Chapter 15

[636]Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy, London, 1827, vol. 1, p. 91; vol. 2, pp. 288, 290.[637]Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy, London, 1827, vol. 1, p. 91; vol. 2, p. 290.[638]Picart,Cérémonies et Coûtumes, etc., vol. 10, pp. 69-73.[639]Dæmonology, p. 100.[640]Brand, Pop. Ant., vol. 3, p. 299.[641]Ibid., p. 170.[642]Frommann, Tractatus de Fascinatione, Nuremberg, 1675, p. 731.[643]Markham, Bogle's mission to Tibet, London, 1876, p. 85.[644]Brand, Pop. Ant., vol. 2, p. 149.[645]Thomas Wright, Sorcery and Magic, London, 1851, vol. 2, p. 10.[646]Brand, Pop. Ant., vol. 2, p. 143.[647]Pennant, in Pinkerton, Voyages, vol. 3, p. 382.[648]Hoffman, quoting Friend, in Jour. Am. Folk Lore, 1888, p. 134.[649]Brand, Pop. Ant., vol. 2, pp. 127 et seq.[650]Grimm, Teutonic Mythology, vol. 3, p. 1174. He also speaks of the "nouer l'aiguillette", ibid., p. 1175.[651]Saxon Leechdoms, vol. 1, p. xliv.[652]Black, Folk-Medicine, London, 1883, pp. 185, 186.[653]Pliny, Nat. Hist., lib. 28, cap. 9.[654]Brand, Pop. Ant., vol. 2, p. 67.[655]Ibid., p. 170.[656]Sextus Placitus, De Medicamentis ex Animalibus, Lyons, 1537, pages not numbered, article "de Puello et Puellæ Virgine."[657]Etmüller, Opera Omnia, Lyons, 1690, vol. 2, p. 279, Schroderii Dilucidati Zoologia.[658]Brand, Pop. Ant., vol. 2, p. 68, footnote.[659]Ibid., p. 67.[660]Paracelsus, Chirurgia Minora, in Opera Omnia, Geneva, 1662, vol. 2, p. 70.[661]Ibid., p. 174.[662]Beckherius, Medicus Microcosmus, London, 1660, p. 174.[663]Grimm, Teutonic Mythology, vol. 3, p. 1094, footnote.[664]Ibid., p. 1096.[665]Pliny, Nat. Hist., lib. 30, cap. 12.[666]Etmüller, Opera Omnia, Lyons, 1690, vol. 2, pp. 282, 283, Schroderii Dilucidati Zoologia.[667]Ibid., p. 278a.[668]Black, Folk-Medicine, London, 1883, p. 113.[669]Forlong, Rivers of Life, London, 1883, vol. 2, p. 313.[670]Brand, Pop. Ant., vol. 2, p. 69.[671]Notes and Queries, 1st series, vol. 4, p. 500.[672]See also Black, Folk-Medicine, London, 1883, p. 79.[673]Grimm, Teutonic Mythology, vol. 3, p. 1233.[674]Black, Folk-Medicine, London, 1883, p. 114.[675]Herrera, dec. 6, lib. 8, cap. 1, p. 171.[676]Ibid., dec. 7, lib. 4, cap. 5, p. 70.[677]Smyth, Aborigines of Victoria, vol. 1, p. 351. See also previous references to the use of such cords by the Australians.[678]Pliny, Nat. Hist., lib. 28, cap. 27.[679]Highlands of Æthiopia, vol. 1, p. 247.[680]Through the Dark Continent, vol. 1, p. 398.[681]Pliny, Nat. Hist., lib. 28, cap. 11.[682]Notes and Queries, 4th series, vol. 5, pp. 295, 390.[683]Traité des Superstitions, tome 1, chap. 3, paragraph 8.[684]Pop. Ant., vol. 3, p. 276.[685]Black, Folk-Medicine, p. 109.[686]Anatomy of Melancholy, vol. 2, pp. 288, 290.[687]Brand, Pop. Ant., vol. 2, p. 107.