 ... and thorns to keep the ghost down. Many other mourning customs appear to be based on the same principle. Thus, the old ritual directs that all who return from a funeral must touch the Lingam, fire, cowdung, a grain of barley, a grain of sesame and...  Zoological mythology; or, The legends of animals - Стр. 41авторы: conte Giuseppe Angelo de Gubernatis - 1872Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | William Crooke - 1896 - Страниц: 404
...cowdung, a grain of barley, a grain of sesame and water — " all," as Professor De Gubernatis says, " symbols of that fecundity which the contact with a corpse might have destroyed." 3 The real motive is doubtless to get rid of the ghost, which may have accompanied the mourners from... | |
 | William Crooke - 1896 - Страниц: 428
...cowdung, a grain of barley, a grain of sesame and water — " all," as Professor De Gubernatis says, " symbols of that fecundity which the contact with a corpse might have destroyed."3 The real motive is doubtless to get rid of the ghost, which may have accompanied the mourners... | |
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