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... which can remain in the house with the body , plague the living , and cause sickness , till it departs or is driven by the sorcerer to the bank of the River Volta , where the ghosts build themselves houses and dwell .
... which can remain in the house with the body , plague the living , and cause sickness , till it departs or is driven by the sorcerer to the bank of the River Volta , where the ghosts build themselves houses and dwell .
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... till it arrives at man , thence ascending to become one of the superhuman beings or angels who dwell in the planetary ether , and thence to a still higher state , the secret of whose nature M. Figuier does not endeavour to penetrate ...
... till it arrives at man , thence ascending to become one of the superhuman beings or angels who dwell in the planetary ether , and thence to a still higher state , the secret of whose nature M. Figuier does not endeavour to penetrate ...
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... missionary examination of the Nicaraguans , they are made to state their belief that if a man lived well , his soul would ascend to dwell among the gods , but if ill it would perish with the body , and there would be an end of it .
... missionary examination of the Nicaraguans , they are made to state their belief that if a man lived well , his soul would ascend to dwell among the gods , but if ill it would perish with the body , and there would be an end of it .
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Nevertheless death and life dwell but ill together , and from savagery onward there is recorded many a device by which the survivors have sought to rid themselves of household ghosts . Though the unhappy savage custom of deserting ...
Nevertheless death and life dwell but ill together , and from savagery onward there is recorded many a device by which the survivors have sought to rid themselves of household ghosts . Though the unhappy savage custom of deserting ...
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... and that the spirits of men left unburied , or killed in battle and eaten , would wander ; and the bringing such malignant souls to dwell within the sacred burialenclosure was a task for the priest to accomplish with his charms .
... and that the spirits of men left unburied , or killed in battle and eaten , would wander ; and the bringing such malignant souls to dwell within the sacred burialenclosure was a task for the priest to accomplish with his charms .
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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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