Goddess-worship, importance of, 5, 81-82; in Mesopotamia, 17, 82-84; among Western Semites, 85-86; Hittites, 87-88; on Asia-Minor coast, 88-91; in Crete, 92-94; Aryan tradition of, 94-96; in early Greece, 96-98. Hammer, sacred Hittite symbol, 63. Hammurabi, code of, 129-132, 212. Harpalyke, legend of, 239. Harrison, Miss Jane, 67, 69-70. Hartland, Mr. Sidney, 271 n. 1, 280-281. Hearth-worship, 132-133. Helios, at Tyre and Palmyra, 107; in Greece, 110-111. Hell, Babylonian conception of, 205-206. Hera, ? Aryan-Hellenic, 96; βοῶπις, 76. Hierodoulai, 272. Hittite ethnology, 36. Hogarth, Dr., 74. Homicide, Babylonian laws concerning, 129-130; Hellenic religious feeling about, 138-140; purification from, 287-288. Hyakinthos, 262. Ibriz, Hittite monument at, 47. Idolatry, in Greece, 12-13, 228. Incense, 231-232, 306. Incest, Babylonian laws concerning, 131. Incubation, divination by, 302. Ira, goddess of plague, 143. Ishtar, 55, 83, 103, 120, 142, 164-167; descent of, 204, 208. Jastrow, Prof., 37, 58. Katharsis, Homeric, 289-291. Kingship, divine character of, in Mesopotamia, 119, 122-123; among Western Semites, 123; among Hittites, 124-125; in Phrygia, 125; in Crete, 125-126; in Greece, 126-127. Knots, magic use of, 300. Kybele, 63, 91-92, 109, 170, 226. Labartu, demon-goddess, 298. Langdon, Dr., 56, 205 n. 1, 296, 298. Leto ? Lycian origin of, 89-90. Leukothea, 261. Linos, 197, 262. Lion-divinity, Phrygian Hittite Mesopotamian type, 62-63. Lykaon, Arcadian sacrifice of, 239. Ma, Anatolian goddess, 169, 272. Magic, in Greece, 158, 176-179, 292-293; in Babylon, 291-301. Male deity, predominant among Semites, 85-86; at Olba and Tarsos and in Lycia, 89. Mannhardt, 276. Marduk, 103, 120, 265. Marriage of god and goddess, 263-268; marriage ceremonies in Babylon, 134. Mercy, attribute of divinity, 158-160. Minotaur, 74, 266-267. Mitani inscriptions, 46. Monotheism, 187-189. Monsters, in Cretan art, 74-75. Moon-worship, Semitic, 85; Hellenic, 112. Morality and religion, 20. Mylitta, rites of, 269-271. {311} Nature-worship, 40-41, 97; in Mesopotamia, 99-106; West-Semitic, 106-107; Hittite, 108; Hellenic, 110-114. Nebo, 52, 102, 119, 121, 188. Nergal, 101, 142. Νηφάλια, wineless offerings, 112. Ninib, 101, 117, 127, 263. Ninlil, 84. Ninni, relief of, 52. Nusku, 117. Omnipotence, divine attribute, 173-175. Orotal, Arabian deity, 44. Pan-Babylonism, 30-33. Pantheism, 161-162. Perjury, 147-149. Personal religion, 191-196. Pessimism, in Babylonian hymns, 155. Petrie, Professor, 223. Phallic cults, 228-230. Phratric system, religious sanction of, in Greece, 138; non-existent (?) in Mesopotamia, 138. Poseidon, 146. Punishment, posthumous, 215-216. Purification, 155-158, 282-291. Purity, 163-172. Qadistu, meaning of, 269. Ramman, _vide_ Adad. Ramsay, Sir William, 117, 170, 273, 277. Rewards, posthumous, 216-218. Sacrament, 25-26, 236-242, 250.
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