- The
bullroarer, rhombus, or turndun, is an
ancient ritual musical instrument and a
device historically used for
communicating over
great distances. It...
- A
bullroarer is a
ritual sound instrument and an
ancient communication device used for
communicating over
greatly extended distances.
Bullroarer may also...
- Additionally,
pierced phalanges (usually
interpreted as "phalangeal whistles"),
bullroarers, and
rasps have also been discovered. The
latter musical finds date back...
-
Rincewind idly
twirls the
bullroarer,
which soon
begins to fly
faster and ****her than it should.
Rincewind lets go and the
bullroarer flies off; immediately...
-
acquisitive cousins to Bilbo. They are, further,
snobbish and bourgeois.
Bullroarer Took, a
historical figure mentioned as the Old Took's
great grand-uncle...
- call seen in the
opening credits of hit
television series Skippy. The
bullroarer (or bull roarer) is an
instrument used in
ceremonial ritual. It consists...
- some
critics felt they
reinforced the "primitive" stereotype. Use of the
bullroarer was
criticised as
belonging to
sacred rituals, and
therefore not appropriate...
-
cooked and ate them. His
hunger sated, he lay down to
sleep again and a
bullroarer emerged from
under his armpit. It took on
human form and grew into a young...
- buttocks), and a
large foot. His
voice can be
heard through the
medium of the
bullroarer which is
whirled through the air
during initiation ceremonies. He now...
-
altered state caused by drug use), but an "invocation of spirit" with the
bullroarer and
communal dancing to drum and pipe. The
trances are
described in familiar...
