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The legend of Perseus, Volume 2 (of 3)

Note 5.3 — 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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i. Cosquin, 26, quoting xxxiv. Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, pt. 2, 225. In a Kabyle tale, apparently a variant of that given supra, vol. i. p. 60, the hero plants two rods, telling his half-brother to visit them every day: “if thou find mine dried up, know that I am dead.” De Charencey, Folklore, 142, citing René Basset, in vi. Giornale della Società asiatica italiana.

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