human participants, 1044;
eucharistic, in "Teaching of the Twelve Apostles," 1046

Medicine man, the, 892

Melanesia, animal incarnations in, 676;
cult of divinized men in, 647;
descent from totem in, 449;
food restrictions in, 454;
power of chiefs in, 538;
protection of property by taboo in, 600;
specialization of divine functions in, 658

Meleager, life of, dependent on a piece of wood, 274

Men, race of, preceding the present, 833

Mendes, goat-god of, 774 n. 6

Meni, god, whether abstract, 699

Mercurius, Roman development of, not traceable, 802

Merneptah, dream of, 922

Mexico, gods of, 664;
prominence of priests in, 1075;
sun-cult of, 711

Minerva, development of, 807

Miracles, belief in, periods of, 1156 ff.;
grounds of objection to, 1011;
when not demanded, 1159

Mithra, birth of, 288 n. 2;
organisation of cult of, 1113

Mithraism, mysteries of, 1059

Mitra, association of, with Varuna, 730

Mohads, the, organization of, 1116

Monachism, 1121 ff.

Monasteries, functions of, 1127

Monolatry, Hebrew, influence of, 994 f.

Monotheism, alleged savage, 985;
development of, 987 ff.

Moon, the, cultic history of, 714

Morabits, the, organization of, 1116

Morality, conflict of, with taboo, 632

Mother, the, magical perils of, 589

Mother, the Great, 1066

Mother-in-law, the, taboos on, 593

Motifs, mythical, tabulation of, 879

Mountains as abodes of souls, 65

Mourning-usages, savage, 363

Mozoomdar, theistic reformation of, 1119

Mueller, F. Max, solar theory of, 865, 876

Mueller, K. O., treatment of myths by, 875

Murder, purification after, 195

Music, temple-, 1088

Mylitta, temple of, prostitution at, 1066

Mysteries, Eleusinian, 845;
failure of, 1097 f.;
Greek, ceremonies of, 1059;
survival of effects of, 1101

Mystery, New Testament use of the term, 1101

Mythology, relation of, to culture, 951 ff.

Myths, borrowing of, 823 ff.;
educational value of, 862;
Indo-European, character of, 960 ff.;
persistence of, 881;
purification of, 1157;
savage origin of, 822

Nabonidus, centralizing effort of, 751

Nagual, meaning of, 672

Names, demonic, 691;
divine, magical power of, 899;
divine, Persian, 743;
proper, of gods, 646

Nana, goddess, nature of, 761;
carried off, 888

Nandi, the, grain of, blessed by the god, 220;
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