[ [208] Ch. K., p. 104. See also Ch. K., p. 211, and Nihongi, i. 205.
[ [209] See a paper on the Japanese gohei in the Journal of the Anthropological Institute, vol. xxxi., 1901. Also a note in Man, October, 1892.
[ [210] See Grimm's 'Teutonic Mythology,' ii. 603, Stallybrass's translation.
[ [211] See Dr. Tylor's 'Primitive Culture,' ii. 434.
[ [212] "Sprinkle the water of expiation on them ... and let them wash their clothes."--Numbers vii. 7.
[ [213] The "earth-fast" stones of our own folk-lore.
[ [214] Griffis, 'Mikado's Empire,' p. 470.
[ [215] We have a good illustration of the transition from the physical to the metaphorical use of spitting in Revelation iii. 16: "Because thou art lukewarm and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth."
[ [216] II. 96.
[ [217] Hirata says that in books on magic ibukite harafu (clearing away by puffing) is a means adopted by men naturally, without teaching, for cleansing away evil influences. See also Darwin's 'Expression of the Emotions', pp. 258, 261.