FOOTNOTES.
[78] N.B. There is only one veracious statement in this ballade, which must not be accepted as autobiographical.
[80] These lines do not apply to Miss Annie P. (or Daisy) Miller, and her delightful sisters, Gades adituræ mecum, in the pocket edition of Mr. James’s novels, if ever I go to Gades.
[105] Tonatiu, the Thunder Bird; well known to the Dacotahs and Zulus.
[106a] The Hawk, in the myth of the Galinameros of Central California, lit up the Sun.
[106b] Pundjel, the Eagle Hawk, is the demiurge and “culture-hero” of several Australian tribes.
[106c] The Creation of Man is thus described by the Australians.
[107a] In Andaman, Thlinkeet, Melanesian, and other myths, a Bird is the Prometheus Purphoros; in Normandy this part is played by the Wren.
[107b] Yehl: the Raven God of the Thlinkeets.
[108a] Indra stole Soma as a Hawk and as a Quail. For Odin’s feat as a Bird, see Bragi’s Telling in the Younger Edda.
[108b] Pundjel, the Eagle Hawk, gave Australians their marriage laws.
[108c] Lubra, a woman; kobong, “totem;” or, to please Mr. Max Müller, “otem.”
[108d] The Crow was the Hawk’s rival.
[130] Lycaon, the first werewolf.