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[173] Professor Dr. Sepp, Die Religion der alten Deutschen, p. 263. 1890.

[174] Jähns, vol. i. p. 373.

[175] Das Buck der ritterlichen Reutterkunst.

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[177] Heinrich von Wlislocki, Volksglaube und religiöser Brauch der Zigeuner.

[178] M’Clintock and Strong’s Encyclopædia, art. “Shamanism;” E. B. Tylor, Primitive Culture, vol. ii. p. 142.

[179] Gentleman’s Magazine. 1867.

[180] Rev. T. Thiselton Dyer, Domestic Folk-Lore.

[181] Museum of Foreign Literature, vol. xxvi. 1835.

[182] The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL. D., Dictionary of Phrase and Fable.

[183] Robert Ford, Thistledown.

[184] Boston Transcript, May 9, 1898.

[185] Turner’s Anglo-Saxons.

[186] John Brooks Felton, The Horse-Shoe, a Poem. Cambridge, 1849.

[187] James Napier in Folk-Lore.

[188] H. Clay Trumbull, The Threshold Covenant, chap. i.

[189] Ralston, Songs of the Russian People, p. 136.

[190] Bonami, Nineveh and its Palaces, p. 159.

[191] Popular Science Monthly, vol. 44, p. 520. February, 1894.

[192] C. G. Leland, Etruscan Roman Remains, p. 282.

[193] Petersen, Hufeisen, p. 7.

[194] Waddell, p. 484.

[195] Edmond O’Donovan, The Merv Oasis, vol. ii. p. 141.

[196] A. Featherman, Social History of Mankind.

[197] Rev. Charles Rogers, D. D., Social Life in Scotland, vol. iii. p. 229.

[198] Robert Ford, Thistledown, p. 262.

[199] Gregor, Scotch Folk-Lore.

[200] A. Wuttke, Der deutsche Volksaberglaube. Berlin, 1869.

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[202] The Denham Tracts.

[203] Fortnightly Review.

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[205] Edward W. B. Nicholson, M. A., Golspie. Edinburgh, 1897.

[206] Notes and Queries, 5th series, vol. ix. p. 65. January, 1878.

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[210] Thomas A. Wise, M. D., History of Paganism in Caledonia.

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[212] Petersen, Hufeisen, p. 8.

[213] Camden’s Britannia.

[214] Thorpe’s Northern Mythology.

[215] Francis Parry, F. R. G. S., The Sacred Symbols and Numbers of Aboriginal America in Ancient and Modern Times.

[216] The American Antiquarian, vol. xii. p. 356; vol. xiii. p. 58.

[217] Leopold Wagner, Manners, Customs, and Observances.

[218] S. H. Killikelly, Curious Questions.

[219] Leicestershire and Rutland Notes and Queries, vol. ii. 1891-93.

[220] Grimm, p. 34.

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[225] Herman Schmid and Karl Stieler, The Bavarian Highlands and the Salzkammergut.

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[227] Belgravia, vol. iv. 1887.

[228] Yule-Tide Stories, edited by Benjamin Thorpe. London, 1853.

[229] J. Scheible, Das Kloster.

[230] Thorpe’s Northern Mythology, vol. ii. p. 190.

[231] Ernst Meier, Deutsche Sagen, Sitten und Gebräuche aus Schwaben. Stuttgart, 1852.

[232] Friedrich Panzer, Bayerische Sagen und Bräuche, vol. i. p. 127.

[233] Cyclopædia of Arts. Philadelphia.

[234] F. Allègre, Étude sur la déesse grecque Tyché. Paris, 1889.

[235] Plutarch’s Opinions of Philosophers.

[236] Lyon, Nouveau dictionnaire historique. 1804.

[237] History of Rome.

[238] George Crabb, English Synonymes.

[239] Andrew Tooke, A. M., The Pantheon. Dublin, 1792.

[240] Anthon’s Classical Dictionary.

[241] F. Noel, Dictionnaire de la fable. Paris, 1803.

[242] P. Galtruchius, History of the Heathen Gods. 1671.

[243] Daniel Watson, A. M., A History of the Gods and Goddesses.

[244] Plutarch’s Roman Questions.

[245] Roscher, Lexicon der griechischen und römischen Mythologie, p. 1523.

[246] The Antiquarian Repertory, vol. iv. p. 256. London, 1784.

[247] Basil H. Chamberlin, Things Japanese.

[248] L. Austine Waddell, B. A., The Buddhism of Tibet, p. 512.

[249] Mythology and Monuments of Ancient Athens.

[250] Rodolfo Lanciani, Pagan and Christian Rome.

[251] Thomas Wright, The Celt, the Roman, and the Saxon.

[252] Read at the Annual Meeting of the American Folk-Lore Society, New York, December 29, 1896.

[253] Banier’s Mythology. London, 1739.

[254] Bancroft, Native Races, vol. ii. p. 353.

[255] J. J. L. Ratton, M. D., M. C., A Hand-Book of Common Salt.

[256] J. B. Friedrich, Die Symbolik und Mythologie der Natur.

[257] Calmet’s Dictionary of the Holy Bible.

