. The night of the gods; an inquiry into cosmic and cosmogonic mythology and symbolism . the myths of Cuchulainn,- are all Irish heavens-bird deities. The mostbeautiful of these world-birds has a goldennecklace, from which thrice fifty goldenballs depend by golden chains. The sacred brazen melek-taoush orking-peacock (?) taken about by the Kawalsor priests of the Yezidis (who have beenloosely called devil-worshippers) was, Ibelieve, first figured in Layards Ninevehand Babyton (pp. 47, 48). Like the gold-feathered, glittering - plumaged cockVidofnir, who perches on the topmost boughof Yggdrasil
. The night of the gods; an inquiry into cosmic and cosmogonic mythology and symbolism . the myths of Cuchulainn,- are all Irish heavens-bird deities. The mostbeautiful of these world-birds has a goldennecklace, from which thrice fifty goldenballs depend by golden chains. The sacred brazen melek-taoush orking-peacock (?) taken about by the Kawalsor priests of the Yezidis (who have beenloosely called devil-worshippers) was, Ibelieve, first figured in Layards Ninevehand Babyton (pp. 47, 48). Like the gold-feathered, glittering - plumaged cockVidofnir, who perches on the topmost boughof Yggdrasil, I claim it for the divine birdon the summit of the Earth-axis, and drawattention to the likeness of the stand tothe seven-branched candlesticks shown atp. f. The great standard brass lamps inthe Indian Museum (14,987 and 14,988) have 19 peacocks (threetiers of six, plus one atop) which much resemble this Yezidi-bird. I\ez>. des Deux Mondcs, xx, 457. ^ Rhyss Hib. Lects., 171, 433, 459, 172. 2 Rydbeigs Teut. Myth. (1889), pp. 479, 511, 514. t See Index to References before
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