 In the temple of Apollo Diradiotes at Argos, a lamb was sacrificed by night once a month ; a woman, who had to observe a rule of chastity, tasted the blood of the lamb, and thus being inspired by the god she prophesied or divined.1 At Aegira in Achaea...  Folklore - Page 328edited by - 1902Full view - About this book
 | James George Frazer - 1890 - 436 pages
...blood of the lamb, and thus being inspired by the god she prophesied or divined.1 At Aegira in Achaea the priestess of Earth drank the fresh blood of a...bull before she descended into the cave to prophesy.' In Southern India a devil-dancer "drinks the blood of the sacrifice, putting the throat of the decapitated... | |
 | James George Frazer - 1900 - 510 pages
...chastity, tasted the blood of the lamb, and thus being inspired by the god she prophesied or divined.1 At Aegira in Achaia the priestess of Earth drank the...bull before she descended into the cave to prophesy.- In Southern India a devil-dancer "drinks the blood of the sacrifice, putting the throat of the decapitated... | |
 | Grant Allen - 1901 - 468 pages
...rule of chastity, tasted its blood, and then gave oracles. At JEgira. in Achasa the priestess of the Earth drank the fresh blood of a bull before she descended into her cave to prophesy. (Note in passing that caves, the places of antique burial, are also the usual... | |
 | Folklore Society (Great Britain) - 1902 - 1012 pages
...childless, and it had been prophesied to him by his wizards that a woman of unknown race 1 At jUgira in Achaia the priestess of Earth drank the fresh blood...Erin. Now on the night before Conaire's mother went to Eterscel, an Immortal in the guise of a bird had visited her, and he had laid upon her the injunction... | |
 | Edward Dahlberg - 1941 - 176 pages
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