236 Erasmus Stella, “De Borussiae antiquitatibus,” in _Novus Orbis regionum ac insularum veteribus incognitarum_, p. 510; Lasiczki (Lasicius), “De diis Samagitarum caeterorumque Sarmatarum,” in _Respublica sive Status Regni Poloniae, Lituaniae, Prussiae, Livoniae_, etc. (Elzevir, 1627), p. 299 _sq._ There is a good and cheap reprint of Lasiczki’s work by W. Mannhardt in _Magazin herausgegeben von der Lettisch-Literarischen Gesellschaft_, xiv. 82 _sqq._ (Mitau, 1868). 237 Simon Grünau, _Preussische Chronik_, ed. Perlbach (Leipzig 1876), p. 89; “Prisca antiquorum Prutenorum religio,” in _Respublica sive Status Regni Poloniae_ etc., p. 321. 238 B. Hagen, “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Battareligion,” in _Tijdschrift voor Indische Taal- Land- en Volkenkunde_, xxviii. 530 _note_. 239 Bastian, _Die Völker des östlichen Asien_, i. 134. 240 Matthias Michov, in _Novus Orbis regionum ac insularum veteribus incognitarum_, p. 457. 241 Grimm, _Deutsche Mythologie_,4, i. 497; cp. ii. 540, 541. 242 Max Buch, _Die Wotjaken_, p. 124. 243 Biddulph, _Tribes of the Hindoo Koosh_, p. 116. 244 Cato, _De agri cultura_, 139. 245 Henzen, _Acta fratrum arvalium_ (Berlin, 1874), p. 138. 246 On the representations of Silvanus, the Roman wood-god, see Jordan in Preller’s _Römische Mythologie_,3 i. 393 _note_; Baumeister, _Denkmäler des classischen Altertums_, iii. 1665 _sq._ A good representation of Silvanus bearing a pine branch is given in the Sale Catalogue of H. Hoffmann, Paris, 1888, pt. ii. 247 Aeneas Sylvius, _Opera_ (Bâle, 1571), p. 418 [wrongly numbered 420]; cp. Erasmus Stella, “De Borussiae antiquitatibus,” in _Novus Orbis regionum ac insularum veteribus incognitarum_, p. 510. 248 Dalton, _Ethnology of Bengal_, p. 186. 249 Aymonier in _Excursions et Reconnaissances_, No. 16, p. 175 _sq._ 250 See above, pp. 13, 21. 251 Above, p. 16. 252 Mannhardt, _B. K._ pp. 158, 159, 170, 197, 214, 351, 514. 253 Dalton, _Ethnology of Bengal_, p. 188. 254 Labat, _Voyage du Chevalier des Marchais en Guinée, Isles voisines, et à Cayenne_ (Paris, 1730), i. 338. 255 L. Lloyd, _Peasant Life in Sweden_, p. 266. 256 Mannhardt, _B. K._ p. 190 _sqq._ 257 Mannhardt, _A. W. F._ p. 212 _sqq._ 258 H. Low, _Sarawak_, p. 274. 259 T. H. Lewin, _Wild Races of South-eastern India_, p. 270. 260 J. Mackenzie, _Ten years north of the Orange River_, p. 385. 261 Rev. J. Macdonald, MS. notes. 262 Biddulph, _Tribes of the Hindoo Koosh_, p. 103 _sq._ 263 Biddulph, _op. cit._ p. 106 _sq._ 264 Mannhardt, _B. K._ p. 161; E. Meier, _Deutsche Sagen, Sitten und Gebräuche aus Schwaben_, p. 397.; A. Peter, _Volksthümliches aus Österreichisch-Schlesien_, ii. 286; Reinsberg-Düringsfeld, _Fest-Kalendar aus Böhmen_, p. 210. 265 Quoted by Brand, _Popular Antiquities_, i. 227, Bohn’s ed.