[14] The Ancient Egyptians, p. 140.

[15] Crete the Forerunner of Greece, C. H. and H. B. Hawes, 1911, p. 23 et seq.

[16] The Races of Europe, W. Z. Ripley, p. 443 et seq.

[17] The Ancient Egyptians, pp. 144-5.

[18] The Ancient Egyptians, p. 114.

[19] The Ancient Egyptians, p. 136.

[20] A History of Palestine, R.A.S.  Macalister, pp. 8-16.

[21] The Mediterranean Race (1901 trans.), G. Sergi, p. 146 et seq.

[22] The Ancient Egyptians, p. 130.

[23] A History of Civilization in Palestine, p. 20 et seq.

[24] Joshua, xi. 21.

[25] Genesis, xxiii.

[26] Genesis, xvi. 8, 9.

[27] 1 Kings, xvi. 16.

[28] 2 Kings, xviii, 32.

[29] Herodotus, i, 193.

[30] Peter’s Nippur, i, p. 160.

[31] A Babylonian priest of Bel Merodach.  In the third century a.c. he composed in Greek a history of his native land, which has perished.  Extracts from it are given by Eusebius, Josephus, Apollodorus, and others.

[32] Indian Myth and Legend, pp. 140, 141.

[33] The Religion of the Semites, pp. 159, 160.

[34] Religion of Babylonia and Assyria, M. Jastrow, p. 88.

[35] The Seven Tablets of Creation, L.W.  King, vol. i, p. 129.

[36] Religious Belief in Babylonia and Assyria, M. Jastrow, p. 88.

[37] Cosmology of the Rigveda, Wallis, and Indian Myth and Legend, p. 10.

[38] The Old Testament in the Light of the Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia, T.G.  Pinches, pp. 59-61.

[39] The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria, T.G.  Pinches, pp. 91, 92.

[40] Joshua, xv, 41; xix, 27.

[41] Judges, xvi, 14.

[42] I Sam., v, 1-9.

[43] I Sam., vi, 5.

[44] The Devils and Evil Spirits of Babylonia, R. Campbell Thompson, London, 1903, vol. i, p. xlii.

[45] The Devils and Evil Spirits of Babylonia, R. C. Thompson, vol. i, p. xliii.

[46] A History of Sumer and Akkad, L. W. King, p. 54.

[47] The Gods of the Egyptians, E. Wallis Budge, vol. i, p. 290.

[48] The Gods of the Egyptians, vol. i, p. 287.

[49] The Devils and Evil Spirits of Babylonia, vol. i, Intro.  See also Sayce’s The Religion of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia (Gifford Lectures, 1902), p. 385, and Pinches’ The Old Testament in the Light of Historical Records, &c., p. 71.

[50] Indian Myth and Legend, p. 100.

[51] Maspero’s Dawn of Civilization, p. 156 et seq.

[52] Egyptian Myth and Legend, p.  I et seq. The saliva of the frail and elderly was injurious.