CHAPTER XXI NOTES
[150.1] Popol Vuh, 243.
[151.1] A curious tale is told by the Iroquois concerning the slaughter by their Thunder-God of a serpent which dwelt underground and fed upon human flesh. To increase its supply of food it poisoned the springs. But, whatever the story may mean, there is no exposure of victims, and consequently no rescue. ii. Rep. Bur. Ethn., 54.
[151.2] Suprà, vol. i. p. 63.
[152.1] Lucian, however (Dial. Mar., 14, and De Œco, 22), says expressly that Perseus used the sword in one hand and the Gorgon’s head in the other, at once killing the monster and turning it to stone.
[153.1] Suprà, vol. i. p. 57.
[154.1] Suprà, vol. i. p. 9.
[154.2] Frazer, Totemism, 14.
[156.1] iv. Folklore, 90.
[159.1] Suprà, vol. i. p. 11.