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Old Aug 08, 2008, 11:37 AM
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I don't know if this is forbidden or not; if it is, it can be removed or moved somewhere else. I thought it was revealing:

Gods inside, gods outside,
Gods above, gods below,
Gods oceanward, gods landward,
Gods incarnate, gods not incarnate,
Gods punishing sins, gods pardoning sins,
Gods devouring men, gods slaying warriors,
Gods saving men,
Gods of darkness and light, gods of the ten skies,

Can the gods all be counted?
The gods cannot all be counted!
(chant from the Society Islands)

This is from

A British Museum presentation on Polynesian "sacred" objects
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When all have given him o'er
From death to life
Thou might'st him yet recover
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