Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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... Creator : " On the day when Dendid made all things , He made the sun ; And the sun comes forth , goes down , and comes again : He made the moon ; And the moon comes forth , goes down , and comes again : He made the stars ; And the stars ...
... Creator : " On the day when Dendid made all things , He made the sun ; And the sun comes forth , goes down , and comes again : He made the moon ; And the moon comes forth , goes down , and comes again : He made the stars ; And the stars ...
Page 85
... Creator's guests , while the slain in battle have another to themselves . But otherwise all Indians of low degree go deep down under the earth to the land of Chay - her , with its poor houses and no salmon and small deer , and blankets ...
... Creator's guests , while the slain in battle have another to themselves . But otherwise all Indians of low degree go deep down under the earth to the land of Chay - her , with its poor houses and no salmon and small deer , and blankets ...
Page 98
... Creator of the corporeal world , Pure ! When a pure man dies , where does his soul dwell during this night ? " Then answers Ahura - Mazda : " Near his head it sits down , re- citing the Gâtha Ustavaiti , praying happiness for itself ...
... Creator of the corporeal world , Pure ! When a pure man dies , where does his soul dwell during this night ? " Then answers Ahura - Mazda : " Near his head it sits down , re- citing the Gâtha Ustavaiti , praying happiness for itself ...
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... Creator and Ruler of the world , the Great Spirit . The doctrines of the lower races fully justify us in classing their spiritual beings in general as similar in nature to the souls of men . It will be incidentally shown here , again ...
... Creator and Ruler of the world , the Great Spirit . The doctrines of the lower races fully justify us in classing their spiritual beings in general as similar in nature to the souls of men . It will be incidentally shown here , again ...
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... creator of the world , the primeval Unkulunkulu . In West Africa , manes - worship displays in contrast its two special types . On the one hand , we see the North Guinea negroes transferring the souls of the dead , according to their ...
... creator of the world , the primeval Unkulunkulu . In West Africa , manes - worship displays in contrast its two special types . On the one hand , we see the North Guinea negroes transferring the souls of the dead , according to their ...
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Africa Amazulu Amer ancestors ancient animals animistic Archip Aryan Avesta barbaric Bastian beasts belief body Brahmans Brinton Buddhism Castrén ceremony Chinese Christian civilized conception connexion Creator dead death deity demons disease divine doctrine dwell earth evil feast fetish fire ghosts give gods Greek Grimm Hades Heaven Heaven-god higher Hindu human idea idol images Indians Iroquois island J. G. Müller Journ Khonds land living lower culture lower races lustration mankind Max Müller Meiners mind modern Moon Myth nations native nature negro offerings original Parsi pass Peru philosophy Pinkerton Polynesia polytheism prayer priest region religion religious rites rude sacred sacrifice savage Schoolcraft seems Sheol snakes solar spirits stone Sun-worship Supreme Deity survival temple theology theory thou thought thunder tion Tonga tree tribes Turanian tribes Unkulunkulu Waitz West worship Zealand Zeus Zulu