The Blood CovenantFilRougeViceversa, 25 juil. 2021 - 150 pages Apart from, and yet linked with, the explicit proofs of the rite of blood-covenanting throughout the primitive world, there are many indications of the root-idea of this form of covenanting; in the popular estimate of blood, and of all the marvelous possibilities through blood-transference. These indications, also, are of old, and from everywhere.To go back again to the earlier written history of the world; it is evident that the ancient Egyptians recognized blood as in a peculiar sense life itself; and that they counted the heart,as the blood-source and the blood-centre,the symbol and the substance of life. In the Book of the Dead, the deceased speaks of his heart,or his blood-fountain,as his life; and as giving him the right to appear in the presence of the gods: My heart was my mother; my heart was my mother; my heart was my being on earth; placed within me; returned to me by the chief gods, placing me before the gods |
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Page 1866
... AFRICA . Travelers in the heart of Africa , also , report the covenant of " blood - brotherhood , " or of " strong - friendship , " as in vogue among various African tribes ; although , naturally retaining less of primitive sacredness ...
... AFRICA . Travelers in the heart of Africa , also , report the covenant of " blood - brotherhood , " or of " strong - friendship , " as in vogue among various African tribes ; although , naturally retaining less of primitive sacredness ...
Page 1867
H. C. Trumbull. —seems to be as clearly recognized in Central Africa, to- day, as it was in Ethiopia in the days of Candace, or in Sheba in the days of Balkees. Describing the ceremony, Livingstone says: [14] “It is accomplished thus ...
H. C. Trumbull. —seems to be as clearly recognized in Central Africa, to- day, as it was in Ethiopia in the days of Candace, or in Sheba in the days of Balkees. Describing the ceremony, Livingstone says: [14] “It is accomplished thus ...
Page 1868
... Africa , Dr. Livingstone speaks most favorably . Their primitive character is made the more probable , in view of the fact that he first found them existing in a region where , in his opinion , the dress and household utensils of the ...
... Africa , Dr. Livingstone speaks most favorably . Their primitive character is made the more probable , in view of the fact that he first found them existing in a region where , in his opinion , the dress and household utensils of the ...
Page 1870
... Africa by the heathen Arabs before the days of Mohammed ; and this idea is strengthened by the fact that when the first traders from Zanzibar crossed the Tanganyika , the ceremony was unknown [ so far as those traders knew ] to the ...
... Africa by the heathen Arabs before the days of Mohammed ; and this idea is strengthened by the fact that when the first traders from Zanzibar crossed the Tanganyika , the ceremony was unknown [ so far as those traders knew ] to the ...
Page 1871
... Africa . On numerous occasions the observance of this rite was a means of protection and relief to Stanley . One of its more notable illustrations was in his compact with " Mirambo , the warrior chief of Western Unyamwezi ; " [ 22 ] ...
... Africa . On numerous occasions the observance of this rite was a means of protection and relief to Stanley . One of its more notable illustrations was in his compact with " Mirambo , the warrior chief of Western Unyamwezi ; " [ 22 ] ...
Table des matières
| 1854 | |
SUGGESTIONS AND PERVERSIONS OF THE RITE | |
INDICATIONS OF THE RITE IN THE BIBLE | |
APPENDIX | |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
The Blood Covenant: A Primitive Rite and Its Bearing on Scripture Henry Clay Trumbull Affichage du livre entier - 1893 |
The Blood Covenant: A Primitive Rite and Its Bearings on Scripture Henry Clay Trumbull Affichage du livre entier - 1893 |
The Blood Covenant: A Primitive Rite and Its Bearing on Scripture Henry Clay Trumbull Affichage du livre entier - 1893 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
Abimelech Abraham Africa altar American amulet ancient Egypt animal Arabs Assyria Bible binding blood-brotherhood body Borneo bracelet Brahmans bride bridegroom brother brotherhood called cannibalism ceremony chief China Christ circumcision cited in Spencer's common communion compact covenant of blood covenant of blood-friendship covenanting parties Dark Cont Dayaks dead death divine drink East Egyptian fact father feast Finger Ring flesh friends friendship gift give gods hand hath heart Herodotus Hist human Ibid idea India inline illustration inter inter-commingling inter-communion Israel Jesus Kafirs king lives Lord marriage means Mirambo missionary Mpika Native nature Norseland Odin offering Oriental partake person phylacteries pledge priest primitive rite proffered proof received recognized reference religious represented ring rite of blood-covenanting sacred covenant sacrifice says Scythian soul sprinkled Stanley substitute blood supra surrender symbol Temple of Heaven thee thou token tribes union unto victim wine word worship