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Error's Chains
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Victorian comparative religion surveyor

Error's Chains: How Forged and Broken

Frank S. Dobbins1883
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A comprehensive and illustrated comparative study of the 'strange beliefs,' religious rites, and superstitious practices of nations worldwide. It aims to document global mythology and ritual from a late-Victorian perspective, often contrasting 'heathen' errors with 'enlightened' truths. It covers systems from ancient Egypt and India to the Americas and Africa.

Also known asStrange Beliefs, Religious Rites and Superstitious Practices
This edition1883
EditionStandard Publishing House, New York
Comparative ReligionSacrificial ritesReligionMythologyFolk MagicAbrahamicMarriage customs (of various cultures)Amulets and charmsWestern Scholarly / MissionaryComparative study of religious phenomenaFolklore & SuperstitionIdolatry StudiesReligious rituals

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Contents47 chapters

  1. 01ERROR’S CHAINS:
  2. 02PREFACE.
  3. 03STEEL-PLATE ENGRAVINGS.
  4. 04CONTENTS.
  5. 05LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  6. 06CHAPTER I. THE WORLD’S FIRST WORSHIP.
  7. 07CHAPTER II. WHENCE CAME THE MANY GODS AND IDOLS?
  8. 08CHAPTER III. SACRED AND HEATHEN TRADITIONS.
  9. 09CHAPTER IV. THE SUBJECT IN A NUTSHELL.
  10. 10CHAPTER V. THE LAND OF THE SPHINX.
  11. 11CHAPTER VI. THE CHALDEANS.[2]
  12. 12CHAPTER VII. THE JEWS.
  13. 13CHAPTER VIII. GREECE.
  14. 14CHAPTER IX. ROME.
  15. 15CHAPTER X. OUR ANCESTORS.
  16. 16CHAPTER XI. INDIA.
  17. 17CHAPTER XII. HINDU TEMPLES, IDOLS AND WORSHIP.
  18. 18CHAPTER XIII. HINDU SACRED BOOKS, FAIRY STORIES AND FIRESIDE TALES.
  19. 19CHAPTER XIV. JAPAN.
  20. 20CHAPTER XV. POPULAR GODS AND SHRINES OF SHINTOISM.
  21. 21CHAPTER XVI. THE DARK CONTINENT.
  22. 22CHAPTER XVII. THE ABORIGINES OF AMERICA.
  23. 23CHAPTER XVIII. THE ISLANDS OF THE SEAS.
  24. 24CHAPTER XIX.[4] THE KARENS AND THEIR TRADITIONS.
  25. 25CHAPTER XX. THE FIRE-WORSHIPERS.
  26. 26CHAPTER XXI. CHINA AND HER PHILOSOPHERS.
  27. 27CHAPTER XXII. THE TAOIST SACRED BOOKS AND GODS.
  28. 28CHAPTER XXIII. CONFUCIUS AND THE CLASSICS.
  29. 29CHAPTER XXIV. CONFUCIAN TEMPLES AND WORSHIP.
  30. 30CHAPTER XXV. HOME-LIFE UNDER CONFUCIANISM.
  31. 31CHAPTER XXVI. BUDDHA, THE “LIGHT OF ASIA.”
  32. 32CHAPTER XXVII. THE BUDDHIST BIBLE, THE “THREE BASKETS,” AND ITS TEACHINGS.
  33. 33CHAPTER XXVIII. THE GROWTH OF BUDDHISM—THE BUDDHIST ORDER OF MENDICANTS.
  34. 34CHAPTER XXIX. BUDDHISM IN INDIA AND CEYLON.
  35. 35CHAPTER XXX. BURMAH.
  36. 36CHAPTER XXXI. SIAM.
  37. 37CHAPTER XXXII. THIBET.
  38. 38CHAPTER XXXIII. CHINA—CONTINUED.
  39. 39CHAPTER XXXIV. JAPANESE BUDDHISM.
  40. 40CHAPTER XXXV. MOHAMMEDANISM.
  41. 41CHAPTER XXXVI. MOHAMMEDAN MOSQUES AND WORSHIP.
  42. 42CHAPTER XXXVII. WINNING THE WORLD TO THE WORSHIP OF THE ONE GOD.
  43. 43INDEX.
  44. 44FOOTNOTES:
  45. 45THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE
  46. 46"Cover"
  47. 47The Project Gutenberg eBook of Error's chains

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