Note 926 — Chapter IX · THE IDEA OF SPIRITS AND GODS
Joseph Ward Swain translation
It is true that Spencer and Gillen maintain that these mythical beings play no moral rôle (Nor. Tr., p. 493); but this is because they give too narrow a meaning to the word. Religious duties are duties: so the fact of looking after the manner in which these are observed concerns morals, especially because all morals have a religious character at this period.