2 Emerson, Indian myths or legends, traditions, and symbols of the aborigines of America. Boston, 1884, p. 456. Mythologies are almostunanl-
mous in assigning the priority to water— "Cosmogenles reach no further than the primeval ocean." (Brrnton, Myths of the New World. New
York, 1868, pp. 122-123.)

3 See Laufer, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Anthrop. Sep., vol. 10, 1912, pp. 120, 149. Green is also symbolic of spring and of growing vegetation.
In the imperial worship of the Manchu dynasty, the Temple of Heaven was covered with blue tUes, and everything during the ceremonies was
characterized by a blue color. See Laufer, op. cit., 1913, p. 62, note 1.
4 Emerson, op. cit., p. 456.
5 Black, Folk-medicine; a chapter in the history of culture. London, 1883, p. 112.
« NuttaU, standard or head-dress? Arch. Ethnol. Papers, Peabody Museum, Cambridge, vol. 1, No. 1, 1S88, p. 36.
' Nuttall, The fundamental principles of old and new world civilizations. Arch. Ethnol. Papers, Peabody Museum, Cambridge, vol. 2, 1901, p. 129.
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