A custom of annually burning a human representative of the corn-spirit has been noted among the Egyptians, Pawnees, and Khonds.
For the image of Hercules (that is, of Baal) which was periodically burned on a pyre at Tarsus, must have been a substitute for a human representative of the god.
The myth shows that a vital connection must once have been believed to subsist between the mistletoe and the human representative of the oak who was burned in the fire.
Our conclusion then is that it was the divine Son, the lion-god, who was burned in effigy or in the person of a human representative at Tarsus, and perhaps at Boghaz-Keui.
But there is no proof that in Cyprus the Tyrian Melcarth was burned either in effigy or in the person of a human representative.
At Tarsus and at Sardes we find the worship of a god whose symbols were the lion and the double-headed axe, and who was burned on a great pyre, either in effigy or in the person of a human representative.
But to clinch the argument, it is clearly desirable to prove that the custom of putting to death a human representative of a god was known and practised in ancient Italy elsewhere than in the Arician Grove.
If we could suppose that in like manner the Jews spared the human representative of Haman for one month from Purim, the date of his execution would fall exactly on the Passover.
M75 If a human representative of a tree-spirit was burned in the bonfires, what kind of tree did he represent?
The myth suggests that a vital connexion may once have been believed to subsist between the mistletoe and the human representative of the oak who was burned in the fire.
A custom of annually burning or otherwise sacrificing a human representative of the corn-spirit has been noted among the Egyptians, Pawnees, and Khonds.
The sacrifice may have been a substitute for hanging an image or a human representative of Artemis.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "human representative" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
