“The Greeks of Pythsecusa worshipped this animal” (monkey).—(Idem, p. 1020.)
The wolf. “The Hebrews venerated this animal.”—(Idem, p. 1023.)
The wolf was “consecrated to Apollo.”—(Idem.)
The ancient belief all over Europe was that it was lucky to have one’s path crossed by a wolf. This corresponds to the idea of the Apache in regard to the bear.—(See Brand, “Popular Antiquities,” vol. iii. p. 202, article “Hare, Wolf, or Sow.”)
The Irish veneration for the wolf is well known.
The lynx “accompanied Bacchus.”—(Fosbroke, “Antiquities,” vol. ii. p. 1020.)
The pig was “sacrificed in the Eleusinian mysteries.”—(Idem, p. 1021.)
The cow, among the Egyptians, “was the symbol of Venus.”—(Idem, p. 1011.)
The elephant was “peculiar to the cars of Bacchus.”—(Idem, p. 1014.)
The goat. “Maimonides says ... that the Zabii worshipped demons under the figure of goats.”—(Idem, vol. ii. p. 1015.)