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PAGE Section IV.— BRAHMA. Place of Brahma in the Hindu Theogony 164 Prajapati 166 Visvakarman 166 Section V.—ZEUS. The Dwelling of Zeus in Ether 166 The Unchanging Light 167 The Idea of Zeus suggested by Physical Phenomena 167 The Latin Jupiter 168 Zeus Ouranion 170 The Mythical and Spiritual Zeus 170 Influence of Mythology on Religion 171 The Zeus of the Tragic Poets 172 The Name Zeus 173 Its Transformations 174 The Zeus of Local Traditions 175 The Birth of Zeus 175 The Iniquities of Kronos 176 The War of the Titans 178 Other Forms of this Struggle 178 The Loves of Zeus 179 The Twelve Olympian Deities 179 The Infancy of Zeus 180 The Arkadian and Cretan Zeus 180 Lykosoura and Lykâôn 181 Lykanthropy 182 The Dodonaian and Olympian Zeus 182 Limits to the Power of Zeus 183 The Messengers of Zeus 184 Zeus the Judge 185 Section VI.—ODIN, WODEN, WUOTAN. Characteristics of Teutonic Mythology 187 Teutonic Theogonies 188 Genealogy of Odin 189 Odin as the Creator of Man 190 The End of the Æsir 190 The Name Wuotan 191 The One-Eyed Wuotan, or Odin 193 Odin the Raingiver 194 Odin the Allfather 194 Tyr and Odin 194 Section VII.—THUNDER, DONAR, THOR. The Name Donar 195 Thor the Allfather 195 His Triple Functions 196