Chapter IX
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GODS AND MEN.
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Note 1 · Footnote 516: (return) O'Grady, ii. 228.Note 2 · Footnote 517: (return) Ibid. ii. 203. Cf. Cæsar, vi. 14, "the immortal gods" of Gaul.Note 3 · Footnote 518: (return) Cf. Ch. XXIV.; O'Grady, ii. 110, 172; Nutt-Meyer, i. 42.Note 4 · Footnote 519: (return) Leahy, ii. 6.Note 5 · Footnote 520: (return) IT iii. 203; Trip. Life, 507; Annals of the Four Masters, A.D. 14; RC xxii. 28, 168. Chiefs as well as kings probablyNote 6 · Footnote 521: (return) An echo of this may underlie the words attributed to King Ailill, "If I am slain, it will be the redemption of many" Note 7 · Footnote 522: (return) See Frazer, Kingship; Cook, Folk-Lore, 1906, "The European Sky-God." Mr. Cook gives ample evidence for the existence Note 8 · Footnote 523: (return) Strabo, xii. 5. 2.Note 9 · Footnote 524: (return) Plutarch, de Virt. Mul. 20.Note 10 · Footnote 525: (return) Cicero, de Div. i. 15, ii. 36; Strabo, xii. 5. 3; Stachelin, Gesch. der Kleinasiat. Galater.Note 11 · Footnote 526: (return) Livy, v. 34; Dio Cass. lxii. 6.Note 12 · Footnote 527: (return) Ancient Laws of Ireland, i. 22; Diog. Laert. i. proem 1; see p. 301, infra.Note 13 · Footnote 528: (return) Pliny, xvi. 95.Note 14 · Footnote 529: (return) P. 201, infra.Note 15 · Footnote 530: (return) Cf. the tales of Gawain and the Green Knight with his holly bough, and of Gawain's attempting to pluck the bough of aNote 16 · Footnote 531: (return) See Chap. XVIII.Note 17 · Though man usually makes his gods in his own image, they are unlike as well as like him. Intermediate between them and man are ideal heroes Note 18 · The divinities often united with mortals. Goddesses sought the love of heroes who were then sometimes numbered among the gods, and gods had Note 19 · As in the case of early Greek and Roman kings, Celtic kings who bore divine names were probably believed to be representatives or incarnatioNote 20 · The incarnate god was probably representative of a god or spirit of earth, growth, or vegetation, represented also by a tree. A symbolic braNote 21 · If in early times the spirit of vegetation was feminine, her representative would be a woman, probably slain at recurring festivals by the f