The constant epithet ‘holding the seed of bulls’ brings to view the idea that the influence of the moon produces fertility in cattle (Spiegel, _Die heiligen Schriften der Parsen_ [in German], III. xxi.). According to Yasht, VII. 5, it is the moon ‘that produces verdure, that produces good things.’ Compare _Catullus_, XXXII (XXXIV) v. 17–20, where the poet apostrophises the Moon— Tu cursu, Dea, menstruo Metiens iter annuum, Rustica agricolae bonis Tecta frugibus exples. Footnote 459: This connexion is also clear in the Hottentot mythology. Heizi Eibib, which means moon, is there the name of the man to whom grave-tumuli are consecrated, and who is addressed in prayer for good sport and numerous herds (Waitz, _Anthropologie der Naturvölker_, II. 324). Footnote 460: Max Müller’s view (_Introduction to the Science of Religion_, p. 184), ‘When Jeremiah speaks of the Queen of Heaven, this can only be meant for Astarte or Baaltis,’ is correct only if Baaltis be identified with the Moon. The correctness of this identification, which was first asserted by Philo Byblius, and has been conceded by the older interpreters Grotius and Lyra, and by many modern ones, is very probable; for the name Baaltis stands in the same relation to Baʿal (Sun) as Milkâ to Melekh, Lebhânâ to Lâbhân, and Ashêrâ to Âshêr. Tiele also (_Vergelijkende Geschiedenis_, p. 512) says the same as Müller. Footnote 461: Midrâsh Shôchêr Ṭôbh on Ps. XIX. 7. Footnote 462: The contrast of Leah’s weak eyes to Rachel’s beauty belongs not to the mythic stage, but to the epic description. Footnote 463: There is no reason to separate the word shilhê from the Shaphʿêl shalhî, as Levy does in his _Chald. Wôrterbuch_, II. 481; compare Reggio in the Hebrew journal _Ozar Nechmad_, I. 122. Footnote 464: See _Zeitschr. für Völkerpsychologie und Sprachwissenschaft_, 1869, VI. 237, 252. Footnote 465: Rohlfs, _Quer durch Afrika_, I. 204. Footnote 466: _Opuscula Arabica_, pp. 16–39. Footnote 467: E.g. _Ḥamâsâ_, p. 609, v. 6: _Nâbiġâ_, VI. v. 9. Footnote 468: _Ḥamâsâ_, p. 391, v. 2. Footnote 469: Commentary on _Ḥamâsâ_, _ibid._ Footnote 470: The Arabian poet Ibn Mayyâdâ, in a description of the lightning (_Aġânî_, II. 120. 9), says 'it lights up the piled-up cloud, which is like a herd of camels, at the head of which those that long for their home cry out with pain: yuḍîʾu ṣabîran min saḥâbin kaʾannahu * hijânun arannat lil-ḥanîni nawâziʿuh. Footnote 471: