[920] See above, pp. [260] sq. This perpetual turning or whirling movement is required of the actors in other European ceremonies of a superstitious character. See below, vol. ii. pp. 74, 80, 81, 87. I am far from feeling sure that the explanation of it suggested in the text is the true one. But I do not remember to have met with any other.
[921] Father H. S. Moore, in The Cowley Evangelist, May 1908, pp. 111 sq.
[922] M. Abeghian, Der armenische Volksglaube (Leipsic, 1899), pp. 93 sq.
[923] J. Rendel Harris, MS. notes of folklore collected in the East.
[924] Rendel Harris, op. cit.
[925] S. I. Curtiss, Primitive Semitic Religion To-day, p. 114.
[926] A. Jaussen, Coutumes des Arabes au pays de Moab (Paris, 1908), pp. 326, 328.
[927] J. Polek, “Regenzauber in Osteuropa,” Zeitschrift des Vereins für Volkskunde, iii. (1893) p. 85. For the bathing of the priest compare W. Mannhardt, Baumkultus, p. 331, note 2.
[928] W. Mannhardt, Baumkultus, p. 331.
[929] R. F. Kaindl, “Zauberglaube bei den Rutenen in der Bukowina und Galizien,” Globus, lxi. (1892) p. 281.