[214] The phallic symbolism of the serpent has been over-stressed so obtrusively by other writers, that it is unnecessary here to enlarge upon that aspect of the subject.
[215] Baldwin, J. D., Prehistoric Nations, p. 240.
[216] Sophocles, Ajax, 694-700.
[217] Windle, Sir B. C. A., Remains of the Prehistoric Age in Britain, p. 198.
[218] The Golden Legend, V. 182-3.
[219] The ancient name “hoar rock,” or white rock in the wood, may have referred to the white god probably once there worshipped, for actually there are no white rocks at St. Michael’s, or anywhere else in Cornwall.
[220] The Golden Legend records an apparition of St. Michael at a town named Tumba.
[221] Wood, E. J., Giants and Dwarfs, p. 91.
[222] Cf. Friend, Rev. Hilderic, Flowers and Folklore, II., p. 455.
[223] “Morien,” Light of Brittania, p. 27.