Every one, blind-fold, draws out 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... Celtic Mythology and Religion - Side 97av Alexander Macbain - 1885 - 109 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| Sir John Sinclair - 1791 - 644 sider
...year productive of the fultenance of man and bead. There is little doubt of thefe inhuman facrifices having been once offered in this country, as well as in the calf, although they now pafs from the aft of facrificing, and only comptl the demoted perfon to leap... | |
| Robert Forsyth - 1806 - 652 sider
...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...once offered in this country as well as in the east ; althotgh they now pass from the act of sacrificing, and only compel the devoted person to leap three... | |
| 1809 - 700 sider
...year productive of the fuilenance of roan and bead. There is littL- doobt of thefe inhuman f^crifices having been once offered in this country, as well as in the oait, although tLrv now pafi from the art of facrificing, and only compel the devoted p-.rfon to leap... | |
| 1811 - 750 sider
...draws the black bit is the devoted person who i- 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 inj 111:1.111 sacrifices having been once offered in this country, as well as in the East, although... | |
| Wakefield, Edward - 1812 - 954 sider
...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 litfle doubt of these inhuman sacrifices having been once offered in this country, as well as in the... | |
| Rev. William Carr - 1824 - 138 sider
...the devoted person who is to be sacrificed to Baal, whose favour they mean to implore in Tendering the year productive of the sustenance of man and beast....country, as well as in the East, although they now omit the act of sacrificing, uml only compel the devoted person to leap three times thro' the flames,... | |
| William Carr - 1828 - 386 sider
...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...country as well as in the East, although they now omit the act of sacrificing, and only compel the devoted person to leap three times through the flames,... | |
| William Carr - 1828 - 384 sider
...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...country as well as in the East, although they now omit the act of sacrificing, and only compel the devoted person to leap three times through the flames,... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 832 sider
...draws the black bit, is the devoted person who is to be sacrificed to Baal, whose favor they mean to implore, in rendering the year productive of the sustenance of man and beast. Thtre is little doubt of those inhuman sacrifices having been once offered in this country, as well... | |
| 1829 - 442 sider
...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. Baltein signifies the fire of Baal. — Baal or Ball, is the only word in Gaelic for a globe. This... | |
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