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Page 35
... holds to ancient rite . The funeral feast is served in Russia , with its tables for the beggars , laden with fish pasties and bowls of shchi and jugs of kvas , its more delicate dinner for friends and priests , its incense and chants of ...
... holds to ancient rite . The funeral feast is served in Russia , with its tables for the beggars , laden with fish pasties and bowls of shchi and jugs of kvas , its more delicate dinner for friends and priests , its incense and chants of ...
Page 37
... hold their feasts for departed relatives , when souls come back to the world to visit the living , and receive from them offerings of food and clothing . The custom of setting empty seats at the St. John's Eve feast , for the departed ...
... hold their feasts for departed relatives , when souls come back to the world to visit the living , and receive from them offerings of food and clothing . The custom of setting empty seats at the St. John's Eve feast , for the departed ...
Page 42
... holds no greedy gods : ' - ' Parva petunt manes . Pietas pro divite grata est Munere . Non avidos Styx habet ima deos . Tegula porrectis satis est velata coronis , Et sparsae fruges , parcaque mica salis , Inque mero mollita ceres ...
... holds no greedy gods : ' - ' Parva petunt manes . Pietas pro divite grata est Munere . Non avidos Styx habet ima deos . Tegula porrectis satis est velata coronis , Et sparsae fruges , parcaque mica salis , Inque mero mollita ceres ...
Page 44
... hold explicit doctrines . When these fall under the inspection of a modern ethnographer , he treats them as myths ; often to a high degree intelligible and rational in their origin , consistent and regular in their structure , but not ...
... hold explicit doctrines . When these fall under the inspection of a modern ethnographer , he treats them as myths ; often to a high degree intelligible and rational in their origin , consistent and regular in their structure , but not ...
Page 46
... hold their doctrines of the future life on strong tradition , direct revelation , and even personal experience . To them the land of souls is a discovered country , from whose bourne many a traveller returns . Among the legendary visits ...
... hold their doctrines of the future life on strong tradition , direct revelation , and even personal experience . To them the land of souls is a discovered country , from whose bourne many a traveller returns . Among the legendary visits ...
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