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paid them much respect in their ceremonies, but not actual worship, 

 as they did to Mother Earth. 1 



In the rock sculpture before us this evening, I believe we have 

 these three nature-spirits represented, the Earth as the parturient 

 All Mother, the sun and moon as accessories. The purpose of the 

 carving was propitiatory to these poAverful forces, and was intended 

 as a permanent conjuration of their good-will. 



1 See De Rochefort, ubi supra, pp. 469, 470. 



