Gods and devils of mankind : the whole dark picture strikingly contrasted with the beauty and purity of revealed religion / by Frank S. Dobbins ; assisted by Hon. S. Wells Williams (1897)
Dobbins, Frank S. (Frank Stockton), 1855-1916 · [S.l.] · leaf 492
born the hus-band and wifeoffer gifts as apropitiation totwo female de-mons whichare supposed to seek to destroy the mother at the birthof her child. A priest is called in to recite classics ap-propriate to the occasion. Sometimes several live crabsare turned out into the streets to take the evil… … CHINESE BABY IN ITS CRADCE. 492 CHILDREN TAUGHT TO WUKStrir. in the temples ; grandmothers and mothers teaching thelittle ones to bow down to idols. Here is a descriptiongiven by an eye-witness. He was introduced into anidol temple, and stood in the back part of the great hall,where the chief idols…
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