[226] Jacob Grimm, Teutonic Mythology, vol. iii., p. 1142.

[227] W. Crooke, The Religion, etc., Northern India, vol. ii., p. 174.

[228] The Journal of American Folk-Lore, vol. vi., p. 51, Boston, New York, and London, 1893.

[229] E. Renan, History of the People of Israel, vol. i., preface, p. viii.

[230] J. F. McCurdy, Jewish Encyclopædia.

[231] A. Kuenen, The Religion of Israel, p. 102.

[232] Genesis xxii., 13.

[233] Renan, History of the People of Israel, p. 63.

[234] Genesis xvii., 10.

[235] P. C. Remondino, History of Circumcision, p. 31. Remondino cites Benjamin—David brought 200 prepuces to Saul to show the number of slain Philistines.