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Encyclopedia of Religion entry forCannon, Worship OfAn example of the worship of a cannon is noted by E. S. Hartland (P.P.). "A cannon, old and useless and neglected, belonging to the Dutch Government, lay in a field at Batavia, on the island of Java. It was taken by the native women for a linga. Dressed in their best, and adorned with flowers, they used to worship this piece of senseless iron, presented it with offerings of rice and fruits, miniature sunshades, and coppers, and completed the performance by sitting astride upon it as a certain method of winning children " (I, 123). A similar superstition has been noted by E. J. Banks (Bismya, or The Lost City of Adab, 1912) among Jewish women in Bagdad. These gather about a large English gun in a public square, and stroking it, whisper into its mouth their prayers, their troubles, and their hopes. citations: Encyc. of Rel., Canney
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