See frontispiece of Sir Monier Monier-Williams’s Buddhism; see, also, Fergusson’s article on “The Amravati Tope” in “Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society,” Vol. III., Pt. 1, pp. 132–166. Footnote 626: See Keightley’s _Mythology_, art. “Phœbus-Apollo.” Footnote 627: See “Æsculapius,” in Smith’s _Classical Dictionary_. Footnote 628: See Herodotus’s _History_, Bk. IX., chap. 81. Footnote 629: See “Gorgones,” in Smith’s _Classical Dictionary_. Footnote 630: See, for example, Maurice’s _Indian Antiquities_; Fergusson’s _Tree and Serpent Worship_; Forlong’s _Rivers of Life_, I., 93–322; Wake’s _Serpent Worship_, pp. 81–106. Footnote 631: Gen. 3 : 7, 10–13, 16. Footnote 632: See, for example, Psa. 128 : 3; Prov. 3 : 18; 11 : 30; Ezek. 19 : 10. Footnote 633: See, for example, Gen. 30 : 2; Deut. 7 : 13; 28 : 4, 18, 53; 30 : 9; Psa. 127 : 3; 132 : 11; Song of Songs 4 : 16; Isa. 13 : 18; Micah 6 : 7; Acts 2 : 30. Footnote 634: See, for example, Gen. 4 : 1, 17, 25; 38 : 26; Judg. 11 : 39; 19 : 25; 1 Sam. 1 : 19; 1 Kings 1 : 4; Matt. 1 : 25. Footnote 635: Gen. 3 : 1–13. Footnote 636: See, for example, Philo Judæus’s _Works_, “On the Creation,” I., 53–60; “On the Allegories of the Sacred Laws,” I., 15–20; “Questions and Solutions,” I., 31–41. Footnote 637: See, for example, _Midrasch Bereschit Rabba_, pararshah 18, § 6, in comments on Gen. 2 : 25; Weber’s _Die Lehren d. Talmud_ (ed. 1866), pp. 210–213. Footnote 638: See Clement of Alexandria’s _Miscellanies_, III., 17; also Irenæus’s _Against Heresies_, I., 30. Footnote 639: Gen. 3 : 14, 15. Footnote 640: Compare Num. 21 : 4–9; 2 Kings 18 : 4; John 3 : 14, 15. Footnote 641: Gen. 3 : 22–24. Footnote 642: Rev. 20 : 1, 2. Footnote 643: _Ibid._, 21 : 1–27; 22 : 1, 2. Footnote 644: _Ibid._, 22 : 14, 15. ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ APPENDIX. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ APPENDIX. SIGNIFICANCE OF BLOOD IN THE MARRIAGE RITE.[645] In Ægypto Superiori, quemadmodum in aliis regionibus, ubi mores prisci praeservati vigent, matrimonium eousque non consummatur, donec, examine instituto, sponsus sanguinem, ceu testimonium virginitatis sponsae elicuerit. Linteolum quoddam singulare, mucinii vel mappae speciem prae se ferens, a parentibus sponsae ad obryssam hanc praeparatur.