[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925) › v1.c19.s7.13 # The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v1.c19.s7.13 The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v1.c19.s7.13 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.s7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c19.s7.13) ⁷ Totemistic suggestions (J. v. Negelein, \*Zeitschrift für Ethnologie\*, 1901, p. 78; E. Monseur, RHR. li. 16) are refuted by van Gennep, \*L'état actuel du problème totémique\*, pp. 291 f. The ceremonial lying of the queen beside the dead horse is doubtless intended to secure her fertility through contact with the divine. - [Previous: v1.c19.s7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c19.s7.12) - [Next: v1.c19.s7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c19.s7.14) - [Up: v1.c19.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c19.s7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c19.s7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c19.s7.13) · Pramāṇa