[ [60] It was deprived of this character soon after by order of the Mikado's Government, the only monument of the old cult left standing being Nantai (male form), a mountain which towers above Nikko to the height of 8,500 feet.
[ [61] 'Sociology,' ii. 177.
[ [62] See [Index], 'Circumambulation.' Also Simpson's 'Praying Wheel,' p. 285, and Jevons's 'Introduction to Religion,' p. 210. The corresponding Highland ceremony, called Deasil, is described in Sir Walter Scott's 'Fair Maid of Perth.' See also Brand's 'British Antiquities.'
[ [63] I 324.
[ [64] A strong suspicion of Chinese origin attaches to these elemental gods.
[ [65] The significance of the wo-bashira, or end-tooth, is explained elsewhere. See [Index.]
[ [67] Deified as Chi-gaheshi no Oho-kami (road-send-back-great-deity).
[ [68] Muir's 'Sanskrit Texts,' v. 320.