Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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... present as a guest at the feast , σύνδειπνον καὶ συμπότην ἐποιήσατο , as Lucian says.2 The Hindu , as of old , offers to the dead the funeral cakes , places before the door the earthen vessels of water for him to bathe in , of milk for ...
... present as a guest at the feast , σύνδειπνον καὶ συμπότην ἐποιήσατο , as Lucian says.2 The Hindu , as of old , offers to the dead the funeral cakes , places before the door the earthen vessels of water for him to bathe in , of milk for ...
Page 35
... present to be presented to the king , a prelate blessed the table , the basins of water were handed to the royal arm - chair , the cup was served in its due course , and grace was said in the accus- tomed manner , save that there was ...
... present to be presented to the king , a prelate blessed the table , the basins of water were handed to the royal arm - chair , the cup was served in its due course , and grace was said in the accus- tomed manner , save that there was ...
Page 42
... present , " but when he was asked if the dead had knowledge of what was done or no , he declined to answer the question ; for if he replied yes , then dutiful descendants would injure their substance by sacrifices , and if no , then ...
... present , " but when he was asked if the dead had knowledge of what was done or no , he declined to answer the question ; for if he replied yes , then dutiful descendants would injure their substance by sacrifices , and if no , then ...
Page 54
... present group of human visits to the other world . It is related that two sons of Simeon , 1 Ward , ' Hindoos , ' vol . ii . p . 63 . 2 Gregor . Dial . iv . 36. See Calmet , vol . ii . ch . 49 . 3 Augustin . Epist . clxiv . 2 . 4 See ...
... present group of human visits to the other world . It is related that two sons of Simeon , 1 Ward , ' Hindoos , ' vol . ii . p . 63 . 2 Gregor . Dial . iv . 36. See Calmet , vol . ii . ch . 49 . 3 Augustin . Epist . clxiv . 2 . 4 See ...
Page 66
... present life ; but at night their bodies become like a con- fused collection of fiery sparks , and in this state during the hours of darkness they come up to revisit their former abodes , retiring at dawn to the bush or to the lower ...
... present life ; but at night their bodies become like a con- fused collection of fiery sparks , and in this state during the hours of darkness they come up to revisit their former abodes , retiring at dawn to the bush or to the lower ...
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