.
I-a'sius, 251.
Ib'ycus, 26, 213; Com. § 125.
I-ca'rius, 285, 320;
alogy.
Com. § 165 (3) gene-
Ic'arus, 239, 256; Com. § 150.
Ic'elus, a producer of dreams; son of
Somnus; Com. § 113.
I'da, Mount, 124, 136.
I'da, the nymph, 39.
I'da, the plain, 391.
I-dæ'us, 301.
I-da'lium; a mountain and city of Cyprus,
dear to Venus, 261.
Ho'rus, son of Osiris; see Egyptian I'das, 282.
deities.
Hours, or Seasons, the, 51, 55, 61, 65, 72, Il'iad, kind of myth, 5, 20; history of,
25; narrative of, 290–302; transl., Com.
II; illustr., 167; cited, see Cowper,
Lang, Pope (Index of Authors).
Il'ion, Il'ium, 198; see Troy.
Ilithy'ia; see Eileithyia.
I'lus, (1) son of Dardanus, died without
issue. (2) son of Tros; Com. § 165 (5).
In'achus, son of Oceanus, ancestor of
the Argive and Pelasgic races, 50;
father of Io, 92, 93, 224, 255, 267; Com.
§§ 59, 132 (1), genealogical tables.
India, 20; records of myth, 35; epics,
35, 36, 175; studies and transls. of lit-
erature, Com. § 15.
Hy'dra, 81, 346, 349; the Lernæan, 235; Indra; see under Hindoo deities (1);
Com. §§ 139-143 (Interpret.).
Hy-ge'a, Hy-gi'a, daughter of Æscula-
pius; the goddess of health.
Hy-gi'nus, references to, 147, 182, 190,
234, 256, 258, 273, 277; Com. § 12.
Hy'las, the loss of, 237-240; Com.
§§ 139-143 (Illustr.).
Hy'men (Hymenæ'us), 70, 185; Com.
§ 43.
Hy-perbo'reans, Hyp-erbo'rei, 60,
Thomas Moore's Song of a H., 74;
Com. §§ 44, 73.
Hy-pe'rion (according to rule, Hyp-
eri'on), 38; cattle of, 322; Com. § 17.
Hyp-ermnes'tra, 225; Com. §§ 133-137.
Hyp'nos, see Somnus.
I'no, 117, 118, 219, 244, 269; Com. § 129.
I'o, 11; myth of, 92-94; Ionian Sea, 94,
224; genealogy, etc., Com. §§ 59,
132 (5).
Ioba'tes, 233.
Iola'üs, 235, 239.
Iol'cos, or Iol'cus, 245; Com. § 144.
I'o-le: daughter of Eurytus who refused
to give her to Hercules, although the
hero had fairly won her by his success
in archery. Eurytus assigned as rea-
son for his refusal the apprehension
lest Hercules might a second time
become insane, and in that condition
destroy Iole in spite of his love for her.
By some she is made the half-sister of Ju'no (He'ra, He're), 39, 42, 52; attri-
Io'nians, their origin, 49; Com. § 132 (2),
132 (5), 151.
Iph'i-cles, 234, 239.
Iph-igeni'a, 281; in Aulis, 288; Tenny-
son's Dream of Fair Women, 288;
among the Taurians, 311, 312; Com.
§§ 165 (2), 167.
Iph-imedi'a, 120.
I'phis, 213.
Iph'itus, 239.
I'ris, 73, 195, 293, 300, 360.
Iron age, 48.
I'sis; see under Egyptian deities (1),
Islands of the Blest, 82; see Elysium.
Isles, the Fortunate, 82; see Elysium.
Is'marus, 313.
Isme'ne, 271; Com. §§ 158-164.
Isme'nus, 127.
Istar, Com. § 40; see under Venus.
Isthmian Games, Com. §§ 152-157 (Text-
ual).
Italian gods, 88-90.
Italy, 268, 339, 343.
Ith'aca, 20, 24, 285, 286 et seq., 330-335.
It'ylus; see I' tys.
I'tys, 258.
Iu'lus, Asca'nius, 338, 354, 355, 361,
365.
Ixi'on, 186, 349; Com. §§ 107, 175.
Ja'nus, 89, 355; Com. § 56. See p. 526.
