[1044] Cf. articles "Taboo" in Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed. (by Frazer) and 11th ed. (by Thomas).
[1045] The relation between totemism and man's attitude toward beasts and plants is discussed above, §§ 524 ff., 564 ff.
[1046] A. B. Ellis, Yoruba, p. 167.
[1047] Alexander, Short History of the Hawaiian People, chap. xxii.
[1048] On the question whether a germinal sense of moral obligation is found in the lower animals see above, § 12.
[1049] Naturally, the origin of all the particular taboos escapes us; it depends in most cases on unknown conditions.
[1050] 1 Cor. xi, 27-30.
[1051] On the social organization of law cf. Darwin, Descent of Man, p. 108; article "Aryan Religion" in Hastings, Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics.
[1052] See above, § 240 ff.
[1053] In a cannibal community, for example, the gods will be cannibal; see A. Lang, Myth, Ritual, and Religion, new ed., i, 6, 263 f.