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 1854
... Friendship in the World's Forces, that I came upon facts concerning the primitive rite of covenanting by the inter-transfusion of blood, which induced me to turn aside from my other studies, in order to pursue investigations in this ...
... Friendship in the World's Forces, that I came upon facts concerning the primitive rite of covenanting by the inter-transfusion of blood, which induced me to turn aside from my other studies, in order to pursue investigations in this ...
Page 1862
... 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 amulet , " [ 4 ] containing the record of the covenant ( ' uhdah ) , is counted ...
... 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 amulet , " [ 4 ] containing the record of the covenant ( ' uhdah ) , is counted ...
Page 1863
... friend clings like a leech , and draws blood in order to the sharing thereby of his friend's life and nature . A native Syrian , who had traveled extensively in the East , and who was familiar with the covenant of blood in its more ...
... friend clings like a leech , and draws blood in order to the sharing thereby of his friend's life and nature . A native Syrian , who had traveled extensively in the East , and who was familiar with the covenant of blood in its more ...
Page 1865
... relationship . Among even the more bigoted of the Druzes , a Druze girl who is a " sucking sister " of a Nazarene boy is allowed a sister's privileges with him . He can see her uncovered face , even to the time of her marriage . But ...
... relationship . Among even the more bigoted of the Druzes , a Druze girl who is a " sucking sister " of a Nazarene boy is allowed a sister's privileges with him . He can see her uncovered face , even to the time of her marriage . But ...
Page 1866
H. C. Trumbull. their own blood , in the covenant of blood - friendship . They had been closely inter - linked before ; now they were as one ; for blood is thicker than milk . The oneness of nature which comes of sharing the same blood ...
H. C. Trumbull. their own blood , in the covenant of blood - friendship . They had been closely inter - linked before ; now they were as one ; for blood is thicker than milk . The oneness of nature which comes of sharing the same blood ...
Table des matières
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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