[249] Codrington, Melanesians, p. 127.
[250] Georgi, op. cit. iii. 245. Cf. ibid. iii. 25.
[251] Abercromby, Pre- and Proto-historic Finns, i. 181.
[252] Wichmann, Tietoja Votjaakkien Mytologiiasta, p. 17. See also ibid. p. 27.
[253] von Düben, Lappland och Lapparne, p. 276. Friis, Lappisk Mythologi, p. 147.
[254] Howard, op. cit. p. 195.
[255] Indo-Chinese Gleaner, iii. 156.
In ancient Nicaragua women were held unworthy to perform any duty in connection with the temples, and were immolated outside the temple ground of the large sanctuaries, and even their flesh was unclean food for the high priest, who accordingly ate only the flesh of males.[256] In Mexico, although some women were employed in the immediate service of the temples, they were entirely excluded from the office of sacrificing, and the higher dignities of the priesthood.[257]
[256] Bancroft, op. cit. iii. 494.
[257] Clavigero, History of Mexico, i. 274 sq.