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... of Deities according to central conceptions of their significance and function - Heaven - god - Rain - god - Thunder - god - Wind - gods -- Earth - god — Water - god - Sea - godFire - god - Sun - god - Moon - god 247 CHAPTER XVII .
... of Deities according to central conceptions of their significance and function - Heaven - god - Rain - god - Thunder - god - Wind - gods -- Earth - god — Water - god - Sea - godFire - god - Sun - god - Moon - god 247 CHAPTER XVII .
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The recognition of plants as possible receptacles of the transmigrating spirit well illustrates the conception of souls of plants . The idea is one known to lower races in a district of the world which has been under Hindu influence .
The recognition of plants as possible receptacles of the transmigrating spirit well illustrates the conception of souls of plants . The idea is one known to lower races in a district of the world which has been under Hindu influence .
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A curious commentary on the Hindu working out of the conception of plant - souls is to be found in a passage in a 17th - century work , which describes certain Brahmans of the Coromandel Coast as eating fruits , but being careful not to ...
A curious commentary on the Hindu working out of the conception of plant - souls is to be found in a passage in a 17th - century work , which describes certain Brahmans of the Coromandel Coast as eating fruits , but being careful not to ...
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The view stated in a previous chapter as to the origin of the conception of soul in general , may perhaps help us here . As it seems that the first conception of souls may have been that of the souls of men , this being afterwards ...
The view stated in a previous chapter as to the origin of the conception of soul in general , may perhaps help us here . As it seems that the first conception of souls may have been that of the souls of men , this being afterwards ...
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In early Christianity , the conception of bodily resurrection is developed with especial strength and fulness in the Pauline doctrine . For an explicit interpretation of this doctrine , such as commended itself to the minds of later ...
In early Christianity , the conception of bodily resurrection is developed with especial strength and fulness in the Pauline doctrine . For an explicit interpretation of this doctrine , such as commended itself to the minds of later ...
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| Title | Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art and Custom, Volume 2 Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art and Custom, Edward Burnett Tylor |
| Author | Edward Burnett Tylor |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | Murray, 1903 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 14 May 2014 |
| Length | 973 pages |
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