" related to the Pelasgi and Celts, 320.
" their oldest deities, Latin, Sabine, and Etruscan, 320.
Roman sepulchral monuments, their tone, 346.
Roman thought and Roman religion opposed, 342.
Roman worship, very elaborate and minute, 331.
" " full of festivals, 331.
" " distinguished between things sacred and profane, 331.
" " a yoke on the public life of the Romans, 334.
" " directed by the College of Pontiffs, 334.
" " chief seat in the Via Sacra, 335.
" " governed by etiquette, 335.
" " originally free from idolatry, 336.
" " acted like a charm, 340.
Rome, ancient, its legacy to Christianity, 353.
Runes, Odin's song of, in the Edda, 368.
S.
Salii, ancient priests of Mars, 336.
Sankhya philosophy, 114.
" founded on two principles, 120.
" considered atheistic, 120.
" the basis of Buddhism, 121.
" a very ancient system, 122.
Saturnus, Saturn, god of planting, 330.
Scandinavia, consisting of what regions, 358.
" surrounded by the sea, 358.
" its adaptation to the Teutonic race, 359.
" formerly inhabited by the Cimbri, 360.
" the home of the Northmen, 361.
Scandinavian religion, a system of dualism, 362.
" " war its essential idea, 362.
" " its virtues, truth, justice, courage, 362.
Scandinavians, their early history, 355.
" described by Caesar, 355.
" described by Tacitus, 356.
" a branch of the great German family, 357.
" their language, the Norse and its derivatives, 357.
" our inheritance from, 358.
" their manners and institutious, 387.
" their respect for women, 388.
" their Scalds, or bards, 388.
" their maritime expeditions, 389.
Sea-Kings of Norway, their discoveries, 361.
Seat of the Scandinavian race, 355.
Secrecy, the evil in Egyptian religion, 257.
Semitic races, their character and exploits, 399.
" " great navigators and discoverers, 399.
" " identity of their languages, 400.
" " nations of which they consist, 399.
" " their religion and gods, 401.
" " their tendency to monotheism, 402.
Seneca, his view of religion, 343, 344.
Serapis, the same as Osiris-Apis, 257.
Sibylline books, derived from Greece, 336.
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