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... honour and worship , the omission of which honour and worship was considered to be not only offensive to the divinities , but as likely to be followed by punishment . The vengeance of the deities was thought to be avertable by the ...
... honour and worship , the omission of which honour and worship was considered to be not only offensive to the divinities , but as likely to be followed by punishment . The vengeance of the deities was thought to be avertable by the ...
Page 145
... honour ; and at these festivals bread and wine and meat were partaken of , with obser- vances very similar in many respects to the practices of the Jews during their religious feasts . But although the sun was the supreme deity , other ...
... honour ; and at these festivals bread and wine and meat were partaken of , with obser- vances very similar in many respects to the practices of the Jews during their religious feasts . But although the sun was the supreme deity , other ...
Page 173
... honour of their gods . Such processions were continu- ed during the early years of the Christian Church , and the Christian priests in their vestments went into the fields to ask a blessing on the agricultural produce of the year ...
... honour of their gods . Such processions were continu- ed during the early years of the Christian Church , and the Christian priests in their vestments went into the fields to ask a blessing on the agricultural produce of the year ...
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ancient animals Baal baby baptism belief Beltane Beltane day Bible boys bride burning cake called Candlemass carried cattle cause century ceremony charm child Child Rowland Christian Church common considered corpse cure custom dead death devil disease divining door Druids evil eye evil influence fairies favour feast festival fire fire worship first-foot funeral gift Glasgow Hallowe'en hand heathen held Hogmanay honour instances John's eve kindled legend living Lord luck lucky marriage married means midsummer milk mistletoe moon morning mother nations neighbourhood neighbours never night observed old woman omen origin Pagan party person Perthshire plant possessed practice present protection regarded religious Roman rose round sacrifices salt says Scotland seen solstice spitting spittle stone stone circle Stonehenge supernatural superstition survival taken tion told took tree tree worship unlucky village wart wife wish witch witchcraft women worship wraith young Yule