| 单词 | sept |
| 例句 | "I was named in the light of the Seven at the sept on Horn Hill, as my father was, and his father, and all the Tarlys for a thousand years." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Septon Chayle had emerged briefly from the sept, fingering the seven-sided crystal on the thong about his neck, only to retreat inside again once the prayers began. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z By the time she reached the shadow of the royal sept on the far side of the yard, Arya was cold with sweat, but no one had raised the hue and cry. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was enough that she could walk in the yard, pick flowers in Myrcella's garden, and visit the sept to pray for her father. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z From the middle of the crowd, all she could see were arms and legs and stomachs, and the seven slender towers of the sept looming overhead. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The marketplace was just across the way, and the village a mile farther on, half a hundred white cottages surrounding a small stone sept. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The wealthy septs of the cities had statues of the Seven and an altar to each. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He waddled across the yard almost at a run mid crowded into the back of the castle sept as Joffrey fastened white silk cloaks about the shoulders of the two newest members of his Kingsguard. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Clustered around the doors of the sept, in front of the raised marble pulpit, were a knot of knights and high lords. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “You must excuse me, Captain-General. My lord father is buried beneath the sept, and it has been too many years since last I prayed for him.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "As you will. Ser Robar, give Lady Stark safe escort to this sept . . . but see that she returns to us by dawn." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z One charred corpse, outside the ashen shell of Mother's sept, sat with his arms drawn up and his hands balled into hard black fists, as if to punch anyone who dared approach him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The statues in the great septs of the cities wore the faces the stonemasons had given them, but these charcoal scratchings were so crude they might be anyone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Inside the sept, the great crystal caught the morning light as it streamed through the south-facing window and spread it in a rainbow on the altar. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "My lord," Catelyn said, "there was a small sept in the last village we passed. If you will not permit me to depart for Riverrun, grant me leave to go there and pray." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Catelyn had been anointed with the seven oils and named in the rainbow of light that filled the sept of River- run. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They had been singing in the sept all morning, since the first report of enemy sails had reached the castle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Lord Eddard stood on the High Septon's pulpit outside the doors of the sept, supported between two of the gold cloaks. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They knelt alone in the hushed dimness of the sept, surrounded by shadows and flickering candles, but even so Lancel kept his voice low. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z If so, its people had taken that knowledge with them when they fled, along with all they owned, down to the candles in the sept. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Her steps took her to the sept, a seven-sided sandstone temple set amidst her mother's gardens and filled with rainbow light. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z After -the meal had been cleared away, many of the guests asked leave to go to the sept. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Her head swam, and the sept seemed to move around her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "I've been summoned to the sept," Sam said in an excited whisper. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He sat there with his hard eyes fixed on her, watching her weep, as stony as the statues of the Seven in the sept above. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He looked somehow smaller and more vulnerable, like the youth she had wed in the sept at Riverrun, fifteen long years gone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Farms, villages, castles, septs, bams, it made no matter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As they passed the sept, he heard voices raised in song. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “The sept is home to the new gods. The old gods live in the wood, and those who honor them say their words amongst the weirwoods. You know that as well as I.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Lord Stark, I was grievous sad to hear about your troubles on the kingsroad. We have all been visiting the sept to light candles for Prince Joffrey. I pray for his recovery." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The gods of the sept had noth-ing to do with him; the blood of the First Men flowed in the veins of the Starks. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “My lord, I wish you would reconsider. The new men can take their vows in the sept as easily.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The sept beyond had never been rebuilt, though; only a seven-sided foundation remained where it had stood Robert Barathean's fury had soured the ironmen's taste for the new gods, it would seem. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "She has, my lord, but King Joffrey sent for me to see him off. I mean to visit the sept as well, to pray." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She remembered how the breeze sent the fistfuls of dirty brown hair skittering across the paving stones, toward the sept where her father had died. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In the sept they sing for the Mother’s mercy but on the walls it’s the Warrior they pray to, and all in silence. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He had dressed more richly than was his wont, as if for the sept. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The high and humble crowded into the sept together to pray. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z God is one, Septon Osmynd had taught her when she was a girl, with seven aspects, as the sept is a single building, with seven walls. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It stood dark and desolate behind the remains of a collapsed sept where only rats had come to pray for near three hundred years. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She tries to help her wounded brother to the door, begs and yells for everyone to get out, now—but it’s too late. An explosion of green heat rips through the sept, incinerating everyone. “Game of Thrones” recap: Explosive season finale sets the great game in motion 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z See the suspenseful build to Cersei’s pyrotechnic coup — crosscutting from sept to keep to the bowels of King’s Landing — an old technique in thrillers, relatively new to “Thrones.” In ‘Game of Thrones,’ the Pleasures of a Quickened Pace 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z As things got crazy in the sept—poor Margaery!