[287] Sarat Chandra Roy, “Magic and Witchcraft on the Chota Nagpur Plateau,” J.R.A.I., XLIV. p. 330. I have slightly altered the last sentence, which seems to have been misprinted.
[288] Religious Experience of the Roman People, p. 215.
[289] The Todas, pp. 30, 213.
[290] Religious Experience of the Roman People, p. 286. But whether we should expect the idea to weaken with advancing civilisation must depend upon whether intelligent belief in the gods was increasing. Perhaps this was not the case at Rome.
[291] Polynesian Researches, II. pp. 144 and 157 (1st ed.).
[292] Reports of the Cambridge Expedition to Torres Straits, VI. p. 199.
[293] Thomas Williams, Fiji and the Fijians, p. 209.
[294] J. Mooney, “Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees” in Am. B. of Ethn., VII. p. 314 (1885-6).
[295] Heimskringla, St. Olaf’s Saga, chs. cciv. and ccxl.
[296] Primitive Culture, II. p. 273 (2nd ed.).