[ [218] Dr. Florenz, in T. A. S. J., December, 1899.

[ [219] "Un rite est un assemblage de symboles groupés autour d'une idée religieuse ou d'un acte religieux, destiné à en rehausser le caractère solennel ou bien à en développer le sens."--Reville, 'Prolegomènes.'

[ [220] See [Index], Yufu.

[ [221] Have we here one of those human representatives of the grain so familiar to us in European folk-lore? See Mr. Frazer's 'Golden Bough.'

[ [222] See [Index for these deities.]

[ [223] No. 14 of the Yengishiki.

[ [224] The Mikado.

[ [225] See above, [p. 255.]

[ [226] Sir Ernest Satow says that sleeping in a house being regarded as the sign of ownership, a pillow (makura) is often placed in the shrine as a symbol of the God's presence.

[ [227] That is, wearing the garb of a priest who makes offerings.