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Stonehenge and Other British Stone Monuments Astronomically ConsideredLockyer, Norman, Sir

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Stonehenge and Other British Stone Monuments Astronomically Considered

Name: Stonehenge and Other British Stone Monuments Astronomically Considered
Author: Lockyer, Norman, Sir

Lockyer, Norman, Sir

Druids and Druidism; Great Britain -- Antiquities; Stonehenge (England); Sun worship; Temples

=Davies=, Mr., 27, 95.

  =Declination=, defined, 10;
    change of, 111.

  =Deepdale=, 132.

  =Dekkan=, sacred stones and trees in the, 235.

  =Denderah=, 295, 297.

  _Dessil_, pre-Christian custom, 234.

  =Devoir=, Lieut., 98, 104, 105, 145, 152.

  =Diana=, temple of, 31.

  =Diodorus Siculus=, 51.

  =Diseases=, cure of, 318.

  =Divination=, at holy well, 226.

  =Dolmens=, 255, 316;
    derivation of name, 38;
    _à galerie_, described, 38;
    _à l’allée couverte_, described, 38;
    in tumuli, 253;
    in Ireland, 37;
    purpose of, 41, 252, 254;
    Semitic origin of, 245.

  =Down Tor=, May-year at, 309.

  =Draconis= γ, 295, 296, 299, 305.

  =Drizzlecombe=, 158.

  =Druids=, arrival of, 27;
    customs of, 259, 319, 323;
    mistletoe and the, 210;
    teachings of, 52.

  =Dümichen=, 1.

  =Durandus=, 183, 192.

  =Durham=, cathedral customs at, 184.

  =Dwellings of priests=, 317, 323.

  =Dymond=, Mr., 166, 171.


  E.

  =Easter=, 40, 182, 183;
    May festival replaced by, 231;
    variation of date, 24.

  =Ecliptic=, change of obliquity, 15.

  =Eden Hall=, 227.

  =Edgar= (A.D. 963), 233.

  =Edmonds=, Mr., 267.

  =Egypt=, astronomy in, 249;
    calendar, 28;
    clock-stars, 295;
    equinoxes in Lower, 108;
    May-year, 304;
    sequence of worships, 312;
    solstices, 258;
    temple azimuths, 298;
    year-gods, of, 259.

  =Elias= (Elijah), or Al-Khidr or El-Khidr, 29, 257.

  =Ephesus=, 32.

  =Equator=, apparent path of stars at, 7.

  =Equinoxes=, the, 13, 18, 108, 211;
    temples for, 32;
    in Britain, 64, 315.

  =Erechtheum=, the older, 31, 108, 142.

  =Euphrates=, rise of the, 30.

  =Evans=, Sir John, 76.


  F.

  =Falmouth=, Lord, 268.

  =Farr=, Sutherlandshire, 229.

  =Farmer=, Prof., 27.

  =Feasts=, 187, 319.

  =February=, warning-stars in Britain, 312.

  =Ferguson=, Dr., 110.

  =Fernworthy=, avenues at, 158.

  =Festivals=, 182, 185, 258;
    Cornish, 139;
    May, 40, 185, 196, 198, 226, 247, 258.

  =Fires=, at various seasons, 30, 32, 39, 183, 184, 189, 194, 204;
    Druidical, 181;
    in cromlechs, 317;
    in hollowed stones, 323;
    pagan, 191;
    Roman Catholic and Protestant, 182;
    sacred, 195, 248, 256;
    customs, 190, 199;
    festivals, 194;
    rites, 192;
    signals, 21;
    wheels, 193.

  =Flints=, 79.

  =Florence=, fire customs, 193.

  =Folklore=, 179;
    Babylonian and Indian, 242;
    Semitic and British, 246.

  =Fosseway=, the Great, 147.

  =Fougou=, 192, 267.

  =Fountains=, 246.

  =France=, place names derived from wells, 234.

  =Frazer=, Dr., 26, 28, 40, 189, 209.

  =Friar’s Heel=, the (Stonehenge), 53, 60, 68, 90, 93.

  “=Furry Dance=,” the, 206.


  G.

  =Gaillard=, 96, 104.

  “=Galgal=,” description of, 38.

  =Games=, 319.

  =Garments=, offerings of, 318.

  =Gauls=, 323.

  =Gavr Innis=, 38, 255.

  =Gemini=, 15.

  =Geminorum=, α, β and γ, 117.

  =Geoffrey of Monmouth=, 52.

