227 _Ill.u.s.trations of the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians_, by George Catlin. London, 1876, ii. 242.
228 _Scenes and Studies of Savage Life_, by Gilbert Malcolm Sproat. London, 1868, p. 206.
229 Brown"s _Races of Mankind_, p. 142.
230 Lubbock"s _Origin of Civilization_, p. 315.
231 See _Mexico To-day_, by Thomas Unett Brocklehurst.
London, 1883, p. 175.
232 Bancroft"s _Races of the Pacific_, i. 587.
233 _Ibid._, iii. 112.
234 _Ibid._, iii. 187.
235 _Hibbert Lectures for 1884_, p. 45.
236 _American Antiquities and Researches into the Origin anti History of the Red Race_, by Alexander W. Bradford. New York, 1843, p. 353.
237 _Travels in Brazil in the Years_ 1817-20, by Dr. Joh. Bapt. von Spix and Dr. C. F. Phil. von Martius. London, 1824, ii. 243.
238 _An Account of the Abipones, an Equestrian People of Paraguay_, from the Latin of Martin Dobrizhoffer. London, 1822, ii.
65.
239 _The Royal Commentaries of Peru_, by the Inca Garcila.s.so de la Vega. Translated by Sir Paul Rycaut, Knt. London, 1688, folio, p.
455.
240 _Narratives of the Rites and Laws of the Yncas_. Translated from the Spanish MS. of Christoval de Molina, by Clements R.
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241 _History of the Conquest of Peru_, by William H. Prescott.
London, 1878, p. 47.
242 _Jottings during the Cruise of H.M.S. Curacoa among the South Sea Islands_ in 1865, by Julius L. Brenchley, M.A., F.R.G.S.
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243 _Polynesian Mythology_, by Sir George Grey, late Governor in Chief of New Zealand. London, 1855, _Pref_. xiii.
244 Kenrick"s _Phoenicia_, p. 303.
245 _Workes_ of John Baptista Van Helmont. London, 1644, p.
142.
246 Goldziher"s _Hebrew Mythology_, Note to p. 206.
247 _Ibid._, p. 206.
248 Dr. Smith"s _Bible Dictionary_, Article _Meni_, by William A. Wright, M.A., ii. 323.
249 Goldziher"s _Hebrew Mythology_, p. 160.
250 Gubernatis" _Zoological Mythology_, i. 18.
251 _Ibid._, ii. 375.
252 Mayers" _Chinese Reader"s Manual_, p. 288.
253 _j.a.panese Fairy World_. Stories from the Wonder Lore of j.a.pan, by William Elliot Griffis. Schenectady, N. Y., 1880, p. 299.
254 Brown"s _Unicorn_, p. 69.
255 Wilkinson"s _Ancient Egyptians_, iii. 375.
256 _Teutonic Mythology_, ii. Note to p. 719.
257 Brinton"s _Myths of the New World_, p. 130.
258 Schoolcraft"s _Indian Tribes_, iii. 485.
259 _Myths of the New World_, p. 133.
260 _Ibid._, p. 134.
261 _Origin of Civilization_, p. 315.
262 _Myths of the New World_, pp. 135-7.
263 _Ibid._, p. 131.
264 Tylor"s _Primitive Culture_, i. 318.
265 Chambers"s _Etymological Dictionary_ (Findlater).
266 _Dictionary of Phrase and Fable_, p. 865.
267 _Ecclesiastical Polity_. London, 1617, p. 191.
268 _The Natural History of Infidelity and Superst.i.tion_, by J. E.
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269 _The Anatomy of Melancholy_. London, 1836, p. 669.
270 _The Descent of Man_, by Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., etc.
London, 1877, p. 121.
271 _Essays. Of Superst.i.tion_.
272 _Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind_. Edinburgh, 1828, p. 673