Forlong - Rivers of Life

564
64; phallo-worship, enquiry as to,
73, 74; and solar idea, as developed
at Rome, 76; symbolic of nations
and man, 78; oldest temple, 187;
common snake and lingam of
aboriginal tribes, 91; in Africa,
107; in phallic group, 133; inscriptions
on, 172; worship of, 432; processions,
440; dry, of Persia, 88;
budding, Pl. V.-9
Tree-worship, 27, 31; Bo-tree not
parent of, 36; as shown by Amravati
Tope, 40, 41; forbidden by
Canute, 43; among Kelts, Skands
and others, 54, 66
Tre-foil, 35, 36, 198 (see fleur-de-lis)
Triangle, idea of, 49; double, 55; in
Oskan and Samnite, 55; herons
feeding from, 61; equilateral, 61;
sacred double, 75; on cup, 203;
in Hindooism, 226
Triazoltenti, Mexican deity, 144
Tribes, ten lost, 355
Trident, see Tri-Sool
Trimoorti, 66, 67, 202; three rivers
a, 290, 488
Trinacria, 312, 378
Trinity, in Vedic days, 14; Phenician,
14; Hindoo, 17, 20; in unity, 55;
African, 105, 10; Io, 110; idea of,
125; of Nineveh, 140; Hindoo,
203; first person of, 216; in unity,
224; in eternity, 233; emblem of,
236; sexes in, 316; classical, 318;
Christian, 347, 348; of all peoples,
467, 470; Mithraik, 485
Tripaty, temple of, and Vishnoo, 145
Tripitaka, age of, 14, 17
Tripod, 121, 125, 234, 262; Delphic,
264, 302, 490
Trisool, 40, 59, 67, 132, 186, 248, 263,
264, 267, 354
Triton, and Buccina, 130; etymology
of, 378
Triune, branches representing in
India, 34, 224, 249; phallic, 252,
279, 413
Trophonius, cave of, 184, 257, 260,
376, 377
Troy, 313
Trumpets, Jewish, feast of, 171;
Roman, 252, 449; feast of, 459
Trith, indifference of men to, 5;
Descartes and G. M. Lewes on, 6;
and Maya, 29; and Time, worshipping
Siva, 245; pursuit of, 322
Trutina, 172
Tsoorya, 213 (see Soorya and Sun)
Tsur, 58, 103, 166, 210, 248, 268, 297,
309; -im, 312, 383, 384, 465
Tubal-Cain, 371-3
Tuisko, 448, 468
Tumuli, introduced by Boodhism, 46;
British, 167, 291, 303; of Kentucky,
&c., 387.
Turanians, and serpent, 95, 126, 308,
368
Turtle, supposed aphrodisiacal properties
of, 52
Twelfth Day, 432-34
Tykon, 295
Tyndall, Professor, on creation
Rivers of Life, or Faiths of Man in all Lands.
