Note 79.2 — 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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xii. Archivio, 536; Leland, Etruscan, 301; iv. Zeits. des Vereins, 42, 43. There is a curious Assyrian incantation from Assurbanipal’s collection, the translation of which is uncertain, but which appears to refer to these practices. Lenormant renders the line: “He has torn my garment and dragged it in the dust of my feet.” This is not a sorcerer’s proceeding; and it is of a sorcerer that complaint is made. Dr. Bartels gives, I know not whence, the more probable reading: “He has torn my clothes and mixed his magical herb with the dust of my feet.” Lenormant, 61; Bartels, 34. Dr. Bartels deliberately deprives his works of the greater part of their value by his omission of references.