; cf. Frazer, in _Journal
of the Anthropological Institute_, xi.

[373] Lev. xv, 30; xvi, 15 ff.

[374] Hopkins, _Religions of India_, p. 196.

[375] Gruppe, _Griechische Mythologie_, p. 888 ff.; Jevons,
_Introduction to the History of Religion_, p. 375; Harrison,
_Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion_, p. 150 ff.

[376] Lev. xvi.

[377] Fowler, _Roman Festivals_, Index, s.v.

[378] The native name of the festival, _puskita_ (busk), is
said to mean 'a fast,' but the ceremonies are largely
purificatory; Gatschet, _Migration Legend of the Creeks_, p.
177 ff.

[379] Rivers, _The Todas_, p. 300 ff.

[380] _Odyssey_, iv, 730.

[381] Westermarck, _Origin and Development of the Moral
Ideas_, ii, 352; Dixon, _The Northern Maidu_, p. 269 f.

[382] H. Webster, _Primitive Secret Societies_, chap. ix; G.
Brown, _Melanesians and Polynesians_, pp. 60-78.

[383] Lev. viii; cf. Copleston, _Buddhism_, chap. xviii;
Lippert, _Priesterthum_ (see references in the headings to
the chapters).

[384] So in some Christian bodies.

[385] The details are given at great length by Westermarck,
op. cit., chap. xxxvii, with references to authorities.

[386] It is by nature nonsacred, and so remains so long as
it has not been made sacred by the special ceremonies that
abound in savage communities. We have here the germ of the
dualistic conception of man's constitution--the antagonism
between spirit and body.

[387] Hollis, _The Nandi_, pp. 58, 92.

[388] Cf. the danger to a common man of eating a chief's
food; see Frazer, _Golden Bough_, 2d ed., i, 321 f.

[389] Frazer, In _Journal of the Anthropological Institute_,
xv, 94, quoted by Westermarck.

[390] H. Spencer, _Principles of Sociology_, i, Sec. 140.

[391] In Christianity in connection with the eucharistic
meal and other observances.

[392] The true principle is stated in Isa. lviii, 3 ff.

[393] Cf. article "Calendar" in Hastings, _Encyclopaedia of
Religion and Ethics_.

[394] For a series of dance seasons see Dixon, _The Northern
Maidu_, p. 283 ff.; cf. Basset, in Hastings, _Encyclopaedia
of Religion and Ethics_, ii, 513.

[395] Hollis, _The Nandi_, p. 94 ff.

[396] Hollis, _The Masai_, Index, s.v. _Moon_.

[397] Rivers, _The Todas_, Index, s.v. _Moon_.

[398] Hastings, _Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics_, ii,
835.

[399] 1 Sam. xx, 6 (clan festival);