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... come back . The Wanika consider that the soul of a dead ancestor animates a child , and this is why it resembles its father or mother ; in Guinea a child bear- ing a strong resemblance , physical or mental , to a dead relative , is ...
... come back . The Wanika consider that the soul of a dead ancestor animates a child , and this is why it resembles its father or mother ; in Guinea a child bear- ing a strong resemblance , physical or mental , to a dead relative , is ...
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... come back in this wondrous shape . The aborigines of Australia have ex- pressed this theory in the simple formula , ' Blackfellow tumble down , jump up Whitefellow . ' Thus a native who was hanged years ago at Melbourne expressed in his ...
... come back in this wondrous shape . The aborigines of Australia have ex- pressed this theory in the simple formula , ' Blackfellow tumble down , jump up Whitefellow . ' Thus a native who was hanged years ago at Melbourne expressed in his ...
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... come back.2 Next , the lower psychology , drawing no definite line of demarcation between souls of men and of beasts , can at least admit without difficulty the transmission of human souls into the bodies of the lower animals . A series ...
... come back.2 Next , the lower psychology , drawing no definite line of demarcation between souls of men and of beasts , can at least admit without difficulty the transmission of human souls into the bodies of the lower animals . A series ...
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... come gently and fearlessly into houses , which are considered to be ' amatongo ' or ancestors , and therefore are treated respectfully , and have offerings of food given them . In two ways , the dead man who has become a snake can still ...
... come gently and fearlessly into houses , which are considered to be ' amatongo ' or ancestors , and therefore are treated respectfully , and have offerings of food given them . In two ways , the dead man who has become a snake can still ...
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... come back as men , but will become animals . To an African mother who has lost her child , it is a consolation to say , ' He will come again.'1 In higher levels of culture , the theory of re - embodiment of the soul appears in strong ...
... come back as men , but will become animals . To an African mother who has lost her child , it is a consolation to say , ' He will come again.'1 In higher levels of culture , the theory of re - embodiment of the soul appears in strong ...
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