zoon, an animal.

[324] _The Hittites_, pp. 116, 119, 120, 272.

[325] "The sun... is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and
rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race." (_Psalm_ xix, 4 _et seq._)
The marriage of the sun bridegroom with the moon bride appears to
occur in Hittite mythology. In Aryo-Indian Vedic mythology the bride
of the sun (Surya) is Ushas, the Dawn. The sun maiden also married the
moon god. The Vedic gods ran a race and Indra and Agni were the
winners. The sun was "of the nature of Agni". _Indian Myth and
Legend_, pp. 14, 36, 37.

[326] Or golden.

[327] The later reference is to Assyria. There was no Assyrian kingdom when
these early beliefs were developed.

[328] _Primitive Constellations_, R. Brown, jun., vol. ii, p. 1 _et seq._

[329] In India "finger counting" (Kaur guna) is associated with prayer or
the repeating of mantras. The counting is performed by the thumb,
which, when the hand is drawn up, touches the upper part of the third
finger. The two upper "chambers" of the third finger are counted, then
the two upper "chambers" of the little finger; the thumb then touches
the tip of each finger from the little finger to the first; when it
comes down into the upper chamber of the first finger 9 is counted. By
a similar process each round of 9 on the right hand is recorded by the
left up to 12; 12 X 9 = 108 repetitions of a mantra. The upper
"chambers" of the fingers are the "best" or "highest" (uttama), the
lower (adhama) chambers are not utilized in the prayer-counting
process. When Hindus sit cross-legged at prayers, with closed eyes,
the right hand is raised from the elbow in front of the body, and the
thumb moves each time a mantra is repeated; the left hand lies palm
upward on the left knee, and the thumb moves each time nine mantras
have been counted.

[330] _Primitive Constellations_, R. Brown, jun., vol. ii, p. 61; and _Early
History of Northern India_, J.F. Hewitt, pp. 551-2.

[331] _Rigveda-Samhita_, vol. iv (1892), p. 67.

[332] _Vedic Index_, Macdonell & Keith, vol. ii, pp. 192 _et seq._

[333] _Indian Myth and Legend_

[334] Pp. 107 _et seq._

[335] _Primitive Constellation_, R. Brown, jun., vol. i, 1. 333. A table is
given showing how 120 saroi equals 360 degrees, each king being
identified with a star.

[336] "Behold, his majesty the god Ra is grown old; his bones are become
silver, his limbs gold, and his hair pure lapis lazuli." _Religion of
the Ancient Egyp