Chapter XII: 1 Op. cit. p. 71

[2] _Op. cit_. p. 3.

[3] _Op. cit_. p. 4.

[4] Cumont, _op. cit_. pp. 129-141 _et seq_.

[5] _Op. cit_. p. 148.

[6] Dieterich, _Eine Mithrasliturgie_, the text is given with translation and is followed by an elaborate commentary. The whole study is most interesting and suggestive.

[7] Cf. Bousset, _Der Himmelfahrt der Seele, Archiv für Religionswissenschaft_, Vol. IV.

[8] Cumont, _op. cit_. pp. 199 _et seq_.

[9] _Adonis und Esmun_, p. 521.

[10] Cf. Mead, _op. cit_. p. 179, note; Cumont, _Mystères de Mithra_, p. 183.

[11] Cumont, _Les Religions Orientales_, pp. 160 _et seq_.

[12] _Mystères de Mithra_, p. 77.

[13] _Les Religions Orientales_, pp. 166, 167, _Mystères de Mithra_, p. 57.

[14] Mead, _op. cit_. pp. 147, 148, and note.

[15] Without entering into indiscreet details I may say that students of the Mysteries are well aware of the continued survival of this ritual under circumstances which correspond exactly with the indications of two of our Grail romances.

[16] _The Quest of the Holy Grail_, pp. 110 _et seq_.

[17] _puys._ Professor A. C. L. Brown, _Notes on Celtic Cauldrons of Plenty_, n. p. 249, translates this ‘wells,’ an error into which the late Mr Alfred Nutt had already fallen. Wisse Colin translates this correctly, _berg, gebirge_.

[18] I suspect that the robbery of the Golden Cup was originally a symbolic expression for the outrage being offered.