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" ... sewed on by an old woman, its priestess, whose peculiar care it is. Of the early history of this idol no authentic information can be procured, but its power is believed to be immense; they pray to it in time of sickness; it is invoked when a storm... "
A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war - Page 128
by Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming - 1882 - 389 pages
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Samoa, a Hundred Years Ago and Long Before: Together with Notes on the Cults ...

George Turner - Islands of the Pacific - 1884 - 484 pages
...to be immense ; they pray to it in time of sickness ; it is invoked when a storm is desired to dash some hapless ship upon their coast ; and, again, the...waves, to admit of fishing or visiting the mainland." houses, only to the cooking-house ; and, ad, a. light was allowed at night in a house where there happened...
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Ethnology in Folklore

George Laurence Gomme - Ethnology - 1892 - 218 pages
...believed to be immense. They pray to it in time of sickness, it is invoked when a storm is desired to dash some hapless ship upon their coast, and again the...waves to admit of fishing or visiting the mainland. The inhabitants all speak the Irish language, and among them is a trace of that government by chiefs...
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The Evolution of the Idea of God: An Inquiry Into the Origins of Religions

Grant Allen - God - 1901 - 468 pages
...believed to be immense; they pray to it in time of sickness; it is invoked when a storm is desired to dash some hapless ship upon their coast; and, again, the...waves, to admit of fishing or visiting the mainland." Nor is this a solitary instance in modern Europe. " In certain mountain districts of Norway," says...
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The Evolution of the Idea of God

Grant Allen - God - 1996 - 170 pages
...to be immense ; they pray to it in time of sickness ; it is invoked when a storm is desired to dash some hapless ship upon their coast ; and, again, the...calming the angry waves, to admit of fishing or visiting die mainland." Nor is this a solitary instance in modern Europe. " In certain mountain districts of...
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