| 1800 - 116 halaman
...is little doubt of these inhuman sacrifices having been once offered in this country, as well as in the east, although they now pass from the act of sacrificing,...which the ceremonies of this festival are closed." Again referring to Jamieson, he says : — " The respect paid by the ancient Britons to Belus, or Belinus,... | |
| Elford Higgens - 1893 - 98 halaman
...is little doubt of these inhuman sacrifices having been once offered in this country, as well as in the East, although they now pass from the act of sacrificing,...which the ceremonies of this festival are closed.' 73. In ' Peasant Life in Sweden ' (Lloyd), p. 259, we read : ' St. Hans' Eve (Midsummer Eve) is the... | |
| 1896 - 820 halaman
...rendering the year productive of sustenance to man and beast. . . . They now omit the act of sacrifice, and only compel the devoted person to leap three times through the flames. According to the same authority, bonfires were set up on All Saints' Eve in every village, and when... | |
| Alexander Hay Japp - 1899 - 312 halaman
...little doubt of these inhuman human sacrifices having been once offered in this country, as well as in the East, although they now pass from the act of sacrificing,...times through the flames, with which the ceremonies of the festival are closed." 1 This inference I humbly think is more philosophical and well based than... | |
| John Brand, Henry Ellis - 1900 - 886 halaman
...is little doubt of these inhuman sacrifices having been once offered in this country as well as in the East, although they now pass from the act of sacrificing,...which the ceremonies of this festival are closed." The other custom, supposed to have a similar mystical allusion, will be found under ALLHALLOW EVEN.... | |
| James George Frazer - 1900 - 522 halaman
...doubt of these inhuman sacrifices having been once offered in this country, as well as in the cast, although they now pass from the act of sacrificing,...which the ceremonies of this festival are closed." * Thomas Pennant, who travelled in Perthshire in the year 1769, tells us that "on the 1st of May, the... | |
| John Brand, Henry Ellis, William Carew Hazlitt - 1905 - 366 halaman
...is little doubt of these inhuman sacrifices having been once offered in this country as well as in the East, although they now pass from the act of sacrificing,...devoted person to leap three times through the flames; witn which the ceremonies of the festival are closed." Sinclair's Statis. Ace. of Scotland, vol. xi.... | |
| John Brand, Sir Henry Ellis, William Carew Hazlitt, Henry Ellis - 1905 - 360 halaman
...sacrifices having been once offered in this country .is well as in the East, although they now pnss from the act of sacrificing, and only compel the devoted person to leap three times through the flames; witn which the ceremonies of the festival are closed." .Sinclair's Statis. Ace. of Scotland, vol. xi.... | |
| George Henderson - 1911 - 368 halaman
...is little doubt of these inhuman sacrifices having been once offered in this country, as well as in the east, although they now pass from the act of sacrificing,...which the ceremonies of this festival are closed. The other custom is, that on All-Saints' Even they set up bonfires in every village. When the bonfire... | |
| Ann Lindsay Mitchell - 1994 - 172 halaman
...is little doubt of these human sacrifices having been once offered in this country although they now only compel the devoted person to leap three times through the flames, with which the ceremonies of the festivals are closed. The Beltane ceremonies have faded out amongst us much TRADITION more quickly... | |
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