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CONTENTS.
PAGE The Stolen Cattle 538 The Blocking-up of Fountains 539 The Stolen Nymphs 539 Ravana and Sita 539 The Trojan Paris 540 Helen and Penelopê 541 Heraklês and Echidna 542 Orthros 544 Typhon 544 Section II.—THE LATIN MYTH. Hercules and Cacus 545 Cacus another Form of Vritra 546 Sancus or Recaranus 547 Section III.—BELLEROPHÔN. The Monster Belleros 549 Leophontes 550 Section IV.—THE THEBAN MYTH. The Sphinx 551 The Riddle solved 552 The Voice of the Thunder 553 Section V.—THE DELPHIAN AND CRETAN MYTHS. The Pythian Dragon 554 The Minotauros 555 Section VI.— THE GLOAMING AND THE NIGHT. The Phorkides, Graiai, and Gorgons 556 The Night and the Winter 557 Modification of the Myth 558 Section VII.—THE PHYSICAL STRUGGLE SPIRITUALISED. Contrast between Hindu and Iranian Mythology 559 Identity of Names in Vedic and Persian Mythology 559 Azidahâka and Zohak 560 Iranian Dualism 561 Its Influence on the Jews 562 The Epic of Firdusi 563 Section VIII.—THE SEMITIC AND ARYAN DEVIL. The Semitic Satan 563 Effect of Christian Teaching 564 The Teutonic Devil 566 Wayland the Smith 567 The Death of the Blinded Devil 569 Index 573