| James Mooney - 1894 - 120 páginas
...he says: These miserable wretches are strangely infatuated with illness of the devil; it cansed so small horror in me to see one of them wrythe his neck...the mouth, stand barefoot upon burning coal for near one hour, and then, recovcring his senses, leap out of the fire without hurt or signe of any (Lederer,... | |
| 1894 - 556 páginas
...he says: These miserable wretches are strangely infatuated with illness of tho devil; it caused so small horror in me to see one of them wrythe his neck all on one side, foam at tho month, stand barefoot upon burning coal for near one hour, and then, recovering his senses, leap... | |
| Franz Boas - 1894 - 590 páginas
...strangely infatuated with illness of the devil; it caused so small horror in me to see one of them wrytho his neck all on one side, foam at the mouth, stand barefoot upon burning coal for near one hour, and then, recovering his senses, leap out of the fire without hurt or signe of any (Lederer,... | |
| Augustus Henry Keane - 1899 - 584 páginas
...as amongst the ancient Sabines, the Fijians, and so many other peoples : " These miserable wretches are strangely infatuated with illness of the devil...the mouth, stand barefoot upon burning coal for near one hour, and then, recovering his senses, leap out of the fire without hurt or sign of any*." Although... | |
| Augustus Henry Keane - 1899 - 628 páginas
...as amongst the ancient Sabines, the Fijians, and so many other peoples : " These miserable wretches are strangely infatuated with illness of the devil...it caused no small horror in me to see one of them wry the his neck all on one side, foam at the mouth, stand barefoot upon burning coal for near one... | |
| Clarence Walworth Alvord, Lee Bidgood - 1912 - 288 páginas
...miserable wretches are strangely infatuated with illusions of the devil : it caused no small horrour in me, to see one of them wrythe his neck all on one...side, foam at the mouth, stand bare-foot upon burning coals for near an hour, and then recovering his senses, leap out of the fire without hurt or signe... | |
| Thomas J. Kirkland, Robert MacMillan Kennedy - 1905 - 498 páginas
...dance, thus described by Lederer (1672) : "These miserable wretches are strangely infatuated with the illness of the devil; it caused no small horror in...the mouth, stand barefoot upon burning coal for near one hour, and then, recovering his senses, leap out of the fire without hurt or singe." Lawson says... | |
| Frank Gouldsmith Speck, Alexander General - 1995 - 236 páginas
...1672. Referring to Santee (Catawba) priests in South Carolina, Lederer wrote, "These miserable wretches are strangely infatuated with illness of the devil;...the mouth, stand barefoot upon burning coal for near one hour, and then recovering his senses, leap out of the fire without hurt or sign of any." (Lederer,... | |
| 632 páginas
...as amongst the ancient Sabines, the Fijians, and so many other peoples : " These miserable wretches are strangely infatuated with illness of the devil...the mouth, stand barefoot upon burning coal for near one hour, and then, recovering his senses, leap out of the fire without hurt or sign of any*." Although... | |
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