Note 474 — Chapter XX · ART AND MAGIC
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For dramatic elements in the ceremonies of rain-making, see Frazer, The Golden Bough, i. pp. 13-18, 20; Bérenger-Féraud, Superstitions et survivances, i. chap. viii.; iii. pp. 177-207; Grimm, Teutonic Mythology, pp. 593-595 (vol. ii.); Lang, Myth, Ritual, and Religion, i. pp. 97, 98; ii. p. 78. Further instances in Roth, N. W. C. Queensland, pp. 167, 168; Woods, Native Tribes, pp. 276-278 (Gason, “Dieyerie Tribe”); Williams, Fiji, p. 194; Dalton, Ethnology of Bengal, p. 261 (Oraons); Skeat, Malay Magic, p. 108; Weston in Journ. Anthr. Inst. xxvi. p. 30 (Highlands of Central Japan); Stevenson in Rep. Bur. Ethn. 1889-90, pp. 80, 94, 110, 111, 115, 116 (The Sia); Ralston, Songs of the Russian People, pp. 227, 228; Bonghi, Römische Feste, p. 181. Equally interesting is the curious kind of negative magic that is practised by the Javanese “rain preventers.” See Glimpses of the Eastern Archipelago, pp. 68-70 (J. Kreemer, “Rain Preventers”).