myths of antiquity, such as the twelve labors of Hercules
(held by O'Neil to be a pole-star god) may be assigned to the same
source. At all events, the Micmac example is extremely instructive
and suggestive.

The following extracts from Mr. Hagar's paper establish that Ursa
Major was known as the Bear to several North American tribes, and
generally served to mark time and seasons. "In a Blackfoot myth we
read: The seven Persons slowly swung around and pointed downward. It
was the middle of the night," showing that they too marked the time
at night by the position of these stars. So the Zunis tell, when
winter comes, how the bear, lying, sleeps, no longer guarding the
West land from the cold of the Ice gods, etc., a story which
demonstrates that in Zuni mythology there was a marked association
between the terrestrial bear [the "great white bear of the seven
stars," Cushing] and the seasons.

The Ojibways mention the constellation in connection with the four
quarters in heaven, showing that they, at some time, were accustomed
to mark their seasons not only by the position of the stars of the
Bear, but also by the rising and setting of various fixed stars.

In conclusion I would state that Miss Alice Fletcher has informed me
that, among the Omaha Indians, time is measured by Ursa Major, and
that the pole-star is named the "Star which never travels."

151 "The amulet is of finely wrought silver, with magic inscription, the
seven-branched candlestick of Jerusalem and the usual Christian
monogram. The inscription is in Greek, mixed with barbarous and
unintelligible forms. It contains however express allusions to
Christianity and states that whoever wore it would be sure to please
gods and men." It is well known that Constantine had on the reverse
of his coin the inscription Sol Invictus and on the obverse the
monogram of Christ. "This has been interpreted as a proof that the
sun was his own guardian deity," but I venture to explain the
adoption of the sun as analogous to the ancient Egyptian mode of
designating the sovereign as the son of the sun, the sacred
representation of Heaven. Dean Stanley (Eastern Church, p. 193)
refers to Constantine's "mode of harmonizing the discordant
religions of the empire under one institu