Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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Page 56
... prayer and fasting in the church , and had been led with litanies and sprinkling of holy water to the entrance of the purgatory , and the last warnings of the monks had failed to turn him from the venture , the door was closed upon him ...
... prayer and fasting in the church , and had been led with litanies and sprinkling of holy water to the entrance of the purgatory , and the last warnings of the monks had failed to turn him from the venture , the door was closed upon him ...
Page 98
... praying happiness for itself ; ' Happiness be to the man who conduces to the happiness of each . May Ahura - Mazda create , ruling after his wish . ' " On this night the soul sees as much joyfulness as the whole living world possesses ...
... praying happiness for itself ; ' Happiness be to the man who conduces to the happiness of each . May Ahura - Mazda create , ruling after his wish . ' " On this night the soul sees as much joyfulness as the whole living world possesses ...
Page 99
... prayer , Ke maúm : - " Which land shall I praise , whither shall I go praying , O Ahura - Mazda ? " In this night it sees as much unjoyfulness as the whole living world ; and so the second and the third night , and it goes at dawn to ...
... prayer , Ke maúm : - " Which land shall I praise , whither shall I go praying , O Ahura - Mazda ? " In this night it sees as much unjoyfulness as the whole living world ; and so the second and the third night , and it goes at dawn to ...
Page 113
... praying to the spirits of their forefathers for good weather or luck in hunting , and fancying when an Indian falls into the fire that the ancestral spirits pushed him in to punish 1 Sir J. Shore in ' Asiatic Res . ' vol . iv . p . 331 ...
... praying to the spirits of their forefathers for good weather or luck in hunting , and fancying when an Indian falls into the fire that the ancestral spirits pushed him in to punish 1 Sir J. Shore in ' Asiatic Res . ' vol . iv . p . 331 ...
Page 114
... prayer and offerings of first fruits . Nor are the fairer Polynesians behind in this respect . Below the great mythological gods of Tonga and New Zealand , the souls of chiefs and warriors form a lower but active and powerful order of ...
... prayer and offerings of first fruits . Nor are the fairer Polynesians behind in this respect . Below the great mythological gods of Tonga and New Zealand , the souls of chiefs and warriors form a lower but active and powerful order of ...
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