[1222]. E. J. Payne, History of the New World called America, i. (Oxford, 1892) pp. 407 sq.
[1223]. N. Seidlitz, “Die Abchasen,” Globus, lxvi. (1894) p. 73.
[1224]. P. Wagler, Die Eiche in alter und neuer Zeit, ii. (Berlin, 1891) p. 37.
[1225]. J. Grimm, Deutsche Mythologie, 4th ed., i. 59.
[1226]. P. Wagler, Die Eiche in alter und neuer Zeit, i. (Wurzen, 1891) pp. 21-23. For many more survivals of oak-worship in Germany see P. Wagler, op. cit. ii. 40 sqq.
[1227]. M. Praetorius, Deliciae Prussicae (Berlin, 1871), p. 16.
[1228]. J. G. Kohl, Die deutsch-russischen Ostseeprovinzen (Dresden and Leipsic, 1841), ii. 31; compare 33.
[1229]. Schleicher, “Lituanica,” Sitzungsberichte der philos.-histor. Classe der kais. Akademie der Wissenschaften, xi. (1853, pub. 1854) p. 100.
[1230]. James Piggul, steward of the estate of Panikovitz, in a report to Baron de Bogouschefsky, Journal of the Anthropological Institute, iii. (1874) pp. 274 sq.
[1231]. The evidence will be given later on, when we come to deal with the fire-festivals of Europe. Meantime I may refer the reader to The Golden Bough, Second Edition, iii. 347 sqq., where, however, the statement as to the universal use of oak-wood in kindling the need-fire is too absolute, exceptions having since come to my knowledge. These will be noticed in the third edition of that part of The Golden Bough.