Note 174.1 — SUPPLEMENTARY LIST OF WORKS REFERRED TO

In fact, the cutting out of the tongues as proof of victory extends far beyond stories containing the Rescue incident. (See, among others, Denton, 150; i. Rev. Celt., 260; i. Rivista, 531.) Mr. Frazer, ii. Golden Bough, 129, note, has some observations upon it and the custom which it records, and which is found in both hemispheres. I gather, however, that he feels a little uncertain as to the true interpretation. It demands further inquiry, for which I have no room here. I only want to point out that the fact of the widespread custom makes decidedly against the theory of contamination by a merely local legend.