[688]Brand, Pop. Ant., vol. 2, p. 78.[689]Ibid., p. 91.[690]Ibid., p. 93.[691]Picart,Cérémonies et Coûtumes, etc., vol. 1, p. 41.[692]Folk-Medicine, London, 1883, pp. 185, 186.[693]P. 41.[694]Black, Folk-Medicine, p. 186.[695]Ibid., (after Tylor) pp. 176, 177.[696]Ibid., p. 178.[697]Pop. Ant., vol. 3, p. 276.[698]Salverte, Philosophy of Magic, vol. 1, p. 195.[699]Black, Folk-Medicine, London, 1883, p. 197.[700]Pliny, Nat. Hist., lib. 24, cap. 118.[701]Forlong, Rivers of Life, vol. 1, p. 451.[702]Pennant, quoted by Brand, Popular Antiquities, vol. 3, p. 54.[703]Ibid., p. 285.[704]Folk-Medicine, London, 1883, pp. 185, 186.[705]Folk-Medicine, London, 1883, p. 113.[706]Ibid., p. 57.[707]Ephemeridum Physico-medicarum, Leipzig, 1694, vol. 1, p. 49.[708]Black, Folk-Medicine, p. 112.[709]Black, Folk-Medicine, p. 112.[710]Brand, Pop. Ant., vol. 2, p. 86.[711]Black, Folk-Medicine, p. 38.[712]Pliny, Nat. Hist., lib. 30, cap. 38.[713]Ibid.[714]Black, Folk-Medicine, p. 111.[715]Brand, Pop. Ant., vol. 3, pp. 288, 324.[716]This fact is stated by Torquemada, Monarchia Indiana, lib. 10, cap. 33, and by Gomara, Hist. of the Conq. of Mexico, p. 446; see also Diego Duran, lib. 1, cap. 20, p. 226.[717]Herrera, dec. 3, lib. 2, p. 67.[718]John Gilmary Shea, The Catholic Church in Colonial Days, p. 472.[719]Diego Duran, vol. 3, cap. 4, p. 217.[720]Anatomy of Melancholy, London, 1827, vol. 1, p. 337.[721]Picart,Cérémonies et Coûtumes, etc., Amsterdam, 1729, vol. 5, p. 50.[722]Lady of the Lake, canto 3, stanza 4, Sir Rhoderick Dhu, summoning Clan Alpine against the king.[723]Teatro Mexicano, vol. 3, p. 323.[724]Lib. 14, cap. 4, and lib. 16, cap. 16.[725]Lib. 1, cap. 23, pp. 251-252.[726]Ximenez, Hist. Orig. Indios, p. 211.[727]Mendieta, p. 83.[728]Ibid., p. 78.[729]Researches in South America, p. 83.[730]Monarchia Indiana, vol. 2, lib. 13, cap. 45, and elsewhere.[731]Emory, Reconnoissance, p. 88.[732]Gomara,Historia de la Conquista de Méjico, Veytia's edition, p. 299.[733]Ibid., p. 310.[734]Smithsonian Contributions, "Ancient monuments of New York," vol. 2.[735]Buckingham Smith,Relacion de la Jornada de Coronado á Cibola, Coleccion de Documentos para la Historia de Florida, London, 1857, vol. 1, p. 148.[736]Ibid., vol. 1, p. 150.[737]Brinton, Myths of the New World, p. 253.[738]London, 1844, vol. 1, pp. 26, 29, 36, 93.[739]Ibid., p. 278.[740]Ibid., vol. 2, p. 389.[741]Monarchia Indiana, lib. 6, cap. 45, p. 80.[742]Ibid., lib. 19, cap. 22, pp. 357-358.[743]Ternaux-Compans, vol. 10, p. 240.[744]London, 1843, p. 248.[745]Pimentel, Lenguas Indígenas de México, vol. 3, pp. 498, 499.[746]Brinton, Myths of the New World, pp. 285, 286.[747]Ibid., p. 264.[748]Kingsborough, vol. 8, sup., p. 249.[749]Parkman, Jesuits, introduction, p. lxxxiv.

