Forlong - Rivers of Life

562
Sasanian, King, 100
Satan, 94, 144, 145; and Michael,
282, 413
Saturday, 83, 457
Saturn, 148; consuming own strength,
178; in Phenicia, 242, 300, 358;
etymology of, 470; phases of, 519,
520; planet, 419
Satyrs, 129
Saviour, 122; body of, 196, 298, 338, 479
Savitri, 241
Saxon races, and truth, 5
Scarabeus, Egyptian, 65
Sceptres, 28; lunar, 516
Schiller, and grave tree, 57
Science v. orthodoxy, 12
Scipio Africanus, and serpent, 96
Scorpio, 500
Scotland, sculptured stones of, 41;
and hazel nuts, 58; clan symbols
in, 59; serpent in, 254; Mount
Hermon of, 289; and whitesnake,
291; baptism (fire) in, 332; fire
worship in, 382; stone monuments
in, 387; “sacrament” in, 400;
Yule fêtes in, 431; May fêtes in,
45; June fêtes in, 452
Sculptures, indecent, on temples, &c.,
275
Sea of milk, 93, 186; molten, 215,
216; symbolism of, 222, 248;
Jewish, 348; water, 452, 516
Seasons, table, 421, 422, fig.
Sebazius, mysteries of, 170
Sects, right and left hand, 72, 141,
181, 385; Jewish, 210, 211
Seiks, 14
Selené, 336
Self-mutilation, 143, 241
Semiramis, 516
Semo, Sem-On, 464
Sepharvaim, 180
September, fêtes in, 457
Septuagint, 14; and world’s age, 23;
and serpent, 176; and Kallimakus,
526
Seraphim, 193, 241
Serapis (Sarapis), 199; as Abraxas,
274, 496; worship of, 500, 501;
decline of faith in, 505-7; names
of, 508
Seriphos, 380
Serpent, healer of nations, as passion,
34, 95; of Africa, 106, 107; sea of,
116; descent from, 119,120; as
irritator, 123; supporter of world,
123,124; in phallic group, 133;
standard, 136; and first principles,
139; universal symbolism of, 140;
as Sun, 143; and oak, 148;
“bruiser,” 171; and balance, 173;
a fascinator, 176; giver of knowledge,
178; Dominus Sol, 178; in
rites of Bacchus, 183; divination
by, 195, 196; in ark, &c., 223;
form of copulating, 223; meaning
of, 234; on head, 240; on Cashel
crozier, 253; brazen, 254; in Ceylon,
255; eggs, 255; column, Constantinople,
266; temple, 267; of
Paradise, 273; into stone, 287; symbolism
of, 320; representation of, 380
Rivers of Life, or Faiths of Man in all Lands.
Serpent-charmers, African, 294
Serpent mound of Karnak, 282; at
Loch Nell, 284, 285
Serpent worship, 2, 27, 28; wrongly
called first faith of man, 34, 40;
brazen, on pole, meaning of, 52;
universality of, 94; a sporadic
superstition, 95; in various lands,
95; amongst Teutons, 99; see
Ophiolatry, and Plate IV. and VIII.-
1
Seth, 64; and Adam’s staff, 89, 143,
180, 187; followers of, 188, 210,
315, 527
Sex, primitive worship of, 347
Sexes, personification of, 127,129, 233
Seyid, of Zanzibar, 335, 338
Shadah, 234
Shah, name, 101
Shakers, 47 (note)
Shaloputs, 144
Shams (solar), 180, 315, 320, 464, 527
Shank, phallic god and, 130; Hindoo
bell, 131
Sheba, Queen of, a solarite, 90
Shechemites, 177
Shechem, oak and stone of, 71
Shells, 129, 130; see Shank
Shem, 189, 315, 320; and cognates,
464, 527
Shemitics, and serpent, 95; and Jews,
164; and stones, 166; and cups,
195, 308; at Easter, 441, 527
Sheol, 81, 143, 522, 526
Shield of Agamemnon, 125; phallic,
