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Journey of the Soul to the Land of the Dead – Visits by the Living to the Regions of Departed Souls - Connexion of such ... in narratives of visits to the Regions of Souls— Localization of the Future Life - Distant earthly region ...
Journey of the Soul to the Land of the Dead – Visits by the Living to the Regions of Departed Souls - Connexion of such ... in narratives of visits to the Regions of Souls— Localization of the Future Life - Distant earthly region ...
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... but the gateway into a complex region of belief . The doctrines which , separate or compounded , make up the scheme of future existence among particular tribes , are principally these : the theories of lingering , wandering , and ...
... but the gateway into a complex region of belief . The doctrines which , separate or compounded , make up the scheme of future existence among particular tribes , are principally these : the theories of lingering , wandering , and ...
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3 Among Brazilian tribes , the wandering shadows of the dead are said to be considered unresting till burial.4 In Turanian regions of North Asia , the spirits of the dead who have no restingplace in earth are thought of as lingering ...
3 Among Brazilian tribes , the wandering shadows of the dead are said to be considered unresting till burial.4 In Turanian regions of North Asia , the spirits of the dead who have no restingplace in earth are thought of as lingering ...
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In the same region of the world , the Kol tribes of Chota Nagpur are remarkable for their pathetic reverence for their dead . When a Ho or Munda has been burned on the funeral pile , collected morsels of his bones are carried in ...
In the same region of the world , the Kol tribes of Chota Nagpur are remarkable for their pathetic reverence for their dead . When a Ho or Munda has been burned on the funeral pile , collected morsels of his bones are carried in ...
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In this region we hear of offerings continued year after year , and even of messengers sent back by a horde to carry offerings to the tombs of their forefathers in the old land whence they had emigrated . ? Details of this ancient rite ...
In this region we hear of offerings continued year after year , and even of messengers sent back by a horde to carry offerings to the tombs of their forefathers in the old land whence they had emigrated . ? Details of this ancient rite ...
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| Title | Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2 Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Sir Edward Burnett Tylor |
| Author | Sir Edward Burnett Tylor |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | H. Holt, 1877 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Oct 2008 |
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