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by the high priests of the temples when they officiated at the unveil- 
ing of the statues of the great mother. 
It is not possible to distinguish in Indian folk-lore between 
myths in which supernatural beings play a leading role, historical or 
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liella Coda Indian dramatizing tlio sopornatiiral lieing Eciio. 
(Photo hy llarldii /. Sinith.) 
quasi-hist orical traditions, and simple folk-tales where the oidy. or at 
least the ]irinci])al. characters are liuman beings. We might attempt, 
with more success, to discriminate these elements in Homer, for when 
the tales concerning the fall of Troy and the waiulerings of Odysseus 
