[4] Tablet K 162 in the British Museum. See ‘Records of the Past,’ i. 141.

[5] London ‘Times,’ July 11, 1877.

[6] ‘Songs of the Russian People,’ p. 409.

[7] ‘Primitive Culture.’

[8] Cæsarius D’Heisterbach, Miracul. iii.

[9] Lev. iii. 15.

Chapter II.

Heat.

Demons of Fire—Agni—Asmodeus—Prometheus—Feast of fire—Moloch—Tophet—Genii of the lamp—Bel-fires—Hallowe’en—Negro superstitions—Chinese fire-god—Volcanic and incendiary demons—Mangaian fire-demon—Demons’ fear of water.