[284] The Ancient Egyptians, p. 130.

[285] Struggle of the Nations (1896), p. 19.

[286] Note contributed to The Land of the Hittites, J. Garstang, p. 324.

[287] Genesis, xxvi, 34, 35.

[288] Ezekiel, xvi, 45.

[289] Genesis, xxvii, 46.

[290] Genesis, xxviii, 1, 2.

[291] Genesis, xxiv.

[292] The Syrian Goddess, John Garstang (London, 1913), pp. 17-8.

[293] Vedic Index of Names and Subjects, Macdonald & Keith, vol. i, pp. 64-5 (London, 1912).

[294] The Wanderings of Peoples, p. 21.

[295] Breasted’s History of Egypt, pp. 219-20.

[296] A History of Egypt, W.M.  Flinders Petrie, vol. ii, p. 146 et seq. (1904 ed.).

[297] A History of Egypt, W.M.  Flinders Petrie, vol. ii, p. 147 (1904 ed.).

[298] The Old Testament in the Light of the Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia, pp. 126 et seq.

[299] His connection with Anu is discussed in chapter xiv.

[300] Ancient Assyria, C.H.W.  Johns, p. 11 (London, 1912).

[301] The Tell-el-Amarna Letters, Hugo Winckler, p. 31.

[302] “It may be worth while to note again”, says Beddoe, “how often finely developed skulls are discovered in the graveyards of old monasteries, and how likely seems Galton’s conjecture, that progress was arrested in the Middle Ages, because the celibacy of the clergy brought about the extinction of the best strains of blood.” The Anthropological History of Europe, p. 161 (1912).

[303] Census of India, vol.  I, part i, pp. 352 et seq.

[304] Hibbert Lectures, Professor Sayce, p. 328.

[305] The Story of Nala, Monier Williams, pp. 68-9 and 77.

[306] “In Ymer’s flesh (the earth) the dwarfs were engendered and began to move and live....  The dwarfs had been bred in the mould of the earth, just as worms are in a dead body.” The Prose Edda.  “The gods ... took counsel whom they should make the lord of dwarfs out of Ymer’s blood (the sea) and his swarthy limbs (the earth).” The Elder Edda (Voluspa, stanza 9).

[307] The Story of Nala, Monier Williams, p. 67.

[308] Egyptian Myth and Legend, pp. 168 it seq.

[309] The Burden of Isis, Dennis, p. 24.

[310] Babylonian Magic and Sorcery, p. 117.

[311] Babylonian and Assyrian Religion, T.G.  Pinches, p. l00.

[312] The Burden of Isis, J.T.  Dennis, p. 49.

[313] Ibid., p. 52.

[314] Religion of the Ancient Egyptians, A. Wiedemann, p. 30.

[315] Vedic Index, Macdonell & Keith, vol. i, pp. 423 et seq.

[316] Religion of the Ancient Babylonians, Sayce, p. 153, n. 6.