130 Pausanias, ii. 24, 1. κάτοχος ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ γίνεται is the expression.
131 Pliny, _Nat. Hist._ xxviii. 147. Pausanias (vii. 25, 13) mentions the draught of bull’s blood as an ordeal to test the chastity of the priestess. Doubtless it was thought to serve both purposes.
132 Caldwell, “On demonolatry in Southern India,” _Journal of the Anthropological Society of Bombay_, i. 101 _sq._
133 J. G. F. Riedel, “De Minahasa in 1825,” _Tijdschrift v. Indische Taal- Land- en Volkenkunde_, xviii. 517 _sq._ Cp. N. Graafland, _De Minahassa_, i. 122; Dumont D’Urville, _Voyage autour du Monde et à la recherche de La Perouse_, v. 443.
134 F. J. Mone, _Geschichte des Heidenthums im nördlichen Europa_, i. 188.
135 Biddulph, _Tribes of the Hindoo Koosh_, p. 96. For other instances of priests or representatives of the deity drinking the warm blood of the victim, cp. _Tijdschrift v. Nederlandsch Indië_, 1849, p. 395; Oldfield, _Sketches from Nipal_, ii. 296 _sq._; _Asiatic Researches_, iv. 40, 41, 50, 52 (8vo. ed.); Paul Soleillet, _L’Afrique Occidentale_, p. 123 _sq._ To snuff up the savour of the sacrifice was similarly supposed to produce inspiration. Tertullian, _Apologet._ 23.
136 Biddulph, _Tribes of the Hindoo Koosh_, p. 97.
137 Lucian, _Bis accus._, I; Tzetzes, _Schol. ad Lycophr._, 6.
139 Plutarch, _De defect. oracul._ 46, 49.
140 D. Chwolsohn, _Die Ssabier und der Ssabismus_, ii. 37; _Lettres édifiantes et curieuses_, xvi. 230 _sq._; _Panjab Notes and Queries_, iii. No. 721; _Journal of the Anthropological Society of Bombay_, i. 103; S. Mateer, _The Land of Charity_, 216; _id._, _Native Life in Travancore_, p. 94; A. C. Lyall, _Asiatic Studies_, p. 14; Biddulph, _Tribes of the Hindoo Koosh_, p. 131; Pallas, _Reisen in verschiedenen Provinzen des russischen Reiches_, i. 91; Vambery, _Das Türkenvolk_, p. 485; Erman, _Archiv für wissenschaftliche Kunde von Russland_, i. 377. When the Rao of Kachh sacrifices a buffalo, water is sprinkled between its horns; if it shakes its head, it is unsuitable; if it nods its head, it is sacrificed. _Panjab Notes and Queries_, i. No. 911. This is probably a modern misinterpretation of the old custom.
141 Moura, _Le Royaume du Cambodge_, i. 177 _sq._
143 Vincendon-Dumoulin et Desgraz, _Iles Marquises_, pp. 226, 240 _sq._