Note 77.1 — Chapter XV · THE COUVADE AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE STRENGTH OF THE BLOOD-TIE—CONCLUSION OF THE INQUIRY INTO THE THEORY OF THE LIFE-TOKEN.
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Dawson, 12, 54; iii. Curr, 178, 547; Featherman, Oceano-Mel., 93; Papuo-Mel., 479; Ellis, Ewe-speaking Peoples, 99; iii. Am Urquell, 150, 269 (a Magyar belief as to the cause of a woman’s barrenness; see also Von Wlislocki, Volksleb. Mag., 76); iv., 211; Zingerle, Sitten, 73; ii. Witzschel, 270; i. Mélusine, 348; Monseur, 92; Bourke, 146, 153, 378, 390, 465; Von Wlislocki, Volksgl. Siebenb. Sachs., 52; Andree, ii. Ethnog. Par., 11, 16. The same superstition seems referred to in an ancient Egyptian festival song, lii. Archæologia, 408, 471.