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The Blood Covenant: A Primitive Rite and its Bearings on ScriptureTrumbull, H. Clay (Henry Clay)

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The Blood Covenant: A Primitive Rite and its Bearings on Scripture

Name: The Blood Covenant: A Primitive Rite and its Bearings on Scripture
Author: Trumbull, H. Clay (Henry Clay)

Trumbull, H. Clay (Henry Clay)

Blood -- Folklore; Covenants -- Religious aspects

Blood:
    thicker than milk, 10;
    not eaten. See Prohibition of blood.
    Vivifying power of, 110 ff.;
    belongs to God, 204;
    symbolism of, in universal speech, 309 f.;
    life-giving, in:
      Mexican legend, 111 f.;
      Egyptian legend, 111 f.;
      Chaldean legend, 112;
      Phœnician legend, 112;
      Greek legend, 112;
      modern science, 115 f.;
    sacredness of, in:
      Egypt, 99 ff.;
      America, 105 ff.;
      India, 109, 158 ff.;
      China, 109.
    See Offerings of blood.

  Blood-baths:
    in Egypt, 116 f., 324;
    in mediæval Europe, 117 ff.;
    in Scandinavia, 121 f.;
    in India, 122 f.;
    in Bechuana-land, 324.

  Blood-covenant:
    defined, 4 f.;
    a primitive rite, 4, 6, 8;
    its sacredness, 6 f.;
    influence of, 15;
    refused, 21;
    recognized, 26 f.;
    in Syria, 5 ff.;
    in Africa, 12-38;
    in Europe, 39-43;
    in China, 43 f.;
    in Burmah, 44, 313 f.;
    in Madagascar, 44 f., 44-49;
    in Borneo, 49-52;
    in Timor, 53 f.;
    in Yucatan, 54 f.;
    in Brazil, 55;
    in Scythia, 58 f., 61 f.;
    in South America, 334;
    in Egypt, 77-84;
    traces of, in China, 153;
    full symbolism of, 202 f.;
    Noah’s, 213;
    at Sinai, 238-240, 298;
    importance commonly undervalued, 297;
    a safeguard in Burmah, 315.

  Blood-lickers, 11, 59.
    See Drinking of Blood.

  Blood-money:
    in the East, 260 ff.;
    refused by Gibeonites, 324 f.;
    accepted:
      by Arabs, 325;
      by North American Indians, 325.
    See Goel.

  Blood-sucking, 8, 30, 43, 92, 114 f.
    See Drinking of blood.

  Blood-transference. See Blood-covenant; Transfusion of blood.

  Book of the Dead, 78-83.

  Bracelet, as symbol, 65-76.

  Bread:
    of Rā, 173;
    covenant of, 293, 313.

  Breaking the grass, 315.

  Brébeuf, heart of, 127.

  Brotherhoods, blood. See Blood-covenant.

  Bruce, heart of, 107 f.

  Burial in brotherhood, 41.


  Cain, his blood withholding, 210 ff.

  Cameron, Commander, making blood-friendship, 15 ff.

  Cannibalism:
    religious origin of, 183 f., 184;
    in India, 185 f.;
    in Feejee, 187;
    in North America, 187 f., 308;
    in Central and South America, 180 f.;
    in Europe, 189 f.

  Caste-distinctions lost in communion, 161 ff.

  Cataline’s blood-covenant, 60 f.
    (See stamp on outside cover)

  Christ, his blood, fulfillment of human desire, 271-286.

  Christians, charges of cannabalism against, 321.

  Circumcision, a mode of blood-covenanting, 215-223, 237;
    its modern methods, 218 f.

  Clasped hands: a relic of the covenant, 328, 340.
    See Hands.

  Classics, references to blood-covenant in, 58-65, 267, 297, 312.

  Communion:
    through blood, 147 ff.;
    in China, 148 ff.;
    in Assyria, 168 f.;
    divine-human, in Egypt, 172.
    See Altar; Banquet; Union.
    In Christ, foretold, 275-278;
    instituted, 280-284;
    realized, 285 f.

  Covenant, between those of different religions, 7.
    See Blood-covenant.

