[84]. See Ralston’s Songs of the Russian People, p. 277 f.
[85]. See “Marriage Customs of the Mordvins,” in London Folk-Lore, I., 422–427; also P. von Stenin, in Globus, LXV., 181–183.
[86]. Wood’s Wedding Day in all Ages and Countries, II., 13.
[87]. On the testimony of Dr. H.V. Hilprecht.
[88]. Walter Gregor in London Folk-Lore Journal, I., 119 f.
[89]. St. John’s Life in the Forests of the Far East, I., 62.
[90]. See Bancroft’s Native Races, I., 663.
[91]. See Bancroft’s Native Races, I., 732–734.
[92]. “Grihya-Sutras,” or Rules of Vedic Domestic Ceremonies, in Sacred Books of the East, XXX., 193.
[93]. Ibid.