—green fog abounded in the arena, and green blasts of real fire ringed the stage. Music Is Coming: “Game of Thrones” Live at Madison Square Garden 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z That confrontation at the sept is a perfect exemplar of how power is conveyed on the show. “Game of Thrones” recap: Is power still a shadow on the wall, or does it come from standing in the light? 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z Many commentators took the scene in the sept as further evidence that the show is distressingly cavalier with its use of sexual violence as a storytelling tool. ArtsBeat: ‘Game of Thrones’ Recap: Whispers, Threats and Baby Blues 2014-04-28T03:23:02Z The White Worm found and “tucked away” Aegon beneath the altar in the sept, of all places? ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 1, Episode 9 Recap: A Convenient Mistake 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z The Massachusetts attorney general filed a lawsuit against Equifax on Sept. 19 sept 19 seeking civil damages and other payments. Equifax C.E.O. Richard Smith Is Out After Huge Data Breach 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z But perhaps that speaks to why she’s become such a terrifying force, compelling not in spite of the fact that she massacred a whole sept full of people, but because of it. The good, the bad, and the ugly in Game of Thrones 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z The baby sept six weeks in the hospital. Father charged in SC child abuse death of 1-month-old son 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Meanwhile Qyburn's little birds spookily run around lighting the fuse for the bombing of the sept. The Game of Game of Thrones: it's time to let the grown women speak 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z But the audience is not the enemy, and the confusion in the sept muddied not only That Scene but what comes after. RECAP: Game of Thrones Watch: Soul on Ice 2014-04-28T03:38:34Z Thus a man wishing to marry his son or daughter had to look for a suitable match outside his sept, but within his caste. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z —Is sept a word of Erse etymology; and, if not, of what other? Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 105, November 1, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-03-09T03:00:19.037Z The Shawanese nation, for example, was originally divided into twelve tribes, which were subdivided into septs or clans, recognized by the appellations of the Bear, the Turtle, the Eagle, &c. The Curiosities of Heraldry 2012-02-23T03:00:41.067Z Jaime rides back to King's Landing just in time to catch the smoldering remains of the sept and the coronation of his sister as the once-again queen. The Game of Game of Thrones: it's time to let the grown women speak 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Henry, angry with a people who would not do as they were bid, drove the natives from the holdings which their septs had held for centuries, away to the wild fastness beyond the Shannon. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z They have no caste distinctions but speak of themselves as belonging to one of nine septs or clans, who all eat together and intermarry with each other. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Sept, sept, n. in Ireland, a subdivision of a tribe: an enclosure, a railing.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z The chief was followed by the septs related to his family, and by two tribes that were tributary to him. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z Some of the smaller septs have indeed become extinct, and others must be fast on the wane. The Adventures of John Jewitt Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship Boston During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Indians of Nootka Sound in Vancouver Island 2011-11-15T03:00:19.650Z The O'Flaherties had now the gratification of seeing the O'Briens, also an Irish sept, turned out of their inheritance, and the same granted to a stranger. The South Isles of Aran 2011-10-26T02:00:28.363Z The slew of events leading up to Sunday include screenings of sept. 11-conspiracy films, and widespread “street action” protests. City Room: 9/11 'Truthers' to Tone Protests Down, for a Day 2011-09-09T18:20:21Z Sept-foil, sept′-foil, n. a plant, the roots of which are used in medicine, tanning, &c.: a figure of seven equal segments of a circle used in the R.C. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z Each owner holds for the household to which he belongs; the household holds for the sept, the sept for the clan, the clan for the community, and the community for posterity. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z In some instances the foreign family adopted a purely Celtic patronymic from the name of the sept of which they were the leaders. The Clan Fraser in Canada Souvenir of the First Annual Gathering 2011-09-09T02:01:00.467Z For centuries local septs struggled together for mastery undeterred by outside influence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Not only are all the tribes absolutely free, but the same is true of every clan, sept, and family group. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z Later on, all the women of the Madhave sept, who have given birth to a first-born child, come, dressed up in holiday attire, with their babies, to the temple. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z If a Tokatoka becomes too numerous it is subdivided, and the new sept takes its name from that of the house in which its leader lives. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z Each ancient sept, they take for granted, must in that case be inferred to have had a distinct origin, and to have invented a distinct language for itself. Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race 2011-02-06T03:00:56.253Z The first was that with Shane O’Neill, elective head of the great Ulster sept of O’Neill and pretender to the royal earldom of Tyrone. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z One non-politician, a scion of my own sept, but no relative, I did call upon, as funds were to be forwarded to me through his agency. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z The members of the elephant sept of the Oriya Haddis, when they see the foot-prints of an elephant, take some of the dust from the spot, and make a mark on the forehead with it. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z The chief, too, for sufficient cause, had a right of eviction, and might offer the holding to any person of whatever sept, so long as he belonged to the aggregation of tribes known as Notho. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z The upper class among them claim to be Rajputs, and are divided into numerous septs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z There was no political union, no attachment to a native dynasty, no tradition or sentiment truly national among the wreckage of the septs. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z The family was the social unit, and the clan or sept was only a larger family. A Short History of England, Ireland and Scotland This was immensely popular in France under the verse form of Dolopathos, and the prose form of Les sept Sages de Rome. A Short History of French Literature This man, whose name was Sapazani, was the chief of one of the powerful septs which went to make up the Zulu nation, and which occupied the adjoining mountain fastnesses. