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... turning into turtle - doves after the burial of their bones at the Feast of the Dead ; of that pathetic funeral rite of the Iroquois , the setting free a bird on the evening of burial , to carry away the soul.5 In Mexico , the ...
... turning into turtle - doves after the burial of their bones at the Feast of the Dead ; of that pathetic funeral rite of the Iroquois , the setting free a bird on the evening of burial , to carry away the soul.5 In Mexico , the ...
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... turn into a wasp or lizard , work out in the fullest way the idea of the dead becoming snakes , a creature whose change of skin has so often been associated with the thought of re- surrection and immortality . It is especially certain ...
... turn into a wasp or lizard , work out in the fullest way the idea of the dead becoming snakes , a creature whose change of skin has so often been associated with the thought of re- surrection and immortality . It is especially certain ...
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... turn into rats and vultures ; the thief who took dyed garments , kitchen - herbs , or perfumes , shall become accordingly a red partridge , a peacock , or a musk - rat . In short , ' in what- ever disposition of mind a man accomplishes ...
... turn into rats and vultures ; the thief who took dyed garments , kitchen - herbs , or perfumes , shall become accordingly a red partridge , a peacock , or a musk - rat . In short , ' in what- ever disposition of mind a man accomplishes ...
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... turn , and thus the elect were careful to explain to the bread when they ate it , that it was not they who reaped the corn it was made of ; that the souls of the auditors , that is , the spiritually low commonalty who lived a married ...
... turn , and thus the elect were careful to explain to the bread when they ate it , that it was not they who reaped the corn it was made of ; that the souls of the auditors , that is , the spiritually low commonalty who lived a married ...
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... turns to red rock at the touch of their spoons , the bark offered them for dried meat and great puff - balls for squashes , the river of the dead with its snake - bridge or swinging log , the great dog standing on the other side , the ...
... turns to red rock at the touch of their spoons , the bark offered them for dried meat and great puff - balls for squashes , the river of the dead with its snake - bridge or swinging log , the great dog standing on the other side , the ...
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