THE MYTHOLOGY OF ALL RACES


Volume VI
INDIAN
IRANIAN

PLATE I

Durgā

The wife of Śiva, in her dread aspect, slays the Asura Mahiṣa. Standing in an attitude of triumph on the demon, who, as his name implies, is in the shape of a buffalo, she drags his soul (symbolized in human form) from him. From a Javanese lava sculpture, probably from Prambanān, in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. See p. 118.

THE MYTHOLOGY OF ALL RACES

IN THIRTEEN VOLUMES

LOUIS HERBERT GRAY, A.M., PH.D., Editor

GEORGE FOOT MOORE, A.M., D.D., LL.D., Consulting Editor


INDIAN
BY
A. BERRIEDALE KEITH,
D.C.L., D.Litt.

IRANIAN
BY
ALBERT J. CARNOY,
PH.D., Litt.D.


VOLUME VI


BOSTON
MARSHALL JONES COMPANY
M DCCCC XVII

Copyright, 1917
By Marshall Jones Company


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All rights reserved

Printed in January, 1917

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ILLUSTRATIONS
FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS

  1. PLATE FACING PAGE
  2. IDurgā — PhotogravureFrontispiece
  3. IIIdol Car22
  4. IIISūrya26
  5. IVIndra — Coloured34
  6. VApsarases — Coloured60
  7. VIBrahmā — Coloured78
  8. VIIKāla-Śiva82
  9. VIIIA. Tortures of Hell100
  10.  B. Tortures of Hell100
  11. IXTrimūrti108
  12. XMarriage of Śiva and Pārvatī118
  13. XIBirth of Brahmā — Coloured120
  14. XIIVarāhāvatāra122
  15. XIIILakṣmī — Coloured124
  16. XIVKṛṣṇa126
  17. XVHanumān128
  18. XVIGaruḍa140
  19. XVIIVāsuki154
  20. XVIIIYakṣī156
  21. XIXKubera158
  22. XXViṣṇu Slays the Demons — Coloured164
  23. XXILakṣmī170
  24. XXIIGaṇeśa182
  25. XXIIIThe Great Buddha — Coloured188
  26. XXIVThe Buddha and Sujātā — Coloured190
  27. XXVThe Buddha on the Lotus192
  28. XXVITemptation of the Buddha — Coloured196
  29. XXVIIAvalokiteśvara202
  30. XXVIIITīrthakara220
  31. XXIXDilwāra Temple226
  32. XXXShrine of Bhūmiya234
  33. XXXIBhairon238
  34. XXXIIIranian Deities on Indo-Scythian Coins260
  35. 1. Mithra
  36. 2. Apām Napāt
  37. 3. Māh
  38. 4. Vāta or Vāyu
  39. 5. Khvarenanh
  40. 6. Ātar
  41. 7. Vanainti (Uparatāt)
  42. 8. Verethraghna
  43. XXXIII1. Typical Representation of Mithra264
  44.  2. Scenes from the Life of Mithra 
  45. XXXIVIranian Deities on Indo-Scythian and Sassanian Coins272
  46. 1. Tishtrya
  47. 2. Khshathra Vairya
  48. 3. Ardokhsho
  49. 4. Asha Vahishta
  50. 5. Ahura Mazda
  51. 6. Fire Altar
  52. 7. Fravashi
  53. XXXVAncient Fire Temple near Iṣfahān284
  54. XXXVI1. Mithra Born from the Rock288
  55.  2. Mithra Born from the Rock 
  56. XXXVIIThe Sīmurgh — Coloured290
  57. XXXVIIIṬahmūrath Combats the Demons — Coloured302
  58. XXXIX1. Ḍaḥḥāk (Azhi Dahāka) — Coloured310
  59.  2. Jamshīd on His Throne — Coloured 
  60. XLRustam and the White Demon — Coloured328
  61. XLIThe Death of Suhrāb — Coloured332
  62. XLIIKai Kāūs Attempts to Fly to Heaven — Coloured336
  63. XLIIIGushtāsp Kills a Dragon — Coloured340
  64. XLIVSculpture Supposed to Represent Zoroaster342
  65. ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT
  66. FIGURE PAGE
  67. 1Agni42
  68. 2The Churning of the Ocean104
  69. 3The Propitiation of Umā, or Devī117
  70. 4The Narasiṁha ("Man-Lion") Avatar of Viṣṇu123
  71. 5The Matsya ("Fish") Avatar of Viṣṇu167

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