Note 327.2 — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST
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2 Sam., ch. 16; 1 Kings, ch. 2. There is some reason to think that the same custom obtained among the ancient Teutonic peoples, and even in England. Both this and succession by marrying a daughter are frequent incidents in historical traditions as well as in märchen (see Frazer, Magic Art, ii., ch. xviii., and Scapegoat, 368).