[ [69] See Murray's 'Japan,' fifth edition, p. 408.
[ [71] See Dr. Tylor's 'Primitive Culture,' ii. 435.
[ [72] As Horus, in Egyptian myth, confronts the powers of darkness.
[ [73] The Milky Way: a Chinese expression.
[ [74] This is one of several miraculous births and pregnancies in Japanese myth. Mankind have a rooted propensity for imagining that it is possible to improve on the means ordained for this purpose by Divine Providence. See Mr. Hartland's 'Legend of Perseus' for numerous examples.
[ [75] The Kiujiki makes Masa-ya, &c., the son of the Sun-Goddess by Takamusubi.
[ [76] Represented at Ise by dancers called tonako (bird-cry).
[ [77] 'The Golden Bough,' second edition, i. 115.