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245 _Workes_ of John Baptista Van Helmont. London, 1644, p.
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246 Goldziher's _Hebrew Mythology_, Note to p. 206.

247 _Ibid._, p. 206.

248 Dr. Smith's _Bible Dictionary_, Article _Meni_, by William
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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 _Japanese Fairy World_. Stories from the Wonder Lore of
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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 Superstition_, 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.
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271 _Essays. Of Superstition_.

272 _Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind_. Edinburgh,
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273 _Voltaire_, by John Morley. London, 1878, p. 156. See also
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274 Gubernatis' _Zoological Mythology_, i. 56.

275 _Vide_ Inman's _Ancient Faiths_, ii. 260, 326.

276 Mosheim's _Ecclesiastical History_. London, 1847, i. 116.

277 _History of Brazil_, by Robert Southey. London, 1810, p. 635.

278 _The Dictionary, Historical and Critical_. London, 1734, iv.
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279 _Primitive Culture_, i. 262.

280 Leslie's _Early Races of Scotland_, ii. 496.

281 _History of Brazil_, i. 193.

282 _Icelandic Legends_. Collected by Jon Arnason (Powell and
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283 _On the Truths contained in Popular Superstitions_, by Herbert
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284 _A Literal Translation of Aristophanes: The Clouds_, by a
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285 See _Curiosities of I