Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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Page 90
... Society Islands , though the destiny of man's spirit to the region of night or to elysium was irrespective of moral character , we hear of neglect of rites and offerings as being visited by the dis- pleasure of deities.1 In Florida ...
... Society Islands , though the destiny of man's spirit to the region of night or to elysium was irrespective of moral character , we hear of neglect of rites and offerings as being visited by the dis- pleasure of deities.1 In Florida ...
Page 128
... Society Islands , evil demons are sent to scratch and tear people into convulsions and hysterics , to torment poor wretches as with barbed hooks , or to twist and knot inside them till they die writhing in agony . But mad- men are to be ...
... Society Islands , evil demons are sent to scratch and tear people into convulsions and hysterics , to torment poor wretches as with barbed hooks , or to twist and knot inside them till they die writhing in agony . But mad- men are to be ...
Page 162
... islands , both among the lighter and the darker races . Thus in the Society Islands , rude logs or fragments of basalt columns , clothed in native cloth and anointed with oil , received adoration and sacrifice as divinely powerful by ...
... islands , both among the lighter and the darker races . Thus in the Society Islands , rude logs or fragments of basalt columns , clothed in native cloth and anointed with oil , received adoration and sacrifice as divinely powerful by ...
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... Society Islands , it was noticed in Captain Cook's ex- ploration that the carved wooden images at burial - places were not considered mere memorials , but abodes into which the souls of the departed retired . In Mr. Ellis's account of ...
... Society Islands , it was noticed in Captain Cook's ex- ploration that the carved wooden images at burial - places were not considered mere memorials , but abodes into which the souls of the departed retired . In Mr. Ellis's account of ...
Page 306
... Society Islands of Ofanu the god of hus- bandry , in the Tonga Islands of Alo Alo the fanner , god of wind and weather , bearing office as god of harvest , and receiving his offering of yams when he had ripened them . * A picturesque ...
... Society Islands of Ofanu the god of hus- bandry , in the Tonga Islands of Alo Alo the fanner , god of wind and weather , bearing office as god of harvest , and receiving his offering of yams when he had ripened them . * A picturesque ...
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