[258] Philemon Holland, The Morals or Miscellane Works of Plutarch.

[259] Horst, Dæmonomagie. Frankfurt, 1818.

[260] Richalmus, Liber Revelationum de Insidiis et Versutiis Dæmonum adversus Homines.

[261] Dr. Heinrich von Wlislocki, Volksglaube und religiöser Brauch der Magyar, p. 151.

[262] W. Mannhardt, Germanische Mythen. Berlin, 1858.

[263] W. Crooke, B. A., p. 147.

[264] Alexander Adam, LL. D., Roman Antiquities.

[265] Grosses Universal Lexicon. Leipzig and Halle, 1742.

[266] John Borrow, F. R. S., Travels in China.

[267] Natural History, book xxxi. ch. 41.

[268] Elias Artista Hermetica, Das Geheimniss vom Salz.

[269] Il a répandu le sel à pleines mains dans ses écrits.

[270] Baret, 1580.

[271] Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable.

[272] Edinburgh Monthly Magazine, June, 1817.

[273] Chevalier d’Arvieux, Memoir. Paris, 1735.

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[275] Karl Baedeker, The Eastern Alps, p. 124. 1895.

[276] Spectator, vol. 66. 1891.

[277] Gentleman’s Magazine, part i. 1833.

[278] Felix Liebrecht, Die Symbolik und Mythologie der Natur.

[279] Owen on Serpents.

[280] The writer is indebted for this translation to John P. Hopkinson, Esq.

[281] Felix Liebrecht, Zur Volkskunde. 1877.

[282] Shakespeare refers to this subject in several passages, and among them the following:—

[283] Current Superstitions, edited by Fanny D. Bergen.

[284] Clifton Johnson, What they say in New England, p. 92. 1896.

[285] M. J. Schleiden, Das Salz, p. 73.

[286] The Study of Sociology, p. 5.

[287] Revue des traditions populaires, tome i. 1886.

[288] A Theological and Philosophical Treatise of the Nature and Goodnesse of Salt. Imprinted by Felix Kyngston for Richard Boyle at London, 1612.

[289] James Napier, Folk-Lore, p. 33.

[290] Pitré, vol. iv. p. 102.

[291] R. T. Hampson, Medii Ævi Kalendarium. London, 1841.

[292] Pitré, vol. ii. p. 161.

[293] Dr. Heino Pfannenschmid, Das Weihwasser im heidnischen und christlichen Cultus.

[294] Notes and Queries, 6th series, vol. ix. p. 428. May, 1884.

[295] Century Dictionary.

[296] Francis Grose, Popular Superstitions.

[297] Spenser’s Faerie Queene.

[298] Clara Erskine Clement, Naples.

[299] Grimm’s Teutonic Mythology.

[300] The Folk-Lore Journal, vol. vii. 1889.

[301] Journal of American Folk-Lore, No. xviii. 1892.

[302] The Washington Post, November 27, 1894.

[303] William Henderson, Notes on the Folk-Lore of the Northern Countries of England.

[304] Journal of American Folk-Lore, No. 19. 1892.

[305] Keightley’s Fairy Mythology.

[306] Giuseppe Pitré, Usi e costumi, credenze e pregiudizi del popolo Siciliano, vol. iii. p. 426. Palermo, 1889.

[307] Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft, edited by Rev. Oswald Cockayne. London, 1865.

[308] Rev. Charles Rogers, LL. D., Scotland, Social and Domestic.

[309] Journal of American Folk-Lore, No. 13. 1891.

[310] James M. Campbell, Notes on the Spirit-Basis of Belief and Custom.

[311] Lady Wilde, Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland.

[312] Revue des traditions populaires, tome vi. p. 43. 1891.

[313] Zeitschrift für deutsche Mythologie und Sittenkunde, Band iv.

[314] Sitzungberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.

[315] Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol. i.

[316] Aus dem Volksleben der Magyaren, p. 111.

[317] William Elliot Griffis, A. M., The Mikado’s Empire.

[318] Rogers, vol. iii. p. 288.

[319] Henderson, p. 217.

[320] Burkhardt’s Nubia.

[321] M. J. Schleiden, Das Salz.

[322] Waldron’s History.

[323] Pitré.

[324] M. J. Schleiden, Das Salz, p. 71.

[325] The Leisure Hour, vol. xliii. p. 805. 1894.

[326] The Book of Ser Marco Polo. London, 1874.

[327] Lieutenant-Colonel N. Prejevalsky, Mongolia, vol. i. p. 122.

[328] J. J. Manley, M. A., Salt and Other Condiments.

[329] J. J. Manley, p. 13.

[330] Nares’ Glossary, vol. ii. p. 763.

[331] Cosmopolitan, vol. xx. p. 94. 1894.

[332] Contemporary Review, vol. xxxi.

[333] R. H. Busk, Roman Legends.

[334] Schleiden, p. 73.

[335] M. Dacier, The Life of Pythagoras, p. 60. London, 1707.

[336] Feu M. Jean François Buddeus, Traité de l’athéisme et de la superstition.

[337] Thomas Wright, A History of Domestic Manners in England during the Middle Ages.

[338] Richard Boyle. 1612.