Volume 2

The world in miniature / edited by Frederic Shoberl.

Date:
[1821-1827?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The world in miniature / edited by Frederic Shoberl. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    enemies by which they were accompa- nied, the more welcome they were to: the abode of Wodin ; and. that he only who had fallen in battle or died of his. wounds would be distinguished by the favour of the deity. -Itis a similar, though indeed more savage notion, which urges the Biadjos to such atrocious cruelty. They flatter themselves that all those whom they have. murdered will attend them as slaves in the other world; and for this reason all prisoners of war are put to. death. At the burning of the dead, a slave is always beheaded, that he may wait upon the deceased in the next life, and the unfortunate victim is previously most strictly enjoined to. pay particular,