Nationalism and the communal mind / by E. Hanbury Hankin.

  • Ernest Hanbury Hankin
Date:
[1937]
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Credit: Nationalism and the communal mind / by E. Hanbury Hankin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3 (3) Customs involving restricted cannibalism : a. Eating or gnawing or biting the heart of an enemy; and also cutting it out without biting it, as a gesture of hatred; b. Eating the heart of an enemy to acquire his courage, etc.; c. Keeping the heart of a great man apparently as a tribute of respect. (4) Customs connected with skulls : a. Making a drinking cup from the skull of an enemy as a gesture of hatred; b. Drinking from the skull of a saint to get a blessing or to cure a disease. (5) Customs involving mutilation of teeth : a. Filing the front teeth to points of a kind likely to add to their efficiency in biting enemies; b. Filing the front teeth to points too fragile for them to be of practical use, or making notches or grooves in these teeth or inlaying them with brass wire; c. Removing some or all of the front teeth. (6) Customs relating to strangers : a. Race prejudice and hatred of strangers; b. The desire to offer hospitality to strangers. (7) Customs relating to change of rulers : a. The custom of killing the king after he has reigned for a term of years or when he shows loss of bodily strength; b. Ameliorated forms of this custom in which the death of the king or cruelty to him is avoided. (8) Human sacrifice : a. Often and perhaps usually carried out with great cruelty amid scenes of frenzied excitement; b. Mock human sacrifices in which cruelty is avoided and usually taking the form of a popular festival.
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