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^{page 113 note 1} Op. cit.

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^{page 113 note 3} For a good account of the popular religion of Greece see Nilsson, M. P., Greek Popular Religion (New York, 1940).Google Scholar

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^{page 114 note 2} Numbers xxi. 16–17.

^{page 114 note 3} Viii. 3. 12.

^{page 114 note 4} Religion of the Semites ³ (London, 1927), 102 ff.

^{page 115 note 1} Genesis, xxviii. 10–22.Google Scholar

^{page 115 note 2} Genesis, xviii. 1–8.Google Scholar

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^{page 117 note 2} ‘Tree and Pillar Cult’, J.H.S. xxi (1905), 100. Recently Picard and others have reacted strongly against the negative view of Nilsson in favour of Evans's hypothesis: see Persson, A. W., op. cit. 7, 32 f.Google Scholar; 63, fig. 15. The pillar may from time to time have replaced the human form of the deity.

^{page 118 note 1} 1 Kings xv. 14.

^{page 118 note 2} Folk Lore in the Old Testament (London, 1918), ii. 72 if.

^{page 118 note 3} iii. 22. 12.

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^{page 119 note 1} Farnell, , op. cit. i. 205 f.Google Scholar, and references cited there.

^{page 119 note 2} Ibid. iv. 148.

^{page 119 note 3} Greek Popular Religion (New York, 1940), 8.

^{page 123 note 1} In the grotto at Arkalochori Marinatos discovered a large stalagmite surrounded by votive offerings including clay vessels, and small double axes. See Musson, M. P., Minoan-Mycenaean Religion ², 60 f.Google Scholar

^{page 123 note 2} Ezekiel, xx. 28.Google Scholar

^{page 123 note 3} Deut. xii. 2–3.

^{page 124 note 1} e.g. Judges iv. 5 (Deborah); I Sam. xxii. 6 (Saul).

^{page 124 note 2} Folk Lore in the Old Testament (London, 1918), iii. 62 ff.

^{page 124 note 3} Cato, , R.R. 139.Google Scholar

^{page 124 note 4} Essay VI, ‘Early Hebrew Festival Rituals’, in Hooke, S. H., op. cit. 111 ff.Google Scholar

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^{page 125 note 2} Op. cit. 140, and references cited there.

^{page 125 note 3} lxii. 4.

^{page 125 note 4} As his titles Nomios (He of the Pastures) and Lykeios (Lord of Wolves) would suggest.

^{page 126 note 1} St. Francis of Assisi, Hymn to the Sun.