be incarnate
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It is held to be incarnate in each climate, culture and race.
From Time Magazine Archive
He will be the principle which transforms and regenerates them, but there is no need for him to be incarnate.
From Là-bas by Wallace, Keene
This was the name of a village god in Savaii supposed to be incarnate in a man who walked about but was never visible to the people of the place.
From Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before by Turner, George
When a god was believed to be incarnate in a species of birds or animals or fish, omens were naturally drawn from the appearance and behaviour of the creatures.
From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Frazer, James George, Sir
Gods are held to be incarnate in animals and trees, but there are also great gods divorced to some extent from phenomena.
From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Jastrow, Morris
