The evolution of religion

by Lewis Richard Farnell

^[106.2] Cf. “Ye shall be holy, for I am holy,” Lev. xi. 44; Deuteron. xxiii. 12.

^[107.1] Jastrow, op. cit., p. 500.

^[108.1] Germania, c. 40.

^[108.2] Golther, op. cit. p. 570.

^[108.3] Golther, op. cit. p. 607.

^[112.1] Casalis, Les Bassoutos, p. 269: among the Zulus, sin and dirt are spoken of as the same,—“You have dirt, you are dirty” = “You have done wrong,” Leslie, Among the Zulus, p. 170. (These and other references to the evidence from savage society I owe to the kindness of my friend Mr R. Marett.)

^[113.1] P. 301.

^[114.1] Andoc., De Myst., 110.

^[115.1] Op. cit., p. 102.

^[116.1] The same kind of ceremonious logic inspires the practice of the Damaras, who, when making peace with an alien tribe, go into a river with their foes and throw water into their faces to wash away enmity.—Sir J. E. Alexander, Expedition and Discoveries, vol. ii. p. 171.