Head-hunters
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Also: Head hunting, head-hunting, head hunting.
Sexual surrender to head-hunters or as temple servants provided a means of redemption for women in ancient times, rooted in the connection between primitive worship and human sacrifice. 89:7.4
Head-hunting was a method of capturing enemies' souls, believed by some to reside in the bodily fat or eyes. 86:5.15
Belief in skull fetishes led to the practice of head-hunting, with human body parts such as nails and umbilical cords considered powerful fetishes. 88:1.8
The custom of creating slaves out of murderers’ ghosts motivated men to become head-hunters. 87:2.8
Head-hunters, practicing skull worship, served as scapemen to redeem primitive man in debt to spirits for original sin. 89:0.1
Winners of athletic contests among head-hunters were awarded the first prize of choosing a bride, with marriage requiring possession of a head, which could be bought, or won through riddle contests. 82:3.5
Bible parallels
Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.
- Soul crying from Abel's blood 86:5.15 — Gn 4:10.
- Animal fat taboo 86:5.15 — Lv 3:17; Lv 7:22-25.
- Eyes are the windows of soul 86:5.15 — Mt 6:22-23; Lk 11:34.
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