blood/bloody/bloodthirsty, 28–29, 52, 59, 62–63, 66, 80, 100, 134n147, 136n165, 142n202

boar/boars, 12, 60, 80

Book of Kells, 88

breast/breasts/breasted, 6, 10, 12, 44, 95, 99–100, 111, 117n1, 119n9, 120n12

Britain/British, 22, 26, 31, 57, 77, 85, 91–103

Bronze Age, 68

Bubastis, 36

Buddhist, xxiv, 52, 60–62

Bulgaria, xxiv, 1, 7–8, 45, 48, 69, 82, 84, 120n19, 140n187, 145n217, 148n247

Cmu, 58

Caa, 53, 58, 133n113

Carter, Martha, 124

carving/carvings

rock, 18–19, 69, 91, 126n67

castle, 62, 92, 95, 97

castration, 27, 82, 125n52

Çatalhöyük, 70, 72, 84, 120n12

Cavan, 58, 94–96, 148n244

Caucasus, 50

Celtic, 88, 140n187, 147n239, 149n249

Cepheus, 40

China, xx, 2, 12, 14–20, 64, 68, 70, 120n20, 123n42, 134n147, 136n164, 140n192, 142n205

Chinnamu. See goddesses

church, 62, 88, 91–92, 94, 97, 146n237

Circe. See goddesses

Clement of Alexandria, 34, 40–41

Colarusso, John, 150n273

colinde, 112

Conaire (king), 93–94, 100, 148

Conchobor (king), 38, 100–101

consort, 52, 60

Corfu, 1, 82–83, 141n99

cow, 30–31, 46–48

crone, 82, 107, 141n194

Cú Chulainn, 38–39, 99–100, 102, 140n187, 148n249

Cucuteni, 8–9, 16, 20–21, 121n24

Cybele. See goddesses

Cyclades, 22, 121n31

Dagda. See gods

kin.See goddesses

dance, 4–2, 5–10, 12, 18, 20, 23, 36–38, 48–52, 54, 56–57, 59–63, 66, 68–69, 82, 84, 93, 97, 112, 115–116, 119n11, 126n67, 127n73, 131n109, 147n238

Danube, xix, 12, 69, 117n1

Dao. See under Yao

Dayak, 68

death/deathless, xxi, 5–6, 20, 22–23, 25, 52, 58, 69–70, 73, 78, 80–82, 86, 88, 93, 99, 111, 115, 121n30, 122n33, 131n109, 144n209, 147n239, 149n253

deities, 2, 27, 37, 40, 49–50, 67, 87, 110, 125n54, 147n239, 150n271