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Side 25
... probably either Berosus or Ctesias . The execution of the mock king is not noticed in the passage of Berosus cited by Athenaeus , probably because the mention of it was not germane to Athenaeus's purpose , which was simply to give a ...
... probably either Berosus or Ctesias . The execution of the mock king is not noticed in the passage of Berosus cited by Athenaeus , probably because the mention of it was not germane to Athenaeus's purpose , which was simply to give a ...
Side 33
... probably forbidden on superstitious grounds.1 3 Another point to notice about these temporary kings is that in two places ( Cambodia and Jambi ) they come of a stock which is believed to be akin to the royal family . If the view here ...
... probably forbidden on superstitious grounds.1 3 Another point to notice about these temporary kings is that in two places ( Cambodia and Jambi ) they come of a stock which is believed to be akin to the royal family . If the view here ...
Side 37
... probably in Boeotia there reigned of old a dynasty of which the kings were liable to be sacrificed for the good of the country to the god called Laphystian Zeus , but that they contrived to shift the fatal responsibility to their ...
... probably in Boeotia there reigned of old a dynasty of which the kings were liable to be sacrificed for the good of the country to the god called Laphystian Zeus , but that they contrived to shift the fatal responsibility to their ...
Side 39
... probably remained a dead letter . At all events the history of this remarkable people , who combined in so high a degree the spirit of com- mercial enterprise with a blind attachment to a stern and gloomy religion , is stained in later ...
... probably remained a dead letter . At all events the history of this remarkable people , who combined in so high a degree the spirit of com- mercial enterprise with a blind attachment to a stern and gloomy religion , is stained in later ...
Side 43
... probably differed in little but name from those revered by the idolatrous Hebrews . " The Sepharvites , " we are told , " burnt their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech , the gods of Sepharvaim . " 2 The pious Jewish ...
... probably differed in little but name from those revered by the idolatrous Hebrews . " The Sepharvites , " we are told , " burnt their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech , the gods of Sepharvaim . " 2 The pious Jewish ...
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amongst ancient animal annually appears Ash Wednesday Athamas Athenaeus Attis Baumkultus Bavaria believed blood body buried burned Cailleach called Carnival carried ceremony clothes Corn-mother corn-spirit crops custom dance dead deity Demeter Dionysus divine dressed eaten effigy Egyptian festival field figure fire firstborn flesh flowers Folk-lore Gebräuche girls goat gods hand harvest harvest customs head Herodotus human victim Ibid Indians Isis et Osiris Khond killed king king's Kostrubonko last corn last sheaf Lityerses Maiden maize Mannhardt moon myth Mythologie observed offered Old Woman Orchomenus Osiris Pausanias person Phrixus Phrygian plants Plutarch priest Proserpine puppet reapers reaping reign Religion represented resurrection rice rites round 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
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Side 46 - 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 49 - 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 51 - But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat...
Side 50 - 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 51 - 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 46 - Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
Side 48 - And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
Side 47 - 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 48 - And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.