Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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... grove . The tree may serve as a scaffold or altar , at once convenient and conspicuous , where offerings can be set out for some spiritual being , who may be a tree - spirit , or perhaps the local deity , living there just as a man ...
... grove . The tree may serve as a scaffold or altar , at once convenient and conspicuous , where offerings can be set out for some spiritual being , who may be a tree - spirit , or perhaps the local deity , living there just as a man ...
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... grove in the recesses of a forest , is the sanctuary of a Turanian tribe . Gaily - decked idols in their warm fur - coats , each set up beneath its great tree swathed with cloth or tinplate , endless reindeer - hides and peltry hanging ...
... grove in the recesses of a forest , is the sanctuary of a Turanian tribe . Gaily - decked idols in their warm fur - coats , each set up beneath its great tree swathed with cloth or tinplate , endless reindeer - hides and peltry hanging ...
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... grove worship of the non - Aryan indigenous tribes of British India , we shall gather clear and instructive hints of ... grove more picturesquely shown than among the Mundas of Chota - Nagpur , in whose settlements a sacred grove of sal ...
... grove worship of the non - Aryan indigenous tribes of British India , we shall gather clear and instructive hints of ... grove more picturesquely shown than among the Mundas of Chota - Nagpur , in whose settlements a sacred grove of sal ...
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... grove which we find flourishing or surviving within the range of Semitic or Aryan culture . Mentions in the Old Testament record the Canaanitish Ashera - worship , the sacrifice under every green tree , the incense rising beneath oak ...
... grove which we find flourishing or surviving within the range of Semitic or Aryan culture . Mentions in the Old Testament record the Canaanitish Ashera - worship , the sacrifice under every green tree , the incense rising beneath oak ...
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... grove he ravaged with the axe , They say , and shamed with iron the ancient glades . There stood a mighty oak of age ... grove ; he must offer a hog in sacrifice with this prayer , " Be thou god or goddess to whom this grove is sacred ...
... grove he ravaged with the axe , They say , and shamed with iron the ancient glades . There stood a mighty oak of age ... grove ; he must offer a hog in sacrifice with this prayer , " Be thou god or goddess to whom this grove is sacred ...
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