82.

_Danae_, a "Virgin Mother," 124.

_Dangerous_ Child, the, myth of, 165.

_Daphne_, a personification of the morning, 469.

_Darkness_, at crucifixion of Jesus, 206;
parallels to, 206-210;
the, explained, 494.

_David_, killed Goliath, 90;
compared with Thor, 91.

_Dawn_, the, personified, and called Aditi, the "Mother of the
Gods," 475.

_Day_, the, swallowed up by night, 79.

_December_ 25th, birth-day of the gods, 359.

_Delphi_, Apollo's tomb at, 510.

_Deluge_, the, Hebrew legend of, 19;
parallels to, 20-30.

_Demi-gods_, the, of antiquity not real personages, 467.

_Demons_, cast out, by Jews and Gentiles, 269.

_Denis, St._, is Dionysus, 399.

_Deo Soli_, pictures of the Virgin inscribed with the words, 338.

_Derceto_, the goddess, represented as a mermaid, 83.

_Deucalion_, the legend of, 26;
derived from Chaldean sources, 101.

_Devaki_, a virgin mother, 326.

_Devil_, the, counterfeits the religion of Christ, 124;
formerly a name of the Supreme Being, 391.

_Diana_, called "Mother," yet famed for her virginity, 333.

_Dionysus_, a name of Bacchus, 51.

_Divine incarnation_, the idea of redemption by a, was general and
popular among the Heathen, 183.

_Divine incarnations_, common before the time of Jesus, 112.

_Divine Love_, crucified, 484;
the sun, 487.

_Divus_, the title of, given to Roman emperors, 125.

_Docetes_, Asiatic Christians who invented the phantastic system, 136.

_Dove_, the, a symbol of the Holy Ghost among all nations of
antiquity, 357;
the, crucified, 485.

_Dragon_, a, protected the garden of the Hesperides, 11;
the cherub of Genesis, 14.

_Drama_ of Life, the, 29.

_Druids_, the, of Gaul, worshiped the Virgo-Paritura as the Mother
of God, 333.

_Durga_, a fish deity among the Hindoos, 82.

_Dyaus_, the Heavenly Father, 478;
a personification of the sky, 478.

E.

_East_, turning to in worship, practiced by Christians, 503.

_Easter_, origin of, 226;
observed in China, 227;
controversies about, 227;
dyed eggs on, of Pagan origin, 228;
the primitive was celebrated on March 25th, 335.

_Eating_, the forbidden fruit, the story of, f