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The legend of Perseus, Volume 2 (of 3)

Note 125.4 — 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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Von Henrici, in iv. Kobert, 92, 96; iii. Am Urquell, 4, 12, 13; iv., 98; Von Wlislocki, Volksleb. Mag., 69, 70, 71; Volksgl. Zig., 133; Volksgl. Mag., 142; Siebenb. Sachs., 203; Felicina Giannini-Finucci, in xi. Archivio, 453; Ostermann, 310; Rev. W. Gregor in letter to me dated 8th Sept. 1893; Bourke, 217, 218; i. Sax. Leechd., xlv., quoting the Italian philosopher Cæsalpinus; Strack, 8, 15, 17, quoting a medical work of the seventeenth century and other authorities; Leland, Etr. Rom., 294; v. Folklore, 277; Von den Steinen, 558. An analogous superstition at Siena, see G. B. Corsi, in xiii. Archivio, 475.

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