[8.2] Herod. ii. 91, 15. If we may trust Diodorus Siculus (i.), the Egyptians claimed that Perseus was born in Egypt.

[9.1] Ælian, De Nat. Anim., iii. 28, 37; xiii. 26.

[13.1] Pitrè, Nov. Pop. Toscane, 1.

[14.1] ii. Von Hahn, 114, 310. For particulars of the story-teller, see ib. 308.

[17.1] O’Donovan, i. Four Masters, 18, note. The story was taken down by O’Donovan from the dictation of Shane O’Dugan in 1835.

[19.1] Grimm, i. Tales, 419.

[20.1] Grimm, i. Tales, 420.

[21.1] Cavallius, 78.

[23.1] Leskien, 544, 548, citing Antoni Nowosielski, Lud Ukrainski.

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