The Covenant of Salt / As Based on the Significance and Symbolism of Salt in Primitive Thought
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Chapter 1 CHARACTERISTICS OF A COVENANT
Chapter 2 A COVENANT OF SALT
Chapter 3 BIBLE REFERENCES TO THE RITE
Chapter 4 BREAD AND SALT
Chapter 5 SALT REPRESENTING BLOOD
Chapter 6 SALT REPRESENTING LIFE
Chapter 7 SALT AND SUN, LIFE AND LIGHT
Chapter 8 SIGNIFICANCE OF BREAD
Chapter 9 SALT IN SACRIFICES
Chapter 10 SALT IN EXORCISM AND DIVINATION
Chapter 11 FAITHLESSNESS TO SALT
Chapter 12 SUBSTITUTE TOGETHER WITH REALITY
Chapter 13 ADDED TRACES OF THE RITE
Chapter 14 A SAVOR OF LIFE OR OF DEATH
Chapter 15 MEANS OF A MERGED LIFE
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Chapter 13 ADDED TRACES OF THE RITE

On the occasion of a sacred alliance between clans, or in a treaty of peace at the close of a war, among the Kookies of India, there is a formal appeal to the gods, in which salt has an important part. A dhar, or short sword, is placed on the ground between the two parties. On it, as on an altar, "are arranged rice, salt, earth, fire, and a tiger's

            
            

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