[[198]] Adi Parva section of the Mahàbhàrata (Hymn to Garuda), Roy's trans., p. 88, 89.
[[199]] Herodian, iv, 2.
[[200]] The image made by Nebuchadnezzar is of interest in this connection. He decreed that "whoso falleth not down and worshippeth" should be burned in the "fiery furnace". The Hebrews, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, were accordingly thrown into the fire, but were delivered by God. Daniel, iii, 1-30.
[[201]] The Assyrian and Phoenician Hercules is discussed by Raoul Rochette in Mémoires de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres (Paris, 1848), pp. 178 et seq.
[[202]] G. Sale's Koran, p. 246, n.
[[203]] In the Eddic poem "Lokasenna" the god Byggvir (Barley) is addressed by Loki, "Silence, Barleycorn!" The Elder Edda, translation by Olive Bray, pp. 262, 263.
[[204]] De Nat. Animal., xii, 21, ed. Didot, p. 210, quoted by Professor Budge in The Life and Exploits of Alexander the Great, p. 278, n.
[[205]] Isaiah, lvii, 4 and 5.
[[206]] The Golden Bough (Adonis, Attis, Osiris vol.), "The Gardens of Adonis", pp. 194 et seq. (3rd ed.).
[[207]] Daniel, iv, 33. It is possible that Nebuchadnezzar, as the human representative of the god of corn and fertility, imitated the god by living a time in the wilds like Ea-bani.