dall, warder of the gods, 380.
Herder, his description of David, 425.
Hesiod, his account of the three groups of gods, 270.
Hindoo Epics, Ramayana and Mahabharata, 128.
" " they refer to the time succeeding the Vedic age, 128.
" " composed before the time of Buddhism, 129.
Hindoos, antagonisms of their character, 82.
" acute in speculations, but superstitious, 82.
" unite luxury and asceticism, 82.
" tend to idealism and religious spiritualism, 83.
" their doctrine of Maya, 84.
Hindoo year, calendar of, 132.
" " begins in April, a sacred month, 132.
Holy of Holies, in the Egyptian and Jewish temples, 252.
Homer his description of the gods, 280.
Horace, his view of religion, 346.
Hyksos, constitute the middle monarchy, 232.
" expelled from Egypt after five hundred years, 233.
" Hebrews in Egypt during their ascendency, 234, 235.
" or Shepherd Kings in Egypt, 213.
" a Semitic people from Asia, 232.
" conquered Lower Egypt B.C. 2000, 233.
Hyndla, song of, extracts from, 366.

I.

Icelanders converted to Christianity, 394.
Incarnation, the fundamental doctrine of Christianity, 28.
India, always a land of mystery, 81.
" overrun by conquerors, 81.
Infinite and finite elements in Brahmanism and Christianity, 137.
Injustice done to ethnic religions, 4.
Inspiration, its origin in the intuitive faculty, 439.
Isis and Osiris, their legend, from Plutarch, 244.
" " " explanations of their myth, 246.
" " " identified with the first and second order, 248.

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Janus, one of the oldest of Roman gods, 322.
" presided over beginnings and endings, 322.
" invoked before other gods, 322.
" his temple open in war, closed in peace, 322.
" believed by Creuzer to have an Indian origin, 323.
" has his chief feast in January, 323.
" a Sabine god on Mount Janiculum, 323.
Jews, a Semitic race, 399.
Job, its grandeur of thought and expression, 438.
Jones, Sir William, his life and works, 78.
" progress since his time, 80.
Judaism, a preparation for Christianity, 444.
" monotheistic after the captivity, 444.
" influenced by Greek philosophy, 444.
" its process of development, 445.
" at first childlike and narrow, 446.
" the seed of Christianity, 446.
Juno, queen of heaven, and female Jupiter, 324.
" goddess of womanhood, 324.
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