 | Sir Charles Grant - Central Provinces (India) - 1870 - 764 pages
...raving lunatic ; for, as it is, after being brought back by one or two men, who are sent after him, lie does not recover his senses for one or two days. The...scapegoat for the sins of the rest of the village. Small-pox is worshipped under the name of " Mata Devi," and cholera __ „ ... under that of " Mari."... | |
 | 1872 - 606 pages
...being brought back by one or two men who are sent after him, he does not recover his senses for one at two days. The idea is that one man is thus singled...scapegoat for the sins of the rest of the village.' (Pp. 275-76.) Among the Bdiga, and indeed all other Gonds, the belief in witchcraft is very strong,... | |
 | James George Frazer - Dying and rising gods - 1890 - 430 pages
...where it is believed that, if left to himself, he would die mad. As it is, he is brought back, but does not recover his senses for one or two days. "...out as a scapegoat for the sins of the rest of the village."3 In the temple of the Moon the Albanians of the Eastern Caucasus kept a number of sacred... | |
 | William Crooke - Caste - 1896 - 572 pages
...brought back, he does not recover his senses for one or two days, 1 Introduction to Popular Religion, 74. The idea is that one man is thus singled out as a...scapegoat for the sins of the rest of the village." Distribution of the Gonds according to the Census of 1891* Goriya, Guriya.— A fishing and cultivating... | |
 | James George Frazer - Dying and rising gods - 1900 - 522 pages
...However, they bring him back, but he does not recover his senses for one or two days. The people think that one man is thus singled out as a scapegoat for the sins of the rest of the village.8 In the temple of the Moon the Albanians of the Eastern Caucasus kept a number of sacred slaves,... | |
 | Sir James George Frazer, James George Frazer - Fiction - 1993 - 768 pages
...However, they bring him back, but he does not recover his senses for one or two days. The people think that one man is thus singled out as a scapegoat for the sins of the rest of the village. In the temple of the Moon the Albanians of the Eastern Caucasus kept a number of sacred slaves, of whom many... | |
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The people think that one man is thus singled out as a scapegoat for the sins of the rest of the village. In the temple of the Moon the Albanians of the Eastern Caucasus kept a number of sacred slaves, of whom many were inspired and prophesied. When one... 