_Gânesa_ is Janus, the god with two heads. He was the guardian of ways; he had a _rod_ or _sceptre_ in his hand (the shepherd’s crook or crosier) and a _key_--symbolic of his power to enter upon all the important undertakings of mankind. _S’rî_ or _S’rîs_ (Seris--Ceres), also _Lakshmî_, _Padmâ_, and _Camalâ_, was the goddess of abundance, sprung from the sacred Lotus. _S’iva_, the Greek _Zeus_, the Egyptian _Jao_, the Hebrew _Javeh_, the Roman _Jovis_, with their analogous attributes of revenge, jealousy, indomitable caprices, terror, and irreconciliation, all point to one and the same origin. Of S’iva (as of Zeus, Jovis, or Javeh elsewhere) it is recorded in Indian mythology that he had to fight with Daityas (Titans, or fallen angels), the children of Dity. Indra, on this occasion, provided the God of Fire, Justice, and Transformation with fiery shafts. Again, Jove overthrew the Titans and giants, whom Typhon, Bisareus, and Tityus led against the ruler of Olympus. The same is done by Javeh or Jehovah, who hurled the legions of proud and overbearing angels under Satan’s rule into the infernal regions. The analogy is too striking to require any further comment. _Paulastya_ (the Greek and Roman _Pluto_), or _Kuvêra_, the Egyptian _Typhon_, the Hebrew _Satan_, bears a general family resemblance to the conceptions of the chiefs of the lower regions. _Garuda_, the beautiful bird with a lovely human face attending on Vishnu, is the prototype of the youthful, blooming _Ganymede_ attending on Zeus, not only in similarity of name, but especially in similarity of function. _Durga_, who takes her name from brandishing a lance, is, like _Pallas_ or _Minerva_, the Indian representative of heroic valour and reflecting wisdom. Both _Durga_ and _Pallas_ slew demons and giants with their own hands; both protected the wise and virtuous who paid them due respect and adoration. _Seraswati_ and Minerva have also much in common. The Minerva of Italy invented the flute, and Seraswati presided over melody. _Is’wara_ and _Is’i_ of India are undoubtedly the originals of Osiris and Isis. _Dypuc_ read backwards gives us _Cupid_. The Indian name is derived from _De’paka_, the inflamer. The mischief-maker of India and Greece had one and the same name. We find his name and character in Shakespeare’s masterly delineation of _Puck_. These analogies go much farther and deeper than is at first sight apparent.