[57] Prescott: Conquest of Peru, vol. i, p. 110 et seq.
[58] Ibid., p. 112.
[59] Ibid., p. 103.
[60] Biart: The Aztecs, p. 139.
[T] Herodotus: Clio; See also Cary’s translation of Herodotus, page 86 et seq.
[61] Maspero (Sayce): The Dawn of Civilization, p. 640.
[U] The author is fully aware of the fact that writers on phallic worship ascribe other reasons for the adoption of the snake as one of the chief symbols of the worship of the generative principle. He believes, however, that the primitive originators of this cult were, psychically, too immature to evolve any other than simple and objective ideas in regard to this subject; hence he considers the above as the true origin of this symbol. Furthermore, this belief is strengthened by the appearance of the snake in the myths and folklore tales of race-preservation in all peoples where the serpent was a familiar object.
[62] Op. cit., p. 691.
[V] Abraham was a Chaldean, and, in instituting circumcision, was undoubtedly influenced by the religious beliefs of his people. Circumcision, however, was, with him, a new and special phallic rite, and one not in vogue among the Chaldeans. Vid. Genesis, 18:10.
[63] Westermarck: History of Human Marriage, p. 202 et seq.