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 |
À l'intérieur du livre
Résultats 1-5 sur 22
Page 1860
... compact. The young men publicly announced their purpose, and their reasons for it. Their declarations were written down, in duplicate,—one paper for each friend,—and signed by themselves and by several witnesses. One of the friends took ...
... compact. The young men publicly announced their purpose, and their reasons for it. Their declarations were written down, in duplicate,—one paper for each friend,—and signed by themselves and by several witnesses. One of the friends took ...
Page 1861
... compact thus made , is called , M'âhadat ed - Dam ( es pal ) , the " Covenant of Blood . " The two persons thus ... compact . Yet , again , it is the chosen compact of loving friends ; of those who are drawn to it only by mutual ...
... compact thus made , is called , M'âhadat ed - Dam ( es pal ) , the " Covenant of Blood . " The two persons thus ... compact . Yet , again , it is the chosen compact of loving friends ; of those who are drawn to it only by mutual ...
Page 1862
... compact with another , counts himself the possessor of a double life ; for his friend , whose blood he has shared , is ready to lay down his life with him , or for him . [ 3 ] Hence the leathern case , or Bayt hejâb ( ) " House of the ...
... compact with another , counts himself the possessor of a double life ; for his friend , whose blood he has shared , is ready to lay down his life with him , or for him . [ 3 ] Hence the leathern case , or Bayt hejâb ( ) " House of the ...
Page 1863
... imprecatory appeal to God , as witnessing and guarding the compact . Dr. J. G. Wetzstein , a German scholar , diplomat , and traveler , who has given much study to the peoples east of the Jordan , makes reference to the binding force and.
... imprecatory appeal to God , as witnessing and guarding the compact . Dr. J. G. Wetzstein , a German scholar , diplomat , and traveler , who has given much study to the peoples east of the Jordan , makes reference to the binding force and.
Page 1871
... compact with " Mirambo , the warrior chief of Western Unyamwezi ; " [ 22 ] whose leadership in warfare Stanley compares to that of both Frederick the Great [ 23 ] and Napoleon . [ 24 ] It was during his first journey in pursuit of ...
... compact with " Mirambo , the warrior chief of Western Unyamwezi ; " [ 22 ] whose leadership in warfare Stanley compares to that of both Frederick the Great [ 23 ] and Napoleon . [ 24 ] It was during his first journey in pursuit of ...
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