influence, from its throne of unchanging splendor on high, the fortunes
of transitory mortals."

FOOTNOTES:

[544:1] "All Paganism is at bottom _a worship of nature_ in some form or
other, and in all Pagan religions the deepest and most awe-inspiring
attribute of _nature_ was its power of reproduction." (Encyclo. Brit.,
art. "Christianity.")

[544:2] In Montfaucon's L'Antiquite Expliquee (vol. i.), may be seen a
representation of the seven planets _personified_. It was by such
personifications that the real objects worshiped became unknown. At
first the real Sun, Moon, Stars, &c., would be worshiped, but as soon as
man personified them, other terms would be introduced, and peculiar
rites appropriated to each, so that in time they came to be considered
as so many different deities.

[545:1] Thornton: Hist. China, vol. i. pp. 14, 49 and 50.

[545:2] Max Mueller: The Science of Religion, p. 298.

[545:3] Indian Wisdom, p. 10.

[546:1] The emblem of Parvati, the "Mother Goddess," was the YONI, and
that of her consort Siva, the LINGHAM.

[546:2] Williams' Hinduism, p. 213.

[546:3] See Cox: Aryan Mytho., vol. ii. pp. 105 and 130.

[546:4] Ibid. p. 135.

[546:5] Ibid. p. 137.

[546:6] See Ibid. p. 88, and Moor's Hindu Pantheon, p. 63.

[547:1] "According to Champollion, the tomb of Ramses V. at Thebes,
contains tables of the constellations and of their influence (on human
beings) for every hour of every month of the year." (Kenrick's Egypt,
vol. i. p. 456.)

[547:2] P. 118.

[549:1] See Chapter XI.

[549:2] Mueller: The Science of Relig., p. 190.

[549:3] See Chapter XI.

[549:4] See Indian Wisdom, p. 426.

[549:5] Taylor's Mysteries, p. 163.

[549:6] Page 239.

[549:7] The Ancient City, p. 162.

[550:1] Ancient Art and Mythology, p. 1.

[550:2] See Mallet's Northern Antiquities. Though spoken of in Northern
mythology as distinct, Frigga and Freyja are _originally_ ONE.

[550:3] See Myths of the British Druids, p. 116.

[550:4] See Squire's Serpent Symbol.

[551:1] Acosta: vol. ii. pp. 303-305.

APPENDIX C.

All the chief stories that we know so well are to be found in all times,
and in almost all countries. _Cinderella_, for one, is told in the
language of every country in Europe, and the same legend is found in the
fanciful tales related by the Greek poets; and still further back, it
appears in very ancient Hindoo legends. So, again, does _Beauty and the
Beast_; so does our f