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RC xvi. 51; Guiraud, Les Assemblées provinciales dans l'Empire Romain.
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D'Arbois, i. 215, Les Celtes, 44; Loth, Annales de Bretagne, xiii. No. 2.
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RC xvi. 51.
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Strabo, iv. 4. 6.
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Dion. Per. v. 570.
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Pliny, xxii. 1.
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Greg, de Glor. Conf. 477; Sulp. Sev. Vita S. Martini, 9; Pass. S. Symphor. Migne, Pat. Graec. v. 1463, 1466. The cult of Cybele had been introduced into Gaul, and the ritual here described resembles it, but we are evidently dealing here with the cult of a native goddess. See, however, Frazer, Adonis, 176.
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Anwyl, Celtic Religion, 41.
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See Hartland, Science of Fairy-Tales, 84 f.
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Professor Rh[^y]s suggests that nudity, being a frequent symbol of submission to a conqueror, acquired a similar significance in religious rites (AL 180). But the magical aspect of nudity came first in time.