As for the sun-frog, we may hope that he has sunk for ever beneath the western wave. FOOTNOTES: [58] That Pururavas is regarded as a mortal man, in relations with some sort of spiritual mistress, appears from the poem itself (v. 8, 9, 18). The human character of Pururavas also appears in R. V., i. 31, 4. [59] _Selected Essays_, i. 408. [60] The Apsaras is an ideally beautiful fairy woman, something 'between the high gods and the lower grotesque beings,' with 'lotus eyes' and other agreeable characteristics. A list of Apsaras known by name is given in Meyer's _Gandharven-Kentauren_, p. 28. They are often regarded as cloud-maidens by mythologists. [61] _Selected Essays_, i. 405. [62] Cf. _ruber_, _rufus_, O.H.G. _rôt_, _rudhira_, ἐρυθρός; also Sanskrit, _ravi_, sun. [63] R. V., iii. 29, 3. [64] The passage alluded to in Homer does not mean that dawn 'ends' the day, but 'when the fair-tressed Dawn brought the full light of the third day' (_Od._, v. 390). [65] Liebrecht (_Zur Volkskunde_, 241) is reminded by Pururavas (in Roth's sense of _der Brüller_) of loud-thundering Zeus, ἐρίγδουπος. [66] _Herabkunft des Feuers_, pp. 86-89. [67] Liebrecht (_Zur Volkskunde_, p. 241) notices the reference to the 'custom of women.' But he thinks the clause a mere makeshift, introduced late to account for a prohibition of which the real meaning had been forgotten. The improbability of this view is indicated by the frequency of similar prohibitions in actual custom. [68] Astley, _Collection of Voyages_, ii. 24. This is given by Bluet and Moore on the evidence of one Job Ben Solomon, a native of Bunda in Futa. 'Though Job had a daughter by his last wife, yet he never saw her without her veil, as having been married to her only two years.' Excellently as this prohibition suits my theory, yet I confess I do not like Job's security. [69] Brough Smyth, i. 423. [70] Bowen, _Central Africa_, p. 303. [71] Lafitau, i. 576. [72] Lubbock, _Origin of Civilisation_ (1875), p. 75. [73] _Chansons Pop. Bulg._, p. 172. [74] _Lectures on Language_, Second Series, p. 41. [75] J. A. Farrer, _Primitive Manners_, p. 202, quoting Seeman. [76] Sébillot, _Contes Pop. de la Haute-Bretagne_, p. 183. [77] Gervase of Tilbury. [78] Kuhn, _Herabkunft_, p. 92. See also _South African Journal of Folklore_, May, 1879, p. 46: 'As a rule, the bridegroom never sees his bride.' [79] _Chips_, ii. 251. [80] _Kitchi Gami_, p. 105. [81] Dalton's _Ethnol. of Bengal_, pp. 165, 166. [82] Taylor, _New Zealand_, p. 143. [83] Liebrecht gives a Hindoo example, _Zur Volkskunde_, p. 239. [84] _Cymmrodor_, iv. pt. ii. [85] _Prim. Cult._, i. 140. [86] _Primitive Manners_, p. 256. [87] See Meyer, _Gandharven-Kentauren_, Benfey, _Pantsch._, i. 263. [88] _Selected Essays_, i. 411. [89] _Callaway_, p. 63. [90] _Ibid._, p. 119. _A FAR-TRAVELLED TALE._