[ [179] See [Index], Toshigohi.

[ [180] See above, [p. 119.]

[ [181] Reminding us of Homer's στἐμμαα θεοἶο, which consisted of tufted wool attached to a wand (σκῆπτρον). The ancient Jews made offerings of wool.

[ [182] See [Index], 'Inspiration.'

[ [183] Nihongi, i. 193, 251.

[ [184] See above, [p. 70.]

[ [185] Agamemnon's sword was worshipped in Greece in the time of Pausanias.

[ [186] Nihongi, ii. 293.

[ [187] [See illustration in Chapter XIV.]

[ [188] Murray's 'Japan,' fifth edition, p. 50.