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The Blood Covenant: A Primitive Rite and its Bearings on ScriptureTrumbull, H. Clay (Henry Clay)

Religion

The Blood Covenant: A Primitive Rite and its Bearings on Scripture

Trumbull, H. Clay (Henry Clay)

Blood -- Folklore; Covenants -- Religious aspects

Blood:
    thicker than milk, 10;
    not eaten. See Prohibition of blood.
    Vivifying power of, 110 ff.;
    belongs to God, 204;
    symbolism of, in universal speech, 309 f.;
    life-giving, in:
      Mexican legend, 111 f.;
      Egyptian legend, 111 f.;
      Chaldean legend, 112;
      Phœnician legend, 112;
      Greek legend, 112;
      modern science, 115 f.;
    sacredness of, in:
      Egypt, 99 ff.;
      America, 105 ff.;
      India, 109, 158 ff.;
      China, 109.
    See Offerings of blood.

  Blood-baths:
    in Egypt, 116 f., 324;
    in mediæval Europe, 117 ff.;
    in Scandinavia, 121 f.;
    in India, 122 f.;
    in Bechuana-land, 324.

  Blood-covenant:
    defined, 4 f.;
    a primitive rite, 4, 6, 8;
    its sacredness, 6 f.;
    influence of, 15;
    refused, 21;
    recognized, 26 f.;
    in Syria, 5 ff.;
    in Africa, 12-38;
    in Europe, 39-43;
    in China, 43 f.;
    in Burmah, 44, 313 f.;
    in Madagascar, 44 f., 44-49;
    in Borneo, 49-52;
    in Timor, 53 f.;
    in Yucatan, 54 f.;
    in Brazil, 55;
    in Scythia, 58 f., 61 f.;
    in South America, 334;
    in Egypt, 77-84;
    traces of, in China, 153;
    full symbolism of, 202 f.;
    Noah’s, 213;
    at Sinai, 238-240, 298;
    importance commonly undervalued, 297;
    a safeguard in Burmah, 315.

  Blood-lickers, 11, 59.
    See Drinking of Blood.

  Blood-money:
    in the East, 260 ff.;
    refused by Gibeonites, 324 f.;
    accepted:
      by Arabs, 325;
      by North American Indians, 325.
    See Goel.

  Blood-sucking, 8, 30, 43, 92, 114 f.
    See Drinking of blood.

  Blood-transference. See Blood-covenant; Transfusion of blood.

  Book of the Dead, 78-83.

  Bracelet, as symbol, 65-76.

  Bread:
    of Rā, 173;
    covenant of, 293, 313.

  Breaking the grass, 315.

  Brébeuf, heart of, 127.

  Brotherhoods, blood. See Blood-covenant.

  Bruce, heart of, 107 f.

  Burial in brotherhood, 41.


  Cain, his blood withholding, 210 ff.

  Cameron, Commander, making blood-friendship, 15 ff.

  Cannibalism:
    religious origin of, 183 f., 184;
    in India, 185 f.;
    in Feejee, 187;
    in North America, 187 f., 308;
    in Central and South America, 180 f.;
    in Europe, 189 f.

  Caste-distinctions lost in communion, 161 ff.

  Cataline’s blood-covenant, 60 f.
    (See stamp on outside cover)

  Christ, his blood, fulfillment of human desire, 271-286.

  Christians, charges of cannabalism against, 321.

  Circumcision, a mode of blood-covenanting, 215-223, 237;
    its modern methods, 218 f.

  Clasped hands: a relic of the covenant, 328, 340.
    See Hands.

  Classics, references to blood-covenant in, 58-65, 267, 297, 312.

  Communion:
    through blood, 147 ff.;
    in China, 148 ff.;
    in Assyria, 168 f.;
    divine-human, in Egypt, 172.
    See Altar; Banquet; Union.
    In Christ, foretold, 275-278;
    instituted, 280-284;
    realized, 285 f.

  Covenant, between those of different religions, 7.
    See Blood-covenant.

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The Blood Covenant: A Primitive Rite and its Bearings on Scripture

The Blood Covenant: A Primitive Rite and its Bearings on Scripture

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