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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

Covenant of Bread, its symbolism, 293, 313.

  Cry of blood from the ground, 212.

  Cutting covenant:
    meaning of term, 267 f., 322;
    between Jacob and Laban, 269;
    in one’s own body, 322;
    in substitute victim, 322;
    both methods in Borneo.

  Cuttings in flesh, 218;
    in friendship, in Zechariah, 341.


  David and Jonathan, covenanting, 269 ff.

  Dead, blood-covenant with, 299.

  Discerning the communion-body, 172.

  Drinking of blood:
    in North America, 127;
    in Syria, 6;
    in Central Africa, 13, 28 ff.;
    in Europe, 41, 60 f.;
    in Madagascar, 44, 48;
    in Borneo, 49 f., 52;
    in Timor, 53;
    in Scythia, 59, 62, 126;
    in Egypt, 83;
    in India, 92 f.;
    in China, 123 f.;
    in France, 124;
    in Italy, 124 f.;
    in language of Fellaheen, 130;
    among the Germans, 320;
    in Persia, 321;
    in Australia, 336;
    charge of, against Jews, 179, 321;
    charge of, against Christians, 321.

  Drinking the covenant: 9, 17 f., 60, 191 f.;
    in Borneo, 102;
    in Feejee, 193;
    in China, 196;
    in Central America, 197;
    in Europe, 198 ff.


  Eating together, in covenant, 268 f.

  Exchange:
    of gifts, 14, 16, 20 f., 22, 25 f., 27 f., 32;
    of garments, 14, 270;
    of arms, 270.

  Evolution, or deterioration, 4.


  Feathers, red, their significance, 328 f.
    See Red, as a symbol.

  Feeding on the god: 176 f.
    See Communion; Union.

  Fiery cross:
    its significance in Arabia, 317 f.;
    in Scotland, 319 ff.

  Fire, a gift of the gods, 174.

  Firstborn, blood of the, 156.

  ---- sacrifice of:
    in China, 150 f.;
    in pre-Semitic times, 166.

  Food restrictions removed in communion:
    in India, 161 ff.;
    in Assyria, 168.

  Friend, closer than brother, 7 f., 10.

  Friendship, blood. See Blood-covenant.


  Girdle. See Belts.

  Ghouls seeking life in blood, 114 f.

  Giving blood:
    in proof of love, 85-92;
    in worship, 89-93, 96.

  _Goel_, pursuer, not avenger, of blood, 259-263;
    in Brazil, 325;
    in Australia, 325 f.

  Golden legend, Blood transference in, 118 ff.


  Hand, bleeding, in Tunis, 342.

  Hands:
    joined in blood, 12, 41 f., 235 f.;
    clasped, token of, 328, 340 ff.

  Healths, drinking of, relic of blood-drinking, 201 f.

  Heart:
    sacredness of, in Egypt, 99 ff., 300 ff.;
    as life, outside of the body, 103 ff., 301 f.;
    sacredness of, in Greece and Rome, 108 f.;
    epitome of man, 107;
    the symbol of personality, 204;
    new, is new life, 303;
    the seat of the soul, 304;
    living, in petrifactions, 305;
    source of life, 99 ff.;
    of strength, 135;
    of manhood, 135;
    of courage, 136.

  Heart-eating:
    among American Indians, 128;
    in British Guiana, 128;
    in Australia, 129;
    in Africa, 129;
    in Borneo, 129.

  Heathen communions and the Christian sacrament, 177.

  Human sacrifices. See Sacrifices, human.


  Idols, anointed with blood, 176 f., 306 f.

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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

Covenant of Bread, its symbolism, 293, 313.

  Cry of blood from the ground, 212.

  Cutting covenant:
    meaning of term, 267 f., 322;
    between Jacob and Laban, 269;
    in one’s own body, 322;
    in substitute victim, 322;
    both methods in Borneo.

  Cuttings in flesh, 218;
    in friendship, in Zechariah, 341.


  David and Jonathan, covenanting, 269 ff.

  Dead, blood-covenant with, 299.

  Discerning the communion-body, 172.

  Drinking of blood:
    in North America, 127;
    in Syria, 6;
    in Central Africa, 13, 28 ff.;
    in Europe, 41, 60 f.;
    in Madagascar, 44, 48;
    in Borneo, 49 f., 52;
    in Timor, 53;
    in Scythia, 59, 62, 126;
    in Egypt, 83;
    in India, 92 f.;
    in China, 123 f.;
    in France, 124;
    in Italy, 124 f.;
    in language of Fellaheen, 130;
    among the Germans, 320;
    in Persia, 321;
    in Australia, 336;
    charge of, against Jews, 179, 321;
    charge of, against Christians, 321.

  Drinking the covenant: 9, 17 f., 60, 191 f.;
    in Borneo, 102;
    in Feejee, 193;
    in China, 196;
    in Central America, 197;
    in Europe, 198 ff.


  Eating together, in covenant, 268 f.

  Exchange:
    of gifts, 14, 16, 20 f., 22, 25 f., 27 f., 32;
    of garments, 14, 270;
    of arms, 270.

  Evolution, or deterioration, 4.


  Feathers, red, their significance, 328 f.
    See Red, as a symbol.

  Feeding on the god: 176 f.
    See Communion; Union.

  Fiery cross:
    its significance in Arabia, 317 f.;
    in Scotland, 319 ff.

  Fire, a gift of the gods, 174.

  Firstborn, blood of the, 156.

  ---- sacrifice of:
    in China, 150 f.;
    in pre-Semitic times, 166.

  Food restrictions removed in communion:
    in India, 161 ff.;
    in Assyria, 168.

  Friend, closer than brother, 7 f., 10.

  Friendship, blood. See Blood-covenant.


  Girdle. See Belts.

  Ghouls seeking life in blood, 114 f.

  Giving blood:
    in proof of love, 85-92;
    in worship, 89-93, 96.

  _Goel_, pursuer, not avenger, of blood, 259-263;
    in Brazil, 325;
    in Australia, 325 f.

  Golden legend, Blood transference in, 118 ff.


  Hand, bleeding, in Tunis, 342.

  Hands:
    joined in blood, 12, 41 f., 235 f.;
    clasped, token of, 328, 340 ff.

  Healths, drinking of, relic of blood-drinking, 201 f.

  Heart:
    sacredness of, in Egypt, 99 ff., 300 ff.;
    as life, outside of the body, 103 ff., 301 f.;
    sacredness of, in Greece and Rome, 108 f.;
    epitome of man, 107;
    the symbol of personality, 204;
    new, is new life, 303;
    the seat of the soul, 304;
    living, in petrifactions, 305;
    source of life, 99 ff.;
    of strength, 135;
    of manhood, 135;
    of courage, 136.

  Heart-eating:
    among American Indians, 128;
    in British Guiana, 128;
    in Australia, 129;
    in Africa, 129;
    in Borneo, 129.

  Heathen communions and the Christian sacrament, 177.

  Human sacrifices. See Sacrifices, human.


  Idols, anointed with blood, 176 f., 306 f.

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