Nymphs of the Fair Crowns at Olympia, ii. 240 Nysa, in the valley of the Maeander, i. 205, 206 _n._ 1; sacrifice of bull at, 292 _n._ 3 Nyuak, L., on guardian spirits of Sea Dyaks, i. 83 Oak or terebinth, sacred at Mamre, i. 37 _n._ 2 Oath of Egyptian kings not to correct the vague Egyptian year by intercalation, ii. 26 Obelisk, image of Astarte, i. 14 Obelisks, sacred, at Gezer, i. 108 Obscene images of Osiris, ii. 112 Octennial cycle, old, in Greece, ii. 242 _n._ October, the first of, a great Saxon festival, ii. 81 _n._ 3 Odilo, abbot of Clugny, institutes feast of All Souls, ii. 82 Odin, hanged on a tree, i. 290; human victims dedicated by hanging to, 290; king’s sons sacrificed to, ii. 220 Oenomaus, king of Pisa, his incest with his daughter, i. 44 _n._ 1 Oeta, Mount, Hercules burnt on, i. 111, 116, 211 Offerings to dead kings, ii. 194 Oil, holy, poured on king’s head, i. 21; poured on sacred stones, 36; as vehicle of inspiration, 74 Olba, priestly kings of, i. 143 _sqq._, 161; the name of, 148; the ruins of, 151 _sq._ Old Woman of the corn, mythical being of the Cherokee Indians, ii. 46 _sq._ Olive of the Fair Crown at Olympia, ii. 240 —— -branches carried in procession and hung over doors at Athens, ii. 238 Olo Ngadjoe, the, of Borneo, i. 91 Olonets, Russian Government of, festival of the dead in, ii. 75 Olympia, the quack Peregrinus burns himself at, i. 181; the cutting of the olive-branches to form the victors’ crowns at, ii. 240 Olympic festival based on an octennial cycle, ii. 242 _n._ 1 Olympus, Mount, in Cyprus, i. 32 Omahas, Indian tribe of North America, effeminate men among the, ii. 255 _sq._ Omonga, a rice-spirit who lives in the moon, ii. 139 _n._ Omphale and Hercules, i. 182, ii. 258 On, King of Sweden. _See_ Aun. Oodeypoor, in Rajputana, gardens of Adonis at, i. 241 _sq._ Opening the eyes and mouth of the dead, Egyptian funeral rite, ii. 15 Operations of husbandry regulated by observation of the moon, ii. 133 _sqq._ Ops, the wife of Saturn, ii. 233; in relation to Consus, 233 _n._ 6 Oracles given by the spirits of dead kings, ii. 167, 171, 172 Oraons of Bengal, their annual marriage of the Sun and Earth, i. 46 _sqq._; gardens of Adonis among the, 240; their annual festival of the dead, ii. 59 Orcus, Roman god of the lower world, his marriage celebrated by the pontiffs, ii. 231 Ordeal of chastity, i. 115 _n._ 2 Orestes at Castabala, i. 115 Orgiastic rites of Cybele, i. 278 Oriental mind untrammelled by logic, i. 4 _n._ 1 —— religions in the West, i. 298 _sqq._; their influence in undermining ancient civilization, 299 _sqq._; importance attached to the salvation of the individual soul in, 300 Origen, on the refusal of Christians to fight, i. 301 _n._ 1 Origin of Osiris, ii. 158 _sqq._ Orion, appearance of the constellation, a signal for sowing, i. 290 _sq._