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Inadequacy of Pygmy Theory--According to the Theories concerning Divine Images and Fetishes, Gods, Daemons, and…

Date of account: Published 1911
Source: The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries
Reference: The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries · selected passage 6
Rights: public_domain
Language: English with translated testimony
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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Inadequacy of Pygmy Theory--According to the Theories concerning Divine Images and Fetishes, Gods, Daemons, and Ancestral Spirits haunt Megaliths--Megaliths are religious and funereal, as shown chiefly by _Cenn Cruaich_, Stonehenge, Guernsey menhirs, Monuments in Brittany, by the Circular Fairy-Dance as an Ancient Initiatory Sun-Dance, by Breton Earthworks, Archaeological Excavations generally, and by present-day Worship at Indian Dolmens--New Grange and Celtic Mysteries: Evidence of manuscripts; Evidence of Tradition--The Aengus Cult--New Grange compared with Great Pyramid: both have Astronomical Arrangement and same Internal Plan--Why they open to the Sunrise--Initiations in both--Great Pyramid as Model for Celtic Tumuli--Gavrinis and New Grange as Spirit Temples.

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