[424] Schliemann, "Ilios," Fig. 1450, p. 616.
[425] This is seen in the case of the Persian word khor, which means both "pig" and "harlot" or "filthy woman". The possibility of the derivation of the old English word "[w]hore" from the same source is worth considering.
[426] L. R. Farnell, "Cults of the Greek States," Vol. I, p. 37.
[427] "Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion."
[428] Which, in fact, was intended as the equivalent of φάρμακον ἀθανασίας, "the redeeming blood".
[429] Blackman ("Sacramental Ideas and Usages in Ancient Egypt," Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archæology, March, 1918, p. 57; and May, 1918, p. 85) has shown that the idea of purification was certainly entertained.
[430] In some places an image of the goddess was washed in the sea.
[431] "Mystères Égyptiens."
[432] Mr. Donald Mackenzie has collected a good deal of folk-lore concerning the pig ("Myths of Egypt," pp. 66 et seq.; also his books on Babylonian, Indian, and Cretan myths, op. cit. supra).
[433] According to Sayce, "Hibbert Lectures," p. 153, note 6.