Note 622 — Chapter XVIII · RELIGION IN THE HEROIC AGE.
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Reference may be made to Procopius' account of the Heruli (cf. p. 411) and more especially to the stories of Ibn Dustah and Ibn Fadhlan, quoted by Thomsen, The Relations between Ancient Russia and Scandinavia, etc., pp. 30 f., 34. Native records preserve only somewhat vague traditions relating to such a custom; cf. The Cult of Othin, p. 41 f.