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion “The five Irish kingdoms were again subdivided into several principalities inhabited by distinct ‘septs,’ each ruled by its own carfinny or chieftain. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations On the other hand the chief, however oppressive, was nominally one of the tribe and a kinsman, and the land was still tribal in the fancy of the sept. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z But the Christianized septs fought each other as before, and life was no less wild and disordered than it had always been. A Short History of England, Ireland and Scotland Owing, however, to the system of clanship which prevailed on the Borders, the whole sept became involved in the feud. Border Raids and Reivers It outnumbered all the septs of the Sioux—did more travelling and peopled more lodges. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. Each district was deemed the common property of the entire sept; but the distribution of the several shares was entrusted to the toparch.... The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations The sept of Butler alone was true to the Crown. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z The same process might, however, take place within a sept without dividing it; in other words, several members of the sept might hold part of the land of the sept as separate estate. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" In “Skene’s Acts of Parliament” a Roll of the Border clans is given, from which it would appear that there were seventeen distinct septs, or families, mostly in the south-western portion of the Scottish Borders. Border Raids and Reivers Each in its own district, the septs lived cantoned and beleaguered. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) By the ring on your finger you are an O'Neill; yet I have heard nothing of such a man as yourself leading that sept. Nuala O'Malley The O’Neills in Ulster were another powerful sept. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z The sept was in fact a village community. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" This was a matter of necessity, as otherwise it would have been exceedingly difficult to distinguish the different members of the sept. Border Raids and Reivers "Do you want to get it?" he said. the first "tank" that went into action, h.m.l.s. "daphne." sept. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. By right of birth every Highlander belonged to a sept or clan. The Red River Colony A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba There was left one boy whom faithful guardians carried abroad and to whom the heart of the sept still turned. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z What the sept was to the tribe, the homestead was to the sept. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" They encouraged other septs to dwell on their lands that they might be serviceable to assist them in keeping the jealous or more turbulent spirits of their own clansmen in subjection. The Celtic Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, January 1876 A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interests of the Celt at Home and Abroad The swords of the Rosses of Glencalvie did their part in protecting this little glen, as well as the broad lands of Pitcalnie, from the ravages and the clutches of hostile septs. Leading Articles on Various Subjects A leg of mutton is excellent dressed in the same way; equal to “le gigot de sept heures,” so famous in the French kitchen. The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual As the provincial families grew in numbers and influence they naturally extended their estates, so that the landed property of a great sept sometimes stretched over parts, or even the whole, of several provinces. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era The flaith of a sept, and the highest when there was more than one, was ceann fine, or head of the sept, or as he was usually called in Scotland, the chieftain. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" They are of the Araucana race, and appear to be a sept between that race and the people of Tierra del Fuego, on the one side, and the Pampas Indians on the other. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests It is at least possible that there was strife between different septs concerning the appointment of a coarb of Barre, founder of the church of Cork. St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh If you think your mutton will not be tender enough to do honour to the spit, dress it as a “gigot de sept heures.” The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual It will readily be conceived that although the territorial sections of the same sept sometimes quarrelled among themselves, the general practice was that all claiming common descent supported each other in war. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era The headship of the tribe was practically confined to the members of one family; this was also the case with the headship of a sept. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" The chiefs had come quietly in to the plan, and their septs had followed them in submission to the new order. History of the English People, Volume IV Malachy may have taken advantage of the strife to nominate a ruler who belonged to no sept in the district and who would allow himself to be consecrated bishop. St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh The caste are also divided into exogamous septs named after villages. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II At the same time, minor septs in the neighbourhood saw the advantage of subscribing to the decisions of these councils and deferring to their judgments. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era A sept might have only one flaith, or lord, connected with it, or might have several. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" He had already begun to protest upon the unreasonableness of rotatory coats, or of having a quarter-deck pair of trousers, like the wives of the ancient Britons, common to the sept. Rattlin the Reefer The family then from which the abbots of Armagh were taken was the principal branch of that sept. St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh In some localities it is said that they have no septs, but only surnames, and that people of the same surname cannot intermarry. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II These septs, finding themselves so powerful, became unmanageable. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era It sometimes happened, however, that a sept might be so broken and reduced as not to have even one man qualified to rank as a flaith. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" One thing more is worth noticing in the Commons, and that is a sort of sept representation. Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry From the genealogy it appears that the sept was derived from Sinach, from whom the fifth in descent was the Cellach whose name appears at the head of foregoing table. St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh The caste has numerous bainks or exogamous groups or septs, the names of which may chiefly be classified as territorial and totemistic. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Thus the sept as a whole preserved its possessions, in part at any rate, whichever Court triumphed. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Several of the flaiths, perhaps, all heads of septs, also possessed somewhat extensive powers of the same kind. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" The Commons represented the Irish septs, the Danish towns, and the Anglo-Irish counties and boroughs. Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry For between those mountains and the Bann there dwelt a sept—the Fir Li—whose affinities were altogether with the people to the east of the river. St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh One sept is called Marha from Marhai, the goddess of cholera, and the members worship a picture of the goddess drawn in black. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II The country now began to experience the consequences of Yoshinori's death before his plans to limit the power of the great military septs had matured. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era In the Veda, however, the gods worshipped as supreme by each sept stand still side by side. India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge Members of each branch belong therefore to the same sept or got. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala The suggested conclusion from the above argument is that the main body of the Aryan immigrants, that is the Vaishyas, settled down in villages by exogamous clans or septs. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) The name of the Kulhāntia sept means somersault, and these turn a somersault before worshipping their gods. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Lamarck was “chargé de sept enfans,” and this appropriation was a most welcome addition to his small salary. Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work He is supreme in the hymns of many poets, and may have been so in the prayers addressed to him by many of the ancient septs or village communities in India. India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge The tribe have also a large number of exogamous septs of the totemistic type, named after plants and animals. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala A member of this sept must never have a mattress in his house, nor wear clothes sewn in crosspieces as mattresses are sewn. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) The marriage of persons belonging to the same baink or sept and also that of first cousins is forbidden. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II I possess a billiard secret which can be valuable to the Dooley sept, after I shall have conferred it upon Dooley—for a consideration. Chapters from My Autobiography Between us and the ocean is Dromore Castle, the residence of one of the heads of a sept of the O'Mahony clan. The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway A man must not marry a member of his own sept nor a first cousin on the mother’s side. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala They do not marry, though they have different septs. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) At this a member of the Meliha sept first eats food and puts some into the offender’s mouth, thus taking the latter’s sin upon himself. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Originally, there is little doubt, such land belonged to the family or sept, by whom it was used as forest for game or as pasturage for cattle. The Customs of Old England By striving to destroy the septs she created the nation. The Age of the Reformation The marriage of persons belonging to the same sept and also that of first cousins is prohibited. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Each sept salutes the revered object or totem on seeing it, and those who worship trees will not burn them or stand in their shade. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Marriage between members of the same sept is prohibited, and also between first cousins, except that a sister’s son may marry a brother’s daughter. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II The mound was plainly a sacred spot of the family or sept. The Mound Builders And this was what I read: Le 10 sept., Leaves from a Field Note-Book Marriage is prohibited between members of the same sept, but there are no other restrictions and first cousins may marry. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala The members of this sept lick salt on the death of their relatives. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) But he may marry within his mother’s sept, and in some localities the union of first cousins is permitted. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Those who suppose that all this rancour was produced by mere feminine emulations and jealousy do these ladies of the ancient sept Macnamara foul wrong. The House by the Church-Yard Each feudal lord hated his fellows, and bitter as were the feuds of Fitzgeralds and Burghs, they were mild as compared with the rancorous hereditary factions which divided the native septs from each other. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) Marriage is prohibited in theory between members of the same sept. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala The women of this sept wear brass bangles. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) In the case of names whose meaning is understood, traces of totemism survive in the respect paid to the animal or plant by members of the sept which bears its name. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Each clan contained several septs, founded by such descendants of chiefs as had obtained a definite possession in land. An Outline of the Relations between England and Scotland (500-1707) But the summer saw the utter defeat of the O'Connors by the justiciar at the bloody battle of Athenry, where King Phelim and the noblest of his sept perished. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) The marriage of persons of the same sept and of first cousins is usually forbidden. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala No doubt can be entertained that the Malyārs are in reality Gonds, as they have a set of exogamous septs all of which belong to the Gonds, and have Gondi names. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) The caste is also divided into a large number of exogamous groups or septs which may be classified according to their names as territorial, titular and totemistic. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II He impressed the tribelands and the septs under a grievous tax. The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints In the course of ages differences and distinctions have gradually grown up amongst them, and they have split up into innumerable septs and sub-castes. Indian Unrest From the five sons are descended the five main septs of the Turis. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala This is a common sept among the primitive tribes and castes derived from them. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) The names of the exogamous divisions are very varied, some being taken from Brāhman gotras and Rājpūt septs, while others are the names of villages, or nicknames, or derived from animals and plants. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II The whole country was divided into territories of different clans, under which were subordinate and tributary septs. The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints All Brahmans are not, of course, Chitpavans, but the Chitpavans supply an overwhelming majority of those Government officials, and their ascendency over every other Brahman sept in Maharashtra is undisputed. Indian Unrest But besides the above groups the Turis have a large number of exogamous septs of a totemistic nature, some of which are identical with those of the Mundas. