_Rigveda_, iii. 29, translated by R. T. H. Griffith (Benares, 1889-1892), vol. ii. pp. 25-27; _Satapatha Brâhmana_, translated by J. Eggeling, part i. p. 389, note 3, part ii. pp. 90 _sq._, part v. pp. 68-74; _Hymns of the Atharva-Veda_, translated by M. Bloomfield, pp. 91, 97 _sq._, 334, 460; W. Caland, _Altindisches Zauberritual_, pp. 115 _sq._; A. Kuhn, _Herabkunft des Feuers_, 2nd Ed., pp. 40, 64-78, 183-185; H. Zimmer, _Altindisches Leben_, pp. 58, 59. The _sami_ wood is sometimes identified with the _Acacia Suma_ (_Mimosa Suma_); but the modern Bengalee name of _Prosopis spicigera_ is _shami_ or _somi_, which seems to be conclusive evidence of the identity of _Prosopis spicigera_ with _sami_. The _Prosopis spicigera_ is a deciduous thorny tree of moderate size, which grows in the arid zones of the Punjaub, Rajputana, Gujarat, Bundelcund, and the Deccan. The heart of the wood is of a purplish brown colour and extremely hard. It is especially valued for fuel, as it gives out much heat. See G. Watt, _Dictionary of the Economic Products of India_, _s.v._ “Prosopis spicigera.” For a reference to this work I am indebted to the kindness of the late Professor H. Marshall Ward. Footnote 810: A. Kuhn, _op. cit._ pp. 40, 66, 175. Footnote 811: _Hymns of the Atharva-Veda_, translated by M. Bloomfield, pp. 97 _sq._, 460; W. Caland, _Altindisches Zauberritual_, pp. 115 _sq._ Footnote 812: See above, pp. 195 _sqq._, 230 _sqq._ Footnote 813: _Rigveda_, x. 95, translated by R. T. H. Griffith, _Satapatha Brâhmana_, translated by J. Eggeling, part v. pp. 68-74. Compare H. Oldenberg, _Die Literatur des alten Indien_ (Stuttgart and Berlin, 1903), pp. 53-55. On the story see A. Kuhn, _Herabkunft des Feuers_, 2nd Ed., pp. 71 _sqq._; F. Max Müller _Selected Essays on Language, Religion, and Mythology_ (London, 1881), i. 408 _sqq._; Andrew Lang, _Custom and Myth_ (London, 1884), pp. 64 _sqq._; K. F. Pischel and Geldner, _Vedische Studien_, i. (Stuttgart, 1889), pp. 243-295. It belongs to the group of tales which describe the marriage of a human with an animal mate, of a mortal with a fairy, and often, though not always, their unhappy parting. The story seems to have its roots in totemism. See my _Totemism and Exogamy_, ii. 566 _sqq._ It will be illustrated more at length in a later part of _The Golden Bough_. Footnote 814: