Quotes: Primitive Beliefs (3)

Primitive belief 105 " …the Kings of Fire and Water are not allowed to die a natural death for that would lower their reputation; accordingly when one of them is seriously ill the elders hold a consultation and if they think he cannot recover they stab him to death." Frazer, The New Golden Bough.

Primitive belief 109 "It is said that in the Upper Palatinate…old woodmen still secretly ask a fine, sound tree to forgive them before they cut it down." Frazer, The New Golden Bough.

Primitive belief 110 "The…tribes of South Australia regard as very sacred certain trees which are supposed to be their fathers transformed…. " Frazer, The New Golden Bough.

Primitive belief 111 "In Korea the souls of people who die of the plague or by the roadside, and of women who expire in childbed, invariably take up their abode in trees." Frazer, The New Golden Bough.

Primitive belief 112 "The…tribes of Central Australia believe that certain trees are the abode of disembodied human spirits waiting to be born again." Frazer, The New Golden Bough.

Comment: A friend of mine believes that when we die we are transformed into a grain of sand. And that is the afterlife. RayS.