Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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Page 162
... deities , and who are known to worship stones and logs , but not idols . In the island of Sambawa , the Orang Dongo ... deity which had filled them . So in the New Hebrides worship was given to water - worn pebbles , while Fijian gods ...
... deities , and who are known to worship stones and logs , but not idols . In the island of Sambawa , the Orang Dongo ... deity which had filled them . So in the New Hebrides worship was given to water - worn pebbles , while Fijian gods ...
Page 163
... deities , one with a stone head , the other a mere black stone , both dressed in green robes with red lappets , and ... deity ; the clod or stone under a tree , which in Behar will represent the deified soul of some dead personage who ...
... deities , one with a stone head , the other a mere black stone , both dressed in green robes with red lappets , and ... deity ; the clod or stone under a tree , which in Behar will represent the deified soul of some dead personage who ...
Page 164
... deity . Mr. Hislop remarks that in every part of Southern India , four or five stones may often be seen in the ryot's field , placed in a row and daubed with red paint , which they consider as guardians of the field and call the five ...
... deity . Mr. Hislop remarks that in every part of Southern India , four or five stones may often be seen in the ryot's field , placed in a row and daubed with red paint , which they consider as guardians of the field and call the five ...
Page 173
... deities of the Peruvian Pantheon.2 In Mexico , idolatry had attained to its full barbaric development . As in the Aztec mind the world swarmed with spiritual deities , so their material representa- tives the idols stood in the houses ...
... deities of the Peruvian Pantheon.2 In Mexico , idolatry had attained to its full barbaric development . As in the Aztec mind the world swarmed with spiritual deities , so their material representa- tives the idols stood in the houses ...
Page 176
... deity in connexion with them ; so close is the connexion conceived between spirit and image , that the idol is itself called " wong . " So in the Ewe district , the same " edro " or deity who inspires the priest is also present in the ...
... deity in connexion with them ; so close is the connexion conceived between spirit and image , that the idol is itself called " wong . " So in the Ewe district , the same " edro " or deity who inspires the priest is also present in the ...
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