[636]Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy, London, 1827, vol. 1, p. 91; vol. 2, pp. 288, 290.

[636]Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy, London, 1827, vol. 1, p. 91; vol. 2, pp. 288, 290.

[637]Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy, London, 1827, vol. 1, p. 91; vol. 2, p. 290.

[637]Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy, London, 1827, vol. 1, p. 91; vol. 2, p. 290.

[638]Picart,Cérémonies et Coûtumes, etc., vol. 10, pp. 69-73.

[638]Picart,Cérémonies et Coûtumes, etc., vol. 10, pp. 69-73.

[639]Dæmonology, p. 100.

[639]Dæmonology, p. 100.

[640]Brand, Pop. Ant., vol. 3, p. 299.

[640]Brand, Pop. Ant., vol. 3, p. 299.

[641]Ibid., p. 170.

[641]Ibid., p. 170.

[642]Frommann, Tractatus de Fascinatione, Nuremberg, 1675, p. 731.

[642]Frommann, Tractatus de Fascinatione, Nuremberg, 1675, p. 731.

[643]Markham, Bogle's mission to Tibet, London, 1876, p. 85.

[643]Markham, Bogle's mission to Tibet, London, 1876, p. 85.

[644]Brand, Pop. Ant., vol. 2, p. 149.

[644]Brand, Pop. Ant., vol. 2, p. 149.

[645]Thomas Wright, Sorcery and Magic, London, 1851, vol. 2, p. 10.

[645]Thomas Wright, Sorcery and Magic, London, 1851, vol. 2, p. 10.

[646]Brand, Pop. Ant., vol. 2, p. 143.

[646]Brand, Pop. Ant., vol. 2, p. 143.

[647]Pennant, in Pinkerton, Voyages, vol. 3, p. 382.

[647]Pennant, in Pinkerton, Voyages, vol. 3, p. 382.

[648]Hoffman, quoting Friend, in Jour. Am. Folk Lore, 1888, p. 134.

[648]Hoffman, quoting Friend, in Jour. Am. Folk Lore, 1888, p. 134.

[649]Brand, Pop. Ant., vol. 2, pp. 127 et seq.

[649]Brand, Pop. Ant., vol. 2, pp. 127 et seq.

[650]Grimm, Teutonic Mythology, vol. 3, p. 1174. He also speaks of the "nouer l'aiguillette", ibid., p. 1175.

[650]Grimm, Teutonic Mythology, vol. 3, p. 1174. He also speaks of the "nouer l'aiguillette", ibid., p. 1175.

[651]Saxon Leechdoms, vol. 1, p. xliv.

[651]Saxon Leechdoms, vol. 1, p. xliv.

[652]Black, Folk-Medicine, London, 1883, pp. 185, 186.

[652]Black, Folk-Medicine, London, 1883, pp. 185, 186.

[653]Pliny, Nat. Hist., lib. 28, cap. 9.

[653]Pliny, Nat. Hist., lib. 28, cap. 9.

[654]Brand, Pop. Ant., vol. 2, p. 67.

[654]Brand, Pop. Ant., vol. 2, p. 67.

[655]Ibid., p. 170.

[655]Ibid., p. 170.

[656]Sextus Placitus, De Medicamentis ex Animalibus, Lyons, 1537, pages not numbered, article "de Puello et Puellæ Virgine."

[656]Sextus Placitus, De Medicamentis ex Animalibus, Lyons, 1537, pages not numbered, article "de Puello et Puellæ Virgine."

[657]Etmüller, Opera Omnia, Lyons, 1690, vol. 2, p. 279, Schroderii Dilucidati Zoologia.

[657]Etmüller, Opera Omnia, Lyons, 1690, vol. 2, p. 279, Schroderii Dilucidati Zoologia.

[658]Brand, Pop. Ant., vol. 2, p. 68, footnote.

[658]Brand, Pop. Ant., vol. 2, p. 68, footnote.

[659]Ibid., p. 67.

[659]Ibid., p. 67.

[660]Paracelsus, Chirurgia Minora, in Opera Omnia, Geneva, 1662, vol. 2, p. 70.

[660]Paracelsus, Chirurgia Minora, in Opera Omnia, Geneva, 1662, vol. 2, p. 70.

[661]Ibid., p. 174.

[661]Ibid., p. 174.

