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
... parties tasting each other's blood ; while , in other cases , it is performed by the inter- transfusion of blood between the two . The first mention which I find of it , in the writings of modern travelers in Africa , is by the lamented ...
... parties tasting each other's blood ; while , in other cases , it is performed by the inter- transfusion of blood between the two . The first mention which I find of it , in the writings of modern travelers in Africa , is by the lamented ...
Page 1867
... parties are joined (in this case Pitsane and Sambanza were the parties engaged). Small incisions are made on the clasped hands, on the pits of the stomach of each, and on the right cheeks and foreheads. A small quantity of blood is ...
... parties are joined (in this case Pitsane and Sambanza were the parties engaged). Small incisions are made on the clasped hands, on the pits of the stomach of each, and on the right cheeks and foreheads. A small quantity of blood is ...
Page 1871
... party on to the arm of the other ] , some pen and ink marks were made on a piece of paper , which , together with a charge of powder , was put into a kettleful of water . All hands then drank of the decoction , the natives being told ...
... party on to the arm of the other ] , some pen and ink marks were made on a piece of paper , which , together with a charge of powder , was put into a kettleful of water . All hands then drank of the decoction , the natives being told ...
Page 1873
... covenant ; life for life . At the conclusion of the covenant , they exchanged gifts ; as the customary ratification , or accompaniment , of the compact . They even vied with each other in ... party in the treacherous toils of Shekka.
... covenant ; life for life . At the conclusion of the covenant , they exchanged gifts ; as the customary ratification , or accompaniment , of the compact . They even vied with each other in ... party in the treacherous toils of Shekka.
Page 1874
H. C. Trumbull. himself and his party in the treacherous toils of Shekka , the King of Bumbireh , he made several vain attempts to “ induce Shekka , with gifts , to go through the process of blood - brotherhood . " Stanley's second ...
H. C. Trumbull. himself and his party in the treacherous toils of Shekka , the King of Bumbireh , he made several vain attempts to “ induce Shekka , with gifts , to go through the process of blood - brotherhood . " Stanley's second ...
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