Dramatic representation of the resurrection of Osiris in his rites, ii. 85 Dreams, revelations given to sick people by Pluto and Persephone in, i. 205; spirits of the dead appear to the living in, ii. 162, 190; as causes of attempted transformation of men into women, 255 _sqq._ Drenching last corn cut with water as a rain-charm, i. 237 _sq._ Drinking out of a king’s skull in order to be inspired by his spirit, ii. 171 Drought, kings answerable for, i. 21 _sq._ Drum, eating out of a, i. 274 Drums, human sacrifice for royal, ii. 223, 225 Duchesne, Mgr. L., on the origin of Christmas, i. 305 _n._ 4; on the date of the Crucifixion, 307 Dyaks of Sarawak, their custom of head-hunting, i. 295 _sq._ Ea, Babylonian god, i. 9 Eagle to carry soul to heaven, i. 126 _sq._; double-headed, Hittite emblem, 133 _n._ Ears of corn, emblem of Demeter, i. 166 Earth as the Great Mother, i. 27 —— and sky, myth of their violent separation, i. 283 ——, the goddess, mother of Typhon, i. 156 Earth-goddess annually married to Sun-god, i. 47 _sq._; disturbed by the operations of husbandry, 88 _sqq._; married to Sky-god, 282, with _n._ 2 —— -spirits disturbed by agriculture, i. 89 Earthquake god, i. 194 _sqq._ Earthquakes, attempts to stop, i. 196 _sqq._ East, mother-kin and Mother Goddesses in the ancient, ii. 212 _sqq._ Easter, gardens of Adonis at, in Sicily, i. 253 _sq._; resemblance of the festival of, to the rites of Adonis, 254 _sqq._, 306; the festival of, assimilated to the spring festival of Attis, 306 _sqq._; controversy between Christians and pagans as to the origin of, 309 _sq._ “Eater of the Dead,” fabulous Egyptian monster, ii. 14 Eclipse of the moon, Athenian superstition as to an, ii. 141 Eden, the tree of life in, i. 186 _n._ 4 Edom, the kings of, i. 15; their bones burned by the Moabites, ii. 104 Edonians in Thrace, Lycurgus king of the, ii. 98, 99 Eesa, a Somali tribe, ii. 246 Effect of geographical and climatic conditions on national character, ii. 217 Effeminate sorcerers or priests, order of, ii. 253 _sqq._ Effigies of Osiris, stuffed with corn, buried with the dead as a symbol of resurrection, ii. 90 _sq._, 114 Egypt, wives of Ammon in, i. 72; date of the corn-reaping in, 231 _n._ 3; the Nativity of the Sun at the winter solstice in, 303; in early June, ii. 31; mother-kin in ancient, 213 _sqq._ Egyptian astronomers acquainted with the true length of the solar year, ii. 26, 27, 37 _n._ —— calendar, the official, ii. 24 _sqq._; date of its introduction, 36 _n._ 2 —— ceremony at the winter solstice, ii. 50 —— dead identified with Osiris, ii. 16 —— farmer, calendar of the, ii. 30 _sqq._; his festivals, ii. 32 _sqq._ —— festivals, their dates shifting, ii. 24 _sq._, 92 _sqq._; readjustment of, 91 _sqq._ —— funeral rites a copy of those performed over Osiris, ii. 15