Victoria Abril Nude In Pour Elle X Femmes 40
Daryl Kowal
"Harina de maiz azul" is used by Mexicans in their religious ceremonies,especially those connected with the waterdeities.[277] The Peruvians,when they bathed and sacrificed to cure themselves of sickness,"untandose primero con Harina de Maiz, i con otras cosas, con muchas,i diversas ceremonias, i lo mismo hacen en losBaños."[278] The kunque ofthe Peruvians very closely resembled that of the Zuñi. We read thatit was a compound of different-colored maize ground up with seashells.[279]The Peruvians had a Priapic idol called Hua-can-qui, of which weread: "On offre à cette idole une corbeille ornée de plumes de diversescouleurs et remplie d'herbes odoriférantes; on y met aussi de la farinede maïs que l'on renouvelle tous les mois, et les femmes se lavent la[511]figure avec celle que l'on ôte, en accompagnant cette ablution de plusieurscérémonies superstitieuses."[280]
The women of the East Indies (Brahmins), on the 18th of January,celebrate a feast in honor of the goddess Parvati: "Leur but est d'obtenirune longue vie pour leurs maris, & qu'elles ne deviennent jamaisveuves. Elles font une Image de Parvati avec de la farine de riz & dugrain rouge qu'elles y mêlent; elles l'ornent d'habits & de fleurs & aprèsl'avoir ainsi servie pendant neuf jours, elles la portent le dixiéme dansun Palenquin hors de la Ville. Une foule de femmes mariées la suivent,on la jette ensuite dans un des étangs sacrez, où on la laisse, & chacunes'en retourne chez elle."[320]
When I first saw the medicine cords of the Apache, it occurred tome that perhaps in some way they might be an inheritance from theFranciscans, who, two centuries ago, had endeavored to plant missionsamong the Apache, and did succeed in doing something for theNavajo part of the tribe. I therefore examined the most convenientauthorities and learned that the cord of S. François, like the cord of St.Augustine and the cord of St. Monica, was itself a medicine cord, representinga descent from a condition of thought perfectly parallel tothat which has given birth to the izze-kloth. Thus Picart tells us:"On appelle Cordon de S. François la grosse corde qui sert de ceintureaux Religieux qui vivent sous la Regle de ce Saint.... Cette cordeceint le corps du Moine, & pend à peu prés jusqu'aux pieds. Elle lui sertde discipline, & pour cet effet, elle est armée de distance en distance defort gros nœuds.... La Corde de S. François a souvent gueri lesmalades, facilité les accouchemens, fortifié la santé, procuré lignée & fait[557]une infinité d'autres miraclesédifians."[546]This author says of the girdleof St. Augustine "Elle est de cuir," and adds that the Augustinianshave a book which treats of the origin of their order, in whichoccur these words: "Il est probable que nos premiers Peres, qui vivoientsous la Loi de nature, étant habillés de peau devoient porter uneCeinture de même étoffe."[547]This last assumption is perfectly plausible.For my part it has always seemed to me that monasticism is of veryancient origin, antedating Christianity and representing the most conservativeelement in the religious part of human nature. It clingsobstinately to primitive ideas with which would naturally be associatedprimitive costume. The girdle of St. Monica had five knots. "Themonks [of the Levant] use a girdle with twelve knots, to shew that theyare followers of the twelveapostles."[548]Among the "sovereign remediesfor the headache" is mentioned "the belt of St.Guthlac."[549] Bucklerefers to the fact that English women in labor wore "blessed girdles."He thinks that they may have been Thomas Aquinas'sgirdles.[550]
0aad45d008