Custom and Myth / New Edition

by Andrew Lang

FOOTNOTES:

[157] Grimm, D. M., Engl. transl., p. 1202.

[158] Tom Sawyer, p. 87.

[159] Rep., vi. 488. Dem., 10, 6.

[160] Journal Anthrop. Inst., Feb., 1881.

[161] Gregor, Folklore of North-east Counties, p. 40.

[162] Wars of Jews, vii. 6, 3.

[163] Var. Hist., 14, 27.

[164] Max Müller, Selected Essays, ii. 622.

[165] There is no end to Aryan parallels of savage practices. The famous soma of the Veda is apparently now used like the Hottentot roots. By the Zoroastrians ‘it is used at incantations and sacrifices, and thrown into the fire.’ See Mr. Hootum Schindler, Academy, Jan. 31, 1885, p. 83.