The Study of ManG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1898 - 410 pages |
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Page 228
... initiate over with clay and bran . The word here used by Demosthenes is explained by Harpocration as the ritual term for daubing the initiated . A story was told , as usual , to explain this rite . It was said that when the Titans ...
... initiate over with clay and bran . The word here used by Demosthenes is explained by Harpocration as the ritual term for daubing the initiated . A story was told , as usual , to explain this rite . It was said that when the Titans ...
Page 240
... initiation ceremony among the Toaripi ( Motu - Motu ) . At about the age of seventeen or eighteen the boys enter the Eramo ( sacred house ) ; they leave off the sporran worn by the boys , and adopt the string worn by the men ; their ...
... initiation ceremony among the Toaripi ( Motu - Motu ) . At about the age of seventeen or eighteen the boys enter the Eramo ( sacred house ) ; they leave off the sporran worn by the boys , and adopt the string worn by the men ; their ...
Page 241
... initiation ceremonies . An objection to this view might be urged from the circum- stance that among those people who employ the bull - roarer during initiation ceremonies , the implement is so sacred that it may not be exhibited to any ...
... initiation ceremonies . An objection to this view might be urged from the circum- stance that among those people who employ the bull - roarer during initiation ceremonies , the implement is so sacred that it may not be exhibited to any ...
Page 243
... initiation ceremonies in which boys are made into men ? " ) " Yes , " he replied , " we make him boy man . " You got ... initiate of some kind or other . The next morning he took me and his son into the bush , and took precautions that ...
... initiation ceremonies in which boys are made into men ? " ) " Yes , " he replied , " we make him boy man . " You got ... initiate of some kind or other . The next morning he took me and his son into the bush , and took precautions that ...
Page 247
... initiation , and was regarded as something eminently secret and not on any account to be divulged to women or children . It is said that the women among the Ngarego and Wolgal knew only that a great being lived beyond the sky , and that ...
... initiation , and was regarded as something eminently secret and not on any account to be divulged to women or children . It is said that the women among the Ngarego and Wolgal knew only that a great being lived beyond the sky , and that ...
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