Ancient Man in Britain

Name: Ancient Man in Britain
Author: Mackenzie, Donald A. (Donald Alexander)

Mackenzie, Donald A. (Donald Alexander)

Great Britain -- Antiquities; Great Britain -- History -- Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D.; Prehistoric peoples -- Europe; Prehistoric peoples -- Great Britain

Axe, Chellean 14, (_ill._).

    -- double, as "god-body", 50.

    -- Glasgow and Spanish green-stone axes, 97.

    -- as religious object, 77.

    Axes, Neolithic, distribution of population and, 82, 84.

    -- Neolithic, mathematical skill in manufacture of, 4.

    Aynia, Irish fairy queen, 201.

    Azilian culture, 62.

    -- -- artifacts, 13.

    -- -- English Channel land-bridge crossed by
      carriers of, 58, 67, 69.

    Azilian culture, Iberian carriers of, 216.

    -- -- pre-Agricultural, 213.

    -- -- rock paintings, 55.

    -- -- customs of, revealed in art, 55.

    -- -- script used, 56.

    -- -- in Scotland and England, 58, 60.

    -- boats, 75.

    Azilians in Britain, 70, 125.

    Babylonia, goddess of, in Neolithic Spain, 96.

    -- influence of, in Asia Minor and Syria, 95.

    -- influence of culture of, 212.

    -- influence of, in Britain, 218.

    -- knowledge of European metal-fields in, 99.

    -- religious ideas of, in Britain, 154.

    Baptism, milk and honey used in, 152.

    Barley, cultivation of, 5.

    -- the Egyptian, reaches Britain, 84, 85.

    Basket-making, relation of, to pottery and knitting, 6.

    Beads, as "adder stones" and "Druid's gems", 163.

    -- Egyptian blue beads in England, 104, 105 (_ill._), 106.

    -- Egyptian, in Britain, 211.

    Bede, on jet symbolism, 164.

    Bee, connection of, with Artemis and fig tree, 193.

    -- as soul form in legends, 193.

    Bees, connection of, with maggot soul form, 102.

    -- "Telling the bees" custom, 103, 193.

    Belatucadros, a Gaulish Mars, 207.

    Belgæ, The, in Britain, 128.

    Belisama, goddess of Mersey, 206.

    Beltain festival, fires at, 191.

    Berries, fire in, 181.

    -- life substance in, 206.

    -- "the luck", 180.

    -- salmon and red, 183.

    Berry charms, 47.

    Birds, butterfly as "bird of god", 191.

    -- Celtic deities as, 195.

    Birds, language of, Druids and wren, 145.

    -- language of, in India, 151.

    -- language of, St. Columba and, 146.

    -- oyster catcher and wood linnet as birds of goddess Bride, 187.

    -- swan form of soul, 190.

    -- taboo in Ancient Britain, 201.

    -- taboo in Highlands, 201.

    -- tom-tit, robin, wren, and apple cults, 204.

    -- wren as king of, 186.

    Black Annis, Irish Anu (Danu) and, 198.

    --Leicestershire hag-deity, 195, 196.

    Black Demeter, 196.

    Black goddesses, Greek and Scottish, 164.

    Black Kali, Indian goddess, 196.

    Black Pig, Devil as, 200.

    Black Sow, Devil as, 200.

    Blood Covenant, 152.

    Boadicea, 162, 227.

    -- (Boudicca), Queen, 114.

    -- Iceni tribe of, 128.

    Boann, the goddess, 202.

    Boar, Adonis and Diarmid slain by, 197.

    -- in Orkney, 129.

    -- salmon and porpoise as, 182.

    Boar god on British and Gaulish coins, 162.

    -- -- connection of, with amber, 161.

    -- -- the Gaulish, 197.

    -- -- Mars as, 197.

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Ancient Man in Britain

Mackenzie, Donald A. (Donald Alexander)

Great Britain -- Antiquities; Great Britain -- History -- Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D.; Prehistoric peoples -- Europe; Prehistoric peoples -- Great Britain

Axe, Chellean 14, (_ill._).

    -- double, as "god-body", 50.

    -- Glasgow and Spanish green-stone axes, 97.

    -- as religious object, 77.

    Axes, Neolithic, distribution of population and, 82, 84.

    -- Neolithic, mathematical skill in manufacture of, 4.

    Aynia, Irish fairy queen, 201.

    Azilian culture, 62.

    -- -- artifacts, 13.

    -- -- English Channel land-bridge crossed by
      carriers of, 58, 67, 69.

    Azilian culture, Iberian carriers of, 216.

    -- -- pre-Agricultural, 213.

    -- -- rock paintings, 55.

    -- -- customs of, revealed in art, 55.

    -- -- script used, 56.

    -- -- in Scotland and England, 58, 60.

    -- boats, 75.

    Azilians in Britain, 70, 125.

    Babylonia, goddess of, in Neolithic Spain, 96.

    -- influence of, in Asia Minor and Syria, 95.

    -- influence of culture of, 212.

    -- influence of, in Britain, 218.

    -- knowledge of European metal-fields in, 99.

    -- religious ideas of, in Britain, 154.

    Baptism, milk and honey used in, 152.

    Barley, cultivation of, 5.

    -- the Egyptian, reaches Britain, 84, 85.

    Basket-making, relation of, to pottery and knitting, 6.

    Beads, as "adder stones" and "Druid's gems", 163.

    -- Egyptian blue beads in England, 104, 105 (_ill._), 106.

    -- Egyptian, in Britain, 211.

    Bede, on jet symbolism, 164.

    Bee, connection of, with Artemis and fig tree, 193.

    -- as soul form in legends, 193.

    Bees, connection of, with maggot soul form, 102.

    -- "Telling the bees" custom, 103, 193.

    Belatucadros, a Gaulish Mars, 207.

    Belgæ, The, in Britain, 128.

    Belisama, goddess of Mersey, 206.

    Beltain festival, fires at, 191.

    Berries, fire in, 181.

    -- life substance in, 206.

    -- "the luck", 180.

    -- salmon and red, 183.

    Berry charms, 47.

    Birds, butterfly as "bird of god", 191.

    -- Celtic deities as, 195.

    Birds, language of, Druids and wren, 145.

    -- language of, in India, 151.

    -- language of, St. Columba and, 146.

    -- oyster catcher and wood linnet as birds of goddess Bride, 187.

    -- swan form of soul, 190.

    -- taboo in Ancient Britain, 201.

    -- taboo in Highlands, 201.

    -- tom-tit, robin, wren, and apple cults, 204.

    -- wren as king of, 186.

    Black Annis, Irish Anu (Danu) and, 198.

    --Leicestershire hag-deity, 195, 196.

    Black Demeter, 196.

    Black goddesses, Greek and Scottish, 164.

    Black Kali, Indian goddess, 196.

    Black Pig, Devil as, 200.

    Black Sow, Devil as, 200.

    Blood Covenant, 152.

    Boadicea, 162, 227.

    -- (Boudicca), Queen, 114.

    -- Iceni tribe of, 128.

    Boann, the goddess, 202.

    Boar, Adonis and Diarmid slain by, 197.

    -- in Orkney, 129.

    -- salmon and porpoise as, 182.

    Boar god on British and Gaulish coins, 162.

    -- -- connection of, with amber, 161.

    -- -- the Gaulish, 197.

    -- -- Mars as, 197.

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