Primitive Culture, Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Art, & Custom, Volume 2 |
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... records in the 12th century of the Druses of Mount Hermon : ' They say that the soul of a virtuous man is transferred to the body of a new - born child , whereas that of the vicious transmigrates into a dog , or some other animal ...
... records in the 12th century of the Druses of Mount Hermon : ' They say that the soul of a virtuous man is transferred to the body of a new - born child , whereas that of the vicious transmigrates into a dog , or some other animal ...
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... record among an uncultured race , a poem of the Dinka tribe of the White Nile , concerning Dendid the Creator : - ' On the day when Dendid made all things , He made the sun ; And the sun comes forth , goes down , and comes again : He ...
... record among an uncultured race , a poem of the Dinka tribe of the White Nile , concerning Dendid the Creator : - ' On the day when Dendid made all things , He made the sun ; And the sun comes forth , goes down , and comes again : He ...
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... record of whole classes being formally excluded from future life . This may be a matter of social pride . In the Tonga Islands , according to Mariner , it was held that the chiefs and nobles would live hereafter in the happy island of ...
... record of whole classes being formally excluded from future life . This may be a matter of social pride . In the Tonga Islands , according to Mariner , it was held that the chiefs and nobles would live hereafter in the happy island of ...
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... records of the Congo people furnishing their dead with supplies of provisions , that they could not be persuaded that souls did not consume material food . In Europe the Esths , offering food for the dead on All Souls ' , are said to ...
... records of the Congo people furnishing their dead with supplies of provisions , that they could not be persuaded that souls did not consume material food . In Europe the Esths , offering food for the dead on All Souls ' , are said to ...
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... record . Mostly , however , it is the seer's soul which goes forth , leaving his body behind in ecstasy , sleep , coma , or death . Some of these stories , as we trace them on from savage into civilized times , are no doubt given in ...
... record . Mostly , however , it is the seer's soul which goes forth , leaving his body behind in ecstasy , sleep , coma , or death . Some of these stories , as we trace them on from savage into civilized times , are no doubt given in ...
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