[662]Beckherius, Medicus Microcosmus, London, 1660, p. 174.

[662]Beckherius, Medicus Microcosmus, London, 1660, p. 174.

[663]Grimm, Teutonic Mythology, vol. 3, p. 1094, footnote.

[663]Grimm, Teutonic Mythology, vol. 3, p. 1094, footnote.

[664]Ibid., p. 1096.

[664]Ibid., p. 1096.

[665]Pliny, Nat. Hist., lib. 30, cap. 12.

[665]Pliny, Nat. Hist., lib. 30, cap. 12.

[666]Etmüller, Opera Omnia, Lyons, 1690, vol. 2, pp. 282, 283, Schroderii Dilucidati Zoologia.

[666]Etmüller, Opera Omnia, Lyons, 1690, vol. 2, pp. 282, 283, Schroderii Dilucidati Zoologia.

[667]Ibid., p. 278a.

[667]Ibid., p. 278a.

[668]Black, Folk-Medicine, London, 1883, p. 113.

[668]Black, Folk-Medicine, London, 1883, p. 113.

[669]Forlong, Rivers of Life, London, 1883, vol. 2, p. 313.

[669]Forlong, Rivers of Life, London, 1883, vol. 2, p. 313.

[670]Brand, Pop. Ant., vol. 2, p. 69.

[670]Brand, Pop. Ant., vol. 2, p. 69.

[671]Notes and Queries, 1st series, vol. 4, p. 500.

[671]Notes and Queries, 1st series, vol. 4, p. 500.

[672]See also Black, Folk-Medicine, London, 1883, p. 79.

[672]See also Black, Folk-Medicine, London, 1883, p. 79.

[673]Grimm, Teutonic Mythology, vol. 3, p. 1233.

[673]Grimm, Teutonic Mythology, vol. 3, p. 1233.

[674]Black, Folk-Medicine, London, 1883, p. 114.

[674]Black, Folk-Medicine, London, 1883, p. 114.

[675]Herrera, dec. 6, lib. 8, cap. 1, p. 171.

[675]Herrera, dec. 6, lib. 8, cap. 1, p. 171.

[676]Ibid., dec. 7, lib. 4, cap. 5, p. 70.

[676]Ibid., dec. 7, lib. 4, cap. 5, p. 70.

[677]Smyth, Aborigines of Victoria, vol. 1, p. 351. See also previous references to the use of such cords by the Australians.

[677]Smyth, Aborigines of Victoria, vol. 1, p. 351. See also previous references to the use of such cords by the Australians.

[678]Pliny, Nat. Hist., lib. 28, cap. 27.

[678]Pliny, Nat. Hist., lib. 28, cap. 27.

[679]Highlands of Æthiopia, vol. 1, p. 247.

[679]Highlands of Æthiopia, vol. 1, p. 247.

[680]Through the Dark Continent, vol. 1, p. 398.

[680]Through the Dark Continent, vol. 1, p. 398.

[681]Pliny, Nat. Hist., lib. 28, cap. 11.

[681]Pliny, Nat. Hist., lib. 28, cap. 11.

[682]Notes and Queries, 4th series, vol. 5, pp. 295, 390.

[682]Notes and Queries, 4th series, vol. 5, pp. 295, 390.

[683]Traité des Superstitions, tome 1, chap. 3, paragraph 8.

[683]Traité des Superstitions, tome 1, chap. 3, paragraph 8.

[684]Pop. Ant., vol. 3, p. 276.

[684]Pop. Ant., vol. 3, p. 276.

[685]Black, Folk-Medicine, p. 109.

[685]Black, Folk-Medicine, p. 109.

[686]Anatomy of Melancholy, vol. 2, pp. 288, 290.

[686]Anatomy of Melancholy, vol. 2, pp. 288, 290.

[687]Brand, Pop. Ant., vol. 2, p. 107.

[687]Brand, Pop. Ant., vol. 2, p. 107.

[688]Brand, Pop. Ant., vol. 2, p. 78.

[688]Brand, Pop. Ant., vol. 2, p. 78.

[689]Ibid., p. 91.

[689]Ibid., p. 91.

