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Gloomy is the Greek land of Hades , dark dwelling of the images of departed mortals , where the shades carry at once their living features and their dying wounds , and glide and cluster and whisper , and lead the shadow of a life .
Gloomy is the Greek land of Hades , dark dwelling of the images of departed mortals , where the shades carry at once their living features and their dying wounds , and glide and cluster and whisper , and lead the shadow of a life .
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I have not injured the images of the gods . I have not taken scraps of the bandages of the dead . I have not committed adultery . I have not withheld milk from the mouths of sucklings . I have not hunted wild animals in the pasturages .
I have not injured the images of the gods . I have not taken scraps of the bandages of the dead . I have not committed adultery . I have not withheld milk from the mouths of sucklings . I have not hunted wild animals in the pasturages .
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There the living bring to the images of the dead food and drink , and even a small portion of their profits gained in trade ; they look especially to dead relatives for help in the trials of life , and “ it is no uncommon thing to see ...
There the living bring to the images of the dead food and drink , and even a small portion of their profits gained in trade ; they look especially to dead relatives for help in the trials of life , and “ it is no uncommon thing to see ...
Page 119
... workman and inventor of tools , the Swine - god was a hogbreeder who lost his pigs and died of sorrow , and the Gamblers ' god , a desperate gamester who lost his all and died of want , is represented by a hideous image called a ...
... workman and inventor of tools , the Swine - god was a hogbreeder who lost his pigs and died of sorrow , and the Gamblers ' god , a desperate gamester who lost his all and died of want , is represented by a hideous image called a ...
Page 120
... civilized language ; they embodied them as images , set them up as household patrons , gratified them with offerings and solemn homage , and counting them as or among the infernal gods , inscribed on tombs D. M. , “ Diis Manibus .
... civilized language ; they embodied them as images , set them up as household patrons , gratified them with offerings and solemn homage , and counting them as or among the infernal gods , inscribed on tombs D. M. , “ Diis Manibus .
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| Title | Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2 Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Sir Edward Burnett Tylor |
| Author | Sir Edward Burnett Tylor |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | H. Holt, 1877 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Oct 2008 |
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