176
II. 395.
177
The old Hebrew idea (Genesis viii. 21) was that the food actually reached God in the form of the fragrant fire-distilled essence, and thus gratified him as an agreeable gift. Hastings, 'Dict. of the Bible.'
178
Robertson Smith, 'Religion of the Semites,' p. 345.
179
See Index, Toshigohi.
180
See above, p. 119. (#Page_119)
181
Reminding us of Homer's στἐμμαα θεοἶο, which consisted of tufted wool attached to a wand (σκῆπτρον). The ancient Jews made offerings of wool.
182
See Index, 'Inspiration.'
183
Nihongi, i. 193, 251.
184
See above, p. 70. (#Page_70)
185
Agamemnon's sword was worshipped in Greece in the time of Pausanias.
186
Nihongi, ii. 293.
187
See illustration in Chapter XIV. (#Page_366)
188
Murray's 'Japan,' fifth edition, p. 50.
189
See a contribution by Mr. S. Tuke to the Japan Society's Transactions, vol. iv., 1896-7, and a paper by the present writer in the T.A.S.J. for December, 1899. Mr. B. H. Chamberlain holds a different view, which is stated in the Journal of the Anthropological Institute, 1895, and in 'Things Japanese,' fourth edition.
190
See Index, Rokkon Shōjō.
191
Nihongi, i. 113.
192
Chamberlain's Kojiki, p. 312.
193
See Index, Ohoharahi.
194
I quote here, not from any religious document, but from a poem of the Manyōshiu, a solitary instance of a religious stigma being attached to lying:
"If, while not loving,
I said that I loved thee,
The God who dwells
In the grove of Uneda in Matori
Will take note of it."
195
Ch. K. 291.
196
See above, p. 129. (#Page_129)
197
Quoted by Dr. Florenz in T.A.S.J., xxvii. p. 56.
198
See Index, s. v.
199