[21] Crooke: Folklore of Northern India. [22] Faiths of Man. [23] Dr. Felman: The Jewish Child. [24] Bombay Gazetteer, xix. [25] Crooke: Folklore of Northern India, vol. I. [26] _Ibid._ [27] Hunt: Popular Romances. [28] Major-General Forlong: Faiths of Man, vol. III. [29] G. F. Abbott: Macedonian Folklore. [30] Ethnographic Survey of Baluchistan, Vol II. [31] Census of India, 1901, Vol. XVII. [32] The Jewish Child. [33] Clifford: In Court and Campong. [34] Statistical Account of Scotland. [35] Faiths of Man. [36] _The Athenæum_, August 26, 1893. [37] G. L. Gomme: Ethnology in Folklore. [38] Good Words Magazine, 1905. [39] Mr. Sarat Chandra Mitra in the _Journal_ of the Anthropological Society of Bombay, Vol. III. [40] Journal of the Anthropological Society of Bombay, Vol. III., No. 5. [41] Codrington: The Melanesians. [42] The Pirate. [43] W. Crooke: Popular Religion and Folklore of Northern India. In this work the name of the river is given as _Vaitaranî_. It must not, however, be mistaken for the Vaitarana, the largest of the Thana rivers, which is mentioned in the _Mahabharat_ as one of the four sacred streams. The sacredness of its source, so near the spring of the holy Godaveri, attracted to the banks of the Vaitarana some of the first Aryan settlers. Seers like Narad, Vashistha and Indra betook themselves to the spring and the superhuman Yakshas, Gandharvas and Kinnars were attracted to its waters for bathing and sacrifice. [44] Ethnology in Folklore. [45] The Golden Bough, Vol. II. [46] Primitive Culture, Vol. II. [47] Primitive Semitic Religion. [48] We may contrast with these examples the following illustration of punishing the gods and demi-gods for tolerating a tempest. It is quoted by Herbert Spencer in his “Study of Sociology,” from Captain Burton’s account of Goa to show how awe of power sways men’s religious beliefs:— “A pot of oil with a lighted wick was placed every night by the half-bred Portuguese Indians, before the painted doll, the patron saint of the boat in which we sailed from Goa. One evening, as the weather appeared likely to be squally, we observed that the usual compliment was not offered to the patron, and had the curiosity to inquire why. ‘Why,’ vociferated the tindal (captain), indignantly, ‘if that chap can’t keep the sky clear, he shall have neither oil nor wick from me, d—n him!’ ‘But I should have supposed that in the hour of danger you would have paid him more than usual attention?’ ‘The fact is, Sahib, I have found out that the fellow is not worth his salt: the last time we had an infernal squall with him on board, and if he does not keep this one off, I’ll just throw him overboard, and take to Santa Caterina; hang me if I don’t—the brother-in-law!’” [Brother-in-law, a common term of insult.] [49] Primitive Semitic Religion. [50] _Journal of the Anthropological Institute_, Vol. IV. [51] W. Crooke: Natives of Northern India. [52] _Bombay Gazetteer_ (Kathiawar), Vol. VIII.