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Gond sept named after the sui or porcupine, because, it is said, a porcupine passed by when they were worshipping their god. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) But others say that the Hāthi or elephant sept is the highest, and to its members are delegated these duties. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II When a tributary sept became strong enough to resist the pressure of these imposts, exemption was claimed by a sort of legal fiction, by which they were genealogically affiliated to the ruling sept. The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints As soon as he was sufficiently recovered, a general meeting of his sept was convened, when he was elected to the chieftaincy, and inaugurated in the usual manner. An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 Members of septs named after other castes have also adopted some natural object as a sept totem; thus those of the Sunārya sept worship gold as being the metal with which the Sunār is associated. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Marapa.—A sept of Gonds in Betūl, who abstain from killing or eating a goat or sheep and throw away any article smelt by them. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Women are tattooed with a representation of their sept totem; and on the knees and ankles they have some figures of lines which are known as ghāts. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II These tributary septs were distinguished from their Celtic conquerors by social organisation, racial character, and probably still to some extent by religion and language. The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints Cahir Roe O'Connor, one of the sept, was executed in Dublin, and a number of the tribe were sent to assist in the Scotch wars. An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 Those of the Bāgh or tiger sept throw away their earthen pots on hearing of the death of a tiger. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala They accept alms from a Munda or Oraon on the occasion of a death in the latter’s family, and have totemistic septs. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) They have the usual set of exogamous septs named after plants and animals. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Matriarchate usually implies exogamy, a man choosing his wife from a sept differing from his own; and the children are related to the mother's, not the father's kin. The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints On the lands thus plundered many native septs existed, whom neither war nor famine could quite exterminate. An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 Marriage within the sept is forbidden, and they permit the intermarriage of the children of a brother and sister, but not of those of two sisters, though their husbands may be of different septs. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala It is said to be of mixed descent from all the septs, and can intermarry with any other. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) They have a large number of exogamous septs, most of which appear to have Marāthi names, either taken from villages or of a titular character. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II There were many branches belonging to the four septs, continues the credulous reporter, who was evidently imposed upon, like many of his countrymen in modern times with better means of information. The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times The territory of an Irish sept seems to have been divided up into “townlands,” each townland consisting of four, or in some cases six, groups of holdings, occupied by as many families of the “sept.” Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888) In the Mutiny they broke out again, and are generally a turbulent, ill-conducted sept, always ready for petty acts of violence and cattle-stealing. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala The members of this sept occupy a quasi-priestly position, and readmit offenders into caste by giving them water to drink in which gold has been dipped. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) The members of such septs pay respect to any man belonging to the caste after which they are named and avoid picking a quarrel with him. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II "Sept et le va has not been made in this room before for many a month, yet here thou comest with the run of sept et le va thrice in as many hours." The Mississippi Bubble Early in the fourteenth century the Irish septs united so far as to form a joint effort to expel the English. Is Ulster Right? If any member of the sept finds that he has cut off a branch or other part of this tree unwittingly he will take and consign it to a stream, observing ceremonies of mourning. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Those of the Gunda sept, who take their name from gunda, a bullet, will not eat any game shot with a gun. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) The tribe have also a number of totem septs, named after animals or plants. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Traces of this system long remained in the rule of "Mutter-recht," which amongst several of the more remote septs traced inheritance invariably through the mother and not the father. Early Britain—Roman Britain In many of the little wandering groups or septs or clans the women outnumber the men. The New North Women of the Nāg or cobra sept will not mention the name of this snake aloud, just as they refrain from speaking the names of male relatives. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala In Betūl the members of this sept do not eat or kill a goat or sheep, and throw away any article smelt by one. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Members of the Baghchhāl or tiger sept will, however, join in a beat for tiger though they are reluctant to do so. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II The immediate rulers of the borders were the chiefs of the different clans, who exercised over their respective septs a dominion, partly patriarchal, and partly feudal. Minstrelsy of the Scottish border, Volume 1 My mother and father were born on the same plantation and I di'n't have nothin' to do 'sept play with the white children and have plenty to eat. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Florida Narratives Members of this last sept will not drink buffalo’s milk or wear black cloth, because this is the colour of their totem animal. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Marriage within the sept is prohibited, but the Dheras always, where practicable, arrange the marriage of a boy with his maternal uncle’s daughter. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) One sept is named after the sun, and when an eclipse occurs these perform the same formal rites of mourning as the others do on the death of their totem animal. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II In 1399, on Richard II.'s second visit to Ireland, he met fierce opposition from the Irish septs. The Glories of Ireland One of the twelve exogamous septs of Santals, by tradition it was formerly the royal sept. Folklore of the Santal Parganas The marriage of members of the same sept, and also that of first cousins, is forbidden. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala A sept of Korku; a man of this sept has the privilege of directing the ceremony for the readmission of an outcaste. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Some of the groups have two divisions, male and female, which practically rank as separate septs. