in the east from the prevalence of European religion. 233. From the specimens that have appeared in European languages, the poetry of the Hindoos seems to be in the same style as their art; and to consist of gigantic, gloomy, and operose fictions, destitute of all those graces which distinguish the religious and poetical fables of the Greeks. Nevertheless the structure of their mythology is full as favorable to both; being equally abundant and more systematic in its emanations and personifications. After the supreme Triade, they suppose an immense host of inferior spirits to have been produced; part of whom afterwards rebelling under their chiefs Moisasoor and Rhaabon, the material world was prepared for their prison and place of purgation; in which they were to pass through eightynine transmigrations prior to their restoration. During this time they were exposed to the machinations of their former leaders; who endeavour to make them violate the laws of the Omnipotent, and thus relapse into hopeless perdition, or lose their cast, and have all the tedious and painful transmigrations already past to go through again; to prevent which, their more dutiful brethren, the emanations that remained faithful to the Omnipotent, were allowed to comfort, cherish, and assist them in their passage; and that all might have equal opportunities of redeeming themselves, the divine personages of the great Triade had at different times become incarnate in different forms, and in different countries, to the inhabitants of which they had given different laws and instructions suitable to their respective climates and circumstances; so that each religion may be good without being exclusively so; the goodness of the deity naturally allowing many roads to the same end. 234. These incarnations, which form the principal subjects of sculpture in all the temples of India, Tibet, Tartary, and China, are above all others calculated to call forth the ideal perfections of the art, by expanding and exalting the imagination of the artist, and exciting his ambition to surpass the simple imitation of ordinary forms in order to produce a model of excellence worthy to be the corporeal habitation of the Deity: but this, no nation of the East, nor indeed of the Earth, except the Greeks and those who copied them, ever attempted. Let the precious wrecks and fragments, therefore, of the art and genius of that wonderful people be collected with care and preserved with reverence, as examples of what man is capable of under peculiar circumstances; which, as they have never occurred but once, may never occur again! Alphabetical Index of the Principal Matters; with Numerals ABRAHAM XXv, 40, 168 ΑΚΜΩΝ xxiii, 230, 38 Acteon xxv, 38, 114 Adjuration xxvii, 72, 217 Attributes, (personified) xxiii, 230, 40 Axe xxv, 258, 160. xxvii, 77, 222 xxvi, 39, 167 Adonis xxiii, 8, 18. 