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Page 123
... or stone or image or other thing , which contains the spirit as a vessel contains
a fluid : this is the key to strict fetishism , and in no small measure to idolatry . In
briefly considering these various branches of the Embodiment - theory , there
may ...
... or stone or image or other thing , which contains the spirit as a vessel contains
a fluid : this is the key to strict fetishism , and in no small measure to idolatry . In
briefly considering these various branches of the Embodiment - theory , there
may ...
Page 164
... speaking by its voice , will announce that he is Panchầnana the Five - faced ,
and is punishing the child for insulting his image ; to this Siva , in the form of a
clay idol or of a stone beneath a sacred tree , there are offered not only flowers
and ...
... speaking by its voice , will announce that he is Panchầnana the Five - faced ,
and is punishing the child for insulting his image ; to this Siva , in the form of a
clay idol or of a stone beneath a sacred tree , there are offered not only flowers
and ...
Page 165
As Mr . Grote says , speaking of Greek worship , “ The primitive memorial erected
to a god did not even pretend to be an image , but was often nothing more than a
pillar , a board , a shapeless stone or a post , receiving care and decoration ...
As Mr . Grote says , speaking of Greek worship , “ The primitive memorial erected
to a god did not even pretend to be an image , but was often nothing more than a
pillar , a board , a shapeless stone or a post , receiving care and decoration ...
Page 166
... wooden Ashera - cones , but how far these objects were of the character of
altars , symbols , or fetishes , is a riddle . We may still say with Tacitus , describing
the conical pillar which stood instead of an image to represent the Paphian
Venus ...
... wooden Ashera - cones , but how far these objects were of the character of
altars , symbols , or fetishes , is a riddle . We may still say with Tacitus , describing
the conical pillar which stood instead of an image to represent the Paphian
Venus ...
Page 167
But on the other hand , when it is considered how such a rude object serves to
uncultured men as a divine image or receptacle , there is nothing strange in its
being a relic of early barbarism holding its place against more artistic models ...
But on the other hand , when it is considered how such a rude object serves to
uncultured men as a divine image or receptacle , there is nothing strange in its
being a relic of early barbarism holding its place against more artistic models ...
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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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