[38] Good Words Magazine, 1905.
[39] Mr. Sarat Chandra Mitra in the Journal of the Anthropological Society of Bombay, Vol. III.
[40] Journal of the Anthropological Society of Bombay, Vol. III., No. 5.
[41] Codrington: The Melanesians.
[42] The Pirate.
[43] W. Crooke: Popular Religion and Folklore of Northern India. In this work the name of the river is given as Vaitaranî. It must not, however, be mistaken for the Vaitarana, the largest of the Thana rivers, which is mentioned in the Mahabharat as one of the four sacred streams. The sacredness of its source, so near the spring of the holy Godaveri, attracted to the banks of the Vaitarana some of the first Aryan settlers. Seers like Narad, Vashistha and Indra betook themselves to the spring and the superhuman Yakshas, Gandharvas and Kinnars were attracted to its waters for bathing and sacrifice.
[44] Ethnology in Folklore.
[45] The Golden Bough, Vol. II.
[46] Primitive Culture, Vol. II.
[47] Primitive Semitic Religion.