[54] Cattle were probably originally communal property: and were appropriated to individuals at a later stage than other movable goods. In the Roman law we find that they could only be transferred by the same forms as were required for the conveyance of land: being classed amongst the ‘res mancipi.’
[55] The same connection between ‘mother’ and ‘daughter’ villages also once existed to a large extent in Germany.
[56] That is to say, the stories themselves may be old enough; the application of them to some special members of a pantheon marks the condition of the creed.
[57] The etymology of Indra’s name is uncertain. It cannot therefore be said whether or no he was originally a sun-god, though he has many of the attributes of one. In the Vedas he is also a god of storms.
[58] Welcker maintains (Griech. Götterlehre) that the title, Son of Time, belonged to Zeus before Kronos (Chronos) was invented as a personality to be the father of Zeus.
[59] I purposely leave out Aphrodite (Venus) from this category, as she partakes so much of the nature of an Oriental goddess.
[60] Not directly, however; see Grimm, D. M., vol. i., p. 252.
[61] Soma was the mystic (and no doubt intoxicating) drink used in the sacrifices, and poured as libation to the gods. It was personified as a divinity.
[62] The flash, the father of the Maruts (?).
[63] The dew? (=Prokris?) imaged here as a cow. She is the mother of the Maruts.