 A small trench some twenty feet long was dug with a hoe. The relatives took up their position on the side of the trench nearest to the grave, the medicineman stood on the other side, and his assistant was placed at the end of the trench with a large calabash...  Publications - Página 57por Folklore Society (Great Britain) - 1908Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | John H. Weeks - 1913 - 430 páginas
...weighs about 12 Ibs., but some weigh even 28 Ibs. of the trench nearest to the grave, the medicine-man stood on the other side, and his assistant was placed...poured into the trench, and while it was running the medicine-man took each person by the hand, and mumbling an incantation he pulled him, or her, over... | |
 | John H. Weeks - 1913 - 428 páginas
...weighs ahout 12 Ibs., but some weigh even 28 Ibs. of the trench nearest to the grave, the medicine-man stood on the other side, and his assistant was placed...poured into the trench, and while it was running the medicine-man took each person by the hand, and mumbling an incantation he pulled him, or her, over... | |
 | John H. Weeks - 1913 - 418 páginas
...while it was running the medicine-man took each person by the hand, and mumbling an incantation he pulled him, or her, over the running water. When all...pulled over, one by one, the water was allowed to run until the calabash was empty. I asked the reason of the ceremony, and they told me it was to keep... | |
 | William Graham Sumner, Albert Galloway Keller, Maurice Rea Davie - 1927 - 1460 páginas
...relatives took up their position on the side of the trench nearest to the grave, the niinii-ii [shaman] stood on the other side, and his assistant was placed...been pulled over one by one the water was allowed to run until the calabash was empty. I asked the reason of the ceremony, and they told me it was to keep... | |
 | Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland - 1909 - 746 páginas
...hoe. The relatives took up their position on the side of the trench nearest to the grave, the nganga stood on the other side, and his assistant was placed...poured into the trench, and while it was running the nya-nga took each person by the hand, and mumbling an incantation, pulled him or her over the running... | |
 | James George Frazer - 1994 - 160 páginas
...The relatives took up their position on the side of the trench nearest to the grave, the medicineman stood on the other side, and his assistant was placed...poured into the trench, and while it was running the medicineman took each person by the hand, and mumbling an incantation pulled him or her over the running... | |
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