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PAGE The Ill-tempered Princess 516 Story of Sûryâ Bai 516 The Nourishing Earth 517 Holda 518 The Eleusinian Myth 519 Dêmêtêr and Iasiôn 519 Ceres and Saturn 520 Section III.—THE CHILDREN OF THE EARTH. Erichthonios 520 Erechtheus 521 Kekrops 521 Pelops 522 Section IV.—THE PRIESTS OF THE GREAT MOTHER. Gaia and Ouranos 522 Rhea 524 The Kourêtes and Idaian Daktyls 524 The Telchines and Kourêtes 525 The Kabeîroi and Korybantes 526 Section V.—THE PEOPLE OF THE WOODS AND WATERS. The Satyrs 527 The Seilênoi 529 The Latin Silanus 530 Priapos 530 CHAPTER IX. THE UNDER WORLD. Section I.—HADES. The Buried Treasure 531 Hades or Aidôneus 531 The Rivers of the Unseen Land 532 Section II.—ELYSION. The Judges of the Dead 533 The Asphodel Meadows 534 CHAPTER X. THE DARKNESS. Section I.—VRITRA AND AHI. The Story of Saramâ and Helen 535 Indra and Achilleus 536 The Struggle between Light and Darkness 536 The Great Enemy 537 Paņi and Paris 537 Greek and Hindu Myths 537 Snakes and Worms 538