131, 183-5; and ephod, 210; symbolism
of, 222, 248-50; meaning of,
319, 346, 444; see Ancilia
Shinar, huge phallus on, 495, 496
Showbread, 186, 194, 197
Shradas, 390, 522
Shrove-tide, 436, 438
Shrubs, sacred to certain deities, 53,
54, 120
Siam, Boodhism in, 18
Sibyl, 271
Siegfrieds, 100
Sigurd, 100
Sikyon, 307
Silbury, 282, 291
Simeon Stylites, 227
Sinai, Mount, 156, 157; worship of,
159, 160
Sirion (Shiryon), 211
Sistrum, of temples, what made of,
35; barred, 206; of Isis, 211, 348
Sita, 27, 28, 33, 271, 306, 331, 335
Siva, symbol of, 33; temple of, at
Allahabad, 38; god of triangle, 49;
Indian tribe descended from, 53;
snake-god, 58; and Deukalion, 65,
66; Egyptian Sev, 78; and serpent,
95, 96, 146, 232, 242; blue-throated,
107, 109, 110; temples to, 111; hands
of, 116, 117; as fire-god, 122; Hercules,
125; and hand, 129; mountain
god, 156; and blue, 171; and Agni,
182, 189; and Sivi, 191, 196, 198;
Bhaga-van, 206; and Luna, 216,
228; worship of, by Time and
Truth, 245; and crescent, 245; and
angels, 250, 252, 256; or Tri-Kala,
263; Somnat, 267; nature of, 276;
of Somnat, 280, 358; Bela, a name
of, 299, 319, 352; the mast, 361, 374,
375, 489; as Serapis, 501, 512; the
one-eyed, 519; the ascetic, 547
Sivaism, 47; spiritual aspect of, 48,
117; non-Aryan origin of, 276, 375
Sivan, 82
Skandinavians, tree worship, 54;
Tor trees of, 61; tree idea of, 64;
gods, 64; and ophiolatry, 99, 242;
mythology of, 526; Loki of, 100
Sklavonians, Hymen God of, 304
Skoptsi (sect), 143,144
Skythians, and Beaver, 52; origin of,
99; emigration of, 100; and dragon,
136; magic rod of, 193; Pe-us, god
of, 302, 538
Snake, derivation of, 290; white, 291
Sokrates, fate of, 5; and oak tree, 67
Solomon, temple of, a phallic shrine,
16, 44; song of, 86, 214; an Islamite,
90; as demi-god, 118; and shield,
131, 185; and phallism, 213; molten
sea of, and temple 215, 216; de-
tails of 2d, 217, 217; lavers of,
348
Soma, 42, 79, 203, 358, 388, 399, 475,
481
Somnāt, 494
Somo-Kodon, 406
Sontals and Christian missionaries, 11
Soomatra, ophiolatry in, 124
Sooraj-vansi, 492
Sooras, and Asooras, 486
Soorasvati, 487, 490
Soorya, 199; prayers to, 241, 254,
309, 326, 464; drawing of, 490,
511, 516; see Sun
Sootras, age of, 14
Sophia, spirit of wisdom, 22, 67, 132,
143, 165, 319, 362
Soter, Kosmou, 96, 124; and Moses’
rod as, 154, 384, 479
Spain, derivation of, 313
Spear, of Joshua, &c., 163, 164; of
nature worship, 185, 333; worship
of, 497
Spells, 69; phallic, 205
Spire, 122, 196, 219, 386
Spirits, worship of, 46
Sri-Linga, 120; Jee, 132; and Baalpeor,
160, 166, 185, 207, 222; bird,
226, 244
Standards, Love, Pl. V.-1; Roman,
134-7; Jewish, 152-9; see Banner
Stan-Eswar, 486
Stauros, 227-9, 318
St. Augustine, 7
Stele, 61, 227
Stennes and Harray, stone circle at,
156
St. George, temple to, 71
Stole of, Nun, 211, 316, 346
Stone, earth-fast, 91; universal worship
of, 150; in Jewish ark, 166;
(white) in caves, 167; tables of,
187; of swearing, 188; worship,
189; meaning of, 290; white, 292;
animated, 477; Innis-Murray, 485,
fig. 3, Pl. VI., and for twin stones,
fig. 2.