Transcriber’s Note: This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_. Bold font is delimited by the ‘=’ character. The rendering of certain characters in classical languages may not display correctly in your reader. Superscripted characters appear as ^m. Footnotes, which appeared at the bottom of each page, have been gathered at the end of each chapter. They have also been renumbered consecutively in order establish the uniqueness required to facilitate searches. Any references to specific notes in the text have been corrected to follow the new numbering. MYTHOLOGY AMONG THE HEBREWS LONDON: PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE AND PARLIAMENT STREET MYTHOLOGY AMONG THE HEBREWS AND ITS HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT BY IGNAZ GOLDZIHER, PH.D. MEMBER OF THE HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES _TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN, WITH ADDITIONS BY THE AUTHOR_ BY RUSSELL MARTINEAU, M.A. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM LONDON LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 1877 _All rights reserved_ TO PROFESSORS H.L. FLEISCHER FRIEDRICH MAX MÜLLER H. VÁMBÉRY THE PIONEERS OF SEMITIC, ARYAN, AND TURCO-TATARIC PHILOLOGY This Work is Dedicated BY THE AUTHOR AND THE TRANSLATOR _Errata._ P. 13 line 5 from below, _for_ ‘with all his advanced ideas’ _read_ ‘notwithstanding the progress of modern ideas.’ P. 209, first line of note, after ‘ball,’ _insert_ ‘that descended from heaven.’ Whether this feather-ball TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. ------------------