Handbook of History of Religions

Author(s): Edward Washburn
Publisher: Sanmati Tirth Prakashan Pune

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Father-god, see Praj[=a]pati; Fathers, see Manes; father (see parents), 529.
fauna, 35.
fees, 192.
female (see abstractions, infanticide, mothers, çakti), divinities, 51, 138, 184, 416; female ancestors, 441, 534.
Feridun, 11.
festivals, 202, 448.
fetishism, 169, 363; distinction between fetish and god-stone, 538.
fire (see Agni), as germ of life, 141; fire-cult, 158, 378; destroys world, see Sa[.m]vartaka; cult, 454, 460, 491.
flood, see deluge.
flowers, 440, 540, 557.
forest (see wood), 528.
fountain-god, 531.
free-will, 384.
frogs, 14, 100 ff., frog-maiden, frog-feast, 536.
funeral, see burial.
gambler, 14, 162, 376.