  =Glamorgan=, rites at holy wells, 223.

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Stonehenge and Other British Stone Monuments Astronomically ConsideredLockyer, Norman, Sir

History

Stonehenge and Other British Stone Monuments Astronomically Considered

Lockyer, Norman, Sir

Druids and Druidism; Great Britain -- Antiquities; Stonehenge (England); Sun worship; Temples

=Davies=, Mr., 27, 95.

  =Declination=, defined, 10;
    change of, 111.

  =Deepdale=, 132.

  =Dekkan=, sacred stones and trees in the, 235.

  =Denderah=, 295, 297.

  _Dessil_, pre-Christian custom, 234.

  =Devoir=, Lieut., 98, 104, 105, 145, 152.

  =Diana=, temple of, 31.

  =Diodorus Siculus=, 51.

  =Diseases=, cure of, 318.

  =Divination=, at holy well, 226.

  =Dolmens=, 255, 316;
    derivation of name, 38;
    _à galerie_, described, 38;
    _à l’allée couverte_, described, 38;
    in tumuli, 253;
    in Ireland, 37;
    purpose of, 41, 252, 254;
    Semitic origin of, 245.

  =Down Tor=, May-year at, 309.

  =Draconis= γ, 295, 296, 299, 305.

  =Drizzlecombe=, 158.

  =Druids=, arrival of, 27;
    customs of, 259, 319, 323;
    mistletoe and the, 210;
    teachings of, 52.

  =Dümichen=, 1.

  =Durandus=, 183, 192.

  =Durham=, cathedral customs at, 184.

  =Dwellings of priests=, 317, 323.

  =Dymond=, Mr., 166, 171.


  E.

  =Easter=, 40, 182, 183;
    May festival replaced by, 231;
    variation of date, 24.

  =Ecliptic=, change of obliquity, 15.

  =Eden Hall=, 227.

  =Edgar= (A.D. 963), 233.

  =Edmonds=, Mr., 267.

  =Egypt=, astronomy in, 249;
    calendar, 28;
    clock-stars, 295;
    equinoxes in Lower, 108;
    May-year, 304;
    sequence of worships, 312;
    solstices, 258;
    temple azimuths, 298;
    year-gods, of, 259.

  =Elias= (Elijah), or Al-Khidr or El-Khidr, 29, 257.

  =Ephesus=, 32.

  =Equator=, apparent path of stars at, 7.

  =Equinoxes=, the, 13, 18, 108, 211;
    temples for, 32;
    in Britain, 64, 315.

  =Erechtheum=, the older, 31, 108, 142.

  =Euphrates=, rise of the, 30.

  =Evans=, Sir John, 76.


  F.

  =Falmouth=, Lord, 268.

  =Farr=, Sutherlandshire, 229.

  =Farmer=, Prof., 27.

  =Feasts=, 187, 319.

  =February=, warning-stars in Britain, 312.

  =Ferguson=, Dr., 110.

  =Fernworthy=, avenues at, 158.

  =Festivals=, 182, 185, 258;
    Cornish, 139;
    May, 40, 185, 196, 198, 226, 247, 258.

  =Fires=, at various seasons, 30, 32, 39, 183, 184, 189, 194, 204;
    Druidical, 181;
    in cromlechs, 317;
    in hollowed stones, 323;
    pagan, 191;
    Roman Catholic and Protestant, 182;
    sacred, 195, 248, 256;
    customs, 190, 199;
    festivals, 194;
    rites, 192;
    signals, 21;
    wheels, 193.

  =Flints=, 79.

  =Florence=, fire customs, 193.

  =Folklore=, 179;
    Babylonian and Indian, 242;
    Semitic and British, 246.

  =Fosseway=, the Great, 147.

  =Fougou=, 192, 267.

  =Fountains=, 246.

  =France=, place names derived from wells, 234.

  =Frazer=, Dr., 26, 28, 40, 189, 209.

  =Friar’s Heel=, the (Stonehenge), 53, 60, 68, 90, 93.

  “=Furry Dance=,” the, 206.


  G.

  =Gaillard=, 96, 104.

  “=Galgal=,” description of, 38.

  =Games=, 319.

  =Garments=, offerings of, 318.

  =Gauls=, 323.

  =Gavr Innis=, 38, 255.

  =Gemini=, 15.

  =Geminorum=, α, β and γ, 117.

  =Geoffrey of Monmouth=, 52.

  =Glamorgan=, rites at holy wells, 223.

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