Note 416 — Chapter XII · THE PINE-CONE AS AN ATTRIBUTE OF ÆSCULAPIUS.
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Medical virtues are inherent in fir-trees. Hence, there was a good foundation for the Accadian superstition. It is curious to observe that “among the Dakotah tribe of Indians the white cedar-tree is believed to have a supernatural power, and its leaves are burned as incense to propitiate the gods.” See Emerson’s Indian Myths, p. 241.