Transcriber’s Note

The following errors and inconsistencies have been maintained.

Misspelled words and typographical errors:

PageError
[10(40)]Footnote 1 missing final period (the footnote has been moved to page 40 in this version of the text)
[17]serpent-and rain-deity should read serpent-and-rain-deity
[23]Sentence ending with “and 13*c)” does not have a period
[29]manuuscripts should read manuscripts
[32]repsented should read represented
[33]pp 215-221 should read pp. 215-221
[42]comma missing following 37b
[42]comma missing following 65c

Inconsistencies:

The placement of punctuation at the end of a word or phrase surrounded by quotation marks is inconsistent, usually it is placed outside the final close quotation mark but occasionally is found inside the mark.