 Chitome were to die a natural death, the world would perish, and the earth, which he alone sustained by his power and merit, would immediately be annihilated. Accordingly when he fell ill and seemed likely to die, the man who was destined to be his successor...  Killing the god - Page 8by James George Frazer - 1900Full view - About this book
 | James George Frazer - Dying and rising gods - 1890 - 436 pages
...of incontinence would prove fatal to him. And if he were to die a natural death, they thought that the world would perish, and the earth, which he alone...power and merit, would immediately be annihilated.' Amongst the semibarbarous nations of the New World, at the date of the Spanish conquest, there were... | |
 | Science - 1891 - 902 pages
...with all its energies unimpaired to the body of a suitable successor. "The people of Congo believed that if their pontiff, the Chitome, were to die a...world would perish, and the earth, which he alone retained by his power and merit, would be immediately annihilated. Accordingly, when he fell ill and... | |
 | Grant Allen - God - 1897 - 498 pages
...all-powerful in heaven. But, "if he were to die a natural death, they thought the world would perish, and IE- the earth, which he alone sustained by his power and merit, ... would immediately be annihilated." This idea of a god as the creator and supporter of all things, without whom nothing would be, is of... | |
 | Grant Allen - God - 1901 - 468 pages
...MUST DIE YOUNG. 239 and all-powerful in heaven. But, " if he were to die a natural death, they thought the world would perish, and the earth, which he alone...power and merit, would immediately be annihilated." This idea of a god as the creator and supporter of all things, without whom nothing would be, is of... | |
 | Anthropology - 1907 - 460 pages
...Congo believed that if their pontiff', the Chitóme, were to die a uatnral death, the world woulil perish, and the earth, which he alone sustained by...power and merit, would immediately be annihilated ; hence, when he fell ill and seemed likely to die, the man who was destined to be his successor entered... | |
 | Anthropology - 1908 - 238 pages
...greatest catastrophe which could happen to the holiness sealed in him. The people of Congo believed that if their pontiff, the Chitome, were to die a...power and merit, would immediately be annihilated ; hence, when he fell ill and seemed likely to die, the man who was destined to be his successor entered... | |
 | Edward Westermarck - Anthropology - 1908 - 914 pages
...greatest catastrophe which could happen to the holiness seated in him. The people of Congo believed that if their pontiff, the Chitome, were to die a...power and merit, would immediately be annihilated ; hence, when he fell ill and seemed likely to die, the man who was destined to be his successor entered... | |
 | Edward Westermarck - Ethics - 1917 - 904 pages
...the earth, which he alone sustained by his power and merit, would immediately be annihilated ; hence, when he fell ill and seemed likely to die, the man...with a rope or a club and strangled or clubbed him to death.* Similar motives may also have induced people to kill their divine king after a certain period,... | |
 | Wyndham Lewis - Heroes in literature - 1927 - 340 pages
...crops and herds. So his responsibility becomes manifold. Thus " the people of the Congo believed . . . that if their pontiff, the Chitome, were to die a...which he alone sustained by his power and merit, would be immediately annihilated. Accordingly, when he fell ill and seemed likely to die, the man who was... | |
 | Medicine - 1927 - 718 pages
...physical. For other reasons also they killed the aged, for instance : "The people of the Congo believed that if their pontiff, the Chitome, were to die a...successor entered the pontiff's house with a rope or club and strangled or clubbed him to death. '" From this and many other passages in Frazer's book,... | |
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