They may, however, be classified according to the theory of civilization that they assume. […] It is not, however, likely that allegories of deep scientific or philosophical import were invented by savages. […] The following is, however, a brief outline of the means by which some of them have been preserved. […] Minerva, however, was present, unseen, to aid her worshipper. […] One god, however, the jovial Bacchus, was dear to the blacksmith.