Jarnvid, 385.
butes of, 54; meaning of her names,
54, 55; her descent, youth, and mar-
riage, 54; favorite animals and cities,
55; among the Romans, 88; Lucina,
89; protectress of women in Rome, 90;
myths of Juno and Jupiter, 91-108;
J. and Io, 92-94; and Semele, 98; and
the sons of Cydippe, 108; and Bacchus,
175, 189; Halcyone and Iris, 195; and
Hercules, 234, 236, 242, 290, 293, 295,
341, 355, 360, 365; Com. §§ 34, 57–66.
Ju'piter (Zeus), 6, 9, 39; war with Ti-
tans, sovereign of world, 40; Com.
§ 18; reign, 40-42; his abode, 51; his
family, 52; attributes, 52-54; signifi-
cation of names, 52; Com. § 33; his
oracles, 52, 53; explanation of his love-
affairs, 53; other children of, 53; Greek
conceptions of, 53; in art, statue of
Olympian Jove by Phidias, 54; J. and
Athene, 56; and Metis, Com. § 57;
and Vulcan, 59; and Latona, 59, 63,
91; and Dione, 65; and Maia, 68; and
Ganymede, 71; and Mnemosyne, 71;
and Eurynome, 71; and Themis, 72;
and Esculapius, 72; and Semele,
76, 96; among the Romans, 88;
myths of J., 91-107; and Danaë, 91;
and Alcmene, 91; and Leda, 92; and
Io, 92-94; and Callisto, 92, 94, 95;
and Europa, 92, 95-98; and Semele,
92, 98-100; and Ægina, 92, 100-102;
and Antiope, 92, 102-104; and Baucis
and Philemon, 105-107; his treatment
of Mars, 113; and Esculapius, 130;
and Neptune, 189; Com. §§ 33, 57, 59,
60, 61, 62, 63.
Ja'sius, Ja'sus, Ia'sius, Ia'sus: the Juven'tas; see Hebe.
father of Atalanta the Arcadian.
Ja'son, 27, 223; myth of, 244-249; quest|
of golden fleece, 244 et seq., 254, 260;
Com. § 144-147.
Jo-cas'ta, 270; Com. §§ 158-164.
Jonah, 12.
Jonakr, 399.
Jormunrek, 399.
Jotham, 2; see Judges ix, 7.
Jötunheim, 367, 372, 373, 388.
Jubal, 12.
Kali; see Uma under Hindoo divinities
(2).
Karma in Buddhism, the sum of a
man's deeds, good and evil, which
determines the nature of his future
existence; see Buddhism and Me-
tempsychosis.
Khem; see under Egyptian deities (2).
Khuns; see under Egyptian deities (2).
Ko'ra, Ko're (Proserpina), 133; Com.
§ 81.
111, 254, 267, 281; Com. §§ 148, 165 (3),
Kriemhild, "The Revenge of," 33; 400- Lem'nos, 245, 304; Com. §§ 90, 144.
Le'the, 81, 195, 351.
Le'to, Com. §§ 38, 39, 72; see Latona.
Leuca'dia, 26; Com. § 99.
Leuco'thea, a sea-divinity, 87, 219, 222,
323; Com. § 129.
Li'ber, 88; see under Bacchus.
Laër'tes, 331; genealogy, Com. § 165 (4). | Lib'era, 88; see under Proserpina.
Læstrygo'nians, the, 190, 318.
La'ïus, 269; Com. § 158.
Li-be'thra, 188; Com. § 107.
Lib-iti'na, Com. § 50.
Lakshmi; see under Hindoo divinities Lib'y-a, 124, 237; Com. § 75.
Lean'der, 164; Com. § 97; see under Ly-cur'gus: a king of the Edones, who,
Leb-ade'a, Com. § 38.
Le-byn'thos, 256.
Le'da, 91; see under Castor and Pollux;
the myth of, represented by Arachne,
like Pentheus, resisted the worship of
Bacchus.
Ly'cus, 102; Com. § 64.
Ly'de, 207.
Lyn'ceus, 225, 282.
Lyric poets, Greek, 25-27; transl. Com. Me-de'a, 27; myth of, 246-249, 260;
Ma-cha'on, 293, 294, 304.
Mæan'der, 124, 239, 255; Com. §§ 75,
Mæn'a-des, Mæn' ads, 76, 102, 262; Com.
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.
Mæn'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.
Mahâbhârata, 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.
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. § II.
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.
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-no'ceus, 274; Com. §§ 158–164.
Me-no'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, 101.
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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