yu, 976

Animals, abodes of souls, 25, 31;
connection of, with phallic deities, 419;
cult of, 241-261;
domestication of, ascribed to totemism, 564-569;
morning prayers to, 573;
whether religious sense in, 12 n. 2

Anthesteria, the, apotropaic element in, 374;
prohibition of work in, 602

Aphrodite, history of, 793 f.;
represented by a stone, 292

Apocrypha, the, recognition of, 1131

Apollo, development of, 770;
Delphian hymn to, 1088

Apostle, Jewish title, 1110 n. 2

Apotheosis, Roman, 353

Apuleius, his conception of Isis, 1114

Arabia, supposed abstract gods in, 698 ff.;
worship of morning star in, 717

Aramea, deities of, 764

Areoi, the, church-form of, 1096;
future privileges of, 74;
tyranny of, 531

Ares, history of, 775

Ark, the Israelite, 291

Arrows, Arab divination by, 918

Arta, Vedic, 688

Artemis, functions of, 788;
Ephesian, image of, 300 n. 1

Arval Brothers, the, 800

Asha, Avestan, 688

Ashanti, gods of, 660

Ashera, Hebrew, origin of, 272

Ashtar, relation of, to Ishtar, 763

Ashtart, shem Baal, meaning of, 409

Ashur, god, nature of, 759

Ashurbanipal, dreams of, 922

Assyria, influence of priests in, 1068

Astrology, development of, 850, 914 f.

Asylums, graves as, 369;
temples as, 1085

Atargatis, origin and cult of, 399

Aten, as sole ruler, 989

Atharva-Veda, magic in, 902

Athene, history of, 791 f.

Athtar, relation of, to Ishtar, 763

Atonement, Hebrew annual ceremony of, 142

Attis, origin and cult of, 271, 413, 1066;
death of, 283

Augustus, religious reconstruction by, 353;
temples consecrated to, 347

Australia, absence of sacrifice in, 10;
ceremonies of, blood in, 10;
creators in, 639;
food restrictions in, 452;
rain clan in, 136;
rites, economic, in, 460;
totemism in, 468 ff.

Australia, North, prohibition of eating totem in, 470

Authority, religious, absolute, claim to, 1140

Azazel, head of fallen angels, 692;
lord of wilderness and receiver of Jewish national sins, 142

Baal-shamem, meaning of, 409

Baalzebub, meaning of, 671;
oracle of, 927

Bab, the, function of, 1120

Babe, as child of God, 188

Babylonia, influence of priests in, 1068;
local gods in, 650;
omens in, 912;
Semitic mythopoeic center, 868;
unlucky days in, 611

Badges, function of, 501-503;
supposed origin o