[194] N.B. There is only one veracious statement in this ballade, which must not be accepted as autobiographical.
[196] 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.
[207] Tonatiu, the Thunder Bird; well known to the Dacotahs and Zulus.
[208a] The Hawk, in the myth of the Galinameros of Central California, lit up the Sun.
[208b] Pundjel, the Eagle Hawk, is the demiurge and “culture-hero” of several Australian tribes.
[208c] The Creation of Man is thus described by the Australians.
[209a] In Andaman, Thlinkeet, Melanesian, and other myths, a Bird is the Prometheus Purphoros; in Normandy this part is played by the Wren.
[209b] Yehl: the Raven God of the Thlinkeets.
[210a] 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.
[210b] Pundjel, the Eagle Hawk, gave Australians their marriage laws.