Note 317 — Chapter X · THE SACRED DANCE AS A MARRIAGE RITE

“Its general unscientific nature has been demonstrated by Mr Fison and Dr Westermarck.... The theory, then, that mankind in general, or even a particular section of mankind, even in normal circumstances were accustomed to obtain their wives by capture from other tribes, may be regarded as exploded. There have been, of course, and still are, sporadic cases of capture of wives from hostile tribes or others, but such cannot prove a rule.” Crawley, The Mystic Rose: A Study of Primitive Marriage, p. 367 (1902).