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II It was merely the clan or sept re-organized upon a religious footing. The Story of Ireland The late George Nugent Reynolds, the dramatist, was a member of the sept of the Magranals; as was the notorious Tom Reynolds, the informer, well known in the history of the rebellion of 1798. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 367, April 25, 1829 Marriage is forbidden within the sept, but is permitted between the children of a brother and a sister or of two sisters. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala A sept of the Uika clan of Gonds in Betūl, so named because their priest offered the contents of a hen’s intestines to the gods. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) These may simply be instances of subdivisions arising owing to the boundaries of the sept having become too large for convenience. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Everything thus began and centred around the tribe or sept. The Story of Ireland It is also interesting, as showing the manner in which the English government in Dublin proceeded in the subjugation of Ireland, by embroiling its septs with one another. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 367, April 25, 1829 The tribe have totemistic septs, and retain some veneration for their totems. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala A sept of the Uika clan of Gonds in Betūl, so named because their priest offered food to their gods on the leaves of a banyan tree. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Both classes are divided into groups or septs, generally named after plants or animals to which they still show reverence. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II The struggles between the different septs or clans had grown into a struggle between a number of great chieftains, under whose rule the lesser ones had come to range themselves upon all important occasions. The Story of Ireland We didn't have no trouble 'sept that the hounds ms runnin' us. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 Those of the Sānd or bull sept will not castrate bullocks themselves, and must have this operation performed on their plough-bullocks by others. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala The small local or titular groups of ordinary Hindu castes are called ‘section,’ and the totemic groups of the primitive tribes ‘sept.’ The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Members of this sept may not be tattooed, because they think the splashes of colour on the peacock’s feathers are tattoo-marks. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II The radiating septs, when present, are usually in multiples of four. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section R Abram is not a person at all: he is a tribe, a sept, a clan. The Damnation of Theron Ware Those of the Kānsi sept formerly, according to their own account, would not root up the kāns grass3 growing in their fields, but now they no longer object to do so. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala The town was made up of separate Septs, or patriarchal families, each under its own head, of which septs the Omayyads were of principal importance, and had charge of the Kaaba. Outline of Universal History The Ghattaya sept worship the grinding mill at their weddings and also on festival days. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Another not improbable supposition might connect the name with that of a leading sept among them, the Bear clan. The Iroquois Book of Rites When a number of these villages, belonging to different septs, come to be contiguous to one another, this mere juxtaposition does not make of them a State. Moral Philosophy Their sept names are Gondi words, and their language is a form of Gondi, called after them Parji. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Some authors have identified them with the numerous and powerful sept of MacKay. The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day Offerings of this are made to the family gods, and it is partaken of only by the members of the bride’s and bridegroom’s septs respectively at their houses. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II If the other clans existed, it was probably merely as septs or divisions of these three. The Iroquois Book of Rites But we must consider the sept, village, or parish, which is the community intermediate between family and State. Moral Philosophy It is said that a man of the Kachhim sept once found a tortoise while on a journey, and leaving it undisturbed, passed on. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Like other Arabs, the Hutaym tribe is divided into a multitude of clans, septs, and families, each under its own Shaykh. The Land of Midian — Volume 2 No explanation of the comparatively degraded position of these septs is forthcoming, but it may probably be attributed to some blot in their ancestral escutcheon. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II The devoted sept, ever finding themselves iniquitously driven from their possessions, defended themselves by force, and occasionally gained advantages, which they used cruelly enough. Rob Roy — Volume 01 The assistance of Lord Lovat, upon whom the co-operation of the Frasers might depend, could not be calculated on with certainty; and nothing but hostility could be expected from the powerful sept of the Campbells. Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems Consequently, when a man of the Kachhim sept finds a tortoise nowadays, he gives it to somebody else who can cut it up. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala In the following pages I shall speak of the Somali nation, the Eesa tribe, the Rer Musa clan, and the Rer Galan sept, though by no means sure that such verbal gradation is generally recognised. First Footsteps in East Africa Their women must veil themselves if they see a peacock, and they think that if any member of the sept irreverently treads on a peacock’s footprints he will fall ill. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II But the murderous work of the summer had had effect, and the septs would not openly take the field without immediate cash inducements, which were lacking. England under the Tudors Remembrance of the sept of Maguires who ruled here before that time, still lingers among the country people. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland It is clear that members of different castes who became Pāiks founded separate families, which in time developed into exogamous septs. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala The mystic number "seven", enters into another and a better creole superstition;—if you kill a serpent, seven great sins are forgiven to you: ou ké ni sept grands péchés effacé. Two Years in the French West Indies The Dehrin sept still worship the village gods on behalf of the tribe. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II There religious and racial hostility to the English was fusing discordant Irish septs into an Irish nation, and the appearance of a Spanish expedition was the signal for something like a national revolt. The History of England - a Study in Political Evolution It groped dimly in the jungle, each sept, isolated by bewildering differences in language, cramped, narrow, suspicious. Confessions of a Beachcomber Some of the septs will not eat food cooked with water in company with the rest of the caste, though they do not object to intermarrying with them. