_Lamb_, the, of God, a personification of the Sun, 492.

_Lamb_, the oldest representation of Christ Jesus was the figure of
a, 202, 503.

_Lamps_, feast of, 392.

_Lanthu_, born of a pure spotless Virgin, 248;
the creator of the world, 248.

_Lao-Kiun_, born of a Virgin, 120;
believed in one God, 120;
formed the Tao-tsze, or sect of reason, 120.

_Lao-tse_ (see Lao-Kiun).

_Latona_, the mother of Apollo, 125.

_Law-giver_, Moses a, 59;
Bacchus a, 59;
Zoroaster a, 59;
Minos a, 60;
Thoth a, 60;
Lycurgus a, 61;
Apollo a, 61.

_Lazarus_, raised from the grave, 273.

_Leto_, a personification of darkness, 477.

_Libations_, common among all nations of antiquity, 317.

_Library_, the, of Alexandria, 438.

_Lights_, are kept burning before images in Pagan temples, 406.

_Lily_, the, or Lotus, sacred among all Eastern nations, 529;
put into the hands of all "Virgin Mothers," 329.

_Linga_, the, and Yoni, adored by the Jews, 47;
the symbol under which the sun was worshiped, 47, 496.

_Logos_, the, an Egyptian feature, 373;
Apollo called, 373;
Marduk of the Assyrians, called, 374;
the, of Philo, 374;
the, of John, 374;
identical, 374.

_Loretto_, the Virgin of, 338;
black as an Ethiopian, 338.

_Lotus_, the, or Lily, sacred among all Eastern nations, 329.

_Luke_, the Gospel "according" to, 456.

_Lycophron_, says that Hercules was three nights in the belly of a
fish, 78.

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_Madonna_, the, and child, worshiped by all nations of Antiquity, 326.

_Magi_, the religion of, adopted by the Jews, 109.

_Magic_, Jesus learned, in Egypt, 272.

_Magician_, Jesus accused of being a, 273.

_Mahabharata_, the, quotations from, 415-417.

_Mahomet_, the miracles of, 269.

_Maia_, the mother of Mercury, 125;
the same name as Mary, 332.

_Man_, the Fall of, 4;
parallels to, 4-16;
the antiquity of, 29.

_Manco_ Capac, a god of the Peruvians, 130.

_Manes_, believed himself to be the "Christ," 429;
the word, has the meaning of "Comforter" or "Saviour," 429.

_Manetho_, an Egyptian priest, gives an account of the sojourn of
the Israelites in Egypt, 53.

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