ontes and Hydaspus, 51;
drew water from a rock, 51;
was a law-giver, 52;
the son of Jupiter, 124;
was born in a cave, 156;
torn to pieces, 193, 209;
was called the "Saviour," 193;
"Only-begotten Son," 193;
"Redeemer," 193;
the sun darkened at his death, 208;
ascended into heaven, 208;
rose from the dead, 228;
a personification of the sun, 492.

_Baga_, the, of the cuneiform inscriptions a name of the Supreme
Being, 391;
is in English associated with an ugly fiend, 391.

_Balaam_, his ass speaks, 91;
parallels to in Egypt, Chaldea and Greece, 91.

_Bala-rama_, the brother of Crishna, 74;
the Indian Hercules, 74.

_Baldur_, called "The Good," 129;
"The Beneficent Saviour," 129;
Son of the Supreme God Odin, 129;
is put to death and rises again, 224;
a personification of the sun, 479.

_Bambino_, the, at Rome is black, 336.

_Baptism_, a heathen rite adopted by the Christians, 317;
practiced in Mongolia and Thibet, 317;
by the Brahmins, 317;
by the followers of Zoroaster, 318;
administered in the Mithraic mysteries, 319;
performed by the ancient Egyptians, 319.

_Baptismal fonts_, used by the Pagans, 406.

_Bar-Cochba_, the "Son of a Star," 144;
believed to be the Messiah, 432.

_Beads_ (see Rosary).

_Beatitudes_, the, the prophet of, 527.

_Belief_, or faith, salvation by, existed in the earliest times, 184.

_Bellerophon_, a mighty Grecian hero, 75.

_Belus_, the tower of, 34.

_Benares_, the Hindoo Jerusalem, 296.

_Berosus_, on the flood, 22.

_Bible_, the Egyptian, the oldest in the world, 24.

_Birth_, the Miraculous, of Jesus, 111;
Crishna, 113;
Buddha, 115;
Codom, 118;
Fuh-he, 119;
Lao-Kiun, 120;
Yu, Hau-Ki, 120;
Confucius, 121;
Horus, 122;
Zoroaster, 123;
and others, 123-131.

_Birth-day_, the, of the gods, on December 25th, 364.

_Birth-place_, the, of Christ Jesus, in a cave, 154;
the, of other saviours, in a cave, 155-158.

_Black God_, the, crucified, 201.

_Black Mother_, the, and child, 336.

_Bochia_, of the Persians, performed miracles, 256.

_Bochica_, a god of the Muyscas, 130.

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