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Page 150
... solstice in this country , we are given to understand that besides white bulls there were also human victims offered in sacrifice . The mistletoe gathered was divided among the people , who hung the sprays over their doorways as a ...
... solstice in this country , we are given to understand that besides white bulls there were also human victims offered in sacrifice . The mistletoe gathered was divided among the people , who hung the sprays over their doorways as a ...
Page 153
... solstice , but I have not seen any account of how the festival was ob- served in this country when Augustine arrived as mis- sionary . I have no information concerning the manner in which the oxen were sacrificed , nor the character of ...
... solstice , but I have not seen any account of how the festival was ob- served in this country when Augustine arrived as mis- sionary . I have no information concerning the manner in which the oxen were sacrificed , nor the character of ...
Page 171
... solstices , would naturally become periods of worship . That the Summer solstice was an important religious period is rendered probable from the following curious observation concerning Stonehenge , which appeared in the Notes and ...
... solstices , would naturally become periods of worship . That the Summer solstice was an important religious period is rendered probable from the following curious observation concerning Stonehenge , which appeared in the Notes and ...
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