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C. P., his theory of sacrifice, 1051 f. Tierra del Fuego, social and religious organization in, 13 Time, divinization of, 698, 703 n. 6; Endless, 703 Tistrya, divine character of, 718 Titans, the, war of, against Zeus, 974 Tobacco, food offered to gods, 1025 Todas, the, buffalo-ritual of, 1056; dairy fire of, 321; dairymen of, 337; diviners of, 929; taboo days of, 604 Tooth, knocking out of, 151 Totem, the, not a god, 559; sacramental eating of, 579 Totemism, beginnings of, 561 f.; coalescence of, with tree-worship, 273; definition of, 463, 520 f. Totems, artificial, origin of, 463 n. 2 Traducianism, 37 Triad, Babylonian, 757 Trinity, the, doctrine of, 1002 Turtle, the, cult of, 257; use of, as messenger, 1024 Twins, presage of misfortune, 913 Tylor, E. B., mythical theory of, 877 Unclean, meaning of, in Old Testament, 38 Underworld, the, ethical conceptions of, 80; gods of, 680 ff.; Plato's construction of, 87; separation in, between good and bad, 81 f. Union with God, idea of, moral influence of, 1054 Unitary view of divine control, 1149 Unity, religious, basis of, 1147; savage and civilized, 1152 Universality, religious, test of, 1141 Universe, perfectness of, how held to be implied, 1173 Upanishads, the, produced no devotional organization, 1103 Urim and thummim, nature of, 918 Uzza, Al-, not star-god, 717 Vampire, the, 88 Varro, abode assigned the dead by, 85 n. 6 Varuna, comparison of, with Iranian Ahura, 991; nature of, 730 Vastoshpati, 672 Veda, the, local deities in, 651; tree-spirits in, 278 Veddas, the, social and religious organization of, 13 Vegetation, as source of myths, 55; Osiris as deity of, 728 Venus, development of, 808 f.; the bearded, 408 Vesta, origin of, 805 Vestalia, the, sadness in, 221 Vetala, original character of, 645 Victory as god, origin of, 696 Vishnu, history of, 733 Volcanus, origin of, obscure, 802 Voltaire, the "Candide" of, 1173 n. Wakes, Irish, origin of, 364 War, future of those killed in, 75; sacrifices in, 1035 Water, substitutes for, in purificatory ceremonies, 199 Waters, sacred, 306 ff. Week, the seven-day, 607, 610 Werwolf, the, 243 Wicked, the, annihilation of, 52 Winds, whether divinized, 326 f. Wisdom of Solomon, the Devil in, 689
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