[527] II. Kings xxiii. 5, 11. Cf. Smith, Concise Dict. Bible, art. “Sun.”
[528] Dan. vi. 10.
[529] Jonah ii. 4.
[530] I. Kings viii. 43-5.
[531] Antiquary, XIX. pp. 235-6.
[532] Job xxxi. 26-8.
[533] Prim. Culture, II. p. 296.
[534] Grimm, Teut. Myth. II. p. 704. Cf. Westermarck, Origin and Devel. of the Moral Ideas II. pp. 120-2.
[535] E. Barclay, Stonehenge, 1895, p. 97. With the instances given, we may compare the symbols used by the Greek and Roman churches in pronouncing the benediction: the Greek symbol, C, formed by curving the thumb and the third finger inwards; the Latin, the extension of the thumb and two fingers to represent the Trinity. Cf. Evil Eye, ch. VII.
[536] Smith, Concise Dict. Bible, art. “Sun.” Cf. Evil Eye, p. 65.