The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 02 of 12)Frazer, James George
Religion
The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 02 of 12)
Frazer, James George
Magic; Mythology; Religion; Superstition
J. I. Molina, _Geographical, Natural, and Civil History of Chili_
(London, 1809), ii. 92 _sq._ The savage Conibos of the Ucayali river
in eastern Peru imagine that thunder is the voice of the dead (W.
Smyth and F. Lowe, _Journey from Lima to Para_, London, 1836, p. 240);
and among them when parents who have lost a child within three months
hear thunder, they go and dance on the grave, howling turn about (De
St. Cricq, “Voyage du Pérou au Brésil,” _Bulletin de la Société de
Géographie_, ivme série, vi., Paris, 1853, p. 294). The Yuracares of
eastern Peru threaten the thunder-god with their arrows and defy him
when he thunders (A. D’Orbigny, _L’Homme américain_, i. 365), just as
the Thracians did of old (Herodotus, iv. 94). So the Kayans of Borneo,
on hearing a peal of thunder, have been seen to grasp their swords for
the purpose of keeping off the demon who causes it (A. W. Nieuwenhuis,
_In Centraal Borneo_, i. 140 _sq._, 146 _sq._).
Footnote 589:
See above, vol. i. p. 310; and for the connexion of the rite with
Jupiter Elicius see O. Gilbert, _Geschichte und Topographie der Stadt
Rom im Altertum_, ii. 154 _sq._; Aust, in W. H. Roscher’s _Lexikon der
griech. und röm. Mythologie_, ii. 657 _sq._ As to the connexion of
Jupiter with the rain-making ceremony (_aquaelicium_), the combined
evidence of Petronius (_Sat._ 44) and Tertullian (_Apologeticus_, 40)
seems to me conclusive.
Footnote 590:
Ovid, _Fasti_, i. 637 _sq._, vi. 183 _sqq._; Livy, vii. 28. 4 _sq._;
Cicero, _De divinatione_, i. 45. 101; Solinus, i. 21. Although the
temple was not dedicated until 344 B.C., the worship of the goddess of
the hill appears to have been very ancient. See H. Jordan,
_Topographie der Stadt Rom im Altertum_, i. 2, pp. 109 _sq._; W. H.
Roscher, _Lexikon d. griech. u. röm. Mythologie_, ii. coll. 592 _sq._
Footnote 591:
Livy, i. 8. 5; Ovid, _Fasti_, iii. 430; Dionysius Halicarnasensis,
_Antiquit. Rom._ ii. 15.
Footnote 592:
Virgil, _Aen._ viii. 314-318, 347-354.
Footnote 593:
Plutarch, _Quaest. Rom._ 92.
Footnote 594:
Livy, i. 10. 5.
Footnote 595:
_Mons Querquetulanus_; see Tacitus, _Annals_, iv. 65.
Footnote 596:
A monument found at Rome represents Jupiter beside an oak, and
underneath is the dedication: _Jovi Caelio_. See H. Dessau,
_Inscriptiones Latinae selectae_, No. 3080.
Footnote 597:
_Porta Querquetulana_ or _Querquetularia_; see Pliny, _Nat. Hist._
xvi. 37; Festus, pp. 260, 261, ed. C. O. Müller.
Footnote 598:
Festus, _ll.cc._; Varro, _De lingua Latina_, v. 49.
Footnote 599:
E. Babelon, _Monnaies de la République Romaine_, i. 99 _sq._
Footnote 600:
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