 | William Williamson - 1899 - 466 sider
...in the sacred stone." But the Blood-Covenant has specially to do with the acquisition of kinship. " To acquire kinship, the blood of the candidate for...the operation is repeated in turn by the neophyte. . . . The form, indeed, has undergone numberless variations. Sometimes the blood is dropped into a... | |
 | Edward Westermarck - 1908 - 914 sider
...Robertson Smith, Religion of the of Central Australia, ch. iv. especially Semites, p. 315. pp. 121, 124. operation is repeated in turn by the neophyte. Originally,...form, indeed, has undergone numberless variations. . . . But, whatever may be the exact form adopted, the essence of the rite is the same, and its range... | |
 | Edwin Sidney Hartland - 1909 - 348 sider
...blood. ^The mingling of blood—the Blood-covenant as it is called—is a simple though repulsive rite. It is sufficient that an incision be made in the neophyte's...repeated in turn by the neophyte. Originally, perhaps, all the clansmen assembled as witnesses if not as actual participants of the rite ; and even yet participation... | |
 | Edward Westermarck - 1917 - 904 sider
...life-blood that is common to all the clan." * Mr. Hartland gives us a short account of the rite : — " It is sufficient that an incision be made in the neophyte's...blood sucked from it by one of the clansmen, upon whcm the 1 Cameron, ' Notes on some Tribes * Ibid. p. 265. of New South Wales,' in Jour. • Ibid.... | |
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In this way he enters into the brotherhood, is reckoned as of the same stock, obtains the full privileges of a kinsman. The mingling of blood— the Blood-Covenant, as it is called — is a simple, though repulsive ceremony. It is sufficient that an incision... 