rain-service

Updated: July 20, 2025

Indeed, metaphorically, before long they passed from murmurs to shouting, and their shouts said this: Menzi must be invited to celebrate a rain-service in his own fashion for the benefit of the entire tribe. Thomas argued in vain. He grew angry; he called them names which doubtless they deserved; he said that they were spiritual outcasts.

Henry Rider Haggard - Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales