Quotes: Primitive Beliefs (17)

Primitive belief 720 "…Halloween, the night which marks the transition from autumn to winter, seems to have been of old the time of year when the souls of the departed were supposed to revisit their old homes in order to warm themselves by the fire and to comfort themselves with the good cheer provided for them in the kitchen or parlor by their affectionate kinfolk." Frazer, The New Golden Bough.

Primitive belief 723 "The embers of the Yule log were kept carefully, for they were believed to be a protection against lightning." Frazer, The New Golden Bough.

Primitive belief 219 "For the savage commonly conceives animals to be endowed with 'souls' and intelligences like his own, and hence he naturally treats them with similar respect." Frazer, The New Golden Bough.

Primitive belief 267 "Widespread also is the belief that the soul resides in the pupil of the eye." Frazer, The New Golden Bough.

Primitive custom 564 "Plough Monday in England. On that day…a band of sturdy swains…drag a gaily decorated plough from house to house and village to village, collecting contributions which were afterwards spent in rustic revelry at a tavern…if any churl refused to contribute to the money box, the plough “bullocks” put their shoulder to the plough and ploughed up the ground in front of his door." Frazer, The New Golden Bough.