[690]Ibid., p. 93.

[690]Ibid., p. 93.

[691]Picart,Cérémonies et Coûtumes, etc., vol. 1, p. 41.

[691]Picart,Cérémonies et Coûtumes, etc., vol. 1, p. 41.

[692]Folk-Medicine, London, 1883, pp. 185, 186.

[692]Folk-Medicine, London, 1883, pp. 185, 186.

[693]P. 41.

[693]P. 41.

[694]Black, Folk-Medicine, p. 186.

[694]Black, Folk-Medicine, p. 186.

[695]Ibid., (after Tylor) pp. 176, 177.

[695]Ibid., (after Tylor) pp. 176, 177.

[696]Ibid., p. 178.

[696]Ibid., p. 178.

[697]Pop. Ant., vol. 3, p. 276.

[697]Pop. Ant., vol. 3, p. 276.

[698]Salverte, Philosophy of Magic, vol. 1, p. 195.

[698]Salverte, Philosophy of Magic, vol. 1, p. 195.

[699]Black, Folk-Medicine, London, 1883, p. 197.

[699]Black, Folk-Medicine, London, 1883, p. 197.

[700]Pliny, Nat. Hist., lib. 24, cap. 118.

[700]Pliny, Nat. Hist., lib. 24, cap. 118.

[701]Forlong, Rivers of Life, vol. 1, p. 451.

[701]Forlong, Rivers of Life, vol. 1, p. 451.

[702]Pennant, quoted by Brand, Popular Antiquities, vol. 3, p. 54.

[702]Pennant, quoted by Brand, Popular Antiquities, vol. 3, p. 54.

[703]Ibid., p. 285.

[703]Ibid., p. 285.

[704]Folk-Medicine, London, 1883, pp. 185, 186.

[704]Folk-Medicine, London, 1883, pp. 185, 186.

[705]Folk-Medicine, London, 1883, p. 113.

[705]Folk-Medicine, London, 1883, p. 113.

[706]Ibid., p. 57.

[706]Ibid., p. 57.

[707]Ephemeridum Physico-medicarum, Leipzig, 1694, vol. 1, p. 49.

[707]Ephemeridum Physico-medicarum, Leipzig, 1694, vol. 1, p. 49.

[708]Black, Folk-Medicine, p. 112.

[708]Black, Folk-Medicine, p. 112.

[709]Black, Folk-Medicine, p. 112.

[709]Black, Folk-Medicine, p. 112.

[710]Brand, Pop. Ant., vol. 2, p. 86.

[710]Brand, Pop. Ant., vol. 2, p. 86.

[711]Black, Folk-Medicine, p. 38.

[711]Black, Folk-Medicine, p. 38.

[712]Pliny, Nat. Hist., lib. 30, cap. 38.

[712]Pliny, Nat. Hist., lib. 30, cap. 38.

[713]Ibid.

[713]Ibid.

[714]Black, Folk-Medicine, p. 111.

[714]Black, Folk-Medicine, p. 111.

[715]Brand, Pop. Ant., vol. 3, pp. 288, 324.

[715]Brand, Pop. Ant., vol. 3, pp. 288, 324.

[716]This fact is stated by Torquemada, Monarchia Indiana, lib. 10, cap. 33, and by Gomara, Hist. of the Conq. of Mexico, p. 446; see also Diego Duran, lib. 1, cap. 20, p. 226.

[716]This fact is stated by Torquemada, Monarchia Indiana, lib. 10, cap. 33, and by Gomara, Hist. of the Conq. of Mexico, p. 446; see also Diego Duran, lib. 1, cap. 20, p. 226.

[717]Herrera, dec. 3, lib. 2, p. 67.

[717]Herrera, dec. 3, lib. 2, p. 67.

[718]John Gilmary Shea, The Catholic Church in Colonial Days, p. 472.

[718]John Gilmary Shea, The Catholic Church in Colonial Days, p. 472.

[719]Diego Duran, vol. 3, cap. 4, p. 217.

[719]Diego Duran, vol. 3, cap. 4, p. 217.

[720]Anatomy of Melancholy, London, 1827, vol. 1, p. 337.

