Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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... sacrifice of children , etc. - Sacrifice of Sub- stitutes ; part given for whole ; inferior life for superior ; effigies -Modern survival of Sacrifice in folklore and religion- Fasting , as a means of producing ecstatic vision ; its ...
... sacrifice of children , etc. - Sacrifice of Sub- stitutes ; part given for whole ; inferior life for superior ; effigies -Modern survival of Sacrifice in folklore and religion- Fasting , as a means of producing ecstatic vision ; its ...
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... sacrifice . Even where the thought is certainly that the departed soul eats , this thought may be very indefinite , with far less of practical intention in it than of childish make - believe . Now and then , however , the sacrificers ...
... sacrifice . Even where the thought is certainly that the departed soul eats , this thought may be very indefinite , with far less of practical intention in it than of childish make - believe . Now and then , however , the sacrificers ...
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... sacrifices to the dead . Maintainer of all ancient rites as he was , he strin- gently kept up this , " he sacrificed to the dead as if they were present , " but when he was asked if the dead had knowledge of what was done or no , he ...
... sacrifices to the dead . Maintainer of all ancient rites as he was , he strin- gently kept up this , " he sacrificed to the dead as if they were present , " but when he was asked if the dead had knowledge of what was done or no , he ...
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... sacrifices to the spirits of the dead , yet keep up the rite of visiting their tombs on the customary day , for prayer ... sacrifice , we may find a lingering survival into modern centuries , doles of bread and drink given to the poor at ...
... sacrifices to the spirits of the dead , yet keep up the rite of visiting their tombs on the customary day , for prayer ... sacrifice , we may find a lingering survival into modern centuries , doles of bread and drink given to the poor at ...
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... sacrifice of blood , and on libations of milk and blood , see Meiners , vol . i . p . 315 , vol . ii . p . 89 ; J. G. Müller , p . 85 ; Rochholz , Deutscher Glaube und Brauch , ' vol . i . p . 1 , etc. honoured dogmas of classic sages ...
... sacrifice of blood , and on libations of milk and blood , see Meiners , vol . i . p . 315 , vol . ii . p . 89 ; J. G. Müller , p . 85 ; Rochholz , Deutscher Glaube und Brauch , ' vol . i . p . 1 , etc. honoured dogmas of classic sages ...
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