Ishbi-urra (Babylonian ruler), omen 28 Jacobs, Joseph 71 Janus 65 Jastrow, Morris, jr. 1. 2. 3. 4. 7. 10. 13. 23. 26. 28. 29. 36. 39. 43. 49. 57. 58. 60. 63. 65. 66. 67 Jatakas 71 Jaw, missing 34 Julius Obsequens 35. 50 seq. 57. 74 =khupipi= 24 Kitt, Theodor 25. 75 =lamassu= (winged lion or bull) 62 Lamb see Sheep Lavater, J. C. 47. 48. 50 Leg, missing 36 Lion, lamb like unto 23 seq. 53. 57. 59 -- born by woman 40. 53 seq. 57. 59 -- Alexander's head compared to lion's 47 -- =šedu, lamassu= with head of 61 Lips, missing 34 -- upper lip projecting 34 Liver 1 -- as seat of soul 2 -- signs on 2 -- parts of 2 -- divination texts 6 -- official reports 9 -- divination 1. 44 -- clay models 58 Livy 39. 71. 74. 75 Lotharius Caesar, Duke of Saxony 75 Lu-Bat (planet) 13 Luschan, Felix von 63 Lycosthenes, Conrad 8. 39. 57. 75 seq. 78. Macedonia, monster of 75 Macrobius 55 Malformations 8. 19. 29 seq. 32 seq. 36 seq. 56 Marduk Epic 61 =marratum= (rainbow) 23 Marriage customs 5 Martin, Ernest 72. 75 seq. 77 Maspero, Gaston 68 Medea, changed into a fish 71 Medicine, early 42 Meles (King of Sardis) 57 Mermaids 61 Metamorphosis, of men into animals, of women into men 71 Milk, in lakes 51 Monomeri, have only one foot 73 Monstrosities 8. 10. 20. 29 seq. 33 seq. 44. 51 seq. 54 seq. 60 seq. 72 seq. Monstrum 55. 60. 79 Mouth, child with mouth of bird 33 -- child without mouth 33 -- malformation of mouth 56 Mule, giving birth to chicken 56 -- three-footed, five-footed 74 Multiple births 8. 17 seq. 51 seq. 59 Naram-Sin (Babylonian ruler), omens 10 Nergal (god of pestilence) 39 seq. Nergal-eṭir (diviner) 10 Neubert, Fritz 49 Nikippos 57 Nostrils, missing 34 Official and unofficial interpretations 16 seq. 19. 34 seq. 54 Owl, Vitellius likened to 47 Ox, born by woman 40 -- human face compared with 46 seq. -- talking 52. 74 Palestine 69 Pathology, human and animal 7 seq. Periander 72 Perokomy 25 Phillip of Macedonia 75 Phlegon 71 Physiognomy, study of 8. 23 seq. 43 seq. 70 -- among Greeks 43 seq. 49 -- Porta's work 45 seq. -- Lavater's work 45. 47 seq. -- decline of study 48 seq. -- as indication of character 45 seq. -- in Europe 45 seq. 49 Pied d'equin (club-foot) 73 Piersol see Hirst Pig, in birth-omens 12 -- with five divisions of hoof 73 Plato, views on resemblances between men and animals 43 seq. 80 -- compared with dog 46 seq. Pliny 8. 39. 52. 71. 74. 75. 78 Ploss-Bartels 5 Plutarch 72 Polemon 44 Porta, G. B. 45 seq. 80 Portents 51 Prodigium 55 seq. Prometheus myth 65 Pseudo-Aristotle 44 Pyramids 68 Puberty 5 Rain of stones, oil, blood 51 Raven, noses compared with beak of 46