women, deformation of, 287.

Fejervary Codex, 178, 187, 235, 250.

Ferlini, 427.

Fewkes, J. Walter, 130, 199, 200.

Figueredo, Padre Juan de, 164.

Finger and toe count=20: 175, 295, 296, 297.

Fire, sacred, Pleiades in connection with kindling, 53;
new, kindling of, 56;
festival of god of, 57;
earliest form under which deity was worshipped, 58, 64, 70;
in Peru, 83;
lighting of, by means of mirror, 83;
god of, associated with sceptre having gold disk, 87;
kindled on body of human victim, 91, 95;
lord of, 127, 128, 214;
feast of in Mexico, 240;
name of one of the four eras since the creation of the world, 253;
symbolical meaning of, 280;
means of producing in Mexico and India, 318;
in connection with cult of Polaris, 319;
worship of in India, 320, 321;
in Parsee religion, 326;
in Babylonia-Assyria, 362;
ceremonial rite, in ancient Egypt, 442;
at New Year festival in Scandinavia, 474;
(in Old World) sacred fire, fire-drill, fire-socket, fire-altars, lord
of fire, 494-504, 519, 520, 521;
(in New World) sacred fire, fire-drill, fire-socket, fire-altar,
fire-drill god, 504-509;
summary and conclusions, 544.

Five elements in China, 293, 301, 309;
in India and in Greece, 484, _note_.

Five-day periods, year divided into in Mexico, 292;
in Japan, 310.

Five-dot groups, idea of, 256;
on monolith "Divine Twin," 260;
on coin found in island of Crete, 457;
on the cenotaph of king Midas, 459.

Fletcher, Alice C., 196, 511.

Flint, Earl, 195.

Flint knife, Tecpatl, in wrappings, symbol of earth-mother, used as
sacrificial knife, 55, 56;
on head dress in B. N. MS., 57;
in connection with emblematic vase, 103;
sacred among the Hupa Indians of California, 105;
on sacrificial stone of Mexico, 258;
emblem of generation, 521
(see Tecpatl).

Flood and destruction myths and traditions, 88, 240, 253, 270-275
(see Myths and Traditions).

Flower, as symbol, 101;
four petals, two leaves and stalk, 191;
on Tablet of the Cross, 236;
symbol of Centre and Four Quarters, 278;
recapitulation of meaning of, 284;
lotus in Hindu religion, 314;
or rosette, in Assyrian symbolism, 366;
seven petalled flower on Phoenician tablets, 395;
Egyptian word for=_ankh_ means also "life," 413;
emblem of Middle, axial rotation and life, 413-420.

Footsteps, in circle, indicating rotation, 90, 279.

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