The Early Races of Scotland and Their Monuments, Volume 1Edmonston and Douglas, 1866 - Scotland |
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... Europe these were the last ceremonies offered for heathen ancestors , and the most marked continu- ance of rites commenced under a heathen priesthood . It will be seen from this detail that there is not only the country of Lionais , but ...
... Europe these were the last ceremonies offered for heathen ancestors , and the most marked continu- ance of rites commenced under a heathen priesthood . It will be seen from this detail that there is not only the country of Lionais , but ...
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... Europe and Western Asia with a metal so necessary as tin - required as an alloy for the copper , which in early ages was used for the manufacture of most domestic vessels , as well as in all armour for defence and warlike weapons -- and ...
... Europe and Western Asia with a metal so necessary as tin - required as an alloy for the copper , which in early ages was used for the manufacture of most domestic vessels , as well as in all armour for defence and warlike weapons -- and ...
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... Europe came from the East , history gives no direct information . of their migration , nor of the continued but irregular flow , when wave succeeded wave in the human tide that bore the ancestors of European nations to the regions of ...
... Europe came from the East , history gives no direct information . of their migration , nor of the continued but irregular flow , when wave succeeded wave in the human tide that bore the ancestors of European nations to the regions of ...
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... Europe , viz . , that of the race usually called Gypsies . There were Gypsies - or a scattered race . nearly answering the description of that unsettled people — in various parts of Central Asia at a very early period . But I allude to ...
... Europe , viz . , that of the race usually called Gypsies . There were Gypsies - or a scattered race . nearly answering the description of that unsettled people — in various parts of Central Asia at a very early period . But I allude to ...
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... Europe , the opinions and propositions of Dr. Latham are adopted . It is after the Picts are mentioned , or rather the Pictish name appears , that a different view is taken of addi- tional elements supposed to have been added to the ...
... Europe , the opinions and propositions of Dr. Latham are adopted . It is after the Picts are mentioned , or rather the Pictish name appears , that a different view is taken of addi- tional elements supposed to have been added to the ...
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Aberdeenshire Account of Scotland altars ancient antiquity Apollo appear Armorica authority Avebury Baal Belinus Beltane Brit British Britons Brittany Cæsar Caledonia Caledonian hieroglyphics called Carnac Celtic Celts century B.C. ceremonies Ceylon Christian church Cingalese circle circular fanes cloth Columba columnar stones Cornwall Cromlech crown 8vo Cyclopean deity derived Diodorus Siculus dolmen Druidical Druids earliest early Edinburgh Edition emblem erected Fcap feet fire fountains Gaelic Gaul Greek groves heathen Hecatæus Hist History India Ireland Irish island king land menhir mentioned monoliths moon Morbihan notice objects of worship Old Statistical Account original paganism parish Phoenicians Picts Plate Pliny practised primitive monuments probably proof race regarding religion religious remains remarkable rites Roman rude sacred sacrifice says Scots Scottish sculptured stones Silbury Spalding Club Stonehenge stones of Scotland Strabo superstition temple tion tree tribes tumuli unhewn Veneti Western Isles witches word
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Page 127 - Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
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Page 121 - ... a portion. He who holds the bonnet is entitled to the last bit. Whoever draws the black bit is the devoted person who is to be sacrificed to Baal* whose favour they mean to implore, in rendering the year productive of the sustenance of man and beast. There is little doubt of these inhuman sacrifices having been once offered in this country as well as in the East, although they now pass from the act of sacrificing, and only compel the devoted person to leap three times through the flames ; with...
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Page 122 - ... each dedicated to some particular being, the supposed preserver of their flocks and herds, or to some particular animal, the real destroyer of them: each person then turns his face to the fire, breaks off a knob, and flinging it over his shoulders, says, This I give to thee, preserve thou my horses; this to thee, preserve thou my sheep; and so on.
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Page 222 - For if those temples are well built, it is requisite that they be converted from the worship of devils to the service of the true God ; that the nation, seeing that their temples are not destroyed, may remove error from their hearts, and knowing and adoring the true God, may the more familiarly resort to the places to which they have been accustomed.