1. Most traditional societies have transition rites at puberty. 大多数传统社会在青春期举行过渡仪式。
2. As a result, it may abandon or modify some rites. 因此，人们可能会摒弃或修改一些仪式。
3. The myths that have grown up around the rites may continue as part of the group's oral tradition and may even come to be acted out under conditions divorced from these rites. 那些围绕宗教仪式衍生的传说可能会作为群体口述习俗的一部分流传下去，甚至可能会在脱离这些仪式的情况下表现出来。
4. Father Stephen Lea administered the last rites to the dying men. 史蒂芬·利神父为死者主持了临终圣礼。
5. Frequently the myths include representatives of those supernatural forces that the rites celebrate or hope to influence. 这些神话故事中经常含有那些典型的超自然力量，人们通过举办仪式庆祝这些超自然力量或者期望能够影响它们。
