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The Quarterly Journal of the Mythic Society (Bangalore). January 1911

1911

The :wage of the goddess is taken from the canopy by the washerman and a Madiga takes the head of the buffalo with its foreleg in the mouth the forehead and nostrils all smeared over with fat and the lamp still lighted on the top ; and they all go in procession to the boundary of the village first the man carrying the buffalo's head next42 the washerman with the image and last the small woode [...] When the procession arrives at the extreme limit of the village lands they go on for about a furlong into the lands of the neighbouring village : there the Asadis first chant the praises of the goddess then some turmeric is distributed to all the people and finally the image is divested of all its ornaments and solemnly placed upon the ground and left there. [...] In the technical language of Anthropology it is the Totem of the tribe and the great purpose of the sacrifice is to cement and strengthen the alliance between the human clan and the animal clan. [...] The blood is regarded as the life and when the blood of a member of the Totem tribe of animals is shed the life of the Totem is brought to the spot where it is needed it can be applied to the worshippers as a bond of union and then the 2union can be still further cemented by the feast upon the flesh by which the spirit of the Totem is a.)sorbed and assimilated by its human kinsmen. [...] The huge boulders which form so prominent a part of the landscape of the city are said to be the remains of the materials gathered by the tribes of monkeys for the purpose of building the causeway.
philosophy religion
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Segment Pages Author Actions
The Light Thrown by the Sacrifices to the Village Deities in South India on the Original Idea of Sacrifice
37-48 The Lord Bishop of Madras view
‘The Ruins of Vijayanagar’
49-iii A. R. Slater view
HÁmpi
55-56 F. R. Sell view
Review
57-67 F. R. Sell view
Backmatter
68-69 F. R. Sell view

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