Bouphonia

It's why I try to read Bouphonia, particularly on Fridays.

Archive 2008-07-01 Alison 2008

Bouphonia is always an interesting visit and Fridays usually have something of a roundup of items which might otherwise have slipped under the radar.

Archive 2008-01-01 Dave 2008

At the festival of the Bouphonia, in some of the cities of Greece as I have already mentioned, the actual bull sacrificed was the handsomest and most carefully nurtured that could be obtained; it was crowned with flowers and led in procession with every mark of reverence and worship.

Pagan and Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaning 1920

But at Athens the Bouphonia, as it was called, was followed by a curious ceremony.

Pagan and Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaning 1920

At the festival of the Bouphonia, in some of the cities of Greece as I have already mentioned, the actual bull sacrificed was the handsomest and most carefully nurtured that could be obtained; it was crowned with flowers and led in procession with every mark of reverence and worship.

Pagan and Christian creeds: their origin and meaning Edward Carpenter 1886

Bouphonia, as it was called, was followed by a curious ceremony.

Pagan and Christian creeds: their origin and meaning Edward Carpenter 1886

M.S. or editions, and was only added at the end to amuse the children after the service, and was therefore only a translation or adaptation of a current German form of the jingle; (2) M. Basset, in the _Revue des Traditions populaires_, 1890, t.v. p. 549, has suggested that it is a survival of the old Greek custom at the sacrifice of the Bouphonia for the priest to contend that _he_ had not slain the sacred beast, the axe declares that the handle did it, the handle transfers the guilt further, and so on.

Celtic Fairy Tales Joseph Jacobs 1885