U.

Ulphilas, the Arian, first Christian teacher of the Germans, 390.
  " his translation of the Bible into Gothic tongue, 390.

V.

Vedanta philosophy assumes a single principle, 116.
  " " knows no substance but God, 119.
  " " described by Chunder Dutt, 118.
  " " souls absorbed in God, 119. 
Vedas, the, when written, 89-99.
  " their chief gods, 89-99.
  " traces of monotheism in, 90.
  " some hymns given, 91, 92, 93, 95. 
Vedic literature, divided into four periods, 95.
  " " contains Chhandas, Mantras, Brahmans, Upanishads, Sutras,
                    and Vedangas, 96.
  " " at first not committed to writing, 97. 
Venus, an early Latin or gabine goddess, 325. 
Vertumnus, god of gardens, 330. 
Vesta, goddess of the hearth, 328. 
Vestal Virgins, their duties, 337. 
Vischnu, mentioned in the Rig-Veda as Sun-God, 125.
  " his Avatars, 126.
  " one of the Triad, 126.
  " incarnate as Juggernaut, 133.
  " worshipped as Krishna, 134, 135.
  " worshipped in the Puranas, 132. 
Voeluspa, or wisdom of Vala, extracts from, 364. 
Vulcanus, an Italian deity, 328.

W.

Wahhabee, revival in Arabia, described by Palgrave, 478. 
Wedding ring, in Egypt and Christendom, 253. 
Welcker, his opinion of the substance of Greek religion, 286. 
Works on Scandinavian religion (note), 362. 
Worship of the Scandinavians, 385.

Z.

Zend Avesta, a collection of hymns, prayers, and thanksgivings, 187.
  " " extracts from the Gathas, 188.
  " " extract from the Khordah Avesta, 189.
  " " hymn to the star Tistrya, 190.
  " " hymn to Mithra, 190.
  " " a confession of sin, 191. 
Zoroaster, mentioned by Plato, Diodorus, and other classic writers, 175.
  " account of him by Herodotus, 175.
  " account of him by Plutarch, 176.
  " inquiry as to his epoch, 180.
  " resided in Bactria, 181.
  " spirit of his religion, 182.
  " he continually appears in the Avesta, 186.
  " oppressed with the sight of evil, 184.

The End.

Footnotes

[1] It is one of the sagacious remarks of Goethe, that “the eighteenth century tended to analysis, but the nineteenth will deal with synthesis.”

[2] Professor Cocker’s work on “Christianity and Creek Philosophy,” should also be mentioned.

[3] James Foster has a sermon on “The Advantages of a Revelation,” in which he declares that, at the time of Christ’s coming, “just notions of God were, in general, erased from the minds of men.  His worship was debased and polluted, and scarce any traces could be discerned of the genuine and immutable religion of nature.”