[321.1] I am indebted to Miss Burne for suggesting that something like this is the true interpretation of the use alike of the _Lia Fáil_ and of the various regal paraphernalia employed in the stories. As she puts it, they would know their rightful owner. This, however, is to assume the principle of heredity as already established. The animistic belief involved in the interpretation suggested was perhaps applied even before then. [323.1] Girald. Cambr., _Itinerarium Kambriæ_, l. i., c. 2. [323.2] Crooke, _Pop. Rel._, ii. 142. [323.3] Crooke, _Tribes and Castes_, ii. 380. _Cf._ the Legend of Dhatu Sena, King of Ceylon (Tennent, _Ceylon_, i. 389). [324.1] A. Landes, _Contes Tjames_, 104. [324.2] _Journal of the Indian Archipelago_, iii. 571. [324.3] _Havelok_, ll. 602 _sqq._, 2139 _sqq._ [326.1] Owen, _Narrative_, ii. 418, translating a MS., of Sr. Ferão, a Portuguese governor of the coast. This translation is reprinted by Theal, _Records of South-Eastern Africa_, vii. 371 _sqq._ [327.1] Theal, _Records_, vii. 191 _sqq._ [327.2] 2 Sam., ch. 16; 1 Kings, ch. 2. There is some reason to think that the same custom obtained among the ancient Teutonic peoples, and even in England. Both this and succession by marrying a daughter are frequent incidents in historical traditions as well as in _märchen_ (see Frazer, _Magic Art_, ii., ch. xviii., and _Scapegoat_, 368). [328.1] Junod, _S. A. Tribe_, i. 199, 206. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES Page numbers are given in in {curly} brackets. Endnote markers are given in [square] brackets in the plain text version. Alterations to the text: Convert footnotes to endnotes. Relabel note markers: append the original note number to the page number. Omit the Index. [Preface] “published _Myth Ritual and Religion_, in which he attacked” add comma after _Myth_. [The relations of religion and magic] (“If a man,” writes Bishop Codrington, has been successful…) add quotation mark before _has_. Change “It is substantially that of _Professer_ Frazer” to _Professor_. [The boldness of the Celts] “There is a remarkable story in the _Eyrbyggja_ Saga” to _Eyrbyggia_. [Endnotes] Two punctuation corrections (missing periods). [End of text]