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Tree - Worship : Spirits embodied in or inhabiting Trees ; Spirits of Groves and Forests — Animal - worship : Animals Worshipped , directly , or as incarnations or representatives of Deities ; Totemism ; Serpent .
Tree - Worship : Spirits embodied in or inhabiting Trees ; Spirits of Groves and Forests — Animal - worship : Animals Worshipped , directly , or as incarnations or representatives of Deities ; Totemism ; Serpent .
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Thus we hear among the Dayaks of Borneo of the human soul entering the trunks of trees , where it may be seen damp and blood - like , but no longer personal and sentient , or of its being re - born from an animal which has eaten of the ...
Thus we hear among the Dayaks of Borneo of the human soul entering the trunks of trees , where it may be seen damp and blood - like , but no longer personal and sentient , or of its being re - born from an animal which has eaten of the ...
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... a frog , the dewa or genius of a tree . At last , when he became the supreme Buddha , his mind , like a vessel overflowing with honey , overflowed with the ambrosia of truth , and he proclaimed his triumph over life :* Abraham Roger ...
... a frog , the dewa or genius of a tree . At last , when he became the supreme Buddha , his mind , like a vessel overflowing with honey , overflowed with the ambrosia of truth , and he proclaimed his triumph over life :* Abraham Roger ...
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The thought is not unknown to Slavonic folk - lore : “ Ha ! with the shriek the spirit flutters from the mouth , flies up to the tree , from tree to tree , hither and thither till the dead is burned . ' ? In mediaeval Europe the classic ...
The thought is not unknown to Slavonic folk - lore : “ Ha ! with the shriek the spirit flutters from the mouth , flies up to the tree , from tree to tree , hither and thither till the dead is burned . ' ? In mediaeval Europe the classic ...
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Following the path the old man pointed out , she was surprised to find it just such a path as she had been used to on earth ; the aspect of the country , the trees , shrubs , and plants were all familiar to her .
Following the path the old man pointed out , she was surprised to find it just such a path as she had been used to on earth ; the aspect of the country , the trees , shrubs , and plants were all familiar to her .
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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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