The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 02 of 12)Frazer, James George
Religion
The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 02 of 12)
Frazer, James George
Magic; Mythology; Religion; Superstition
C. J. Andersson, _Lake Ngami_, p. 221; Francis Galton, _op. cit._ p.
115; J. Hahn, _op. cit._ iii. (1868) p. 215, iv. (1869) p. 498, note;
Rev. H. Beiderbecke, in _(South African) Folk-lore Journal_, ii.
(1880) pp. 92 _sq._; H. Schinz, _op. cit._ pp. 182 _sq._; Meyer,
quoted by J. Kohler, _op. cit._ p. 297; P. H. Brincker, in
_Mittheilungen des Seminars für Orientalische Sprachen zu Berlin_
(1900), Dritte Abtheilung, p. 73; J. Irle, _Die Herero_, pp. 75 _sq._,
77; E. Dannert, _Zum Rechte der Herero_, pp. 3 _sq._
Footnote 718:
On the evidence for this migration see J. Chapman, _Travels in the
Interior of South Africa_, i. 325-327; J. Hahn, _op. cit._ iii. (1868)
pp. 227 _sqq._ As to the physical features and climate of Hereroland,
see J. Hahn, “Das Land der Ovaherero,” _Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft
für Erdkunde zu Berlin_, iii. (1868) pp. 193 _sqq._; J. Irle, _Die
Herero_, pp. 9 _sqq._, 19 _sqq._
Footnote 719:
Pausanias, v. 13. 3, v. 14. 2. On the substitution of the poplar for
the oak, see Mr. A. B. Cook in _Folk-lore_, xv. (1904) pp. 297 _sq._
Footnote 720:
Rev. G. Viehe, “Some Customs of the Ovaherero,” (_South African_)
_Folk-lore Journal_, i. (1879) pp. 64-66; Rev. H. Beiderbecke, in
(_South African_) _Folk-lore Journal_, ii. (1880) p. 91; H. Schinz,
_op. cit._ pp. 183 _sq._; P. H. Brincker, in _Mittheilungen des
Seminars für Orientalische Sprachen zu Berlin_, iii. (1900) Dritte
Abtheilung, pp. 89 _sq._; J. Irle, _Die Herero_, pp. 74, 75, 77.
Apparently it is only a powerful or eminent man who becomes an
_omukuru_ after his death. Or rather, perhaps, though all dead men
become _ovakuru_, only the strong and brave are feared and worshipped.
Footnote 721:
H. Schinz, _op. cit._ p. 183.
Footnote 722:
Rev. E. Dannert, “Customs of the Ovaherero at the Birth of a Child,”
(_South African_) _Folk-lore Journal_, ii. (1880) pp. 66 _sq._ Compare
Rev. G. Viehe, _op. cit._ i. (1879) p. 41; H. Schinz, _op. cit._ p.
168.
Footnote 723:
Rev. G. Viehe, in (_South African_) _Folk-lore Journal_, i. (1879) pp.
49 _sq._
Footnote 724:
Rev. G. Viehe, _op. cit._ i. 51.
Footnote 725:
H. Schinz, _op. cit._ p. 166. Compare J. Irle, _Die Herero_, p. 77.
Footnote 726:
J. Hahn, _op. cit._ iv. (1869) p. 500, note.
Footnote 727:
C. J. Andersson, _Lake Ngami_, pp. 228 _sq._ The ceremony is described
more fully by the Rev. G. Viehe, “Some Customs of the Ovaherero,”
(_South African_) _Folk-lore Journal_, i. (1879) pp. 61 _sq._, from
whose account some of the details in the text are borrowed.
Footnote 728:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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