[704] Cf. also the Teutonic valkyrs and nornas.
[705] See above, § 359. The wide prevalence of the theory in ancient times is indicated by its adoption in the Græco-Jewish Wisdom of Solomon (of the first century B.C.), chap. xiv, and by some Roman writers.
[706] § 262 ff.
[707] For example, in Australia, Fiji, New Guinea, and India.
[708] Greece, Rome (Lupercalia), Egypt, and apparently in Israel (Ex. xxxii, 6; Numb. xxv).
[709] In carnivals and many less elaborate customs.
[710] See above, § 34.
[711] It was observable in the lower animals, but in their case was not regarded as religiously important. See below, § 419, for the connection of animals with phallic cults.
[712] § 158 ff.
[713] Hastings, Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics, ii, 361.