Chapter V.

Animals.

Animal demons distinguished--Trivial sources of Mythology-- Hedgehog--Fox--Transmigrations in Japan--Horses bewitched-- Rats--Lions--Cats--The Dog--Goethe's horror of dogs--Superstitions of the Parsees, people of Travancore, and American Negroes, Red Indians, &c.--Cynocephaloi--The Wolf--Traditions of the Nez Perces --Fenris--Fables--The Boar--The Bear--Serpent--Every animal power to harm demonised--Horns