There is, or was, a difference of opinion between Mr. Frazer and myself
as to the causes of the appearance of certain sacred animals in Greek
religion. My notions were published in Myth, Ritual, and Religion
(1887), Mr. Frazer's in The Golden Bough (1890). Necessarily I was
unaware in 1887 of Mr. Frazer's still unpublished theory. Now that I
have read it, he seems to me to have the better logic on his side; and if
I do not as yet wholly agree with him, it is because I am not yet certain
that both of our theories may not have their proper place in Greek
mythology.