manslayer

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Impecunious ghosts, hard fate of, 406 Impurity, ceremonial, of manslayer, 229 sq.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Frazer, James George, Sir

When the avenger of blood was at his heels, did the manslayer require any violence to urge him on to the asylum where he might lodge secure?

From The Ordinance of Covenanting by Cunningham, John

I have been with tribes whom only fear or imminent starvation could drive to attack the lion; and I have seen the naked warriors of the Nandi kill the great, maned manslayer with their spears.

From A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open by Roosevelt, Theodore

Cereals unknown to Melanesians and Polynesians, 408 Ceremonial impurity of manslayer, 229 sq.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Frazer, James George, Sir

In this case a special hut was not built for the manslayer, and he was allowed to pass the nights in the temple of the war god.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Frazer, James George, Sir