be incarnate
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It is held to be incarnate in each climate, culture and race.
From Time Magazine Archive
For generations the Verplancks have been what people expected them to be, incarnate formulas of etiquette and timid living.
From The Collectors by Frank Jewett Mather
Aitu langi was the name of a village god in another place, and supposed to be incarnate in the owl.
From Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before by George Turner
Another god called Turanga, who was worshipped at Aumoana, was also supposed to be incarnate in white and black spotted lizards.
From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Sir James George Frazer
When a god was believed to be incarnate in a species of birds or animals or fish, omens were naturally drawn from the appearance and behaviour of the creatures.
From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Sir James George Frazer
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