 he was supposed to be yet alive and incarnate in all the owls in existence "^ In addition to these minor and local divinities, the Samoans have gods of sky, earth, disease and other natural departments. 2 Of their origin we  Myth, Ritual and Religion - Page 55by Andrew Lang - 1901Full view - About this book
 | George Turner - Missions - 1861 - 608 pages
...buried with care and ceremony, as if it were a human body. This, however, was not the death of the god. He was supposed to be yet alive, and incarnate in all the owls in existence. The flight of these birds was observed in time of war. If the bird flew before them, it was a signal... | |
 | James Greenwood (the novelist.) - Indians of North America - 1864 - 490 pages
...buried with care and ceremony, as if it were a human body. This, however, was not the death of the god. He was supposed to be yet alive and incarnate in all the owls in existence. The flight of these birds was observed in the time of war. If the bird flew before them it was a signal... | |
 | James Greenwood - Anthropology - 1865 - 466 pages
...buried with care and ceremony, as if it were a human body. This, however, was not the death of the god. He was supposed to be yet alive and incarnate in all the owls in existence. The flight of these birds was observed in the time of war. If the bird flew before them it was a signal... | |
 | Adolf Bastian - Central America - 1878 - 1030 pages
...bird would be wrapped up and buried with ceremony [Egypt]. This however was not the death of the god. He was supposed to be yet alive and incarnate in all the owls in existence. If the bird flew before them (in time of war) it was a signal to go on, others saw their village god... | |
 | Adolf Bastian - Central America - 1878 - 1020 pages
...bird would be wrapped up and buried with ceremony [Egypt]. This however was not the death of the god. He was supposed to be yet alive and incarnate in all the owls in existence. If the bird flew before them (in tirrie of war) it was a signal to go on, others saw thcir village... | |
 | James Greenwood - Anthropology - 1879 - 482 pages
...buried with care and ceremony, as if it were a human body. This, however, was not the death of the god. He was supposed to be yet alive and incarnate in all the owls in existence. The flight of these birds was observed in the time of war. If the bird flew before them it was a signal... | |
 | George Turner - Islands of the Pacific - 1884 - 484 pages
...berled nith care and ceremony, as if it were a human body. This, however, was not the death of the god. He was supposed to be yet alive, and incarnate in all the owls in existence. The flight of these birds was oboerved in time of war. If the bird flew before them, it was a signal... | |
 | James George Frazer - Dying and rising gods - 1900 - 498 pages
...animal; yet the death of one of these animals, for example an owl, was not the death of the god, " he was supposed to be yet alive, and incarnate in all the owls in existence." * The rude Californian rite which we have just considered has a close parallel in the religion of.... | |
 | James George Frazer - Endogamy and exogamy - 1910 - 680 pages
...buried with care and ceremony, as if it were a human body. This, however, was not the death of the god. He was supposed to be yet alive, and incarnate in all the owls in existence. The flight of these birds was observed in time of war. If the bird flew before them, it was a signal... | |
 | James George Frazer - Endogamy and exogamy - 1910 - 674 pages
...buried with care and ceremony, as if it were a human body. This, however, was not the death of the god. He was supposed to be yet alive, and incarnate in all the owls in existence. The flight of these birds was observed in time of war. If the bird flew before them, it was a signal... | |
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