There seems to be no sort of belief connected with these observances. […] He is a sort of High Priest of Buddhism residing in Lassa, the capital of Thibet; he is invested with an entirely supernatural character. […] Freya was invoked by lovers, and seems to have been a sort of Scandinavian Venus. […] Dolmens are found also in straight lines, forming a sort of covered gallery. […] Huitzilopotchli, a sort of Mexican Mars, who was, in fact, the patron deity of the nation.