[387 ] Inman's Ancient Faiths, ii. 327.

[388 ]Fairy Tales: their origin and meaning, by John Thackray Bunce. London, 1878, p. 131.

[389 ] Martin's Western Islands of Scotland, 1716, p. 42.

[390 ]Letters from the East, by John Carne, Esq. London, 1826, p. 77.

[391 ] Grimm's Teutonic Mythology, ii. 715.

[392 ] Timbs's Knowledge for the Time, p. 227.

[393 ]Dissertation upon Superstitions in Natural Things, by Samuel Werenfels, Basil, Switzerland. London, 1748, p. 6.

[394 ] Vide Grimm's Teutonic Mythology, ii. 714-716.

[395 ]Defensative, 1583.

[396a ]A Talmudic Miscellany. Compiled and translated by Paul Isaac Hershon. London, 1880, p. 342.