9, 19. xxiv, 223, Bacchanals xxiv, 44, 74 100. xxv, 41, 120 Ægis xxvi, 46, 179. 47, 180 Ægyptians xxiv, 39, 64. 45, 75. xxv, Esculapius xxv, 245, 140 Alexander, (Letter of) xxvii, 72, 215 206 Amazons xxiii, 238, 50 Bacchus xxiii, 6, 10. 8, 18. 9, 19. 240, 52. xxiv, 223, 100. xxv, 46, 126. Barley xxiii, 233, 43. xxiii, 236, 48 Beads xxiii, 236, 47 Amberics xxvi, 270, 197 Ambrosia xxvii, 77, 223 Ambrosial stones xxvi, 270, 197 Beetle xxvi, 45, 177 Bell xxvi, 48, 181 Bellona xxvi, 44, 175 Ammon xxv, 253, 151. xxvi, 260, 185, Bŋλos xxiv, 49, 83 xxvii, 79, 224 Antenna xxv, 41, 119 Anubis xxvi, 33, 161. 43, 174 Apis xxiii, 225, 29. 240, 53 ΑΦΗΤΩΡ xxν, 48, 129 Aphroditè xxiii, 234, 43 Bird xxvii, 77, 223 Blood xxv, 247, 143. xxvi, 36, 164 Bramin xxvii, 85, 232 Bridle xxvi, 45, 176 Brimo xxv, 247, 143 Bryant xxvi, 70, 211. xxvii, 83, 229 Apollo xxiv, 215, 88. xxv, 47, 128. 50, Buccinum xxiii, 239, 51 132. xxvii, 79, 224 Arabians xxiii, 225, 30 Architis xxvi, 271, 199 Arrow xxv, 48, 129 APTEMIX xxv, 246, 142 ΑΣΠΑΣΙΑ χχνί, 272, 199 Ass xxv, 44, 123 Bull xxiii, 16, 28. 226, 31. xxv, 243, 138. 247, 144. 257, 158. xxvii, 74, Bulla xxvi, 47, 179 Burial xxvi, 34, 162 Burning xxvi, 34, 162 Butterfly xxvi, 40, 169 Cadmeians xxiii, 239, 52. xxvi, 272, 200 Cadmus xxiii, 10, 20. xxvi, 272, 200 Calf xxiii, 240, 53 Astartè xxiii, 230, 38. xxvii, 74, 218, Camillus xxvi, 272, 200 219 Asterisk xxiv, 220, 96. xxvi, 33, 161 Atheism xxiv, 37, 60 Attis xxiv, 221, 96, 97. 223, 100. xxv, Attraction xxiii, 12, 24. xxiv, 216, 89. Canobus xxvi, 38, 165 Canonisation xxvi, 274, 203. xxvii, 79, Cap xxvi, 33, 161 Capitals xxv, 254, 153. 255, 155 117. xxvi, 276, 205 ΧΟΙΡΟΨΑΛΗΣ xxiii, 9, 19 ΧΡΥΣΑΩΡ xxν, 48, 129 Circle xxiv, 218, 91 Cista xxiii, 14, 25. xxv, 241, 136 ΔΙΩΝΗ xxiii, 229, 36 Dirceto xxv, 256, 158 Cock xxiv, 226, 104. xxv, 257, 159. Disa xxiii, 15, 25. xxiv, 225, 103. xxvi, xxvi, 272, 200 Cœlum xxiii, 230, 38 Coins xxiii, 7, 14. 8, 17 Columns xxv, 250, 147. 254, 152 Consecration xxiii, 13, 25. xxvii, 79, 225 Cortina xxvi, 269, 195. 270, 196 Cow xxiii, 239, 52. 240, 53. xxvi, 269, 195 Crab-fish xxv, 244, 139 Crescent xxiii, 226, 32. xxv, 245, 140, Criobolium xxvi, 40, 168 Cross xxiii, 235, 46. xxiv, 221, 97. xxv, Crown xxiv, 225, 102 Cuckoo xxvii, 78, 223 Cursing xxiv, 35, 57 269, 195 Eel xxvii, 81, 227 Egg xxiii, 12, 24. 226, 31. xxv, 241, Cybele xxiii, 233, 42, xxv, 42, 120. Epaphus xxiii, 16, 28. 240, 53 xxvi, 267, 193 EPE xxiii, 229, 37 Fates xxiv, 227, 106 85. xxvii, 86, 233 Fauns xxiii, 227, 33. xxv, 36, 112. xxvi, Hindostan xxiii, 226, 31 Goat xxiii, 227, 33. 234, 44. xxv, 39, 116. 51, 134. 257, 159. xxvi, 264, Gonnis xxvi, 259, 184 Good and Evil xxiv, 227, 106 Gorgo xxvi, 46, 179 Graces xxiii, 234, 44. xxvi, 43, 173 Gryphon xxv, 248, 144. xxvi, 46, 178 Hades xxv, 248, 145 Hand, (Priapic) xxiii, 235, 46- Happy Islands xxvi, 41, 170 Hare xxiv, 229, 108 Hippopotamos xxiv, 228, 108 Horse xxv, 34, 111. 