Sabine Baring-Gould,
Curious Myths of the Middle Ages…
(1866)
“ But I think a better claim may be made for the lightning, and a better still for the ancient instrument of two sticks used for producing fire by friction.An article on Sun worship in the “English Leader,” copied into “Public Opinion” (Sept. 14, 1867) , assumes the identity of the cross with the phallus. The article is full of assertions, rather bold and reckless than well supported by evidence. ”
