Paphos in Cyprus, i. 32 _sqq._; sanctuary of Aphrodite at, 32 _sqq._; founded by Cinyras, 41 Papyrus of Nebseni, ii. 112; of Nekht, 112 —— swamps, Isis in the, ii. 8 Parilia and the festival of St. George, i. 308 Parr, Thomas, i. 56 Parvati or Isa, an Indian goddess, i. 241, 242 Pasicyprus, king of Citium, i. 50 _n._ 2 Patagonia, funeral customs of Indians of, i. 294 Patagonians, effeminate priests or sorcerers among the, ii. 254 Paternity, primitive ignorance of, i. 106 _sq._; unknown in primitive savagery, 282 —— and maternity of the Roman deities, ii. 233 _sqq._ Paton, W. R., on modern Greek feast of All Souls in May, ii. 78 _n._ 1 Patrae, Laphrian Artemis at, i. 126 _n._ 2 Pausanias on the necklace of Harmonia, i. 32 _n._ 2; on bones of superhuman size, 157 _n._ 2; on offerings to Etna, 221 _n._ 4; on the Hanged Artemis, 291 _n._ 2 Payne, E. J., on the origin of moon-worship, ii. 138 _n._ 2 Pegasus and Bellerophon, i. 302 _n._ 4 Pegu, dance of hermaphrodites in, i. 271 _n._ Peking, Ibn Batuta at, i. 289 Pélé, goddess of the volcano Kilauea in Hawaii, i. 217 _sqq._ Pelew Islanders, their system of mother-kin, ii. 204 _sqq._; predominance of goddesses over gods among them, 204 _sqq._; customs of the, 253 _sqq._ —— Islands and the ancient East, parallel between, ii. 208; prostitution of unmarried girls in, 264 _sq._; custom of slaying chiefs in the, 266 _sqq._ Pelion, Mount, sacrifices offered on the top of, at the rising of Sirius, ii. 36 _n._ Peloponnese, worship of Poseidon in, i. 203 Pelops restored to life, i. 181 Peneus, the river, at Tempe, ii. 240 Pennefather River in Queensland, belief of the natives as to the birth of children, i. 103 Pentheus, king of Thebes, rent in pieces by Bacchanals, ii. 98 Peoples of the Aryan stock, annual festivals of the dead among the, ii. 67 _sqq._ Pepi the First, ii. 5; his pyramid, 4 _n._ 1 Perasia, Artemis, at Castabala, i. 167 _sqq._ Peregrinus, his death in the fire, i. 181 Perga in Pamphylia, Artemis at, i. 35 Periander, tyrant of Corinth, his burnt sacrifice to his dead wife, i. 179 Perigord, rolling in dew on St. John’s Day in, i. 248 Peritius, month of, i. 111 Perpetual holy fire in temples of dead kings, ii. 174 —— fires worshipped, i. 191 _sqq._ Perrot, G., on rock-hewn sculptures at Boghaz-Keui, i. 138 _n._ Persea-trees in the rites of Osiris, ii. 87 _n._ 5; growing over the tomb of Osiris, 88 Persephone, name applied to spring, ii. 41 —— and Aphrodite, their contest for Adonis, i. 11 _sq._ —— and Pluto, temple of, i. 205 Perseus, the virgin birth of, i. 302 _n._ 4 Persian reverence for fire, i. 174 _sq._ —— festival of the dead, ii. 68 Persian fire-worship and priests, 191 Personation of gods by priests, i. 45, 46 _sqq._ Peru, earthquakes in, i. 202; sacrifice of sons in, ii. 220 _n._ 4 Peruvian Indians, their theory of earthquakes, i. 201 Pescara River, in the Abruzzi, i. 246