... day there is a get together with candles, flowers, mezcal and money being given, that day a lot of alcohol is drunk as well. During the novena every day a rezador comes and a sand cross with the deceased's name is made and flowers are ...
Izinyanga Zokubula: Or, Divination, as Existing Among the Amazulu, in Their Own Words
... cauldron on the fire , and a stag of a deer in it . ' Sit , ' said he , and burn ( fuel ) beneath that cauldron , but un- less the deer be cooked when I awake , you shall have but what you can take off his head , and by all you have ...
The Religious System of the Amazulu ... in Their Own Words: Unkulunlulu; or, The tradition of creation as existed among the Amazulu and other tribes of South Africa, p. [1]-126
... cauldron on the fire , and a stag of a deer in it . Sit , ' said he , and burn ( fuel ) beneath that cauldron , but un- less the deer be cooked when I awake , you shall have but what you can take off his head , and by all you have ever ...
... boys hopping about with all sorts of playthings , or graduates and mandarins , or P'eng - tsu ( see p . 303 ) , the Methuselah of China , extremely old , but strong , with a forehead of peculiar height . Symbolical representations of ...
... boys hopping about with all sorts of playthings , or graduates and mandarins , or Peng - tsu ( see p . 303 ) , the Methuselah of China , extremely old , but strong , with a forehead of peculiar height . Symbolical representations of ...
The Religious System of China: Its Ancient Forms, Evolution, History and Present Aspect, Manners, Customs and Social Institutions Connected Therewith
... boys hopping about with all sorts of playthings , or graduates and mandarins , or Peng - tsu ( see p . 303 ) , the Methuselah of China , extremely old , but strong , with a forehead of peculiar height . Symbolical representations of ...
The Influence of Life-giving Power in the African Traditional Religion and the Zionist Churches in Soweto: A Comparative Study
... home has a staff , known as the " staff of the home " . It is kept by the owner of the house and may only be used on special occasions . It is loaded with power and serves to protect the family in moments of crisis . Such a staff is to ...
The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead: The belief among the Micronesiana
... death of his mother settled at the » side of her tomb , dressed in mourning . It happened that some >> one cut the cypress trees which grew upon the tomb , and as >> nobody knew who had done it , he convoked the neighbours to >> the ...
The Śrāddha: The Hindu Book of the Dead : a Treatise on the Śrāddha Ceremonies
The present book deals with the rite of Sraddha and vindicates the popular belief that Sraddha, being an important topic, forms an integral part of Hindu Dharmasastra.
The Hindu Rite of Entry Into Heaven: And Other Essays on Death and Ancestors in Hinduism
"This book comprises a smorgasbord of essays on death, dying, funeral rituals, ancestor ceremonies, ghosts, and other subjects in the realm of Mrityu, the god of Death, and aparam, the Sanskrit and Telugu word for human End Time.
Liberating the Liberated: Early Śaiva Tantric Death Rites
This volume examines the formation and development of Saiva tantric funerary practices and rituals of post-mortem ancestor worship (sraddha) as preserved in the earliest extant strata of textual sources.
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