ldest were gods of the elements, 272.
" " " worshipped by the Dorians, were Apollo and Artemis, 274.
" " " local distribution of, 275.
" " " first symbolical, afterward personal, 276.
" " " in Hesiod and Homer, 277.
" " " poetic character of, 279.
" " " in Homer very human beings, 280.
" " " as described by the lyric poets, 283.
" " " as described by the tragedians, 284.
" " " as unfolded by the artists, 286.
" " " as seen in the works of Phidias, 287.
" " " as described by the philosophers, 291.
" " " how related to Christianity, 310.
Gods of the Vedas are the evil spirits of the Avesta, 202.
Greece, its physical geography, 259.
" its mountains, climate, and soil, 260.
" its language akin to Sanskrit, 261.
" its people an Aryan race, 262.
" first inhabited by the Pelasgians, 262.
" afterward received the Dorians, 264.
" influenced powerfully by Egypt, 265.
Greek mysteries, derived from Asia and Egypt, 302.
" " gods of belong to the underworld, 302.
" " alien to the Greek mind, 303.
" " Eleusinian, in honor of Ceres, 305.
" " in honor of Bacchus, derived from India, 305.
" " Orphic, and their doctrines, 306.
" religion, an essentially human religion, 266.
" " its gods, men and women, 267.
" " has no founder or restorer or priesthood, 267.
" " its gods evolved, not emanations, 268.
" " its freedom and hilarity, 269.
" " as viewed by Paul, 308.
" " as regarded by the early Christian fathers, 312.
" " and philosophy, a preparation for Christianity, 313.
" worship, sacrifices, prayers, and festivals, 297.
" " in early times, 298.
" " had numerous festivals, 299.
" " connected with augurs and oracles, 300.
Gylfi, deluding of, in the Edda, 369.
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Haruspices, derived from Etruria, 338.
Havamal, or proverbs of the Scandinavians, 366.
Heathen religions must contain more truth than error, 6.
" " cannot have been human inventions, 6.
" " must contain some revolution from God, 8.
" " how viewed by Christ and his apostles, 9.
" " how treated by Paul at Athens, 10.
" " how regarded by the early apologists, 12.
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