38, 115. xxvi, 273, 201 Horus xxiv, 215, 88. xxvi, 269, 195. Jaggernaut xxiv, 226, 103. xxv, 42, 120 Ice xxiii, 240, 53. xxvi, 269, 196 Jews xxiv, 37, 61 Ilithyiæ xxv, 245, 140 Incarnations xxvii, 86, 233, 234 Incubation xxvii, 77, 223 Infinity xxiii, 227, 34 255, 155 Ionic order xxv, Isis xxiii, 8, 18. 230, 38. xxiv, 33, 54. Ithyphallics xxv, 243, 138. 246, 142 Jupiter xxiv, 43, 71. xxv, 37, 114. xxvi, 276, 205. xxvii, 74, 219. 77, 223 Juul xxv, 43, 122 Key xxiii, 235, 46 Harmony xxv, 39, 116. xxvi, 272, 200 Kopη xxv, 39, 117 Hawk xxiv, 228, 108 Hecate XXV, 257, 159 Herald xxv, 258, 160 Hercules xxiii, 2, 3. xxv, 38, 115. 48, 130. 51, 133. 242, 136. xxvi, 263, 188 Hermaphrodite xxvi, 272, 199 Kpovos xxiii, 227, 34. 230, 39. xxvi, 41, Labyrinth xxiv, 221, 96, 97 Lamp xxiii, 232, 41 Latona xxiv, 214, 87 Laurel xxiii, 237, 49. xxiv, 42, 69 Heroes xxvi, 278, 207. 279, 208. xxvii, Leucothoë xxiii, 10, 20 69, 210 Hertha xxiii, 229, 36 Hierapolis xxvii, 74, 219. 78, 224 Libations xxiv, 41, 68 Liber xxiii, 9, 18 Libera xxv, 40, 118. xxvi, 277, 205 Hieroglyphics xxiii, 6, 12. xxiv, 39, 64. Libitina xxv, 40, 118 40, 65 High places xxiv, 219, 94. Light xxiii, 12, 24 ΛΙΚΝΙΤΗΣ χχνί, 38, 165 Hindoos xxiii, 3, 5. xxiv, 36, 59. 213, Lingam xxiv, 222, 98. xxvi, 265, 191. xxvii, 82, 228 Lion xxv, 33, 109, 110. 38, 115. 39, xxvi, 260, 185. xxvii, 74, 219 Logging Rock xxvi, 270, 197 Lotus xxv, 250, 146. xxvii, 76, 221. 84, AOPOI 'EPMAIOI xxvi, 271, 198 Love xxiii, 12, 24. 227,34. xxiv, 35, 56. xxvii, 75, 220 Lucetius xxiv, 225, 103 Lucina xxv, 245, 140 Nelumbo xxv, 250, 146. 254, 152 Neptune xxiv, 223, 100 Night xxiv, 213, 86 Nocturnal sun xxv, 50, 132, 242, 136 Nymphs xxvi, 264, 189 Oak xxiv, 43, 71 Obelisk xxiv, 224, 102. xxvii, 79, 225 Odin xxvi, 42, 171. xxvii, 76, 221 Oil xxvi, 270, 197 Olen xxiv, 43, 70 Olive xxiii, 16, 27 ΩΜΗΣΤΗΣ xxν, 247, 143 ATKEIOΣ xxiv, 225, 102. xxvi, 260, Ops xxiii, 230, 38 186 ΛΥΣΙΟΣ ΛΥΣΩΝ xxiii, 9, 18 Lux xxiv, 225, 102 Lyre xxv, 38, 116 Macha Alla xxiii, 13, 25. xxvi, 259, 184 Mercury xxv, 257, 159. xxvi, 43, 172. Migration xxvi, 279, 208. xxvii, 69, 211 Minerva xxvi, 44, 174. 46, 175. 259, Oracles xxiv, 41, 68. 46, 76 Ordeal xxv, 259, 160 Orders of architecture xxv, 254, 153 Osiris xxiii, 6, 10. 8, 18. 9, 19. 225, ΟΥΡΑΝΟΣ xxiii, 230, 38 Owl xxvi, 44, 176. 260, 185 Pan xxiii, 227, 33. xxvi, 260, 186. 262, Panchæa xxvii, 70, 213. 80, 228 Pantheic figures xxvi, 266, 192. 267, Minotaur xxiv, 221, 96. xxvii, 74, 219 Pasiphäè xxiv, 221, 96 Mises xxv, 46, 126 Mythology xxiii, 2, 3, 4. 3, 5 Pedum xxvi, 265, 190 Pegasus xxv, 34, 111. xxvi, 45, 176 Persecution xxiv, 37, 60, 61 Perseus xxvi, 277, 206. xxvii, 75, 220 Personification xxiii, 230, 40 Phallus xxiii, 11, 23. xxv, 257, 158. PHN xxvi, 37, 164 Phthas xxvi, 43, 174 ΦΥΤΑΛΜΙΟΣ xxνί, 267, 192 Picus xxvii, 78, 223 Names xxvi, 275, 203, 204. xxvii, 68, 209 Pillars xxv, 49, 131 Neith xxvi, 44, 175 Pine cone xxv, 257, 158 |