[4] Maspero (Sayce): The Dawn of Civilization, p. 183 et seq.
[C] That the patriarchs had their household gods, we have every reason for believing; these household gods were, however, tutelary divinities, such as were kept in the house of every Chaldean, and were not the images of ancestors. Rachel, the wife of Jacob, stole the household gods of Laban, her father, who is called a Syrian. Abraham himself was a Chaldean. Gen. 11:31; also Gen. 31:19-20.
[5] Bancroft: The Native Races of the Pacific States of North America, vol. i, p. 400.
[6] Balboa: History of Peru.
[7] Garcilasso: The Royal Commentaries of the Incas.
[8] Browlow: Travels, p. 136.
[9] Bancroft: The Native Races of the Pacific States of North America, vol. i, p. 400.
[10] Reclus: Primitive Folk, p. 18.
[11] Dall: Alaska and its Resources, p. 96.
[D] In a letter to me, a naval officer of high rank states that, beyond question of doubt, the Aleutian priests keep male concubines whom they use in their religious observances. He, also, gives other evidences of phallic worship among these people.