Cook, Arthur B.: Zeus: a study in ancient religion (Band 2,1): Zeus god of the dark sky (thunder and lightning): Text and notes (Cambridge, 1925)

Contents xvii

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(b) Lightning as a flash from an Eye ...... 501

(c) Lightning as a weapon . . . . 505

i. The double axe in ' Minoan' cult ..... 513

(a) The double axe in mid air ...... 514

(/3) The double axe in relation to tree- or plant-forms . 516

(y) The double axe in relation to columns or pillars . . 528

(5) The double axe in relation to horns .... 535

(e) The deity of the double axe ...... 543

{() The double axe and Zeus Kataibdtes .... 559

(77) The double axe and Zeus Labrayndos, etc. ... 559

{&) The double axe and the Labyrinth..... 600

(i) The double axe and the labarum ..... 601

(k) The double axe and other forms of Zeus in the East . 614

(A) The double axe in the West . . . . . . 617

(fj.) The double axe carried by priests and priestesses . . 620

(v) The decoration of the double axe ..... 635

(£) The duplication of the double axe ..... 652

(o) The double axes of Tenedos ...... 654

(77-) The hafted axe as a religious symbol .... 677

(p) The axe and the sacred oak at Dodona. . . . 677

(<x) The sword and the sacred tree at Rhegion . . . 680

(r) The axes and the sacred oaks at Dotion . . . 683

(u) The knife and the sacred oak at Phylake . . . 684
((p) Axe-blades and axe-hafts in the megalithic art of western

Europe.......... 685

(x) The axes of Penelope ....... 690

Superstitious practices with axes ..... 698

ii. The spear of Zeus ........ 704

iii. The sword of Zeus ........ 712

iv. The thunderbolt of Zeus ....... 722

(a) Gradual elimination of the thunderbolt .... 722

(/3) Modifications in the shape of the thunderbolt . . 764

(7) The thunderbolt of Zeus and the trident of Poseidon . 786

(S) The thunderbolt of Zeus and the fork of Hades . . 798

(e) Zeus Kerannobolos, Keraiinios ; Astrapaios, Astrapton 806

(£) Zeus Zbelsourdos . . . . . . . 817

v. The whip of Zeus ........ 824

§ 4. Zeus and the Thunder........827—839

(a) Thunder as a sound independent of Zeus .... 827

(b) Thunder as a sound uttered by Zeus ..... 829

(c) Thunder as a sound caused by the Chariot of Zeus . . 830

(d) Zeus Brontatos, BrontSn, Broniesios ..... 833

Retrospect...........840—858