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 1864
... gives no description of the methods of the covenant - rite . Speaking of two Bed ́ween - Habbâs and Hosayn - who had been " brothered " ( verbrüdert ) , he explains by saying : " We must by this [ term ] understand the Covenant of ...
... gives no description of the methods of the covenant - rite . Speaking of two Bed ́ween - Habbâs and Hosayn - who had been " brothered " ( verbrüdert ) , he explains by saying : " We must by this [ term ] understand the Covenant of ...
Page 1867
... give Sambanza warning to escape; and so, on the other side. [The ceremony concluded in this case] they now presented each other with the most valuable presents they had to bestow. Sambanza walked off with Pitsane's suit of green baize ...
... give Sambanza warning to escape; and so, on the other side. [The ceremony concluded in this case] they now presented each other with the most valuable presents they had to bestow. Sambanza walked off with Pitsane's suit of green baize ...
Page 1869
... gives several illustrations of the observance of this rite . In June , 1874 , at the westward of Lake Tanganyika ... give the more costly gifts in any such exchange ] ; more especially [ in this case ] as he [ Syde ] borrowed the ...
... gives several illustrations of the observance of this rite . In June , 1874 , at the westward of Lake Tanganyika ... give the more costly gifts in any such exchange ] ; more especially [ in this case ] as he [ Syde ] borrowed the ...
Page 1888
... give added proof of the ever underlying idea of an inter- commingling of lives through an inter-commingling of blood. Odin was the beneficent god of light and knowledge, the promoter of heroism, and the protector of sacred covenants, in ...
... give added proof of the ever underlying idea of an inter- commingling of lives through an inter-commingling of blood. Odin was the beneficent god of light and knowledge, the promoter of heroism, and the protector of sacred covenants, in ...
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... gives me the following illustration : " In the year 1674 , when Kǎnhi was Emperor , of the present dynasty , we find that the Buddhist priests of Shanlin Monastery in Fuhkin Province had rebelled against the authorities on account of ...
... gives me the following illustration : " In the year 1674 , when Kǎnhi was Emperor , of the present dynasty , we find that the Buddhist priests of Shanlin Monastery in Fuhkin Province had rebelled against the authorities on account 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