 ... the men were allowed to eat the flesh of the pig, and of fowls, and a variety of fish, cocoa-nuts, and plantains, and whatever was presented as an offering to the gods : these the females, on pain of death, were forbidden to touch ; as it was supposed,...  Inselgruppen in Oceanien - Side 11af Adolf Bastian - 1883 - 282 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1799 - 358 sider
...while the female sex were considered common ; the men were allowed to eat the flesh of the animals, fowls, and a variety of fish, cocoa-nuts, and plantains,...whatever was presented as an offering to the gods ; these the females were forbidden to touch on pain of death, as it was supposed they would pollute... | |
 | William Ellis - 1831 - 448 sider
...on the services of idol worship in the temple, were considered ra, or sacred ; while the female sex was considered noa, or common : the men were allowed...whatever was presented as an offering to the gods : these the females, on pain of death, were forbidden to touch ; as it was supposed, they would pollute... | |
 | 1849 - 356 sider
...while the female sex were considered common ; the men were allowed to eat the flesh of the animals, fowls, and a variety of fish, cocoa-nuts, and plantains,...whatever was presented as an offering to the gods ; these the females were forbidden to touch on pain of death, as it was supposed they would pollute... | |
 | Woman - 1840 - 806 sider
...idol worship in the Temple, were considered sacred, while the female sex altogether was considered common ; the men were allowed to eat the flesh of the pig and of fowls, and a variety of fish, cocoa nuts and plantains, and whatever was presented as an offering to the gods, which the females,... | |
 | 1851 - 428 sider
...while the female aex were considered common ; the men were allowed to eat the flesh of the animals, fowls, and a variety of fish, cocoa-nuts, and plantains,...whatever was presented as an offering to the gods ; these the females were forbidden to touch on pain of death ! The fires at which the men's food was... | |
 | William Ellis - 1831 - 446 sider
...on the services of idol worship in the temple, were considered ra, or sacred ; while the female sex was considered noa, or common : the men were allowed...whatever was presented as an offering to the gods : these the females, on pain of death, were forbidden to touch ; as it was supposed, they would pollute... | |
 | James Cook - 1842 - 654 sider
...noa, or common : the men were allowed to eat were imprecations they were accustomed to denounce upon the flesh of the pig and of fowls, and a variety of fish, each other ; or, Take ont your eye-ball and give it to your cocoa-nuts and plantains, and whatever... | |
 | 1871 - 448 sider
...strong and courageous enough to prevent their sisters from being taken without exchange." In Tahiti "the men were allowed to eat the flesh of the pig...cocoa-nuts, and plantains, and whatever was presented as an ottering to the gods, which the females on paiu of death were forbidden to touch, as it was supposed... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1875 - 646 sider
...endowed with freedom, either of ' thought or action, is erroneous in the highest degree.' In Tahiti,3 ' the men were allowed to eat the flesh of ' the pig,...' and plantains, and whatever was presented as an offer' ing to the gods, which the females, on pain of death, ' were forbidden to touch, as it was supposed... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1875 - 646 sider
...endowed with freedom, either of ' thought or action, is erroneous in the highest degree.' In Tahiti,8 ' the men were allowed to eat the flesh of ' the pig, and of fowls, and a variety of fish, cocoa-nuts, 4 and plantains, and whatever was presented as an offer' ing to the gods, which the females, on pain... | |
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