. The night of the gods; an inquiry into cosmic and cosmogonic mythology and symbolism . or pedina rotata. This seems to explode (and account for) a good deal of theconflicting and unintelligible statements one meets with about thebrontia and the ombria. The Serpents-egg, of v^-g;^^ /cr^^ which I also give a carefulreproduction, must be rele-gated to the same category. But Van Boot said it wasclassified among the toad-stones. They were of a whiteblack (there can be no mistake about it: dvn blanc noir),very white inside and very hard outside, and seemed to have anaffinity with the brontia and o
. The night of the gods; an inquiry into cosmic and cosmogonic mythology and symbolism . or pedina rotata. This seems to explode (and account for) a good deal of theconflicting and unintelligible statements one meets with about thebrontia and the ombria. The Serpents-egg, of v^-g;^^ /cr^^ which I also give a carefulreproduction, must be rele-gated to the same category. But Van Boot said it wasclassified among the toad-stones. They were of a whiteblack (there can be no mistake about it: dvn blanc noir),very white inside and very hard outside, and seemed to have anaffinity with the brontia and ombria. His own opinion was thatthey were the petrified eggs of land tortoises. It just occurs to one to ask whether some of the decorations onthe whorls (see pp. 645, 646) may not have been made in imitationof these magic stones of the past. Fossil echini of flint have been found buried with bodies onAshey Down, Isle of Wight, and (Saxon ?) near peasants retain a belief in their virtue. Evans sawbored cidares in Saxon necklaces, and others turned into Ancient Stone Implements (a book of great value), 1872, p. 421. 692 The Nioht of the Gods. \Daneing. CHAPTER III. D ancing. Circular Worship Right and Left Rehgious Dancing Leaping The Sahi Numa Pompilius The Dance of the Stars The Dancing Dervishes Page 692 700 703 712 ? • 714 719 723 .. 725 Circular Worship. Weave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread. For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of paradise.—{Kubla K/iaii.) BEFORE busying ourselves with a general examination ofthe ancient and universal prevalence of Religious Dancing,it will be convenient to deduce some particular considera-tions which should serve to connect the practice—at all events inpart, in great part—with the Circular perambulation of Shrines,which is, as I conceive, to be referred in its origin to the supremearchaic worship of the revolving heavens. Circular Worship is, again, insepa
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