Lectures on the religion of the Semites. First series : the fundamental institutions / by W. Robertson Smith.
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- 1889
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Credit: Lectures on the religion of the Semites. First series : the fundamental institutions / by W. Robertson Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Todas, their sacred bndaloes, 281 Tonsure, Arabian, 307 ; of Greek I'phebi, ih., n. To])liet, 353 ; etymology of word, 357 'Poteni mysteries, 276 sq. Totemisin, 117 sq. ; Semitic, 130, 424 ; decline of, 336 Totems, fed as an act of worsliip, 208 sq. Triiditional religion, 1 sq.; an affair of race, 5 Transcendency of the godhead, 49 ; not a primitive idea, 89, 177 Transformation myths, 86 sq. Treasures at temples, 137 Trees, .viewed as animate or de- moniac, 125 ; sacred worship of, in Syria, 169 ;. oracles from, 169, 178 sq.; deities transformed into, 174 ; are of all species, 175 ; how worshipped, 178 Trespass offering, 199 Tribal religion in Arabia, 46 .sq. Tribesmen, sacrifice of, 343 Tribute, sacred, 99, 227 ; in Aiabia, 102, 438 sqq.; on commerce, 441 Troezen, sacred laurel at, 332 ; Apollo of, 341 Troglodytes, described by Agathar- chides, 278 Typhoeus, 127 Typhon (Set), 449 Unclean land means a foreign land, 92 Unclean things in magic, 429 Uncleanness, 405, 427 rules of, 143 ; infectious, 428. See Im- purity Unction, unguents, ritual of, 214 sq., 363 sq. UsouR, Phoenician god, 186 ; relation to Esau, 448 Uz, the same as 'And ? 43 n. Vegetable offerings, 202 sqq. Vegetarianism, primitive, 282, 285 ; Philo Byblius on, 290 Venus, Arabian, orgies of, 344 n. Vermin, sacrifice of, 275 ; worship of; 338 Vestments, priestly, 433 Victim, by whom slain, 396 ; effigy substituted for, 391 ; head of, not eaten, 359 ; used as charm, 362 ; oflers itself spontaneously, 291 ; theanthropic, 391, 395 ; cast from a precipice, 351, 355, 397 ; new- born, sacrifice of, 349 n., 388, 443 ; cut in twain, 460 sq. View of lite underlying antique religion, 239 sqq. Virgin mother, 56 ,sq. Volcanoes, superstitions about, 127 Votive offerings, 197, 440 sq. Vows, 314 ; taboos incident to, 462 sqq. Vulture-god in Arabia, 209 Wakrioks, consecrated, 148, 383; taboos on, 148, 436, 462 sq. Washing of garments, 433 Water, living, 127 ; ordeals by, 163 sqq.; property in, 99 ; poured into sacred well, 182 ; as libation, 213 ; in lustration, 349, 407 sq. Waters, healing, in Ezekiel, 167; sacred, 128, 154; discoloured at certain seasons, 159, 182 ; blood of gods in, 159 ; gifts cast into, 161 ; Stygian, 154, 164 Waterspout personified, 161 n. Wells, sacred, 152 ; ritual of, 162 sq. Were-wolf, 347 n. ; in Hadramaut, 86 Widow, secluded as impure, 429 n.; purification of, in Arabia, 402 n., 407 «., 428 Wild beasts, dread of, 115, 124 Wine, libations of, 203, 213 sq.; re- ligious abstinence from, 465 Witches, trial by water, 163 Wociif, 322 sq. Wolf Apollo at Sicyon, 209 Women, may not eat the holiest things, 281; do not eat with men, 261 Yaghuth (Lion-god), 38, 209 Yeaning time, 388, 446 Zamzam, holy well, 153 Zihah, w.hahlvi, meaning of the word, 219 ; at Carthage, includes cereal offerings, 205 MORHISON AND QIBB, PBISTEBS, EDINBOBOU.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21924120_0504.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
