[85] Notably by Prof. F. L. W. Schwartz in his numerous works, and in his contributions to the _Zeitschrift für Ethnologie_, etc. [86] The Hebrew name Jahve (Jehovah) is derived by some from the verb “to thunder.” In the Vedas, Parjanja, the Thunderer, is a conspicuous figure. Mumpal, the Thunder, say the Australians, created all things. (_Reise der Fregatte Novara_, Anthrop. Theil, s. ix.) Among the Bechuanas, “When it thunders, every one trembles, and each asks the other, ‘Is there anyone among us who has devoured the wealth of others?’” (Calloway, _Relig. System of the Amazulu_, p. 117). Any number of other examples could be added. [87] Klemm, _Culturgeschichte_, Bd. i., s. 64; Honegger, _Culturgeschichte_, Bd. i., s. 332. [88] Castren, _Finnische Mythologie_, p. 17. [89] Gough, _Philosophy of the Upanishads_, p. 17. [90] I refer especially to the results of the physical investigations of Helmholtz, and to their logical application to mental science, by George J. Romanes, in his _Mind and Motion_; to the position of Prof. Paulsen in his _Introduction to Philosophy_; and to such lines of thought as are presented in Professor Dolbear’s _Matter, Ether, and Motion_. [91] Related in Gill’s _Myths and Songs of the South Pacific_. M. van Ende, in his _Histoire Naturelle de la Croyance_, p. 83, sq., has some suggestive remarks on sound as regarded by primitive nations as a mark of life. Hence, their myths of brooks, trees, etc., as conscious beings. [92] A Lenormant, _Chaldean Magic_, p. 96. [93] E. F. Dalton, _Ethnology of Bengal_, p. 60. “Nothing more colors Hindu life,” writes Mr. Walhouse, “than the belief in the efficacy of _mantras_—forms of prayer or powerful words, by which all the relations of life may be influenced, and even the gods may be bound.”—_Jour. Anthrop, Inst._, vol. xiv., p. 189. [94] Curr, _The Australian Race_, vol. i., p. 48. [95] _Report of Com. of N. South Wales to the Columbian Exposition_, p. 7. [96] Sayce, _Hibbert Lectures_, p. 309. [97] Lenormant, _Chaldean Magic_, p. 63. [98] Brinton, _Myths of the New World_, p. 318. [99] The appropriate rite thus to destroy an enemy is described by Curr, _The Australian Race_, vol. ii., p. 610. [100] _Popol Vuh, le Livre Sacré des Quiches_, p. 10. [101] _Polynesian Mythology_, p. 284. [102] _Religious System of the Amazulu_, p. 413. [103] The expression in the Algonkin tongue for a person of the same name is _nind owiawina_, “He is another myself” (Cuoq, _Lexique Algonquine_, p. 113). [104] Curr, _ubi supra_, p. 246. [105] Ling Roth, _Natives of Sarawak_, vol. i., p. 288. [106] H. Hale, _Ethnography of the U. S. Exploring Expedition_, p. 288. [107] Klemm, _Culturgeschichte_, Bd. ii., p. 329.