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Journey of the Soul to the Land of the Dead — Visits by the Living to the Regions of Departed Souls --Connexion of such legends with myths of Sunset : the Land of the Dead thus imagined as in the West -- Realization of current religious ...
Journey of the Soul to the Land of the Dead — Visits by the Living to the Regions of Departed Souls --Connexion of such legends with myths of Sunset : the Land of the Dead thus imagined as in the West -- Realization of current religious ...
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... the whole race to extinction , a helpless widow would seek to persuade some father that the soul of a dead child of his had passed into a living child of hers , or vice versá , thus gaining for herself a new relative and protector .
... the whole race to extinction , a helpless widow would seek to persuade some father that the soul of a dead child of his had passed into a living child of hers , or vice versá , thus gaining for herself a new relative and protector .
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A series of examples from among the native tribes of America will serve well to show the various ways in which such ideas are worked out . The Ahts of Vancouver's Island consider the living man's soul able to ...
A series of examples from among the native tribes of America will serve well to show the various ways in which such ideas are worked out . The Ahts of Vancouver's Island consider the living man's soul able to ...
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So , among the Esquimaux , a traveller noticed a widow who was living for conscience ' sake upon birds , and would not touch walrusmeat , which the angekok had forbidden her for a time , because her late husband had entered into a ...
So , among the Esquimaux , a traveller noticed a widow who was living for conscience ' sake upon birds , and would not touch walrusmeat , which the angekok had forbidden her for a time , because her late husband had entered into a ...
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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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| 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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