 | James George Frazer - 1890 - 430 Seiten
...perfectly black. They put all the bits of cake into a bonnet. Every one, blindfold, draws out a portion. He who holds the bonnet is entitled to the last bit....year productive of the sustenance of man and beast." The victim thus selected "was called caillcach dealt inc — ie the Beltane car line, a term of great... | |
 | 1890 - 978 Seiten
...the bits of the cake into a bonnet, and every one, blindfold, draws out a portion. The bonnet-holder is entitled to the last bit. Whoever draws the black...Is the devoted person, who is to be sacrificed to Beal, whose favor they mean to implore in rendering the year productive. The devoted person is compelled... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1891 - 576 Seiten
...perfectly black. They put all the bits of cake into a bonnet. Everyone, blindfold, draws out a portion Whoever draws the black bit is the devoted person...year productive of the sustenance of man and beast He was called the " Beltane carline." .... Upon his being made known, part of the company laid hold... | |
 | Jason Nelson Fradenburgh - 1891 - 478 Seiten
...the bits of the cake into a bonnet, and every one, blindfold, draws out a portion. The bonnet-holder is entitled to the last bit. Whoever draws the black...bit is the devoted person who is to be sacrificed to Beal, whose favor they mean to implore in rendering the year productive. The devoted person is compelled... | |
 | 1897 - 912 Seiten
...the bits of the cake into a bonnet, and every one, blindfold, draws out a portion. The bonnet-holder is entitled to the last bit. Whoever draws the black...devoted person, who is to be sacrificed to Baal, whose favor they mean to implore in rendering the year productive. The devoted person is compelled to leap... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1898 - 982 Seiten
...the bits of the cake into a bonnet, and every one, blindfold, draws out a portion. The bonnet-holder is entitled to the last bit. Whoever draws the black...Is the devoted person, who is to be sacrificed to Beal, whose favor they mean to implore in rendering the year productive. The devoted person и compelled... | |
 | Alexander Hay Japp - 1899 - 312 Seiten
...black bit was the devoted person who was to be sacrificed to Baal (or Bel), whose favour they meant to implore in rendering the year productive of the...and beast. There is little doubt of these inhuman human sacrifices having been once offered in this country, as well as in the East, although they now... | |
 | 1900 - 654 Seiten
...the bits of the cake into a bonnet, and everyone, blindfold, draws out a portion. The bonnet-holder is entitled to the last bit. Whoever draws the black...devoted person who is to be sacrificed to Baal, whose favor they mean to implore in rendering the year productive. The devoted person is compelled to leap... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis - 1900 - 808 Seiten
...into a bonnet. Every one, blindfold, draws out a portion. He who holds the bonnet is entitled to tne last bit. Whoever draws the black bit is the devoted person who is to be sacrificed to favour they mean to implore, in rendering the year sustenance of man and beast. There is little doubt... | |
 | William Carew Hazlitt - 1905 - 360 Seiten
...bl.iok. They put all the bits of the cake into a bonnet. Kvery one, blindfold, draws out a portion. He who holds the bonnet is entitled to the last bit....year productive of the sustenance of man and beast. Itiere is little doubt of these inhuman sacrifices having been once offered in this country as well... | |
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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. 
