 | William Ellis - 1829 - 606 pages
...appropriated only to the use of these sacred personages. No individual was allowed to touch the bodies of the king or queen; and every one who should stand...sacredness of person that they could never enter any dwelling, excepting those that were specially dedicated to their use, and prohibited to all others... | |
 | William Ellis - 1831 - 440 pages
...son immediately at his birth received the honours and titles which his father had hitherto borne. It is not easy to trace the origin or discover the design...forfeiture of his life. It was on account of this supposed sacrednesa of person that they could never enter any dwellings, excepting those that were specially... | |
 | James Cook - 1842 - 644 pages
...persons were regarded as scarcely less sacred than the personifications of their deities. " Everything in the least degree connected with the king or queen...forfeiture of his life. It was on account of this supposed sacreduess of person that they could never enter any dwellings, excepting those that were specially... | |
 | William Ellis - 1853 - 960 pages
...son immediately at his birth received i he honours and titles which his father had hitherto borne. It is not easy to trace the origin or discover the design...forfeiture of his life. It was on account of this supposed saoredness of person that they could never enter any dwellings, excepting those that were specially... | |
 | Robert Brown - 1873 - 712 pages
...became gacred ; and any dwelling they might enter must for ever afterwards be vacated by its proprietor, and could be appropriated only to the use of these...of the island but their own hereditary districts. When they appeared in public, they were horne aloft on men'* shoulders — their bearers being, on... | |
 | James George Frazer - 1913 - 224 pages
...ii. 82 sq., 222 sq. 4 W. Ellis, Polynesian Researches, Second Edition (London, 1832-1836), iii. 108. by its proprietors, and could be appropriated only...of the island but their own hereditary districts." 1 In like manner the Cazembes, in the interior of Angola, Superregarded their king as so holy that... | |
 | Robert Wood Williamson - 1924 - 506 pages
...allowed to touch the body of the king or queen ; and any one who should stand over them, or pass a hand over their heads, would be liable to pay for the sacrilegious act with his life1. The serious character of the taboo involved by contact with the soil is illustrated by de... | |
 | Robert Wood Williamson - 1924 - 504 pages
...allowed to touch the body of the king or queen ; and any one who should stand over them, or pass a hand over their heads, would be liable to pay for the sacrilegious act with his life1. The serious character of the taboo involved by contact with the soil is illustrated by de... | |
 | James George Frazer - 1927 - 208 pages
...Account of the Natives Second Edition (London, 1832-1836), of the Tonga Islands, Second Edition iii. 108. by its proprietors, and could be appropriated only...of the island but their own hereditary districts." J In like manner the Cazembes, in the interior of Angola, Superregarded their king as so holy that... | |
 | James G. Frazer - 2007 - 202 pages
...a/ the Natives Second Edition (London, 1832-1836), of the Tonga Islands t Second Edition iii. 108. by its proprietors, and could be appropriated only...in any part of the island but their own hereditary districts.",1 In like manner the Cazembes, in the interior of Angola, Superregarded their king as so... | |
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The ground on which they even accidentally trod, became sacred ; and the dwelling under which they might enter, must for ever after be vacated by its proprietors, and could be appropriated only to the use of these sacred personages. No individual was... 