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Side 70
... clothes and ornaments on it , and present it before the altar of a Mahádeo . The person who officiates as priest on the occasion says : ' O Mahádeo , we sacrifice this man to you according to ancient customs . Give us rain in due season ...
... clothes and ornaments on it , and present it before the altar of a Mahádeo . The person who officiates as priest on the occasion says : ' O Mahádeo , we sacrifice this man to you according to ancient customs . Give us rain in due season ...
Side 79
... clothes , was drawn or carried through the streets amid much noise and merriment ; after which it was either burnt , shot at , or thrown down a chimney . This image went by the name of Jack o ' Lent , and was by some supposed to ...
... clothes , was drawn or carried through the streets amid much noise and merriment ; after which it was either burnt , shot at , or thrown down a chimney . This image went by the name of Jack o ' Lent , and was by some supposed to ...
Side 80
... clothes is carried on a litter or bier by four men ; he is lamented over by men disguised as women in black clothes , then thrown down before the village dung - heap , drenched with water , buried in the dung - heap , and covered with ...
... clothes is carried on a litter or bier by four men ; he is lamented over by men disguised as women in black clothes , then thrown down before the village dung - heap , drenched with water , buried in the dung - heap , and covered with ...
Side 83
... clothes , which they have begged from houses in the village , and carry it out and throw it into the river . On returning to the village they break the good news to the people , and receive eggs and other victuals as a reward . In other ...
... clothes , which they have begged from houses in the village , and carry it out and throw it into the river . On returning to the village they break the good news to the people , and receive eggs and other victuals as a reward . In other ...
Side 86
... clothes , hay , and straw , for the purpose of driving Death out of the village . On Sunday the people , armed with sticks and straps , assemble before the house where the figure is lodged . Four lads then draw the effigy by cords ...
... clothes , hay , and straw , for the purpose of driving Death out of the village . On Sunday the people , armed with sticks and straps , assemble before the house where the figure is lodged . Four lads then draw the effigy by cords ...
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amongst ancient animal annually appears Ash Wednesday Athamas Athenaeus Attis Baumkultus Bavaria believed blood buried burned Cailleach called Carnival carried ceremony Corn-mother corn-spirit crops custom dance dead deity Demeter Dionysus divine dressed effigy of Death Egyptian festival field figure fire firstborn flesh flowers Folk-lore gardens of Adonis Gebräuche girls goat ground hand harvest harvest customs head Herodotus human victim Ibid Indians Isis et Osiris Khond killed king's Kostrubonko last corn last sheaf Lityerses Maiden maize Mannhardt midsummer moon myth Mythologie observed offered Old Woman Orchomenus Osiris Pausanias person Phrixus Phrygian plants Plutarch priest Proserpine reapers reaping reign Religion represented resurrection rice rites sacred sacrifice sacrificed Sagen Shrove Tuesday singing slain sometimes soul spirit of vegetation spring straw Summer supposed Tammuz temporary king threshing throw tree tree-spirit tribe village Volkskunde winter women worship young Zeus
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Side 40 - When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire...
Side 41 - ... There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord : and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee, Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God.
Side 43 - Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God ? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old ? Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Side 45 - But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat...
Side 44 - And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, " Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast : it is mine.
Side 41 - ... vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them. 16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
Side 45 - Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors : the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me. Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep : seven days it shall be with his dam ; on the eighth day thou shalt give It me.
Side 41 - They did not destroy the nations, Concerning whom the Lord commanded them : But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. And they served their idols : Which were a snare unto them. Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, and shed innocent blood, Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: And the land was polluted with blood.
Side 8 - Chitome were to die a natural death, the world would perish, and the earth, which he alone sustained by his power and merit, would immediately be annihilated. Accordingly when he fell ill and seemed likely to die, the man who was destined to be his successor entered the pontiff's house with a rope or a club and strangled or clubbed him to death.
Side 41 - There shall not be found with thee any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one that useth divination, one that practiseth augury, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer, or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer.