PREFACE.
ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT.
Chapter I.
The Beginning of Stone-Working.
The Origin of Embalming.
Early Mummies.
The Significance of Libations.
Early Biological Theories.
Incense.
The Breath of Life.
The Power of the Eye.
The Moon and the Sky-World.
The Worship of the Cow.
The Diffusion of Culture.
Summary.
APPENDIX A.
APPENDIX B.
APPENDIX C.
Chapter II.
DRAGONS AND RAIN GODS. [130]
The Dragon in America and Eastern Asia.
The Evolution of the Dragon.
The Dragon Myth.
The Thunder-Weapon. [203]
The Deer.
The Ram.
The Pig.
Certain Incidents in the Dragon Myth.
The Ethical Aspect.
Chapter III.
THE BIRTH OF APHRODITE. [235]
The Search for the Elixir of Life. Blood as Life.
The Cowry as a Giver of Life.
The Origin of Clothing.
Pearls.
Sharks and Dragons.
The Octopus.
The Swastika.
The Mother Pot
Artemis and the Guardian of the Portal.
The Mandrake.
The Measurement of Time.
The Seven-headed Dragon.
Gold and the Golden Aphrodite.
Aphrodite as the Thunder-stone.
The Serpent and the Lioness.
