Note 36 — V.—CHARMS, SPELLS, AMULETS AND DIVINATIONS.

“In conclusion I may remark that the deity to which the above given incantation is addressed, is supposed to be that popular deity which is commonly called ‘the seven sisters.’36 By some it is considered identical with the spirit of the Wega in Lyra,37 by others it is identified with the spirit of the Pleiades;38 and this latter explanation I consider to be most plausible, because the Pleiades are in Chinese colloquial called ‘the star of the seven ladies.’39”