[81] Matthew, v., 34.
[82] Hopkins, Religions of India, pp. 62, seq.
[83] Gill, ubi supra, pp. 10-14; Sir George Grey, Polynesian Mythology, ch. i.
[84] B. Brough Smith, Aborigines of Victoria, vol. i., p. 457.
[85] Notably by Prof. F. L. W. Schwartz in his numerous works, and in his contributions to the Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, etc.
[86] The Hebrew name Jahve (Jehovah) is derived by some from the verb “to thunder.” In the Vedas, Parjanja, the Thunderer, is a conspicuous figure. Mumpal, the Thunder, say the Australians, created all things. (Reise der Fregatte Novara, Anthrop. Theil, s. ix.) Among the Bechuanas, “When it thunders, every one trembles, and each asks the other, ‘Is there anyone among us who has devoured the wealth of others?’” (Calloway, Relig. System of the Amazulu, p. 117). Any number of other examples could be added.
[87] Klemm, Culturgeschichte, Bd. i., s. 64; Honegger, Culturgeschichte, Bd. i., s. 332.
[88] Castren, Finnische Mythologie, p. 17.
[89] Gough, Philosophy of the Upanishads, p. 17.
[90] I refer especially to the results of the physical investigations of Helmholtz, and to their logical application to mental science, by George J. Romanes, in his Mind and Motion; to the position of Prof. Paulsen in his Introduction to Philosophy; and to such lines of thought as are presented in Professor Dolbear’s Matter, Ether, and Motion.