The Origin of Man and of His Superstitions

by Carveth Read

[277] Animism gave the priest another excuse for the failure of rites (besides those enjoyed by a mere magician), namely, that during, or since, the celebration some fresh offence against the gods had been committed.

[278] Spencer and Gillen, Northern Tribes of Central Australia, pp. 453, 463.

[279] A. W. Howitt, Native Tribes of South-East Australia, pp. 359-361-367.

[280] Howitt, op. cit., p. 378.

[281] E. B. Tylor, Primitive Culture, II. p. 148.

[282] The Mafulu, p. 193.

[283] Op. cit., p. 272.

[284] Extract from a spell in Skeat’s Malay Magic, p. 571.

[285] Howitt, op. cit., p. 397.

[286] J. G. Frazer, The Belief in Immortality, p. 288. For similar instances see the same work, pp. 335 and 375.