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... field or at threshing , pp . 233-235 ; passing stranger treated at the madder- harvest as the spirit of the madder , pp . 235-237 ; human beings killed to promote the fertility of the fields in America , Africa , India , etc. , pp . 237 ...
... field or at threshing , pp . 233-235 ; passing stranger treated at the madder- harvest as the spirit of the madder , pp . 235-237 ; human beings killed to promote the fertility of the fields in America , Africa , India , etc. , pp . 237 ...
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... field in the middle of the city , whither they bring a gilded plough drawn by gaily - decked oxen . After the plough ... fields , rice , and so forth , are referred to him . There is moreover another ceremony in which he personates the ...
... field in the middle of the city , whither they bring a gilded plough drawn by gaily - decked oxen . After the plough ... fields , rice , and so forth , are referred to him . There is moreover another ceremony in which he personates the ...
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... field was perhaps originally meant as a charm to make the crop grow high ; at least this was the object of a similar ceremony observed by the old Prussians . The tallest girl , standing on one foot upon a seat , with her lap full of ...
... field was perhaps originally meant as a charm to make the crop grow high ; at least this was the object of a similar ceremony observed by the old Prussians . The tallest girl , standing on one foot upon a seat , with her lap full of ...
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... field.5 In Altdorf and Weingarten on Ash Wednesday the Fool , represented by a straw - man , is carried about and then thrown into the water to the accompaniment of melancholy music . In other 1 J. Haltrich , Zur Volkskunde der ...
... field.5 In Altdorf and Weingarten on Ash Wednesday the Fool , represented by a straw - man , is carried about and then thrown into the water to the accompaniment of melancholy music . In other 1 J. Haltrich , Zur Volkskunde der ...
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... field which belongs to a neigh- bouring village they lay down the figure , cudgel it soundly , and scatter the fragments over the field . The people believe that the village from which Death has been thus carried out will be safe from ...
... field which belongs to a neigh- bouring village they lay down the figure , cudgel it soundly , and scatter the fragments over the field . The people believe that the village from which Death has been thus carried out will be safe from ...
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amongst ancient animal annually appears Ash Wednesday Athamas Athenaeus Attis Baumkultus Bavaria believed blood buried burned Cailleach called Carnival carried ceremony Corn-mother corn-spirit crops custom dance dead deity Demeter Dionysus divine dressed effigy of Death Egyptian festival field figure fire firstborn flesh flowers Folk-lore gardens of Adonis Gebräuche girls goat ground hand harvest harvest customs head Herodotus human victim Ibid Indians Isis et Osiris Khond killed king's Kostrubonko last corn last sheaf Lityerses Maiden maize Mannhardt midsummer moon myth Mythologie observed offered Old Woman Orchomenus Osiris Pausanias person Phrixus Phrygian plants Plutarch priest Proserpine reapers reaping reign Religion represented resurrection rice rites sacred sacrifice sacrificed Sagen Shrove Tuesday singing slain sometimes soul spirit of vegetation spring straw Summer supposed Tammuz temporary king threshing throw tree tree-spirit tribe village Volkskunde winter women worship young Zeus
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Page 40 - When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire...
Page 41 - ... There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord : and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee, Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God.
Page 43 - Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God ? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old ? Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Page 45 - But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat...
Page 44 - And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, " Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast : it is mine.
Page 41 - ... vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them. 16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
Page 45 - Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors : the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me. Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep : seven days it shall be with his dam ; on the eighth day thou shalt give It me.
Page 41 - They did not destroy the nations, Concerning whom the Lord commanded them : But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. And they served their idols : Which were a snare unto them. Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, and shed innocent blood, Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: And the land was polluted with blood.
Page 8 - Chitome were to die a natural death, the world would perish, and the earth, which he alone sustained by his power and merit, would immediately be annihilated. Accordingly when he fell ill and seemed likely to die, the man who was destined to be his successor entered the pontiff's house with a rope or a club and strangled or clubbed him to death.
Page 41 - There shall not be found with thee any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one that useth divination, one that practiseth augury, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer, or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer.