Indian Beheading sword axe, just finished on eBay

Jens Nordlunde · 27th June 2007, 04:07 PM

In India, in the early days, the young noblemen trained on wet clay, till they were sure that they could behead an ox in one stroke – anything else would be a disaster for the family and spoil the feast, being a bad omen.
In Nepal, many years ago, I have seen an offering, where the priest cut the throad of the birds, sprinkeled some blood on the alter, and gave the animal back to the ovner to take home to eat - after he had gotten paid, of course.

spiral · 27th June 2007, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Jens Nordlunde

In Nepal, many years ago, I have seen an offering, where the priest cut the throad of the birds, sprinkeled some blood on the alter, and gave the animal back to the ovner to take home to eat - after he had gotten paid, of course.

Guess that shows not all Hindus are good Hindus, same as Christians, & same as priests & vicars.

What tribe was the priest from?

Spiral

Jens Nordlunde · 27th June 2007, 07:19 PM

I really don’t know which tribe it was, as it was more than forty years ago, before I got interested in collecting. I do however still remember that he cut/beheaded the birds, getting the money in his blood stained hand, trying to shake the coins into his pocket. It is really strange, that memories like this can stay with you for decades without fading. I also remember the National Museum, which I found a disaster. You showed us a number of pictures some time ago.

27th June 2007, 04:07 PM	#1
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	In India, in the early days, the young noblemen trained on wet clay, till they were sure that they could behead an ox in one stroke – anything else would be a disaster for the family and spoil the feast, being a bad omen. In Nepal, many years ago, I have seen an offering, where the priest cut the throad of the birds, sprinkeled some blood on the alter, and gave the animal back to the ovner to take home to eat - after he had gotten paid, of course.

27th June 2007, 07:19 PM	#3
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	I really don’t know which tribe it was, as it was more than forty years ago, before I got interested in collecting. I do however still remember that he cut/beheaded the birds, getting the money in his blood stained hand, trying to shake the coins into his pocket. It is really strange, that memories like this can stay with you for decades without fading. I also remember the National Museum, which I found a disaster. You showed us a number of pictures some time ago.