As a rule, mythology asks for no aid from Psychical Research. But there
are problems in religious rite and custom where the services of the
Cendrillon of the sciences, the despised youngest sister, may be of use.
As an example I take the famous mysterious old Fire-rite of the Hirpi, or
wolf-kin, of Mount Soracte. I shall first, following Mannhardt, and
making use of my own trifling researches in ancient literature, describe
the rite itself.