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Description
Annotation translation: "Lions like this are put up to guard temples and halls for the ancestors, and provide protection. This superstition still hovers around the christian congregations. Near Kutschuk a christian man built a house next door to the compound of a christian woman. As he painted a cross on his gable the woman had put up a small stone lion facing his house to keep evil influences away. When the missionary investigated her case - there had been complaints - she argued that the small stone lion was no more than a toy figure for her children." Annotation: "Solche Löwen werden als Wächter vor die Tempel & Ahnenhallen gestellt, sie sollen Schutz gewähren. Dieser Aberglaube spukt noch in den Christengemeinden. Es kam in der Nähe von Kutschuk vor, dass ein Christ neben dem Gehöfte einer Christenfrau ein Haus baute & als er ein Kreuz an den First malen liess, beauftragte die Nachbarin, einen kleinen Steinlöwen gegen das Haus aufzustellen um den bösen Einfluss aufzuheben. Als sie beim Missionar deshalb verklagt wurde & er sie deshalb zur Rede stellte, meinte sie der kleine Steinlöwe sei ja nur ein Spielzeug für ihre Kinder gewesen."
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver 8.2 x 8.4 cm.
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