The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c42.461

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Welfare, as deity, 213. Well, student not to look at shadow in a, 373. Werwolves, 197, n. 1. Wheel, as fetish, 67, 105 ; and sun, 340. White Yajurveda, 17 ; *see also* Çatapatha Brāhmaṇa and Vājasaneyi Saṁhitā. Wicked, fate of, 576. Wieland, in Germanic mythology, 205, n. 8. Wife of dead in funeral ritual, 418, 419 ; of sacrificer, Yajamāna, 265, 266, 299, 319, 320, 330, 332, 339, 361. Will, 245, 509, 527, 554, 555, 557, 574, 586. Will o' the wisp, 238. Wind, as deity, 38, 50, 138, 139, 140, 179, 181 ; as element, 517, 525, 561. Wine, replaces mead in Greece, 284, 624. Wings of the mountains, cut off by Indra, 132. Winter, 127. Winter solstice, 155, 160, 177, 191, n. 4. Wiping away of sin, 245. Wiros, i. e. Indo-Europeans, 618, 619. Wisdom of Agni, 160, 161, 168. Wish cows, 349, n. 2, 407. Wives of the gods, 218, 219, 296, 320. Wodan, German god, 620, *and see* Odin. Wolf, well known in the Rigveda, 23. Wolf of hell, 410, n. 2. Wolves, Greek offerings to, 197. Women, 56, 471, 475, 480 ; as mourners, 418 ; in domestic ritual, 358, n. 3, 367 ; in Mahāvrata, 351 ; marriage, 373–8 ; not initiated, 378. Woodpecker, connected with Mars, 626. Woods, eaten by Agni, 154 ; haunted by Rudra, 145 ; ingredients in magic, 397, 398. Wooers, in marriage ritual, 374 ; of Agariste, motif of legend of, alleged derivation from India, 601. Wool, as cleansing material, 383. Word, *see* Logos, Speech, *and* Vāc. Work, 467, *and see karman*. World egg, 436, 442, 525, 528. World of the ox, 477. Worlds, 520, n. 7, 528. Worms propitiated, 194. Worship of dead and sacrifice, 257, 425–32. Wrath, as characteristic of Rudra, 143 ; as a deity, 2, 203 ; of the Maruts, deprecated, 152 ; not to be shown, 585.