[720]Anatomy of Melancholy, London, 1827, vol. 1, p. 337.

[721]Picart,Cérémonies et Coûtumes, etc., Amsterdam, 1729, vol. 5, p. 50.

[721]Picart,Cérémonies et Coûtumes, etc., Amsterdam, 1729, vol. 5, p. 50.

[722]Lady of the Lake, canto 3, stanza 4, Sir Rhoderick Dhu, summoning Clan Alpine against the king.

[722]Lady of the Lake, canto 3, stanza 4, Sir Rhoderick Dhu, summoning Clan Alpine against the king.

[723]Teatro Mexicano, vol. 3, p. 323.

[723]Teatro Mexicano, vol. 3, p. 323.

[724]Lib. 14, cap. 4, and lib. 16, cap. 16.

[724]Lib. 14, cap. 4, and lib. 16, cap. 16.

[725]Lib. 1, cap. 23, pp. 251-252.

[725]Lib. 1, cap. 23, pp. 251-252.

[726]Ximenez, Hist. Orig. Indios, p. 211.

[726]Ximenez, Hist. Orig. Indios, p. 211.

[727]Mendieta, p. 83.

[727]Mendieta, p. 83.

[728]Ibid., p. 78.

[728]Ibid., p. 78.

[729]Researches in South America, p. 83.

[729]Researches in South America, p. 83.

[730]Monarchia Indiana, vol. 2, lib. 13, cap. 45, and elsewhere.

[730]Monarchia Indiana, vol. 2, lib. 13, cap. 45, and elsewhere.

[731]Emory, Reconnoissance, p. 88.

[731]Emory, Reconnoissance, p. 88.

[732]Gomara,Historia de la Conquista de Méjico, Veytia's edition, p. 299.

[732]Gomara,Historia de la Conquista de Méjico, Veytia's edition, p. 299.

[733]Ibid., p. 310.

[733]Ibid., p. 310.

[734]Smithsonian Contributions, "Ancient monuments of New York," vol. 2.

[734]Smithsonian Contributions, "Ancient monuments of New York," vol. 2.

[735]Buckingham Smith,Relacion de la Jornada de Coronado á Cibola, Coleccion de Documentos para la Historia de Florida, London, 1857, vol. 1, p. 148.

[735]Buckingham Smith,Relacion de la Jornada de Coronado á Cibola, Coleccion de Documentos para la Historia de Florida, London, 1857, vol. 1, p. 148.

[736]Ibid., vol. 1, p. 150.

[736]Ibid., vol. 1, p. 150.

[737]Brinton, Myths of the New World, p. 253.

[737]Brinton, Myths of the New World, p. 253.

[738]London, 1844, vol. 1, pp. 26, 29, 36, 93.

[738]London, 1844, vol. 1, pp. 26, 29, 36, 93.

[739]Ibid., p. 278.

[739]Ibid., p. 278.

[740]Ibid., vol. 2, p. 389.

[740]Ibid., vol. 2, p. 389.

[741]Monarchia Indiana, lib. 6, cap. 45, p. 80.

[741]Monarchia Indiana, lib. 6, cap. 45, p. 80.

[742]Ibid., lib. 19, cap. 22, pp. 357-358.

[742]Ibid., lib. 19, cap. 22, pp. 357-358.

[743]Ternaux-Compans, vol. 10, p. 240.

[743]Ternaux-Compans, vol. 10, p. 240.

[744]London, 1843, p. 248.

[744]London, 1843, p. 248.

[745]Pimentel, Lenguas Indígenas de México, vol. 3, pp. 498, 499.

[745]Pimentel, Lenguas Indígenas de México, vol. 3, pp. 498, 499.

[746]Brinton, Myths of the New World, pp. 285, 286.

[746]Brinton, Myths of the New World, pp. 285, 286.

[747]Ibid., p. 264.

[747]Ibid., p. 264.

[748]Kingsborough, vol. 8, sup., p. 249.

[748]Kingsborough, vol. 8, sup., p. 249.

[749]Parkman, Jesuits, introduction, p. lxxxiv.

[749]Parkman, Jesuits, introduction, p. lxxxiv.


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