Typhon, 234; wife of, 248; of Nile,
254, 404, 405, 413, 414, 428; and
Taurus, 461, 503, 527
Tyre, coin of, 97, and Pl. IV.; Tsoorya,
213; temples of, 214; coins of,
219, 279; ancient name of, 309, 312
Tyrol, superstition in, 84
UNA, 277
Umbilicus, 18
Umbo, 63
Unicorn, 137
Unitarians, 347
Ur, 139, 154, 265, 279; and Pur, 298,
309, 325, 329, 356, 385, 469
Uraeus, 290, 378
Uriel, 282
Urmila, 33
Urim, and Thumim, 29, 193; origin
of, 245
Ushas, 326
Uxor, derivation of, and cognates,
376
Uzzah, Arabian goddess, 62; and ark,
153, 202, 223
VACUNA, 454, 459
Valentine, St., day of, 438
Varnasi, 268
Varoona, 326
Vase, worship, 190, 265, 266, 270,
452
Vasta-Yaga, 326
Ved, Sanskrit, 172
Vedanta, 277
Vedantists, 315
Vedas, 13; age of, 14, 17, 19, 20, 315
Vehars, of Japan and India, 489
Vehicles, of gods, 318
Venice, stones of, 2; lion pillars of,
45, 158; phallus found near, 208;
St. Mark’s columns at, 215, 337
Venus, water the sign of, 22; Urania,
crown of, 45; and Lotus, 49; phalares
sacred to, 53; flowers sacred
to, 57; and mistletoe, 81; Paphian,
98; Mylitta, 98; phallic gem from
Lajard’s Culte de, 98; de Medici,
129; origin of, 130; on Roman banners,
134; Genetrix, 185; sailing,
200; and tortoise, 207; Urania,
214; wheel and bird of, 225; Egyptian,
244, 277; of Arabia, 299; of
Orpheus, 304; and fire, 325; day of,
336; Sicilian, 371; and Vulcan,
372; Basilissa, 378; Marina, 520;
Egyptian, 521; with apple, 522
Vertumnus, and plants, 57
Vesica piscis, church windows, 55,
234-236
Vesta, shrine of, 45; and plants, 57,
140; 289, 306; in Greece, 324;
shrine of, 339; temple of, 342
Vestals, 369
Vestibulum, 234, 240
Vestments, various, 316, 346
Vienna, and sacred tree, 56, 89, 153
Vigils, 457
Vine, sacred to Bacchus, 41, 42;
Christ as, 78, 272
Vir, 297
Virga, 205
Virgin, mother, and palm, 60, 61; and
child in Yoni, 145; Panhagia,
263; Paritura, 404; born, meaning
of, 415, 432; eastern solar, 433
Virgo Intacta, and sun, worship of,
206, 234, 417
Virility, symbolised by palm, 62
Virtue (and Honour), 124
Vishnoo, 7, 17, 28; and lotus, 49,
66; and milky sea, 93, 186; eagleborne,
95; temple to, in Kashmeer,
111; and concha, 129; at Tripaty,
145; in fish Avatar, 247; and goose,
250; derivation of, 339
Vishnooism, 47
Vishnoovas, and serpent, 119, 232
Viswajeni, 237
Vool, 371
Voyney, Rev. Charles, 7
Vulcan, and hazel-nuts, 58, 105, 294,
303; at Etna, 325; fêtes of, 365;
derivation of, 371-3; various names
of, 375
Vulture, 362
WA, symbolic, 235
Wafer, 198, 204
Wagtail, 135, 225, 487
Wakes, 457
Water, symbolism of, 58; holy, 175,
295
Wedges, 174
Well, sacred (Sivaik), 39, 67; or
Koos, 173; holy covered, 181, 263,
268, 350; worship, 460, 461; pillar
by a, 530
Wesley, John, footprints of, 504
Wheel, 225 (see Chakra)
Whida, and ophiolatry, 105
Whipping, 437; in India, 442, 444,
450, 530
Whitestones, found in British karns,
&c., 167
Window, phallic, 205; church, 233;
vesica, 234
Wings, meaning of, 245
Winter, fêtes in, 430
Wiskonson, strange animal mounds.
Woden (Mercury), offerings to, 8;
serpent deity, 99, 242, 473
Woman, idea of, on Syrian coins, 92;
Greek idea of, 127; in phallic group,
133; and serpent, 140; as river, 145;
as snake goddess, 231; and serpent,
338
World, date of creation of, 22, 23;
argued from geology, 26
Worship, phallo-tree, enquiry as to,
73; serpent and phallic, 93
XERXES, and plane tree, 66
YACHVEH, 160, 164, 180, see Jahveh
Ya-Fattah, 335
Yahveh, 160, 164, 165, see Jove
Year, divisions of, 421; months of,
428; recification of, 429; leading
festivals of, 430
Yeva, 132
Ygdrasil, 54, 68