Sacrifice, theory of, 24-26, 235-236, 240-242; bloodless, 230-231;
chthonian, 233; human, 244-246; at oath-taking, 247-248; “sober,”
231-232; vicarious, 242-244.
Sandon, 252-253.
Sayce, Professor, 169, 253.
Scapegoat, 247.
Science, relation to religion, in Greece and Mesopotamia, 23.
Sentimentality, in Babylonian religion, 196-197.
Sex, confusion of, 58-60.
Shamash, Babylonian sun-god, 99, 100, 120-121, 127, 142, 208, 302.
Sin, Babylonian moon-god, 99, 100.
Sin, non-moral ideas of, 152-154.
Sinjerli, relief at, 61.
Smith, Prof. Robertson, 25, 226, 235, 238, 241.
Snake-goddess, in Crete, 64-65; snake-cult, 78.
Tammuz, 105-106, 219-220, 242, 250-263.
Tanit, Carthaginian goddess, 168.
Taurobolion, 253.
Temples, erection of, 223-225; deification of, 225.
Teshup, Hittite god, 46, 62.
Teukridai, at Olba, 89.
Theanthropic animal, 77-78.
Theism, 7-9, 40-49.
Theriomorphism, in Egypt, 15; in Mesopotamia, 14, 52-55; in other
Semitic communities, 57-58; Hittite, 60-62; in Crete, 66-75; in
Greece, 75-80.
Tiâmat, in Babylonian cosmogony, 181.
Tiele, Professor, 40, 42, 81, 199.
Tralles, religious prostitutes at, 275.
Trinities, 185-187.
Truthfulness, religious virtue, 148.
Typhoeus, legend of, 182-183.
Van Gennep, 279.
Ver Sacrum, in Greece, 137.
Virgin-goddesses, not found among Aryans, 95; Mediterranean, 96.
Virginity, sacrifice of, 269-281.
Virgin-Mother, idea of, 166-171.
Westermarck, Professor, 41 n. 1, 278.
Wilde, Dr., 1.
Word, mystic value of, 15, 56, 57, 176-179, 295-297.
Worship, ambiguity in term, 67, 77.
Zeus, 49; grave of, in Crete, 93, 259-260; Herkeios, 149-150; Horios,
152; Kouros, 259; Panamaros in Caria, 90; Polieus, 238; Thunderer in
Bithynia, 95.
ENDNOTES.
CHAPTER I NOTES
[11.1] I am aware that there are exceptions to this principle, which I
propose to consider in a future course; no single formula can ever sum
up all the phenomena of a complex religion.
[14.1] _Vide_ Langdon, in _Transactions of Congress of the History of
Religions_, 1908, vol. i. p. 251.
[15.1] P. 382, C.
[15.2] _Vide_ Petrie, in _Transactions of Congress of the History of
Religions_, 1908, vol. i. p. 192.
[17.1] _Archiv für Religionswissenschaft_, 1904.
[17.2] _Vide_ Jastrow, _Religion Babyloniens u. Assyriens_, vol. i. p.
545.
[20.1] _Vide_ my _Evolution of Religion_, pp. 139-152.
[21.1] 1. 132.
[25.1] _Transactions of Congress of History of Religions_, 1908, vol.
i. p. 192.
[25.2] _Hibbert Journal_, 1904, “Sacrificial Communion in Greek
Religion.”
CHAPTER II NOTES
[31.1] _Vide_ the critical remarks on such a view by Prof. Jastrow in
_Transactions of the Third International Congress of the History of
Religions_, vol. i. pp. 234-237.
[34.1] Vide _Annual of the British School_, 1909, 1910.
[35.1] _Vide_ Zimmern, _Die Keilinschriften und das alte Testament_
(K.A.T.)3, pp. 37-38.
CHAPTER III NOTES
[40.1] _Vide supra_, p. 9.
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