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala We shall see hereafter that, in the early ages, mankind, all over the world, was divided into totemic septs or families, bearing animal names. Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel Thus the members of the Karsayal sept will not kill or eat a deer. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Their federal, national, tribal, sept, and clan systems were devised solely to prevent international decadence and fraternal strife; their secret societies were not sinister; their festivals and dances not immodest; their priesthood not ignoble. The Hidden Children Lover, for her love he prowled with colonel Richard Burke, tanist of his sept, under the walls of Clerkenwell and, crouching, saw a flame of vengeance hurl them upward in the fog. Ulysses Marriage is forbidden between members of the same sept and between first and second cousins. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Throughout India the hill-tribes are divided into septs or clans, and a man may not marry a woman belonging to his own clan. Atlantis : the antediluvian world The septs are exogamous, but there is no other restriction on marriage and the union of first cousins is permissible. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Each sept or tribe in the early enjoyment of the products of the district it selected was governed by its own customary laws. Landholding in England They are split up into a multitude of clans and septs; and they can boast of producing two famous sectarians. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 Members of the sept named after the shiroti tree worship the tree every Sunday. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala The artless family state of the sept naturally developed a peculiarly social feeling, much less complicated than in nations more artificially constituted, but of a much deeper and more lasting character. Irish Race in the Past and the Present This is always done by a member of the Sonwāni sept, a similar respect being paid to this sept among some of the Dravidian tribes. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II "No, 'sept I don't believe in that window business." The Green Mummy But he maintained, besides, many adventurers from the mother sept, who deserted a less warlike, though more wealthy chief, to do homage to Fergus Mac-Ivor. Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since These septs consider the buffalo sacred and will not yoke it to a plough or cart, though they will drink its milk. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala In a patriarchal state of government there is scarcely any other form of patriotism than that of the particular sept to which each individual belongs. Irish Race in the Past and the Present The Deswārs are another sept which has been divided in the same manner. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Families who belong to septs named after heroic ancestors make an image in flour of the ancestral saint or hero and worship it. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II This practice leads to polygamy among the five higher septs, whose daughters are all married in their own circle, while in addition they receive girls from the other groups. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II The Bāghani Majhwārs, named after the bāgh or tiger, think that a tiger will not attack any member of their sept unless he has committed an offence entailing temporary excommunication from caste. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Those five families, numerous certainly, but forming only as many septs, were, or appeared to be, acknowledged as having a right to their lands, and as able to bring or defend actions at law. Irish Race in the Past and the Present Marriage is prohibited between members of the same sept and also between first cousins. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Members of these latter also consider it an honour to marry a daughter into one of the higher septs, and are willing to pay a considerable price for such a distinction. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II The three higher septs may have been their leaders and may well have been Rājpūts. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Until this offence has been expiated his relationship with the tiger as head of his sept is in abeyance and the tiger will eat him as he would any other stranger. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Such had been the divisions among the people and the chieftains hitherto, that England could attack one sept without fearing the revolt of the others, nay, was often assisted by an adverse clan. Irish Race in the Past and the Present The caste has twelve exogamous septs, though the list is probably not complete. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Pure Rājpūts will take daughters only from the members of the latter group in each sept. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Marriage within the sept or baink is prohibited, and as a rule a man does not marry a wife belonging to the same sept as his mother or grandmother. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II But in the Central Provinces their family or sept names are the same as those of the Korkus, and they speak the Korku language. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Twenty-five of the septs were dispossessed of their all, and to the other septs were assigned mountainous and barren tracts about one-fourth of their former possessions. Irish Race in the Past and the Present These septs are said to have been subdivided and to be still related. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II They admit that their ancestors were members of these septs among the Gonds and Kawars. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II The sept names show that the caste is a functional one of very mixed composition, partly recruited from members of other castes who have taken to sheep-tending and generally from the non-Aryan tribes. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II The dead are buried, except in the case of members of the Surja or sun sept, whose corpses are burnt. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Hence the permanence of territorial limits in spite of lasting feuds, although territory was not invested in any particular inheriting family, but in a purely moral being called the clan or sept. Irish Race in the Past and the Present Then a feast is held, all the men of the dead man’s sept sitting opposite to the panchāyat at a distance of three feet. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Sonwāni is a sept found among several of the Dravidian tribes, and the lower Hindu castes. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II A person of the Sonwāni sept is always chosen to perform the ceremony of purification and readmission into caste of persons temporarily excommunicated. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Of Hindu customs they observe the Holi or Diwāli; their marriages are never arranged in the same got or sept; and they permit daughters to inherit. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala The conflicting rights of the septs demanded also a thorough knowledge of topography for the adjustment of their difficulties. Irish Race in the Past and the Present Thus the four septs above mentioned worship seven gods and may not intermarry. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Each family has a got or sept and a varga or family name. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II The different gots or septs revere their totems by drawing figures of them on their houses, and abstaining from injuring them in any way. