Mannus 357, 376
Manu 273–4, 376
‘marked’ language 26
marriage
bride circles hearth 269
bride offers drink to groom 416, 435
by capture 438
contest for bride 433–6
forms of marriage 432–3
to land or sovereignty 416, 436
to queen 414–15
virtual, between poet and patron 30
Mars 147–8, 464
Massagetai 206
Ma ̄taris ́van 273
Matralia 226
Matuta 217, 226
Maypole, May-tree, May-branch 226 n. 102,
235–7
May Queen, May-wife 236–7, 435–6
Mayrekin 286
mead 416
meadows in underworld 393
Medb 416
Meid, Wolfgang 4
Meillet, Antoine 46
Meleager 251, 427, 430, 460
μνο 88–9
Menzanas 137, 146
Mercury 283
merisms 99–105, 329
Merseburg spells 18, 197, 332–3, 336–7, 489
Meru, Mt 151, 209, 349
Mesopotamia 23
Messapic 15, 381 n. 16
Mestra 416 n. 19
metempsychosis 22
metre 45–58
metrical terminology 59–60
Meuli, Karl 427
Míach 148, 334
Miðgarð Serpent 250, 259, 348, 444
midsummer rituals 213–15, 228
Milky Way 350–1
Mimnermus 208, 211, 459
Minoan seals 214
Mio ̨ llnir 250, 253–4, 462
missile returns to hand 254, 463
Mitanni 9–10, 146 n. 86
Mithra, Mitra 135, 142, 172, 252
Mitra–Varuna 171–2
Mithraism 358
Moirai 380–1, 382, 383, 386
Molione 190, 300
Moneta 34
moon 351
as eye of Dyaus 172 n. 25
oaths by sun and moon 200–1
outstanding among stars 99
paragon of beauty 97
suitor of Sun’s daughter 228–9, 233–4
worship of 197
Morning Star 228–9, 233–4
Morta 381, 386
Mothers, divine 140–1, 289
mountain nymphs 287, 291
Müller, Friedrich Max 3, 237
Muses 34, 94nakedness, see nudity
names
embedding in verse 404–5
of armour/weapons 462
of gods 134–8
personal 130, 398–401, 450
secret 129
with modifying prefix 80–1
narrative poetry 63–4, 66–8
narrative in hymns 312–16
in spells 331–2, 336
see also battle narrative
Narten, Johanna 273
Narts 14
Na ̄satya(s) 142, 187
nature myths 3, 233–7, 257
navel of Earth 344–5
of sea 345 n. 15
Nebra disc 208
Nechtan 276–7
nectar 158
Nemetona 137
Neo-grammarians 3
Neptunus 137, 276–7
Nereids 271, 286, 288
Νερα ́ ϊδε 286 n. 19, 287, 288 n. 23
Nerthus 133 n. 49, 140, 177
‘new songs’ 75–6
Niall 416
Nidhogg 346, 347
Night 219 n. 84, 221 n. 88, 222–4
Night and Dawn as weavers 372–4
night raids 475
nine, thrice nine 329–31, 482
ninety-nine ills 334
Njo ̨rðr 140
Norden, Eduard 305 n. 1
Norns 382, 385, 386
Norse literature 18, 62Index 519