Narwhal, 51, 53

Nasamonian youths, 134
Natural histories, 350

Natural History of Norway, 92, 93
Natural History, Pliny's, 354-355
Nature a pageant for man, 376
Nausicaa, 99

Navahos, 83, 95, 164, 204, 208, 217,
323, 376

Navel of the World, 279

Nearchus, 63, 91, 196

Nebraska, 326

Necho, 263

Necromancers, 218

Negrillos, 145

Negritos, 145

Negritos del Monte, 145

Negro Indians, 291
Negroland, 179

Negro, Rio, 161

Nekhbet, 75

Nephrite, 24

Nereids, 90, 197

Nergal, 55

Nero, 169, 230, 275

Piedras hijades, 169
Pigafetta, 138, 191
Pigeon, 44

Pig of the ocean, 67

Pih T'an, 89

Pike, 97

Pilate, Swiss legend of, 209

Pilatus, Mount, 209

Pillar of salt, 358

Pillars of Hercules, 129, 203, 264, 274,

281

Pima deluge myth, 342

Pindar, 202, 263, 339, 352

Pinkerton, 4, 109

Pinna, 59, 61

Pippilika, 64

Pison, 7

Pizzani, 271

Pizarro, the brothers, 161, 299, 301,
302

Plague, a remedy for, 24

Plato, 15, 266, 274, 281, 282, 283, 285,
286, 287, 293, 295

Platypus, 341

Pliny, characterized, 354-355; cited,
10, 16, 17, 18, 19, 26, 27, 32, 34, 35,
37, 39, 43, 49, 50, 51, 53, 55, 68, 72,
78, 90, 91, 92, 96, 97, 104, 108, 109,
111, 113, 114, 115, 128, 133, 135, 141,
193, 194, 199, 202, 206, 228, 229, 230,
232, 286, 345, 349, 350, 351, 359, 361,

Prester John, 1, 12, 17, 63, 211, 238-
240, 359, 361, 362, 366
Priestesses, armed, 184
Priest-king, 85
Primum mobile, 9

Principal Trade Routes, 362
Principal Voyages, 369

Prison for lost souls, 276
Proclus, 286

Procopius, 60, 265, 266

Progne, 28

Prometheus Bound, 207

Promises of princes, 373

Prophecy: how the gift is conferred,

24

Prospero's isle, 206

Psalm-singing birds, 253

Pseudo-Plutarch, 352

Psylli, the, 194

Psyllotoxoto, the, 103

Pterodactyl, 79

Ptolemy, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 129, 195, 207,
225, 362

Public-house signs, 345

Pueblo Indians, 204

Puerto de Arica, 327

Pu-lu tribe, 136

Punt, 143, 224, 231, 233, 234

Puranas, 269, 359

Purchas, 3, 42, 53, 74, 199, 335
Purgative, a, 24

Pygmies, 2, 108, 117, 132-150, 208, 350,
361, 368

Pygmy Highway, 144

Pyramids, 358

Pyrenees Mountains, 56, 203

Pytheas of Massilia, 264, 334

Scarecrows as tribal ancestors, 200
Scenes de la Vie de Bohème, 250
Schenchzer, 80

Schomburgk, 167

Schoolcraft, 119, 370

Schorodomachi, the, 103

Schweinfurth, 142, 144, 147

Sciapodes, the, 113

Scilly Islands, 255, 263, 265
Scipio, 265

Scobellum, 374

Scorpion men, 260

Scotland, tide myth of, 9, 345
Scrofula, animal remedies for, 27
Scylax, 275, 353

Scyritæ, the, 108, 114

Scythia, 82, 107, 141, 154, 155, 156, 196,
235, 236, 237

Scythian lamb, 58-62

Sea a symbol of eternity,

262

Sea creatures, 89-102; named after
land animals, as sea-dragons, hares,
horses, kites, lions, mice, oxen,
spiders, 89

Sea serpent, 2, 93-95

Sea of Clarified Butter, 269

Sea of Curds or Whey, 269

Sea of Glass, 252

Sea of Milk, 261, 269

Sea of Salt Water, 269

Sea of Sugar Cane Juice, 269
Sea of Wine, 269

Seal, 42, 89

Seal-men, 117, 242, 257

Sebo, 77

Sedentary Indians, 320

Selfishness, myths of, 371

Semangs, the, 147, 260

Semiramis, 18, 169

Semites, commercial fictions of, 9;

culture of, 357

Seneca, 252

Senegal, 286, 290, 291

Senegal River, 263

Sephar, Mount, 223

Sepulchers of Zenu, 312, 329-330

Seres, 191, 193, 230