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Each subcaste has a number of exogamous septs or clans which serve as a table of affinities in regulating marriage. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Hence all attempts to substitute the Scandinavian social system for that of the Irish septs and clans were forever frustrated. Irish Race in the Past and the Present The meanings of the sept names have been forgotten and no instances of totemism are known. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Members of the dīpas sept will not eat if a lamp is put out at night, and will not touch a lamp with unclean hands. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Those of the mahumāchhi or bee sept will not take honey from a comb or eat it. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II If a tiger meets a member of the sept who is free from sin, he will run away. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala A man must not marry within his own sept or that of his mother, nor may he marry a first cousin. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II A Baiga must not take a wife from his own sept or from another one worshipping the same number of gods. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Widows are permitted to marry again, but must not take a second husband from the sept to which the first belonged. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II The divisions of the septs and subsepts are very confused, and seem to indicate that at different times various foreign elements have been received into the community, including Rājpūts of many different clans. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Members of the Khoba or peg sept will not make a peg or drive one into the ground. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Members of the Sūrajgoti or sun sept are said to have stood as representatives of the sun in the rite of the purification of an offender. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II In some localities members of the Kāchhun or tortoise sept will not eat a pumpkin which drops from a tree because it is considered to resemble a tortoise. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Marriage within the sept is prohibited, and usually also between first cousins. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II On the ninth, eleventh or thirteenth day, when the impurity ends, the male members of the sept are shaved on the bank of a river and the hair is left lying there. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II A man must not marry in his own sept, but may take a wife from his mother’s or grandmother’s. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Next day water in which gold has been dipped is thrown over the dead man’s house and each member of the sept drinks a little and is pure. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II A man must not marry in his own sept nor in the families of his mothers and grandmothers. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II The other members of the Panch he is at liberty to choose from any got or sept he likes. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II They have a large number of exogamous septs or bainks, which are named after all sorts of animals, plants and natural objects. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Marriage within the sept is prohibited and for three generations between persons related through females. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Marriage between members of the same sept is forbidden and also between first cousins and other near relations. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Women of the sept are not allowed to visit the shrine of the goddess, but may worship her at home. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II The sept names are totemistic and the family names territorial or titular. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Thus the elephant sept worship Ganesh, the elephant-headed god, and also do not kill rats because Ganesh rides on this animal. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II The Bhāt of any sept can only accept gifts from members of that sept, though he may take food from any one of the caste. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Many of the septs are called after plants or animals, and members of the sept refrain from killing or destroying the animal or plant after which it is named. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II On return each family of the sept brings a wheaten cake to the mourners and these are eaten. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II The names of the septs are generally Chhattīsgarhi words, though a few are Gondi. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II A peculiarity worth noticing is that one or two of the septs have been split up into a number of others. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II They have also a number of exogamous septs of the usual titular and totemistic types, the few recognisable names being Marāthi. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala The totem of the Kāri Sonwāni sept is a black cow, and when such an animal dies in the village members of the sept throw away their earthen pots. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II A man is forbidden to take a wife from within his own sept or that of his mother, and the union of first cousins is also prohibited. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Their own legend of their origin is nearly the same as that of the Gonds, while the bulk of their sept or family names are identical with those of the Kawars. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II One of the septs is named Manakhia, which means ‘man-eater,’ and it is possible that its members formerly offered human sacrifices. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Marriage within the sept is forbidden, as well as the union of the children of two sisters. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala The dead are usually buried, and all members of the dead man’s sept are considered to be impure. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Members of each sept draw the figure of the animal or plant after which it is named on the wall at marriages and worship it. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II A man is forbidden to marry within his own sept or kul, or in that of his mother or either of his grandmothers. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Each sept has its own Bhāt or genealogist who begs only from members of the sept and takes food from them. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala The caste have also exogamous septs or bargas, with designations taken from villages, titles or nicknames or inanimate objects. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Members of any sept commonly abstain from killing or eating their sept totem. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Thus members of the Bedna or sugarcane sept make a stick of flour and worship it. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II But these have no bearing on marriage, and the bulk of the caste have the Nāgesh or cobra as their sept name. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Marriage is prohibited between members of the same sept and also between first cousins, and a second sister may not be married during the lifetime of the first. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala |
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